Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1981 Page: 4 of 12
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Past Matrons
Mrs. J.R. Brown was hostess to
the members of the Past Matrons
club in her home on Tuesday
Day Announces
For City Race
Ronnie L. Day, a partner in
James B. Totten & Son Funeral
Home, has announced his candi-
dacy for Place 1 on the Electra City
Commission. ,
Day joined Totten Funeral Home
in August of 1979 and became a
partner in July of 1980. He and his
wife, Mary, came to Electra from
The 1951 Book of Books Club met
Feb. 9th at 7:30 p.m. in the home
of Mrs. Faye Whitecotton with
Ruth Teaff serving as program
chairman.
Mrs. Teaff presented the group’s
study from the 7th chapter of the
Book of Daniel.
Members present were Faye
Whilecotton, Darla Brown, Wilma
Finley and Ruth Teaff.
Congregate
Meals Menus
a
’51 Book Club
ELECTRASTAR-NEWS,THURSD»AY.FEBRUARY12,.1981PAGEJ4■_>c.
that nobody any longer lias any
fan building reactors.
Sometime between 1960 and
1970, the fan went out of the
business. Within ten years they
developed the rockets, the space
ships, sputnik. During this time
the battle of the big powers was
going on, a project that would take
twenty years and twenty billion
dollars to complete.
“We have for the first time
imagined a way to use the huge
stockpiles of our bombs for better
purpose than for murdering peo-
ple. Our purpose and our belief is
that the bombs which killed and
maimed al Hiroshima and Naga-
saki shall one day open the skies to
man.
He said, “I spent the second half
of 1962 making intensive study of
soviet policy and attitudes. I have
an abiding love for the Russian
language and an ability to read it
with reasonable fluency. I wanted
to get inside the skin of soviet
leaders and see the world as they
saw it. On one side of the gospel of
non violence that Jesus, Gandhi
and Marlin Luther King preached
and practiced which on the other
side of the madness of hydrogen
bombs, given this choice how
could any sane person not choose
the path of non violence.”
House guests of Miss Carter,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Peeples of
Denton, were introduced. Re-
freshments were served to Mes-
dames Frank Barrett, Mrs. T.H.
Cogdell, C.G. Downtain, W.M.
Edwards, Ed Foster Jr., C.T.
Hines, Ned Huguelet, T. Leo
Moore, Olen Smith, James E.
Totten, Theo Youree, the hostess
and her guests.
A large part of saving energy
—.and money—is simply a matter
of cutting waste, In these days of
“scarce” energy and inflation it’s
important to all of us to conserve.
You can start by maintaining your
own home.
Seal cracks around doors
and windows with caulking and
weatherstripping to stop heating
and cooling leaks.
Check to ensure that ductwork is well insulated and sealed.
If this is not done right, much,of the heating and cooling escapes
into your attic.
For the full story on saving energy— and energy dollars—get our
Unhandy Person’s Guides. Just call Ibxas Electric or ask for them on
the comments section of your next electric bill.
They’ll help even the most unhandy person
tighten up his home.
At Tbxas Electric, we want to help you
keep your electric bill down.
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Junior High Chatter
By Celine Helzlsouer
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DEPOSIT THROUGH APRIL 15 FOR 1980 CREDIT
ROLLOVERS PAYING CURRENT MONEY MARKET
RATE 14.680% MINIMUM S10,000 ON DEPOSIT ~
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The annual “Valentine Ball”
was the main topic of discussion at
the regular meeting Feb. 3rd of Xi
Tau Alpha Sorority with President
Gen Kidwell, presiding. The Ball
is scheduled for this Saturday
night, Valentine’s Day, at Electra
Country Club with music supplied
by "Rufuss and the Stone ‘River
Band. -
In other business al the meeting, —
President Kidwell presented a
program concerning the humorous
experiences of a family camping
trip and the rib-tickling disasters
which occured.
Regular sorority business was
cpnducted by Karen Parker,secre-
tary’s report, and the opening a-
closing rituals led by Sh«!
