The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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ELEgTRA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1933
Sub-Zero Weather
NUMBER 2a,
Stops Oil Activities
and Damages Crops
A blizzard, which followed more
lhan a month of moderate weather,
struck Electra at eight o’clock Mon-
day night. Sleet and snow fell dur-
ing the night, leaving more than
an inch of powder-like ice blanket-
ing the earth Tuesday morning,
and folks here awoke to find ther
mometers registering zero. Frozen
water ,pipes and bursted radiators
provided plenty of activity for
plumbers and auto repair shops.
Snow fell intermittently through
the day, .Tuesday, and the tempera
ture ranged around the zero mark,
dropping Tuesday night to four be-
low. Bright sunshine all day Wed-
nesday brought the temperature up
somewhat but very little of the ice
had disappeared.
All oil field work was stopped by
the freeze and hundreds of dollars
worth of pipes were -bursted des-
pite all precautions taken to drain
them, members of major oil com-
pany forces reported.
Winter oats are believed to be
badly damaged and all early garden
-stuff which had come up is killed.
Notwithstanding tho fact that Old
Sol’s rays provided a brief respite
t’rom winter’s grasp here Thursday,
radio reports indicated that the
mercury had droped again to tho
13 degree below zero mark at Am-
arillo this morning and a second
blizzard was on its way in this di-
rection.
Livestock has gone through the
rold weather fairly well here. Elige
Read, foreman of the Waggoner
ranch, reported that considerable
uneasiness has been felt over more
than six hundred yearlings which
were dehorned on the Three-D
range, Monday. Feed wagons have
been called into service and cow-
bands have been kept busy chop-
ping ice from waterholes in frozen
t anks and the cattle have come
through in fair shape. The crew
began rounding up more stock for
iehorning, Thursday morning, it
was said.
Mrs. J. G. Russell
Dies at Shawnee;
Is Buried Here
Funeral services were held, Tues-
day afternoon at the Baptist church
for Mrs. Mary Catherine Russell,
age 69, whose death took place
Sunday morning at Shawnee, Ok-
lahoma. Interment was on the fam-
ily lot in the Electra cemetery by
the side of her husband, J.G. Rus-
sell, whose death took place here
six years ago. The remains were
brought here by train, arriving
Monday afternoon. Totten Brothers
were in charge of the arrangements.
The deceased was bom in Mis-
souri but had spent many years
in Texas and Oklahoma, residing
in Electra for three years. Her
daughter, Mrs. Willard Parsons, is
among the most prominent workers
in the Baptist church here.
Survivors include* eight sons, J.
E. Walker, ‘Fort Worth; H. S. Wal-
ker, Park Springs; John Walker,
Boyd; H. T. and S. F. Russell,
Shawnee; L. E. Russell, Fort Worth;
W. G. Russell, Bowie; B. E. Rus-
sell, Gladewater; one daughter,
Mrs. Parsons.
Nearly 1500 Meals
Have Been Served
Free to Children
Plan Sewing Room
For Needy Here
F-0 Golf Body
;anized And
Schedule Made
Org<
Representatives of golf clubs
from Crowell, Vernon and Elec-
tra met at Vernon, this week, and
•organized what will be known as
the T-0 Golf Association. The pur-
pose of the organization will be -to
stage home and round robins of
team play. Officers were elected as
follows: G. R. Davidson, Electra;
-president; M. L. Tyson, Frederick,
vice-president; U. G. White, Elec-
tra, secretary. Each club is to se-
lect their own representative on the
board of directors. The plan, as out-
lined, will provide for team play.
Teams to consist of at least fif-
teen players and not more than
twenty-five players.
Play starts March 12th and the
complete schedule is as follows:
March 12th, Vernon at Frederick,
Rlectra at Crowell; March 26th,
Crowell at Vernon, Frederick at
Electra; April 9th, Electra at Ver-
non, Crowell at Frederick; April
23, Vernon at Crowell, Electra at
Frederick; May 7, Vernon at Elec-
tra, Frederick at Crowell; May 21,
Frederick at Vernon, Crowell at
Electra.
