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The Albany News
Thursday, January 25, 2001
oran
Moran ISD hosted the East
End Cooperative Superinten-
dents and East End Special Edu-
cation Directors with a working
luncheon on January 17. The
monthly meeting was held in .
the Home Economics building.
Attending were Superinten-
dent Joe Wesley of Ranger ISD;
Superintendent Donald Hughes
OfEastland ISD; Superintendent
Hal Porter of Cisco ISD;- Princi-
pal Tommy Lee of Cisco Elemen-
tary School; Superintendent Bil 1
Ash of Breckenridge ISD; and
Interim Superintendent Betty
Morris of Gorman ISD.
Others included Special Edu-
cation Director Karen Kidd of
East End Cooperative; Special
Education Director Cole Farmer
of Moran ISD; Behavior Con-
sultant Saudra Cui.se from East'
End Cooperative; and Suprrin-
OBITUARY
JUDITH CHANEY
Judith McMillen Chaney, 56,
of Eastland, died Thursday,
January 11, 2001 at Hendrick
Medical Center in Abilene. Ser-
vices were held Monday, Janu-
ary 15 in the Bakker Funeral
Home Chapel with Tim Plant
officiating. Burial was in the
Moran Cemetery,
•Mrs. Chaney was vice presi-
dent and director of operations
for Beverly Enterprises ofTexas
for the past 21 years. She mar-
ried Moran native Jerry L.
Ohaney_in Eastland. He pre-
ceded her.in death, as did her
mother, Marzeen Robinson.
Survivors are a daughter,
. Kristi Broyles of Eastland; a
grandson; and two cousins.
Lois Elizabeth McCormack,
Moran ISD eighth grade stu-
dent and Albany ISD sixth
grader Kim Kathryn Darby and'
fifth grader Meg Elise Adams .
have been named winners in the
American History Essay Con-
test sponsored by Lee's Legion
Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
E^ch student will read her
essay at the Wed nesday , Febru-
ary 7 meeting of the chapter in
the Fellowship Hall of the Mat-
thews Memorial Presbyterian
Church beginning at 2:00 p.m.
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Bulldogs play at Newcastle, Bryson
Moran hosts co-op meeting
tendent Dottie-Norwood of Mo-
ran ISD,.'
Moran ISD's cafeteria direc-
tor Shenna Short prepared the
menu and Librarian Sharon
Mitchell and Secretary Nena
Tabor decorated the tables in a
western theme.
The next monthly meeting
will be hejd in Breckenridge on
February 14.
Tl..: Moran High School boys
basketball team played at
Newcastle January 19 and lost
59-17. .
"We were outnumberec ad
out-coached, bu the Bulldogs
went to have fu and play bas-
ketball," said Coach Willie
Schoen. The Bulldogs held
Newcastle to a J 6-4 lead in the
first quarter with junior Robert
Moon scoring the first four
points.
In the second quarter, the
'Dogs took the court to hold
Newcastle to a 16-point lead
when Chris Blue, Rick Schedule
and Moon each contributed four
poi o tie with Newcastle's 12
poinct Scoring 17 points the
third quarter and ten the fourth,
Newcastle out-lasted th< Bull-
dogs. .
The coach named high-point
man Moon the offensive player
of the game.
On January 15, the junior
high basketball teams traveled
to Bryson. The Bryson boys had
number, height and speed to
their advantage and the Bull-
dogs allowed them to g: a jump
start with a 20-point !&,'<! in the.
first quarter. Moran held them
to 20, 12 and eight |n>i>,^ u, the
remaining quarters.
"Our five boys played hard,
with Joshua Stewart and Lam-
bert Rl Hides leading the Bull-
dogs defensively," commented
Coach Schoen. "Josh Stewart
and Jonathan Crow were shoot-
ing, but the} could not close in
on target and the final score
ended up being 50-0."
wire ©c me mot i es
Albany/Moran students selected
By Audrey Parker Brooks
So-called "Country Musicals"
have been popular forms of en-
tertainment in this part of West
Texas for' at least 30 years.
