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twenty-fifth year
ELECTRA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1932
NUMBER 27
Wbir iast Year
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Covers were laid for one hundred
and twenty-six' guests.at the eleventh
annual bapqu^t of the Electra Cham-
ber of .vCommerce, and -Agriculture
held at/the' Armilda. hotel, Tuesday
night, -The .’assembly was ,* a repre-
sentative orie, composed of men and
women of /Electra, and the organi-
zation was r honored in havihg as
guests representatives from the Ver-
non andWichita Falls chambers of
commerce^ _ as well as guest-artists
from Iowa. Park and Burkburnett.
W. G.JMqrrison, a new member of
the board; of directors, served as
master of ceremonies, and the Le-
gion Orchestra, led by Bobby Burns,
provided the.‘music for vthe occasion.
Rev. W., W.r Rivers offered the in-
vocation.. ;arid G. J. Gilles led the
assemblyj^in, a singsong after a
bountiful^ tneal had been served un-
der the. direction of Mrs. Mary Jow-
ell.
Entertainment features included
specialty /dahce numbers by Misses
Miriam ^and"' Margaret Boden of
Burkburnett. ’ The.,.'Electra Women’s
Trio, composed" of hisses Letrice
Wofford and Myrl Jarrell and Mrs,
L. G. McLaughlin, sang two num-
bers. Miss. Katheryn Sue Ralston
of Iowa Park/.sang 'two numbers,
with Miss Jeweir’Thompson, aiso of
Iowa Park, playing the accompani-
ment Miss Ralston brought down
the house by dedicating the chorus
of one of the! fsongs ^ to Chief of
Police James -T.s Taylor.
E. R. Brown, who"'has served as
president of., the chamber for the
past year.1 and1’* who* wa's elected to
that position again Tuesday at noon,
gave a brief review- of-the work ac-
- • "to mpli shed* r;’‘ during™ the.....-year—ftist
Legion Sponsors
Work of Graveling
Area Public Library
The driveway surrounding the
Electra Public Library was nicely
graveled last week under supervis-
ion of the members of the Ameri-
can Legion and City Commissioner
A. -Fisher. The gravel was provided
by H. J. Flusche, owner of tlie Mt.
Carmel rock quarry, and work of
preparing and hauling it was done
by unemployed men who are being
assisted by the community chest.
Walks have been graveled around
churches in the city in the same
manner. Heads of families who arc
unemployed have responded willing-
ly in doing the work for the general
benefit of the community, J. V.
Ballard, head of the American Le-
gion, said.
Members W. B. A.
Asked Take Part
World’s Fair Fete
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Program Gomplete
Lioris-Senior Fete
Armilda Friday
Plans are complete for the annual { R. Ramey and H. A. Decker, menu;
Lions-Senior banquet which will be f W... L. Horn and H. A. Decker,
held Frida^ evening at the Armilda printing and tickets,
hotel, members of the committee on j II. T. /S. Totten will be the toast-
arrangements announced, Thursday, master, and G. J. Gilles song leader.
The program is expected to be one The progrom will include; invoca-
of the most outstanding events* of: tiori, Rev. C. H. Russell; dinner
its kind this season, with the com-J music by the Legion Orchestra; in*
ing of Julien C. Hyer, Fort Worth,1 troduction of guests; welcome ad-
President of Lions International, as j dress, President R. R. Ramey; vo-
the principal speaker. A blanket in-' cal solo, Edward Forbes; response
vitation has been issued to 108 to welcome, J. M. Ashley, Jr., pres- Members of the executive board of
members of the senior class of the ] ident of senior class; dance number,^ ^ie jPcderated Missionary Society
Electra high school, and it is said Payne children; introduction of
P.-T. A. To Sponsor
Silver Tea March 22
M. O. Turner Home
The executive board of the Wag-
goner-First Ward P.-T. A. held a
meeting at the home of the presi-
dent, Mrs. C. F. Birkhead, Thursday
morning, and made plans for a silver
tea to be held at’ the home of Mrs.
M. O. Turner, from 2 to 5 o’clock
in the afternoon and 7 to 9 o'clock
in the evening on Tuesday, March
22. A splendid program will be ar-
ranged for the occasion, which is
expected to be one of the most
elaborate of the season.
