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.A Constructive Newspaper for a Constructive People
ELEGTRA>frEXAS~ • THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1929
NUMBER 36
TWENTY-SECOND YEAR
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KLINGMAN SALUTATORIAN
accompany the band
on that night.
for the fete is as
Jenks
Jo and
Mrs
and
Holding Successful
Revival First Baptist
age
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and Mrs.
and Mrs.
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Miss Mary Ellen Scott
Presents Piano Pupils
In Recital . May 9-10
Klein Succeeds
Gafford C. C. Board
identity
the hour
will be
two
blazing mattress,' children left here in their car on
ette left on the bed by the occupant
of the room.
The call
to a small
son school
wall paper
and
Betty
Jenks'
family,
One hundred and thirty-three new
locations were staked in the Elec-
tra district during the month of
April, according to reports made
by J. Lon Martin, supervisor
and the program
the banquet,
members of
Confederate Home at
visiting. Complica-
and were the
of his death.
Wilson read the
tion for $12,000 cash. The deal- has
been closed within the past week
and R. B. Magee and M. R. Stipe
will continue to operate the lease
which was developed by the Magee
Biothvrs and Stipe on Indian land
loc ited on the Oklahoma side of the
Electra
E E.
Call, Dallas, arrived Monday,
is doing the preaching. T. D.
roll is
ice.
Electra Band
>Mrs.Ed Huff Injured
In Truck Collision
Tuesday Afternoon
Electra Parties Spend
* Night on Small Island
In Diversion Lake
would be organized here as soon
as the necessary enrollment of 30
men could be secured. He and Drs.
P. E. Fish, R. R. Ramey and J. F.
Burton have
ment papers,
were advised
Robert P.
Twenty Years of Service
Has Built Circulation
date to be’ designated later,
hat number of boys entering
contest. The contestants must
here and be under twenty-one years :
old. ]
The awards will* be made as fol-
lows: 1st prize, $10; 2nd prize, $5; |
3rd prize, $3; 4th prize, $2; and f
five prizes of $1.00 each.
Six Electra high school athletes
and Coach Harvey Stanford left
on the 10:52 train Wednesday
morning for Austin where they will
enter the track and field contests
for state championship in the Tex
as University Interscholastic League
meet, which opens Thursday
closes Saturday afternoon,
makings the trip are Larry
George Whitesides, Eschell
Robert Smith, Hall and
Cloningei.
and suffered a
pneumonia last
he has not re-
friends
Miss Mary Ellen Scott will pre-
sent her piano pupils in recital on
Thursday and Friday evenings, May
9 and 10, at- the high school audi-
torium. The junior pupils x\itl ap-
pear on the program given Thurs-
day night The senior pupils ap-
pear on Friday night. The concetto
will begin each evening at 8:15
o’clock.
Among the many who were ma-
rooned all night .last night on a
lonely island in Diversion lake,
were City Secretary John Houser,
Clarence Johns and W. P. Chaffee.
The storm stalled the motor in
their boat late in the afternoon
they were blown ashore, wet,
unafraid, so ’tis said.
A single loaf of bread and
under-sized fish sustained them thru
the night, and they returned to
town in the wee sma’ hours of the
morning as the sun was just peep-
ing over the horizon.
Friends are accusing them of
pulling a Robinson Crusoe, man Fri-
day and the goat stunt, but we are
unable to learn which is which.
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Waters ac-
companied E. L. Carter to Wichita
Falls, Tuesday, and saw him safely
off on the train for Baltimore, Md.,
where he’will undergo medical treat-
ment in John Hopkins hospital. Mr.
Carter is an extensive property
owner of this city
sei ious attack of
.--winter, from which
i covered. Hjs many
I wish him a speedy recovery.
B. V. Magee Sells
Interest in River
Bed Production
introduced Miss McNay and
young ladies. Miss Hannah
"Avelon Time” and Misses
D., Jr., twenty-month-old son
E. L. CARTER GOES TO
BALTIMORE FOR TREATMENT
districts ’
of the
of the
Mercan-
of the general ar-
which I
that ‘
summer in California where he had
a 'brother employed in the oil fields. -
The widow and children, a daugh-
ter, Arline, eight, and J. R., Jr.,
(Sortny), six, and’the brother, Tom
Brown, accompanied the body to
Electra. They were met here by the
dead man’s parents, Mr. and' Mrs.
