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ELECTRA, TEXAS , WICHITA COUNTY, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1954
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16 Absentee
Ballots Cast
Electra
Nelda Hines at
Fort Worth for
Miss Texas Title
special assistant to the Sth
Force commander
Capt Flusche is
Member of Staff
Sheppard AFROTC
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Rev. Loyd Lester,
Baptist Church, Electra.
The Young People’s Department
nf the First Baptist Church held a
social hour at the church Tuesday
night.
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Captain Raymond P. Flusche,
ROTC^instructor in Kent Univer-
sity, Kent, Ohio, was one of the
members of the staff for a sum-
mer encampment held at Shep-
pard Air Force Base for Air Force
Reserve Officers. The closing **•
ciscs were held Saturday am xour
air corps cadets were commission-
ed as second lieutenants.
■Captain Flusche, a g
Electra High School i
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New Business on
East Cleveland
Woodrow Dartor has opened i
Woody’s Putting Course, a minia-
ture golf course in the 300 block
on East Cleveland Avenue. This
is the only miniature golf links
in Electra and Mr. Darter invites
those who like this sport to come
out any evening and enjoy the fun.
He is now serving bottled soit
drinks at the office but hopes to
bo ready soon to open a complete
and modern snack bar.
Huge Sailfish
Snagged by Party
on Mexico Trip
Fred H Lalk returned Saturday
from a successful fishing trip to
Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, but this
is one of his numerous jaunts to
his favorite fishing hole in which
he did not bring back with him
the evidence of success -except in
pictures He was accompanied by
B. M. Caraway of Dallas, Jesse
Caraway, teen-age son of the Dal-
las man and Frank Carl of Here-
ford The trip was made in a new
air ci
Lallt who is loud in his praise of
automobile air conditioning, espe-
one is traveling
sweltering in the
Stevenson Attends
Lions Convention
in New York City
on a master’s
NTSC this summer
Pearson has taught one year at;
I which impressed him most were
I those by Minnesota Congressman
a
meeting. •
He said the convention opened
. of July 21
James Urban
Mrs. A. K Hawkins-
Mrs Joe McAllister
S B. Nason
I V. Seiler
Mrs J. T. Rhoton and baby i
Dismissals past week:
Mrs. C C Thomas
Henry E Hawthorne
Mrs W S Price
John Timothy Haynes
Mrs. Alvin Moerbe, Harrold
Out-patients-
Ronnie McBride
B. D Downing
Leo W. Law
Dewey Cowling
Randy Kendrick
Mis Bill Coffey.
field when she graduates from col- school • -
After serving thre-o years in the
Marino Corps during World War
, by Electra merchants and
I
Jack Robb, member of the Elec-
tra Volunteer Fire Department
and assistant to the desk sergeant
on the police force attended the
25th Annual Fireman's Short
Course at Texas A&M College last
week. Robb participated in a con-
test with members of the basic
firemen's class, and was awarded
a valuable wrist watch. The com-
petition was based on an examina-
tion and the writing of a 100-vvord
essay. Mr Robb’s essay was writ-
ten about the Elect ra Fire Depart-
ment’s “Recorder Alami System."
Another contest in which a simi-
for
will Im* glad io receive and
nowledge all gifts for that
j pose.
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Plectra Star-News
Moving Days
Rev. and Mrs. L. C. Pennington
and daughter, Lctha, arrived
Monday from Sulphur Springs,
Texas to occupy the Church of
God parsonage on North Electra
street They took the place va-
cated by Rev and Mrs. R. J. Dunn
and family who moved to Port Ar-
thur. The Rev Pennington has as-
sumed charge of the church here.
Mr and Mrs. O. R. Wilson mov-
ed from 101 West Washington to
506 East Glisson Avenue
Mr. and Mrs Stanley Allen mov-
ed from 407 West Franklin to 407
East Franklin avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Davis moved
from 211 West Highland Avenue
to 604 South Main street.
the
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situation in
Indo-China and declared that even
though truce is obtained, there will
still be little liklihood that peace
will be assured. He paid his res-
pects to President Eisenhower as
a military strategist. He said that
although he did not vote for Eis-
enhower, he feels that the most
serious questions before the nation
involve military policies which re-
quire military leadership.
