The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1932 Page: 3 of 6
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ady Golfers, 111-jMrs/ Austin Is
njoy Luncheon . Hostess Friday To
H^nd Start Contest |Friendship Class.
pf^Inaugurating a* new- movement to Mi’s. W. M. Austin was 'hostess,
ifejicourage golfplaying among the1 Friday evening, ,'Sept. 16, at her
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^adies of the-'; country club, the‘home on ' West, Wharton • avenue, to
:l|'adies Golf .Association held a cov- the Friendship Class-of the Metho
ered dish luncheon at > the clubhouse dist * Sunday school. The president,
feapast Wednesday preceding golf play! Mrs. P. E. Vaught, was in charge
oftflrn? Mvd P T? T A i i!l - — l L. 2 I_ ■—.
the afternoon.". Mrs. G. F. Le-jof the program .and business meet-
*mW?s< chairman ^pf * 'the - association, ing,
leader inV the. affair and cap-] Mrs. Austin opened the meeting
s were chosen,;’ fqy a contest to J with prayer. The hymn, “Take My
[carried on '’•through- the season. Life and Let It Be” vhis sung pre-
sdames J. W., Gookin and Allen
hple were ■ chiosen as team cap-
is and each.chose her players.
winning^ team, for each month
ll bo honorees at' a luncheon to be
ren by the.jokers on' the first
[ednesday of the following month,
feveral new players, were welcomed.
,the golf play during the after-
itfn, Mrs. Mary Jowcll won the
fving cup which-, is offered by the
ssociation and which must'be won
iree times in order to hold it per-
manently. Mesdames George Jen-
i^nings and E.~R. Brown tied for the
vious to a very interesting talk by
Mrs, Ray. Cox on “The Christian’s
Consecration.”
' In the business session, Mrs. T.
B. Gilbert read the treasurer’s and
secretary’s, report. - The following
officers -were elected for the en-
suing, year: teacher, Mrs. W. C.
Martin; president^ Mrs. E. M. Gil-
lespie;' first vice president, Mrs.
W. D. Baker; secretary-treasurer,
Mrs. L. S. Tinnin; program chair-
man, Mrs. W. E. Vaught; reporter,
Mrs. T. B. Gilbert.
It was voted to change the date
!*golf ball offered each week and of the monthly meetings to the
fwill play off. the “tie later. j Fourth Friday afternoon of each
Tft-oH' Present for the luncheon and month.
||%anies were Mesdames J. W. Gookin,
ifep. G. White, E. R. Brown, II. B.
l&Xandrum, C. Ck Jones, Allen Kem-
l^ple, G. F. LeBus; J; II. Marriott,
^00.. Grace Jennings, .Mary Jowcll,
^feeorge Jennings, S. B. Faulkner,
fe'J. B- Bright, and Louise Williams,
^members, and Mrs. Ned Normal,
The hostess served a salad plate
to the members of the class.
m a »
' Day Sunday, Oct. 2
- To Appear fee
“That Friendly Church” is 'the
slogan*adopted; by the Midway “Bap-
tist church/-, three miles northeast
of' 'Electra,* and 'the' Rev. -T. JW*
1 Smithy -who" has . recently;- accepted
the'.'pastorate 'there,J announces - that
a-, blanket;.. invitation; is . issued to’
every person. in Electra. or vicinity
not attending^ .'other ‘ churches to
Come -and worship’ with the friendly
congregation;-of ' the '- Midway .com-
munity.' Every’ phase of’ the church
work there is growing. under the
Rev. Smith’s ministry and large
crowds are attending services each
Sunday. %. ’ .
Sunday, October 2nd,’ has been
designated as a special day, and
the program for the day includes
special] features, whichc /Will prove
of interest. The subject for the
Sunday morning service will be
“The Church—the Shiner Family
Will Be There.” The subject for
the evening service will be “Life's
Sweetest Day Dream; the Home.”
A gift will be given by the pastor
and his wife to the couple present
who have been married the longest
The couple, who has been married
the shortest period of time, will be
asked to make the formal presenta-
tion of the gift. Special music will
be rendered by a choir of thirty
voices.
Next Sunday, the subject for the
pastor’s sermon at the morning ser-
vice will be, “The Wonderful Sav-
ior.” The subject for the sermon
that evening will be “How To Act
Toward Others.”
fe&sister of Mrs. Faulkner, visitor.