Maybe even longer. The late Jack
■Gaskins began the first such
musical in Moran about that long
ago. Musicians flocked to the
■ Community Center each fourth
Friday night, patiently await-
ing their turn to perform for the
..cheering crowd. At thattime the
Moran musical ; i act - infl
crowds from the surrounding
area. The only other nearby
m usicals were those atScranton
and Cottonwood,
Eventually Gaskins' interest
in musicals lagged, plus the fact
that he was a Shackelford
County deputy. One November
he and his wife went to Califor-
nia to visit family members, leav-
ing the musical untended. A
group, including Lucion and me,
met to consider what should be
done. Even now I shudder to
recall what was done Lucion
and I were asked to "take over"
the monthly musical. What I
expected to be a temporary job
lasted for years/And years. But
as the years passed, more and •
more musicals were begun. At-
tendance at Moran declined to
the point where few. people and
musicians showed up. Finally
we closed the Moran musical,
expecting never to hear of it
again. Was I ever wrong!
During the Christmas pro-
gram at the Community Center
in December 1999, the resurrec-
tion ofthe Moi an Country Musi-
cal,was discussed. "It's worth a
fry," somebody opined. The Mo-
ran ('lean &, Proud project
needed funding and this might
work, On January 28, 20(10, the
Moran Country Musical was re
born.This time Buster and .Julie
Cottle are the overseers. This
week the new Version of the
musical will celebrate its first
birthday Friday, January 26,
2001. It has been a tremendous
help I'or the Clean & l'roud
project.
Country music has come a
long way since ErnestTubbs was
singing for his supper in San
Angelo beer joints back in the
1930's. Along about then Roy
Acuff was twanging "The Great
Speckled Bird" and "The Wabash
Cannonball." Although these
two venerable gentlemen nasal-
ized their .way to considerable
fame and fortune, singing
through one's nose is no longer
considered essential to success
in the country music field.
Many years ago Fort Worth's
Radio Station WBAP became a
full-time promoter of country
music. And more and more coun-
try musicals began popping up
in small towns. Dozens of good
old boys discovered their latent
talent for picking and grinning.
Especially grinning.
Country musicians are a
friendly clan, dedicated to the
propagation of country music.
With a few exceptions, most of
them realize that Nashville is
doing all right without them.
They play guitar,'violin (make
that fiddle), banjo, piano, accior-
dion, mandolin, drums for the
sheer joy of playing.
When country musicals are
mentioned, the average person
immediately thinks ofthe fid-
dlers - never a violinist. There
are many fiddlers and no two
play alike.
Ther.e is the slow fiddler, the
one who carefully seats himself
in a chair, crosses his -legs and
proceeds to slowly and methodi-
cally pull the bow across the
strings.
Then there's the fast fiddler.
He stands and his bow seems to
barely touch the strings as he
fiddles an old breakdown.
The third type ip the jazz fid-
flier whplitera lly dances his bow
all over the Strings in a joyous
rendition of "Five Foot Two," or
some other jazz tune.
Guitars are essential for any
musical Most of these instru-
ments are electric. The electric
bass is a long, long way from the
old bull fiddle musicians used to
slap. .
Some guitar pickers like to
keep a cigar clenched between
their teeth while the\ perform,-.'
Not-being a cigar smoker my-
selffj don't, know what, if any,
.benefits an ■ ■ Iron, the'
stogie.
Most,singers cat r\ an aejaus
tic guitar no an i lifu , ! ion.
Occasionally I have ( lie impres-
sion- that the instruments used
more for stage effect than ac-
companiment. Or maybe some
place to put their hands.
Country musicians usually
wear western style clothing al-
though the type varies from wash
and wear Levis fresh from the
dryer to tailor-made suits fresh
from the dry cleaners. Some per-
formers wear precision-blocked
Stetsons, but many go hat less.