Vice President Bryan Bingham
presided in the absence of Presi-
dent B. L. Stevenson who is at-
tending the Lions International
Convention in New York.
Mr. Brownlee introduced his
guests, as follows: Dr. Edwards,
B. M. Dinsmore, S. H. Rider and
Orville Cunningham of Wichita
Falls; Rev. Grady Metcalf, pastor
First Baptist Church, Temple,
Texas; Roland Gregory, Baptist
Holcomb, Pearson Free Swimming
Named Principals School' Closes
of Electra Schools Friday July 30
The Electra Board of Education
has announced the names of two
new principals in the Electra
school system.
Curtis Holcomb, principal of the
First Ward School for the past,
five years, has been promoted to
principal of the Electra Junior
High School, and J. L. Pearson,
teacher of mathematics in the
junior high school for two years,
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tra with Mrs Stevenson from at-!
| tending the 37th Annual Lions'
‘Club International Convention at'
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■ Yoik City New York
The Stevensons left Electra July
| 4th for the convention which last-
led July 6th through 10th.
1 While on the Atlantic coast they (
The free swimming lessons being
given in the Electra Municipal
zPool were resumed Monday after-
noon, after one week in which the
pool'was closed on account of
lack of water. Noah Carter is in
charge and H. T. Beard, general
director of the Youth Recreation
Program has been assisting in the
work. Approximately 154 children
per day have been attending the
swim sessions and receiving in-
structions.
The swimming school as well as
other phases of the recreation pro-
gram will close Friday, July 30.
con-
most critical problems of
United States at this time
commented on the
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Kites Tuesday
Methodist Church
for C. W. Coffey
K fl
recently in-I
Electra
of Santiago. Chile
Following the response
fAl
lar watch was awarded was
fire marshals.
City Tax Board
Canvasses Rolls
Messrs. F. P. Hodge, Hugh
White and J. F. Robertson have
been named by the city commiss-
ion to serve as tax equalization
board for 1954. They began work
Tuesday at the city hall, examin-
ing .tax records and making re-
appraisals where necessary in the
matter of assessing municipal
taxes.
More Donors
Needed for
Library Books
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Barrow' con-
• tributed during the past week to-
ward the Book-a-Year Fund for
the Electra Public Library. This
i fund is being raised to buy new
I Ixyvks for the shelves of the library
;and the amount to date for the
current campaign is $42.50.
Miss Myrtle Russell, librarian or
Mrs J (A. O'Pry, president of the
board of directors of the library
ack-
pur-
gently m
t cially w hen
' through areas „..........o .......
’heat of mid-July.
I Mr Lalk said that they caught
plenty of fish for eating while oru
location but had no room in the
car to bring back any nf the fish
for home consumption The biggest
and most thrilling
fishing tour was the catching of
four huge sailfish Lalk caught
tw’o, the biggest being nine feet
long and the smaller measuring 8
feet, 3 inches in length Carl and
Jesse Caraway each caught sail-
fish They are not edible but pro-
vided plenty of sport in catching
them from a rented boat and get-
ting them ashore. They were duly
photographed and hours later were
taken back to the waters of Guay-
mas Bay for shark food.
Caraway is a taxidermist who is
well known to many Electra area
sportsmen. The trip was made by
way of Nogales, Ariz., from which
place the party crossed the inter-
national border into Mexico. On
their return trip Mr. Lalk says
they covered 800 miles in one
day’s driving time. They left Texas
Saturday, July 10.
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Rev. Finis Crutchfield, retired
Methodist minister of Dallas, was
assisted iby Rev. F. M. Talbot,
pastor of the local church, in of-
ficiating in funeral services held
in the First Methodist Church,
Tuesday afternoon, for Clovis W.
•Coffey, age 68, who died Sunday
night in an Austin hospital. The
James B. Totten and Son Funeral
Home was in charge ux the ar-
rangements Interment was in the
New Electra Cemetery.
