The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1932 Page: 1 of 6
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Published Thursday of
Each Week
24 Years of Service
Built Circulation
A Constructive Newspaper for a Constructive People *
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
ELECTRA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1932
Rodeo Events
Brings Big Crowds
1 On Trades Day
Wichita county grass improved the
stamina of the Brahma steers, the
aright sunshine put the pep in the
bucking broncs, and a combination
of refreshing showers and balmy
breezes added zest to the perform-
ers in the second monthly rodeo
staged here Friday and Saturday.
The affair was one of the best ever
put on in this section and drew a
fine attendance. The contests were
sufficiently tough bo provide plenty
of thrills and spills and the pro-
gram was so varied that there was
not a dull moment in the whole
meet. The performance Friday eve-
ning drew a record crowd and being
the first ever seen here by flood-
light, provided unusual pleasure.
Out-of-town visitors were here
from as far away as Billings, Mon-
tana and Phoenix, Arizona. Wilson,
Cache and other towns in Oklahoma
were represented in the arena, while
a major portion of the prize money
was divided among Fort Worth per-
formers, who were here not only in
numbers but in “efficiency in ac-
tion.” Dainty little Miss Ruth Fra-
ser; Fort Worth, was a now trick
rider introduced. Buff Brady, Pan-
ther City trick rider and roper, wa«
among the outstanding entertaniers,
hut the “Alfalfa Bill” mule and hi
Too Many Dogs,
Fido Must Be
Tagged, Orders
The annual drive against dogs,
big, little, vicious and just common
nuisances, will start June 6, accord-
ing to a proclamation issued Thurs-
day by Chief of Police James T.
Taylor. The city commission has
asked that all dogs in the city be
provided with annual license tags
and be vaccinated against rabies.
The license on male dogs is $2, and
on female, $3, and all owners
dogs are warned that dogs must be
vaccinated and license must be paid
or the dog will be judged a common
nuisance and will be “eliminated.”
Trophies For
Greenbelt Meet
Arrive Tuesday
The trophies which will be award-
ed in the Seventh Animal Tourna-
ment of the Greenbelt Golf Asso-
ciation arrived Tuesday and are on
display at Marchant’s store. Twenty-
five awards in all will be made, but
possibly a half dozen of these will
be sets of golf balls. The meet will
be held here on June 13 to 1G, in-
clusive.
The trophies are handsome an 1
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Community
INSTITUTIONS „
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Electrons Invited
To Old Time Dance
At Wichita Falls
Miss Ethel Glascow, publicity
chairman for the Business and Pro-
fessional Women’s club at Wichita
Falls, announces that the organiza-
tion will sponsor a benefit “Old
Time Square Dance” with an old
time fiddle hand at the Y. W. C. A.
hall at Wichita Falls on Friday
night, 9 a. m. May 20. The admission
fee will .be twenty-five cents per
person and everybody who is in-
terested in this form of entertain-
ment is cordially invited to attend.
Miss Glascow urges that friends of
members of the club residing in
Electra and vicinity attend the af-
fair.
Electra Chamber
To Have Envoy
At Chicago Meet
cost a total of more than 8200,
uuu me ^uuiict x>u. ...uiu aim «..> which wiH add impetus to the meet,
owner, John Lindsey, almost stole tin n , rtflA nffWn,.
Out of the twenty-two directors
of the Electra Chamber of Com-
merce, fourteen were present at the
regular meeting held at the Armilda
hotel, May 17. Several questions of
community interest were discussed.
The board went on record as ap-
proving a call meeting at Chicago
show. Lindsey and the mule regis-
ter from Byers. Delbert Lee Riddle,
8-year-old Odell lad, roped his calf
from his trusty Shetland “Nell.”
The local band engaged to provid**
music for the occasion proved short
volunteer fiddlers and banjo an
use-
Only one lovinR enp that offeredI i,iltion's throughout the United
m team play, is to be Riven, the j Stut inst. tietc.l to memorialize
trophy committee havniK wisely | €m s t0 rp(lue<! uWk. cmn.
