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'"the Oldest Journalistic Venture West of the Ifr&zdd"
Volume Number Sixty
Albany, Texas, Thursday, March 30,1944
Number fti
r IN ENGLAND
Pvt. Clifford V. Tubbs has ar-
rived safely in England, according
to word received by Mrs. Tubbs
today.
Service for
Sgt. Eugene Gilligan
ClttlNC ALBANY NEWS
Staff Sjft. Diamond H. Ander-
son, gunner of a bomber in Sar-
dinia, writes his mother that he is
getting the Albany News regularly.
He is back on the job now after
16 days illness in a hospital.
Pfc. Johnnie Waters returned to
Yuma, Ari* , Friday after pend-
ing her furlough here with rela-
tives. He war accompanied by
Mt . Sam Brewster, who went on
to Pleasant, Calif., to visit her
•jusband.
FROM GREAT LAKES
Henry Charles Lipstraw, appren-
, tice seaman, arrived from Great
Lakes, 111., Monday, to spend his
10-day leave with his parents and
brother, Fred Lipstraw, here from
the Naval Air Base at Norman,
Okla. Also here is Mrs. Henry
Charles Lipstraw of Dallas. The>
are guests of their parents, Mr.
4 and Mrs. H. C. Lipstraw.
FROM nOSTON
Ensign and Mrs. .loin Mussel-
man and son, John, Jr., arrived
Saturday from Boston where Fns.
Musselman finished the Naval Sup-
ply school at Harvard University.
They left Wednesday for Great
Lakes where Ensign Musselman
has been stationed.
GOES TO OCS
Cpl. Bob Green, son of Mr. and
Mrs W. H. Green. has been
transferred to Fort Knox, Ky., to
attend officer's candidate school.
► He has been stationed at A. ft M.
College.
IN ENGLAND
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ka*Ur,
Sr., are in receipt of a letter from
their son, Staff Sergeant Clarence
Easter, Jr., reporting he has safely
> arrived in England. Clarence is
with a Medical Aviation Evacua-
tion Transport squadron.
IN SOUTH PACIFIC
Word has been received that
Gene Minis, seaman first class, is
in New Caledonia.
1 T. J. LEDBETTER HERE
Pvt. Thomas J. Ledbetter of
Camp Berkeley spent the week-
end here with his family.
AT CAMP BARKELF.Y
Pvt. and Mrs. Wat ren Willing-
ham of Abilene spent Sunday in
, Albany with friends. Pvt. Wil-
lingham recently completed the
Adjutant General's school at Fort
Washington, Ya , and has been as-
signed temporarily at Camp Barke
ley. He received hi- ha-ir trainir.'.'
at Foil Custer.
ARRIVES OVERSEAS
' Malcolm Luther Wallace, fire
man first class, has arrived at h -
overseas destination according to
a letter received here by his wife.
His address is APO, San Francisco
He entered the Navy in Novem-
ber.
SERVING UNDER
GENERAL ROBERT WILLIAMS
Mr. and Mrs. ,Ie--e L. English m'
Fort Worth report their -on, I t.
John D. English, navigator on a
Flying Fortress in England, i: un
der the command of Hrig. Gen
Robert I!. Williams, also of \l
bany.
Lieutenant English ha been in
England since December
PHARMACIST S MATF 2 c
CHARLESTON, S. C. Pharma
cist's Mate Third Cla- Richard
Dorteh, of Stratford, Texa-, who
serving in the I'. S Navy in the
Receiving Station Dispell iry a;
the Charleston Navy Yard, wa
recently promoted to pharmacist'
mate second cla«s in the petty of
ticer grade.
Dorteh, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. C. Dorteh, < (' Stratford, attend-
ed the Stratford high school and,
Texa Tech. I 'rior to hi.- en!';.-t
ment in the Nuvy in September,
1042, he wa employed a a 11r• i.:
tore clerk in Stratford.
Pharmacist's Mate Dorteh i
married to the former Erne title
Thompson who now re :de- at "0
George St., Charle ton, S. C Sin i
formerly re-ided in Albany
(Continued on page Hi
Melissa Kins to
Do Red Cross
Work in Europe
Melissa King, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Carter King, Sr., wa-
in St. Louis during the week end
where she was accepted by the
American Red Cro.-s for overseas
duties with that organization, iler
duties will be recreational direc-
tor, helping entertain men return-
ing from the fronts as they come
back of tile lines for rest. She
will work in the Red Cro.-s clubs
Miss Kin? will leave next Wed-
nesday for the Red Cro-- school
;:t Washington, D. C., where she
will train two weeks. After that
period of training, she will be sub-
ject to orders for overseas.