AV. R. Brown of Mansfield, and
other relatives. He was the eldest
of a large family, six sisters and
five brothers surviving.
The family has resided in Elec-
tra foi' several years. Mrs. Brown
was reared south of Electra, being
Miss Georgia Sorrels before her
marriage to deceased. Her grand-
father is A. L. Lewis of this city.
• Rev.
of the
one of
Sunday
Church
celebration of the
new $75,000 chu ch for the eongr
gallon there.
1
'. tMrs. Ed Huff sustained a broken
right arm 'and painful cuts
bruises about the head and body,
and her son, Aubrey, about nine-
sustained a deep gash on the head,
and minor’ bruises when the 'truck
in which they and Mr. Huff, who
was only slightly injered, were re-
turning from Clara Tuesday after-
noon collided with another machine.
The accident occurred at -the inter-
section of the roads at Haynes
Store north of /the city and the
injured were brought to Parmley-
Ogden hospital for treatment, later
being 'taken to the home of Mrs.
Huff’s niece, Mrs. F. E. McMullen,
where they are reported to be rest-
ing as well as can be expected.
The other hruck was one owned
by the Illinois Torpedo company,
and the driver was unhurt.
Huff family reside on a farm
the Wichita River district.
133 New Locations
Made Electra Area
During Past Month
Injures Arm In
Wringer Accident
Will Be Given In
Clean-up Campaign
received their enlist-
Those wishing to join
to call at his office.
Hall spoke on
Clean-Up Campaign and asked
co-operation of all members
work.
Ray Cox was in charge
entertainment features and
held at
afternoon. Elec-
had charge of
the grave and
Interment
J.
of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Adkins, who
reside in' Woodruff Heights. had
the bones broken and flesh badly
mangled on his upper right arm
and shoulder about ten o’clock
Thursday morning when he was
caught in an electric wringer of a
washing machine at the family
home. He was brought to Dr. R.
E. Weller’s office for emergency
treatment. X-ray pictures made re-
vealed the fractures of the bones.
He is rsting as well as may be
expected.
nit UciLi.li ui oiiiiiJii j
seriously wounded and
from the battlefield, it
General Albert Sidne>
Plans were made Thursday at the
regular noon meeting of the Elec-
tra Lions Club for the dub to
have a full representation in the
state convention of Lions
tional to be held May 9th
at San Angelo. President
G. R. Davidson, Secretary
Neal M. Sparks, Mr. and
M. Baker and Miss Lotrice Wof-
ford were among those signifying
their intention of attending. Others
may also attend.
“America” was sung a:
mg number. Invocation
II. E. Anderson. The
visitors were introduced:
AV. McCall, Dallas,
Dr.
and William Carney
J. G. B. Totten To
Head Rotary Club
For Coming Year
D. B. Thorne residence Saturday,
damaged the house and furnishings.
Timely work of the Electra volun-
teer fiiremen saved the home from
total dstruction and protected the
adjoining property. Mrs. Thorne
was at the home of a sick neigh-
bor when the accident occurred. Mr.
Thome is a Texas 'Company pump-
er.
The total loss was said .to have
been approximately ’$2,000. * *’
Fire Record For i
April Low, Is Report j
Electra Lions To
Attend Meet San
Angelo Next Week
From the opening note of the
music by the Electra Municipal
Orchestra to the last good-bye at
the close of the meeting the Lions
Club Inter-City meet held here on
Thursday night was said to have
been one of the greatest of its
kind in the history of the organi-
zation. The basement of the First
Baptist church was hung and fes-
too’/d with purple and gold, the
club colors, purple runners down
to the center of the banquet table
were broken every five feet with a
lighted yellow cage holding a group
of life-like toy lions. All lights
wen off except those in the cages
when the visitors were ushered into
the hall. The same color scheme
was carried , out in th menu and
place cards.
