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VOL. No. 33 :: No. 13
ELECTRA, TEXAS, WICHITA COUNTY, THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 11. 1952
Subscription $2.00 per annum
Explains Water Flooding Oil Recovery
for
the First
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Mrs. Eaves,
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No 19, 1919.
W*ok
The Thompson
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Approxim ilelv
latbei
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of
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were | This will bo a new
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Home Coming for
Beaver Creek
Electra Tigers to
Play at PM lips
Civic Committee to
Sponsor Choral Unit
A special meeting has boon set
lor Tuesday night, Sept 16 at 7:30
at the high school auditorium for
Outstanding Student
Receives Award
Word Received of
Winning High Honor
Mrs. Lewis Brown, and will leave
this week for Kansas.
S.'S' -
imst active m all
the church
pl
Bethel Baptist Church
Will Observe
Appreciate Week
Obligation Night
to be Held Sept 26
by Rebekahs
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termine the passing attack but at ;
include the P^sont Butch Price is the most
Chamber of Commerce officials
were highly enthusiastic over their
general membership meeting Mon-
day night when a water flooding
program was presented at
First Ward School
was under the supervision of
Oil Information Committee,
principal speaker was
nard M. Stephens, Wichita
Falls,
member of the Ryder-Scott, pet-
a veteran
and
American Legion.
Pallbearers wore: IT. W. Myers,
istaff, principal of the school, and
introduction of the faculty
; The assembly will bo led in the
Hospital List
Patients:
Mrs. J. H. Cooper
Mrs. S. F. Power
C D. Branch
Mrs. E. B. Boulware
Mrs. H. T. Head
Mrs. W. F. Akin
Mrs. F. L. Street
Mrs. Marvin Anderson and baby
boy, William Allen
Mrs R. H. McClure
Rex M. Everett
O. M.Cox
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Miss Marchet a Hixon, director of
the high school choral club. 1
The community unit will be un-
der the sponsorship of the civic
cuuumuee vi me Ciituubci
Commerce.
The annual Beaver Creek ceme-
tery home-coming will be held
Monday, Sept. 22, at the Beaver
Crock school house. Invitations
have been extended to members to
^•attend, and the reunion is expect-.
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Mr. and Mr. Bob McKelvey an-
nounce me oir lti ol a uutn
last Friday in the Wichita Clinic.
r>’ ** f**
Artie Scgrest and Horace H.
Miller have returned from a weeks
stay in Houston where they at-
tended a school on Interior Dec-
oration, sponsored by the leading
paint and wall paper manufactur-
ers of the state. The school was
held at the University of Houston*
They will each receive diplomas
for completing the various courses
which each were interested in.
Br
'^1
was unable to bo on the squad last
season. He will alternate at right
half with Robert Foater and will
be used largely on offensive plays.
James Doories and Ellis Burt are
alternates at fullback.
There are 56 candidates for
places on the A and B squads. Fri-
day night’s starters will probably
include Lester Francis, center;
Carl Kuehn, right guard; James
Hallbrook, left guard; Walter Bar-
wise, right tackle; Owen Irby; left
tackle; Presley Sheppard or Clyde
Phillips, right end; Curtis Rollins,
left end; Butch Price, quarter-
back; Glen Hixon, left half; Ellis
Burt or James Doores, fullback
and Walter Fowler, right half.
i< it e a .. :cd
The American Opportunity com-
mittee of the Chamber of Com-
merce has arwiunced that it will
hold a "B. E. Day" in Electra in
the future. It will be a day for
representatives of business and
education to discuss mutual prob-
lems and explain the various sys-
tems used by both. C. P. Nichols
is chairman of the committee.
With Task 118
off Greenland
With Task Force 118 off Green-
land — Resupplying advances bas-
es and weather stations near the
North Pole on board the ice break-
er USS Atka, is Robert L. Dela-
shaw, boatswain's mate third
SB;
and achievement. Offices
he has held in the local
[chapter include: In 1949, he served
'as Parliamentarian; 1950,
itary; 1951, vice president;
[vice president of the district;
.Alls. Gillum’s brother. Dr. C. C.
Stone and wife, Marshall, Texas,
of Douglas Biown, A. [Dp stone is a teacher ol Greek
^»ght weeks training.and p’ji)]e jn £aSf Texas Bap-
toni the Norman, Okla., (js- college there. Other guests
wore Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Roark of
[Quanah, a sister of Mrs. Gillum
and Mrs. Gillum’s two grandchil-
--------j Lynn and Jerry
[Wayne Gillum of Hobbs, New
Mexico.