Miss King is a graduate of the
Albany high school and received
her degree from Baylor University
at Waco. She taught four years
in the Albany schools, and for the
past several months ha been em
ployed by Carman & Co. n San
Antonio.
After spending the first of tin-
week here witft her parents, Mis-
King returned Tuesday to San An
tonio, where -he will spend a few-
day before v'oint to Washington.
Lloyd Lietz Going
to South America
Lloyd J. Lietz, driller for Koe-er
ft Pendleton for many year-, left
today for Bahia, San Salvador,
where he will be employed as drill
er for the Drilling ft Exploration
Company.
Mr. Lietz's wife is a corporal in
the WACs, stationed at Brook-
Field, near San Antonio, and their
two sons, Dickie anil Lloyd, Jr.,
are in the Army. Dickie i in of
ficer's candidate school at Fort
Belvoir, Yn., and Lloyd, Jr., is a
corporal in Louisiana.
Mr I. ietz ordered the Albany
News to follow him to South
America and promised to let the
News hear from him when 1c
located.
COUNTY CAMP
AND HOSPITAL
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UNIT FORMED
Representative- from the
OUs clubs and societies of the <*it\
met Monday afternoon at I "0 i
the home of Mr- Joe I'. Matt ev
to form a Shackelford count;, ;
of the Camp and Hospital ('mini '
Mr Matthew.- ha- bee* coirity
chairman for the Council for more
thail a year, and the den and h < ■
become so great that -he ha > all
eii on the vaiiou- organr/.at oi to
assist her in soliciting article
needed at the hospital at Camp
Ilarkeley, Avenger Field and the
Abilene Air Base
The ladies divided the city nto
sections, and will solicit article
needed from the resident of their
respective sections.
Attending the meeting were
Mr- Nelson Palm, Mr- .1 I Hart,
Mr.-. A. Y. .lone-, Mrs. (i. P.
Crutchfield, Mr- II |{. Stasney.
Mr D. C McCord, Mr J H
Nail, Mr Harry K ntr Mi Ollie
E Clarke, and Mi- Fronie C "In -
ell.
Mi ■ Matthew erved a tea plate
follow ing t he tin -irie period.
Furniture for day room-, oi
fund- to purcha.-e the furniture,
are badly needed, Mr Matthew
report The Army doe n't et a :de
money for fumi-hing tlie.-e room.-,
and it fall upon the r \ iliur 'o
provide place of recreation fo'
convalescent soldiers
Need now for ho-pital and day
rooms are mirror papei ba-ket-,
curtain material (unbleached d<>
mestic), magazine siib-eription-.
book (We.tern.-), new papei ub
-eription.-. puzzle.., game , curd .
card table , furniture, ehe-t ot
drawer-, coa! hanger . lamp- (lie
ide oi- table oi floort, '.id o, ie
ord and record holder-, a-h tray
and cigaretti tand . a piano foi
Avenger Field itid the ^ir l!a-e,
pot plants, cot . flow el -.'ed for
planting nospita! ground -, chair-, (
de<k , 'ounge., • itile-, etc.
TO BE HELD AT CHRISTIAN
CHURCH AT 3:00 P. M.
Albany people will gather at the
First Christian church in Albany
Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock
to pay their respects to Staff Ser-
gen'. Eugene Gilligan, Albany
man who wa- killed in England
March (ith when his B-2-1 crashed.
Rev. W. H. Shropshire, pastoi of
the First Christian church, and
Rev. .1. B. Thompson, pastor of the
Eiist Methodist church, will con-
duct the memorial service.
Members ol the Guy Tay'or Post
of the American Legion will meet
at the Legion hall and will go in
a body to the church.
Announcement of Sergeant <!il-
ligan's death wa- received by Mrs.
Gilligan March istli and the loss
of this splendid young man
mourned by the entire community.
It has been learned that three
of the members of the bomber in
which Sergeant Gilligan lost hi.-
life were saved. Three have been
reported killed.