John A. Erhard, Dallas, was the
principal speaker of the evening,
as arranged by
Robert P. Hall, G. J. Gillis, E. V.
Haltom. Leo B. Slaughter, J. M.
Hem by, Neal M. Sparks, and F. M.
Baker was carried out in* full. It
was as follows: Song, “America,”!
1a audience; invocation, Rev. II. E. (
Anderson; song. "Lot Me Call You!
Sweetheart”; banquet and dinner!
music. Municipal Orchestra; sing-{
song, led by T. I). Carroll; welcome j
address. Rev. C. C. Klingman: re-|
sponso. George Moffett, president;
of Chillicothe club: roll call of I
clubs. G. R. Davidson, president of t
the Electra club; sung, ‘‘I Got A
Woman,” Joe Turner; song by
Misses Margaret and Doris Owens; (
leading. Marjorie Beasley; song, Joo!
Turner and troupe; solo, T. D. Car-'
roll; black-face act, Hardy Totten,
and Home: Hill; address, John A.
Erhard, district governor.
Lions International; song,
Meet Again,” assembly.
Little, Jr., of Wichita Falls,
a humorous comedy number,
Miss Letrice Wofford was piano
accompanist for all
musical numbers. T.
Vets and Masons
Honor C.C. Crayton
Who Died Tuesday
Nineteen new members have been
received into the first Baptist
church since the beginning Sunday
morning of the revival meeting in
progress there. The services were
begun Sunday morning under au-
spicious circumstances, with the
installation of new pews and having
I more than 700 in Sunday school,
and full houses at both morning and
amounting to $25.00 will evening services. Rev. George Me-
___ ______?____i n r___i _ i
the open-
by Rev.
following
Rev. Geo.
T. D. Carroll,
C. AV. Monroe, Claude Hipps
of Electra.
R. Davidson, president, pre-
sided over the meeting and made
a plea for attendance at the state
meeting. Dr. C. AV. Monroe announ
The Electra Volunteer Fire De- J ced that a unit of medical detach-
partment answered seven alarms,, ment of the Texas National Guard
used ninty-three gallons of chem-1
ical and laid 1,900 feet of hose j
during the month of April, ac-j
cording to a report given by Jesse!
Cox, captain of the department, j
The loss has been confined in each |
case to the place in which the1
names originated. One of the calls *
was to entinguish a blazing auto-I
mobile, and another was to ex-1
tinguish a trash fire which, fanned |
by high winds, threatened nearby (
property. ‘ i
Published Thursday of
Each Week
Thomas Jefferson Crayton,
83. died Tuesday afternoon at
home of his son, C. C. Crayton,
resides on the Bean lease,
miles northwest of the city. -
aged man sustained internal
juries Thursday, April 26, in
fall at the home of his son, where
he and his wife, both of whom are’
inmates of t.e
Austin, were
tions followed
mediate cause
Col. Ed C.
C. V. memorial for the dead,
Rev. AV. AV. Rivers, pastor of
First Baptist church, officiated in
the funeral rites
church Wednesday
tra Masonic bodies
the ceremonies at
served as pallbearers,
was made in the Electra cemetery.
Totten Brothers had charge of the
arrangements.
A native of Mississippi, the de
ceased enlisted under General Stone-
wall Jackson on the outbreak of the
Civil War, and engaged in the
struggle until the battle of Shiloh j
when he A\as
was carried. 1
is said, by <
Johnston.
Suiviving :
widow, two :
ra; T.
daughter
the
intro-,
duced Messrs. Hipps and Carney,
members of the Moonlight sernaders
orchestra. They gave a'
Miss Jetta Herndon, daughter of
Mi. and Mrs. W. C. Herndon, who
re-ode on the North Electra pave-
m< nt will be valedictorian.
Robert Klingman, son of Dr. C. C.
Klingman, pastor of First Chi -
tian Church, will be salutatoriun for
the graduating class of
high school, according to
Rogers, principal.
ties.
of the new
county sixty-three.
If rain falls in time to replenish ]
the fast diminishing water supply,
present indications are good for a
good run of drilling through the
summer, according to Mr.Martin,
who is active in the field work
at all times. The Electra drilling
is principally confined to old pro-
ducing pools, but a few important
wildcats are under way.
