The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1933 Page: 2 of 5
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THE ELECTRA NEWS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY,'AT 106 NORTH MAIN STREET •
■ Entered as second class mail matter August 2, 1907-,, at ,the postoffice
at Electra, Wichita County, Texas, tinder Act of Congress of < March'$,1879.
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FOOLISH OR BLIND
It is hard to determine- whether it was fool optimism or pure
foolishness on the part of the state board of education when they
set the per capita apportionment on scholastics at $16 for 1933
34 in the face of the fact that $6 of the $16 allotted last year has
not been paid, ft was admitted by members of the board that the
most that could be hoped for under favorable conditions was tha
$3 of the $6 per capita on the state fund deficit might be paic
before Texas schools open in September. It would seem that for
sheer blind faith, the education board would take the prize when
• they disregard their prospective deficit of more than seven ant
one-half million dollars and go right ahead spending future tax
levies.
Of course, we want the schools kept open. We don’t want to
see our children deprived of the best that may be had in the way
of education, but we sincerely believe the twhole system shoulc
have been reorganized last Spring just as every business anc
industry affecting citizens of the state has had to be reorganized
in order that we might meet changing conditions. Part of the
blame rests on the 43rd Legislature 'with the powerful State
Teacher’s Association lobby thwarting every effort toward re-
ductions and prospective reductions in school apportionment.
Part of the blame rests upon voters who continue to swallow
political soft-soap on economy and refuse to hold office seekers
to their pre-election promises.
Another instance of breaking faith with pre-election pledges
was the setting of the state tax rate at the ’limit under
the law last.week. Few of us believed that the tax levy could be
lowered .with circumstances being as they are, but the Ferguson
machine was oiled with tax reduction pledges which were dis-
regarded in the making of the 1933 budget.
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THURSDAY} "AUGUST-10, T933; <
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Wichita All-Stars
From B&PW Club
Baptists Tied In
Playground Ball
Firemen Attend
Meet At Pampa
Bill Williamson, L. C. Johns. L.
F. Davis. Walter Suttle and T. E.
Lewis represented the Electra Vol-
unteer Fire Department in the an-
nual meeting of the Panhandle Dis-
trict Firemen’s Association held at
Pampa last Tuesday and Wednes-
day. They report having had a splen-
did meeting, the chief feature of
which was a school of instruction
jn fire-fighting and life-saving.
Pfoipinent speakers included Chief
G’Briep of Fort Worth; Chief G. P.
Gpff, Oldaftopja City, and Cal Es-
ti)l, state attorney from Fort Worth.
Mr. Estill spoke on co-operation of
firemen in cases where arson is
suspected. He is in charge of in-
vestigations of arson cases in the
£fprth Texas district.
* Mesdames T. E. Lewis and chil
dren and Walter Suttle and son ac-
companied the Electra delegates
and they and their families visitec
relatives in Pampa during the meet-
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis and fam-
ily returned via Paducah and spent
Thursday night with Mrs. Lewis’
sister, Mrs. J. M. Spikes and fami-
ly, who recently moved to that
place from Electra.
Rank of Page Is
Given by K. of P.
J. W. Malone, chancellor command-
er, presided over the regular meet
ing of the Knights of Pythias lodge
Monday evening, and Roy Barry was
in charge of the degree work in
which Lloyd Jones was given the
rank of page. Eugene Rutledge,
special representative of the Damon
Burial Association sponsored by the
Knights of Pythias lodges of Texas,
was a visitor at the meeting, and
he spoke briefly on the work of the
order.
Plans were made for a special
meeting to be held next Monday
and it was urged that every member
be present for. the occasion.
29 Arrests In July
By City Officers
The police blotter shows that 29
arrests were made in July by city
Officers, the charges ranging from
theft, traffic violations and drunk*
‘ enness to being public nuisances.
The latest or more polite term in
the case of a vagrant is being a
public nuisance. Those persons found
loitering around alleged speakeasies
or other places bearing unsavory
reputations in police circles are
subject to fines as public nuisances,
it was explained. A number of such
charges were filed during the past
week in connection with raids made
under the direction of Chief of
Police James T. Taylor and Mayor
E. E. Wheeler. The week-end beer
drive brought assessments of six-
teen fines of $1 and costs, totaling
16.80 each, Mayor Wheeler report-
ed. Some of these paid cash while
oth( rs will pay on the installment
plan
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Mi and M i Jim Rowell and
Mrs Ogdon Givens were business
visitors to Wichita Falls, PJo.-.day.
Attend Annual Camp
Meet at Weatherford
Rev. and Mrs. S. J. Wood, Messrs,
and Mesdames Dale Givens, Walter
Morns and Ed Eggenberg and fam-
ilies; Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Darter,
Mrs. J. M. Darter and daughter,
Viola, and son, Woodrow; Miss
Glenn Givens and Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Lane are. .among the members
of the Church of God here who have
been attending the annual Church
of God camp meeting being held
at. Weatherford, Texas, this week.