Col. R. H. McCarty
Seriously 111
Word was received here this
morning that Col. R. H. McCarty.
who is a patient in a Waco hos
p.tal, had taken a turn for the
worse and is in a serious condition.
Mr Met arty, widely known editoi
of the Albany New for some 3;">
Years, ha been in the ho.-pital for
two year-. He is N7 year- of age.
MRS HARVEY HFRRON
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
I Mis. Harvey Herron was
brought home Friday from the
Hendrick Memorial hospital at
Abilene, where -he underwent a
major operation several week
ago.
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Mayor, Aldermen
to Be Elected
The cit> election will be liel'i
Tuesday, April \, at the City Hall
wit" J. U. Webb serving a> juHtfc
\ mayor to .-erve the uin-xpiiv.I
term ot .1 Carter K hit, •'i , rr
itfnod, will be elected to -erve one
year.
Two aldermen to -erve term.- of
two year> are to be elected. Tin
tern of I>? I' K (ioulii ind
Cei'il I! Pye expire thi year
\ I «o to be elected i> i c t \
t ren urrr, tax a • ■ or collct m ,
and city secretary.
\a'! i!t*d by Tluii -<la\ norn
inj? for place on the ballot aiv
K< ) ma \ oi \ Y .lone*
I • aldermen ( eortre M« I' .
' ■' I .1 u| Jdiin I h ake
I'M t re. i iiii W I 11 u r «c.s
I da\ mid-niirht deadline !'<
vrettm^ name on the ballot
Holdover council men i-« I'hea
I'an noil, Cha Fryar and .loin; II
McCtaujrhe\,
Funeral Momby
for Casey Kwkel
Funeral services were held from
the Matthews Memorial Presby-
j terian church at 1:00 Monday af-
ternoon for Casey William Kunkel,
I who died Friday at Mayo Hospital
at Rochester, Minnesota.
Rev. J. A. Owen, pastor, con-
ducted the service. A large crowd
of friends and relatives were pre
ent to pay their respects to thi-
very talented young man who
passed away in the prime of life.
Interment was made in the Al-
bany cemetery with J. L Castle-
berry, funeral director, in charge.
Casey William Kunkel, son of
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Kunkel of Fort
Griffin, was born at Fort Griffin
March 21, and was just 2i>
' years of age. He spent his boy-
| h. iod on the Kunkel ranch, and at-
tended the Fort Griffin school.
He went to Abilene with his par-
ents where he attended hicrh school,
graduating from that school.
He received his bachelor of busi-
! ne.-« administration degree at Tex-
as Technological College at Lub-
bock in ll'lfl, and his master's de
glee from the Cniversity of Chica-
go in 1!*3N. Follow ing his gradua-
tion he w.a- employed as public ac-
' countant in Chicago.
Following hi. business experi-
ence he taught at the Citadel, the
Military College of South Caro-
lina, at Charleston, for a year,
followed by two years as instruc-
tor at Simpson College at Indian-
ola, Iowa.
For the past two years Mr
Kunkel has been employed in the
accounting department of the
Army Aii Force- at Kvansville,
Indiana.
lleeoming ill several weeks ago,
Mr Casey wa.- taken to the Mayo
Hospital in Rochester, Minn., for
treatment.
He wa married to Carolyn Alice
Hewitt June 17th, 1 They met
while both were students in the
Cniversity of Chicago.
In early boyhood he became a
Christian, affiliating with the
Presbyterian church.
Surviving are hi- wife and par
ent , Mr and Mr O. I Kunkel ;
and two sistei , Mr . I dell Crown
of llonham and Mr.- Henry Yai
brough of Dayton, Ohio All were
here foi the funeral.
Pallbearers were Earl Pickard,
Gene Pickard, .lame Overton,
Frank Strihling, Joe Overton, Dick
Shelton, Mike Fincher and Circd
Put nam.
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Infant Bmied at
Brownwoed
Hard Freeze Kills
Fruit, Vegetables
Sunday night's "norther" caus-
ed temperatures to drop to 21 de-
grees here Monday morning. Very
! little moisture accompanied the
I cold front that swept over most
I of West Texas.
Reports are coming in that prac-
i tically all fruit in this area has
V,-en killed by the hard freeze and
frost, and more than a0 percent of
ill vegetables #hat were growing
were killed.
The extreme cold is very unusu-
al for the latter part of March.