A suitable trophy will be awarded
•ct the close of the season to the
winning team.
Members of the executive board
of the Federated Missionary Socie-
ty held a meeting, Monday after-
noon, at the Chamber of Commerce
office. Present were Mesdames Ed
Theile, J. G. B. Totten, W. R. Skin-
ner, Sam Hill, Hugh White and J.
T. McDannald. Among the most im-
portant movements discussed was
the establishment of a sewing room
in order that needy mothers could
have assistance in sewing or making
over garments. Mesdames J. G. B.
Totten and Sam Hill were
as committee on arrangements fo
this project. Mrs. Dannie Dale was
named as chairman of the employ-
ment committee with district chair-
men to be her assistants. Mesdames
I. M. Hemby, Stephen Rumore and
W. R. Skinner were named as com-
mittee to revise the constitution of
the organization and it was sug-
gested that dues be reduced from
SI per year to fifty cents. It was
voted to change the date of meet-
ing of the board from the first
Monday to the first Tuesday of
each month.
Mesdames W. R. Skinner and C.
•F. Birkhead, presidents of the Par-
ent-Teacher Associations here, an
nounced this week that the records
kept on the serving of meals to
needy children in Electra schools
shows that approximately 1440
meals have been served free since
the inauguration of the plan eirly
in November. The children have
been fed at the high school cafe
teria at minimum “ cost, the jirice
being 10 cents per meal; A total
of $144.40 has been paid from the
P-T. A. lunch fund, which has been
provided by civic organizations, do-
nations from individuals and pro-
ceeds from P.-T. A. projects.
The two units are joining in
sponsoring a stunt night program
to be given at the high school
auditorium on Friday night, Feb.
24, through which they hope to
raise sufficient money to carry on
the work of providing free lunches
to children whose school work and
physical well-being will depend
largely on this timely help. Every
civic club, study club and service
unit in .the city will be asked to
present some number on the pro-
gram planned and every cent of
the proceeds will go toward the
lunch fund, the sponsors said. Var-
ious organizations have agreed to
assist in the sale of tickets for the
affair and the workers will urge
that all those interested contri-
bute as liberally as possible re-
gardless of whether they expect to
attend or not.
Thompson P.-T, A.
Founders Day
Program Feb. 16
Rites Held Sunday
At Vernon Home
For S. E. Honaker
The Thompson Ward Parent-
Teacher Association meeting sced-
uled for Thursday of this week
was postponed on account of the
date conflicting with the meeting
of the Wichita County Council of
P.-T. A., which is being held today
at Iowa Park. A number of mem-
bers of the local units will
A large number of people from
‘‘this city went to Vernon, Sunday,
to attend the funeral services of
S. E. Honaker, 54, former resident
of Electra and who was president
of the First State Bank of Electra
at the time of its closing here last
year. The rites were held at the
family home there and interment
was in East View cemetery. Rev.
Finis Crutchfield of Wichita Falls
assisted Rev. E. F. Lyon, pastor of
the First Baptist church at Vernon,
in conducting the services. Pall-
bearers were O. C. and W. D.
Baker of this city; Sam Baker and
his two sons of Burkburnett; Mil-
ford Baker of Midland; J. R. Brew-
er, Electra, ,and Bruce Gilles of the
Elliott community.
The deceased was bom in Collin
county but,.moved to Wichita coun-
ty with his parents, the late A. A.
Honaker and wife, in 1891 settling
in the Sunshine Hill neighborhood.
After his marriage to Miss Cora
Baker in 1907, they moved to the
farm two miles northeast of Elec-
tra, which later was developed as
one of the richest oil leases in the
field here. After the discovery of
oil on his farm, the family built
handsome residence at 821 North
Main street, and Mr. Honaker be-
came a director of- the bank here.
He continued his business connec-
tion here but later moved to Ver-
non. His death Friday at a Ver-
non hospital followed two weeks’
illness
Survivors include his widow, two
sons, Wayne and Mather Treece;
one daughter, Miss Morris John
Honaker; two brothers, Mart, of
Sunshine Hill, and Will Honaker
of Wichita Falls, and numerous
nieces and nephews. J, R. Brewer,
W.*D. and O. C. Baker are brothers-
in-law, and Mrs. Bruce Gillis is a
niece of the deceased.
