Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1961 Page: 1 of 16
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ELECTRA, TEXAS, WICfllTA COUNTY,
THURSDAY, JULY 6,1961
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VOLUME 53 — NUMBER 51
D. H. Dale Is
Named To C. of C.
Directors Board
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Blood Bank Quota
Set At 60 Pints
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FFA Members To
Gun Shoot To
Jackie Souther
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Slates Local Visit
ment consultant course by Dr. A.
J. Crandall.
He is a former publicity direc-
tor of the Exchange Club and the
Rotary Club, and has completed
three years as team captain for
the United Fund. He is an asso-
ciate member of the National Of-
fice Managers Association and is
a member of the Texas Chmber of
both the
boards
Sunday morn;n; services wi’i
bring to a clo- ' ‘be work as min’s
ter of the Eie?*-a Churh of Ch i t
for Frank Pierce an 1 open the
doors into a rev/ phn-e of work as
missionaries to Malaya for he and
his family.
Pierce, his wife, Joan, daughter,
Nita, and sons, Bobbie and David i
•will leave Amarillo Monday by
train for San Francisco where
they will board a jet for the re-
mainder of their trip to Kuala
Lumpur, Malaya.
Enroute they will make stops in
Hawaii, Tokyo and Hong Kong
before reaching Malaya where
they will be met by Bro. Ira Y.
Rice, Jr., a Church of Christ mis-
sionary.
Pierce, a native of Waxhaw, N.
C. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Pierce of Waxhaw. He is a grad-
uate of Abilene Christian College
and is married to the former Joan
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A representative of the Social
Security Administration will be in
Electra at the State Bank on
Thursday, July 13, from 9:30 a.
m. until 12:00 noon. You are in-
vited to meet with the representa-
tive to file your claim, or to ob-
tain information or assistance con-
cerning Social Security.
POLICE AND FIRE
REPORT
Pohce and Fire report for the
montn of June 1961:
Arrests and charges as follows:
Drunk and dist., 1; Drunks, 16;
Investigation and Vag., 1; Drunk
in Car, 1; Out after hours, 1; Af-
fray and Disturbance, 1; Vag.
and Mooching, 1; Sleepers, 5; Re-
ported theft under 550.00, 4; Re-
ported theft over $50.00, 1.
TRAFFIC:
Park or sidewalk, 1; Drive on
wrong slcie of street, 1; Run red
light, 2; Run stop sign, 1; Double
park, 1; Dist. with motor vehicle,
1; Wrong parking, 2; Prohibited
parking, 1; Reckless driving, 1.
Jack Green
Chief of Police
FIRES:
■In town:
Truck, 1; House, 2; Car, 2;
Trash, 1; Grass, 1.
Out of town:
Grass, 1; Civilian defense alert,
1; House, 1.
Roy Robb
Fire Chief
TO LOVERS OF BIG
CATFISH STORIES
To all lovers of the fish story
published on June 22, the story
is being published again this
week.
Due to the continued request
for extra papers of that edition
and sinoc we could not supply
the demand, we are rerunning
the story.
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"A dime is a dollar from which
the taxes have been removed.” —
John L. Teets, Nicholas (Rich-
wood. W. Va.) Republican.
Patients in the Electra Hospi-
tal Wednesday were Mrs. J. C.
Watkins, Mrs. Charles Danford
and baby boy, and Mrs. Wilm
Oxford. Dismissed this past week
were Sammy Williams of Archer
City, Mrs. M. L. Dobbins, Mrs. R.
E. Kilborn, W. D. Darand, J. T.
Gafford, Mrs. Donald Harvey, T.
M. Glover, Mrs. R. L. Beebe, Neal
Short, and R. F. Henslee.
Be Held Sunday
The Electra Gun Club will hold
th monthly ham and bacon shoot
Sunday, July 9, at the club range
Shotgun and rifle divisions will
be hold. The shoot will begin
promptly at 1:00 p.m.
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Dr. J. A. Witmer
Reports from London say pro-
duction of the fabulous Rolls-
Royce car may cease. Reason:
A heavy slash in the amount of
income tax deduction for automo-
biles allowed British company ex-
ecutives.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lochrjdge,.have
two children, Elizabeth* 6, and
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A goal to collect 60 pints of
blood when the Red Cross Blood
Bank visits Electra Tuesday, July
11 has been set bi’ the local com-
mittee, announced Billy Re#
Wright, Electra Blood Chairman,
Due to the great demand for
blood over the holidays it has left
the blood bank very low at this
time.
