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TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1934
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City Secretary John E.
at Wichita Falls. Mr. Hunter 622 Votes Cast In
Here Saturday
A new high record was set in in-
she was assisted
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Fort Sill Polo Team
and Jumping Horses
To Be Here for Show
Dr. Gilmer To Hold •
Spring TB Clinic
speaker | A. Delegates
To Go To Seymour
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sev-
The
Eddie
prom-
\ arious
to
splendid
F. LeGus, pioneer in oil
here
of the
field
and
club
throught
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our own
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Large Crowd At
Wichita County
1.0.0. F. Meeting
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Magnolia Heads
Thank Electra For
Appreciation Week
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• 26 YEARS •
SS> OF SERVICE •
9K HAS BUILT ;
circulation;
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Gulf Production
Men Get Increase
In Pay April I
i Tech” Athletic
Head Praises New
Tiger Grid Coach
Golfers Lose
To Frederick
Gulf
here, and A
I'alb.
1 he Gulf Pipeline
erates a
east of town. Three
j are employed there.
Mi Gann pre
luncheon meet-
Mrs. Jud e
ar
I PUBLISHED '
f THURSDAY ’
OF EACH
WEEK
eluded a
Vernon;
who aspires to be governor.
Allred was in Electra Satur-
afternoon greeting old friends
getting acquainted with new
folks in the interest of his candi-
dacy for gubernatorial honors.
____NUBER 32
Three-D To Make
Ethyl Gasoline;
Plant Being Built
fire. proof building has been
completed immediately west of the
present Waggoner Refining com-
pany plant and facilities for manu-
facturing two grades of ethyl gaso-
line are now being installed, ac-
cording to Dave G. Gray, manager
of the Waggoner Refinery. The op-
erators expect to have the plant
ready for its initial run within twj
weeks. The blending process will te
carred out under instruction of
manufacturers of ethyl and the in-
dividuals who are to be employed
will be selected by them. Physical
examinations will be required and
clothing to he worn in the plant wi’l
be regulated:-----—
I examinations
A Constructive Newspaper for a Constructive People
ELECTRA. TEXAS.
Members of the County Lin°
Home Demonstration club sponsored
an < i-t
school house Friday evening for th? j T. T. Weatherall,
Sincerely,
T. B. Gilbert, general supenntend-
work ' ent production department.
H. F. Smith, superintendent pipe-
line department.
W. B. January,
gasoline department.
A.
person, prize; best crazy quilt,
(silk); most unique quilt; best col-
lection of quilts (finished); best col-
lection pieced quilt tops; best knit
or crochet bedspread.
A' fish pond, . refreshments, small
boys’ airplane display and all sorts
if handcraft both ncedleork and
children^ handwork will add in-
terest to the show. A program will
be presented each evening. The
proceeds will be devoted to helping
disabled veterans and their fami-
lies.
Members of the American Legion
Auxiliary have completed the
schedule of awards to be made win-
ners i
will hold in the Sheldon building on
West Cleveland avenue, Friday and,' City Secretary John E. Houser
.Saturday, April 20 and 21. No entry administered the oath in installing
fee will be levied but a kmall admis- ’ City Commissioner A. B. Corder in
alon fee will be charged at the the1 office of mayor and P. P. Jones
door. • as City Commissioner, Place No. 8.
• Prizes and ribbons will be award- A. Fisher who
«d as follows: best ’ , _ . (
oldest quilt, ribbon; prettiest quilt, ’ city as was the retiring mayor, E*.
“I am for a New Deal in Tcxm
politics—but from a' New Deck and?
with New Dealers in the game**
says James V. (Jimmy) Allred, at
present attorney general of Texas,
hut
Mr.
day
and
m
perintendents
•nent.s
thanks
raid us
observed in
preciation Month,
foi th<? publicity given
local newspapers for the display
Magnolia products in show windows
m j ‘
courtesy tickets to
for our employees.
We are justly proud of
growth and progress during
twenty-three years which have
tervened since the Magnolia
Texaco Pipeline
Boys Say “Thanks”!^
Electra. Tex., Api:l !». Uil.
The Employees of IHE TEXAS
PIPE LINE CO. take this means
of expressing their thanl.s to th"
merchants of Electra for their good
work during Appreciation Week.