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Harrold Hornets to
Play Sept 12th
The Harrold Hornets will open
their Fall football schedule this
Friday night at 8 o’clock in Har-
rold when they will play against
Benjamin High School.
Harrold has only four returning
lettermen on their squad of 23
boys.
For the remainder of the season
Harrold football games will be
played on Thursday night.
state residents.
A barbecue dinner will be serv-
ed and the afternoon will be de-
voted to program and memorial
service.
Special invitations have been ex-
1 tended to Rev. J, C. Davis. Iowa
Park; Rev. Herbert Hamilton, T\-
ler, Rev. E. H. Coburn, Electra and Teel, Peacock, Texas; A. C. Teel,
Rev. Finis Crutchfield, Mineral Vernon and J. O. Teel. Electra.
Wells. Davis and Coburn are
jig Deaver vreeK
■SH Wed. Sept 22
Sept. 8 (Special).— Plans
obligation night to held Sept. 26
wore formulated at the Eicctra
Rebekah Lodge meeting Friday
night. Mrs. Nina Eaves, Noble
Grand, presided over the business
session which was held in the K.
of P. Hall.
Th*' colors wore present by Miss
Marx Neff and Mrs. Bob Cubinc,
escorted by Mcsdamos Morgan
Callendar and Frances I logic. The
invocation was given by the chap-
lain, Mis. Leia Stanscl.
Mcsdamos Callendar, Toni Day
and Genova Davis wore named as
the relief and visiting committee
for the week. Projects to raise
funds were discussed by Mrs . J. C.
Watkins, chairman of the finance $
committee.
Officers included
The officers and committee
chairmen of tlv Thompson Ward
P-T. A mot in the home of Mrs.
L. M. Manning Jr, president, for
the purpose of attending a school
of instruction conducted by Airs.
Joe Brown, 13th district vice-presi-
dent of Wichita and Clay counties
.and chairman for local unit Shown
A gilt of appreciation was
by Mis.‘Electrans who are interested in
[joining a community choral chib,
organization
Mmes, W D. Grier, Karl i for Electra and will be directed by
inn Bunko, Clyde Tate, Sol Tuttle,
Ray L Dickey, H. L. McDonald,
>am McBride, Howard Baxter.
Loul McGann. H S. Stewart,
enaries Lvans, junn mex^umn, uhu
L. G. Southard.
Glonn Hixon, loft half, has been
turning in a good performance, and
tii iiiv the running ability of Walter I
|P.-T. A. prayer b> Mrs. A. G Ab- bight ball, should bolster
'to
be a speedy youngster in junior
A get-acquainted hour will fol-‘nigh schooL Duc to an injury, he
low the program. Pic and coffee
will be served during the social
hour. Each family is requested to
bring a pie.
Shown in the above picture it
Mrs. L. Al. Manning, who will
»erve as the president for 1952-53.
“BE” Day to
be Observed
lion, character and spiritual direc- thc Tigor at^ack. Fowler proved
I tor. » . \ . ....
Thursday night — The mission
will be in charge. Gucstss for that
particular occaion will be Rev. T.
L. Longmilea, pastor of the Prov-
idence Baptist Church of Burkbur-
nett and Rev. E. L. Laurence of
thc Mt. Zion Church of Odeli,
Texas.
Friday night— Thc deacons
have- -been delegated to4 ^c in
charge*. • They have extended invi-
tations to Rev.’W. S. Sims of the
Mt. Zion Church of Seymour and
to Rev. R. L. Washington of the
Hopewell Baptist Church of Crow-
ell to be their special guests.
Sunday morning — Sunday
School will bo held at the regular
time, 9:45 and morning services
will begin al 11 a. m. Thc Rev. E.
L. Yarbrough and his congregation
from the Pleasant Home Baptist
Church of Thalia, have been cor-
Well Known Electran
Passes Away
Horace Teel, 57, passed away,
early Wednesday morning at the
Electra Hospital. Teel entered the
hospital on Sept. 1 and had been
seriously ill since that time. Death
came at 4:15 a. m. from complica-
tions.
