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■\.THE EEECmA-'NEWS;. THURSDAY, rJANUARY ^9, 1947 ,
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hunting our/ pencil ?
v^Hir^homd^ Mr .^Little Business’ .have :'to<p^|1a g *'Womail.
be go^rned^and vag^avatedr by^/'^retroactives, jurisdictional -W--a„c‘w^L-1OOrti '
strikes. a!nd bunion -racketeers when K’e;is haying a,..hard Itime* 1 f .T.”
meet a payroll of any!, sort. ./Some of these days LABOR/will Milestone III Lire
wake up to /find it Ah’as^killed /the. /goose vthat'1’lays their golden . "
feggS.‘1-£7 :■ :v y-,V]s . .. Mrs.'Mary .Crawford-,of this city
Sevanii'ba;wtCon^esswom^ in office! with .the, spent part-toUhie;, Christmas ./holiday
opening, ofethe' 80 th;Congress, but^Senator/Bilbo frpm;;!Mississipi)i :in! Danas;.frhere* she was! gu.est of her
V! . reported tto.'be .suffering;‘$rdmfthe :^ead>^ehse,/.can 'hefmother,^Mrs;>R.-* Schaeffer and
twill*’undergo an!-operation before/re-opehihg !hisv fight ’s-fdr f! the;^sisters,- rMesdames Ar/J.^Mobn and
place;to'-.which.he ;wa!s. elected J^Lour oWn opinion ‘in'ihe:;c&se!is\!^ and .families. Mrs.
that IF hevVas] duly elected he^should be( allowed:to serve;''regard^. Crawford whoJ;is !a member - of/the
less of whethedhe is right or wrong ih-his! opinions we Texans,faculty-of. the-'CourityLinev school
had-to accept O’Daniel and thesei things have:-a: way hf leveling off'and-'has resided here more'than 25
for. better or worsein the long run!. X**‘hut-Democracy ^must years, reports ^that her, mother '/will
prevail and! the majority! vote should rule. ;.'r:.V.
THE ELECTRA NEWS;
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Published Every Thursday-at 106 N.,.Miain St.-'
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Entered as second -class /mail^ matter ^August.
2, 1907, at the postoffice at Electra, y Wichita,
County, Texas, under Act of. Confess, of March
8, 1878. ' '* >;! }’ v ' *’
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Thanks to those to whom thanks are due:
Utility Companies.
You may never miss the water until the well goes dry but
Its a cinch that Electra folks would have missed the gas if we
]h^d a shortage of that commodity during the recent blizzard./
The fact that for only a very brief period, the pressure remained
adequate even through a 13 degree below zero record is worth
mentioning and we express appreciation to the Lone Star Gas
Company and its employes.
H. D. Smith, local manager, calls attention to the fact that
an some localities the gas companies were forced to curtail indust-
rial service in favor of maintaining service to homes- Here in
Electra the supply was adequate to keep stores shops and other
gas users supplied through 11 dhys of unusually cold weather. ,
Electra folks were also fortunate in having no inconvenience
through the blizzard in water shortages or interruption of elec-
tric service. High praise is due managers and employes of the
azfcility companies whose efficient service prevented suffering and
helped toeliminate health hazards due to the low temperature.
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With Little People of the U. S. A, Rests Hope
for the Future.
Headlines in the newspapers during the first week of Janu^
ary 1947, show that drastic changes are taking place in every,
phase of the nation’s political and economic system. Chaos^ be-
cause of major catastrophes takes the place of the suspense-filled
wartime news of the.perio,d of,1941.-’45. Stories of crime, graft
in high places, lack of co-ordination in the post-war rehabilita-;
iion program and the same lack of unity in the United Nations
conferences are such as discourage even the most optimistic to
hope that peace and security can be had in our time.
A glimpse at today’s headlines may prove an interesting
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.observe her 100th birthday oh Jan;
CLASS]Fra
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ESTRAY NOTICE—Strayed
place 1-42 mile north and l-2-y..^dle^
west of County Line School, (
calves. O. W. Dietz. '
WANT IMMEDIATELY—Furnished’
apartment, 2 or more rooms; ,3'adults
W. M. Ratterree, c-o. Electra £Jbws. 3
Rhone 220.
