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Easter Seals 1971 •
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Albany N nu b
.SERVING Sll U KEU ORD
COUNTY SINCE 1879
Old Volume No. Ninety-five, New Volume No. Eighty-seven
Oldest Journalistic Venture West of the Brazos
Albany, Texas 76430, Thursday, April H, l'.wl
THINGS HAPPEN
IN ALBANY
MAUNDY TIIUIISI) \ Y
8E It VICE TONIGHT
The Presbyterian, Christian
and Methodist congregations will
hold a Mauntfy Thursday com
munion service at. First Chris-
tian Church at 7:30 tonight. Kev.
Richard Wood, minister of Mat-
thews Memorial Presbyterian
Church, will bo the speaker. Mrs.
I,oren Williams will be organist,
and special Easter music will
be presented.
Everyone is invited to attend
this service.
Resident of Rest
Home Dies
Miss Sally KITie Crudgington,
resident of Bluebonnet Lodge the
past two years, passed away in
the Shackelford County Mt'moi
ial Hospital at 12:30 Wednesday
afternoon. She entered the ho -
pital Monday.
FuneralWill be held at Mel-
ton's Chapel of Memories in
Breckenridge at 2:.'to Friday af
ternoon Kev. E It Holder of
Andrews will officiate.
Hnriul will be made in the
Breckenridge Cemetery.
Miss Crudington, a sister of
Johnny Crudgington of Albany,
was one of three sisters In Blue-
bonnet Lodge. A fourth. Miss
Ella Crudgington, also of Blue-
bonnet Lodge, died Feb 20
Miss Crudgington was born
Sept. 5th, 18»:4, in Stephens Coun-
ty, and hod lived then} all her
life except for the two years she
was in the local rest heme. She
taught school 39 years in rural
schools in Stephens County.
Miss Ci udgington was a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sisters,-
Miss Ella Crudgington and Mrs.
Mae Bridges of Breckenridge,
,u;d Mrs. Callie Bobbins of
EliasviUo; three brothers, Bob
end Bill Crudgington of Rreck-
euridge and Johnny Crudington
of Albany.
Fandangle News
The annual meeting for the
members of the Fort Griffin
Fandangle Association was held
at the Youth Center on April 6
at, 7:00. The meeting was called
to order by Watt Matthews,
president of the association and
of the board of directors. Bob
Green acted as temporary chair-
man for the meeting The 1070
financial statement was discuss-
ed and the 1071 budget was re-
viewed.
Jon Hex Jones, C. E. Jacobs
end Harold Law were re-elected
as directors for the Fort Griffin
Fandangle. Lorene McComas,
executive secretary, reported on
the membership drive. She re-
ported that we now have 159
regular members and 164 asso-
ciate numbers. She also point-
ed out that of these 323 mem-
bers only 110 were from Albany.
The Albany citizens are encour-
aged to join the Fandangle. We
need you! Regular membership
Li $29, and associate member-
ship is $10.
The annual membership picnic
will be at Reynolds Bend on Sat-
urday, April 24. James Ball,
chlector, stated that rehearsals
had started for the Reynolds
Bend Sampler. Rehearsals for
tlie Fandangle will begin at the
Fandangle site Friday night at
7.30 and he extends a personal
invitation to anyone who would
like to be in the show to come
to rehearsals.
Clifton Caldwell, on behalf of
the Fandangle Association, pre-
sent id a gift to Ixvene Mc-
Comas, a beautiful brass plant-
er.
Refreelimenta of coffee and
cookies were furnished by Elisa-
beth Green
The Fandangle cast will go to
GOOD TURNOUTS SATURDAY
!N SCHOOL, CITY EECTIONS
529 Votes Cast in
School Election
Interest in the Albany Inde-
pendent School District brought
out 529 votes in the trustee elec-
tion Saturday. The election was
held in the American Legion
Hall
Bob Waller was re-elected in
Place 7, and the other two trus-
tee positions are held by new
men However, Bill Hicks, who
was named to place ft, has serv-
ed on the board in the past
Votes received were as follow:
Place No. 5: Don Green 3-12,
Mart G. IIalbert, 182
Place No. (i: Bill Hicks, 316,
Bill Smalley, 213
Place No. 7 Bob Waller 310,
Russell Harris, 204
Holdover members of the
board of trustees are l.oren Wil-
liams, Clifton. Caldwell, Ben Car-
lile and Wayne Marrow.