Wat Fund Total
Reaches $5,800
Despite the fact that Shackel-
ford county's Red Cross War Fund
(piota was reached two weeks ago,
more contributions continue to
come in, according to Will Hatch-
er, treasurer of the county Red
Scrap Collection to
Cross chapter. Total in the bank
PRObUCTION
ROOM PLANS
VACAtlON
Mrs. Joe R. Matthews, chairman
of the Red Cross Production room,
requests all ladies to come, to the
production next week on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, and finish
the quota of kit hags and house-
wives. Following the completion
| of this quota the production room
will close until more material is
received.
Women working at the Cook
Field Red Cross production room
March 22 were: Mmes. R. L. Haw-
kins, Harvey Smith, J. D. Arthur,
| S. O. Sparger, W. J. Stuteville,
and Rune Collins.
now is nearly $5,200, and Moran's
$7f>0 quota has been raised, ac-
cording to report, and there are
several other communities in the
I county to be heard from.
! For the past two weeks the
News has carried the names of con-
tributors. and below will be found
another list. As it Was impossible
to get all the names in the past
two issues, some have wondered
if their contributions had been
counted. More name.- will probab-
ly be carried next week:
R. W. Reynolds 2.00
j Olivia Latimer 2.00
Mrs. W. 1'. Bailey 1.50
j.J. P. Vickers 2.00
Ernest 1>. Jones 3.00
Othelia Thomasson .50
Mrs. W. J. Thomasson .50
H. E. Roberts 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. X. C. Vaughn 1.00
O. E. Stanley 1.00
Mr O. E. Stanley 1.00
Mrs. Edith Kelley 2.00
(Continued on page
SUNRISE I ASTER SERVICI
AT FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
The annual Sunrise Ea ter Sep
ice will be held at the Eir-t Chi
i tian church it 7 :"n o'clock on Ea
ter morning, with all the churche
of the city co-operating. Thi
beautiful unn e service ha been
held by the church for a numhei
of y eat -. ■■ nd the ptiblii -n '■ ted
to attend
./j.
H A H 'i SON
M i and M i \ ernon .lone ar<
the parent of a on, Tommy
l.ai ette, born Man h at
12:20 a. in. at tile home. The
baby •• e gheil S pound II fath
er i an apprentice i aiimn in tin
Navy, tat nned at ' amp Perry
Va.
To Drill Well
On Davis Ranch
Mr. and Mr R. .1 Moberley
wen called to I'rowiiwond Satut
day to attend the funfml of the i
infant irt and on, Brooke !'i m
Ivariy. .! . who died I'l da n i;'ht
tie I Ji adfni d Meirori: Ho
}>ita 1 at I 'alia , u here !he child h id
been under treatment five we, ..
fit a i horn .lanu.ai v IIlith it
Broun a ood.
I**ii lie; a I e j'\ ce wa aehj at 11!
I .ondoi Burt on I' u nera ■ Ho i • n
Brounwnod Sunda>' afternoon at
conducted by Ke\ l.eslic
I'none, pa-tor of the Fir t ^^etbo
di t church of Brownwood, i i t
ed by Be \. IVter-on, pa-'tor f t' the
Kir-t Bapti-t church.
Survivinir are the parents and a
I -tor. A lice 1 .ouise, A Mr
I- irly the former France Mob-
erle\ of Mbany
JAMES DAVID F.DCAK
Pvt. and Mi R W, Kdijar are
the parent of a -on, •laine Da\id.
bor u at :>0 a. m Monday, Mar 1
20, at the home. He weighed S
pound. Pvt. Kdfrar i- stationed at
("a mn CI a borne, La.
Father Dies
Jack Moore and \
pudded in todaj for
te •* m Section 9
Bob Davi rand
Creek area Thi
held up everal
bad weather.
o
Mr-. J flu fit* K:nn of !>aJla i
here vi-iitinff her father. H«
Herron, w)io i •• nro • 'ro'- i
♦•riou illne
W MacM'\
foot
Block 1" on t he
in the Bluff
spudder ' e t v. a
day be au < <if
Mr-. |: M Math - retun-d la t
Monday from White born, ! . \
where lie wa called on account
of the illne of her father, M. I
Ita^-dale, Sh, who died Mar. 1*
Funeral wa.- held Sunda\, Va a '
I !♦, in 1 >akwood < «• ne' '■
Wh't** bom
S«.rv Ivor are hi * ;• aimI f <
children ie Kelly ;traI Prat!