Boots are a must. These range
from gleaming custom -.modes,
Tony Lamas, Dan Posts, Justins
or Noconas to those right off the
shelves of Wal-Mart or Sears.
Myoverall impression is this:
Country musicians create a lot
of listening pleasure for a lot of
<A,s 1.typed tin,- I remem-
bered the years some of us
worked dia ;ng what amounted
to hundred "('musicals; Lucion-
and I and Elma Huskey were
with the musical from its begin-,
ning to the night we called it
quits. The'late Frances Green
was with us in the later years.
Frances had a terrific sense of
humor and she, Elma and I had
many laughs while we Worked.
Mildred Smith .also joined the
crew and added to the fun. And
it- Was fun' and. our concession
area brought in enough money
to pay for the Christian Church
building, now the Moran His
torical Museum. Hopefully 1 his
new version will do as much for
Moran ('lean <Sr Proud.)
MORAN SCHOOL LUNCH Ml NUS
Jan. 29 - Feb. 2
Monday - (Ihili/cheese, tossed
salad, crackers, fruit, milk/tea
Tuesday - Hot dogs, cole slaw,
tater tots, brownies, milk/tea
Wednesday - Cheeseburger
mac, green beuns, salad, hot
rolls, cookies, milk/tea
Thursday Pizza,corn,tossed
salad, peaches, milk/lea
Friday Hamburgers, cheese,'
lettuce, tomato, fries, pickles,
cake, milk/tea
Albany, Moran rebates reported
()n Friday, January 12, Texas
Comptroller Carole Keeton '
Rylander delivered $20(i.(i mil-
lion in monthly sales tax pay-
ments to 1,107 Texas-cities and
119 counties, a 4.7 percent in-
crease compared lo the $19.2
million paid in January 24)00.
Albany received a check for
$19,530.39, up from last year's
check of $ 17,346.82, an increase
of 12.58 percent.
Moran's check for .January
was $543.30, down 35.09 per-
cent from last year's check of
$837.13.
A check for $54,634.57 was
sent to Breckenrjdge, which is
up 2.20, percent from last year
when $53,454.63 was received.
Baird was sent $3,898.31 this
year and $4,922.(57 last year,
down 20.80 percent.
Throckmorton's check was up
9.24 percent this year, $4,535.72 '
as opposed to $4,24 3.4 5 last year.
In-Jones County, Anson re-
ceived $8,526.50, down 17.90
percent from last year. Stam-
ford's check was $36,470.13,
down 3.07 percent.
January's sales tax rebates
include local sales taxes collected
by monthly tax filers in Novem-
ber, and reported to the Comp-
troller in December.
The Comptroller's next sales
fax allocation will be made on
Friday, February 9.
Nutrition support available
WIC nutritionist Annie
Biown reminds local families
that nutrition classes, referrals,
immunizations, breastfeeding
support and healthy foods are
available through the WIC pro-
gram.
Brown, along with CSA
Marilyn Garvin and
breastfeeding support counse-
lor Elrni Aguilar welcome new
clients into the program, serv-
ing both Albany and Brecken-
ridge.
Breckenridge office hours are
7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday
through Thursday and 8:00 a .m.
40 1:00 p.m. 011 the first Satur-
day of each month.
The WIC staff is in the Al-
bany office at the Resource Cen-
ter on the first and third Mon-
days of each month.
For more information or to
schedule an appointment, call
the Breckenridge office at 254-
559-6577. The Albany office
number is 762-3612.
www.agmoney.com
Moran Community Calendar
Jan. 26 - Country Music al, Community Center, 5:30 pm
fan, 31. - Site Base' Decision Making Committee, MS
Auditorium, 3:30 pm
Feb. 6 - Amity Club, Museum, 2:30 pm
Feb. 13 - City Council, City Hall, 6 pm
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Lucas, Melinda L. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 2001, newspaper, January 25, 2001; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth412641/m1/10/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.