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' TWENTY-SECOND YEAR . , ELECTRA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1929 - ■ * NUMBER 40
Here Saturday
For the second time within eight
days Electra was struck Saturday Out of-.the robbery of the Jefferson
with a devastating storm More Hotkl here in June, 1928> by Henry
than five inches of ram fell within Shumate, who claimed that Pryor,
two hours, from five to seven p. ni. then. constable, and Tom Shook.
their appearance before
a new member. Mr. .Horn
the
died at 10 o’clock Tuesday night |kins> price Arnold, J. W. Bradley,
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r ViraI 4’ Eurnetfc> Meade A-464; G. S. Dud-
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Plans are being made for a full
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Tele-
fam-
set
was
liones of his
makes the
to Electra seven-
Beside the father
she is survived by
B. Smith, Electra;
the
had
the
fact
He
less
of Cor-
with the
Mr.
for
loss of time was experienced
both motors burned out from
circuits caused by dampness.
club to Miss
musician, and
re-elected for
Rev. S. J. Woods, pastor of the
Church of God, officiated Wednes-
day at 5:30 p. m. in the funeral
services held at that church for
Mrs. Sarah Ann Arnold, 42, who
of J.
after-
ex-
and
Co.,
vey;
Funeral
held m
for the
trade m
the
at
sec-
pre-
portal of the
the measures
have applied
your days in
determine
.A num-
ber of members reported that they
would go.
Rube Wiliams of Vernon was wel-
comed as a visitor.
Wilbarger
i to many
in Ver-
evening
hip. His
accident
‘America,”
by Rev.
neighbors discovered
the whole interior
damaged. Lack of
pressure and the
of the local
International
Dallas this
of the con-
fact that it
not needed
field activities
.by the mud.
good -condition
2:30 o’clock at
church, Electra,
were taken to
Totten Brothers,
the
office.
of the city.
were taken
Totten
this method of
congratulations
to the members of
high school gradu-
Cutler. Laverne
Kee, Virginia Mar-
McClure) Maude
Ann McGann, Bot-
her father, J. F. Smith, who with
his family came
teen years ago.
and her children,
five brothers, B.
Edward and Babe Smith, Wichita
Falls; Arthur Smith, Amarillo, and
Walter Smith, Long Beach, Calif.
Rev. R. S. Vanhoove officiated in
the funeral rites held at the church
and at the grave. A number of
relatives and friends from this city
accompanied the cortege to Wich-
ita Falls.
Mrs. Cordie Smith Cain, widow,
died at her home in northeast
Electra Tuesday afternoon after an
illness of a few days’ duration.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day afternoon at
the First Baptist
and the remains
Wichita Falls by
interment being made in Riversid?
cemetery by the side of her mother
who d:ed several years ago.
Deceased was born November 25,
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fell at his home
o’clock Tuesday
the
age
A slow drizzle of rain began
falling Thursday morning, thus
spoiling many plans for observance
of' Memorial Day. Banks, post of-
fice and dry goods stores and some
other places of business were closed
throughout the day.
The moisture was
and farming and oil
are being ^hampered
The highways are in
but all lateral roads are in bad
.shape. Many culverts are out and
workmen have been unable >o’ catch
up with necessary repair work.
from
Brothers
they
The community good will meeting
scheduled to be held last week at
Rock Crossing under the auspices
of the Mercantile Bureau of the
Electra Chamber of Commerce was
postponed because of
weather and wiil be
Wednesday night, June 12.
afternoon
com-:
for
ward
their
Patterson Drilling
Rain Hinders
Activities Thursday
The B. Y. P. U. of the First
Baptist church of this city will be
hosts next Sunday to the Wichita-
Archer Associational B. Y. P. U.
convention which will convene at 3
on I No. 8, P. P. S. Land; Harry Hines,
| No. 5-A, Burnett, A-464, G. R.
Residence Burns
Sunday Afternoon
GC&SF
No. 4, A.