Chamber of Commerce
Names Group to Confer
On Light Problems
Vernon Students
Are Featured at
Lions Meet Here
Rebekahs Visit
Burkburnett Lodge
A splendid program was presen-
ted at the noon luncheon meeting
of the Lions Club, Thursday, at
the Armilda hotel, featuring local
and Vernon artistic talent. G. R.
Davidson was responsible for the
entertainment features and he pre-
sented Mrs. J. L. Clayton in a read-
ing. He introduced Mrs. J. H. Mar-
riott of this city and she in turn
presented Mjss Gladys Boyd and
Mesdames Self and Samuels of
Vernon, Miss Boyd is a member of
the Boyd sisters staff and announ-
ces the opening of a dance studio
this week at 100 West Ida avenue.
She presented the following num-
bers: tap dance, Bobby Adrian and
Marvin Self; acrobatic waltz, Betty
Jean Long; syncopated rythm,
Wanda Samuels. Miss Boyd played
the piano accompaniment.
The meeting was opened with
songs by the assembly and invoca-
tion by Rev. Clark Russell. Visi-
tors other than the above named
were: Rev. Woolard, Buffalo, Ok-
ahoma, and W. A. Asbill, former
member of the club.
President E. E. Rogers presided
over the business session and re-
ports were heard from chairmen of
various standing and special com-
mittees. G. R. Davidson reported
plans about complete for the Lions-
Senior banquet to be held Thurs-
day evening. Feb. 23. Dr. R. R.
Ramey gave a report on a banquet
given by President Rogers, Tues-
day evening, honoring members of
the executive board. The club voted
to offer formal recognition to the
Business and Professional Women’s
jn iClub recently organized in the city
and to extend a welcome to the
The Electra Rebekah degree staff
. . , , . Pa?“ motored to Burkburnett, Monday
£‘P? V" rth° C°Un,ty m,ocilnfr, ,n . nischt, to visit the lodge there and
which the Iowa Park and Fowlkes! put 0n the ceremonial drill
""i** ai? J°mt hostesses. | fore the assembly. The team
V, „ .. Th® Thompson unit will present ■ olu(lod Mesdames W. E. Beck’, A.
named ,ts ,1,0"ndere Pro*ram- a" Elliott, T. E. Bryant, C. E. Pye,
■ - - '>0‘Lan' annual event, on Ihuiw- Myrtle Holder, Mary Mann, W. J. , _ „ , .
day afternoon, Feb. 16, Mrs. W. R. j Brown, E. E. Adkins, W. P. Lewis, !^ ar^ RusseU ar,d A. C. Rippy were
Skinner, president, announces. Mrs. ■ Hilgenfclt, Holt, Dick McDaniel, Joe nnn1^ as a committee to extend
O to Lambert will be in charge of j Humphries and Lee Ballard; Misses
the program and Mrs. J C Mur-. Myrtlc and Lovonia Cooper. Mra.
phee of Iowa Park will be the prailk Hollis took the place
principal speaker. The Elecitra Mu- j candidate for initiatory work
Two Arrested For
Stripping Autos
body as a club in the field of com-
munity service. W. L. Horn, Rev.
as a
greetings to the new club. Rev
Woolard made a brief address. Ray-
‘0~£' mond Bradley, C. T. Price and U.
jn|G. White were named as committee
sic Club sextette, composed of Mes- tho f]ool. work. others making theito arrange a stunt for the Parent-
dames J. G. B. Totten, M. C. Peck, trip were Mesdames Ernest Gaines Teacher benefit entertainment on
Feb, 24. Mr. Bradley gave a report
tf’ i\r* ®an(^e®r» A. S. Lockett, J. and Dona Whirlow; Messrs. Ernest
B Minton and Frank Fisher will Gaines Frank Hollis W F Peek
sing, “America the Beautiful.; i D^iT HilgenMt and A.’
