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Board To Take
BUILDING CONTRACTS AT RECENT MEET
Schedule
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June 18, Cubs vs Cardinals,
in Western Heights Addition.
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Scores And New
Service Director, in charge
assisted by Mrs. Joyce Car-
CLEAN UP
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Rotary Club
To Host SAFB
Foreign Students
The Electra Rotary Club
will be hosts to the entire
foreign student group from
January, 1965.
Carter is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Pat C. Carter of
to be cut
estimated
Contracts were let for the
repairing of roofs
schools following the recent
hail storm and for the erec-
tion of new bleachers at the
football stadium by the Elec-
tra Board of Education this
week according to William L.
Hudson, superintendent.
The bide were opened at a
Shirley Family
Reunion Held
At Lake Cisco
Rodgers and family, Mr. and
Mrs. John Shirley, Mrs. Joyce
Meek and son, Mr. and Mrs.
Kingsville also joined the
family group.
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Sodded In Iowa
Park Work Unit
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RED CROSS VOLUNTEENS BEGIN THEIR
SUMMER ACTIVITIES WITH 25 MEMBERS
Don Seale and family, Mr. Snyder and Gary Rodgers of
and Mrs. Bill Barrett, Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil King.
Graham was the low bidder
for this project. Other bids
were received from Central
Texas Iron Works at Waco,
Snyder Tank Corporation, of
ing Company of Wichita Falls Buffalo, New York, and Doi-
Margie Bentley, Earla Clark
son, Kathy Deuschle, Andrea
Grisham, Rhonda Jones, Jan
Kelly, Pat LaHue, Ruth Mc-
Cullough, Michele McKelvey
Julie Peters, Karen Patton
and Carolyn Reid.
The Volunteens will be
helping at the Electra Hospi-
tal, Hillcrest Haven
Municipal Swimming Pool.
They 1
will alternate
shifts.
Orientation programs were
held May 5 and May 12 at the
City Hall with Mrs. Mattie
Plectra Men
To Erect Nursing
Home In Olney
Groundbreaking ceremonies
were
at 2 p. m. in Olney at the site
of the new 72-bed nursing
home to be erected there by
three Electra men.
The home, called Hillcrest
Haven, will be located in
northwest Olney on a new ex-
Electra and is married to the Wayne _ Shirley^ and family,
former Judy Barrett of Elec-
tra. They reside in Norman,
Oklahoma.
Attending from Electra
were Mr. and Mrs. Pat C. Car-
turday, June 13.
These students come from
many lands around the world
and will be in Electra for sev-
eral hours. ’
the places of business and in
the homes of their Rotary
hosts.
They will be served a pri-
vate dinner by the Rotary
Club and by the Electra
Chuck Wagon Gang.
Bob Holmes is current pres-
ident of the Rotary Club. Jim
Totten and C. P. Nichols have
been active for many years
in international service
couraged by Rotary.
Electra and Bonded Roofing
of local Company of Vernon being
awarded roofing contracts.
Bids were submitted by
these two and Armored Roof-
June 11.
Upon arrival at the Uni-
versity of Texas campus, each
citizen was assigned to one
of two political parties, the
Each
citizen then functioned as a
member of his party; he at-
tended its conventions and
caucuses and voted in
primary.
In Boys State, the Ameri-
can Legion provides the type
of program where the young
citizen has the opportunity to
learn for himself that his gov-
ernment is just what he mak- Boys State was first inaug-
es it. The boy '‘learns by do-
Kodeo in Vernon, Texas, beginning Juno 17
and continuing through Juno 20. With only a
cape for protection, the Clark Brothers at-
tract the animal’s wrath from his original
prey, thus allowing the rider to escape.
Swimming Classes
To Begin Monday
Blevins Sheppard Air Force Base sa- At Local Pool
come given them by Olney
citizens and pledged to give
the town a nursing home of
which it can be proud.
Dr. J. P. Lovett of Olney
joined Blevins, Thompson and
Boyd in the ceremonial turn-
ing of the first spade of dirt.
During the ceremony Ll-.L-
introduced the buildings’ de-
signer, Peter Fischer of Wi-
chita Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Strange
and Mr. and Mrs. O. V.
Strange.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Burch
______________________________ and family of Iowa Park, Mr.
ter and* Sharon? Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Jimmy Rodgers of
is
ELECTRA. TEXAS, WICHITA COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 11,1964 __TWELVE PAGES j
SCHOOL BOARD AWARDS ROOFING AND
Vickie
will work in pairs and Sally Totten,
* in four hour Brenda Walker,
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VOLUME 56 — NUMBER 46.
Freddie Carter
Receives Bachelor
Of Science Degree
Freddie D. Carter received struction will be free,
his Bachelor of Science De-
gree in Electrical Engineer-
ing at the seventy-second
commencement exercise held
May 31, 1964 at the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma.