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||SAthena Delphian
$l$Holcls Initial
JfiMeet for Season
fe® The Athena Delphian chapter held
Ws&ts initial meeting for the season,
Pfe.’Thumlay evening,* at the Smith-
Legion Auxiliary
Entertains Monday
At Bridge Party
Mrs. W. L. Horn won the high
score prize for ladies; S. B. Mar-
chant the high score prize
Electra Women
Attend W. M. U.
Meet At Wichita
Mrs. John Brownlee, president of
the Wichita-Archer Baptist W. M.
U., ami Mrs. A. M Rose, president
gentlemen, and W. L. Horn ami 0f the Electra W. M. U. and mis-
Mrs. Roy Mankins shared consola-
BnngSeminole
Village To Fair
. 'J
Roaring lions, ■ trumpeting'' ele-
phants,. chattering monkeys,-' beauti;.
ful aerial artists/ and funny-clowns (
will -hold forth here - bn Saturday, ‘ tured attractdons'*at the 1932 State
, * Dallas,, Texas—A Seminole Vil-
lage* with its tribe of 28 people, a
chief; and three alligator wrestlers
from the - Everglades of Florida,
will- be set, up as one of the fea-
Sept. 24, afternoon!* and night,'vwheh
tlie , famous Water • L. Main ^Circus,
bow °.p its ,64th- annual tour,/.makes
its. initial appearance/'-
^The Main ".Circus, 'this year, * has
gone to Hollywood, - California,' for
its‘.feature attraction and has none
other than the wellknown and equal-
ly ' famous' western screen star Bill
Cody in person for the main’Wem-
ber of the tented enterprise. Bill
Cody has made eight feature, pic-
tures this year, including “Oklaho-
ma-Jim,” “Mason of' the y Mounted, ’
and the “Land- of Wanted. Men.”
At the end of the circus season lie
returns to Hollywood for Universal
Pictures and starts on another se-
ries of Westerns. Cody has his
complete moving picture company
entour with him which includes cow-
boys, cowgirls and Indians as well
as four of his favorite horses,
“Chico,” “Tarzan,” and “Silver
King.” One of the highlights of
the performance is a portion of a
set in which movies are made giv-
ing the audience a closcup of a
real acting motion picture company.
There will be trained animal acts
in abundance including Capt. Harry
Walker with his group of jungle
bred African lions. Capt. Walker
enters the large steel arena with
twenty of these snarling, growling
Fair, of ,Texas, Oct.. 8 to 23. The
village''will occupy, a space 200 feet
by- 200 feet, and the side walls,
the huts, the ceremonial stages, will
be. set up just as they are found
in the native villages of the Flor-
ida swamps/
Three alligator wrestlers, each
of whom has been raised in the
Everglades, will be seen in hourly
wrestling matches- with the aliga-
tors. Twelve wrestling alligators
C; of C. Adopts
Memorial For
J. A. Brannen
WHEREAS, on September 12,
1932, the Omnipotent Ruler called
from among us James Arthur Bran-
nen, and
WHEREAS, James # Arthur during
his residence of many years in our
city, had embedded himself in our
hearts as a man of exceptionally
sterling character, and as a friend
loved by all who ever came in con-
tact with him and knew him, and
WHEREAS, we all deeply recog-
nize our loss of a true friend, and
are carried by the Indians and the [ desiring in this humble manner to
smallest of these measures eleven express our'feelig to his loved ones;
feet long, and weighs 250 pounds, j BE IT RESOLVED that the Elec-
More than 350 birds, animals, tra Chamber of Commerce and Ag~
leptiles and turtles, common to the rieulture, of which body our de-
Evei glades will be seen in the ceased friend at one time was pres-
menagerie of the village. Included
in the list of animals are ostriches,
kinlcajoos, flamingoes, coral snakes,
Everglade rattlers and moecasions,
fox squirrels, racoons, Florida beav-
ers and ethers.
The 28 Seminole Indians, in their
peculiar dress, will be seen in tribal
dances and ceremonies, and such
of their solemn rites as weddings
will be staged during their stay
and exhibit at the State Fair of
Texas,
More than 200 manufacturing
plants will be represented in the
brutes, and with the crack of a whip | S ^
a.«l' terse commands makes them/03/, “ F/" of Texas Oct *
.... . t -•>. it has been announced by Col.
obey his every wish even though w E Ta]bot m.mngh^ du.ec/or of
at the danger of his own life.
In the herd of elephants is “Go-
liath,” said to be largest beast that
walks the earth who weighs a ton
more than Jumbo. Goliath is just
as gentle as he is big and at every
afternoon performance allows the
.‘mall children to rule around the
Hippodrome track on his broad back.
