The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1947 Page: 1 of 8
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OH Volume No. Seventy-three, New Volume No. Sixty-three
Albany, Texas, Thursday, March 27, 1947
Number Twenty-ftiKtit
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THINGS HAPPEN
IN ALBANY
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WHO HASN'T ROPED A WOLF?
We not our eyes open last week.
We carried a story about W. B.
McNeely roping a lobo%wolf some
35 years ago, and to our plea-ant
surprise found that all the old . ■ •
and some of the young . ■ row-
hoys here have roped waive But
they weren't lobos . . . just the or
dinury breed of coyotes.
r. h. will iamp, our oonjriMiial
postmaster, told u unab.'^hcd that
in his life time he had roped three
wolves—all coyotes. One of the
wolves, which he brought to town,
caused his father's horse to kick
up a buggy back in the good old
days.
Chief of Police Ben G. Reynolds
informs us that he mastered a
coyote back a few years ago.
Joe B. Matthews tells us that
the old WOW outfit ran onto a
bunch of wolves one time, and
the cowboys took out after them
and roped practically every one of
the prairie canines.
T. J. Matthews, old time cow-
hand and trail driver, tells us to
"tell Mr. Mack that he don't know-
nothing about roping wolves." But
he didn't elucidate. We suspect
that Mr. Tom could tell us some
pretty good stories, himself.
There's the story of Uncle Thin
Reynolds roping a big bob cat back
when this veteran cowboy was a
young man. While out working
some cows, he ran across the cat,
got the rope over the cat's head
the first try, and the cat tried to
hide in some brush. Uncle 1'hin
started whipping him out with
the rope and the bob cat came out
and jumped on Mr. Reynold s
horse's head. The horse threw
Mr. Reynolds, and ran until the
cat dismounted. The scared horse
then came back and nuzzled up
against Uncle l'hin.
The boys back in camp said that
when the cat mounted the horse
Uncle l'hin was heard to say: "If
you're gettin' on heah, I'm gettin'
off."
Joe B. Matthews tells us that lie
once roped a bob cat. " I he cat
spit, turned his fur out, and jump-
ed as high as the bank door," he
said. These old rope artists knew
how to get the wolves and cats up
against a tree and kill them.
This roping story seems to he
getting out of hand.
MORF. LUMBER ARRIVES
Albany's lumber yards have
been receiving lumber by the car
load the past few weeks, and can
now furnish all materials to build
a house, or most any other kind
of building.
This scarcity is letting up in all
lines of merchandise, and it won't
be long until customers will be ex
periencing the oddity of merchant
and dealers trying to sell them
.something.
SERIES OF ELECTIONS WILL
BE HELD DURING APRIL
COUNTY OVER
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SUBSCRIBES RED
• •• • • * •
CROSS QUOTA
Shackelford county had raised
$01)7.27 in the current Bed Cros-
roll call up until thi- morning, and
it i.- expected that the aim will be
-welled when all parts of the coun-
ty are heard from.
Mrs. I). L. Rose is Itoll fall
chairman for the county, and or-
ganized the entire county for the
drive, and the $676 quota was
quickly raised and passed.
Most of this money remains in
the county for relief work, the re-
mainder going to the National Bed
Cross headquarters.
Pre-E&ster Services
Planned by Churches
The Presbyterian, Methodist,
Christian and Baptist churches are
to hold a series of union pre-Kns
ter services next week. The Min-
isterial Alliance, composed of the
four pastors, met this morning
to complete plans for the four
services.
The fir.-t service will he Mon-
day, at the First Christian church,
with Rev. J. B. Thompson bring-
ing the message.
Tuesday evening Rev. D. E.
Aden will preach at the Methodist
church.
Wednesday night the union serv-
ice will be at the Presbyterian
church, with Rev. H. M. Weldon
preaching.
No service will be held Thurs
day night because of a play to be
presented at the school auditor
ium. Final service will be Friday
evening at the Baptist church, with
Rev. .1. A. Owen delivering the
message.
All services are to begin at
7:30 p. m.
Local Pilots Make
Tour Sunday
Fourteen local pilots made an
jair tour Sunday to Seymour, then
to Stamford, completing the round
trip with a fast flight with a 21
mile tail wind from Stamford to
Albany.