Rev. and Mrs. Wood and a party
left Electra, Thursday, for Weather-
ford, others went Saturday and Sun-
day. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lane will
go from the camp meeting to Paris,
Texas, where they will assist in
a revival meeting. Mr. Lane will
lead the singing and Mrs. Lane will
serve as pianist % . ■ ... *
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Women’s Club playground baseball JVICtllOCllStS AllCl
team came out second best in a
game Saturday evening under flood-
lights at Wichita Falls 'with the
Wichita 'Falls Women’s All-Star
team. The Electra girls had 'only
practiced together a few times. They
were pitted against a team picked
from the best players of the Wich-
ita Falls Women’s Twilight League
teams. The .locaL girls had not had
experience in playing under flood-
lights, and last but not least, a
new and different ball was used.
Even at that, the little old home
town team held the All-Stars down
Gulf Refining Co. Signs
President’s Blanket Code
The Gulf Refining ,jCompany .has
announced that itr* has signed tho
president’s blanket; cqde pending the
final; adoption* of ‘-the oil industry
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* The, district, sales office -of the
Gulf •• Refining company located at,
Houston has- authorized its agents in
all- parts of the United States to
sign the agreement with the Presi-
dent through their local, committee.
There are more -than 6^000 people
employed by the sales department
of the Gulf Refining company in
of $123.46, plus
judgment^rende^j^^ipf pmt
last week* in favor*oMonstable^ O.
had been ou^^^jne^i^ja^ex-
penses of
ed in Electra, precinct^and kept; in
the city jail here.^whil^Jtheir^als
-were pending^;or;;j;heforenthey: -:were-
transferred to cqurity"’:^
missioriers had, ^"fir^v^fused, to
Texas;, several thousand more em-
and Methodist teams. Both have won companies. "
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every game played thus far in the
league recently organized by civic
club and church teams. The two
teams occupy the top bracket with
-perfect records. The K. of P. lodge
team with, two victories and one
fine until the sixth inning, when
loss occupy third
place.
The
team
the Faith City gang made four runs
standing Tuesday
was as
follows:
and threw a scare into the less* ex-
Won
Lost
Pet.
perienced aggregation and kept them
Methodist _______
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from going from then on The to-
baptist _________
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tal score was 12 to 6. Batteries for
K. of P. ___ __
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Electra were Hill, Green and Mul-
,K. P- O. _______
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333
lens; for Wichita Falls, Porter and
Lions _____
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Schmidt .
Rotary __________
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The Electra aggregation challen-
ged the Wichita Falls team for a
return engagement to be played here
soon. The challenge has been ac-
cepted but the date for the bout
has not been set.
The B. & P. W. line-up which
played Saturday night and which
will probably be used in the return
game, includes the following: Mrs.
A. C. Hi.ll, pitcher; Mrs. Ethel
Mullens, catcher; Mrs. Joe Greene,
first base; Adele Moser, second
base; Mrs. Ruth Nix and Mrs. John
Louie Wright alternated at third
base; Lois Brown, left short-stop;
Wilma 'Brownlee, right short-stop;
Ella Broadwell, right fielder; Mrs.
Gordon Crowe, center field; Bess
Orr, left field.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Furr and baby
and Miss Aven of Celeste spent
the week-end with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Fu2r Were guests of
Mrs. Furr's mother, Mrs. T. J.
Story, and Miss Aven visited her
brother, C. L. Aven and Mrs. Aven.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Scheurer left
Sunday for Chicago where they will
attend thQ World’s Fair.
“Twenty days on the rock pile”
announced Judge W. H. Coffman,
Friday morning, after hearing tes-
timony relative to a white man kill-
ing a chicken belonging to Dick
Cartel*, negro, who is nearly one
hundred years old. A white boy,
companion of the man accused of
killing the fowl, was turned over to
County Juvenile Officer J. A. Mc-
Donald. “Uncle Dick,” as the aged
negro is familiarly called by old
timers here, maintains a small gar-
den patch and keeps chickens at his
home southeast of town. Neighbors
testified that Dick’s chickens stayed
on their own premises and were not
in the habit of bothering anyone.
A crew of men are engaged this
week in completing the overhauling
job on the Mt. Carmel Gin, in prep-
aration for the cotton season which
will probably begin about Sept. 10.
MEET ME AT
AUSTINS
Save Your Coupons!