And for the complimentarj tick-
ets to two free shows at the Grand
Awards Offered
In 10 Entries Quilt |
Show April 20-21
G. F. LeBus Heads
Electra Rotary
Club For 1934-35
a worthy premium award, 80 p—
cent of which will be used for this J
purpose.
was re-elected to
work, prize; Place No. 4, was absent from tho
ribbon; quilt pieced by youngest. E. Wheelor. The place vacated by
----- —-— v~-L ----- —Mr. Corder, wro was elected to the
position of mayor, will be filled at
a later date, it was announced.
No official business with the ex-
ception of the installation of the
new oficers was transacted in ths
commission meeting.
Mesdames C. W. Coffey and Stel-
la Moad attended a Woman’s Mi»- homa schedule,
sionary Society luncheon at Wiehl- overwhelming
ta Falls Monday.
C. of C. To Urge
Downtown Cleanup
* U.
The Electra Chamber of Com-
mere will sponsor an entry in the
annual “Home Town” speaking
contest to be held at the West
Texas Chamber of Commerce Con-
vention at San Angelo on May 14,
it was announced this
Electra high school students
be given an opportunity for
tryouts and the representa-
fhc bjisic purinciples of his “Texas
Recovery Program” and will en-
large upon the planks of the plat-
lonn he made public in recent bul-. re.R in school board elections Sat-
le.ins issued to state newspapers, I unlay when 622 votes were cast in
--------— . | ejecting two new members of the
Club Sponsor# iE’7tra, si'!10,'1 bi’an!- w- D- Ba’!?r
r- r* Jand E" Forbes were cnos^n, The
Benefit i I^Qgpfani; vdte was as follows: G. C. Harrison,
^83; Ed Forbes, 351; W, D. Baker,
2C9; Max Moore, 224.
Mr. garrison, who had served
entertainment prosented at the two terms, was seeking re-election.
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benefit of club projects. Mrs. Clam on the board for 1G years, was not
Petty of this city, was director .and a candidate for re-election. Only
by'»Myrl Russell three names were printed on tho
and Miss Myrtle Russell. A fair ballot, the 224 votes cast for Mr.
sum was added to the club treasury. Moore had his name written in.
Every Parent-Teacher Association
in this vicinity has chosen represen-
E’.ectra high school Tiger track1 mer Ridgeway were members cf
and field team, Wichita County and the winning relay team. Bill Gib-
District No. 9, champions ate now' son second in discus throw’, Louis
pointing for the regional meet to Horn, tying for second and third
be held at Denton on April 21. Six . for second and third in 120 yard
first places tying for two se ‘ond high hurdles, and Elmer Ridgeway’s
and third and a fourth place win- fourth place in 4-10 yard dash
Electra a total of nine > completed the winnings of the
successful campaign Satur-
The Electra high school Choral
club, directed by Miss Ruth Smith,
took second honors at the regional
contest for high school choral clubs
held at Denton Friday and Satur-
day. Highland Park, Dallas, took
first place, and Breckenridge placed
third. Jack Rudy was pianist and
the choral club members making
the trip were: Lois Mao Austin,
Glenola Baker, Patsy Chaffee,
Beatrice Daugherty, Truceal Davis,
Pcarle Garner, Imogene Goodman,
Lexie Goodman, Geraldine Hogle,
Helen and Hilda King, Dorothy
Parr, Macel Rowe, Helen Ruth Rus-
sell, Helen Smith, Francis Slaton,
Lorene Thomas and George Tinnin.
Rev. ( . H. Russell, Mrs. J. A.
Rudy, Miss Ludy Cawlfield and Al-
vin McCormick provided tars to
take the club to Denton.
Approximately 250 people were
in attendance Wednesday evening
at the Odd Fellows hall when Elec-
.tra I. O. O. F, and Rebekah lodges
were hosts to the Wichita County
Odd Fellow and Rebekah .Associa-
-tion in its quarterly meeting-. Judge
T. A. Hicks, Wichita Falls, presid-
ed over the business session which
followed entertainment feature. The
meeting was opened with singing
the lodge opening ode. Mrs. Des-
sie James, Wichita Falls, chaplain,
led the invocation and Messrs. A.
L. Hofer, Dick McDaniel and Bill
Ervin represented the American
Legion post and Mesdames W. E.
Beck and Dick McDaniel the Re-
bekah lodge in a flag presentation
ceremony. The Rebekahs were ac-
companied by an escort of honor
from the Wichita Falls Canton in
full regalia. Rev. Clark Russell
welcomed the visitors in behalf of
tho local lodges. Mrs. May Deaton
of Iowa Park, responded
i visitors.
reading
diet pre.se.•
and dance b.
chesney; song
Weaver and a
To the Merchants and Citizens of
Electra:
In behalf of the Magnolia Petro-
leum Company and it-- allied interests
the Electra district, we. the
of various depart-1 athletes eligible for regional com-; Tiger’s
here, wish to express ouz t pet-lmn at Denton and
for the splendid tribute
; during the Magn» ha week
connection with “Ap-
We are grateful
us by the .