1.1,/toAv, n^tf litlii/iH <i it/, I\a4 li non. > * *
tures. Electra is to be represented
i at this conference, however, the
.... , ... I expense of the delegate is to com*1
Winner first flight: 4-pieec silver.- .....
on melody or harmony hut the <1-i coffee set; runner-up, 4-piecc pewter! f. ,. ‘ i , | J ' lh:U
liciency was not noticed when some:j c„m,e set; winner consolation, fitted j \ ratify inn finaueial
1 ' camp set. 1 * * * ’ *
chosen articles which are both
ful and beautiful.
The list follows:
Grammar Grads
To Get Diplomas
Saturday Night
Helen Oliver, whose grades aver-
aged 95.38, will deliver the valedic-
tory address for the grammar school
grauating class, the members of
which will receive their certificates
Saturday night at the high school
auditorium. Helen Ruth Russell
wiJI be the salutatorian. Her grades
av waged 94.84.
The Rev. J. O. Wilburn, pastor of
the Christian church, will deliver
the principal address at the exer-
cises which will begin at 8 o’clock,
it was announced Wednesday. Tin*
program will include the valedictory
and ,-alutatory addresses; musical
mi minus by the Seventh Grade Har-
monica Hub; song numbers by the
Kidnaper of Four
Men Here Wanted
On Murder Charge
Pictures of Clyde Champion Bar-
row, 22 or 23, recently paroled from
the Texas penitentiary, have been
identified by Chief of Police J. T.
Taylor, J. C. Harris, A. F. McCor-
mick and W. N. Owens as the kid-
naper who drove Mr. McCormick’s
car in taking the three first named
for a ride on April 14 and in assist-
ing in abducting Mr. Owens. Mr.
Owens was able to further identify
the man by tattoo marks described
by the penitentiary identification
data which was sent Electra offi-
cers by Sheriff J. W, Freeland, Hill
county.
Barrow is charged with the bru-
tal murder of J. W. Bucher on the
night of April 30, in Hill county.
Bucher’s place was robbed of money,
guitar artists obliged the directors j Winnoi' second flight- mj-pieev j [;0l t 'va.s ma(lc }'y Edward Sehlaff- ] Seventh Grade Choral Club. Mis* j jewelry and a pistol. Barrow was
- 1 t:ommun*y'plau' «nd .«•* v°"v ‘.rr?L“an wm *iw th" zrZLJ'LJxSx
, , I mittee. It was shown that a verv
The parades both Friday and Sal- j solation, Universal vacuum watei ! duJ^f/Tho Chamber
urday proved of interest equal onl> , -et. .v0vo delinouent
to the performance itself. KmBht<; Winner third fliRht: 29-p.eee Tu-i w M- Allrt,*„. .-hairman ..f The
ef the nnec laches of leisure, co*-,c!m' silver service and chest; run-1 Mt,,ralltik. n.p0l.tc<l Jarf...
girls, would-be cowboys and genuine j ner-up, set held glasses; consoh*. , tt*i„
rocleo performers Rave the sight-j lion Avondale electric clock. | ^ ^ on Mav
-eers a real treat, homo of the l»- , Winner fourth flight electric pei-j,., Twcnly.f„ur priw
.1,1 lad.es who joined the pngea,,-• claim-; runner-up, lifetime pen and ! aw!>n|cd a|ul th ,v(.m 't„ cistmn-
vvere said to have shown real Bos- , ,,..^,1 set: consolation, steel shaft j ,.,.s in Klpelt..t ElwtrJ1
toman technique m their handling of ( o-olf club,
the reins. Prancing ponies, jingling
..f spurs and the holiday spirt €.r pitcher; runner-up, ntvmt ......
gave one a glimpse of big time stuf’ 'fie iron; consolation, fitted travelers j
like the Butte Round-Up and the '■ set. j
southwestern Exposition. i Medalist: Pewter cocktail set, 8-
Officials assisting L. E. Guthrie. ! piece set; team cup, 23 inch loving j
promoter and director, in handling | cup on ebony base. •
the rodeo, included Leo Moore, an-; Driving contest: winner, 8 go'll
i.nuncer; Bill Burnett, Iowa Park;; balls; runner-up, 4 golf balls.