Funeral services were held from
Baptist Church at 3 I
o’clock Thursday with Rev. Loyd I
cu to attract a number of out-of-i assisted by the Rnv. il L. I
[Coleman as thc officiants. Inter- I
iment was in the Eicctra Memorial I
“ [ Pai k Cemetery under thc direction ■
‘ ,of the James B. Totten and Son I
Funeral Home. ..if P
Immediate survivors include one, *
sister, Mrs. M. L. Sanderson of,
Electra with whom he made his j
home and three brothers, W. T.
Invitations arc being extended
to all the members and guests to
the observance of the Eigth Ap-
preciation Week, in honor of the
pastor, The Rev.. V. E. Gafford,
and his wife of the Bethel Baptist
Church (colored) located at 805
Railroad Ave., in Eicctra.
The observance will begin Sept.
14th and run through Sept. 21st.
Thc schedule1 will be as follows:
Sundav, beginning at 3 p. m. the
pre-opening service will get under
way, with the choir in charge. The
guest church will be thc Pleasant
Home Church of Thalia, with the
Rev. C. Ryan, pastoi, as a special
guest.
Monday night — Thc program
will l>o under the direction of the
Sunday School. Thc guest church
will be the Pilgrim Rest Baptist
Church of Oklaunion, the Rev. C.
Heardon, pastor.
Tuesday night — The BTU has
schcducd thc program. Guests will
be Elders A. A. Jackcon and D. L.
Moss of the Church of God in
Christ of Vernon and Wichita
Falls respectively.
Wednesday night — Thc broth-
erhood will have charge Guests
will l>c from Mangum and Altus,
Okla., and they will include thc
Rev, W. M. Haynes, pastor of the
Dismissals past week:
N. R. Laird
Mrs. Emma Livingston
Miss Reba McAllister
Mrs. Ray Hyde and baby
Ray Hubbard
vij I.Lm. dll V.LiiLt
baby girl, Debra Rae.
will open their 1952 schedule FrL cussed water flooding for oil
day night at Phillips in a non-con- covery.
.fercnce game. Coach Bill Sweet
the
The program
the
.... ThC c uiivm ii m ms evumvaa, <1
Dr Max-1 ute question and answer period
was held
Donald May.
gave
ductor. Bob Cubing, color guard,
Flora Stockton, musician; Leia
Stansel. chaplain; Bertha Davis
and Cora Neff, supporters of the
Zone 1, of the 13th District
American Legion and Auxiliary
will hold lheir next regular meet-
ing in Chillicothe, on Thursday,
Sept. 18 at 8 p. m.
All members of the Legion and
Auliliary from thc following towns
have a most hearty welcome to at-
tend on this night, Crowell, Sey-
mour. Electra, Vernon, Quanah
and Chillicothe.
'Die program for thc evening
will be held prior to the' regular
business meeting and two profes-
sional magicians have been secur-
ed from Sheppard Field to provide
thc laughs for the evening.
■pt
W’-
dlltiv f
presented to Mrs Brown
L. M Manning.
The following members
p: esrnt.
and Mrs. Garrett Marshall
an. children, David and Anita of
Wic.ata Falls were recent visitors
in the home of his parents Mr.
and Airs. C. G. Marshall. Other
guests in thc Afarshall homo over
the week-end included Air. and
Mrs. Fat Aloorc of Vernon and
Mr. and Airs. Gene Aloore and
children Paula and Alonty of Wi-
chita Falls.
y
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John Church, Mangum and the
Rov- E- HiH of the Alacedonia
Baptist Church of Altus.
JIMMY CAROILK PHOTO
is still in thc ground. By water
pressure another 38 per cent can
be brought to the surface, leaving
something around 20 per cent that
to date there is no known way of
recovery.
Following his address, a 45-min-
J®-1-
Ki
E1JIM
rarpi’Vt ring j m tin" and led
1111 • law r
Kail i
phasn-. n|
'>••• v m ’ a-' pi OMtlan!
ha il vinuli organization
ThonTGSOH Ward Has c'h‘’istian Church.
School cf Instruction i -------
Chillicothe Host
to Legion Aux.
Electran’s Brother
Passes Away
Cecil Bailey, 49, passed away at
his home at Rock Crossing Sun-
day morning at 5 o’clock of a heart
attack.
He was born Oct. 16, 1902 and 1950-51-52, Karl assisted in
was a native Texan, He married local project shows and thc chap-
Aliss Myrtle Wilis at Altus, Okla., | ter banquets.