One of the most spectacular electric
storms ever seen here preceded the
terrific rainfall and hailstorm. The
hail battered out windows and strip-
ped trees, plants and shrubs of
their leaves over an area of about
four miles wide, extending through
the town. Little damage was done
in the Red River section from hail
but flood damage was great. China
Creek quickly filled and the city
lake dam was threatened when
eighteen inches of backwater began
to go over the spillway. The city
power station was flooded and the
engine pump put out of commis-
sion.
Members of the Volunteer Fire
Department were called to assist in
fighting flood water, but were un-
able at first to reach the power
station. Several • of them worked
from eighteen to twenty-four hours
with the city fire department pump-
er, first in pumping water out of
the power house and cellar, then
in pumping water into the mains
to avert a serious water shortage
in the city. Experts from the Tex-
as Electric Service Company, Wich-
ita Falls, were summoned and fur-
ther
when
short
By Wednesday the water had
receded until only a small amount
continued to go over the spillway,
and the dam has held in intact.
The present water supply is said
to be sufficient to last the city for
one yeai' of normal consumption.
at Parmley-Ogden Jipspital. She
was stricken with fatal illness Fri-
day and was taken to the hospital
that night for emergency operation
for ruptured appendix,
tions ensued, causing
Her husband, J. I.
daughters and two
The eldest daughter,
is employed at
phone Company
ily reside north
The remains
the hospital to
Home where
state until the hour
services. Interment
the local cemetery.
The storm Saturday
caused postponement of the
mencement exercises planned
Waggoner and Thompson
schools and both were held at
respective schools Wednesday night.
J. W. Hastings delivered the val-
edictorian and Elizabeth Orr the
salutatorian address of Thompson
grammar school graduates. Kinch
Koerth delivered the valedictory
and Eva Mae Green the salu-
tatory address at Waggoner exer-
cises.
Miss Ida Lee Falls, principal of
First Ward school, presented
diplomas and awards of merit
Waggoner school. John Houser,
retary of the school board,
sented the Thompson diplomas.
Those graduating from Thompson
school were: J. W. Hastings, Eliza-j
beth Orr, George Asbill, Russell
Austin, Harry Beck, Robert Boyer,
Winifred Bray, Frank Brouthertin,
Leon Graham, Lewis George, Ben
Kelly Jr., Laurence Music, John
Rufus Ragland, George Rogers, Le-1
land Welch, Elizabeth Asbill, Mary,
Bashara, Rose
Jones, Lila Mae
shall, Katherine
McFarland, Alice
ty Newsum, Jeanette Russell, Viv-
ian Stone, Dorothy Vandeventer,
Golden Luvelle Williams.
Waggoner graduates: Emmett Ad-
Funeral services were held Wed-
nesday afternoon at the County
Line Methodist church for Mark
M. Austin, 66, prominent pioneer
farmer of that community, who was
fatally injured Monday afternoon
about six o’clock when his team
became frightened and ran away,
throwing him from the wagon,
was hurt internally and died
than two hours afterward.
He was alone when the accident
occurred, but people residing near
the scene went to his assistance
and took him home.
He had come to Electra for a
load of feed and with this and
some oil field timbers, was return-
ing home. He was able to get up
and walked across the road but
later colapsed.
A native of Missouri, deceased
had spent most of his life in Tex-
as. Coming with his parents to
McClelland County", then moving to
Hamilton county, where he was
married forty-two years ago to
Mrs. Mattie Gardner Hall who with
their nine children and one step-
son, M. R. Hall, survive him. The
sons are D. N. and Frank, County
Line; William, Electra; Cecil -and
Orville, Wichita Falls; Bernice, re-
siding at the family home. The
daughters are Mrs. Bessie Leggett,
Copperas Cove; Mrs. Hattie Hale,
Harrold; Mrs. Anna Hickey, Elec-
tra.
The family came to Electra short-
ly after the opening of Waggoner
Colony and have been prominently
identified with all the civic and re-
ligious affairs of the County
community since that time.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the house and practically all fur-
niture and personal effects
C. Seale and family Sunday
noon.