Otis Riddle, Odell; Boss Smith, Iowa; One-lialf dozen golf ball** for;
Park; Red Lyons, Byers, and Bus- , runner-up of all consolation flights.
Brown, Houston, judges an 1 -- .
class history.
E. E. Rogers, principal of the
high school, announced that exami-
nations for all seventh grade pu-
pils will begin at 2 o’clock Thurs-
day and will be concluded I*’rida\
afternoon.
the crime committed in Hill county
-just 1G da>s after the wild flight
from here.
C. W. Scheurer was elected presi-
dent of the Electra Lions Club for
the coming year, at the regular noon
luncheon meeting of that organi-
zation Thursday at the Armilda
hotel. Mr. Scheurer and his staff
will be installed at the annual
Ladies Night entertainment antf
chicken barbecue which will be held
on Thursday night,! June 2, at the
home of the retiring president, Dr
R. R. Ramey. Other officers elect-
ed are: E. E. Rogers, first vice
president; I. D. Craig, second vice
president; L. G. McLaughlin, third
vice president; Sam Hill, secretary -
treasurer; A. I. Glassman, tail
twister; Clark Russell Lion tamer.
New- members elected to the board
of directors were George Jennings
and J. M. Hemby.
A. C. Hippy, vice president, pre-
sided over the meeting, which was
opened with singing of club songs.
T. E. Shaw offered the invocation.
A. I. Glassman and George Jennings
were responsible for the entertain
ment features and presented Misses
Jessie and Catherine McGee and
their sister, Mrs. Alma Sanders, in
stringed orchestra numbers and
popular songs, which w-ore rendered
during the luncheon.
Visitors present were W. R. Skin-
ner, president of the Chamber cf
Commerce; Lion J. D. Biffle of
Cleburne, and Mrs. J. P. Doherty.
Mr. Jennings, chairman of the
railroad crossing watchman commit
tee, announced that a watchman
will not be placed on duty at the
present time but that railroad of-
ficials have arranged to have trar
fie handled by members of the lo-
cal depot force and train crew *
I. 1) .Craig reported that the bcn»*
ii't pancake social sponsored by the
Knights of Pythias lodge has beer
postponed from May 20 to Frida/
Ralph Fultz, who was identified night, May 27. T. E. Shaw and I.
Visit Relatives Here
as the man who rode in the back
seat with Mr. McCormick in tlu
first kidnaping here, was sentenced
last week at Wichita Falls to ton
years in the peniteniary on charges
of robbery with firearms. He con
fessed his guilt and talked freely
Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Pan of Phila
WlnT;-senior division: silver St! S'^su' wi™! “^irX:- “Tint ^ ^ ^ ^ ~
v Ci 110 SJl 'hi* Movt ti-iiiW <!«»,• | j j> Parr, and family. 1 1 - *• —
Ode Hefner. Wichita
May Man Speaks
At County School
Meet Held Friday
Commencement Program
Is Announced; Dr. Bassett
Of Dallas To Be Speaker
Caps and gowns for the graduates j E. Tampke, II. Stanford; address,
”^ arrived last week anti the schools • Rev. Wallace Bassett, pastor Clifr
Me wart, fort worm, got a in.-civ y A large crowd was present Fri- have been beehives of activity dur-»Temple Baptist church, Dallas; bene-
f.,11 Saturday, but was not seriouslv | day night at County Line at a meet-. jnff the past ten days. Those ex-; diction, Rev. J. 0. Wilburn.
