Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1983 Page: 1 of 22
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VOLUME 77 NUMBER 7 ;
Boosters Plan Charters
IN HONOR OF MRYTLE RUSSELL
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Fund Drive Set to Develop
‘Texas History Room’ at Library
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limits for customers with identical
rates, but due to PUC changes,
TESCO has advised the City that
they will be changing the method
in which they bill their customers
for fuel charges and has further
requested that the City approved
TESCO’s system-wide rates and
Reynolds found Tailback Charlie
Lott open with a two-yard TD
strike. Chick’s extra point failed
leaving the Tigers a 9-0 homecom-
ing game lead.
That lead narrowed to three
points again as Seymour’s Chris
Gilstrap handed off to Tailback
Billy Beamon who found Russ
Greene with a perfect strike good
for a 75-yard touchdown with 7:12
remaining. Seymour’s PAT also
failed.
The Tigers, who had moved the
ball all night, but had troubles
getting into the endzone went to
the ground this time on nine
consecutive plays. The drive be-
gan at their own 26 yard line and
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ended with 2:48 remaining on a
22-yard strike from Reynolds to
Tight End Rex Johnson, who had
three receptions for a total of 40
yards on the night. Chick’s PAT
made it 16-6. Coach Joe Allen
used six different ball carriers on
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Electra Booster Club will provide
chartered buses for the Electra
Tigers vs. Merkel Bulldogs on Oct.
14th and again to the Abilene
Wylie game Nov. 4th, according to
club officials. Decision to sponsor
the two chartered trips for local
fans came from the Monday,
Sept. 26th session held at Electra
Tiger Fieldhouse.
Cost per person for each of the
two trips will be $15. Additional
information concerning the char-
ters is available by calling 2513,
2312 or 2248. The buses will leave
Electra three and one-half hours
before game time.
The charters are being sponsor-
ed to help as many local fans as
possible attend road games lend-
ing their support to the Electra
Tigers, especially during confer-
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Town
Electra City Commissioners
Tuesday night agreed on the scope
of services which would be provid-
ed by the engineering firm of
Daverman Associates, approved
the final reading of an ordinance
increasing rates for refuse collec-
tion and landfill charges, and
adopted two ordiances bringing
|»cal speed limits within state
guidelines.
Daverman Associates will con-
duct an engineering study of the
City’s electrical production and
distribution system with major
emphasis on rate structure, ac-
cording to an agreement present-
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Committee, composed of a district
director from the same district, a
sectional center director or post-
master from the same sectional
center, and a sectional center
manager or postmaster from a
different district, review the appli-
cants for the position and recom-
mend to the sectional center
manager those candidates who
best meet the position require-
ments. The sectional center ma-
nager then selects and rec-
ommends to the Postmaster Gen-
eral the best qualified person for
appointment to the vacancy
ence competition.
In other business at the Monday
night session, members viewed
game films of the Tigers 23-6 win
over Seymour Friday night. Re-
ports and game statistics were also
presented concerning recent jun-
ior high and junior varsity compe-
tion.
Scouting reports were also dis-
cussed on the Tigers’ opponent
this Friday night, Munday Moguls
who sport a 3-1 record as does the
Tigers.
Game time for the Friday night
encounter, won last year by
Munday, will be 8 p.m. Electra
Junior Varsity Tigers will be in
action Thursday at 7 p.m. in Tiger
Stadium.
The Booster Club will meet again
Monday, Oct. 3rd at 7 p.m. in the
Tiger Fieldhouse.
THURSDAY,
Nevel Overton-Slack is appointed
Postmaster at Electra, TX 76360,
effective Saturday, September 17,
1983, Sectional Center Manager/
Postmaster W.H. Hathman of Fort
Worth, TX, announced today.
Mr. Overton-Slack, 41, a native
of Oklahoma, has served as EEO
Investigator for the Southern
Region for the past six and
one-half years.
Postmaster selections are made
on the basis of merit from a list of
qualified candidates submitted to
the Sectional Center Manager by a
Review Committee. The Review
The Electra Star-News will serve
as co-ordinator for a fund (Jrive in
hopes of raising $2,500 to comple-
te the “Myrtle Russell Texas
Historical Room” at Electra Public
Library, according to Publisher
Joe A. Thompson.
With existing funds the Elec-
tra Public Library Board has taken
the initiative in establishing the
new facility at Electra Public
Library in honor of the late Miss
Russell who served as Electra
Public Librarian for over 50 years
and who was considered as the
“Electra Historian.” Miss Russell
was also a avid student of Texas
history.
Under the guideance of Electra
Librarians Olive Carter and Pat
Shelnutt, the “Texas Historical
month, is designed to bring the
sanitation department to a closer
break-even financial situation.