Pallbearers were A. C. Rippy,
Fred Warren, A. S. Kerby, W. P.
Slaton, J .T. Stephens and W. S
Brown.
A native of Farmersville, Col-
lin County, the deceased came to
Electra in 1910 and was associated
with the First State Bank as
cashier, director and later as
president of the institution which
was closed in 1931. He and his
(family were active in all civic,
religious and community affairs.
He was a steward in the First
Methodist Church and a member
of the building committee respon-
sible for erection of the building
now in use by the congregation.
He was superintendent of the
Sunday School several years. He
was a chanter member of the'
Electra Lions Club, a member of}
the Masonic lodge, the Shrine and
held various offices in the Cham-j
tier of Commerce as well as parti-1
erpating in promoting various civic,
enterprises |
Mr. Coffey and his family mov-t
ed to Austin in 1936 and have
resided there since then. His death
followed illness of several weeks
duration. The remains were
■brought overland to Electra by# the
Totten Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife; two
sons. Robert and C W Jr. both
of Austin, a daughter. Mrs. How-
ard Doores of Electra, father,
Bert McHugh, at left end, chief
cook for the Electra Chuck Wag-
on Gang, opens a can otf coffee
while members of the gang dis-
cuss problems connected with serv-
ing supper at the Country Club
grounds, Friday night, to more
than 250 people. Others in the
picture are Wayne Beasley, wagon
boss, second from right; Carl
Flusche, secretary of the gang,
. _ . center; N. C. Byars, between
evangelistic singer' ,?lchita Falls: Flusche and McHugh; Cliff Brog-
pastor First den, standing with'coffee pot in
hand.
Hochuh,,
Nell
the Kilgore ■ Nocona
I • arty takes.
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Chuck Wagon Feed for Tennessee Production Co. Employes
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jwill be First Ward principal for
the coming year.
j Holcomb is the son of Mr. and
j Mrs, E. B. Holcomb of Electra.
Mrs. Holcomb was a teacher in
the school system for several
years.
He is married and has a six
year old daughter, Marcia Ann.
Mrs. Holcomb is the former Miss
Doris Bailey of Electra. '
The native Electran was grad-
uated from the Electra schools and
received a BS degree from Baylor
where he majored in psychology
and German and a master of edu-
cation from North Texas State
College.
He served three years with the
Navy in .World War Two in the
Pacific and Atlantic and was dis-
charged as a liteutenant j. g.
The new junior high principal
is a member of the First Baptist
Church, teaches a Sunday School
class, and is a member of Phi
Delta Kappa, honorary education-
al fraternity, and is listed in
"Who's Who in Education.”
rtolcomb taught at the Electra
junior high and high school one
year each and for five years at
first ward. ‘ ’
J L. Pearson was born at Clara
hazel-eyed Miss Electra ( an£j graduated from Clara gram-
B. L. Stevenson,
stalled president of the
Fra'fik p‘Coffeyrs^e'lwntcn'wo Club I,^returned to Elec-;
(brothers. Bill Coffey, Colorado and
Raymond Coffey, Pecos, a sisici,’
Mrs Henry Meyer. Sweetwater;
six grandchildren. Mrs Dick Croc-
kett and Joe Cofley Jr. of Hous-
ton. Charles Robert Coffey of
Austin, Dirk, James and Robert
Doores of Electra,
grandchildren. Rena. Richard and
Joe Crockett of Houston
A son Jr—’ C’oifey, who passed
away several years ago. is buried
on the family lot in the Electra'
Cemetery
The baseball program will
tinue one week longer.
Miss Myrtle Russell who has
been in charg of the absentee vot-
ing for the Electra precinct re-
ports that a total of 16 such bal-
lots were cast as of July 20 when
I absentee voting closed. She calls
attention to a new’ ruling in which
. the absentee votes will not be re-
Luate of' (Urne(j Electra but will be
I counted in Wichita Falls:
i Miss Russ?ll reported W. B. Mc-
■ Neely, accompanied by Bud Hicks
herine Flusche and the late H. J.