<>f I
I
places of business and for the j nnle
’““pi't^lTigers Are District
taled $1450, Chief of P he* Jam s{ — — --- ----
T. Taylor announced Wednesday.'
This is the largest total in permits,
in some time and covers only
novation and improvemen's
supcnnlenden. [
-I Thi.ty men are employed and in
* increase of G per cent in wages on
' April 1, adds approximately $10
per month per man to the monthly
pa$ roll Mr. Bell reports. The com-
pany is operating under the NRA
* code and is said to be the first in
I this section to make a raise in j
I wage'- this spring. j
I bix men are employed in operat-1
i ing two sales and service stations
Refining Compan}
J. Metzke, Wichita
district sales agent.
company
booster station two nnies
or more men
The committee emphasizes C . ‘
fact that the Fort Sill horses will j the
not compete in any of the events been
except the polo pony event. 1
are merely coming down to give
-exhibition that will be worth
eral times the nominal price of ad-
mission. Horse lovers
Northwest Texas are displayisg
usual interest in the show and tho
•committee urges every local horse
^wner to enter his or her horse or
horses and assist in every way pos-
sible in showing appreciation of the'
entries from surrounding cities and I the splendid compliment paid
towns. It is apparent that nearly company and the < ” * ’
every' horse in Wichita Falls will be Electra area,
entered. A committee appointed in |
Wichita Falls to assist the local
committee has been hard ' ------’■
in true neighborly fashion
The committee in charge of Elec-
tra’s Secund Annual Horse Show,
to be held at 7:30 o’clock on the
night of May 5th, at the high school
athletic field, for the benefit of tne
high school athletic fund, has re-
ceived a communication from Lieu-
tenant Colonel C. A. Baehr at Foit
Sill, advising that the jumping
horses will be sent to Electra on
the afternoon of May 4th jn charge
■of a non-commissioned officer and
throe or four enlisted men.
following morning, Captain
Argo, who won international
inence on his jumping horse, Timber
'Cruiser, at the Olympic Games in
Los Angeles, will come down, ac-
companied b} truck with material
for jumps, etc. During the after-
noon, ( olonel Baehr will arrive, ac-
companied by Lieutenants Willems,
Solem. Coverdale, Ganahl and Isaa ■-
f=on. The polo ponies will also ,.r-
nve on the 5th, sixteen in number.
Thu Fort S:ll team will be com-
posed of Lieutenant Colonel Baehr,
Lieutenant Thompson, Captain Sar-
gent and Major Watson. They will
play the pick of North Texas play-
ers at two o’clock Sunday after-
noon on the polo field, about one-
half mile west of town. The polo
ponies will also enter the polo pony troleum company was organized and
•events on the horse show program, since
committee emphasizes the ter, a period in which progress of
‘ town and the company have
i closely allied, each helping
the other in their parallel advance.
Individually as heads of various
separate industries we are glad to
have been associated with citizens
of a town like Electra and we hope
that this friendly relationship may
be maintained through the years.
Your interests are ours and the
Magnolia personnel joins in thank-
ing everyone who helped to foster
the oil appreciation movement and
I the
oil industry in
First \ward In Essay Writing
Miss Pearle Garner wm the dis-
trict award with first place in es-
say writing in the literary division
of Di>triet No !», interscholastic
league contests at Wichita 'Falls
Friday and Saturday. Other suc-
cessful contestants in the literary
division were Roy Nunnaly, second
in boy's declamation and Catherine
Mengwasser third in girl’s
poraneuus speech events.
G.
equipment manufacture
prominent in affairs
for several yeais, was elected presi-
dent of the Electra Rotary club
Friday at tho regular noon lunch-i
«.n nu-etmg of that organization.! pl’?'s'<:‘al laminations wUl de-
J. 1). Bright was vlectvd fust nee tor,n."'c Um. fitness of the applicant
president; H. E. Wilson, second
vice president, and Ray B. Dickey
(re-elected) sei rotary - treasurer;
I limp Broadwell, sergeant at arms;
J. D. Bright, Dave Gray, Larry
Paddon, W. II. Skinner, J. G. B
Totten, H. E. Wilson, Lee James,
retiring president Dr. C. W. Mon-
roe, and president-elect LeBus,
were elected directors. The new of-
ficials will be installed on Friday,
July 6.