In other business by Commis-
sioners Tuesday night:
-Adopted two ordiances, one
setting city speed limits at 30
miles per hour on streets and 15
miles per hour in alleyways. A
second ordiance adopted the uni-
form act regulation traffic on
highways. Both ordiances will
become affective with publication.
—Adopted a memorandum of
agreement with Electra Men’s
Golf Association for operation of
the Electra Municipal Golf Course
for a one-year period.
-Tabled a third and final reading
of a rate increase request of 16.1 %
presented by TESCO.
-Approved the following indivi-
duals to serve on the City’s Capital
Improvement Board: Jack Hollis,
Mary Dovel, Don Windham, Joe
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Room” will be one of the most
complete Texas History reading
rooms among libraries of similar
size. Electra Public Library Board
of Trustees have taken the initial
steps toward making the new
facility a reality with existing
monies in the Library budget.
The Star-News has learned that
an additional $2,500 will be
needed to complete the reading
room with additional volumes of
material and furniture.
Contributions to assist the Elec-
tra Public Library with the comple-
tion of this project will be accepted
by the Electra Star-News. A
time-saving donation form has
been published in today’s edition
on page two. Donors should
complete the form and their
donation and mail or deliver to
Electra Star-News, P.O. Box 1192,
207 N. Waggoner, Electra, Texas
76360. Checks should be made
payable to Electra Star-News
Myrtle Russell Memorial Fund.
The new reading room will serve
a two fold purpose for generations
of Electrans to come. It will serve
as a tribute to a beautiful lady who
dedicated her life to the importan-
ce of the printed word and through
who’s efforts the Electra Public
Library was made into one of the
finest for communities of similar
size. Secondly, but what would be
considered most important by
Miss Russell, the preservation of
the history of this great state and
the availability of that history for
all to read. *
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have filed a 16.1% rate increase
request. According to the agree-
ment with Daverman, “Both
TESCO and the City have agreed
to discuss possible buy and sell
alternatives available to each.”
The services provided by Dav-
erman Associates, estimated to
cost between $11,000 to $14,000,
should provide the City with
valuable data aiding the city in
choosing one of three alterna-
tives...buy TESCO’s system, sell
the City’s system to TESCO or
continue on a competitive atmos-
phere by increased efficiency and
revised rates.
Commissioners then approved
the third and final reading of a
new refuse ordiance which increa-
ses charges per container and
places additional charge according
to number of times garbage is
collected. The increase, which-
raises residential fees to, $6 per
Trustees Approve
’83 Tax Roll
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Thompson, Billy Clark, Ronnie
Day, LaJune Lewis, Lendola Rey-
nolds, Dana Stroud, Ray B. Dickey
Sr., Aaron Trotter.
-Approved the 1983 tax roll as
presented by Tax Collector Rod-
ney Smith. The City’s total
appraised value was placed at
$59,789,854 with exemptions re-
ducing that total to $56,819,582.
Based on the City’s tax rate of
.5837 cents, a total of $331,655.90
in tax dollars would be achieved.
-Approved the low bid of Opex,
Inc., of Olney for sanitary sewer
improvements which are being
funded by a $318,000 grant. Total
bid by Opex was $121,954.40. Six
other bids were also received
ranging from $134,354.48 by Bow-
les Construction Co., to a high of”
$223,895.20 by Zack Burkett Com-
pany.
-Approved the “charge off” of
utility debts totaling $67,987.58.
--Approved a resolution for sub-
stituted and or withdrawal of
securities pledged and held in
trust by Texas American Bank of
Fort Worth.
-Heard a report from Trustees
Jannis Hayers and Elizabeth
Sachse and Superintendent Don
Windham on the recent Texas
Association of School Boards
workshop held in San Antonio.
Trustees present include those
named and Board President Ha-
rold Haynes, Don Seale and Bob
Moore.
FACE MUNDAY THIS FRIDAY
Tigers Take Time Thumping Panthers
For over 36 minutes Friday night
the Electra Tigers moved the
pigskin anywhere they wanted to
at Tiger Stadium except inside the
endzone holding onto a slim
three-point lead over the Seymour
Panthers provided by barefoot
kicker Donny Chick with 5:09
remaining in the first half.
The first big Tiger break came
inthe closing minutes of the third
stanza on a Eddie Rodgers fourth-
down punt to Seymour. Electra’s
Chris McGrew jumped on the
mis-handled return to give Electra
a 1st down at the Tiger 44 yard line
and the drive ended 14 plays later
with 7:29 remaining in the fourth
period as Quarterback Royce
Plectra City Commission Sets Electrical System Study
ed Tuesday night. The scope of
services as listed by the agree-
ment will assist the City in
ratemaking and system analysis
necessitated by changes in the
Public Utilities Regulatory Act.