hurt. A boys’ goat roping coiite.-l j ing of principals, school trustees | empt from examination in all class- j -
Saturday brought out only five on- I anil school patrons of Wichita coun-• es were released by Wednesday 20 SENIORS EXEMPT
tnes. yTommy Rood. Vernon, took! ty. J E. Rogers, Fairview, president mor„ing. and finals will get under (Th(f fo,lowi„„ JJ , L,xt.m|)t
first prize by roping his chevron in. of the county principals and trus-, WBy today for those not exempt. • f th V * 1
: . seconds; Eligc Reed. Jr., h,s, tecis association presided over the Seventy-six students at the high: ,nK^ l^tin Bob Jackson I'av-
Klectra cousin, was ruuncrup, with meeting and TV. R. Chambijrs of school building were exempt in all RusSeli Charles Lane W B
. time record of 49 seconds. . May, Texas, was the prineipa subjects. Fifty-six being from the .,, , B.u.b! „ Hatfield^Fdiih An-
‘ ‘ * ,, pntrl>, won aM threl.1 speaker. Mr. May has had several ,lifrl, sevt.ntl,. freshman, sophomore! “ *■ B‘" £dlth
or? "I ! . • ' b, .. . rj(|ju„ i years experience as a school trustee > und j’unior classes .and twenty from ,l ',j , J?.'1 stl<lharn Fern C.
',."arK? S o „ Z,rt ™t-'«"d his work along constructive tb(, scnim. ,,ass. Approximately t0 * Ho1'1 Claypool, Catherine Roh-
"7 Neshit, firs*, Sam S‘c'^ ' s“. I lines has been given statewide pub-, eighty-seven seniors will receive di- Z"7".’ ''' /f‘ R/henne
od; Jtm Nesbit. thud axtwn c« . Hp k(J 0„ tb<? subject.' p|„mas. . Sheridan Ruth Tunnell, Rachel Vec-
ir.es registered ini call lopint,. , ..wbv w„ qhnllIH Moini-ain Ihe High P ti„. p a_______,.......» ,it. """• "llma Horn, Rose Mary Ma-1
Matthews, Fort Worth,
the correct names of his
chief companion in crime. Fultz
was arrested A pul 22 near Kauf-
man, and the man now identified as
G. McLaughlin were named as rep
resentatives from the dub to assist
the K. of P. committee in the pro-
ject.
The chicken barbecue had pre-
viously been announced for May 2G
but wras postponed to one week lat-
er on account of a Lions intercity
meeting which will be held on that
date at Vernon. It was announced
Julien C. Ilyers; Ross S. Sterling,
governor of Texas, and W. II. Mur-
i (.)•
i .mekenpers;
!• alls, clerk. 1
Mayor Adams of Burkburnett pro ■
tided a thrill for the Friday night (
i *‘vformance b.v riding one ol the.
t'Highest of Brahma steers. Sam
Fort Worth, got a heavy1
Barrow escaped at that time from ; raY» governor of Oklahoma, are ex-
a posse organized to apprehend the i pected to be among the distinguished
bandits on charges of automobile. guests at the Vernon meet, and »t
theft 1 was urged that a large number of
A reward of 8250 is offered fm j members from the Electra club ai
the arrest of Barrow and lus pal tend.
charged with the Hill county nine-1 I* Nvas announced that a benefit
der, and officers are warned to taxe j baseball game between Baptist and
no chances in effecting their arrest I Methodist Sunday school classes
as they are known as desperate j will be held at Oilers Park Monday
criminals I ^H'J’noon at G o’clock.
Barrow wove colored goggles an! The assembly voted to send a
kept his hat pulled down over his | telegram to Dr. R. R. Ramey, pres-
head during the trip made wPh ^ent of the club, who is attending
the annual meeting of the Texas
Dental Association at Dallas, ex-
tending greetings and expressing
Chief Taylor and the two taken with
him, but the trio believes there is
no doubt as to the identity. Mr.,
Owens having spent twelve hours regret over his absence.
with the pair of bandits and who j --
had already given officers a minute J
description of the tattoo marks on
Barrow, is equally positive that the
murderer is the man guilty of the
kidnaping cases here.