He was chosen the best Ag Boj'
Funeral services were conducted *n the chapter in 1951 as well as
at the First ATethodist Church in being chosen for Who's Who in
Vernon Tuesday afternoon at 3 >n 1951. He was on thc Junior
o'clock Rev. Tucker, pastor of the Conducting Team which won the
Rock Closing Alethodist Church, district award. In 1952 he was a
and Pev Marshall Rhevv, pastor of member of the Senior Farm Skills
the Fust Methodist Church, Ver- team. This team won fiist in thc
r.<m officiated at the services, distnet. lirst in the area and vvent
A!em- Io state
B.ivs an onlv required to com-
pb Io three jobs a year to be eh-
"il te hr this award, but Karl
romplelod 52 jobs in the past three I
which included imptive-'
ni. nt- on ih.- hemo, m the home. Thc Thompson Ward Parent-
Teacher Association will have their
first mt eting of the now* year on
September IS at 7.30 p m. in the
Up is now school aitditmium All parents, es-
of thc CYF. ppckiih, latf’oi- arc u-god Io at- an^ tackling. It is too early to de-(mt (hods, more than h; II <4 thc oil I
lend.
, Th” p. ir’-am v ill
'welcome addles.-, b.v Cecil Bigger->**kolv passer.
| ‘ ' [to strengthen the team.
I *,>’! On Thursday of la.->t
scrimmage session was
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tangled with Crowoil in
scrimmage session. A number
flaws wore evident but lhe team
showing plenty of hustle. nor iiooumg vviucn wa^ stalled a 4.
Alost of lhe vvotk has boon tie-, few months ago Since 3S pt. cent I the session
voted to running plays, blocking rreiv..:cd b\ ilu-n production member.-, and guests attended
| Mr. and Airs Leonard Gillum.
'have had as guests in their home,
__I
Word has boon received of the'
gradual
A., from
course.
Navy Air Base.
He has the signal honor of mak-
ing the highest grade to have ever
been made, 96, since the opening drcn Con~ie
of the school there.
As a reward for making this
grade, he was given the choice of
selecting the next school ho is to
attend. He chose a 14 weeks course
being taught in Olathe, Kans., on
aircraft, control. This is a course
taught in thc control of traffic air-
craft on land, air and sea.
Brown entered the Navy thc
first of April and signed up for
two years.
He has been a recent visitor in
the home of his parents Mr. and class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Del as haw of Electra, and
husband of the former Afiss Joan
AL Seaver of Boston, Alass.
Delashaw who entered the Naval
service Nov. 20, 1942, is making
his first Arctic cruise.
The task force of cargo ships,
tankers, refrigerator ships and
amphibious craft left the United
States in mid-summer for the Land
of the Alidnight Sun.
Icebreakers had to bo used to
lead the convoy single file through
pack ice and past ice floes and
bergs. Icebreaker-based helicopters
spotted for the formation, search-
ing for open areas.
xiie cuiivuy Miueutueti tu re-
turn to the U. S. in September.
officiated at lhe
Bui 1’J was in in East Vinvv
orial P.uk in Vernon. imcBr d.re'’-
Lon 0! llenclmsm Funeral Home.
lb- was a membo. of the Mas-
mic 1.0 Igo The Masons conducted
< I < Side <iTV CP
Mitivors include the widow, one
- m. Donald of Fort Worth; the
•riihi- Mi- El Turnei of Elec-
f 1 and one b’ the , Tom of Elec-I
• ta i
Mf/Ki
■BYlBy
Karl Kuehn, senior in the Elec-|
Noble Grand; Mrs. Agnes Boone, tra High School, has been sclecied |
Vico Grand; Miss Alary Neff, color [to receive the coveted award of an I
bearer; Alesdames Alorgan Callen- all-expense paid tiip to ,the Na-'
dar, Warden. Frances Hoglc, Con-'tional FFA congress, which will be I , ,, ,
,camp meetings. Crutchlield wasJHickoiy Aloore, Joe Aloore, Henry
(later pastor of the First Methodist 1 KinK- Oscar Millhollon and Oscar
Churcn in Electr-i. [Talley.
Geor ’p B. Ancell Jr., is per-
manent chairman (,1 the Beaver
Creek Association The association
was organized several ,v ears ago as
a moans of getting the cemetery
beautified and keeping it in shape.