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^:;McPannaId Oil company office. Mrs
Frank Fisher, vice president, pr*-
||T*£sided m the absence of Miss Eliza-
lion awards at the benefit bridge
party given by the Ladies Auxiliary
of the American Legion at the le-
gion hall, Monday night. Mrs. C.
Sion chairman for the Wichita-1 "j1 ll' ‘|l,ncinlf horses, twelve
Archer unit, went to Wichita Falk, jcute pomo*.
Monday, to attend ml all-dav school , ‘'/"'f1 “n<1 vwn »om.e
rf instruction held at the Lory-
Memorial church there. Mrs. J. M. „ ‘ ’ . , . . ,
P. Engclking, president of the nr-; Tanner, formerly of tins city, l.u- .. Ih<? b,« which houses
ganization, was hostess for the nc-ivihn now resides at Wichita Falls, (1‘lu' i,,u Cl,s . speuniens o )('a,s
easion .and she was assisted byi„m| ls president of the Lamar Ave J h"',la r<:1>1t,lt‘s from fPr>' c" '
other member of the auxiliary. Mr/,.,,,, W.' M. 1'.. was ,n attendance | ''c*' <>f the globe. ,s opened.,, an, ,1
T^PBeth Hardin, president, who is out*Q -j* McOann was in charge of thejat the school of instruction and a> I !nll. 11 lmu'n-s 0 a c '
^.fof the city. .Miss - Mary McCann, r<.BI,lrati.„ table, and five tables slsl,,| Uu. „rtiv,t,es of the ,h,y. <l>'l; ’'cn fem cage to cage and he
Secretary, read communications from’ ,Pr0 arranged for the games, which ---—-- 1 "> '•'« comfortably seated
/v/thc State Federation of Women's j pr,,v,(|,.(| diversion for ten couples.
^;%v^lul»s and from 'National Delphia i j rK 5S
fe^lmntlquarters.' Mrs. Louise Williams, U | FmiKnrnp
^ Measurer, gave a* report on tl.e ^COtCll r OUrSOme
inptcr's finances. Miss McGanuj^t Country Club
m charge of the lesson onj Allen Kemple nnd Miss Marjorie
te: sit a ha Stories.” Topics, on which, Bngiit took the honors in a Scotch
were made, included: “Char-. foursonu.t which was played early
the Southwest Development Bureau,
sponsors of the show. The Texas
Manufacturers Show will be the
most representative of Texas re-
sources and manufactured goods
ever held in the state.
ident and for many years a mem-
ber, acting herein by and through
its committee appointed for that
purpose, in solemn form, extend to
Mrs. James Arthur Brannen, Ann
Clair and Fern, his loving wife, and
daughters, and to the other rela-
tives of James Arthur, our deepest
and sincerest sympathy in their
bereavement.
Electra Chamber of Commerce
and Agriculture: G. R. Davidson,
chairman; and C. P. Engelking,
committee.
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Mesdames W. B. January of this
city and A. J. Ford, Hayos and B.
R. Hutchins of Fowlkes attended
an executive board meeting of the
Wichita County Council of Parent-
Teacher Association at Wichita
Falls, Thursday. Mrs. C. F. Birk-
head of this city was elected as a
member of the executive board, suc-
ceeding Mrs. Krank B. Creighton,
who had offered her resignation.
V^lJcter of Renaissance Stories,” Mrs., Sunday morning on the country dan
Miss Virginia Douglas, Ed., B. S.
Will Open
“The Little School”
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com fortably
Miss Mvi tli- ’ MvCIung rvli.rnvil ’ m 'i™1' f,,r lh<‘ l'»'vus piwformmivo. j £
Iasi wvvk from Tyler, where -le-, 1 wo massive, c-nlorful pageants
ha,I been v,siting Dr. ami Mrs. L.v 1 ,,|u " a,'!' „t,R' «■•«»* Perform- $
I a nee, ".Mother (»oosc in rairylnnd I
fm the opening ami with the living £
characters from the childhood nui-jo
scry rhyme. Mother Goose, Jack j
Horner. Mistress Mary, Little 13 * \K
Peep and all th? rest deal
A Nursery and Kindergarten
For Children from the ages of 2 to (i.