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Attend Funeral
In Arlington
Mr and Mrs W () Weathers
went, to Arlington In alli ed the
funeral of Mrs Ltila Howard,
'vho passed away at the Masonic
Home for the Aged on Sunday
(light, March 2<l, about 9.3d?
Funeral was held Tuesday,
March 30. at It a, m. at the Ma-
sonic Home chapel with the Rev
Win I(. Kimbrougli, pastor of
Hemphill Presbyterian Church
of Fort Worth,- officiating. Hurial
was in Greenwood Cemetery,
Fort Worth.
Her husband, Lewis D How-
ard, pas;;ed away a number of
years ago
Mrs Howard was liorn Lula
Seola King Jan, 17, 1883, near
Stcphenville, older d;,u,'hfer of
Sterling King and the former
Mary Ellin Hollis, After the
death of 1mm- parents she livod
at Albany in the home of the late
Mr and Mrs. George Pate and
attended school here, graduating
in 180!), Ix-ing Hie lirst pupil to
graduate from the local school
at the age of Iti. She attended
I exas Womans College in Fort
Worth.
Slu« taught school for many
years in the Fort Worth Public
Schools ami later at the Masonic
Heme for Boys. Mrs. Howard
was a member of Hemphill
Presbyterian Church, past pres-
ident of the women's organiza-
tion of the church, and past
worthy matron of the Fort Worth
Chapter No. 681, Order of the
Eastern Star.
Survivors include nieces, Mrs,
Burt Scribner, Palestine; Mrs.
A Shanklin, San Antonio; Mrs.
Evan Hammor, Houston; a
nephew, Jerry H. Clark, San
Francisco, Calif. I^ocal relatives
include cousins, Mrs. G. H.
Cleveland, Lynn Pate and Mrs.
W. O. Weathers.
After three consecutive "A"
grades in English for their 7th-
grade son, the Minneapolis sub-
urban couple could stand it no
longer, a Minneapolis Tribune
columnist reports. So they went
to an open house, where the
mother confronted the teacher
"Look." she said "we're not
complaining, but our son can't
spell very well, has terrible pen
manship, doesn't express him-
self too well, and cant even
write a complete sentence "
"Oh, that don't matter none,"
explained the teacher
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YOU RKAIJ.Y OCGIIT TO BUY
A RAKER'S DOZEN!
Wichita Falls April JO. where
they will do a Sampler for the
Women's Forum.
If you are not a member of
the Fandangle you still have
time to Join By joining the as-
sociation you make the Fanrian
gle possible
New Officials for
City Named
Robert. Mayfield was elected
mayor of the City of Albany, and
J. L. Beaty and Richard Fox
were named councilmen in the
city election Saturday. There
v ere 455 votes cast, which was
a very good, turnout on a city
election.
Mayfield defeated Mayor El-
mer Tidwell, who was seeking
re-election Vote for mayor was
255 for Mayfield an/I 195 for Tid
well
111 (ho council race Ileaty was
re ejected with .135 votes ,'ind Fox
received 210 votes to win the
second place on the council Ed
Compton received 240 votes for
councilman
Holdover niemb rs of the coun-
cil are L E. Farmer, Jon Hex
Jones and J R Freudiger
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Literary Meet
/I eld Thursday
The Albany Schools hosted the
t'niversity Inte rscholastie I»ea
i ii:' literary meet for District
7 A Friday, with Baird earning
first place with 141 points. As-
p« rrnont was second with 87 and
Albany third with" 7."> Hr.'eoe
made 71, Wylie 5ft and Knox
City 32
Winners in I lie various events
are given below.