Twelve Pupils Score
100 Per Cent Perfect
In Clinic Last Week
1111 ^ ' licity
iru.s registered in calf ' "Why We Should Maintain the Hte'i The speech nrts department, di- „ .. „ . „ „ „ „ ,
7* s m Ok-: standard of Our Schools in This „.cted b . Mlss Eva llnmson wilt Mary Joo Maiheny. Martha
Lonnie Roonoj, Wilson, ok ------- , A ............... ..................... McNeely. Josepchene Peters.
■ni.ney; oonn.v ^; Critical Time." J. A. Hood, county present
.ha°n.ai)Ha? third. Buff W took j of sld,ools' ^ ”
us annual recital Thursday
night at the high school auditorium.
r Butner Billin",s. Mon-1 ^'’^‘fly and Valley View. Clara and 'php fvrammar school graduating ex Those from other classes who were
’ 0 f \ , jj jsjesbit Fort, Fair view students presented a pro- ercises will lie hold at the high exempt in all subjects were as fol:
’ ua, secont , ®nc ’ A ]v , gram which was directed by H
Orth. o7s ' Rid- j V. wniiams. superintendent of Clara
in on.
m, nouLsui., —Y , | schools.
Odell, second, and Led ral^>
Mrs. C. F. Birkhoad, president of
the Waggoner-First Ward Parent-
Teacher Association, announced the
results of the pre-school clinic held
at First Ward school last week. A
total of 20G children examined, 19
, being of pre-school age, and of thi^
of school activities toi , liumi)er there were 12 children found
Postpone Pancake
Social Because of
School Activities
'Kord, third, in goat roping, which i tt
-. w a field of jo contestants, (.aif i 1 nrasher JnLome
I.mg Mi the 177t'7st nooilev'' Burned Saturday
th 2G entries. Lonnie Rooney,
entrant, took first i
Wilson, Okla., Hefner, j Fire of undetermined origin de-
wi r _‘„,i Ruck ’ s troy od the residence on East Gar- Stanford and Harvey; “Holy Ghos'f Helen Bout well, Peggie Jo Cunning-
L chita Falls, second, and
Wichita Falls, third.
school auditorium Saturday night. lows:
The program fm the baccalau- Clovis Kclwards, Kinch Koerth,
route services Sunday is as follows: Ruth Wallace, Lucille Hodge, Nor-
proces.sional, Mrs. Stella Moad, Miss , man Banta, Rollo Davidson. John
Ruth Smith; invocation, Rev. J. O. Ragland. Louie Annie January, C.
Wilburn; vocal number. “God So W. Coffey, Jr.^v Jacqueline Dildy,
Loved the World,” Mrs. Coffey, Patsv Chaffee, Pearle Garner. Ber j May 20, but will he held one week
Misses Swofford, Ilobhs and Price, nice Hastings Ivadona Jones, Glen- i from that date, J. Ray Corder,
Mrs. Wilburn; Messrs. Delashaw, -la Baker, Wilma Smalley, Marv j chan man of the committee, announ-
ced.
The rush _______________ _____ _ .........