Ra^r-dale of Whitethorn; Mr (i
I). Anderson, and M; B. M
Mat thi-, Albany.
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Mi Sam Dnvlfl left Monday for
Portland, Ore, to join her hu
band, who i employed in 'he
' ard - •
School Election
Set for Saturday
'I hree trustee- for the Albany
Independent School di.-trict are to
be elected in the school election
Saturday, April, 1 >t, to be held in
the di-trict court room at the
court house.
\N (1. W'< hb, I N. Sander- and
(iuy Caldwell are the tru.-tee>
who.-e term- expire thi- year, and
; he-e men have agreed to let thei'
name- appear on the ballot for re-
election.
I in'd o\ <• i mernbei of the board
of t raj-tec - are Merrick Davis, A
M Bu I ewi Wheat and Arthur
\dam .
election will also be held for
county chool tru-tee and county
truMee at la rife at the same time.
In I't '.• net \o 1 Harry Ke\ will
b. a < andidat c for re e'e, t ion. and
P Crutchfield' name appear*
on the ballot for county tru-tee
at -la rife.
Ml ><hool- of the county will
hold election.*. Saturday. In Com
mon School Di-trict No. 11 K \\
^ ickei • i- a candidate for trustee,
and the name of Alton Whitake
and .1 \\ Mini- appear on the bal
lot of Common School Di-trict No
17.
Attention, Albany
Legionnaires
A memorial sendee . pon ored by
the Kir-* Christian church of Al-
bany, honoring the memory of
Kunrcne (Gene i (irunt (lillisran,
who wa recently killed In the
huropeati theatre of war, will be
held at the church Sunday. April
2, at '1:00 p m.
Member of (iuy Taylor I'ost
SO. ill. American I.ejfion, have
been invited, and a re-er\ation wil
be made foi them Kvery I.ejrion
nairi w o ea n attend tlii - -ervici
w ill be at the Legion hall at - :4.ri
p. n , frnni w iere we will jro in a
body to the church Veteran- ol
World War II ire e pecially urged
to be pre-ent Veteran, having
Legion cap or -hirt will plea-e
wear them.
Aitei the war i over, and '.In
la-ualtie have all been counted,
(iuy Taylor l'o-t w II bold a me
morial service befitting tin occa-
ion for til boy - who died, ot wer<
kil'ed ' .e'-vu-e during World War
II
WYATT V> LU'SCOMl!,
I. a on, O'.alrrrtn.
Men Accepted
for Amy, Navy
GROUP LEAVES FO*
RECEPTION CENTERS
Kight Shackelford county men
were sent to the induction center
at Lubbock Tuesday of last week
for physical examinations, and all
passed, four soing to the Navy and
four to the Army. These men are
on furlough for at least 21 days,
and can be called up for service at
any time after their 21 days arc
up. They are:
E. C. Collin-worth, Navy.
I- Frank King, Navy.
I R. C. Martin, Navy.
Ray McCollum, Navy.
i Ned Moore, Army.
I Aubie House, Army.
Morris Landon Ray, Army.
Sharkey Mclntire, Army (trans-
ferred here for induction).
Go to Army
.lolm P. Lynch and OrVille t).
Hale, who were examined several
weeks ago and have been awaiting
their calls, were sent to Fort Sill
reception center Monday to begin
their active service.
To Navy
Tue-day Horace I'ate, Morris
Smith and Grover Cleveland
Tlioina left for Lubbock, and will
probably be -ent from there by
the Navy to the Naval Training
Has" at San Diego. The<e men
were examined about the first of
March.
82 Cows Tested
for Bang's Disease
150 COWS TO BE TF.STF.D
DURING CAMPAIGN
Following announcement n hi t
week' News that Dr. Smith, Abi
lene veterinarian, would be in Al-
bany Monday to test cow foi
Hang'.- di ea-e, more than DO cow
were listed at the city hall by their
''owner- for examination, and since
'that the total ha- mounted to I r>0.
Dr. Smith arrived in Albany at
noon Monday, and in company
, a it>i County Agent W. C. Vines,
I tested K2 cow- He will return
I within the next few days to test
I the other animals.