Carter, a distinguished
graduate, received his com-
mission into the United States
Air Force as a Second Lieu-
tenant.
He is continuing his studies
toward a Masters Degree
tions.
Brackeen was sponsored b
the Electra Claude C. McDon-
ald American Legion Post
319; Baker by the Electra
Lions Club and McQuinn by
the Electra Rotary Club.
The trio left Thursday,
June 4, to attend the meet
accompanied Iby John McKel-
vey, American Legion State
Department Commander.
linger Bleacher Company of
Beaumont.
The bleachers which will
seat 1,008 people will be built
on the north side of the sta-
dium and will extend 45 feet
east of the 50 yard line and
45 feet west of the 50 yard
line.
Members also agreed that
the south stands would be
renovated as. much as poss-
ible for the fall of 1964 in the
•interest of safety. All exist-
ing bleachers on the north
dy Brackeen, Davy Baker
and Charles McQuinn attend-
ed the American Legion Boys
State in Austin this week
June 19, Tigers vs Pirates, ham, Dennis White, Mike Al-
6:00, Dodgers vs Braves 7:45. len and Mr. R. D. Gordon,
tegj;
BMW
RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS — Twelve
membei'G of the Electra Red Cross Vol-
unteers are shown in the above picture
Xpllowing an orientation tour of Hillcrest
Haven. A majority of the girls pictures
are new members of the group. On the
front row are left to right, Sharon Alex-
ander, Rhonda Jones. Pamela Varner,
Kathy Deuschle, Julie Peters and
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Jtlccwa
Patients in the Electra
Hospital Wednesday wereMrs. 1
H. C. Obenhaus, A. C. Reich,
Mrs. E. R. Cooper, H. W. Glo-
ver, Mrs. Alberta Buttery
baSgh? Bob Andrews ands C.
Marable. I
Dismissed this past week
were J. T. Stephens, Mrs.
Maude Prescott, William P.
Lewis, L. L. C. Hayes, Mr.
!- and Mrs. Earl J. Grubs, Mrs.
Almeda Owens, Diane Streit,
Mrs. Homer Ray, H. M. Glo-
ver, Wayne Matthews, Mrs.
Nola Graves, Mrs. A. L. Aus-
tin, Wayne Thomas, Wendell
Rodgers, Mrs. Goldie Melkis
and Mrs. Lillie Lane.
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first group, recently moved
to Alvord following her re-
tirement from the faculty of
Electrd Junior High.
The group has elected Babs
Beaver, president; Andrea
Grisham, secretary; Ruth
' McCullough, reporter, and
j Margie Bentley, telephone
I chairman.
Drum Major and majorettes
for Electra High School were
chosen in tryouts Monday.
Marcie Holcomb was chos-
and the en drum major and Donna
Fore, Vickie Whitecotton,
Kathy Reck,
Jan Greer,
Gay and Kay Drennan were
chosen for majorettes.
Head majorette will be
announced at a later date.
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Youngblood, David Richter,
Legal Steps In
Delinquent Taxes
The Board of Education of
the Electra Schools has a-
greed unanimously to take
legal action concerning the
collection of delinquent taxes.
Members of the board have
studied the delinquent tax rolls
for several board meetings
and came to the decision at a
special meeting of the board
Tuesday night.
16 rows high to be erected
by Sept. 2 at the high school
stadium. Southern Bleachers
Construction Company of
visitors band stand will be
moved to the south side of
the stadium. The south side
will be the Electra side for
1964 in a temporary arrange-
ment, Hudson related. All
Electra fans including the
band and student body will
be seated there. The new
stand and the north side will
be for the visitors.
A long range plan will fea-
ture something entirely dif-
ferent according to the sup-
erintendent. Plans for this
have not Ibeen finalized. Re-
garding the future plans
Supt. Hudson stated, "When
they are completed the stad-
ium will be second to none in
the country.”
Troop No. 44
Attending Camp
At Camp Perkins
Members and a leader from
Troop 44 left at 1:30 Sunday
afternoon to attend summer
scout camp at Camp Perkins
this week.
Those attending were Mike
.......... On June 16, Cubs vs Tigers, and Phillip Humphreys, John
tension of West Payne Street 6:00, Giants vs Dodgers, 7:45. David
A new schedule and report
on games played in Little
League have been announced.
On June 4 the games were
called off due to rain. June
5 the Cubs won over the Ti-
gers, 13 to 3 and the Dodgers
7 to the Giants 6. June 8
the Cubs 13, Cardinals 10;
Yankees 10, Giants 7. June
9, Pirates 12, Tigers 2, Braves special meeting of the board
10 and the Dodgers 6.
Team standings in the Ma-
jor League are as follows: 1st
place, Braves; 2nd place, Yan-
kees; 3rd place, Giants; and
4th place, Dodgers.