the week has caused the committc" j \y]^o scored 100 per cent. Defective
°n arrangements for the Pancake i was the loading ailment, throat
Social, planned by the Knights of troulde was second, and defective
i t •_ Y ^ ,1___ .. _________ 1.1* I . 7
Pythias lodge, to postpone the a-*" i hearing, third. Drs. Parmloy, Fish
fair to a later dare. The social ’
scheduled for Friday night,
was
Legion Auxiliary
To Sell Poppies
jrison avenue, early Saturday morn- with Light Divine,” Misses Wofford ham. Beatrice Woodall, Ila Rm,h
ling, belonging to C. C. Thrasher, j and Jarrell, Mrs. McLaughlin; scrip- Sims, Sarah Ruth Glenn, Elizabeth
•rig building contractor, who is now J ture reading, Rev. J. Wood Parker; Orr, Ruby Snow, Truccal Davis,
operating out of Tyler. The loss cn “My Task,” E. L. Ashford; choir: Eloise Williams, Leona McMurtrie,
1he house was set at §4,000 and on' baccalaureate sermon. Rev. Clark Helen Jo Scott, Helen Ruth Rus-
the furniture, which belonged to W. Russell; ‘‘The Plains of Peace,' sell. Kathcryn, Hilley, Cecil Math-
D’auvergne Barnard; benediction, ovs Edwards Schlaffke, Ashley
Rev. Parker: recessional. Mrs. Mon i, Mara hie, Helen Louise Graves. Cur
Miss Smith. tis Omaney, Ref fie Foster, Mary
( II. Bynum, at approximately S1250.
Plans were made Monday night} Insurance on the house was $3250,
the regular meeting of the Ladies | and on the furniture, 81000, C’hiei
villarx to the American Legion. of Police James T. Taylor reported.; Th- program for the commence- Sue Uieliardson, Jack Carter. Helen j Chancellor, and who was named
poppy sale on Saturday' Both the Thrasher and Bynum. ment service* Tuesday night, Mav Jane Dietz, Aurelia Oman. Ellouis** j member of the standing committee
*'■' u was decided families arc in East Texas, and L.! 24, is a< follows- prelude*. Mrs. Thornbrugh. W. D. Vestal, Arnold i on transportation, made a report ] nesday ot the death of Mark II<
George P. Williams, delegate from
the local unit to the state assembly
held at Abilene last week, made a
xeport on the convention at the reg-
ular meeting of the order, Monday
night. J. Ray Corder, past district
deputy, who attended the Abilene
meet as a member of the official
staff of Royal (». Phillip*. Giani
as
and Ramey conducted the examina-
tions and the parent-teacher organi-
zation expressed appreciation for
their splendid work, and they urge
that parents whose children wer<*
found to have defects or ailments
which may be corrected, have these
things attended to during vacation
season in order that the child mav
be ready for school next fall.
hold a
i»rc Memorial Da\
make wreaths to decorate
hi-; of war veterans Mrs. (
Aged Citizen of
Corsicana Dies
Relatives here received umd. Wed
the; II. Hunt, who had been staying ut j Moad, Miss Smith; invocation, Re\. . Klinkennan, Mary Ellen Whitley,
P. the house recently, was said to ( Parker; “Nightfall,” “Will o’ the! Faye Andrews, Beulah James. Mary
ire]king, president, presided over | have been out of town when ncigh-
meetmg and Mrs G. T. Mi Gann, hors discovered the whole interior
-l president, gave a splendid re- of the house ablaze. Members of
i on a district convention held the fire department fought valiant-
,*ntly at Quanah. ly to save adjacent buildings.
Wisp,” choral club; valedictory,
Odessa Stidham; overture, “Indian
Love Call,” high school orchestra;
salutatory. Russell Austin; “The
Rosary,” R. Delashaw, E. Delashavr,
Bashara, Alice Durham, Emcline
Schlaffke, Lavcrae Jones. Imogene
Goodman, Helene Oliver, Flora
Thomas, Jackie Thornbrugh, John
Russell Scheurer, Delbert Talley.
i.nd announced that Grand Chancel- ( don, aged SG, retired farm* r. pionc« i
lor John Lee Smith will attend i j resident of ( or*n*:ma Hi< «l**.irh
meeting of the Knights of Pythias! took place Wedm**da\ nmninic Sut
lodge at Wichita Falls on Tuesday j vivors include eleven children ar, 1
night, May 24. All members >f about seventy grandchildren, annum
the local unit were given a cordial
invitation to attend.
whom are Miss Turner L» a Hendon
and John Hendon of this city
NUMBER 37 ^
C. W. Scheurer
Heads Lions Club •
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