The seven local ships arrived at
Mother of Mrs.
Lewis Wheat Dies
Mr. and Mr Lewi Wheat weiv
in 1 o\ ng la t week to attend t lie
funeral of Mr Wheat', mother,
Mi Mattie Pick,nson. A tun ot
the death of Mr . Dickin on, aj>
{waring in the Grahim Leader W-
low*-:
Mrs. Mattie Dickin on, s7, plon
,.,.r of Young county, pa • ed . a\
\Vedn< < 1.i\ night at 1(1:110 at the
home of her daughter, Mi 1 arl
Wheat, in I.o\ in" ..fie, iii illne
of «evcral weeks.
Funeral serv .ce were ie .1
Thursday afternoon, March 20, it
3:S0o'cinck from the loving liap-
1 t church. The pa tor, Rev Hot
bort Fau.-t. officiated. Burial was
in the l oving cemetery under the
direction of Morrison Funeral
Home. Ml Dickin on had a
member of the Rapti-t church for
7f> years. She wa; married to 1>
\\ Dickinson March x, 1K77, and
moved from Xl'kati a to I exa; ,n
1001 and to l.oving in l!'0s Her
husband preceded her in death in
1912.
Pallbearers were x grand on
Survivor are two 1 on-, D. D.
Dickinson, Abilene, and P. V
Dickin on, Phoenix. Ariz ; and
four daughters, Mr I innie .lack
son, Greggton, Mrs. \ \ Jai '
eon, Overton, Mr V arl Wheat,
Loving, and Mr. 1 e« Wheat,
Albany. Sixteen grandchildren
and lfi great grand hildreti a! -o
rturvive. Mrs. May McCaske;. of
Graham, a niece of Mr Dickin-
son, wa - also reared in her home.
Seymour about 11. vi.-ited Hob
Chism, operator of the air port
there and former instructor hero.
Mr. Chism took the group to town
for lunch.
\bout 1 '10 the Albany men
| were joined by five plane from
Seymour for the trip to Stamford ,
against a hard head wind.
The 1 2 ship group landed at the
plcndiit Stamford Arledge 1 <■ I• i,
I former \ niiy t ra ning field, wli eh
i.- now owned by t e city oi Man.
ford, file Me I . ( ifa> ha\ I t. ,e
field, with it big hangar and '"P
space, lea ed, and are operutinj' a
Mi. I flying chool.
After a lay there of an hour,
the group left for Albany, flying
11lie di stance in 1 <'i minute
Making the trip were \\ M
Wo111.i, k, .1 I Wr glit, Deryl Jeter,
■loe Dod on, Bob Holing. Frauci
I'aylor, Odu <!u tin, John l.emley,
Joe Bond, Derrell Randell, Ray
mond Taylor, David Arnold, Horn
er C. Clayton and John II Me
(iaughey.
Rain and wind prevented the
group vi it itig (llney, a- had been
planned.
\ number of plane from the
Stamford field had planned to
make the trip, but the weather
< au ed them fo cancel the trip.
l'.o Woniack, n imager of the lo
eal field, report t1 at the Stamford
Albany and Shackelford county
people are going to have several
opportunities to use their poll tax
ioeoipt in April.
City Election Tlifiday
F r,-t is to he the city election
next Tue day, April I. n tlie < 'ity
Hall, when a mayor and three
councilmen are to be elected.
All candidate, nili.-t have their
names filed w ith the city ecretary,
Roy Matthews, by Friday night.
The terms of Mayor A. V. Jones,
and Councilmen Rhea Pannell, C.
A. Fryar and John 11. McGaughey
expire this year.
School Election* April 5
Voters in the Albany Independ-
ent School District will vote for
three trustees Saturday of next
week, April 5, at the City Hall in
Albany. Terms of L. A. Sanders,
Guy Caldwell and Robert K. Nail,
Jr., expire this year. All names
for places on ticket must he filed
by Saturday night, March 20, w ith
the secretary, Lee Sanders. It is
understood that the retiring mem
hers of the hoard have agr to
permit their names to appear on
the ticket for re election.