In the Minor League: 1st
held Saturday, June 6, Place, Cubs; Cardinals, Pi-
rates and Tigers are all tied
for second place.
Schedule for next weeks
games are as follows: Cardin-
als vs Pirates, 6:00; Yankees
vs Braves, 7:45 on June 15.
Wheat Harvest
To Be Completed
By End Of Week
With only a few isolated
fields remaining
Wednesday, an
crop of 360,000 bushels of
wheat have been harvested in
the Electra area.
The crop was described as < J
aibout the same as the 1963
crop which was considered* a
bumper crop in this./ area.
However, a slight decrease
was noted in the Harrold and
Elliott crops.
Officals of K & K’*' Grain
and Wilson Grain report the
harvest almost omplete with
all grain expected to be cut
before the end of the week.
The barley crop was re
ported to be about the same
as usual.
Swimming lessons will be-
gin Monday, June 15, at the
_____________ Electra Swimming Pool, ac-
They will visit in cording to Lee Roy Johnson,
* manager.
Five classes have been sche-
duled with registrations for
all classes beginning at 7 p.
m. Monday. The lessons will
be held nightly Monday thro-
ugh Friday for two weeks
with Lee Roy Johnson, Ricky
Allred and Charles Robb as
instructors.
Classes for children begin-
ners, adult beginners, advan-
ced beginners, intermediates
and swimmers will be held, sponsored by local organiza-
The classes are open to those
six years of age and older.
A pool fee of $2.00 for sch-
ool children and $4.00
adults will be charged.
A group of Electrons were
among the 110 persons attend- They will return Thursday,
ing the Shirley family reun-
ion held at Lake Cisco over
the weekend.
Attending from Electra
„ ________ were Mr. and Mrs. O. B, Brad-
which he plans to complete in berry, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Longhorn or Pioneer.
MEN AT WORK—Gene and Bobby Clark
go into action to save a fallen rider from
serious Injury on the horns of an infuriated
Brahma bull. Situations like this, numerous
in the buB riding event of professional rodeo,
will be frequent at the Santa Rosa Roundup
and Foxworth - Galbraith
Lumber Company and Sham-
burger Lumber Company,
both of Electra. Included in
the repair work will be the
roofs of the high school audi-
torium, the high school build-
ing, academic wing of Dins-
more Elementary, the princi-
pal’s office of Dinsmore Ele-
ment ary, the breezeway and
cafeteria of Dinsmore, the
academic wing and cafeteria
of First Ward and the Elec-
tra Junior High School, and
the skylights of junior high side v’ith the exception of the
and Dinsmore.
Cicero Smith, the low bid-
der for all the repair work
with the exception of the
Electra Junior High roof was
FacinT^outh^the^^hom? wiU 6:00, Yankees vs Giants 7:45. John Curtis, Jack Cunning- awarded the contract for all
Electra group. SheJs~assisted Unjt area ^as been Sprigged
or sodded according to Elvy
Sargent, Ibwa Park Soil Con-
servationist.'
A planned method of man-
agement must follow sodding
or sprigging of maximum
growth and product’ll is ob-
tained, Sargent added. This
management is r-.ther simple;
fust, feed the grass by ferti- keen appreciation for the wel-
lizing, second , control com-
petition, and tbira, withhold
grazing until the ground is
60 to 70 per cent covered and
heighth of grass is 8 to 10
inches.
Fertilizing should begin
when sufficient plants have
started growth to insure a
stand. If equipment is avail-
able that would place the fer-
tilizer in the row, more ferti-
lizer would be available for
the bermuda grass and less
for competition. Broadcast
nitrogen application can be
used when most of ground is
covered.
Competition can be con-
trolled by chemical control or
shredding. Bermuda
like all green plants, grows
most rapid when the entire
leaf surface is left for manu-
facture of food for the plant.
Growth of roots and the to-
tal plant is in direct relation
to amount of top growth.
occupy a lot with a 330 foot
front.
Orville Roland, Olney
Chamber of Commerce mana-
ger, was master of ceremon-
ies for the program that was
attended by about 30 persons.
Rev. John Stammer Smith,
pastor of the Olney Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church,
gave the invocation, and L.
C. Boyd, Olney Chamber of
Commerce president, welcom-
ed those attending.
Walter Blevins and Dr.
John Thompson of Electra,
two of the three owners, made
brief talks. The third owner,
John McKelvey, well-known
Electra attorney, was unable
Jr to attend.
Blevins and -Thompson
pointed out that Hillcrest Ha-
ven will be a Colonial style
brick building with Early A-
merican furnishings, design-
ed to accomodate 72 persons.
It will employ approximately
35 persons, they said.