Committees who will be in charge
of the various details will be an-
nounced next week.
Charity Board To
Collect Clothing
Needy, Tuesday
and Electra Chamber of Commerce
charity board held a joint meeting
to participate in_the presentation of J G._ J. Gilles, H. T. S. Totten Condiey, "mmL^Monday^ftt^S^Mm
Woman’s Benefit Association, have j that “not one has sent regrets.” (speaker,. G. R. Davidson; address,
just received word of an invitation Julien C, Hyer; introduction of Dis-
the spectacular Pageant in the Cen-1 G. R. Davidson compose the enter- J Eastland; talk, B. M. Dinsmore,
tury of Progress Exposition, to be tainment committee, and Mrs. L. B. j closing song,, taps,
held in Chicago in 1933. {Slaughter heads the reception com- The iocai ^club held no luncheon
The W. B. A. Pageant was an unittee, which will include all Liion-
closed arid outlined some of the ma-
jor plans vfprcr.the coming year. He
humorously referred to his adminis-
tration of chamber of* commerce af-
fairs as corresponding- to the "huge
.success” attained by President
Hoover, }vho;' has been blamed for
every real arid imaginary ill which
has befallen mankind in the past
four years. He said he would ex-
pect a chorus of *‘Oh Yeahs” if he
should tell of the accomplishments
of the body 'in 1931-32. Then in
more serious mood he told of some ........._ _____ _____________
°f the difficulties overcome and^ of •, bave been accepted in behalf of the
event of 1931 .in Soldier Field, .Chi-
cago^ wKieh* now forms part of the
new exposition rgounds. Ten thou-
sand participants in the colorful cos-
tumes at that time presented the i
history of woman’s effort from pio-
neer days and the repetition of this
beautiful picture was reviewed by
over 85,000 persons in July* last
year, and will appropriately form
part of the Century of Progress pro-
gram in which women of Texas will
thus have the honor of participating.
The invitations from the South
Park Commission of Chicago and al-
so from the State Street Council
esses. Other, ^pmmittee.s^Jnclude^E.
E. Rogers and A. C. Rippy, decora-
tions; Di\ P. E. Fish, Mesdames R. burnett.
meeting Thursday, but a number are
exacted . to; -attend*.. ±h£— intercity
meeting to be held tonight- at Burk-
the progress made by the organiza-
tion. *
membership by Mrs. Bina West
Miller, Supreme President of the
Gifts of Fuel
and Food Relieves
Untold Distress
G. J. Pi’ice, head of the Charity
ward Schlaffke and C. P. Engelking Bureau, reports that the bitter cold
were named Friday as Electra’s rep- i weather for the past six days ha3
Wichita; County TB
Association Elects
Officers Friday
B. M. Dinsmore and Mesdames Ed-
of the Wichita County Tuberculosis lems to tlie charity -workers. The
WORK 1931 LARGELY
DEVOTED TO RELIEF
rc-sentativea on the executive board 1 brought new and additionol prob-
a m. n i — —- ............---------— lems to tlie charity -workers. The
! 01' . ' , T^e J;000 f,1-/1155 ar | Association for the coming year, wisdom of the establishment, earlier
■ advised by Mrs. Miller The Gen-. Tho association executives met at ■ jn the season, of the woodyard was
j tury of Progress Exposition will b» th(, Hoit Hotcl at Wichita Falls j proved during the blizzard. Hr.
Chief among the activities of the. the world's greatest and most won-. with Dr. I. D. Russell, Burkburnett,! Price/ gives credit to City Commis-
year was. relief work including se- j derful exhibition. Chicago has been vjce presicient of the body, presid-. c.ioner A. Fisher for his tireless ef-
curing of federal feed and seed j preparing for years for this even < jng. Mary Quinn, secretary, forts in behalf of providing fuel,
loans by Manager'-Robert P. Hall fori and has created an entirely new set- Yen(]eretj the monthly report and Mr. Fisher has directed the work of
Wichita and Wilbarger county farm
»rs; handlin of Red Cross, county
relief and community chest funds
and groceries; promoting relief and
ting on Lake Michigan which will
surpass anything ever given in this
country.”