One of the feature events of the ! g. Elliott,
occasion will be the lighting of the '
candles on the P.-T. A. Founders
birthday cake, a beautiful and im-
pressive ceremony. The officers
urge that every patron of the school ness session,
be present for the meeting.
The Burkburnett unit gave the
visitors a hearty welcome and re-
freshments were served during the
social hour which followed the busi-
on the municipal park improvement
program.
Johnnie Brown and Allen J. Bil-
brey were named to provide the
j program for the next luncheon
meeting.
An all-day chase over country
roads north of town, Friday, ful-
minated in # the arrest by Constable
10. E. Whisnand and Deputy J. B.
Hart, of two young men, one from
Iowa Park and the other from
Wichita Falls. Charges of strip-
ping an automobile were preferred
against the pair and minimum fines
were assessed in Justice W. H.
Coffman’s court. They were taken
to Wichita Falls Saturday morning
and will “lay out’’ their sentences
in the county jail, it was said.
An automobile owned by J. II.
Cooper, proprietor of a battery shop
on North Main street, was stolen
Friday night and was later found
outside the city where it had been
stripped.
6,000 Barrel Hike In Pla™ C°mp,1.et®
Crude Allowable Here
Effective Friday, the allowable on
crude oil for Wichita county under
proration was raised from 50,000 to
56,000 barrels in order, the Rail-
road commission announced, to take
up the slack on marginal wells con-
nections.
The Van oil pool was given an
increase in allowable of 10,950 bar-
rels. The new top for the field be-
ing 52,450.
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For Credit Men?s
Banquet Feb. 15
Legion To Work
For Meet Here
Nine Graduate From
E. H. S. at Mid-term
E. E. Rogers, principal of Electra
high school, announced this week
»hat nine students, five boys and
Officers Installed
. At K. of P. Meet
Rank of Page was conferred on
Qne candidate, J. B. Fairchild, at
the regular meeting of the Knights
four girls, completed the required 'of Pythias lodge, Monday evening.
'•f»rk in high school with the end | Officers, who will serve for the
f the first semester. The mid-term j next six months, were also installed
graduates will receive their diplomas with due ceremony. They were as
R the commencement exercises in'follows: I. M. Parmer, C. C.; J. W.
•lay, and will participate in school [Malone, V. C.; O. P. Howell, pre-
ct.vities of their class. They are late; F. R. McCraccken, M. of W.;
ri^.rge Ellis, Alton Hogle, Clarence !j. Ray Corder, M. of F.; Fred Mu-
Howard McDonald, Jamo; sic, M. of E.; R. E. Corley, K. of
Frances SnnderJin, OletiR and S.; W. E. Williamson, M. of
■< vers, Von die Vv'ith rman anJ,A.; J. C. Creager, inner guard; J.
W ! ..in'j. jM. Kent, outer guard.
R. D. Cunningham, post com-
mander, reported early this week
that it was decided at the quarterly
meeting of the 13th District Ameri-
can Legion Convention at Olney,
Sunday, to hold the October meet-
ing with the post showing the
greatest gain between now and tho
next session, which will be held at
Vernon during the latter part of
May. The Electra post will enter
a contest with the other thirteen
posts in the district for the honor
of entertaining the meet.
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Dr. C. W. Monroe, city health of-
ficer, reported Tuesday that there
was no cases of contagious diseases
under quarantine in the city at that
time. Two cases of diptheria w re
recently held under quarantine l»uf
L. G. McLaughlin, president, pre-
sided over the noon luncheon meet-
ing of the Retail Merchants Asso-
ciation held at the Armilda hotel,
Wednesday. A general discussion on
credits and collections was held and
plans were completed for the an-
nual banquet of the organization to
be held at the Armilda on Wednes-
day evening, Feb. 15. At this time,
it was announced, seven new direc-
tors will be elected. It was urged
that every member be present.
Attend Meet At
Olney Sunday
City Commissioner A. Fisher met
with the Board of Directors of the
Chamber of Commerce at their reg-
ular meeting February 7 and out-
lined his plan for having:J;he street
lights turned on again, Sfr. Fisher
asked that a committee from this
organization be appointed to work
with the City Commissioners on
this project. Later a committee,
composed of Wm. Austin as chair-
man, Hubert Stewart and H. A.