The family was away from
when
after
badly
water
the fire had eaten its way into the
attic and between the walls made1 i
Everything is in readiness and
depends wholly upon the weather
for the success of the band concert
and program being given tonight
at Bellevue Park, Wichita Falls.
I. C. Johns, band director, reports
that the boys have surpassed all
previous records in attendance at
rehearsals and they are in readi-
ness for
the large audience expected to be
present.
W. A. Asbill, chairman of the
Mercantile Bureau, assisted by J.
G. B. Totten, chairman of the en-
tertainment committee, has arranged
a splendid program of readings and
special musical numbers. The pro-
gram printed for the occasion will
be distributed by Electra Boy Scouts
and are interesting souvenirs. They
carry a border of special readers
extolling the advantages offered by
‘’Electra, the Friendly City.”
C. F. Doan, pioneer
county citizen, ■well known
Electrans,
non at 6
and broke
advanced
a serious one.
Mr. Doan is
Ig-ou,
city.
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jWere rapidly going forward for the I again should be a great inducement
completion of the organization of ’ to members from Electra to at-
the medical detachment for the j tend,” Mr. Engelking said.
142nd Infantry National Guard ’ - "
Unit here. The ranks are expected
to be filled by June 1.
Plans were completed Friday
night at a meeting of the Claude
C. McDonald post American Legion
for the observance of Memorial Day
by the post and auxiliary. Ar-
rangements were made for mem-
bers of the post and auxiliary and
Electra Boy Scouts to assemble at
the City Hall at 10 a. m. Thursday
morning and form a line of parade
headed by the Electra Municipal
Band, marching from there to the
cemetery where due ceremony will
be observed in decorating the graves
of veterans of the Civil and World
wars. Rev. C. C. Klingman, pastor • Convention held in
of the First Christian church, was week. “The nearness
appointed to serve as chaplain and vention city and the
will make the memorial address. f will probably be many years be-
Dr. C. W. Monroe was present at _ fore an International Convention
the meeting and reported that plans will be held in Texas or the South
were rapidly goinsr forward for the • - - - -
Bitten and scratched severellj* by
a cat which she attempted to feed
and fondle when it wandered into
the yard at their home at Rock
Crossing Tuesday evening, little
Martha Ray and her father R. B.
Ray, who was attacked by the ani-
mal when he attempted to rescue
the baby, will both take the Pas-
teur treatment. They came to
Parmley-Ogden hospital for emer-
gency treatment for the wounds and
to await decision of experts engaged
to examine the head of the animal.
The report was said to have shown
that the cat was afflicted with ra-
bies.
Martha is about two years old.
Her arms, face and legs are mark-
ed by the cat’s claws and her hands
and legs are bitten'. Mr. Ray was
not seriously injured but will take
the serum as a preventative meas-
ure.
Classification Talks
Feature of Rotary
Meet Here Friday
Funeral Rites Held
Wednesday For
Mrs' J. L Arnold
We take
tending our
best wishes
the Electra
atmg class and to all graduates :
whose lives are closely inter- :
woven with those of our home :
town. Life with all of its op- J
portunities lies before you. The
school life is not finished—it
has just begun. You are just
now entering the
school of life and
with which you
yourselves during
school will largely
your value to your community
in the future.
We believe in the young peo-
ple of today. The future wel-
fare of the nation rests upon
your ability to think clearly
and act intelligently, and we
feel that the destiny of the na-
tion is safe in the hands of
youth whose ideals have mould-
ed and whose minds have been
trained in the studious effort
required in the process of ac-
quiring a high school diploma.
W. A. Asbill Heads
Electra Lions Club
For Coming Year
Burnsides,
P. Bowen,
A-543, M.
& Bailey,
•249, Netherly
No. 18, J.
3, GC&SF
No. 19, J.