Mrs. Pearl Hutchins, president,
unemployment projects. Release of and the other officers of the Elec-
Manager. Hall in May because of a j tra Review No. 132, will begin
depleted treasury and the facing of
an increasing' deficit hanging oyer
from previous years and the reor-
ganization of forces -on a reduced
budget was followed by further ca-
lamity in the closing of the bank
shortly to make special plans to
help represent the state at the
Grand Banquet and in the Pageant
of Progress, it is said.
plans were begun for the annual hauling and cutting a greater poi'-
clinics to be held in April. Twelve tion of the wood. He secured the
new directors were chosen, nine be- * privilege of getting woodt first from
ing from Wichita Falls, Iowa Park the Nance farm southeast of the
and Burkburnett, Others beside Mr. city and when the supply was ex-
hausted there he secured free wood
for The city’s needy citizens from
the N. II. Martin tract in that vi-
ciniy, # .
Mr. Price reports the receipt of
the following donations to the*food
commissory during the past week:
------ ----- -------- S. N. Jones, 20 pounds peas; H.
arranged. Headquarters for the ^ i Mesdames I. K. Williams and W. H. Haynes, 30 dozen eggs; John
sociation will be m the vVoman s j ^ finnH nf pifv nvo nnf_i»nin..v. cr.Vimnii.nu inn nnnnric -Finitv* F. M.
Dinsmore and Mesdames Schlaffke
and Engelking are Dr. A. D. Pa-
tillo, Mrs. Ola Hamlin, Rabbi S. J.
Schwab, Dr. L. I. Lucey, John S.
O’Donohoe, Mrs. R. R. Clark, Wich-
Travel clubs are being planned in ita Fa]]s. Mrs. M. Majors and R. P.
every state by members of the W. RoaRan> Burkburnett; B. L. Brad-
_ * 1)0 ln vvoma" jA. Gault of this city are out-going i Schmelzer, 100 pounds flour; F.
Building on the exposition ground., fijrectovs 0f ^ie tuberculosis asso-1 Hyer, 200 pounds potatoes; J
where all important and outstanding Nation. Neither was able to attend j Lige Reed, 5 gallons milk; Buzzy
women’s activities will be displayed., the meetinjf Fviday because of ill- Smith, 5 bushels turnips; Ross Al-
here in- August, the speaker re- B. A. and a week’s program will be|ford Iowa Park>
<alled. The sponsoring of an em-
’Tgency exchange to cash payroll
checks; carrying on of ^ trade ^ex-
tension programs, sponsoring Christ-
mas party and Trades Day events
«■> well as continuing work on the
Pease River Irrigation project and
coping in mind the seeking of a
•ree bridge across Red River were
> 'ontioned.
Mr. Brown was accorded a hearty
nation. Mr. Morrison introduced .
M. Dinsmore, who in turn presented
Andy Bourland, Vernon, past presi-
<!, nt of the West Texas Chamber ol
Commerce. Mr. Boprland told num-
erous anecdotes illustrating condi-
■ons as faced by West Texas peo-
ple this year, and in more serious
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‘ R.' A.1 Lough, member of tha
Trades Day- committee, announces
that more 'merchants have joined in
movement in co-operating in offer-
ing special inducements to people
to trade in Electra. The events,
which will be staged on the second
Saturday of each month by the Mer-
cantile Bureau of the Electra Cham-
ber of Commerce and Agriculture,
are expected to grow in importance
as the season advances.
Every effort is being made by
members of the committee to secure
co-operation of all merchants in the
city in the trade extension project
outlined earlier in the year, and
which will be one of the major fea-
tures of the Chamber of Commerce
in the way of letting people in
Electra trade area know what op-
portunities are afforded in shopping
in this city.
Three teams divided the business-
district into that number of sections
and made a store to store canvass
in the interest of the Trades Bay
project. The teams were: R. A.
Longh and W. B. VandeGrift; J. L.
Chowning and Clifford Dodson; W.