Dr. C. W. Monroe presided over
the meeting. Rotarian W. B. Ham-
ilton of Wichita Falls and Mr. Grif-.
fin also of Wichita Falls were
guests at the luncheon. Both the
new and old board of directory held
meetings immediately following tho
club assembly.
15 and 16,
week
will be given an
local tryouts and
the will be chosen from the best
of those.
E. R. Brown has boon nominate J
by the local chamber of commerce
as a director for the W. T. C. C.
the election to take place at San
Angelo.
President Chas. II
-ided over the noon
*ng of the chamber directors Tues-
a j <,ay at the Jowell hotel Reports
wi i f given relative to the cam-
secure co-
Twenty-nine members of the
Electra Country club golf club
went to Frederick Sunday for their
opening bout in the Texas-Okla-
They lost by an
majority, only six
Electrons winning their matches.
Beginning operations by drilling
on the Miller lease three miles
northcast of Electra in 1912, the
Gulf Production Company and its
allied interests have been among
the foremost in development of the
Electra oil field.* H. D. Bell is su-
perintendent of production for the
Electra district which includes
Electra, Burkburnett, South Vernon
and Archer county pools. Foremen
are W. C. Howell, T. L. Todd, R. N.
Leffingwell and A. I. Fisher. Fif-
teen leases are being operated at
tho present time and 109 wells on.
i ». ». January, supcnnienaun.:tlw 'arious lcase? are ProJuc"'S'
gasoline department. ‘ barrels Pcr day' '
t A. I,. Williams, manager mateirilj
! department.
F. P. Hodge, manager sales
partment.
W. C. Morgan, manager sh<>p
Mr and Mrs. J. Will Goodman
returned home last week after-
spending several weeks on their
farm near Bellevue.
Superintendent By M. Dinsmoro
and the Electra school board have
received a letter from Pete Caw-
of Texas
Technological College at Lubbock,
commending them for their wise se-
l lection of Eck Curtis as head coach.
I .Mr. Cawthorn says he has watched
j Mr. Curtis’ teams for several years
and found them thoroughly develop-
ed in football technique. He speaks >
I highly of Mr. Curtis as a sporU- j .....
Are Installed' man and OJ1 his influence amongst Hunter Onens Hl* Iran for the 13th dlstnct ur£01i
____ high school boys. He predicts that • ; that every one who possibly can
he will be a good influence in the • . i *\.ace Saturday (attend. Rooms will be provided by
community. " | ------ . : hospitable citizens of Seymour and
. ’ ■ ■ ■ * Tom Hunter, Wichita Falls, will entertainment features will include
rHgtrict IVfeet ** ‘ his campaign for governor al, a Texas 7?a Tuesday afternoon for
. . - Clifton, Bosque county, Saturday. I "h.ch the Federated Clubs of Sey-
AtM. E. Church I April 21, according to announce-' inuur will be hostesses.
. ........... . | ment received from his headquai'-1
The Jimmy Thorn Union or >oung ’ ...
people’s organization of the Metho- 13tTC” ln. h.la oPe™? MWre-o. |
dist church here was hqst, Friday " "
night at the church, tc members
of youn^ folks departments of
other churches in the district Dale
Austin presided over the opening
exercises and Hadley McDaniel led
the assembly singing. District
President Abie Maier of Iowa Park
assumed charge of the businev
session and Miss Zola Miller of
Iowa Park led the devotional. Mr? I
Evblyn Morris, Electra, oist-i:t
chairman of recreation, spoke br.ef
ly ajid Miss Hallie Green of thii
city, directed games and contest.
Refreshments were served to about
fifty representatives from units at
Iowa Park, Wichita Falls, Burk-
burnett and Electra.
The services of Dr. Peachy R.
Gilmer, Shreveport, Lu., have been
secured to conduct the annual chest
clinic for the Wichita County Tu-
berculosis Association, Miss - Mary
Quinn, executive secretary, announ-
ces. Mrs.C. P. Engelking is chair-
man of the local committee to ar-
range the free clinic to be held
at an early date and those desiring
to be examined should call Mr .
Engelking, phone 650, for an ap-
pointment on the clinic date.
Tuberculosis Robs You—Public
Health Protects-' You’’ is the ’slogan
the early diagnosis
campaign, for 1934. The war against
the disease calls for co-operation of-
al) citizens in the community and
all public and private health- agen-
cies. Special attention is being paid
in the spring, campaign to examina-
ton1 of children in houses with- tu-
bercular patients or who- have
made slow recovery from influenza
•or other diseases, Miss Quinn says.