9, GC&SF
then, constable, and Tom Shook,
chief cf police at that time, had
planned the robbery and protected
him from arrest after it was com-
imitted. Shumate claimed in his tes-
timony that\$60, gotten from the
hotel, was divided with Shook and
Fryor after he had spent the re-
mainder of the night at Shook’s
’home.
Complica-
her death.
Arnold, three
sons survive.
Miss Vivian,
Electra
The
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M. M. Austin Rites
Held Wednesday
At County Line
father of Mrs. C7 W.
who resides west of the
He has been in ill health for
the past year and' has been making
his home with his daughter,
Bertha Ross in Vernon.
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Good Will Meet At
Rock Crossing June
May 30.
W. A. As-
Gilljs, first
Austin, sec-
1
Congratulations
Class of ’29
Large Crowd To
Attend Concert
. At Wichita Falls
(Pryor Gets Eight
t Years Robbery Charg
ley, No. 1, W. J. Logan, No. 36,
KWVFL survey; W. C. Forbus, No.
I, McBurney-Maywood, No. 197
Waggoner Colony survey; Tedford
Bros, et al, No. 3, A. W.
J. M. Sharp survey; E.
No. 1, Fassett & Tuttle,
Templeton survey; Riner
No. 2, J. D. Michie,
survey; Venmex Oil Co.,
& J. Waggoner, section
survey; Venmex Oil Co.,
& J. Waggoner, Block
survey; Hi-Land Oil Co., No. 3, L.
E. Piper, block 11, J. T Lewis sur-
vey ;The Texas Co., No. 359, A-784,
Waggoner, H&TC survey; Shappeil
Oil Co., No. 10, Kemp & Kempner,
lot 3, block 19, KWVFL survey;
Panhandle Refining Co., No. A-5,
Burnett, A-464, G. P. Meade sur-,
vey; W. H. Hammon, No 9, T. F.' J. E. Dunaway,
Mitchell, J T Lewis survey; Gulf
Production Co., No. 4, S. Mitchell,
A-4G0, J. T. Levis survey; Hi-Land
Oil Co., No. 2, Piper. A-462, J. f.
Lewis survey; Reno Oil Co., No. 2
J. E. Roller, S. Holloway survey.
C. Buddrus, No. 4, Cole No. 2, P.
P. S. Land; Mid-Continent Holding
inclement! Corp., No. 1, N. R. Temple, fee,
held
“Hardware” and “Rotary” were
mixed at the regular’ noon luncheon
meeting A)f the Rotary Club Friday
at the Marriott Hotel. W. D.
Cross, president, presided oVer the
business session- and , the entertain-
mnt features were offered by Rus-
sell Scheurer and Dr. L. D. Graf-
ton. Scheurer made an interesting
classification talk . on “Hardware,”
and Dr. Grafton chose for his sub-
ject “Principles of Rotary.” C. P.
Engelking spoke in behalf of 100
per cent attendance
body at the Rotary
each
the
of his opponent in no un-
terms. Asbill speaking for
and Gillis in turn praising
Gillespie and J. P. Do-
home [ P- m-
blaze
been ( attendance from all the organiza-
usual tions in the two counties and the
that Electra groups are urging every
gmember to be present. Competition
, is expected to be keen on winning
it one of the most stubborn the ( of the attendance banner and other
local firemen ha.e ever had to trophies of feted for efficient v in
fight. j dr 11 work.
ij Ed -Pryor, former constable of
Electra precinct, was given eight
years in the penitentiary by -a jury
in 89th district court, Wichita
Falls, Wednesday evening. The
case on which he was tried grew
American Legion
Sponsors Memorial
Service Thursday
Meets In Electra
Sunday, June 2
Ninety-five permits to drill were
issued during the month of May
by J. Lon Martin, oil and and gas
• supervisor for this district. Fiftj -
I two of these were for Wilbarger
county, forty-one for Wichita, and
two for Foard, which is embraced in
j this district. Locations in Foard
county are: Bass and Dillard, Nof 1
R.fi Husky, sec. 276, block A, H.