Two other propositions will con-
front the voters of the -chool dis
trict on Saturday, April a. One
is a $2"),000 bond ' ue for the
purpose ot purchasing the home
and block of the late Mi*-. Ella
Webb, which will he converted into
apartments for teacher.- Thi is
sue will be practically self u-
taining, as rent from the apart
merits in the large house, and the
two smaller houses, will he applied
on the payment of bond. I'he
$2.r),000 i -sue i to he used for
purchase, remodeling into apart
nlents, and for maintenance of the
school buildings, which are in need
of new roofs, etc. By all means,
this bond issue should pa.-- by a
large vote.
A second proposition to con-
front voter- of the school district
on April ,i the s I. >o Tax Main
tenance. 1'he hoard is a king the
district to raise the rate from
1.00 to si i.o per $100 valuation,
and the board pledge.- to u-e only
such amount of the $ 1 ..">0 rate as is
necessary to maintain a school sys-
tem that will he a credit to Al
bany and the district. With the
need for more -alarie , for new-
school buses, and maintenance of
.-chool property, is is found that
$1.00 i.- not enough.
Road Bond Election April 26
The commissioner.-' court, in
.e ion Monday, called a roa'i
bond election to he held in tile 10
voting boxes ol the county Satur
day, April Thi- election i to
nullify the bridge bond election in
tin- uin of $150,000 voted Janu
1 1, and to vote th
i new order u
will not have to I
Of the c< 111 tit >
Former Moran
Girl Dies in Wreck
I dull Iteiini . 1 7 \ ear old senior
in the Brownwood high school,
daughter of Mr and Mr Byron
Yeager, former Moran residents,
was killed Friday at noon in a car-
truck accident in llrownwood.
Funeral services were held from
the First Christian church in Mo-
ran at .'1 o'clock Saturday after-
noon.
Interment was in the Moran
cemetery.
Miss Dennis, who was born
March 17, 1930, at Moran, attend-
ed the schools at Moran, and for
the past two years has lived in
Brownwood. She was a popular
student, and her tragic death was
a shock to her family and friends.
A great host of friend.- attended
Uie funeral.
She was a granddaughter of
Mrs. J S. Dennis of Moran.
Pallbearers were Judge I M.
('hi-ni, Dougla.- Ander.-on, Ra\ 1-il
liott, J W. Booth, V W Johnson,
1 ugene Snyder, David I'arri.-h, and
Mr. Johe, the latter of I'litnam,
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Senator Bullock
Is C-C Speaker
Senator Pat Mullock of Colora-
do City, Mate rnator from the
24th 1>i. trict, w;i> £uo>t praki'r
at tlio Chamber of Commerce
luncheon Saturday noon. The
senator had been invited to attend
the luncheon and afterward.- vi t
the Fort (Jr:ffin State Park.
Senator Mullock talked for 20
minute- about legislative matter ,
stressing the " Teacher Pay" bills,
now before the 1 *• tr 1 -!at ure Mr.
! U11 ock i one of the co authoi ot
the Taylor bill that would make
the minimum salary
$2,007. The Senate
cussed the race hor
(jue t ion, and red i t r
lie \\ ;i of the o|
districting bill will l e p.i
year.
Other '.!'iie -t.- for tin h
Maruie 1 v« l't ■ r and
Former Resident
Buried Here
Mrs. (7. T. Dunn, 08, a resident
of Albany for many years, died at
the home in Eula, Callahan coun-
ty, Tuesday of last week.
Services were held at the family
home at Fnla Thursday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, and the body was
then brought to Albany for burial
in the \ 1 ba 11> cemetery.
M i I >unn w a horn Kat hi \ n
Kerr, n Cedartown, (la., in 1*70.
Mai l ie,) in Georgia, they moved to
Mt. ('aim, Texa . and came to Al
hauy in 1007. After living here
for many year- Mr. and Mrs. Dunn
moved to Callahan county to live
about 25 years ago.
Survivors are her husband; five
daughters, Mrs. H. O. Bourland
and Mr-. Kwing Jones of Abilene,
Mr,- Riley Loving of Moran, Mrs.
