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ELECTRA, TEXAS, WICHITA COUNTY,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30,1962
EIGHTEEN PAGES
VOLUME 54 — NUMBER 58
GREATEST TRAGEDY IN HISTORY OF ELECTRA
Hillcrest Haven Nursing HomeTo Be Re-Built
ARE YOU GUILTY?
Due to their
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Saturday and
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Labor Day Fun Festival
Program Plans Completed
Hull has been
«*hanged to 2146.
Morning services club business.
Everyone is urged to at-
two others, Mrs. Tcdiu,j10re she died Monday morn-
m. A T vt* f*.nvt vt irl.v • .
Donnie Moore, who was could you help the situation
and cold drinks for children
will be served.
gin in the Thompson Ward
building, they are
said.
Fred I
A deposit of $50 Union Director, said he felt
that the goal of 177 which has
Hbmtedt, Training Democrat Club
To Meet Friday
A called meeting of the
Electra Democrat Club has
been scheduled Friday night,
about 2:15 Friday to clean it.
Mrs. Hrncirik called Duncan
(Osnttawg an Fags It)
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Bells Will Ring Hers
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ed.
The music director for the August 31, at 7:30 p. m. at
revival, Doug Scott of Green*
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Elliott Man
Dies In Attempt
At Rescue
An Elliott man died Friday
as he atteempted to aid a
friend who was trapped in a
well on a farm about halt way
complication*.
The trigody sir.irk about
Additional News
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Dollar Days
To Be Held
September 7-8
Fall merchandise and
duccd-for-clearancc
tary School bidding al that
time, according Io W. L. Hud-
son, superintendent. In mak-
ing the announcement, he said'
Along with stressing safe between Elliott and Harrold,
driving, the Jaycees will also
strive to demonstrate the hos-
pitality of the city. The an
He nual event is held in cooper-
ation with other civic organ
izatons in the southwest as
a highway safety measure.
Over 1000 motorists were
calling the fire station when
the whistle blows. They arc
fascinated with the sound
that comes over the line and
continue to listen as the re-
cording is repeated.
Most of the calls made dur-
ing the time the siren is
sounding are made by parents
who work downtown and
children who are left at home.
Stop and think for a mo-
ment— If it were your home
and you wore downtown,
urea fairs
This pro-
The worst, tragedy in the
history of Electra was record-
ed last Friday afternoon when
a driverless flaming butane
truck turned off highway 25
and rammed as a rocket thr-
ough the front door of Hill-
crest Haven Nursng Home,
shooting flames down the
halls setting the home ablaze.
Three elderly women. Miss
Myrtle Hunt, S3 year old re-
tired Jacksboro school teach-
er, Mrs Mary Lee Sorrells.
Electra and Mrs. Maude Bar-
ker, Bonham, died in the flam-
es and
M I’
Hopper died
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William I. Duncan, 43, was
dead on arrival at a Vernon
hospital. Lawrence V. Hrn-
cirik was a patient in a Ver-
non hospital Monady after be-
ing pulled from the 36-foot
hole by a team of rescuers a
few minutes after Duncan
was removed.
The accident occured on the
farm occupied by Hrncirik and
his family. Witnesses report-
bone.
Everyone is assured of a
cordial welcome at all of the ita County as well as local
services.
are scheduled for 9:30 Mon-
The tend the Labor Day Rally by
evening services will be held the members of the local
at 7:30 every night
the City Hall.
The purpose of the meeting
mentalist. In several services is to discuss the Labor Day
during the week he will bring Rally to be held at Horseshoe
special numbers on his trocn- Lake in Wichita Falls spon-
sored by the Democratic Wo-
men’s Organization of Wich-
An. y
-lit.mi (»■’ fire 17 loot high
Wa! .or Blevins,
rid ro-'vvnp-.- ;>1 the home,
> r.v the truck ,.ump an is-
land near liny 25 and smash
it, w,i\ same 20 feet into 1ho
buii ling like ball ot fne
I o rid a nurse standing near-
by ran to the front of the
building and pulled two of
the p'Hiems out from muior
the Puck and carried them toj
-Pity A third pa .iont
Harvey Hudson
To Hold Bible
Baptist Revival
Rev. Harvey Hudson of El
Reno. Oklahoma, will be the
evangelist for revival services
to be I
3-9 at the Bible Baptist Chur-
ch. 321 North Wilbarger, in
Electra.
Hudson is reported to be
one of the best known inde-
pendent Baptist evangelists in
Texas and Oklahoma. I—
conducts over 30 revivals each
year, and is pastor of a Bap-
tist Church in El Reno.
The services will begin
nightly at 7:30 p. m. Billy served during the .holidays
Young, director of music of
the church, v... --------
special music.