For each pint of blood given Ho-
gle’s Foodliner will donate a steak
to the donor.
All eligible donors are requested
to visit the'hank Tuesday in the
basement of the First Methodist
Church between 12 and 6 p. m.
The Red Cross s*aff will be as-
sisted by the locai VFW Auxili-
a~v, » :der the d:“ection of Mrs.
Chari?" Dickerman, in registering
scheduled its annual s'o-e w de the donors and serving refresh-
July clearance for the two day men Is.
D. H. (Danny) Dale, vice-presi-
dent of the Electra State Bank,
was elected to the Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors
Wednesday in the regular monthly
meeting. Dale will fill the posi-
tion formerly held by A. L. Robb.
Tommy Lockridge, new mana-
ger, was introduced by the presi-
dent, Bob Mowery.
The directors agreed to send
Lockridge to the United States
Chamber of Commerce Managers
Institute in Houston, July 23-30.
Plans were discussed to adopt
a character slogan for the cham-
ber of commece, these are to be
completed in the near future, an-
nounced Mowery.
Rev. Don Youngbood of the
First Methodist Church was wel-
comed as a visitor.
Fifteen members were present
for the noon meeting.
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"Didn’t Columbus start the fad
of taking a trip on borrowed mon-
ey?" George B. Brown, Aztec
(N. M.) Independent-lteview.
trpn daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
"’Icvela’-’d Es*epp of Seminole.
Movin': to Electra from Waur-
Ckla he has completed two
successful years of work with the
local church.
Going to Malaya as a mission-
ary will be the realization of a
dream come true for Pierce which
began several years ago when he
served overseas with an Army unit
in Korea and realized the great
need for missionaries overseas.
Through the combined efforts
of Rice and Pierce a Church of
Christ is expected to be estab-
lished there in the near future.
The Electra Church will be as-
sisted by other area churches and
individuals in supporting his work
overseas.
Moving to Electra this week to
succeed Pierce as ministet* will be
Kenneth Dye of San Marcus. He
will begin his phase of work at
the Sunday evening, service.
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Receives Lone
Star Awards
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Lone $tar Farmer-State Awards
will be received, by three members
of "the Electra chapter of Future
Farmers of America' at the State
FFA Convention in Dallas July 19
to 21, Wade Bailey, vocational ag-
riculture teacher, has announced.
Larry McAlister, Harry McAl-
ister, and Michael Isbell, students
of Electra High School, have
worked three years to qualify for
the Lone Star Farmer awards.
Harry and Larry, twin sons of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McAlister,
had -the same projects, sheep, mi-
lo, dairy heifer, and swine, during
the last three years.
Larry has been on several first
place judging teams and has been
a chapter officer. Harry was a
member of the same teams with
the exception of radio broadcast-
ing.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Isbell, Michael had swine breed-
ing and fattening, beef cattle, dai-
ry cattle, poultry, oats, milo, and
wheat as his projects.
He is president of the chapter
and has been on all major judging
contests each year.
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arge Crowd Attends Open House
it Hillcrest Haven Over Week-end
Sweetwater, Jacksboro, Houston,
Colorado Springs, Colo., Grand
Prairie, Irving, Oklahoma City,
Okla., Altus, Okla., Austin, Wi-
chita Falls, Mayfield, Okla., Knox
City and Vernon.
Mesdames W. P. Blevins, John
McKelvey and John Thompson
were assisted by Mrs. W. L. Hud-
son in serving refreshments and
directing guided tours of the
building.
The home which opened several
days ago now has nine patients.
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iTommy Lochridge Arrives July 1
To Assume C. of C. Manager Duties
Bob Mower>. president of
Chamber of Commerce, is shown
*above welconfng Tommy N. Loch-
ridge of Waco, who a~rived .in
Electra Saturdav, July 1, to as-
sue his new duties as manager of
the organization
President Mowr’-y stated that
Lochridge possesses a rare blend
of youthful vigor and mature judg-
ment which will be an asset to the
Joc^l Chamber of Commerce.