Vine- reported that he received
return- oti the test- Wednesday,
and three cow- out of the X- test-
ed were reactors, and ft other were
"-ii piciou-." It happened that the
three reactor were rows of pri-
vate f.iniilie- and their milk is not
old. These cow- will be marketed.
The cow that showed trace- of
bang's disea-e will be tested again
oon.
People not only of Albany, but
of Hluff Creek, ibex and Cook
Field voluntarily came in to have
their row te ted. I!y having large
groups te-ted. Dr. Smith only
i barged "0c per head, to*al co-t,
Monday Of course, smaller num
ber will co-t more in proportion
County Agent Vine- a sisted in
thi- work at the request of the
city ouncil, who ha undertaken
to rid the community of undulan:
fever, If po- ible. Hi- sendees are
appreciated by the council.
«
Mr and Ur-. Jim Crow and Will
• "row of Sweetwater were gue-t-
of Mr. and Mr- I. F. Crow and
Mr- W. A. Crr>-> and other rehi-
?'•. e Sunday
the ttiint platoon ot
Provisional Collection
stationed here during
collect scrap iron and
finish its work this .
most of the platoon wltl
(o Throckmorton Satu
1st, to begin a collection
in Throckmorton county.
L.t. C. P. Simmons,
the platoon, stated t
men will remain In Al'
scrap iron, as alt scrap «
the south half of r Tim
county will be shifcj^ei
point.
The platoon has done a
thorough job of setting In
scrap and (jetting it to the
where it is being made into
and equipment. Lieutenant
mons reports that by the
this week his platoon wil1
shipped 375,000 pounds o'
from Albany, and expects
tal to rearh 750,000 poum
.•Saturday.
I Albany people have en
I having this platoon of 40 men
| and the citizenship of the *1
county has cooperated will
in this very essential work.
Makes Plant fot
Food ProducMoh
Mrs. Jessie H. Payne, E«
Igency War Food Assistant
' headquarters in Abilene, is sp^Hi
ing this week in Shackelford
ty meeting our people and
| ing a program of Victory
! ing and food preservation.
i will work the cities of Abilf
i Brownwood, and all of !
| county under the War
ministration set-up, an
be in Shackelford county
days each month.
She will give instruction in g*l£
dening, insect control, aM
preservation of food grown in ttie
home gardens, and will also give
instructions in preparing foods for
the frozen food locker that is to
installed in Albany.
Mrs. Payne met with the Albany
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday to
explain her work, and in the after-
noon met with a group of intereat-
ed women at the high school audi-
torium. Wednesday she was a
gue t of the Moran Luncheon club
and and met with the ladies of that
community in the afternoon. Dur-
ing the remainder of this week she
will visit the various communities
of the county to explain her work.
Mrs. Payne states it is the duty
of every family to plant and
grow a garden this year so that
the family will have thi* food
home, save transportation,
permit the building of a backlog
of foods from commercial growers
for the men on the fighting frMko
l and in the camps at home, as ir*B
1 as to have foods to ship to our
| A11 ie-. "The government," she
j.-aid, "thinks this program is Im-
port,an, enough that funds have
I been -et aside to provide the serv-
1 ice- of these Kmergency War Food
| assistants in the varijus counties."
Revival MnAfofl
in rroytH
The revival meeting at the Pirft
Raptist church opened Sunday and
w'ill continue through Sunday,
April (1. Services are held twice
daily , at 10 a. m. and 8 p. m.
Rev. L. L. Trott of Rotan ar-
rived Monday and preached at the
evening service and will do tfce
nreachlng for the revival. Rev. H.
M. Weldon, pastor, preached at the
Sunday morning and evening serv-
ices.
Three persons were received In
the church by baptism Sunday
evening, I. W. Sowell, Betty Dod-
on and Norwood Simmons.
Large crowds are attending the
revival and interest Is increasir g
daily.
John Mc| aughlin of Hard'rt-
Simmons Cniversity, is leading the
inging.
Mmes Jewel Pool Nixon, Ruth
Free land, A re rial N'appler, Bernice
Suther. Nina Green, Lorn Young,
Pearl Hurt. Anna Clayton, Mildred
Campbell, Fffice Jones and Miss
Belie Freeman were In BraAn-
ridge Thursday evening to attend
a friendship meeting of the Oftfer
of the F*«tem Star of that city.
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The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1944, newspaper, March 30, 1944; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402675/m1/1/: accessed April 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.