School Election Jimmy Allred
to the work. Special clothing will
be required and gas masks of spe-
cial construction will be worn. Tho
worker will be required to bathe
after each days’ work, the facili-
ties for such bath to bo provided in
the building. Mr. Gray did not in-
dicate how many persons will be
employed in the new industry, the
process for which involves a sys-
tem of mixing tanks and pipes and
agitation of. specially mounted
tanks. These tanks are mounted on
delicate electrically operated scales
svhich will roc ord even the weight
of a breath, it. is said.
. and grade Q will be mad'*.
The capacity will be around 10,000
gallons per day. Storage will be pro-
vided for 5,000 barrels of Grade Q
and for 500 barrels of ethyl.
Choral CluKAVins
Second Place -
‘‘-'"■'"ifiWleier-
Jowell
Richard Bene- wire given relative
-ong numbers; songjiaign being waged to
tile Miss Madonna; operation in keeping the downtown
. Mhs be,
i reading by
.Miss Esther Ro-e Persky. j f; ikd. Mr. McGann
Other entertainment features n.- '•pond to the request for pledges in
reading by Miss Parr of I the cleanup. It was voted to have
violin solo by Arthur the civic committee composed of H.
Davis, Wichita Falls and violin solo (A. Decker, B. M. Dinsmore and C.
by Miss Ruth Snith, Electra, with D Bailey take the matter up with
Jack Rudy at the piano. (owners of establishments not
Mro. Mabel Igon of Vernon, presi- • operating in the movement,
dent of the Lower Panhandle Asso-1 • •*
ciation was the principal i
and she announced that plans aro
already under way for the annual I
meeting of the association. I
Judge- Hicks and several out of I
town visitors including county and
district candidates for office, made • tativps to attend the sixth annual
brief addresses. 1 conference of the 13th District of
Visitors were present from Wich- Texas Congress of Parent-Teachers
ita Falls, Iowa Park, Vernon, El- ’<» bo held at Seymour on Tuesday
i liott, Doans and Chillicothe lodges and Wednesday, April 17 and 18. adopted for
I *• • <■ Mrs. P. B. Klcpper, publicity chair- campaign, fo
Electra became an oil cen-
| Oilers To Play
| Crowell Sunday
; Champs; Point For j
to- *
Electra Oilers beat tho , Burkbur-
nett baseball nine 11 to 10 here
I Sunday afternoon. They will open
j their Red River Valley League sea-
| son Surda} with a game against
I Crowell at Crowell.
Regional Contest
for the
Smith gave .
Bcne-
song j paign
at the
given
Betty .lu j'tieut- clean Several business men
little j to whom cards had been mailed had
said, to re-
ONLY FOUR EVENTS
IN HIGHER BRACKET
D. G. Gray, chairman of the show 1
committee, said Thursday that the*
repoit that all entry fees will be
$10 per horse is erroneous. As pre-' partment.
viously published in the Electra 1
papers, the entry fee m all events
except four are 50 cents, $1 and
$2. The exceptions are Events No.
G, 7, 8 and 9, as follows: ladies’ (
five-gaited saddle horse; men’s five-
gaited saddle h »rse, ladies’ thrcc-
gaited saddle horse and men’s three-
gaited saddle horse. There arc very
few gaited horses in Electra, Mr.
Gray explained, and the events in
this class are chiefly designed to
attract to Electra some outstanding
entries from other cities, and th"
entry fees will be pooled to provide*
i an^ Liberty Theatres.
......| And to the management of the
I Grand and Liberty Theatres for
'honoring free tickets to twi- shows.
And to The Electra News and
Electra Star for their publicity
work.
And to all who may have had any
part at all in fostering the success
of Apreciation week.
THE TEXAS PIPELINE CO.
By I. D. Craig, Dist. Foreman.
---—
New City Officials
in the quilt show which they 1
i mng gives
I pet <*«>n at Denton and enabled day.
them to run up 38 points to win the i
distilet meet at Wiihita Falls Sat-’
urday Wichita Falls runner-up had
37
Gerald Gnen, who took first in
100 yard and 220 yard dash events
was high point man. F. L. Able,
‘ run; Charles Orr, 440 yard
theatres j t]a<h all(j Albert Frank ((Toodie)
Fisher, 220 yard low hurdle were
the other three blue ribbon winners;
Gre<'ti, Orr, Billy Stewart and El-
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