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Signs of getting back to normal—Used car prices toboggan-;.uary 28. She is unusually active^
ing and cut price sales-on women’s wear and'-furniture signs and alert for one of her advanced
which show -that 'wartime shortages are not * wholly eliminated years. ' Although no formal celebra-
and the wartime snootiness on the .part of salespeople and busi- -tion is being-arranged, in her honor
ness people have not gone with;the wind . ^ ; a customer complain-' it is expected that a number of her
ed about the price of a certain, item-and was told . . . (Quote) relatives will visit her at that time.
‘*rv7hen-the salesman sold me the'bill, I said it was too high. , He. She has four daughters and four
said, “If you’dont’ take it somebody else will”, therefore my mot- sons - living.
to is “Take it or leave it, the next customer will pay and be glad- . The daughters,are Mrs. C. C. Me-
ta get it”. ' ‘ •- ‘ ' Niel/El Paso; .Mesdames Moon and
If Roger Babson lived in Electra lie would be safe in predict- Barrett’of-Dallaas and Crawford of
ing that a large percentage of- the GI cars, bought with war,money Electra. The sons, G. B. of Memph-
and being operated on “52-20” allotments on/ Jan 1, 1947 will is, Tenn; B,. R. Jr., of Louisiana;
have different* owners if they escape the junk heap until June!30.' Charles of Paris and1 Frank Schaef-
Another safe bet would be that the number of liquor package of Brookston. There are several
stores will be reduced by next tax-paying'time..... * grandchildren,, greatgrandchildren
and a group of great-greatgrand-
children.
Born in' Mississippi, Mrs. Schaef-
fer came to Texas in 1865 when her
family settled in Lamar county.
Her husband the late, Dr. B. R.
Schaeffer practiced medicine in Par-
is', many years. Mrs. Schaeffer was
a school teacher. She is a member ,
of the Methodist church!
FOR SALE-^Norge 8-foot Refrigerg!'!
ator. Perfect condition, preTwfebox:fi^
■211 So. 'Main St. W. J.. Sh»-r-(
OUR .NATIONAL
DEFENDERS ,
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Cleo Hindman has arrived home
after service with the 866th Armored
Division in the Pacific. -He spent
some time in Hawaii and more re-
cently was in the Philippines. He is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hind-
man. The youth will receive his dis-
charge from "service soon.
21 YEARS AGO
Joe B. Carter, son of Mrs. Grace
Carter of 409 North Electra St., J,
E. Petty, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Petty of 111 East Roosevelt Ave,,
and Bobby Thompson, grandson of
Mrs. Laura Moody of Pumpkin Cent-
er were accepted ‘ as volunteers for
army service during the past week.
Carter and Petty were unassigned,
it was reported, but Thompson was
assigned duty and training with the
Army Air Force.
Fred Carter, son of Mrs. Grace
Carter of 409 North Electra Street,
veteran of combat duty in the Euro-
pean Theater of, Operation, has re-
enlisted in the army and will leave
soon, he reported Tuesday.
A farce comedy, “President by
Proxy” will be presented as the
principal feature of entertainment
for the 6th annual banquet • of ~ the
Electra Chamber of Commerce on
Jan. 22. E. W. Barr, Walter Skin-
ner and Homer Hill compose the
program committee. The cast of
characters for the play will be
Homer Grizzle, H. B. Krohn, Malcom
Kelly, B. C. Davis, E. V. Haltom,
G. E. McDavid, E. E. Rogers and
Sam Dotson Mrs. E. M. Friend and
Misses Wilma and Nana Kilpatrick.
Two basket ball teams here are
challenging amateur teams of South-
ern Oklahoma and North Texas.
The Knights of Pythias team in-
cludes Sam Brown, Don Stearns,
Joe McCracken, Joe Platt and Troy
Ray. The Electra All-Star team is
composed of Guy Thomas, Lawton
Thomas, Porter Hayes, Babe Gonce
and Edgar Walker, all of whom are
former Electra high school stars.