Currently the City of Electra and
TESCO compete within the city
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Given one additional element,
Electra could be basking in the
best time of year right now.
Looking around the community,
ue see increased activity in the,oil
patch and related industries...
sparking hope for increased em-
ployment and an eventual econo-
nic boost to the community. A
$318,000 grant to improve the
city's drainage problems will get
underway in about two to three
weeks and the city has also
received initial word that it will
receive a second grant for around
$200,000 under the “jobs bill” to
improve water distribution.
The city is also waiting anxiously
for confirmation on acceptance in
)he Texas Main Street program, a
program designed to restore the
downtown area. Electra is one of
23 cities seeking acceptance. Five
will be chosen.
Our young people are back in
school and doing well in every-
thing they encounter. Our football
team is on a winning streak and
we’re proud for them.
1 Fall is in the air and people’s
thoughts are gradually turning
from summer picnics and lake
outings to weiner roasts and hay
rides.
Halloween and Thanksgiving are
just ahead and soon we’ll see the
Fall display of color as trees pack
up for the winter.
The golf shirts will be exchanged
|or long sleeve flannel, the ice-tea
for coffee and the air-conditioner
will give way to the fireplace.
New aromas will fill the house
like mincemeat, pumpkin pie,
turkey and dressing and hot
chocolate. It’s a good time of year.
The only element lacking is
rain....something this area des-
perately needs. A few sprinkles
Ive’ve had, but a “rain” we
haven’t since late June. The
damage to area crops can’t even
be guessed at.
About the only good thing to
come from this drought is the
realization that work done on the
City’s water well field is paying
off. This past summer, one of the
dryest since we returned home in
1976, is the first we can remember
^vithout some sort of water ration-
ing. The wells have produced well,
the city has managed to keep the
water towers full with added
pumping facilities and even the
“lake on the hill” is holding its
own.
“We've made it through this
summer, though unscared we’re
not I guess only the man upstairs
knows how much longer the area
can go without a good rain., .but it
wouldn't hurt to mention our need
at even opportunity
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NEEDED YARDAGE-Electra’s
Chris McGrew, No. 82, picked up
needed yardage on three key
carries Friday night as the Electra
Tigers put together a key drive to
sink the Seymour Panthers 23-6.
McGrew picked up 24 yards of the
Electra Independent School Dis-
trict Trustees Monday night ap-
proved the 1983-84 tax roll, the
1983-84 substitute teacher list and
monthly bills along with other
mostly routine business.
The District saw some $40
million lost in tax values this year
with total net appraised value
placed at $204,875,785 by the
County Appraisal Board. Values
were broken down as follows: Real
Estate, $95,772,322; Mobile
Homes, $116,305; Personal Pro-
perty, $29,405,073; and Oil, $131,
453,320. Total appraised value
stood at $256,747,020.
Deductions to the total appraised
value were placed at: Homestead
Exemptions $10,361,059; value
lost on frozen tax (to tax payers
over 65), $1,360,338; and agricul-
ture exemptions, $40,149,838.
Tax Assessor-Collector Rodney
Smith indicated that with the
District’s tax rate of .68 cents, the
actual tax roll would raise $1,393,
155.05 for the District to operate
on in 1984.
Smith also indicated that 93.48
percent of the 1982 tax roll had
been collected totaling $1,296,549.
73. Total collections including
penalties and interest for the past
year totaled $1,321,460.25 leaving
a total delinquent tax balance of
$98,462.44.*
Approved to the substitute
teacher list for the coming year
were: Janis Blackwell, Patty
Bruce, Linda Byrd, Vickie Dillard,
Thelma Doores, Bobby Henry,
Nancy Hirschi, Terry Holbert,
Billy Hunt, Ray Hyde, Virginia
Isbell, Bertha Jones, Gen Kidwell,
Betty Marsh, Melody Marsh,
Gayle McCubbin, Jackie Moen-
ning, Karen Mullen, Candace
Nevill, Barbara Patton, Barbara
Roden, Darlene Simpson, Howard
Smith, Ronnie Whisnand, Billy
Ray Wright, Pat Youree and Judy
Lane.
Trustees also approved monthly
bills totaling $45,409.92.
In other business Monday night,'
Trustees:
-Approved a contract with Tax
Attorney Jay Cantrell of Wichita
Falls for collection of delinquent
tax accounts.
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drive and totaled 54 yards rushing
for the night from his wingback
position. He also contributed with
key plays on the Tiger defensive
unit. Also shown from Electra is
Eddie Rodgers, No. 20. [Photo by
Brenda Crow|
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