„.A_gTaduate of Waco High School
Lochridge graduated from Bavlor
University the*" m 19V? v/th a
BBA degree He has completed
a business management course
from the University of Houston
'(v - at Dallas Theological Seminary/
in Dallas, Texas will be the gue#t)i c*-
speaker for tfye Electra Commui^.
ity Church services for both the"
morning and evening services,, • *
Sunday, July 9. His topic for the,
morning worship service is "Spir-
itual Growth" and at the even-
ing service he will speak of the.
theme "Identified With Christ."
Dr. Witmer is a graduate of
Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illi-
nois and holds the Th. D? degree^,,
from the Dallas Theological Sem-
inary. He is well known in evan-
gelical circles throughout the nai
tion for his conference work. He\
has spoken at some of the leading
Bible Conferences as Bible Mem-
ory Association, New Life Camp,
Mount Elim Bible Conferences,
and the Blue Water Conference in
Canada. He has also acted as in-
structor in the famous Dale Car-
negie Course for Business Men.
In the field of religious journal-
ism Professor Witmer has writ-
ten extensively for a number of
evangelical magazines such as
Moody Monthly, The King’s Busi-
ness, and the Sunday School
Times. At the present time he
is engaged in writing lesson com-
ments on the International Sun-
day School Lesson for the Union
Gospel Press of Cleveland. Ohio.
The public is urged to share this
time of spiritual refreshment by
the pastor of the Community
Church, Rev. Joe E Wilson. The
morning worship hour begins at
10:45 a. m.
Men’s western shirts may be
purchased at MOWERY BROTH-
ERS for $2.98.
HOGLES is featuring five
pounds of Gold Nugget Flour for
10 cents with the purchase of $10
or more.
All pastel colored bags will be
sold at MARCHANTS for one-half
price during the event.
GRIFFIN’S is featuring bone-
less hot bar-b-q for 79 cents a
pound.
Assorted blouses will be on sale
for 99 cents at MODE O’DAY.
BARRETT’S SMART SHOP is
featuring one rack of ladies dress-
es at 1-3 off.
Club steaks may be purchased
at PAUL’S MARKET for 59 cents
a pound.
WACKERS is offering a large
assortment of lamps at one half
off.
For dollar day only WARD
BROTHERS FURNITURE is of-
fering a 25 percent discount on
chairs.
Imperial sugar may be purchas-
ed ten pounds for $1.00 at PIG-
GLY WIGGLY.
Weather report for the week
ending July 5:
June 29
June 30
July 1
July 2
July 3
July 4
July 5
Troop 40 Has
Court Of Honor
Members of Boy Scout Troop
40, sponsored by the First Meth-
odist Church, held a court of hon-
or Monday evening, July 3, at the
City Park,
The evening’s agenda included
a picnic held for the boys and
their parents proceeding the court
of honor. Approximately 100 par-
ents, guests, and members were
in attendance including special
guests, Virgil Grice, district ex-
ecutive of the Wichita Falls office,
and Jbhnny Graham, assitant
scoutmaster who is working at
Camp Perkins this summer.
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Swimming Pool
Features Holiday
Program July 4
Twelve young Electrans parti-
cipated in the swimming exhibi-
tions held Tuesday, July 4, at
2:30 at the Electra Swimming
Pool.
It was reported that approxi-
mately 150 people were in atten-
dance as five members of the
group demonstrated swimming
skills and the remainder of the
group conducted a diving exhibi-
tion.
The swimming group recently
completed swimming classes at
the pool in the beginner, inter-
mediate and swimmer divisions.
Members of this group were Tom-
my Swanson, Terry Hustead, Ron-
nie Pearcy, Sue Gibbs and Mary
Laura Brown, Terry Fisner gave
a life saving demonstration.
Participating in the diving ex-
hibitions wore skilled divers on
high and low diving
Included in this group
wore Hoyt Gattis, Wendell Smith,
Rickey Allred, Mark Carter, Tom-
my Barker, Charles Robb, and
Don Warner.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roy Johnson,
managers of the pool reported
that ever 100 enjoyed swimming
in the pool at one time Tuesday
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Local Merchants Plan Biggest
Dollar Day Friday-Saturday
WHITE’S AUTO is featuring
champion spark plugs for 59 cents
during the dollar day sale.