One act play (held Thursday
night): 1, Roseoe; 2 Albany; 3.
Wylie.
Debate: 1, Baird: Mark Mat
son, Marcel Morrison, £ Baird,
Jan Waller, Bill Deiunan
Informative Speaking: Boys, 1
Rodney Slone, Roscoe; 2. Brent
Rallsback, Knox City, 3 Mitchee
Kidd, Aspermont.
Infirm ."live Speaking: (iris 1
Peggy Calhoun, Aspermont, 2
Valaney Austin, Baird; Shirley
I lyer. Roscoe.
Number Sense: 1 David Moore
of Asjx'rmont; 2. Gary (.able,
Baird; 3. Randall Foil, Asper-
mont.
Persuasive Speaking Roys. 1.
Patoric Hoy, Aspermont: 2 Bud-
dy Petty, Roscoe, 3 Bobby Lew-
is, Knox City.
Persuasive Speaking Girls,
1 Vickie Williams, Albany. 2.
Alice Blocker, 3 Lynn Ward,
■ Aspermont.
Poetry Interpretation: Boys, 1.
Johnny Viertel, Albany, 2 Jay
Godfrey, Baird; 3. James Jones,
Roscoe.
Poetry Interpretation. Girls, 1.
Gaylo Woods, Wylie; 2, Sue Ann
Brown, Baird, 3, IMiyllis Haynes,
Boscoe.
IVose Reading Boys, 1. Jim
Snyder, Baird, 2. Micky Ger-
loff; Aspermont; 3 Ralph Hen-
drick, Roscoe.
Prose Reading: Girls, 1.
Deborah Dickers on, Aspermont;
2. Jan Meares, Roscoe; a. Jan
Fisher, Roscoe.
Ready Writing: 1. Nancy Law,
Albany; 2. Patti Jones, Albany,
2 Debi Decker, Wylie.
Science: 1. David Moore, As-
permont; 2. Randy Long, Wylie,
3. Mitchell Kidd, Aspermont.
Shorthand: 1. Linda Parker,
Baird, 2. Barbara Miller, Wylie;
3. Cathy Barton, Baird.
Slide Rule: L Gary Goble,
Baird; 2. Donna GilUt, Baird;
3. Bobby Waller. Albany.
Spelling: 1. Linda Parker,
Baird. 2 Dana Harper Wylie,
3 Mike Lunkford, Knox City.
Typing: 1. Mehnda Viertel. Al-
bany; 2. Roger Rallsback Knox
City, 3. Mary Campbell, Knox
City
Frosts Received
During Week
No moisture was received dur-
ing the week, but cold weather
returned, and frost was received
four mornings, according to
Weatherman J. D. Willed, Jr
The frosts were on Friday, Mon
day, Tuesday ard Wednesday
mornings, but very little dam
age, other than tomato plants
being nipped, was reported The
very dry weather left little mois-
ture-'; to turn to frost
Temperatures during the week
(high reading for afternoon be
lore) are given below
Friday: 57 and 29
Saturday 72 and 42.
Sunday: 69 and 42.
Monday: 68 and 33.
Tuesday: 63 and 35 1
Wednesday: 63 and 30 I
This morning: 73 and 50.
Humidity Wednesday was
ported only 7 percent
Frost
Frost
Frost
Frost
Veteran Tells
About Vietnam
ON SMI' HONOR RON,
DALLAS — James Robert
Green. Jr, of Albany was nam-
ed to Southern Methodist Uni-
versity's honor roll tor his aca-
demic achievement in the school
of Hum am ties and S> icnce
He was among I.*31 student*
v. ho received public recognition
at SMI"* annosl Honors Day
Convocation on March SL
Ivory Dearing, a retired Air
Force veteran of 22 years, was
• speaker at Friday's Chamber' of
Commerce luncheon Mr Dear
ing, who served a tour of duty
in Vietnam, described the pet>
pie and the terrain of that war
torn country, stating that Ann r
ican soldiers find it nearly ito.
possilbe to determine whether
natives are enemies or friends
This, he b lieves, is the c itsst ■ f
sonic of the so-called killing of
ciiili. ns He stated tie Vietnam
soldier takes bis family ali a., on
campaigns.