‘Mrs. Ed Benson of Wichita Falls
Visited friends here Saturday morn-
ing. Mrs. Benson will be remembered
as Miss Eloise Gafford, formerly of
this city. She and Mr; Benson were
among Texas citizens who witnessed
the opening of the World’s Fair
199?:anc* other things of interest in that
vicinity, and Mrs. Benson has been
engaged since ‘ then to ' write the
story of the exposition for a Wich-
ita Falls paper. Her story, carried
in a series of articles, has brought
much favorable comment.
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imbursing officers"
t# have .been* reim^rsing'^pMbers
for emergency-rati6ns>' fqr :pHsoners
'although such actionV is - hot -.specifi-
cally authorized’^ under state >’law,,
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Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Candler and
family- returned to Electra this
week from Burkburnett, where Mr.
Candler has been engaged in busi-
ness. He will re-enter the employ
of the Magnolia Petroleum Co.
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Bargains
A Large Quantity of GLASSWARE ate
HALF-PRICE. This Merchandise Consists of „
Patterns We Are Discontinuing.
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Sales On Milk Are
1 On Upgrade Here
Mr. and Mrs. Max Moore, who
are operating a cream station and
a milk truck which makes a trip
to Wichita Falls daily to take fresh
sweet milk from Electra farms, re-
port that they are constantly in-
creasing their milk business with a
cox*responding increase in profits or
income to local citizens. They are
handling an average of 1700 pounds
of milk per day this week, picking
up the cans from the farms in the
north Electra area. The milk is be-
ing sold at a fair price at Wichita
Falls. Wholesale price on milk is
said to be around 15 cents per gal-
lon and butterfat is selling at 17
cents per pound.
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Old Time Art
Is Revived In A
Spinning Contest
Jett Hughes, proprietor of the
City Furniture company on West
Bryan avenue, held an interesting
demonstration at his store last Sat-
urday when Mesdames Lou Lear
and Nannie Giles, sisters, both above
sixty years of age, carded and spun
thread oh an old fashioned spin-
ning wheel. That is, Mrs. Lear did
most of the carding on cotton cards,
while Mrs. Giles skillfully spun the
rolls of cotton into thread. Mrs.
Lear took also her turn at the
wheel, which is the property of F.
C. McClung of this city. Mr. Hughes
invites any lady in this vicinity to
come in next Saturday and try her
hand at spinning.
The cotton provided last Saturday
was said- to have been of the “half-
and-half” short lint variety, and the
spinners complained that it would
not make a high grade thread. Mr.
Hughes has promised to secure bet-
ter cotton for next Saturday’s dem-
onstration, or any lady who wishes
to bring her own cotton may do so.
Numerous antique articles, includ-
ing a pair of home-spun pants, a
bread tray and old time paintings,
were displayed at the store during
the demonstration.
Kermit Sanderson, whose knee
was painfully fractured several days
ago, is recovering nicely.
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•UNTIL WE LEABNED BETTER
Until we learned better, we used to mix wood £nd steel in our oar
But the state of the art
bodies and wheels.
It was the best way to make bodies—then.
has advanced. . A , . , .. . .
Of course, it is more expensive to make an all-steel body than to
make a wooden frame and nail steel panels on to^ it. The better way in-
volves an initial expenditure of several millions of dollars for new dies,
which renders a change very costly. Cars, especially large expensive oars
which are produced in small volume,, cannot afford this, because the dies
cost as much for one car as for a million. That alone explains why all—
stfeel bodies are not used in all cars.
But our basic policy from the beginning is to make a good car better;
regardless of cost. .
For example, when we discarded wood-steel body construction, it was
not because we lacked wood. We still have some thousands of acres of the
best hard wood in America. Economy would urge us to use up tlie wood
first, and then adopt* the better all-steel body. But we decided that ^
quality was more important than expense.
We weighed the reasons, for and against, before we made the change.
We could see only one reason for retaining a mixed wood-and-steel body
—rnailing the metal on, instead of welding an all-steel body into a
strong one-piece whole. That reason was, it would be cheaper for us.
Our reasons for adopting an all-steel body were these. A wood—steel
body is not much stronger structurally than its wooden frame. In all
American climates, wood construction weakens with age. Every used car lot
gives evidence of this. Rain seeps in between joints and'the-wood decays.
A car may have a metal surface, and yet not be of steel construction.
Under extreme shock or stress the steel body-remains intact—dented per-
haps, but not crushed.
Steel does not need wood for strength or protection. Wood is fine for
furniture, but not for the high speed vehicles of 1933.
In the Ford body there are no joints to squeak, no seams to crack
or leak.
The all-steel body is more expensive—to us, but not to you.
By all odds,* then, steel bodies seem preferable. ^ ‘ '•
Wheels also have become all-steel. .No one argues that ah electrically
welded one-piece steel wheel, such as the Ford wheel, needs to be
"strengthened” by adding wood to it.
The one-piece all-steel body is the strongest, safest, quietest, most
durable body made. That is our only reason for making them.
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