The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1953 Page: 2 of 8
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ahr Albany !Xrui
I'uhli.shcd fvery Thurttdaj
JOHN H. McUAI'tiHfY, Owner mid I'nliii
Kntored in tho Pout Office ut Albany, 'I «• n^,
hs Second Class M: 11 Mattel
SUBSCRIPTK)iN' UATKS
One Year
Six Months '-AO
Foreign Kale on Application
lx>cal and Heading Notices, 10c |ior .single ■ i>]urnu
line per insertion.
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Between Friends \
THE TF.NTH I ANIIANt.l.l pmdu< lion, pre-
arnlod Thursday, Friday *"d Saturday, wa fn
ikuftiatlK ally received l>y town |ieo|>l<> and
thou.and* (roni oul-of-lown All t**ll thr writ-
•r that it wan the mo l beautiful and niotl fn
trrlainiiiR oil all the l andanijlui and r
heartily Rrw
It wa« a lul l work (or Hob Nail, author and
director, (i I' < rut< hlirld and Watt Matthews,
president and vhp president of the l andangle
Asftotialion, and more than 400 other town*
people. Thrv were well repaid by having a
good how, good crowd*, and very compliment-
ary newt ttoriet, and pertonal trihute
MKMO TO I HI. FANIiANC.U
(By Waller I! Hiiinphrey, fditor, I'm' Worth Pre i
To the PKOPI.K of Al.HANY, Icxa
I came lo your party TIiiii <I:i> 111111 and I want
to lell yoil that the fort <■ i iI I iii fandangle i our of
the line t how I've eon anywhere
The how ha cla It ha: a prole ional touch,
yet it is ju t as down to ••artI ami homey, a any
.•show in the world.
1 like your outiioi ■ t.i*.• • , t la t a . w i i n a ml I lit
firop llial blend o jieitectly n lo I ' - 11 1 i
your pioneei toi ■
The Kaiidauu'le mo vi will , a i.a , ind ■
les; precision, de pile the evoral liunilrod in 1 ho
east.
The wax von u-e your hi.i -lit •• I '
out: makes sta;re nlternationa and scene changing
smooth. St aire husine never gel* in the way ol
your performance. ,
I thought >out costume wore (fay, lis nay as thk
l ances. Ami the music wa.s wonderful, front the
oi i l! i r i a I MiiiRo to the eflcctive background organ
music.
Villi when the public aildre sy.tcm pit a little
husky, I've nevei ecu it corrected so quickly.
Although he never said a word, your old timer
wa uperb, and your contnientatols there on the
porch of the pioneer cottage were big-time.
I always did like the idea of watching a -how with
the moon peeking over my boulder. Vnd that sec
olid moon, the illuminated lace ol your courthouse
clock, wasn't bad, either!
IT SIIOM.I) ti'i without .saying that you lolk
owe a gn at debt to Hob Nail, for hi- prodm turn and
direction. You're mo.st .fortunate to have an old
pro like Hob around to write and run thing. .
I lie -aine goe fin Mice Ueyiioldx, .lame Hall,
flank Hooker, Reilly Nail and the it t ol the I an
dangle'- high command.
I've often doffed my hat to Hob Nail for tin- line
I'exa institution of yours for the effective way it
ha- pre-erved I he i oloi ami traditions and heritage
ii; v our Mi an n pioneers.
Hut today, I wanted to doff my hat to all of
you . . ,
To you who have put you I faith in tin perlortn
a nee, to the hundred- ol you who have worked ;•>
hard at it. . .
In the top-grade junior perforn an you an run
I nbut in .• to t lie fandangle t radii ion
III >HU who have put your money and vi ion and
ahililie into it. . . .
I 'art tc.ilai'ly do I doll my hat to t h pint i • 1 the
I ■ 111 d a 11. • I e, tin pi rit that make it hxe and bn at In
THE ALBANY NEWS
Mr. and Mr*. J N. Con, Jr., and
children of I'aducah, Ky , came in
last week to visit Mrs l.onnie
New comb and other relatives and
to attend the Fandangle.
Mr. Molli* AU*and r and .on,
freeman Alexander, ol San An
lonio were here Thursday and I*'
day to attend the Fandangle and
visit ,friends.