Electra,
Farm Bureau Notes
Of The Week
Venetian blinds measured and in-
stalled. Floor sander for rent. . . .
FOXWORTH-GALBRAITH.
Sgt. James Parker is now station-___
™ in1?e™an/ hit ParlntS' Mr; and| Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Stevenson and
Mrs. Bud Parker have been ! daughter, Juanita, and son, Billy,
ed. The young man has served with
background for a future review of the accomplishments and hap-Jthe army seven years
penings of 1947.
Picked at random are a few that carry a punch:
“Secretary of State James F. Byrnes Resigns— General,
Recent visitors in the home of Mr.
________________________ _ ^______ _______^ __________ and Mrs. J. D. Flippen were her par-
Cteorge C. Marshall Chosen”, “Truman Asks Congress For $37,-1 ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Metcalf
000,000,000 (billions) budget for 1947”, “GOP Speeds Bill to!of KMA
Curb Portal Suits”, “CIO Portal to Portal Suits Reach New High j
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Brown during the holidays were Mrs.
Brown’s mother, Mrs. Alice Howard
of Mangum, Okla., and her brother-
. , inlaw anad sister, Mr. and Mrs. P.
—more than 30 billion dollars”, “US Will Continue Making Atom £ Mrs. Ila Henry and sons, Ray and jg Corcoran and son of New York,
visited relatives at Frost during the
recent holidays.
Bombs”, “Gen. George C. Marshall (new Secretary of State) / Floyd Corder, of Brownwood were
Scores Chiang. Policies and Raps Red Acts”, “Anti Semitisin/guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Corder
Neither Dead nor Dormant in Germany”, “Britain To Urge Divis-1 and family of this city and relatives
ion of Palestine into Two States”, “20 Killed in Greek Fighting”,./ in Harrold during the holidays
“Inflation Hits Relief Costs”. ^iMiss Patsy Corder went home with
To offset the disheartening parts of the national news pict- them for a visit and returned to
sire we folks in Electra take comfort in the fact that we are look-. Electra Sunday. Friends here will
mg ahead hopefully. Our building programs have gone beyond he interested in knowing that Mrs.
expectations. Our civic projects for the coming year involve a Henry’s son, Ray is a student in
well rounded program for the betterment of the community and 1 Abilene Christian College and Floyd
for future prosperity. If the nation is \o achieve peace and se- is a senior in Brownwood high school
curity it will be through the leaven of the communities like ours
and the people who believe in and work for the ideals of civiliza-j
iion which made us the greatest country on earth.
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Wandering and Wondering.
By A. W- C.
Elzey Owens was given emergen-
cy treatment at the Electra Hospital
late Saturday aaftemoon for injur-
ies sustained while attempting to re-
move a broken mud chain from the
wheel of his car. Joe Green, col-
ored, also received injury in the
same way and was given emergency
treatment at. the hospital.
Mrs. Sidney Lorenz Jr., has re-
turned home from a visit with her
mother and other relatives at Se-
guin.
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Sidney Lorenz Jr., who has been
employed in the C. A. Lininger ma-
chine shop at Lubbock has returned
to his home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry King and
daughter visited at Sherman and
other points in that area during the
holidays.
H. Y. Nevvsum who suffered a
heart attack during the holidays has
been dismissed from the Electra
Hospital to return to his home. He
is reported to be recovering nicely.
His son, H. Y. Newsum of Dallas
Several Weeks ago American Farm
Bureau’s Washington Office learned
from excellent sources, that the Di-
rector of Reconversion had asked
United States> Department of Agri-
culture to determine what effect
President Truman’s proclamation
ending hostilities would have on
commodity programs administered
by the Department—so the procla-
mation was surprising as to timing,
but not entirely unexpected other-
wise.
Cessation of hostilities as of Dec.
31, .1946, means that the wartime
price support programs on basic and
Stegall commodities will end Dec. 31,
19'48.