Leroy Stone of Wichita Falls and
Mrs. Al Williams of Stamford;
three sons, ('. M. Dunn of Clyde,
G. T. Dunn, Jr., of Abilene, and
Norman Dunn of Phoenix, Arix.
Pallbearers were Judge Richard
Pyess, P. 11 Williams, Pert
Brooks, J. O. Gordon, Lee Sanders
and Oliver Palm.
Fine Interest Shown In
Baptist Revival
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EASTF.R CANTATA
REHEARSALS SUNDAY
The churches of Albany are to
pre ent an Easter cantata, "Fiver-
lasting Life" by Mis. R R. Fore-
man, at the First Ilaptist church
on the evening of Easter Sundaj,
which i- April (i.
Rev Sam Faris, educational di
rector of the First Baptist church,
will direct.
Rehearsal i.- to he Sunday after-
noon at 2:00 o'clock. I he time
wa moved up from .'i :00 because
of a conflicting program.
BABY
Mr
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DAUGHTER
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and Mrs. Yerlin Bowman
\lhan\ are parent of a daugh
r born at 1 :1a p. in. Tuesday,
March 2a, in I la i id hospital. The
baby, who ha been named Jean
LeYel'le, weighed a pound and !'
for teachei
r briefh di
bill, the tax
ting, -tat ng
that the re
pa -ed th;
She is
Mr. J. I
Mi and
the granddaughter
1 tow man of \ 1 han\
of
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Mi Vi. t.
if liaird.
MRS IRWIN III.
Mrs, J
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va.- repe
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and
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Iter
that thi
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bond
from
Jr.
Bob Nail report
Study club would i" • —
the removal of the oM |
on the i"ox pl.aei in ir I
to the City I'ark
Ralph1 Si udiei, w i
le Salter-
ioyd ( I I'd,
ie Uhanj
I'mds for
ket lletl • '
u-t Griffin
coming
Irwin i
Mi \
Detroit,
mother.
iuie I rw in, who ha - been
ii-iy ill the past week,
ei| better Wedtie. 'lay
it hel children W'ele here
-k. M i and Mr I i i I rw in
in from Ereeport, Stanley
here I roin K !gore, and
einia Irwin arrived ''rum
Mi.
in, to be witb her
Attend Funeral for
Lt. Clyde Hollit Pate
Lynn Pate. Mrs. Beth Looney,
Glover Cleveland, Howard Young
and Mr Aubrey Adam- of Stam-
ford went to Midland Wednesday
to attend the funeral of 1-t Lieut.
Clyde Holli.s l'ate, which was held
at the Eir.-t Methodist church
there with the pastor, Rev. How-
ard H. Hollow ell, officiating, as-
sisted by ('apt. Morris Fulkerson,
chaplain. He was given a Masonic
and military burial in the Fairview
cemetery at Midland. Following
the Masonic rites, a 21 gun salute
wa.s fired by enlisted men from
Randolph Field.
Pallbearers were officers who
had had overseas duty.
Floral offering included flowers
from many of the men all over the
United States that had served with
him overseas, and from the family
of his co pilot from New York,
who was killed when he was shot
down over Yugoslavia.
Lieutenant Pate died at 11 :.10
p. m. 'aturday, March 2'.!, at the
Brook- General hospital in San
Antonio from injuries received in
an airplane crash March 20.
Clyde Hollis Pate was horn
October 21, 1915 at l'ortales, N.
Mex., and was married to Freddie
Lou Barber June f>, 103S, at Mid-
la nd.
He was a member of the Meth-
odist church at Midland, a 32nd
degree Ma-oii and an Eastern
Star. He was an AAF pilot, in-
structing in l'T I .'is.
Pate entered the Army Air
I Force- May Is, 1P12, as a cadet
and received hi - wing- August 30, j
I'.i 13 in Stockton, Calif. He went
I oversea- May 17, 1011 and (lew
l II missions over the oil fields of
Yugoslav a. He wa. a prisoner of
war in Germany for 10 months
ainl one day. He was liberated
\pril 2'.'. 1i 1 ■ > and arrived in the
I 'nited State June 1, I '.'15.
i
He wa ale.- officer at Randolph
Field, but wa - on temporary duty
a- instructor at tile time of the
accident which caused hi.- death. |
Eir.-t Lieutenant Pate was I
awarded the \ i Medal, one cllls-|
ter, I uropean theatre with four I
tar, the \ a ton ribbon and |
ai I if! e11■-e ribbon.
ribbon.