Dcpker, was asked to serve. Their
report is to be rendered at the next
Tuesday meeting.
Mr. Fisher also raised the sub-
ject of graveling 'Front Street and
it was the concensus of opinion of
those present that this should be
done. The matter was finally turn-
ed over to the Civic Bureau for
further investigation.
The efforts of the local Post of
the American Legion in providing
this community with a band were-
praised, and a motion was made
by R. E. Scheurer and seconded by
D. G. Gray that $25 be voted for the
organization out of the Chamber of
Commerce budget to assist them in
buying music and other supplies
that they might need.
Edward Schlaffke, chairman of
the Free Bridge Committee, report-
ed that the several petitions that
had been 16ft with citizens on the
Oklahoma side of the river were
to be collected within the next few
days, after which they will be pre-
sented to Mr. Creek, head of the
Farmer's Cooprative Union, who it
is understood, in turn is to present
them to Governor Murray for his
consideration.
j
Silver Placque
Presented by Club
To B. M. Dinsmore
Plan Revival At
Christian Church
Among the members of the Claude
C. McDonald post, American Le-
gion, attending the 13th District
Legion Convention held at Olney
Sunday were: R. D. Cunningham,
C. C. Hair, Millard Dovel, Hugh
Siewart and W. A. Potts. Mesdames
G. T. McGann and R. D. Cunning-
ham represented the Legion Auxil-
iary in Jts special conclave. The
next quarterly session of the dis-
trict organization will be held a*
Vernon but the Electra unit, will
make a strong bid to secure the
October meeting, it was announced.
A,beautiful sterling silver placque
on which was engraved the Rotary
wheel and the following inscription,
“Rotary International, B. M. Dins-
more, President Electra Rotary Club
1931-32,” was presented with suit-
able ceremony to Past President B.
Miller Dinsmore at the regular
noon luncheon of the organization,
Friday, at Armilda hotel. D. G.
Gray made the presentation speech
in behalf of the club. Mr. Dinsmore
expressed his thanks and apprecia-
tion for the gift and for the splen-
did eo-operation given him during
his tenure of office.
President C. II. McGann presided
over the meeting. Philip Broadwell
offered the invocation, and H. E.
Wilson was responsible for the pro-
gram. Visitors introduced were
George Backus of Vernon and L. B.
Beamcr of Wichita Falls. J G. B.
Totten led the assembly in a sing
song, and then followed the presen-
tation of the token of appreciation
for Mr. Dinsmore’s services.
The Rev. W. II. Woolard of Buf-
falo, Oklahoma, is expected to ar-
rive this week for preliminary work
in preparation for beginning a re-
vival meeting Sunday at the First
Christian church. The series of
evangelistic services will last a
week or ten days with Rev. Wool-
ard in charge. The church is with-
out a pastor at the present time.
Rev. J. O. Wilburn having resigned
some weeks ago.
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both victims have recovered
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hodges and
• 1 lug liter, Mary Ann, and Miss
1 lar res O.r spent the week-end in
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hal
Kuriies ar.cl family.
Will Teach Ways
Of Sub-irrigation
Miss Ethel Louise Webb, county
home demonstration agent, was in
Electra Wednesday and announced
tnat James Roseborough. horticul-
tural specialist from A. and M.
College extension department, wid
«c in Wichita county <Un February
17 to give demonstrations in that
line. Miss Webb said it was hoped
to arrange a demonstration on suh-
irrigation of gardens in the Barwise
nr County Line communities.
Work of graveling the walks and
drive-ways at the new municipal
park was begun Monday, City Com-
missioner A. .Fisher announced. The
park is rapidly a assuming an as-
pect of order after having under-
gone terracing, grading and other
*mprovements along with the set-
ting out of more than two hundred
trees and shrubs and a hedge from
cuttings.
G. J. Price, head of the charity
bureau commissary, is reported to
have suffered a relapse. He had
been ill for two weeks but was able
to be down town some last week.
iTe is said to be quite ill again this
v eck.
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