Flusche of the Mount Carmel com-
munity. His wife and .son and
daughter accompanied him from
Kent to Texas for the duration of
the encampment and the family
visited in the Flusche home
three great-^Y- • 1
. made some tours of points of int- ,
' est in and near New York City
They returned by way of Tenn-:
cssev whore they xisited relatives
at Pulaski and stopped at historic !
spots in the state They also ms-1
ited relatives in Arkansas '
Claude C. Ritchie ' Toda5 Mr Steven-son *to make;
rs a j nr • a rcP°l‘* 0,1 convention to the
Uuoted Wrong in f Electra Lions Club at ihvir weekly ’
Announcement Story |
In -i story in last weeks Elccfri Ulth addresses nf welcome by Rob-
about tin* announc?- prt f. Wagner, mayor of the city
Ritchie for and New York state govvrnoi,
Tiro response was given by the' Lions Club Speaker
Dr A. F Edwards, member of
ternational, Humberto Valenzuela the f.iculty of Midwestern Univer-
! Mty and noted lecturer and com-
thcre j inentator on political questions,
, .. t
i and Barnett McNeely of Wichita
Falls distributed ballot boxes to
the various polling places Wed- [
nesday morning.
The voting places in Electra
precinct are as follows: No. 35,
Community Hall, Kamay; No. 36,
Thompson Ward School building;
No. 37, formerly Waggoner school
building to vote in the J. L. Clay-
ton hame at 411 West Roosevelt
avenue, No. 38, Electra high
school; No. 39, Community Hall,
Haynesville; No. 49, First Ward> ;
school.
The Electra Chuck Wagon
Gang served a typical cow-camp
menu with extra trimmings, Fri-
day evening to a total of 283 per-
sons on the grounds of the Elec-
tra Country Club. The occasion
was the annual picnic given by’ the
officials nf the Tennessee Produc-
tion Company for their employes,
their families and special guests.
William Miskimins Jr., of Wi-
chita Falls was chairman of the
committee on arrangements. Visi-
tors were not only present from
the Wichita Falls and Houston
noon, luncheon meeting of theiK^
Electra Lions Club, Thursday in
the"Yf.hite Rosc Club
Brownlee was responsible for the
program and he introduced the
suigeon and missionary in China, speaker who outlined some of the
and who "was very informative
and spoke with wisdom", and a
"wc-ndcrful talk wi Communism"
given by the Speaker of the House
oi Representatives. Joseph W.
Martin of Mass.
Lions International has a total
membership of 501,525 men in
11,024 clubs. The total number of
activities reported for 1953-54 was
161,461
Democratic Party
Conventions Slated
for Saturday 7 p. m.
Democratic party conventions
are scheduled for 7 p. m Saturday
Blackwell and two years in Eire- ■ boxes.
tra He lives with his parents at '
303 W Franklin excite more interest than usual as
___ (it will be the precinct convention
Jill Weathersby of t,iat Democratic party members
is guest of her grand- ab,e lo cast a direct vote
Clifton | selecting the persons who will
decide party policy.
A contest is expected betw’ecn
the "liberal ’ and "conservative"
forces in the Democratic party.
The precinct convention has been
cited as the “grass roots" level of
politics where one vote can make
headquarters in a difference in the course the
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Photo by Norma Greene
offices of the firm but from area
towns in Texas and Oklahoma.
The Tennessee Production Com-
pany is the successor of Reno Oil
Company in this area. T. J. Bays
is foreman on the lease south of
Electra. He and his wife were
among those active in promoting
the party. The bountiful supper
which included plenty of cold
drinks and special treats for the
children, was followed by a dance
at the Pumpkin Center Commun-
ity House.
vote at Farmers
Burkburnett.
No. 4, includes all land in Pre-
cinct 2, north of Wichita River,
vote at Berend Brothers Feed
Store, Wichita Falls.
No 5, all land in Wichita Coun-
ty south of Wichita River, vote at
Jamison’s Gin, 2nd and Scott, Wi-
chita Falls.