I
ingstone and family
B.
rank Fisher; “Boccaccio’s Decani- jjnks. Mr. Kemple and Miss Bright
run.” Mrs. Williams; “The Pot ff wc,ro tietj on the first round with
asil, ’ Mrs. Earl Stewart; “The ^ q Whtc and Mrs. Jim Sehcurer
jingle Garden,” Mrs. N. D. Cooper; |)Ut an cxtlu hole gave them th'»
jThe Silent Lover,” Miss Eura Wil- decision. Those playing were. Messrs |
in^i'i, . _ i and Mesdames J. W. Gookin, Frai.-j
Kep- rts * on interchib activities .js Awtrey, Allen Kemple ,U. G.
uune the vacation season wcrn J winte, Jim Scheurer; Mr. J. T).
iscu'-cd. Four members reported^ an(i daughter. Miss Marjorie
.aunir attended the meeting of tlv*! Bright.
rV ii h o a County Federation of Worn-1 K ^ 25
» riL,1’Mi~ Flippen Head.
also in attendance at a pro-.f^ecJ Pepper Olub
K‘rv
cram sponsored by the Twentieth p P.rirl Season
lcntui\ club in honor of other ror Ona oeason
i tours which included visits held its initial meeting last Wed-
’ * ■ nesday afternoon to welcome new
♦ i members and to elect officers who
Mi si’.. Earl Stewart was named as, will serve for the ensuing football
fm- the next period. Present season. Twenty-eight charter mem-
pyw.., Mesdames ■ Williams, Fisher, bers were present and twen y new
BfS.Cnnp,.,-. J. W. Gookin, Stewart, Ed members were enrolled to fill places
k:ii*Thvile Missds 'Wilkinson and Me-1 vacated by graduation and lcmoval
Pt Gam!. 'members, and Miss Elizabeth I from the district. The squad ts kept
f/nv/M' r.ann, guest.
'Methodist' W. M. S.
at full strength of forty-eight mem
bers and serves the purpose of
boosting the Tigers in their games.
Officers were elected as follows:
To Be Held In Primary Department
First Onristian Church
200 West Harrison Avenuw
to the I 'v
Begins Sept. 26th, 9 to 12 o’CIock A. M.
For Further Information, Telephone 2 Longs on 1208
little ones heart The finale <>f tlu j
how is the Pat riot r* Spettaele, j-------------
j “Histone America,” with those ster-l
• ling characters, Paul Revere, Abra-
. ham Lincoln and up to the Presi-
dent Hoover.
I There will he two performances!
i daily and at popular prices. One |
admission ticket entitles the beare”,
to admission to the menagerie and 1
also a comfortable seat in the big
circus tent.
Men’s Bible Class
To Elect Officers
Sunday Morning)
HOOT GIBSON
Sides were chosen for the Rods
and Blues in launching an attend-'
ance and membership contest for the
Men’s Bible Class of the First
Methodist church, Sunday. One hun-
dred and twenty-two members and
visitors were present and special j
entertainment features included a
Wild West movie star, ranch *°ng number by Tracy Bell, with!
Mrs J. E: Cooper, president, Pre‘:Rubye Mae Flippen, president; Vio
sjdeci over the' regular meeting^ ot jefc jones> vjce president; Jackie
'the Methodist W.. M. S., held Mon-
<la> afternoon, at,the church. is 1
«r (h-f.und” was sung as the opening
n urn her, and Mrs/'E. L. Blaine read
t|u minutes of the previous meet-
’’h!ur Plans were made for represen-
Thorubrough, secretary treasurer;
Carrie Mae Dees, yell leader; Mary
Bashara, reporter.
After the business session wa.s
concluded, the assembly held a pep-
py yell practice. Old yells were
tat mo at a district meeting to be ^jven ancj school songs were sung.
field Thursday, Sept. 22, at the
M'tmian’s Folium building at Wien
it a Falls. Sixteen members announ-
ced their ^intention to attend t e
meeting.
A social service program was pre-
sented by Mrs. E.'. M: Gillespie s cir-
clo. The program was given in the
form of a playlet, “The Woodlawn
Missionary Society,” ^®r*
'C. Martin directing. Mrs. "W.
Sandefer gave the devotional; Air-
5 Tl L Gilger offered prayer and a
• T* general discussion was held
‘L-'-'what social service really means.
./■^/“MiS'. Louie Annie January, gave a
Igyjbeautiful story, 'which carried the
y^/sot-ial service motif, and Mrs. M.
’M'-& Vaughn led in prayer.
-Mrs Dannie Dale announced the
[ ///Prcm■ ntation of a play, Gho^t
K-SiHouse," to be sposored by the young
^re-id, department and which wi
r-T'0.i?e riven at the Grand Theatre on
'*!a\ and Wednesday, Sept. ^
f4,’.an<1 / * she asked the co-operation
-ociety in publicity and m
of tickets.