It means that restrictions on the
disposal of government-owned cot-
ton by CCC, prescribed in the Ag-
ricultural Adjustment Act of 1938,
will be reinstated on Jan. 1, 1949.
These restrictions prohibit CCC
from selling cotton below cost and
limit sales to 300,000 bales a month
and 1,500,000 bales a year.
As matters now stand, corn,
wheat, rice, tobacco, and peanuts
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FOR SALE!!y/1&,
602 E. Glisson Street.
Rooms Modern, $4,000.00.* _ ■
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. 508 W. Garrison, 5 Rooms)]
Modern, $3,500.00.
512 W. Garrison. 5 Rooms."
Modern/ $4,500.00.
318 W. Garrison, 5 Rooms,
Modern, $5,500.00.
Southside. 5 Rooms, Serv-
ant House, Modern, $6,000.00.
Dickey & McGann
FOR SALE—Cornish Piano, most
expensive model. Plays excellently.'
Varnish fair. Price $100. Albert
Stone, 5 miles West, 5 South of
Electra, Box 828. 3 tp.
BUILD A HOME!
I have several nice lots near schools
for sale. W. J. Sheldon, Phone 267
or 220, Electra.
FOR SALE—4 yard hydraulic dump
truck bed. W. L. Mitchell, Freder-
ick, Okla., Phone 293W. ltp.
FOR SALE—Model A, 1929 Ford,
excellent condition. Phone 4F21 aft-
er 6 p . m. ltp.
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Mrs. Grace Carter and sons, Fred
and Joe B. Carter, returned during
the weekend from Mount Pleasant,
Tenn., where they had visited their
daughter and sister, Mrs. Clara
Logue. Mrs. Logue §nd infant
daughter, Connie, returned home
with her mother.
Mrs. C. F. Kolp left in her plane
Sunday morning for Miami, Florida,
where she will attend the annual
air races. She had been delayed
by the snow on the air field west
of town but secured help Saturday
in. clearing the snow off the runways^
sufficient for a successful take-off.
for nuts are to be supported until] Weather conditions however had
Dec. 31, 1948, at 90% of parity and kept her grounded at Dallas up un-
cotton at 921-2%. These are the til Tuesday, Mr. Kolp was inform-
basic commodities. The Stegall pro- ed.
gram, which calls for support of not * _ ___0_
less than 90% of parity, will also
end Dec. 31, 1948 The Stegall list
included hogs, eggs, chickens over
31-2 lbs. live weight, turkeys, milk
and butterfat, dry peas and dry ed-
ible beans of certain varieties, soy-
beans for oil, flaxseed for oil, pea-
nuts for oil, American-Egyptian cot-
ton, potatoes, and sweet potatoes. •
The Department’s program for
importing farm workers wil continue
until June 30, 1947,- at least, not-
withstanding the president’s procla-
mation.
Jimmy Wilcoxson, son of Clark
Wilcoxson, has been critically ill
during the past week, having had
pneumonia following an attack of
appendicitis for which he underwent
an. operation in the local hospital.
His condition was reported some-
what better Wednesday.
If in the press 0/ other duties during the holidays we miss-
mentioning the Christmas Carolers whose sweet singing brought’ Recent visitors in the home of Mr.____ ______
joy to the hearts of shut-ins and others who needed the cheer of and Mrs. Wylie Bloxom were Mrs. ■ ^ daughter,* Mrs" 'w."'R^Jaco^of
friendly voices lifted in sacred songs to brighten the holidays. Bloxom’s son, Billy Joe Hill and 0klahoma> attended his bedside.
Several groups made the rounds of the city on Christmas Eye family of Olney.
and among those who hereby joins the N. D; Cooper family, in ---0--
expressing thanks are Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Marchand, Mr. and. Mrs. Tracy Bell and daughter, Sue,
Mrs. Howard Abernathy and others . . . The Church of God (have returned to their home at Bay-
young people serenaded the Coopers—Thanks . . * Another glad- town after a visit with her parents,
some deed of kindness which characterizes the thoughtfulness of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Johns. Mr.