Strange and Linda Lozipone.
Attending the meeting w.et
those named and: Mmes. 0rend
Jetton, Barbara Cryer, Shiriev
Nelms, Betty Urban, Kay Whis-
nand,Janice Dudley, and Candy
Bowden.
Congregate Menus for the citi-
zens who will be eating in the
Annie Powell Senior Citizens
Center next week have been
announced.
Meals are served each day al noon
at the Center.
Friday-sliced turkey, brocolli and
rice, carrots, cabbage/apple sa-
lad, cornbread, pumpkin pie.
Monday-Swiss steak, whipped
potatoes, green beans, tossed
salad, peaches.
Tuesday-Oven fried chicken,
vegetarian beans, english peas
and carrots, cole slaw, pineapple ■
.* . Wednesday-Lasagna, Italian
mixed vegetables, tossed salad,
pears.
» Thursday-Meat loaf, whofe«pota-'
toes, spinach, 3- bean salad;
biscuits, tapioca pudding.
hear tne warning. We have
improved, but we still need more
practice.
BASKETBALL GAMES
Monday, February 2, Electric
Junior High Cubettes played
Seymour. The seventh grade girls
lost 18-33. Leading the Cubettes in
scoring were Stacy Smith with 9
points and Dona Roth with $
points. The eighth grade girls
won their game 34-19. The top two
scorers were Celine Helzlsouer
with 10 points and Theresa
Mengwasser with 5 points. The
seventh grade boys won 34-24A
Mark Rowe led the cubs with 1-1^
points, followed by Charlie Lott 1
with 10 points. The eighth grade g
boys lost to Seymour 23-25. The I
top two scorers were Eddie ’
Rodgers with 8_point§,.and^ Chris
McGrew with 7 points.
TROPHIES PRESENTED
On Monday, February 2, Electra
Junior High seventh and eighth
grade girls presented the school
with three consolation trophies
and one second place trophey.
These trophies were won at the
Seymour tournament.
LOCKER CLEAN-UP DAY
The students at Electra Junior
High cleaned out their lockers on
Friday February 6 during activity
period. This improved the halls
tremedously by getting all of the
trash picked up.
FIREDRILL
Electra Junior High had a fire
drill on Thursday, February 5. On
the grading scale we scored 79.*
The students were out of the
buiding within 45 seconds. The
.Only problems we had were too
much talking and one room did not
School and is currently employed
by Dairy Queen.
Mr. Sipple is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Sipple of Electra and
. Mrs. Zelda Sipple of San Antonio.
He also is a graduate of Electra
High and is employed by CE
Natco.
The couple plan to live in
Electra.
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’37 Book Club
. The 1937 Book of Books club met
Feb*. 5th in the home of Lois
Rodgers. / -
President, Wilds Palmer was in
charge, Deena Hodges led the
opening prayer.’
During the business session,
next years study, was discussed,
and will be voted on at a later date.
Jhe club song “Break Thou the
Bread of Life” was sung by the
members.
Fannie Reynolds, the speaker for
the evening was introduced. She
taught Chapters 26 through 28 of
the book of Ezekiel.
The meeting was-dismissed with
prayer by Wilma McDonald.
Refreshments were served to
those named above and: Ruth
James, Eunice Owens, Florence
Nunnally and Lotty Patty.
20th Century Club
Miss Olive Carter was hostess to
the Twentieth Century Club at her
home Wednesday, afternoon, Feb.
4. As President Miss Carter
presided over the brief business
session.
Miss Carter introduced Mrs. T.
Leo Moore who gave the program
on the afternoon which was a
continuation of the study of the
book: “Disturbing Universe”
by Freeman Dyson. In the five
chapters she reviewed, Mr. Dyson
wrote from the time of 1937 when
we all knew that the world would
soon run out of coal and oil and the
possible availibility of nuclear
energy to satisfy the peaceful
needs of mankind. When he was-
29 about 30 world-renown scien-
tists had been building nucular
reactors in secrecy and isolutation.