Dearing described Vietnam's
, ppearaneo frcm 30. •«) feet up,
statin ; that seldom t, th terrim
seen because of the high auin'oi-
ty, and bombers use radar t'i lo-
cale targets lie stated that IV-
52 bc.mbers are used for the high
altitude bombing, and only two
have been lost, and that was
caused by the two colliding in
I light
"The American soldiers are
intelligent, and are' the finest
men to be found anywhere,'' he
said. "The chapels are filled
for church services."
Announcement of the city and
school elections was made by
l.iston Todd, president, and he
also announced the annual busi-
ness meeting of the Fandangle
Association, which was held Ap-
ril fl.
Jon Rex Jones told of the ef-
forts of the Albany Theatre As-
sociation, a number of Albany
I eople organized as a non-profit
gi oup to open the Aztec Theatre
lie stated that probably two
shows each week will be pre-
sented. "The theatre," he said,
"will lie renovated, redecorated,
and probably new seats install-
ed. The theatre will lie operated
for children and adults, and we
ask the full support of Albany
people."
He reported that ticket books
will soon go on sale, and asked
that everyone who can, purchase
a coupon book to help "get the
theatre off the ground."
J- Carter King, Jr., told about
the recent redisricting meeting
in Abilene, stating the Abilene
area urged that the ranching
and oil areas be kept in one con-
gressional district, and not com-
bined with heavily populated ur-
ban areas.
Sam Webb urged local people
to send in their dues to Highway
180 Association, as the highway
means much to the Albany com-
munity,
The Chamber at Commerce
voted to send a telegram to
President Nixon, urging cemen-
cy for lieutenant Galley
Announcement was made that
Liston Todd. J. Carter King, Jr.,
and Ed Edgar attended the
Chamber of Commerce leader-
ship meeting in Abilene last
week.
Guests included Mrs Kennith
Spurgin Jimmy Godfrey and
Judge Griffin.
Mlii taeme Callaway, Har-
din Simmon* student, was the
week-end guest of Mrs Ebh
.Xiift'l/i i Tbit ty thiii
Mrs. W. H. Green
Buried Saturday
Mrs W II Green, native of
Stephens County, passed away
at 2 30 a, m Friday in the
Shackelford County Memorial
Hospital, where she: had been a
patient several weeks She was
86
Funeral services were held in
Matthews Memorial I'resbyten
an: Church at 10:00 Saturday
morning with the minisiei K<
Richard Wood, officiating -
Burial was on the Green
Ranch under direction of God
trey Funeral Home. The burial
plot; was about half a mile north
of tile old (ireen Ranch home
that was moved before Hubbard
-Creek Lake was filled with ,.va
ler.
Mrs (ireen, one of tin1 few r -
mnining pioneers of this area,
vias fiorn Nov i. 18K4, at Crystal
Falls daughter of .'ihnrnas
Weaver and Molly Robertson
Weaver Her father, a schawl
t< acta r at Crystal 'Falls, died
three weeks before his daugh
ti i s birth The f, roily remained
at Crystal Falls until the mother
w...- married to G V\ Ritchey in
■l!M3 liicy moved to a ran< h
on iit'.hbard Creek; (heir home
location now being below the
v.ate's of Hubbard ( reek Lake
She attended .school at Bethel
School, which was located on
tie Green Ranch m Stephen ■
County, and later a'tenile'd
•Breekenrvlee High St hi Mil She
received a - teacher s <\»i tifii ate
and- taught school at Bethel
School, lSreeketsndge. and at
ranches near Merkel and \ma-
rillo, and then attended ..N^.rh
. Texas Teat hers. College, n>w
^ iirth Texas State tfmver>*y,
atbn. wh.'i^e ihe gio.!ii.itcd i .