Those in Wilbarger county
all on Waggoner estate land and
a new sand discovered in the Melat
well has opened up for drilling a
considrajile flurry of new drilling
there. *
C. P. Sheldon, No. 1. AVitten-
bach, section 303, Waggoner* Colony
lands, eight miles northeast of Elec-
tra, has been shut down during
past ten days but is expected
lesume drilling shortly
The Electra Municipal Band, un-
der the leadership of I. C. Johns,
director, will go to Elliott Friday
night to play for the May Fete
being given by the school tliere.
Twenty-five musicians are expected
to make the trip and the band will
give some special numbers as well
as furnish the concert music for
the opening of the fete, which is
expected to be one of the most
elaborate ever attempted by a rural
school in this section.
A May Queen, whose
will not be revealed until
set for the coronation,
crowned with due pomp and cere-
mony. Two candidates for the
place of honor, Miss Mary Donges, ,
senior, and Miss Esta Goss, fresh- ’
man, were supported by chambers
of commerce of Vernon and Elec-
tra. Miss Donges was given the
support of Vernon business men
and Miss Goss by Electra met- -
chants. The funds for the affair •
were raised by means of voting, i
and no admission charges will be •
made for the fete. »
A large crowd of people from •
both cities and from the surround-
ing communities is expected to at-
tend, and members of the Mercantile
Bureau of the local chamber of
commerce are urging very one who
possibly can to
boys to Elliott
The program
follows:
Music Concert
Processional
Coronation of Queen---- — ? ? ?
Entertainment for Her Majesty:
Military Drill
Frolic of the Daisies
Music—Electra Band
Grasshopper Frolic
Rose Drill
Butterfly Frolic
Music—Electra Band
Japanese Drill
Scottish Dance
Irish Jig
Music—Electra Band
May Pole Dance
Recessional.
Vacationing In South Texas
Mr. and Mrs Frank Overton
h" Br"V i’s Gro"P'\ ar? spending
• a ter. day vacation m S.uth Texa.-.
Electran Killed
At Long Beach
Is Buried Here
Thorne Residence j
Burns Saturday!
B. V. Magee of this city sold to
his brother, R. B. Magee of AVich-
here i ita Falls, his interest in the Golar,
I Red River bed oil lease and 'produc-
tive special
I). Carroll,!
song leader, and I. C. Johns, leader1
of the orchestra. Mrs. AV
Rouse, leader of Circle Six. AV. M. J
U, had charge
rangements fal-
x' as srved by
group.
Visitors were
Electra Band To
Play For Elliott
On Friday Night
Tigers Off For State
Meet At Austin
Thos. E. Milhn’iland, pastor
local Church of Christ, was
the principal sneakers last!
at the services held at the'
of Christ at Burkburnett ri
opening of aj
Plans are going forward in fine*
shape for the general Clean-Up
Campaign, to be launched nox:
week, according to reports from \a-
lious committees at work. Pastors
of all churches in the city announ-
ced the campaign at services Sun-
day morning. R. P. Hall, manage*
of the Chamber of Commerce, and
Superintendent B. M. Dinsmore,
who is a member of the publicity u_ _, _ _
committee, went to ail the schools i Dr. George McCall
Monday and made the announce- | ----- —
q->eX.1s | ments in regard to the prizes to be
Till We awarded, and explaned the purpose I
W R 1 the cleqn-up campaign. j
The various P.-T. A. committees!
have been active in their
in appointing supervisors
work in different sections
city. The members of the
tile Bureau of the chamber have
been active in seeking aid and co-
operation of the business men in
details regarding disposal of debris,
etc.
Prizes
be given to boys collecting the
most tin cans in one pile, from
within the city limits. The Grand
Theatre is also offering two hun-
dred free tickets to the show on a
to
the
live
Fire following the ignition of j
some gasoline being used in clean-1
ing clothes in the kitchert of the •
rire Boys Make Two,
Local Pastor Speaks
At Church Opening
Ed Klein, local manager of Saul’s
store, was <4e-.-ted as member of
the board of diiectms of the Elec
tra Chamber of ( ommerce,
’■eeont meet rg of that body
Kle n >urcivd< (’, W. Gafford.
