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THE ELECTRA NEWS
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Entered as second class mail matter, August
2, 1907, at the postoffice at Electra, Wichita
County, Texas, under Act of Congress of March
8. 1878.
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of - the 2 /forl%cketbargairi^ .the bunchvof, them, vp/ *«* * <, s
The teacher shortage in'Elec.tm high school'has hot been^xelieved .,;. .
Superintendent Bob Lindsey Jr., in talks before the local ‘ Parent-
Teacher. Association 'meetings tojd of'one class having already, had five
'teachers and now being without, J.. .* It is-a case of' hiring a temporary
teacher, then a substitute; next a substitute for the substitute only to, -find
that even the*" last substitute has quit because he or she can make more
money at most any other job 'spmething must be done . . it is a matter
that cannot' wait . . . the boys' and girls of today are our hope for the
future of America. ... ' * -
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MUSICGLUB *j
PROGRAM MONDAY
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Funeral services were held Tues-
day at Manhattan, Kansas, for
Judge Samuel Dexter Houston Jr.,
OUR NATIONAL
DEFENDERS
CMM lc John J. Gaither who is on
terminal leave after six ‘years serv-
juuge Samuel uexter Houston Jr., ice in the us N has h^n guest
who was fatally burned at tas.-hOme if h|s moth Mrs. D. S. Hodge and
here on November 8. Following h.s U ^ duri the week
death’it was announced that the at- 1 -_rt_-
torney who had lived in Electra -15
Texas may have lost the election in Washington
but has plenty to do at home.
years and practiced his profession
as a lawyer under the name of “Bill
Williams”N was living under an as-
sumed name. ,His brother, Judge ,L.
N. Houston of Okmulgee, Oklahoma
came to Electra to assume charge,
of the remains. The “Judge”, •jyho
was one of the most colorful char-
acters attracted here during the oil
boom, was a graduate of Harvard
and Ann Arbor Universities. His
father, Samuel D. Houston Sr.,, was
said to have been one of the fram-
ers of the Constitution of Kansas.
Cpl. and Mrs.' Franklin •'•'■Homme
arrived home, Friday from^San An-
tonio. Cpl'. Homme who5 has , been
in military service 13 months and
Was stationed at Fort Sam Hous-
ton, has received an honorable dis-
charge from the army.
Wharton< Avenue,• to members, pi
Electra' Music' Club, -- v ■
Mrs. Myers; Kfresldpjit,? P?^slded,
over the business, session which pre-
ceded a delightful •; program.
V.. Haltom ' reported that .,prac,tic
will 'begin * on ^Tuesdayevening,
‘November '5, for the annual Christ-
mas program.. Misses -Jean , a,
thews and- Dorothy Wilkerson-^and
Mrs. James Totten were, named‘.to
represent the Electra Music Club: on
the Fine iArts program to • be pre-
sented at Breckenridge ,on: i Friday,
November 8/ at the District Con-
vention to be held- there. Mrs. Tot-
ten will sing, Miss Wilkerson,^pian-
ist, and Miss Matthews violinist, ^will
play her accompaniment.
Mesdames C. T. \ Murphy, E. V.
Haltom and Bob Lindsey -Jr., were
named as nominating committee to
select a slate of officers for the en-
suing year. Mrs. J: F. Warren con-
ducted a musical quiz after which
she presented the following „ pro-
gram: . , .y M
- Piano-, selection,;/^“DanperJiiba,,,
-Miss Dorothy- Wi^ersiopM^al^solo,
anist; piapo, .“March Militalr^V Mrs.
H. D. Smitli;:vocal ensemble,; “,S\yeet
an.d Low”, Mesdames Wsxren, Dew-
ey Dovel, L; JP|, f^mcis, ^. iT|?Si^ph-
ens and Harofd''Marsh; planb select
tion /‘The Aiivil Chorus”, Mrs. E. P.
Rbdgers; piano solo, “The -Song of
the Cudgel” '' Miss Regildp- Keisker;
piano solo, »vVolga Boatman's Song
Mrs. Edith Falls. The program was
concluded with a singsong featuring
cowboy ballads.
Refreshments were served during
the social half hour.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Ray Letcher
are the proud parents of a son born
at the Electra Hospital' November 7.
The grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
John Letcher of this city -arid Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. West of Burktitirnett.
Mrs. West was in Electra to greet
her new grandson.
Messrs. Pete and W. Ay ‘Krohn
left this week for California/^ W. A.
Krohn will return within a’feW days
but his uncle expects ,to. spend some
time on the West Coast.
Norman Thompson, student in
Texas Technological College at Lub-
bock,/* visited his ^parents,- -.-Mr. and
MrsyfN//-H.-' Thompson,' Sunday.