• Vote in the community where
you live or where you will be eng-
aged in production of wheat for
1955.
Wife or husband of a person
engaged in production of wheat is
also eligible to vote, according to
Robert Crocker, county office
manager of the ASC,
In case of two or more person^
producing wheat for 1955^not as
members of a partnership laut as '
joint tenants^ tenants in cotomon,
or owners of community property,
each such persons shall be entitled
to one vote.
St ar-New s
mrnt of C'l.iutle (’ Ritchie for and New York
Wichita (‘oiinty tax assessor-col-, Thomas Dewey,
lector ht was erroneously quoted
is say mg that he will not make
change.'* in th«* pn m nt office st uf
if ht is < 'cctcd
Ritchie '.houd have b<*< n rpiotcd]
is saying he will make only the ttas a presentation of the flags ol ivvas the featured speaker at the
nt’ccssary changes in the picsent 43 nations.
office staff
He went on to say, "Your vol*
is confidence in condensed form
"If you. in iaith. so honor me.: \Vahcr h Judd, who has been
I shall endeavor to be worthy of
that confidence hy working ddi-
thc service ol my office
by being concerned at all tigics
with tin* individuals taxpayer’s
problems, and. in an impartial
manner abide by all of the rules
regulating taxation "
Wheat Quota
Vote Date Set for
Friday July 23
All wheat producers are urged
to vote, Friday, July 23, on the
1955 Wheat Marketing Quota Ref-
erendum. The election will be
held from 8 a. m. to 7 p. m.
Five voting places have been ar-
ranged for Wichita County. Those
farming land in Precinct No. 4,
north of Wichita River casting
their ballots in Pumpkin Center
Community House. This box is
known as Community No. 1.
No. 2, including all land in Pre-
cinct 2, north of Wjchita River,
will vote in the ASC office at
Iowa Park.
No. 3 including Precinct No. 2,
Co-op Gin in
Miss Nelda Hines, is in
Worth representing her hometown
as Miss Electra in the Miss Texas
Pageant in Fort Worth which be-
gan today and will continue
thrziugh Saturday, July 24
The Electra Junior Chamber of
Commerce sponsored the Electra
contest and the state pageant is
being sponsored by the Fort Worth
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Miss Electra is a sophomore art
major at Midwestern University.
She is the daughter of Mr and
Mrs. C T Hines of Electra and
was graduated from Electra high
school in 1953
The brown-haired beauty stands
five feet, one and one-half inches
tall and weighs 105.
She has had special piano train-
ing and says that her favorite I
sport is skiing |
The j • - —
hopes to enter the fashion design ■ niar sci100l and Burkburnett high
field when she graduates from col- ’
lege. j
In the Electra contest she won a ■
, $100 scholarship, prizes awarded Tvvo he was graduated from Har-
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pense paid trip to Fort Worth for^BA degree in 1951. He completed
Patients in Electra Hospital as ■ herself and her mother 'work on a master’s degree at
’ ' | Judges at the pageant in the
1 Will Rogers Memorial auditorium
j Thursday. Friday and Saturday
1 nights will include E B Coleman
of Dallas, who is with Metro-
I Goldwy n-Mayer. Paul I*
Houston Press, Miss Gussie
Davis, manager of tl.v .
Rangerettes at Kilgore Junior Col-1 parents yIr and Mrs
lege, and Joe Rucker, manager of' Waggoner and Mr and Mrs J A
sales and special events of the, Renfroe this week. The young
.Stale Pair of Texas at Dallas Lilly's parents, Mr and Mrs W.
others will bo Dr John A : R Weathersby, recently moved to
Guinn, president of Texas State. Nocona from Walters. Oklahoma,
College for Women at Denton and jM, Weathersby is a tool-pusher
Lt Col Thomas J Farber, deputj j f,)r the Texhoma Drilling Company
special assistant to the Sth Air1 winch has its
I Ai cher City
Texas |
Technological College, was former-
ly a football coach in Electra High
School. He is a son of Mrs. Kat-
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