190ft. She returned to Breckcn
ridge where she continued her
teaching career
She was married to Wilh.aa
Henry (ireen Aug 27, 1917, and
lhe\ resided on Mr (Jreen's
ranch on Hubbard Creek, which,
he established in ih92 Mi (ir-. en
was a pioneer cattleman of Rte
I liens County, beginning las
career in the 1880 s They op
erated the Green Land and Cat
He Co. with ranching projk'V
ties in .Stephens and Shackelford
Counties ard later on the PL.
Mr Green died Aug :!,' MiO,
lie and Mrs (irmi- were en
route to their ranch at Vee.i
when they were injured in a ear
accident near Lpeders Mr
(.rwn died from injuries ,,t the
Stamford Sanitarium
Tin' (ircens resided on tj-.e
ranch, owned a home in Albany,
and also resided in Brecken-
ridge.
Surviving are three sons, W
H , Jr , J Robert Green, Albany,
and Thomas W Green of Vega,
and a daughter, Mrs. John E.
Musselman, Albany Also sur-
viving are 11 grandchildren,
three brothers, Dr George
Ritchey of Itasca, R A. Ritchey
of Breckenridge and Richard
Ritchey of Hamlin; and a sister,
Mrs. J B Chandler of San An-
tonio
Pallbearers were seven grand-
sons, John E. Musselman, Jr.,
of Dallas, Tom Henry Green of
Vega, James Musselman, Henry
Musselman, William H Green,
III, Banton Green and Rob
Green, all of Albany; and a
grand nephew, Donny I^ockhart
of Breckenridge
The family asks that memor
ial gifts go to the Shackelford
Cowty Library or the Bob Nail
Fund.
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KJMMA CUM LAIDE
AT TKXAS UNIVERSITY
AUSTIN-W A Crow III,
son of Mrs W A Crow of Al-
bany. has been named to the
honor roll as Sum ma Htm I-amV
for the fall semester at the Uni-
versity of Texas by Dr. Stanley
R Ross, acting dean uf the Coi
lege of Art* and Scienns A
minimum of 52 grade points is
tequired to be included in the.
Arts and Sriencej, honor roll
W A is a vnduate of Albany
High School
\Bo\l. Is nun I II I \ of ti e Dallas Cowboys >>t.< heads op '
Faster Seal drive again- this year with ti e K.,.-'■ See) r-.i-> nt
Fasiti- Seal dohatidins <an l.e i.„jie on t v .he We- I e.
Rehabilitation teiiln: in Abilei.e
ASPlJtMOSr
msniHT 7-1
The 7 \ District *:a<k and
-field meet v«. a. held Hi Albany
Satuiil.;' . with Aspe'rmont win-
i Ilie meet with lit p ants Ai-
beny was second with tiX>. Ii<e
toe tiiir I wit i 101, Knox. e.ty
fdii h. 7" ,nd Baird fifth
Fir,; and second place w in-
ner* will go to the area meet in
I.iibbo k April 2.: 24 Albany will
have .six in that meet
, Fiist. seciind and third places
aie listed iti the various' evmts
I lit yd relay I, D>saync Page,
August m1 Munza Mtckev
(.e'rloff Wendell Dukerson. As
perinonf »5 1 . 2. I, Rodriguez
I! I .inkfor ! Greg ( 'nnt-- Net'o
Gonzales Knox City I
Larry Brown. Gary dark. Dan
ny Davis, Virgil llobbs ,U\ he
i t;. i
88e yd flash 1 Daniel \n>al
dlla, h'oseoe .'•» oc' . 2. hih.n
Drake, Rom . • 1[ i i,. !
and Marti n Knox 1 it ' 1.2..;
120 yd high hur,dles t- 'Uwa;. ne
Page, \ permopt l»i o Jer
ry Bo be rt son, Asperment . tti 2
Banton Green Vlhany ifi :
lOiiyd dash I, \ugu-me M t
1 nz, As[x>rmont inn - Ricky
Jones, Albany 10 7 :l, (,.,ry
Ray burn, Roscoe 110
440yd dash l, Gary Clark,
Wylie . 52 3 2, Harold Schkadt.