M. Austin and S. B. Marchant.
Special purchases of Easter mer-
chandise will be featured'in the bar-
gains offered by dry goods mer-,v.
chants. The drug stores, bakeries',
tailor shops, gent's furnishings and
other stores are also offering at-
tractive bargains which will no
doubt attract attention.
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Saturday Last
Day Filing For
City Candidates
Saturday vr>s the last day of graco
allowed in the filing for places on
the ticket for the city election which
will be held on Tuesday, April 5th.
A mayor and two commissioners
will be elected. Mayor E. E. Wheel-
er has announced as candidate for
re-election. He will have two op-
ponents in the race. J. Will Good-
man and George E. Ragland have
filed their names for places on the
ticket, Messrs. Wheeler and Good-
man have each made formal an-
nouncement of their candidacy
through the columns of The News
this week.
Commissioner A. Fisher has an-
nounced as candidate for re-election
a^r^that dayf"get'’the ’ bundle J* No. 3. N F. Strickland
17 * has filed his name for a place on
the ticket as his opponent.
Dannie Dale, president of the feder-
ation, presided over that division,
and G. J. Price, chairman of the
charity bureau, presided over that
division., in the^ - business sessions.
Bills for tlm month past were- al-
lowed and ordered paid. Plans were
made to Jiold a drive or house to
house canvass of the city to obtain
clothing for the needy. Mrs. A. O.
Basham, head of the social service
committee, will be in charge of the
work and committees for each dis-
trict were announced.
It was announced that the supply
of clothing donated for distribution
has been almost depleted and there
is urgent need for clothing for both
children and adults. The drive will
be made Tuesday, March 15, and
every person who has clothing which
would be useful and which they will
give, please have the bundle ready
on that date. “If you expect to be
ready, attach a note saying from
whom donated and leave it on the
porch or with a neighbor who will
see that it is delivered,” Mrs. G. R.
Davidson, reporter, urged.
The Federation held a called
meeting Wednesday afternoon at
the Methodist church to devise ways
and mearis of raising money for
charity. It was decided to sponsor
the showing of Will Rogers’ pic
Ed Moreland has announced as
candidate for re-election to Place
No. 4 on the city commission. L. H.
Owens and J. F. Ratcliffe have filed
their names also as candidates for
this position.
Joe Grimm is presiding judge over
the election. W. P. Slaton will be
associate jedge and Misses Kate
and
turc, “Business and Pleasure." at J?<*son “"d Myrtle Cooper
Mrs. J. T. McDannald will serve as
the Grand Theqtre. on April 27-28.
The organization^ will share in the
proceeds from tickets sold through
their efforts. This was made pos-
sible through arrangements with the
Home Theatres Co. Mrs. F. P.
Hodge, finance chairman, will be
chairman of the committee on ar-
rangements for the sale of tickets.
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The W. B. A. is said to be the nesg *n thch. homeg<
largest fraternal benefit society in
the world, managed exclusively by
women. It was founded in 1892, one
year before the first Chicago
World’s Fair. \
clerks.
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Presiding Elder To
Dedicate S. S. Annex
At M. E. Church
Archer, holdover members of the
board. D. G. Gray, R. E. Scheurer
Rites Friday At
Baptist Church
For J. H. Sims
Dr. C. A. Spraggins, presiding el-
der of the Wichita Falls district,
I will officiate in the dedication of the
I Men’s Bible Class annex at the rear
■ of the Methodist church building,
Sunday morning at 9:30 o’clock. Dr.
Shafer, 13 dozen eggs.
Funeral services will be held Fri-
and H. C. Obenhaus, members of the | day afternoon at the First Baptist
board of directors, were reported church for J. H. Sims, age G9, who
absent. died late Wednesday afternoon ot a j
Visitors introduced were F. D. Eg- , Wichita Falls hospital after a com- pj JYJQ|*|*Q,yy’,s
enme uotent facts gleston, J. L. Showers, W. L. Mar- paratively brief illness of pneumo-
the sulT of optimism tin and Mr. Bourland. Vernon; A. j nia. The Rev. W. W. Rivero, pas-
ative to t P . civic e. Kelly, John Boswell, Judge Irvin j tor of the Baptist church, will be
it-eded m reconstructing tne c ,j En^lman> Judge | assister by Rev .B. A. Shofner, pas-
John Marrs and Mr..Cramer, Wich-! tor of the Church of Christ, ;n
ita Falls. Mr. Eggelston is pres:- j holding the rites. Interment will be
«flucational and financial ^ structure
1 f the community and nation.