Sur\ ivot are In-
tel , ,lo \nn.'i, and
The revival meeting,
Sunday at the First Baptilt chU
is gaining in interest as the
advances. The evangelist, Rw.
Howard Shoemake, of SemiiMf)^
Hill, Fort Worth, is bringing som*
spiritual messages, and results
include It additional membet^p
eight by letter and six by lMp
tism.
The revival is in cooperatiem
with the Simultaneous Revival*
being conducted in the 38 Baptift
churches of the Cisco Baptist As-
sociation.
Rev. Sam Faris, educational di*
rector of the church, is in chatf*
of the song services.
Rev. H. M. Weldon, pastor, re-
ports attendance at all service*
has been excellent. He is well
pleased with the attendance at th*
10 a. m. services, reporting ther*
were 79 present Wednesday morn-
ing. Night attendances have bee*
good, and the crowds are increas-
ing each night.
Report ifrom the Moran Baptiat
church is to the effect that *
very good meeting is being held
there, with the Rev. J. M. Martin
bringing the messages.
The revival will close Sunday
night. The church extends a wel-
come to everyone who will attend*
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pro po
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Infant Buried Here
Saturday Morning
Funeral service for Judy Eliza-
beth Ruff, infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Ruff, was held
Saturday moriUng at 10 o'clock at
the graveside in the Albany ceme-
tery. Rev. P. K. Aden, pastor of
the First Christian church COB*
ducted the service.
Judy Elizabeth was born at
II :40 Thursday, March 20, in the
Hendrick Memorial hospital and
lived eight hours.
She is survived by her parents,
and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Ruff of Albany and Mr. and
Mrs. Israel of Moran.
Atending the funeral from out-
of-town were Mrs. Ralph Israel
and children of Abilene; Mrs. N.
T. Palton of Littlefileld, and Mrs.
Willard Stephenson and little
daughter of Nugent.
Grand Jury Finds
No True Bills
Continuing the unexcelled law-
abiding record of Shackelford
county citizens, the grand jury of
the March term of the 42nd Dis-
trict court found no bills. The
grand jury, with District Judge
.1 R. Black presiding, was sworn
i. Monday morning, and by noon
had completed their work and ask-
ed to he dismissed.
Ihe L'l'.and jur> report follows:
"To the Honorable J. R. Black,
Judge of 1J rid Pi trict Court:
■ ■ . , the grand jurors for the
'•id Jud rial Pi trict Court of
... : *ord count y, Texas. March
tern , V. P. It'17. have been ill
uii and I mpleted our
.•oik and nave found i.o 1 rue bills,
.ml herein re pe. i fully a-k to he
d ' .-ed im' ' ather order- of
M.
ferred.
Pvt. B
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f urlough
Mr We:
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Weilin day,
lane to ioii
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the
Mr. and Mr Boh Pate a:
ents of twin boy born a
Friday, March 21, in H<
Memorial ho pital, Abilene
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ounces and Sam Rob ' po .
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The Pates have a da
Mary Gail, 12.
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11n• i I'tE .■ rand jury were
Moore, foreman; W. C.
n, eiretary, Mood\ Burnett,
M , ,!<)■• . I1 i I'aylor, Victor
i• y, K I Ei'tiner, R. L. Hities,
VI I K ee er, V It 11 u i Adams,
Wheat. C \V Bouldin.
Emory Morn wa door bailiff
an Lee Ponham riding bailiff.
Judge Black will hear a number
• i vil ca e during the term of
court, most of wheh are divorce
suit s.
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BARV SON
Mi and Mr-. B. B. Glass of
Ci me are announcing the arrival
ie a 11ah\ on, horn Er day, March
"I. He weighed s pounds.
HAS MAJOR SURGERY
The Friend hip i of thi
Christian church will have i
ah at the Ford Garage, be,'
at 10 Saturday morning,
plan to have for sale cakes,
and dres ed lu te1.
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■ Hendrick Memorial hos-
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