Airs. Alyrtle Towery. Miss Lydia
Wilkinson, Airs. R. J. Bradley Jr.,
sccrc-.and o,bc'rs have been making the
itary; iyoi, vice president; also,ncc’cssary arrangements.
[vice president of the district; iiL
|co-operative activities he won sec-'
[ond place in Junior Farm Skill: Thompson Ward PTA
served on the poultry team in 1950 f 1 o
which won the ditrict and third DCpt* 1,0
in the area, which entitled them to'
He member
Team In
the
pion- Ono brother and his mother and
cor preachers of this area. Hamil-[father preceded him in death.
ton was reared in the Beaver J was a veteran of World
Creek community and Crutchfield War One and a member of the
visited in the area when he was a 1
boy and while his father held |
held in Kansas Ch>. Oel 13-lfi :™n’P mro'in«s-
This is the first Achievement Aw-
ard Program to bo sponsored bv
the First National Bank of Wich-1
Noble Grand; Alvrtle Holder and [Ha Falls. Kuehn won for Wichita
Dear Watkins, supporters of the [County.
Vice Grand: Annie Miller and An- j Karl was selected on his leader-
nie Childress, Guardians: Pauline ship ability, as well as his citizcn-
Isberto, junior Past Noble Grand, 'ship
Twenty-eight members responded | which
1o the roll call.
Stephens said that 164 million
says that his charge are rounding ‘ barrels of oil had been recovered
into shape but berths on the squad I in the Eleetra field and there is
are still wide open At present he [ no r« ason but tu 1 .xpv<_t that lhe
:s working on several combinations 1 same amount can bo 1 (-covered bv
| using seeondcirv methods Sk-plums' Chamber of Commerce, welcomed
a said most of the sand-, that pin- f ' ... . --
held al I dm e in the Ehctia Held can b-, Swanson, chairman uf the oil com- [ therhood will be in charge of this
11 particular program. Guest church
Piank Elkins, manager of the [ wjjj ]je from Oklaunion .Chillicothe
Chamber of Commerce, piesent.-d anrj Wichita Falls.
the speakers. | churches are urged Io bring
lililil
Winners Announced
Last Saturday Rodeo
Winners in thc various events at
the rodeo sponsored Saturday
night by the Eicctra Riding and
Roping Club have been announced
to include the following:
Jackpot roping: Paul Bachman,
Petrolia, time, 17.1 seconds; Joe
Green, Wichita Fall, 18:8; Bill
Gage, Archer City, 19.1.
Ladies Barrel Race: Patsy More,
13.4 seconds; Mary Adair, 13.6;
Jackie Marshall, 15.2.
Children’s Barrel Race: Patsy
Afore, 13.1; Jackie Marshall, 14.2;
Ronnie Vanderver, 14.3.
Ribbon roping: Bill Gage, 13.5;
Earl Thompson, Wichita Falls,
18.4; Paul Bachman, 18.6.
Bareback Brone Riding: Bob
Parker, Oklahoma; Gerald Chaf-
fin, Burkburnett; Bobby Hath-
field, Oklahoma.
Bull Riding: Buster Roberson,
Wichita Falls; Curtis Lightfoot, E.
C. Miller.
also of Ryder-
The Eicctra High School Tigers rolcum engineering firm. He dis- Scott, gave a demonstration of
jrhip lune methods of sand analy-
sis. Alay, who has examined samp-
les Irom over six thousand wells
is verv enthusiastic in this meth-
od of determining whet hoi sands
are oil bearing
Rav P. Dickey president of thp|dja]jy extended an invitation.
- • ----------U A! 3 p. m. the ,-\nniversarv Hour
th" members and their guests. Turn jwiI| bp observed. The PtUii'e bro-
1 Holliday andon saturdav the hovs vvotked bv water floo'lmv and cit- millet made the intioduction anti
tangled with Crowoll in another vd one example n! a k a>v just ca.-a
ol of th< eitv that i< b. ^i.mu " m
pickup in production atm. th- u *- the speakers.
Her flooding which, wa^ stalled
A hot dog snack at b.45 preceded tht-ir choirs. All gifts will bo ap-
" ’ L)0 preciated.
AH members are cordially invit-
'd to attend the above scheduled
program, which will start nightly
at 7:45 p. m.
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