Allxiny, Fmnm,
Mr. and Mr«. Lilt P*rkina and
-on, Dale, of Plainview, arrived
Tue day of last week to visit Mrs.
,1 M. Shelton and other relatives.
They attended the Fandangle.
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Mi. and Mr«. Martin Anderinn
were guests Sunday afternoon of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Anderson and
sou, Ornell, and Mi Julia Con
gers of Cross Plain
Mr*. Herman Hartjr and cfcil-
dren, Sherry, Carolyn and Johnny,
I of Snyder arrived Friday to see
Ithe parade and Fandangle and to
'spend the week-end with her moth-
ler, Mr*. AI lee Cauble.
Mr. and Mm. Martin Andarten
were dinner guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. Flitter Anderson at the
Bright well ranch near Muind.
u
H nd lb
their i
Mathii wfl
llu ■ innI tliiii).' ol
the pint that ha |n
grateful and endurin
t l on ' 11 Hit I it i< III I lie
i on i itulatton , am
V nil I'e how peopli
ploneri pin I'm Iiai i% :■ io 11nl,
ei ril min t Inn ■ i. ind and
out ol thi past to build
\lhany of today
ill t III line -I l eva I i adit nu
I be IHlMl I <IW Nl K.
I HI Nl WS .Itll X SUIl St KIP I ION .am
paign utarteil in earneat tin* week, and the
New . urgek readera to vend in renewal# thi*
month Scoren have alreadv ent in their $2.00
.1 ml we appret i ate it
Severna Park, Maryland
I , i nl i tnl i I■ • for ny iih i ription . . . We
an now Ijv iriv in out new home near the Srvern
Kivel I'mat ill 1, Ii hill ', Iltld rw ili.ll !.•• I \eellel.t
at tin- i i on It i really xvoinh i ill to • • !'
r .ei I in i on i pii'l ii r. w tn W ii y . t • .
oction of the < ountry.
\\ i vv i I, I lli \ l it i 1,, i 11! 11111 11 ii a I raill
I - drought 11 n'keii Icxa area May tin di.a
t, 11 , -it u.'it 'on Hon in a I lev iat ed.
Mi .1 II. (hot tii Hi < I ill ..id
I hanks I he nearly loin indie* ol rain we
received I ueadav helps a lot
J. U. Day, Jr., of Dallaa and
Jerry Day of Waco, were guest-
of their parents, Mr. and Mrs .1.
I . Day of l.ueders, last week and
attended the Fandangle.
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Mr and Mr . Firl Irwin of
freeport came in last week to vis
il relatives and attend the I'an
dangle. They went from here to
San Angelo to visit their son, Kudy
Irwin and family.
Mr. and Mri. Roy Matthewi had
a their Fandangle guests Sonny
Matthew of Haton Hou.ire, I a.,
M i W intoi Matthew and ilaugli
tei , Judy and June, ol lort
W m l h, ami her hou > u- t, M
Martha \\ right of I mt Walton,
I'la. They aw the friday and l~.it
urday night pel lot I am i Sonny
M att iiew vv I :- fir lid I III tin '
here vv it Ii hi grand pal i M
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W A. S«dwick « 1 I oil Worth
(Mit la \ wrrk I'M iv with hi
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Atd Mi i \\ Rreedit . Mi
Farri Wibb, Mi-. Kit I■
ami «'ii, llohhy, ol' S\\t rt^at« r,
and Mr. and Mi I.. T Hum ami
l>i I* rank hoylo, Fort \\ <>j t ii
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Mr and Mrt. Boh M*thi* re
I urnoil I i i«iav lurlil ' i
'A' dtjmi'' trip to Iiiji<!o o, \. M
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CARD Ol I HANKS
lo all of our ft irtni and i< 'h
hoi toi the many brant il flow
ei and every act <v kii dm , ■.
thank you i nee rely.