The toastmaster introduced the
i.-wly elected official family of the
Chamber of Commerce, as
J* R. Brown, president; A. L. Robb,
pp president; C. H. McGann, trejs
Tvr; N. M. Clifford, C. P. Engel-
>-ng, W. D. Cross, Allen Kemple,
H H. Pearlman and himself, W. G.
Morrison, new directors; W. M. Aus
-n, J. M. Hemby, B. M. Dinsmore,
(. R. Davidson, J. L. Chowning, K*
\ Lough, Edward Schlaffke, W. R*
"k inner, J. G. B. Totten and C. M.
len, 5 bushels turnips; Jacob Roes- « *
sler, 2 bushels turnips; J. P. Ayers Start Tree L.UnCIX
and W. W. Welch, 35 pounds bacon, | Project For Sc
S. RToore!E3S'bu2shobl“Sco™; M™Ps! { ' Children Here Spraggins will also preach at the
W. Wilson, 6 1-2 doozn eggs; T. J. _ , regular morning service at eleven
hoof* Tnhn Wright ^ . 1 o’clock. The public is mvired to
o bushoN turnins* F J Scheible* Misses Kate and Lucile Jackson attend the dedication services, for
« , 5 tuimPs» * * , t ! and others of this city are co-oper- wk:ck a special uroeram has been
2 bushels corn, 7 pounds peas; Pete wRh wembers of the First Z
lvrohn, 33 bushels corn, G. M-, 8nd SWaBg0ner Ward Parent-Teaeh-; g --
Second Death In
Family of Electran
Within One Week
Father Dies At
Home In East
workers will prepare and serve the home at Evans City, Pa. Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. II. E. Morrow were
dent and Mr. Showers immediate I in the Electra cemetery, with Tov ‘ called last Friday to Fwans City, . . ,
past president of the Vernon cham- j ten Brothers undertaking company t Pa., on account of the serious ill-1 meals, and thorough investigations Mrs. Morrow were called to Evans
ber. Mr. Kelly is president and in charge. | ness and subsequent death of Mr. 1 will be made in connection with the City by his father’s death during
Waggoner
er Association in starting a free ’
lunch stand for needy children. The
headquarters will be maintained at J
the Brown Grocery building at the
corner of Main and Cleveland.
Stoves, tables, etc., have been se-
cured and an urgent plea is being
given for food suitable for school
lunches to be donated.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Brown receiv-
word Thursday of the death of H.
Volunteer e. Morrow’s mother at the family
John Boswell manager of the Wich-
ita Falls Chamber of Commerce. Mr..
Morrison spoke in behalf of the lo-
cal organization in expressing thanks
to Mrs. Jowell, to the entertainers
and all others who had assisted in
the arrangements for the meeting.
Rev. Clark Russell offered the bene-
diction.
Deceased had resided in Electra Morrow’s father, D. R. Morrow, a
six years and was until recently en- pioneer citizen of that place. His
gaged in the mattpess making and death tpok place Friday, _ friends
upholstery business. Hisowidow, two here were informed, and funeral
daughters and several grandchildren rites were held there for him Mon-
survive. The daughters are Mrs. E. day. Mr. Morrow is superintendent
S. Schwartz, Lubbock, and Mrs. E. of the production department for the
S. Brister of West Wabash avenue, Texas Company for the Electra dis- according to the information given
ihis city. ! trict. out Thursday.
providing of free lunches only to the latter part of last week and his
have nou ishing mother was said to have been ill at
those \nable to
meals otherwise. | that time.
The movement is desiged to han-
dle such cases as cannot be ade-
quately cared for though the free
lunch fund of Thompson P.-T. \A.,
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Visit In Dallas
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Robb left
Wednesday morning for Dallas
where they will transact business
this week.
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