Both Electrons expressed
Workshop To Be
Held At Christian
Church June 22-26
A clothing workshop will
be held in Electra at the
Christian Church June 22
through 26 from 1:30 p. m. to
4:00 p. m.
Any girl 9 years or age or
over may enroll in the work-
ship. The workshop will be
sponsored by the Electra 4-
H Club but a girl does not
have to <be a 4-H member to
enroll in the workshop.
Girls will construct gar-
ments during the workshop
learning the use of a sewing
machine and construction
techniques. Girls who have
had little or no sewing ex-
perience will begin with a
simple gathered skirt. Pat-
terns for the skirts will be
provided. Girls who have had
experience in sewing may
.construct blouses or dresses.
" Mrs. Jack Hamilton and
Mrs. Floyd Rodgers, Adult
Leaders, will conduct the
workshop and for further in-
formation they may be
tacted.
Beaver. Left to right on the second row
are Ruth McCullough, Michele McKelvey,
Margie Bentley, Sandra Kimbro, Carolyn
Reid and Andrea Grisham. On the third
row are Mrs. O. L. Tucker, Mrs. Lewis
Wright, LVN, Mrs. Virgil L. Chester and
Miss Helen Isbell, LVN, members of the
Hillcrest staff.
the work with that exception
which will Ibe done by Bond-
ed Roofing Company of Ver-
non, the low bidder for this
roof.
Work is expected to get
underway immediately, Supt.
Hudson announced.
Members of the board also
voted to purchase a 90 foot
to begin their summer activ-
h ities as members of the Elec-
tra Red Cross Volunteens, -■
\ sponsored by the )w, P. BurtOn, Jim .Bentley
J
Included in gr up < Also*, assisting Mrs. Beaver in
12vgirls who are retunUng-f r- is M?s Mary Craw.
their second summer of aid | for(^ one of the original foun-
ing the sick and the senior(ders of the group. Miss E-
citizens and assisting in thC| Towles, who was also in-
swimming program. The strumental in organizing the
turning members will be re-
cognized by their service pins
and a red stripe .on their
freshly starched white blous-
es. They are Babs Beaver,
Linda Burton, Glenda Bur-
ton, Sharon Carter, Gayle
Cooper, Pat Kerstetter, San-
dra Kimbro, Ellen Martin, Jo
McIlroy, Nancy Rapp, Susie
' Rapp and Pamela Varner. |
New members joining the .
group are Sharon Alexander |EHS Drum Major
And Majorettes
Annnounced
chairman of the Troop Com-
mittee.
On Thursday evening Mr.
J. L. Sain, Scoutmaster, will
go down and Mr. Gordon will
return home. The Troop will
return home Saturday after-
noon.
This troop is sponsored by
the First Presbyterian Church, long permanent football stand
KW*il
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Tuesday night with Cicero
Smith Lumber Company of
ATTENDED BOYS STATE — The three Electra youths
shown kneeling in the first row of the above picture attend-
ed American Legion Boys State in Austin this week. Left
to right are Randy Brackeen, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Brackeen; Davy Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Baker;
and Charles McQuinn, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. McQuinn.
Standing on the back row are representatives of the organi-
zations sponsoring the trip. Left right are Jnmes Totten,
Adjutant of the local American Legion Post; R. O. McKel-
vey, Commander of the post; R. C. (Bob) Holmes, president
of the Electra Rotary Club, John McKelvey, Texas Depart-
ment Commander of American Legion; and J. K. (Dub)
Johnson, president of the Electra Lions Club.
Three Electra Youth Attend
American Legion Boys State
Three Electra youth, Ran- ing.”
The highlight of Boys State
was a trip to the Capitol on
Wednesday morning where
each elected Boys State Of-
ficial was given an opportun-
ity to serve in his respective
office for a day, followed by
the Governor’s Ball Wednes-
day evening.
Outstanding speakers ap-
pearing included Depart-
ment Commander McKelvey
of Electra; Dr. Harry Ran?
som, 'Chancellor of the Uni- ■
versity of Texas; Zollie
Steakley, Associate Justice, *
Supreme Court of Texas;
American Legion Auxiliary
President, Mrs. Harold J. -
Cooper, Beaumont; National;
Vice Commander of the Am-
erican Legion, Harry Wright,
Mexico City; Robert W. Cal-
vert, Chief Justice, Supreme
Court of Texas and Dave
Shanks, Austin American
its Statesman.
There were 718 high school
boys throughout the states
who registered for Boys
State. This number brings
the total to 10,506 who have
attended since 1940 when
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Enthusiasm mounted Mon- B. Newberry, Red Cross Home
day when 25 girls donned
their neat blue and white
pinafores, white blouses and(glle, volunteer director, both
blue and white striped caps of Wichita Falls.
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the. overall chairman of the grass in Iowa Park Work
W^hita by Mmes R. O. McCullough,
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