Wr drrply appl'i tr y.
tllO edit ful I'VpIr H.n 111 pat I .
which xvas the great' t eo lort to
Mrs. Art Kewcomb
and f I
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TEXAS
F. X. Aubrey rode Mill n lr
fivan Sanla Fe, N. M , to hide
|>endence, Mo, hi six day to win a
het, in the lKXO's. He vva a
French-Canadian who drifted down
to Mis ouri like many of hi- race,
to lake part in the fur trade lie
lived for a time in St l.om and
then went to Independence, the
litting-out place for the Santa Fe
trail.
In I NX t he look a trainioaii of
Kood. to ,S,-|ii(a fr. The rountry
Was booiniii>f. \ubrry -old his
f^ood .I'm 100 pel rut pmfit He
decided to hurry hack and liiuifT
another vv.ijroii train through that
aanie suninier, and announced he
would make tin ride which in-
quired thirty days foi tin , ,Iai y
mail -in ei^ht day Het ran
liivth, and he . !aitnl out.
That vva-, am onli' to tIn • •• •
orn standard , a real rid. I lit
hundred mill 11,rote h lb ri ,
«" r mountain a i ulaii . In
hostile I ndiai V ,In , v'. hnr . ■
,','avr eat at tin \rkai. a He
pushed on I ' Iee e : r: ■; v i
to Mann fort, . ot a new n u p.t
and I ont inued. Ilidiai I ,r ueii
him m ar Paw nn Ko ... . :
• dlldeil 11 i 111 a lid i i h|i tii
Independence i iirlit day and ten
hours after he hopfan the trip.
•^ountiiiR' otT the time he had t"
walk ami vva detained by Indian .
his actual travrlim; time Wii a III
'tie more than even day
The feat i'll at ed 11II il •' a hu//
ev r n in a country more 111 le a
, ustomed to I lie incredible, . o
ii .. Ii t! at Aubfry decided In ''< 1
11 l In in a ol'ii Ih't 11 I'll i Ir.' I o Sa i ta
fe with hi. rcond Irain of iMiod ,
In announced lie would make tin
mil to Independence in i\ day
That vv a too 111 n h Tile . port
il!R blood in Santa l e vva- arou
ed. Het- were made up into tl i
I lion and - of dollar- I hi - I inn ,
\ulni y made careful pn palatini
Hi rut ii rii forward with n lay
ol I rr h h«.i at l rati :■ pn. i.:
On the niorninjj of Sept. 12, lu-
left Santa Fe at a -.win.'intr :'a
lop. riiere vva no toppim. to
eat or leep. lie touched ','rni.i I
only vv hen he clian red hnr i i'
lonp; interval., carrying hi food
and drink and i at in .• in the addle
Hy tlir Mvond day, he had to t .<
himself ill the addle o h. cou'd
din e nn a ionally
\ lie appl nached llldepei • ■ i .
tllerr vva la) clleeill..r i'ln'.vdn I'l
pro! him, but thr Nolalld hou < .
a!n , a led tin? Mei chant hotel,
Wa open Iati Men li.-ani i. 1 a
an,I rushed mil to I i ft h n. i I i
• addl. I la add!• vv.. . ,i i
Mi aihI Mi v .lakry I onilei and
thildrrn oi tiold nitli were yU' t
la t week ol hi moth, r, Mr .),
11 l.oadei, md attended I' . I an
dandle
Mr Anil Mm tiny Mobeilry of
I'lainview were here I i nlay to vi
it relativ • and attend 11" I n
ilatii'h I hey hroi rht a . roi:)i o.r
friends from I'lainview to re the
show.
AI m a R law ol Abilrnr visit
ed hl'l ' . t 11 r I Ml .1 \ I aw,
during thr week end, and had a-
dilir.ei a • I 1 alidallf le • ' .'at
urday evn n: Mi ai i Mr .lr
M S1 i11e ., i• t ami Mr and Mrs.
Ihvinht lord i• I \ 11 em
Mi vnd Mrs Mi lion iii-own,
l om and Hotline, of Hou ton • ante
in I Inn day to v i. it h pat
Mr and Mi W I I ' . i
to attend the 1 md. i II
left Sat urday I'm- a v a it on ! rip
to Colorado.
\\. nd.v .lean Isenliowri it \ -v
le\ Mil pi Id I-' We.
, ■ an • ' Mr ., Ml W
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The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1953, newspaper, July 2, 1953; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth401645/m1/2/?rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.