In 1956 with no buildings, no
equipment and no staff, a man
named Freddie D. Hoffman ga-
thered the young scientists from
all these countries and within six
months this group designed a
reactor so safe that it could be
given to a group of high school
■children to play with without any
fear that they might get hurt. The
most plausible use of the reactor
was to produce short-lived radio
active isotopes for medical resear-
ch and diagnosis. He asks the
question “What went wrong with
nucular power? In 1956 we were
learning to put nucular energy to
better use than building bombs.
“If we had been wiser we might
have seen a new generation of
young people and of political
leaders who would regard nucular
energy as a trap from which it is
their mission to liberate us. He
said, I believe there is an
explanation for many of the
troubles which now beset the
nucular power industry. The fund-
amental problem of the industry is
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Organizations
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' evening^ Feb.3 at 7:30. ■ ; T-
■ Mrs.-.Lee R. Cook, president,.;
^presidedLkover the meeting? ?Sie
J-asked -the members to. read;', the'v?
' club collect,-to open the meeting?
Mrs. Cook appointed' Mrs.. E^V ‘
Everett'as card'chairman. .
hits. ’W.M. Edwards" gaveW}- ■
report on. the work of the Salvation^
Army in Wichita County ..in.
The letter from the Salvation Army
thanked all who had enabled them
to assist 2,943 people serve 20,045
meals, give lodging to 5,716
people, brighten the faces of 1,100
children at Christmas and help
1,600 people during the Christmas
season.
Mrs. Hadley McDaniel, program
chairman, gave each member (a
Valentine, cut into pieces and ask
-that each one asemble the pieces
to make a Valentine.
Mrs. McDaniel concluded her*
program by asking that each
member tell how and when she'
met her husband. Some very
interesting stories were told.
Mrs.- Lee Cook read a thought
provoking poem, sent to her by
Mrs. Edith Cook. Mrs. Cook’s
mother, who lives in • California.
The title of the poem was: “If God-
should go on strike.”
Mrs. E.L. Everett closed the
meeting with a prayer of thankful-
ness.
The hostess served delicious
refreshments to the following
members: Mmes. Lee R. Cook,
Virgil Cole, J.C. Davis, W.M.
Edwards, Bill Collins, Buford
Whiteside, Hadley McDaniel, O j.
Cole, E.L. Everett, Charles Jonep,
Clyde Oswalt, and Buster
Shepherd.
Texas (
Electric
Service'^
Company
' J. K. JOHNSON, Managir, Phone 2144
Grand Prarie, Texas where he was
associated with Southland Funeral
Home. <
He currently serves as a director
of the Electra Chamber of Com-
merce, treasurer of the Electrii
Rotary Club and both are meni-
bers of the First Baptist Church of
Electra. They have one son,
Brandon, age two. * 5-
In announcing his candidacy,
Day said, “As a relative newcomer
to Electra, my wife and I have
grown to love this community and
its people and we wish to work for
its progress in business, industry
and standard of living for its
citizens. We appreciate the prob-
lems faced by Electra and other
small communities and ate willing
to work hard with the City
Manager, other City Commission-
ers and the Citizens of Electra for
the benefit of our town.”
Day attended the University of
Texas at Arlington and graduated
from the Dallas Institute of
Mortuary Science in 1971. He alsqgf
was a two-year veteran of the^
Grand Prarie Police Department W"
and is a member of Electra A.F.&
A.M. Masonic Lodge No. 1067. |
(Paid Political Announcement Paid ]
for by Ronnie Day]
Marriage Announced
Eddie Howard Sipple and Susan
’ Carol Braswell were united in
marriage on January 26th in
Wichita Falls.
Mrs. Sipple is the daughter of
Jesse Braswell and the sister of
Mrs. Robert Borton of Electra. She
graduated from Electra High
lb/*.
Keep your home up
and help keep
electric bills down.
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Thompson, Joe A. Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1981, newspaper, February 12, 1981; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1233095/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Electra Public Library.