& T. C. survey; California Co., No.
il, N. Nichols Sr., sec. 298, block
A, H&TC survey.
Locations in Wichita county are:
Riner & Bailey, No. 3, J. D.
Michie, A-249, L. Netherly survey:
Louis Barclay, No. 1, Kemp &
I Kempner, No. 40, KWVFL survey;
I Ryan Consolidated Pet. Corpora-
| tion, No. 110, George Nance, S. O.
. Fowler survey; Harry' Hines, No.
'Ninety-five New Locations
Staked This District in May
Electra Woman’s
Father Is Injured
No. 4, Piper, J. T. Lewis sur- <
Rubsam & Hunter, No. 6,1
W. D. & L. V. McClure, A1363,
GC&SF survey-- Mrs. R. A. Lan-
ning, No. 9, S. , M. McCarty, S. O.
Fowler survey; Hi-Land Oil Co.,
No. 1, Chilson, No. 9 D. C. S. Land.
Humble Oil & Refining Co., No. 1,
Hines-Burnett, W. W Carroll sur-
vey; Gulf Production Co., No, 5,
Sue Mitchell, A-460, J. T. Lewis
survey.
The fifty new locations made in
Wilbarger county are all on Wag-
goner estate land. Considerable
play is being given the new Melat
pool, but drilling is general over
the proven area of the three major
pools, Rock Cossing, Grayback and
Consolidated. The operators and
companies starting new wells during
the month include Staley-Wynne.
Ross Robertson, I
Empire Gas and Fuel Co., Lewis
Production Co. Golden & Cochran,
Easter Oil Company, Melat Oil Co..
Fain-McGaha, C. P. Burton, Wich-
isan Oil Corp., W. T. Knight,
Prairie Oil and Gas Co., Simpson-
Fell, Shaw Oil Co., J. H. Massie,
John O’Neal,
Co., Phillips Pet. Co., Shappeil Co.,
Consolidated Oil Co., and Roy I
Carter. '
Meade survey; Roy F. Wright, No.
4, J. C. Jennings, sec. 12, H&TB
survey; J. G. Rowe, et al, No. 3,
J. & J. Waggoner, 2-13,
survey; Tedford Bros,
W. Burnsides, J. M. Sharp survey;
Comae Drilling Cp., No. 5, M. P.
Bishop, L. Netherly survey; E. P.
Bowen, No. 2, Fassett & Tuttle, M.
Templeton survey; Golden &* Coch-
ran, No. 3, J. & J. Waggoner, H.
George survey; H. B. Crowell, No.
1, J. W. Snow, sec. 3, H&TB sur-
vey; Riner & Bailey, No. 4, J. D.
Michie, L. Netherly survey; Riner
& Bailey, No. 5, J. D. Michie, L.
Netherly survey; Ryan Consolidat-
ed Pet. Corp., No. 43, George Nance
5. O. Fowler survey; Bullington, '1898? bcin£ 31 years old- She and
Lee & Pendleton, No. 4, Jennings, her three sma11 children, two girls
sec. 12, HT&B survey; Hi-Land Oil and a b°y» niade their home wifch
Mrs. Cordie Cain
Died Here Tuesday
Buried Wichita Falls
Lamar Curry, John Bruce Hyde,
Lloyd Jones, Ralph Key, George
Keever, Charles Kent, Hulen Maul-
din, T. L. McCracken, Joe Moore.
Lee James Ratliff, Will Edgar San-
ders, Eual Sims, Wayne Smith, W.
M. Stom, Preston Ashley, Charlsie
Bryan, Carrie May "Dees, Lena Eg-
genberg, Eva Mae Green, Beatrice
Hudson, Francis McDannald, Ruby
Mae Ray, Iren Seely, Pauline Shel-
ton, Zula Stephens, Rita Stewart.