A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to the public to at-
tend the ..... . ~ ~—— - — —
.to Rev. Max Smiley, pastor.
Bids Open For
School Gym,
Music Room
The Electra Board of Edu-
cation announced this week
• that scaled bids covering the
i constructon of a new high
i school gymnasium and music
j building will be received un-
til Tuesday evening, Septem-
ber IS.
Bids should be sent to the
office of the school superin-
tendent, W. L. Hudson. The
scaled bids will i>c opened in
this office at 7:30 p. m. on
the ISth.
Prepared plans and speci-
fications may be obtained at
the office of Caudill, Rowlett,
and Scott, Architects-Engin- expected to be present, he
eers, at 1501 North Classen
Boulevard, Oklahoma City 6,
Oklahoma.
which may be in the form of
a check on the firm’s business been set for Training Union
banking account made paya- at 6:30 will be greatly exceed-
ble to the architect will be re-
quired for a set of plans and
specifications.
One set of plans may be ob- vile, S. C., is a gifted instru-
tained by the general contrac-
tor by a deposit. Additional
sets arc available to him for
printing costs. All other sub-
contractors and materials su-
ppliers may obtain plans by
paying printing costs.
Each bidder must submit
with his proposal, a cashier’s day through Friday,
or certified check or aceepta-
(C i still i i m Page It)
, Opens Temporary
i Quarters Sat.
I Hillcrest Haven Nursing
will open temporary
quarters Saturday, Sep:. 1 in
the old Magnolia b.il dng at
315 South Waggoner, an-
nuinced Walter Blevins, imn-
ager, Wednesday.
The building. which was
used as a convalescent home
until Hillcrest Haven was
completed about a year ago,
wi'i serve as quarters until a
new building can bo construc-
ted at the present location.
Work is underway at this
time clearing the debris io
determine how much of the
turned structure can be sal-
vaged.
“Approximately 25 patients
kins
Dismissed tins past week
were Eugene Mellon. Jr. Mrs
W. C Williams, Mr.;. L C.
Campbell of Holliday. Mis.
L L. Conkling. Barney Gib-
son. Ann Moro. Mrs. Dob Mea-
dor and baby girl. Mrs. Lo-
renc Harris, Roger Propesl,
Mrs, E. T. Melton, Sara Jane
Melton, Mrs. I’, L. McDon lid
and Douglas Hageman.
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Jf Lu Lil 1—t liri. [ j<einp. a.id Mis Minnie Man-
Tho weather report fm t’-ie
2. Wed. Christmas: week on Img Wetlnesd'iv. A:;-
that although classes will be- Hobdays end al S:'k) :i
Jan. IS. Fri.. End of .3rd j August 2'.
expected'hx weeks End of semester, i August 21
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Matnc> and Mrs. Gertrudejjn,.
” 1 Saturday and '^Irs...........
Monday from burns and other stan<lintg near Mrs. Barker and! by tjing up the line so that
Mrs. Hopper, was rescued firemen <----------- —
from underneath the truck b\ destination?
Diev in., and is •••till b.ospital-
| iz.eti ‘ lire
| 3J1SS Hunt and Mrs. Sorrels---
mis 10 1^1
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Tuesday To Opes Fall Semester
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the porch. Mrs. Maude Dark-
er. was also struck b;. too
truck and burned to death be-
fore she could be dragged to
safety.
Blevins received a foot in-
jury as the truck passed over
his foot. He continued res-
cuing patients until al! were
removed from the flaming
building.
Mrs. Gertrude Hopper, who
was dragged to safety from
underneath the burning truck,
.suffered burns over about 30
percent of her Ixxly. She was
I taken to the Electra Hospital
j Wichita Falls Man
I; Buys Suburban
D Grocery Store
D In a business transactionj
I completed this week Flo.vdj
j Chadwell of Wichita Fa’H'
1 1
J; purchased Jack’s Grocery and:
Market located at Sum nit'
y'an.I Bailey Street, from Budd
|jS rk.ii of Wichita Falls. u
J! 'J he business will be knmm I
as Flovd’s Grocery and Alav-'j
kci and will continue to op- I
ctr.tc* in the pres.v.l location ||
I a’.ph Adkins, manager wiii;|
cci.iiiiue in his present po- j
sit ion and other employes arc *
Mrs Howard Jones and B )□ iwM
Blevins. The above person-
rel will be assisted by Mr
Chadwell and his family.
ikling before October 1. j
Classes will begin at 8:30'
a. m. in agreement with the!
iod will be from 11 :-10 until
12:23-
A complete calendar has --Jy- 2
been announced for the con-“
vcnience of students and par-
ents. It is as follows:
1962
Sept. 1, Sal., General Fa-
culty Meeting. Jr. High School
10:00 a. m. j
Sept. 4, Tues., Registration |
in all schools, 8:30 a. m.