HUEY’S CLEANERS will clean
any two 65c items for $1.00.
Awarded County
Highway Contract
A contract for 7.3 miles
construction on U. S. 281 and 277
in Wichita County has been
awarded to a Vernon firm, it was
announced in Austin this week by
the State Highway Commission.
Luce Construction /Company
submitted the low bid of $152,337
on the project. Foundation course
shoulders and two course surface
treatment from Sheppard Air
Force Base to Loop 267 is expect-
ed to take 90 working days, ac-
cording to li;-B.. Dean District
Highway Engineer at Wichita
Falls.
B. R. Hunter, Resident Engin-
eer at Wichita Falls will be in ac-
tive charge of the project while it
is under construction.
dollar day event. During this
■ time womens shoes valued to
$14.95 may be purchased for $6.50.
Nandinas (2-3 canes each)
growing in buckets may be pur-
chased at the GREEN SHOP for
$1.00 during the dollar day event.
HOLMES VARIETY STORE is
featuring regular $1.98 siicone
ironing boar'CT’pad and cover sets
for 79 cents as a dollar day spe-
cial.
BLUEBONNET LAUNDRY &
DRY CLEANERS will clean 65c
sweaters, pants or skirts 2 for $1.
Nylon tires, 6.70 x 15, may be
purchased for $11.88 plus tax and
recap at WESTERN AUTO
STORE.
HOME FURNITURE is featur-
ing a used lounge bhair in excel-
lent condition for $25.00.
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Is Top Baseball
Button Salesman
Jackie Souther, son of Mr. and
Mis Jack Scjihor, was the top
salesman in the "I Support Kid
Bns. ball” button sale here Satur-
day, June 17
Souther sold 70 buttons to be
awarded a new baseball glove for
selling the most buttons.
Richard Randle Black was sec-
ond selling 63 buttons He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs E. C. Black.
Over 350 buttons we"? sold by
the local boys baseball teams.
Coach Rusty Wilson stated anoth-
er drive is being planned for a
.future date.
He added that the local teams
ate in need of sponsors. Anyone
interested may contact him.
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Merchants and grocery stores
have joined with the local automo-
bile dealers, bakery, high school
cheer leaders and boy scouts, with
plans to m ike July Dollar Days
scheduled Friday and Saturday,
July 7 and 8, the biggest ever of
the current doln r days being held
in Electra.
In addition to the many money
saving bargains area citizens will
have the opportunity to attend the
Auto Buy Jamboree downtown in
front of the Grand Theatre July 8.
Sponsored by the Eli Morgan Mo-
tor Company, Ed Hart Chevrolet
Company, and Reynolds Motor
Company, the jamboree is being
staged to give the area citizens a
chance to view 1961 automobiles
of all makes at their leisure.
Businesses related to the auto-
mobile industry are planning
booths featuring the latest of au-
tomobile equipment and accessor-
ies for the jamboree.
Laird's Bakery, 211 W. Cleve-
land, has scheduled the formal op-
ening of Laird’s Pastry and Cof-
fee Shop simultaneously with the
other events July 8. Free coffee
and donuts will be served through-
out the day. Donuts may be pur-
chased for 40 cents a dozen dur-
ing July Dollar Days at LAIRD’S
BAKERY.
Members of Boy Scout Troop 46
sponsored by the First Methodist
Church will sell snow cones at the
jamboree Saturday. Proceeds
from the sale will be used to
buy needed equipment for the
troop.
The EHS Cheerieadfers vrill hold
a book sale in the building next to
the Grand Theatre in an '-attempt
to raise funds for new* uniforms.
Funny books and paper back
books will be sold at reduced
prices.
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Approximately 400 guests at-
tended the open house Saturday
and Sunday at Hillcrest Haven,
Electra’s newest convalescent and
nursing home dedicated to the
happiness and contentment of the
elderly.
Baskets of lovely flowers and
potted plants were displayed
throughout the building, sent bv
local merchants, doctors and indi-
viduals.
Out of town guests were regis-
tered from Brideport, Hollis,
Okla.,. Archer City, Duncan, Okla.,
To Be Community
Church Speaker
~ Dr. John A. -Witmer, Assistant
professor of Systematic Theology/
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