Ruth Walace, Beatrice Horton, ’
, Lorene Hardy, Hazel Cross, Irene
were QOpeiand, Elba Craig, Raymond
Curfman, Jack Goodman, Charles {
Hammer, Arnold Klinkerman. Kinch (
[ Koerth, Melvin Kieaps, Clarence!
Lowrie, J. C. McCracken, Frank i
j McKenzie, Russell Scott, Robert}
' Smith, Herbert Pye, Mildred An-1
{drews, Nadine Aven, Odell Brown-
. ing, Ozie Chesher, Wanda Clonin-
v 1 ger, Gertrude Gamblin. Berlin Has-
sell, Myrtlee Lee Humphries, Re-
munda Kruse, Mary Lee, Myra
Lee, Lucille McFarland, Katherine
Minderman, Lillie Parsons,
Reich, Francis Sanderlin, ~
Smith, Clorene Thrasher,
Neely, Vera Cottrell.
The annual election of officers of
the Electra Lions Club was held
Wednesday at a special meeting
which had been called so that a
holiday might be observed on Me-
morial Day, Thursday,
Officers elected were
bill, .president; G. J.
vice president; W. M.
ond vice president; Ray Cox, third
vice1 president; Wayne Gillespie,
secretary-treasurer; Sam Hill, Lion
tamer; R. R. Ramey, tail-twister.
Two new directors were named:
L. B. Slaughter and Ben W. Tip-
ton. G. R. Davidson, retiring presi-
dent, automaticaly becames a mem-
ber of the board of directors, the
hold-overs being E. V. Haltom and
B. M. Dickey.
The election was accomplished by
ballot after an interesting session
of speech-making in which
candidate for office extolled
virtues
certain
Gillis,
Asbill;
herty speaking for each other; W.
M. Austin and Ray Cox following
suit, while W. B. Babcock and Dr,
Ramey showed political finesse in
their speeches urging votes for each
other. Sam Hill’s opponent in the
lion-tamer race was Chris Scheur-
er, who was absent, but had rep-
resentatives in the assembly. B. W.
Tipton, Dr. P. E. Fish, L. B.
Slaughter and J. N. Fulcher, can-
didates for places on the board of
directors, were the last heard in
the “pre-election whoopee.”
The meeting was opened as us-
ual, with the singing of
followed by the invocation
H. E. Anderson.
N. S. Nelson, formerly
sicana, but now connected
State Barber Shop of this city,
was introduced by Dr. C. C. Kling-
man. as a guest of the club. W. L.
Horn of the Electra News was in-
troduced by President G. R. David-
son - as
made a brief speech of appreciation
of the fellowship of the club.
Nelson thanked the assembly
the hospitality shown him.
H. A. Decker, chairman of
Park committee, reported in humor-
ous vein that the park, now flood-
ed with water from recent rains,
resembled a swimming pool more
than a park. Plans were made for
members to meet at the park Mon-
day evening, June 3, at 6 o’clock
and begin the work of rehabilita-
tion.
W. M. Austin announced that
he had a letter of appreciation from
Saul Josephs, dry goods salesman
of St. Louis, in which he enclosed
$5 to be presented the club to be
..used as they might see fit. Mr.
Joseph was guest of the club at a
recent luncheon and praised the
fellowship and spirit of the organi-
zation to Mr. Austin. The club
voted to use the money in purchas-
ing a bench for the park.
A vote of thanks and appreciation
was extended by the
Letrice Wofford, club
she was unanimously
the coming year.
Plans were made for the instal-
lation of officers to be held on the
night of Thursday, June 6th. The
place of meeting to be named later.
Retiring president Davidson and
retiring secretary Neal M. Sparks
each spoke briefly in appreciation
of the splendid spirit of co-Qpera-
tion shown by officers and mem-
bers during their tenure of office.
Rock Crossing Man
and Child Bitten
By Rabid Cat
Ward Graduates
Hold Exercises
Wednesday Night
4
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believe in
Electra’s
school-.
Ue are prouc
of
her
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»f children, and
we
are
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proud
of the faculty
and
the
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board, and we
are
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proud of the
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