Electra folks was that of a group of people who at one time board- Tracy Bell came after them and
ed at the Wofford Hotel in years gone by • . . they provided a gen- visited with his mother, Mrs. S. J.
erous basket of food and gifts for “Uncle Herd”, (A. B. Herd) Bell of 323 West Roosevelt and oth-
who was employed at the Wofford and who now has to depend up- cr relatives here.
on a meager Old Age Assistance allowance. . . . His joy over his . ------:-o-
gift and the fact that his old friends remembered him brought» Col. and Mrs w. E. Corkill of Ok-
full recompense to the donors. . . . lahoma City, were guests of Mrs.
Friends here will be interested in hearing from the children Corkill’s brother, Charles F. H?ud-
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Smith . . . the Smith boys who son and family during the holidays.
made such wonderful records during the war. . . . Two of them, .. -^-o---
Elmo, veteran of the AAF and Travis whose deeds of daring in Mr and Mrs q Stidham rc-
the liberation of his buddies from Japanese prison camps in 1945 turned during the weekend from
me. ’e headline news . . . were in Electra last week. . . . Elmo is Las* cruces New Mexico, where
nov. a druggist at Jacksonville, Teas, where Robert, the navy vet- they visited’relatives. Mr. Stidham’s fl.,.„hter Mr. Zulema Stroud were
eraii, is operating a cafe. Vance is employed there too. Brandon, sisteri Mrs. x j. Dcmgias ot Canyon, daa°ts cj tJ_ da,?^ter and ’,ster
noted pilot among the first to wing over the Far East is complet- accompanied them on the trip. 8U ig e t d s e ,
ing work toward his degree at Texas A&M. . -.the younger sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Ellison and
children* of Corpus Christi spent
last week in Electra and returned
to their home Monday. Mrs. Ellis-
on’s mothqr, Mrs. Clara Worton re-
W. M. Ratterree of Shreveport,
La., has been transferred to Electra
by the Texas Prudential Insurance
Company, having assumed the place
vacated by A. R. Toby who was
transferred by the company to Burk-
burnett.
turned home wtih them for a visit. |ing the holidays.
Mr and Mrs. James* Gibson and
Mrs. Gibson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. McCain of El Reno, Oklahoma,
were guests in the homes of Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Gibson and Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Delashaw during the holidays.
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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gibson and
sons, Kenneth Keith and Johns Rudy,
of Pampa, were guests of their par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Gibson
and Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Johns, dur-
B. H. Brantley of Holliday was
among the “homeseekers’ in Electra
Monday. Mr. Brantley has been
transferred to Electra by the Gulf
Company and would like to secure
an apartment or house in order to
move his family here.
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Rev. and Mrs. C. J. Fender and
Fer;. is a Texas Tech co-ed and the older sister, Mrs. Mike Brown
and family reside at Delhi, La., where her husband was trans-
ferred from East Texas oil fields . . . Fred Carter who saw all
son - of service with the US Army in Europ'e during the war says
he Las re-enlisted in order to find out what a “peace-time army
is lika”. . . .
jMrs. W. H. Brannon at Wichita Falls
(during the holidays.
O. M. Stidham left Wednesday1 -0-
for Kilgore on a business trip. ! Gue;ts in the home of Mrs. S. B.
-o- 1 Faulkner during the holidays were
Carl Cabe Jr., member of the fac- Mrs.,Faulkner’s son, Robert Faulk-
ulty of the University of Illinois, lias , r.cr, student in Oklahomaa Universi-
Tbat Portal-to-Portal Pay project which threatens to dis- returned to his home at Urbana, 111.,
rup: the economic and industrial structure of our nation is as silly after a visit with his parents, Mrs.
as it s dangerous. . . . Why should the boss pay us for the time and Mrs. Carl Cabe Sr., and other
to* -..mod in untying our fascinator, unbuckling our overshoes or relatives here.
ty at Norman, her mother, Mrs. J.
J. Frank of Purcell, Oklahoma and
Mrs. Frank Faulkner and Miss
Anna Faulkner of Dallas, Texas.
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LOAN ASSOCIATION
Offices at Dickey & McGann
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