All classes begin in
schools.
Oct. 12, Fri., End of 1st six;l
Notice!
All stores will be closed
Monday. September 3 in ob-
servance of the Labor Da;,
holiday. Tlie 'x.s! office win-
dows will bo docod, howeve.,
'mu;! wtli be p'. ccd in boxc<.
0,1‘and >i)cciul dolivcries wi.l be
(made. There will be no ci!v
i or ru’Au res. to aduo.C'
Plans have been complete i! performe I under her loader-,
for the second annua! “Fun ship ri vauous
In The Sun" fe<tivai io b?.;m'l stage shows.
| gram will l:o ji< hi on the lawn
cording to t'w chairman o. ihi.j in b'wk o, the Community
Volunteer firemen are shown fight-
ing the blaze at Hillcrest Haven Nurs-
ing Home set off by a flaming butane
truck that crashed some 20 feet inside
the front of the building, killing three,
contributing to the death of two and
Work Of Removing Old !
Structure Well Under Way
The Hilcrest Haven Nursing Home, which was
destroyed by fire Friday, will be rebuilt, was the
statement made by the owners. Dr. John Thomp-
son, Walter Blevins and .John IdcKeivey following ail
hoard meeting this week. I
Plans and the type of building to be constructedt|j
will not be completed until workers remove the de-!
bris and determine how much of the present struc-j
Do you or your children run for the tele-
phone when the fire whistle blows???
If so . . . you are not helping to put the
fire out but giving it more time to destroy
v our properly.
Firemen were., hampered Friday in ans-
wering the call to the worst, tragedy to strike
our community. Several firemen had to go to
the station io learn the location of the lire, be-
cause two children had tied up the lines and
were carrying on a conversation during the
critical moments of the emergency.
Children have no business state of Texas
splendid efforts you arc sav-
ed dollars yearly on insurance
premiums. Do you wish to
keep this privilege?
When the fire whistle blows
lot the firemen have a
chance to use the lines. If it
is your property someone will
call you.
When going to the scene of
a fire always remember to
stay out of the way of the
firemen and give them plenty
of room to work with their
hose. Two fire hose were
badly damaged Friday when
crossed over bv cars. Each
joint of hose cost the Cii> of
Elecira and you . . Mr. Cit-
SS l aO a joint
Fleetra has one of the best,
fighting groups in thejizen . .
With the completion (F ia-{week:. ;
fill tv assignments. Ml is :nj Nov. 21. Wed., End oi 2nd
readiness h,r ihe opening d.,;., six weeks. I for i))c u. (l . wc.
of sciiool here luodav morn-j .x-.n. 21. v\ ru.m,.< k-j
ing, September 4. I:iig Halida'S begin .it 3 20 p.|
School bells will ling in all'in. I
five public schools including! Nov. 25. ?Jon., Th.mksgi\-|
the 3 hompson Ward Elemen-'ing llohdavs end al 8:30 a. m I
Dec. 21, Friday, Christmas.1
Holidays begin al 3.30 p. i.i.'
1.363 !
Jan. 2. Wed. Ckrirtm.:.:'
| gust 29
> V t!-«■>!•=:i o
_ ._______ i August 21
to be moved into the new BJ Jan 21, Mon., 2nd semester• August 2a
M. Dinsmore Elementary bu-1 begins. .August 2b
March 1. Fri. End of .jpJ Augusi 27
| August 28
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HOSPITAL
Palicnis in the Elect.-a Hos-
, nltal Wednesd.iv v. era Mrs.
non shouil be turned in lO|Xrn-ie jtock, yTrs. r.ubv Mc-
Tties-i ciurc, Louis Kubala, L. R.
! Robbins, Mrs. Marceila Lrp-
i icy D \\ McNamara, Mrs.
i Donnv Moore, Mrs. Flucllon
hospitalizing 15 others. Damage to the
beautiful one-story structure which
opened one year ago was estimated at
.$100,000. Firemen battled the blaze
over two hours before bringing it under
control.
; WitlO.l.
Drivt4 Abandons 3 ruck
D intiv Craighead, driver of
the butane truck owned by
Kelly Maichctt of Vernon, a
ixmdnned the flaming truck
where tnc d:ivi.---- VAli]1 clothing afire. He
less truex crashed SpC’vt.ig craw led and half-run to the
. home of -Mrs J. R. Thomas
manager| >t,jj scl-camcd for help. Mrs.
Thomas raced to the tclc-
' phone and mi Hied the police
1 and fire departments, then
went back to the door .v’.iere
she saw the driver rolling in
tile yard atecmpthig to cx-
‘ tinguish his burning clothing
Craighead was taken to the
(hospital by an unidentfied mo-
i toiist. He suffered burns ov-
er most of his arms, chest
■| and head and was in shock.
