Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 1999 Page: 3 of 10
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Ground Breaking
Ceremony
EISD Sets
Thanksgiving
Save money
on your
insurance.
Retired
Teachers
Organized
Bruce Dulaney
Scott, Pam Dulaney and Troy Camp
Marion Wilson & family
NHS Parents
To Meet
On Dec. 2
HONORING ALL INSURANt E I’Ol.K IES
AND
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John M. Willis, DO, FACOI
of Mansfield, Texas, son of
Marvin and Billie Willis of
Electra was honored last month
by the American College of
Osteopathic Internists (ACOI)
for excellence in the practice of
internal medicine.
Bill Houck
Services Held
On Monday
Bill T. Houck, 63, of Rock-
The next meeting will be
January 12, 2000 in Electra,
lib
Brad Moore of Electra grad-
uated from Abilene Christian
University with a Bachelor of
Business Administration degree
in Accounting during August
commencement.
He is the son of Bob and
Janis Moore and graduated
from Eicctra High School in
1995.
About 150 miles west of the
Dallas/Fort Worth area, ACU
is affiliated with the churches
of Christ and has an enrollment
of more than 4,600 students.
John Willis
Honored
By ACOI
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Retired school personnel from
Eicctra, Holliday and Iowa
Park met November 10, to or
ganize a local unit of Texas Re
tired Teachers Association.
Sandy Williams, President of
District IX TRTA installed
new officers. They are:
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PROVIDING ALL'I YI’ES OF 11 INER A I. SERVICES
AND
PRE ARRANGED FUNERAL PLANS
in honor of Veterans Day last Thursday on the 100th anniversary of the VFW organization.
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The family of Florence Dulaney would like Io express our love and
thanks to each of you who helped in any way during Florence's
illness and death Your prayers, cards, calls, flowers, visits, and
other acts of kindness meant so much.
A special thanks to Deacon Pat, Father Blank, and Father Chris
for the services and tribute to Florence, to Precia and Chris lor
their part in the service, to Billy Don lor the readings, to Nell and
Mary for the beautiful music, to the Pallbearers, to tire ladies of the
St. Paul's Altar Society who served the meal, to all who brought
food to the house and to the church, and for the many flowers
and memorials given in her honor Thank you to all who came from
out of town, as well as our dear friends in Electra to attended the
services May God Bless Each of You
The Honorary degree of Fel-
low in the ACOI (FACOI) was
conferred upon Dr. Willis in
a ceremony witnessed by more
than 300 of his peers.
To qualify for the degree
of Fellow, a physician must
demonstrate continuing profes-
sional accomplishments, schol-
arship and professional activ-
ities, including teaching, re
search and community service.
reading to _________
on Friday, November 12 in recognition of Parental
Involvement Day held across the nation. Activities were
planned in conjunction with the day at Dinsmore and
Junior High. Dinsmore had members of the community
and parents to read to classes. Refreshments were served
at Junior High.
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Schedule
Changes Set
For Garbage
Thanksgiving holiday sched
ulc lor garbage collection has
been announced by I ESI, who
contracts with the City of Elec
tra.
If your collection day is
Monday, Tuesday or Wednes-
day, trash collection will be on
your regularly scheduled day. r
Should your regular collection
day fall on Thursday (Thanks
giving Day), your trash will be
collected on Friday.
Customers who arc regularly
collected on Friday will be
collected on Saturday.
Collection schedules will re
main normal (luring the Christ
mas and New Years Holidays.
students to attend this very
important meeting.
No classes will be
Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day of next week in Elec-
tra schools in observance of
Thanksgiving.
ELECTRA STAR-NEWS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1999 PAGE THREE
Brad Moore
Earns Degree
From ACC
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rotary, Pat Holt, Hollidax,
Treasurer Jo Ann Hale, Iowa
2500 osteopathic in- Clark urges all parents of these Park.
Kevin Houck and Lindsey
Bowden, members of the EIIS
Tiger Band will be competing Tor
v the All State Band in Abilene on
January 8 after placing high in
the Region Band.
Kevin was selected as first
chair trombone and Lindsey
was named as the fourth chair
French horn in the Region
Band.
z\lso selected for the Region
Band was Priscilla Porras on
flute. Region Band members
will be performing January 14
15.
Other Tiger Band members
who competed at region level
were Wendy Farias, Jenni Med
ley, Shawn Gibson and Jackie
Leverett.
Band directors are David
Eakins and Jerry Goble.
PARENT INVOLVEMENT-Dawn Dunsmore is shown
students at Dinsmore Elementary School
_ Monthly
Payments
Roy Oakley
Dies Nov. 11
In Hospital
Mr. Roy Lee Oakley, 43, died
wall Texas died Friday, Novem- Thursday, November 11, 1999
ber 12. in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Services were held Monday Memorial services were held
at Rest Haven Funeral Home, 10 a.m. Saturday, November
Rockwall Chapel with Larry 13, 1999 from First United
Davis officiating. Interment Methodist Church with Rev.
was in Rest Haven Memorial Tom Medley, officiating.
Park. Mr. Oakley was born May 5,
Mr. Houck was born July 1956 in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
12, 1936 in Anton, Texas. He and Patti Cato were married
He was ordained to ministry August 11, 1980 in Vernon,
in 1964 at Victory Baptist Texas. He w’as a member of
Church, Vernon, Texas and the Harrold Volunteer Fire
retired in 1992 from Victory Department and employed by
Baptist Church, Rowlett. He Johnson-Ernst.
was a member of South Garland Survivors include his wife
Baptist Church. He was the Patti Oakley of Electra; two
pastor of the Bible Baptist daughters, Carla and Tricia
Church in Electra from 1973- Oakley, both of Eicctra; his
77. mother, Marie Oakley, Heald
Survivors include his wife ton, Oklahoma; one sister,
Carolyn Houck of Rockwall; Terry Castleberry of Wilson,
sons, Travis Lee Houck and Ok.; one brother, Tracy Oak
wife Mary, of Electra, Texas Icy of Healdton, Ok.
and William Todd Houck and Memorials may be made to
wife, DebbieofGarland;daugh- the Friends of the Library,
ter, Mary Katherine Harrison 401 North Waggoner, Electra,
and husband, Odie of Lake Texas 76360.
Dallas; stepdaughters, Vickie
Eagle of Emory, Texas and
Rita Edwards of Royse City
and 10 grandchildren.
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Classes will resume on Mon
day, Nov. 29.
A meeting of the parents
of students who are members
Dr. Willis resides in Mansfield of the EHS chapter of the
and is an Assistant Professor of National Honor Society will be the
Internal Medicine at the Uni- held at 5:30 p.m. in the high President, Robert Palmer, Iowa
versity of North Texas Health school auditorium. Park; 1st Vice President, Don
The purpose of the meeting is Brewer, Electra; 2nd Vice Pres
to discuss NHS projects for the
The ACOI is a national modi- remainder of the school year,
cal specialty society represent-
ing over
ternists and medical subspecial-
ists.
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Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 1999, newspaper, November 18, 1999; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1234152/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.