. ’gn?d b.uv.u.e of tl] health.
John Erhard, Head
Texas Lions, Speaks
At Inter-City Meet
Electra Lads Arrested
on Petty Theft Charges1
J. G. B. Totten was elected pres-
ident of the Electra Rotary Club
last Friday at the regular noon
luncheon meeting. He will be in-
stalled with other mmebers ^of the
official body at the first
July. The other officers
AVeatherall, first vice
Stephen Rumore, second
ident; Charles McGann,
treasurer. Directors other than the
above named are Gordori ‘Douglas.
Freeman Miller, B. M. Dinsmore,
W. R. Skinner and H. Y. Newsum.
Visitors present at the Friday
meeting were Andy Anderson and
Grady Shipp, Vernon; J. W. Barker,
Electra; T. B. Campbell,
Worth; Miss Claire McNay, direc-
tor of music Electra high school,
and Misses Belva Hannah and Helen
Grimes, high school students.
M. D. Goldsmith and W. R. Skin-
net were in charge of the program
and
the
sang,
Grimes and Hannah sang “May-Day
Gieetings,” Miss McNay playing the
piano accompaniment. She also
made a brief announcement of the
May Fete to be given at the high
school auditorium Wednesday night,
imiting the Rotarians and their I
families to attend. |
Air. Goldsmith gave a classifica-
t on talk which was greatly appre-
ciated R. E. Scheurer made the
foi mal presentation of a beautiful’
biker water set, the pitcher of1
wirch bore suitable inscription, frdm!
the club to C. P. Engelking as a I
token of appreciation for services i
rendered as president in 192-728. |
Mr. Engleking expressed his appre-|
ciation in a genial manner, for
valuable gift.
Mi and Mi-. Paul
twin daughto-. I’eggx
Jean, were gue-tb of
uncle. S I*’ Cooper
A\ edne"dav
c-latives include hi-',
mis. C Crafton,;
J. Crayton, Houston;
two daughters Mrs. C. Lovell,
Henrietta, and Mrs. D. L. Robert-
son. Houston.
killed in an oil field accident which
occurred Thursday night, April 25,
tneaTj Long Beach, California. Rev.
AV. AV. Rivers conducted. the -serv-
' ’ on- the
—j morn-
| ing and were met by Totten Broth-
ers who had charge of the' funeral
| arrangements. Interment was made
called l°cal cemetery.
The fire department has had to
make two night calls this week.
On Tuesday night, they were <-------
to the Crawford Hotel at 3 a. m., eceased with his wife and
to extinguish a hln'zi’no- m-if-krftcc I children left here in then* e
ignited, it is thought, from a cigar-11 April 10, expecting to spend the
_ a t _ £»±. „ i 1 _ _ _ . X. 1 rvi i'll i in 1 i n . 1
present from
Park, AVichita Falls, Vernon, -----
hurnett, Chillicothe, and Benjamin,
Texas, and Tipton, Frederick ' and
Grandfield, Oklahoma.
Five Electra boys were taken to
oil Wichita Falls this week to answer
-and gas division for this sector, j to charges of petty theft and burg-
which includes the west half of. lary. The arrest of the lads has 1
Wichita and all of Wilbarger coun-, cleared up a number of cases which
Wichita county gets seventy have been under investigation by
wells * and Wilbarger members of thJ local police force
I for several weeks. |
Among the charges are the theft ’
of brasses off oil field equipment
from Prince Brothers warehouse on
AVest Bryan avenue, and from the
Patterson Oil Company warehouse
and National Supply Company. A
shotgun, battery and tires stolen
from a house northyest of the city
were among the loot recovered.
Two of the boys will <■ probably,
be sent to Gatesville, three may
be expected to get suspended sen-
tences, Mayor George Ragland says.
Funeral services were held Tues-
day afternoon at the First Bap-
splendid tist church' .for ' Jdseph Russell
concert of popular numbers on gui- Brown age 31, who was instantly
tar and violin.
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