S* VZ n
Bill Coffey of Vernon and
W Scheurer of this city
if urda> in Wichita Falls
//;. of ■»,.
'the - ,
B-/ •” M
V-'r/Mf'
It was announced that the first
game of the season will be one
with Matador on September 30th,
and the squad will be expected to
be ready to boost the team at that
time and tfl-put on a rousing pro-
gram on the occasion of the formal
opening of the interscholastic
league season in the game with
Wichita Falls on the home field. It
was announced that games will be
played under floodlights and it was
urged that the Tigers be backed by
one of the best pep squads ever*
had here.
owner and producer of rodeo con-
tests, Hoot Gigson, one of the most
colorful sons of the West, will
tome to the State Fair of Texas in
October, where he will produce a
Mrs. Stella Moad playing the piano
accompaniment. Mrs. Edna Bel),
Ferguson gave a beautifully exe-J
cuted chalk talk on “The Good Shep-
16-day rodeo. Gibson is the owner herd. Miss Donna Bell played the
of the best string of bucking
horses in the rodeo world, and is
said to have the best rodeo equip-
ment of any producer in the coun-
try. His Golden State Ranch Round-
tip is one of the most colorful as
well as famous rodfeo contests
staged annually in America. Gib-
son is to make a picture during the
/Texas exposition at Dallas, and is
Jn Hollywood now at work on a
picture and recruiting a force to
use in the Texas-made him. Gib-
son will fly his Black Hawk sport
model plane to the State Fair, and
the plane will be placed on display
In the Southwest Aviation Exhibit.
piano accompaniment for the num
ber.
W. G. (Pat) Morrison, teachov,
gave an interesting lesson lecture,
and it was urged that a full attend-
ance be had for next Sunday morn-
ing, at which time the annual elec-
tion of officers will be held. The
Byrd brothers will present musical
numbers during next Sunday morn-
ing’s devotional exercises.
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Mesdames Tom Daugherty and
Mary Mann are spending the week
at Glen Rose.
DIZZINESS
relieved by Black-Draught
“I decided to take Thedford’s
Black-Drauglit, as I had been hav-
ing: bilious Hpplls,” writes Mr. Chas.
K. Stevens, of Columbus, Ind. "When
T get bilious. I fee! sleepy and tired
and do not feel like doing my work.
I get awfully dizzy. I know then
that I had better take something-
After I found how good Black-Draught
is. that is what I have used T guess
it rids me of the bile, for I feel bet-
ter— don’t feel like I am dropping
off to sleep every time T sit down.
That, to me. ts a very bad feeling
Now pan ran fjrt BlarJc-Draught in
the form of a SYRUP, for Children.
Does Your Roof Leak?
Is Your Cellar Water-Tight?
IF NOT-
CALL
JOHN T. FITTS
-PlIONE :!70-
HE WIU. IIX IT AND GUARANTEE THE WORK
ELECTRA
Saturday, Sept.
24
ONE DAY ONLY
forovi
fAmericas gn
s/(OU?
er sixty ue
icris qreams.
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and the
RANCH |
■W»®ft
^ presenting the
Universal. Pathe and Monogram. Pictum Star
BILL CODY mperson
with, fus (mtxxjscotgifls, Indians and famous
MOVING PICTURE HORSES
aSECT FROM HOLLYWOOD. CALIFORNIA
APPEARING IN PERSON EACH PERFORMANCE
GOLIATH
(WEIGHS A JON MOGE THAN JUMBO J
$50.000.TRACKLESS TRAIN
SEATS FOR 10,000 PEOPLE
LOCKHARTS'JUMPING HORSES
PATRIOTIC
SPECTACLE
\\
20 PERFORMING LIONS 20
PERFORMING LEOPAHOS.SMUONS.CAMOJ
“JARG0" GIANT GORILLA
If
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/ If ULr I* PAUL R£VER£, GEORGE WASHINGTON,
H111 l GEN. GRANT. GEN\ LEE. LINCOLN. ROOSEVELT*
m ™ rvw Akin n
SOLDIERS, COWBOYS AND INDIANS
Children 1
SENSIBLE
Adults
25c |
PRICES
I 50c
Admits To Menagerie anti Circus.
SEATS FOR 10,000 PEOPLE
Up-town Ticket Office at Goldsmith’s Drug Store ( in ti> I>u> Onl.v
The following merchants have a limited number of tickets
for the above show, inquire of them how the\ niave he
procured.
GOLDSMITH’S DRUG STORE
BURN’S FOOD MARKET
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