We are not greatly worried over, the outcome of the general election, | Survivors include two sisters and a
nor can we say we are surprised. The people wanted a change and they
will get it if current forecasts come true. Not all of the evils of the
'Chaotic post-war era can be remedied by the Republicans but we are will-
ing to see them try to stem the strikes and get production under way. In
■fprf we hope they can handle John L. Lewis, a job in which the Democrats
admit failure.
It will be rather hard for Texas to take the back seat in Congress
after having had so many leaders including Speaker of the House Sam
Rayburn but we will no doubt be kept busy with our own affairs during
the next session of the legislature. Governor-elect Beauford Jester has
promised to see that Old Age Pensions are raised to $40 per month even
if the “ceiling must be lifted.” Right there we will have plenty of trouble
•between the radicals and the conservatives. The crying need of revised
statutes on the penitentiary parole system will be stressed. Veteran ben-
efits, the need of overhauling the tax system in order to raise more money
for schools and boosting pay of teachers will be the background of a flood
of bills to be brought before the legislature
It is important that we keep posted on national affairs but there will
be plenty of problems to be solved in the Lone Star state while waiting for
our time at bat again in Washington.
A lecture on courtesy.
The misbehavior of a group of boys and girls of high school age, Mon-
day, at the Armistice Day program at the Grand Theatre, should not go
unnoticed. We do not believe that the boys and girls who rose from ,their
seats and left the theatre in groups or singly, while Assistant District At-
torney Clyde Fillmore was speaking, meant to insult him. The occasion
was a solemn one and the program was one m which every person in the
audience should have felt a deep interest, yet a group of three girls noisily
left their seats during the opening paragraph of Mr. Fillmore’s address.
Three boys from another part of the house followed, then during the bal-
ance of the program both boys and girls created shameful confusion by
moving about and congregating in the lobby.
We will not imply that these young people are lacking in patriotism
-but the truth is evident that they lack the courtesy and training which are
the marks of good citizenship. If their parents were present they must
have felt embarrassed. Some of their teachers were present and openly ex-
pressed their indignation because of the reflection such behavior casts upon
the schools, The fault lies not in the school, the churches, or the commun-
ity but in the homes where training in proper respect for others and their
rights is neglected.
This is America where the youth of the land enjoys more advantages
than in any other country on earth. Freedom for these young people was
bought with a price of blood and sacrifice. The speaker who stood on the
stage Monday morning and brought an inspiring message was one of a
courageous band of young men who made history. . . . one of the survivors
.of Bataan and Corregidor who suffered more than three years of loneliness
jand torture in a Japanese prison camp. Countless thousands of his com-
rades shed their blood, paid the supreme sacrifice with their lives and the
Armistice Day service was designed to not only commemorate the victory
tof 1318 but to pay tribute to heroes of two'bloody wars.
Surely our young people understand and appreciate these things. This
week is National Education Week. We are heartily in favor of expand-
ing and extending the benefits of education in America. The best that
can be attained must be our goal, but if we fail to give our youth the basic
training in respect and honor at home or abroad we will have failed
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Wandering and Wondering.
By A. W- C.
October and November contests June as the month for weddings . . .
tbe social calendar for October was filled with weddings and November
finds us svyamped with stories of elaborate weddings as well as the more
uncomplicated, simple weddings in which the couple pledge their troth
without the trappings . . . one of the recent weddings in Electra followed
a four-day courtship . . . boy met girl . .it was a case of love-at-first-
sight and the ex-sailor was anchored on the fifth day . . . the newlyweds
axe Alvin Conway, a native of Electra and the former Aline Morrison of
Santa Clara, California ... she came to Electra to visit her uncle and aunt
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Swindell . . . but has now become a regular citizen of
Uns community. ... '
The E. R. Browns held a long conversation with their daughter, Jean-
ie, Sunday ... by short-wave . . . Jeanie being in Los Angeles, California
ip™? the Browns in their radio room at home in Electra . : . Mrs. Brown
carries a regular schedule of “visits” via radio, with her son Ernie D.
Brown in Louisiana. ...
Odd angles and co-incidences ... the Rev. Carl Bunch, new pastor of
file Nazarene church here reports that Deputy Sheriff Joe Green of Hugo,
Okla^ who figured prominently in the capture of jimmy Hixon, near Ant-
gers, Oklahoma, was a, member of his church at Hugo and he and Mrs. Bunch
have received a letter from Mr. Green’s daughter, also a member of the
Nazarene church at Hugo, telling of the thrilling incident and asking if
they saw her daddy’s picture in the paper . . . with the noted, self-confess-
ed bank robber who was the object of one of the nation’s most baffling
man-hunts.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baggett and
daughter, Beverly, of New York are
The death of Reese S. Allen removes from our midst one of the out- guests of Mr. Baggett’s mother, Mrs.
Landing leaders in the development of the resources of Texas ... an early Anna Baggett and his sister, Mrs. E.
ay land agent who believed in the potential wealth of the soil and was will- W. Gaines and family.
daughter. The latter, Mrs. John P.