Albany v52 4 , Dav id Strickland,
Bhird 153.01
33iVyd. intermediate hurdles
1, Dwayne Page, Aspermont
(43 1); 2. Bobby Linahan. Albany
(43.3); 3, Lonnie Orman Roscoe
(43 7).
220-yd dash I, Gary Clark,
Wylie (23 0>: '2, Augustine Mu-
no?., Aspermont (23.1); 3, Cecil
Faux-loth. Baird > 23 5'
1-mile run 1, Larry Ratliff,
Roscoe (5 02.2) David Mc-
Gaughey, Knox City (5 04 H .1,
Manuel Gonzales, Baird 5 09 7),
1 mile relay 1, Ricky Jones,
Richard Wilson. Jimmy Hise,
Harold Schkade, Albany 13 37 4 ,
2, John Drake. Rolb Drake,
Grady Miles, Daniel Anzaldua,
Roscoe 13 38 31, 3, Efraim Rod-
ngiB*. Rudy (iontales, Cecil
F aire loth, David Strickland,
Baird (3 42 3).
Pole vault l Jimmy Hise, AI-
IN VETERANS HOSPITAL
Moody Freeman was taken to
Big Spring Monday night, where
he is a patient in the Veterans
llo-pital Mr Freeman has been
ill several months
Thought For Today
S M 1 Moody - Burnett
The sun shines on the unju t
as well as the just the just only
feel warmer.
WISSEIl OF
TRACK MEET
- ba'iv. ii li Kovj r
ii. I Knox ( .: 11 ►
1);=;,!.-: .Aspcr. - > . Il'.-ii
Rimning htgh jump; 1.
' v-> t. Mh f 1' 2
1 an.
I)
If<
Lantii id
Knox
12 pound shot[ait I. Mike N
tr.n, Knox City if It" . 2. G„: v
liayburn. Rom-m 11»' ti
William N'el <f- Aihanv ii
t ' '
Lot 1, .limp i.mmy Hi- • "I
K. ny. 20' II . Z Hick, y (i, i
ioff As|ern,inr (2D' 1 '
I airy Brown Wylie i20' 1 1
DiMiis threw t Gary K, •
hiirn Hi.m o. ,) 7
I' I ay,or \s|iermoht i •
1 . :f 'umv Mead
laird, il,';:
(►
Brother Dies
Mr and \i,« .1 B White «. -
.in ( olihi ina wisk to attt-.l
the funeral ■: m i brothei .11 1
1 B Hale IU di»'d 01 a heart .
t.,i k
B as he a.is. known h\
t. nnly and friendf was reared
in Allvimy and Iivih) here until
In- einiereil !.'« iee in 1 U.
Lutherans to
Hare Easter
Sunrise Service
An outdoor sisin.se service will
be held at 6 oo a m Easter
morning at Trinity Lutheran
Chinrh This Easter morniiu'
at rvice has beer held for a nimi-
btT of years
Thoae detorinf to attend sbortM
drive m from th»> old Brecken-
ridge road m 112/1 of the Lutheran
Church, since there is a fence on
the main highway We hop*-
many of the citizens of Albany
will come in their cars and al
t«-nd the sunns*- service It will
be conducted by Rev Jofm
Fischer, pastor at the Lutheran
(,'hurch
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FRIDAY E\ l\IVi.
WORSHIP SERVK1
Trinity latthrran Church will
bold a worship service on Fri-
day evenuig at 7 :«) It was
agreed at a recent ministerial
aMOciaiion meeting that Trinity
should make a special announce-
ment to the community atxml
the Good Friday scrvire in <<r-
d« i' that the > itu« ns of Albany
may attend A ctmr made up
of members of various eharcbe
will lake pari in the aervtct.
under the direction of Mrs Rod-
ney William*
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