M He was transferred to a Wi-
H chita Falls hospital Monday
M where his condition is report-
fl cd as satisfactory.
H The abandoned truck str-
fl tick a mail box and veered di-
fl (Continued <>n page seven)
■Labor Day
I Coffee Stop
ISlated Here
“Keep Awake and
will be the slogan of members
of the local Junior Chamber
of Commerce as they man
their annual “coffee break”
station serving motorists who
pass through Electra during
the Labor Day holiday week-
end.
The station will be located
near the intersection of U. S.
_____ Highway 287 and State High-
held nightly September way 25. Free coffee for adults
pro,.ecl, Lee Ro;> Johnson. • Conte.
A gigantic parade at 11 "J..-; Completing ib.e program will
a in will be held in do.vn-lhe a conceit by the Durkbur-
lo.v.i Elcetio to open the feZim:: 'lawn Band held at the
tivitios. Leading ike parade ( bandstand in the City Park,
will bo a Marine Color Gu.n..] Aren eil’zcns ate urged to
Amn V. icinta Falls | enjoy Lab >r D i.v in their
Tne Sheppard Air Force'own home town this year, and
Band wki p:\sent a coin er'.: a?lend the vaiious activities
in the park at 1.15 p. m. Fol-’ designed l\.c their :un and
lowing Lie concert, at 2:30 ai pleasure
swimming and div ng e.hibi-i The Eleciia Chamber of
lion bv th. • A juajots and -A-1 Commerce is sponsoring this
:iii ijancs o, Elecira will be mi lual e ent which drew a
presentc'I crowd of n.T” 350 persons
A concert by a l.icil .'ixm.i Iasi year despite the heavy
.will bo held at 3.15, followed; rain which fell hero An even
by a swimming show pre;cnt-‘larger number is expected to
ed b;. the Wichita Sw mi Club , attend this second annual
’Pho “?4i-s <Jd Queen’ boa 1 version of the lo.-tival.
uty contc.-l is slated nt I" 15; ——------—
at the swimming pool. Bar-j
bequo by Undorwooa’s will; Nursing Home
be served trom a:CJ until T'eiTIDOmrV
p. m. when a stage show wiili^v ‘ q? l
be given under the direction' vCUUTterS fecit,
of ?vlrs. Bill Bristow,
Mrs. Bristow will present [home
a number of girls which have
First Baptist
Revival Will
Begin Sunday
Freddie Gage, nationally
known Baptist evangelist, will
bring the first message of the
First Baptist revival Sunday
morning.
A goal of GOO in attendance
has been set according to an
announcement by Kary Al-
lums, Sunday School Superin-
tendent. Arrangements will win moved to the location
be made for the many visitors Saturday,” Blevins said.
iwer,- bed patmnts in rooms
an hour aiicr ires., v! i.’c P“* iaUjaniing the entrance of the
lienis 1 left ’ io i ; xrp >f.i
room and gone to their I
ro’-ms ; -r a rest ,icr>od bc-j
lore going to me reel at ion i
root i. J’.ie recreation loom I
<s loculi d o.f l?.e main cn-l
I ranee oi the lovclv one stei v I
sure:uro where tne d:ivc.-
last year, according to Claude
will conduct the Young, Jaycee president. Mem-
bers worked a total of 142
man hours and served 700 ed Hrncirik entered the well
r_____ i tips of coffee and 14 cases
services according c f soft drinks to these motor-
lots.
Miss Diane Streitr 1962 Wichita County Farm Bureau
Queen, was named District Farm Bureau Queen, Tuesday
night in Vernon. The 16-ycar-old Electra High School jun-
ior is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Streit. She is
shown above shortly after being crowned by the 1961
District Queen, Lydia Schoppa of Elliott. The new queen
will represent District 3 in the State Contest to be held in
San Antonio in November. Runner-up in the contest was
Vicki Dawn Coulson of Knox County.
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summer
items will highlight September
Dollar Days to be staged here
next Friday and Saturday.
Local merchants are busily
engaged in planning special
money saving opportunities
for tne two day event Area
ciii/X'ns will find ba*gains g,j-
loic whoa they t xe nT.an-
il. -ge <;1 these oppariunitk's.
I lor that ove:\>okcd bark-,
to-srltool itim ‘.wings
- mere’.' mur-a for next somma’.
tna.-x' nevr fall items shop
.at homo during September
Dollar Days.
( Morel; mis .m o remmdod
■thit. due to the Labor Day
.holiday on Mon i ty, 1’noir .“Is
Weil. Thank.sgiv-i
t tic Stai-News office on
day morning.
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