Cook ,resides in Oklahoma City,
Judge Williams practiced law at
Kingfisher, Oklahoma, before com-
ing to Electra. His license to pract-
ice law in Texas was issued under
his real name, friends stated.
Wichita Falls Coyotes beat Elec-
tra 12 to 6, Wednesday afternoon
in the first of a series of Champion-
ship bouts for the eastern half of
the district. Electra, Wichita Falls
and Vernon are the finalists. Vern-
on will meet Wichita Falls at Spud-
der Park, Monday.
Pvt. Tommy Hill, company clerk
of the Headquarters Detachment of
the US Army Medical Battalion with
the Army of Occupation in Regens-
burg, Germany, writes his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. Warren Hill of the
Enterprise community, that he ahd
his co-workers are comfortably lo-
cated in a three-story building
which is modern. He gave an inter-
esting report on conditions there.
Their rooms are cleaned by DP, dis-
placed persons, some of whom are
Polish people who speak English. In
fact he says he finds many German
and French people who speak Eng-
lish. Cigarettes are scarce and he
was fortunate in getting his shoes
repaired for a package of cigarettes.
Four Electra citizens died within
a week: Mrs. C. H. Weaver, W. C.
Golsage, Mrs. Mary A, Hazelwood
and Judge Bill Williams. 1
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RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
SISTER DOROTHY TOS
Inasmuch as it has pleased All-
mighty God to take from our midst
our beloved sister, Dorothy Tos,
whereas the transition has caused a
void and vacant place in her home
where’ her bereaved Husband,
Daughter, Father, Mother, Brother
and Sisters . are mourning with
bleeding hearts the loss of their de-
voted wife, mother, daughter' and
sister. *1
Therefore, Be It Resolved, that in
the death of Sister Tos, we lose from
our order a most noble and upright
character, a true and sympathetic
friend, and whose departure we
deeply mourn.
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Mrs. E. H. White of this city un-1
derwent a major operation at Scott )
& White Sanatorium at Temple, !
Tuesday. Mr. White is at her bed- 1
side and reported to friends here i
that she is resting as well as can'
be expected.
Some months, ago 1 reported in
the Clarion how Me! Bate’s xincle
died up north, and left him with a
tidy fortune.
Naturally, our town Ttas curious
to see how Mel would spend it'
Traveling around the world .. .
getting a new house or car...
wearing fancy clothes ... or din-
ing on cold pheasant and cham-
pagne ...?
5Ve can now report, Mel hasn’t
changed a bit! Drop in on him any
night, and you’ll find him in his
shirt sleeves by the fire, chatting
with the Missus, sharing I mellow
glass of beer with friends.
From where I sit, Mel has
learned the art of handling money
—as well as handling people. You
don’t let cash-in-the'-bank push
you around any more than you
let people push you around. If you
like the simple, homey life; com-
panionship and quiet ways; a glass
of beer and friendly talk — that’s
worth a fortune, after all!
Copyright, 1946, United States Brewers Foundation
“Her life’s work is done,
Her suffering o’er;
Heavens morningg breaks
On the bright celestial shore.
Loving and kind in all her ways,
Upright and just to the end of
her days, /
Sincere and true in .her heart arid
mind,
Beautiful memories she has left
behind’.’
Be It Further Resolve.d, that the
heartfelt sympathy of , Norene
Temple No. 124 be extended to the
bereaved family in this, their,,hour
of grief and sorrow.
we
IN ORDER TO INTRODUCE ourselves to the buying public
are putting on our WELCOME SALE with the following introduct-
ory items beginning Friday, November 15: • :
LADIES’ SUITS BELOW
Values up to $24.50
Welcome Sale Price—
COST
9.95
Be It Further Resolved, that these
resolutions be spread on the min-
utes and a copy sent to the bereaved
family, and a copy be printed in the
local papers. .
Committee:
Cora Youree,
Hilda Music.
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' Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Day Receiv-
ed a long distance telephone -call’
from Chicago, announcing the birth
of a daughter, Julie Ann, to^M**. and
Mrs. T.; R. Skrqfizki in Chicago, on
the morning of Tuesday, Npvember
5, Mrs. Skrodzki will be remember-
ed as the former Miss Katie Rose
Day and Mr. Skrodzki was an AAF
lieutenant at Sheppard Field at the
time of their marriage. They have
another little daughter, Cindy Lou-
ise.
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1 RACK OF
LADIES’ AND MISSES DRESSES
in Silks, Corduroys and Wools
Values up to $19.75 — Welcome Sale P
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7.95
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1 Lot of Cotton House Dresses............. , • ^ qo
25 BAGS-Black, Red and 'Blue Leather to go at our Welcome
Sale Price............................-........ $1.00
I Table of Odds and Ends from our Baby Department at give away
prices, each price marked separately.
WILSON
107 W.
Cleveland
PHONE
1035
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The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1946, newspaper, November 14, 1946; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth893015/m1/4/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Electra Public Library.