The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1957 Page: 1 of 8
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SERVING SHACKEU OI<[)
COUNTY SINCE 187U
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COUNTY'S RESOURCES ARE
CATTLE, FARMING AND OIL
The ()1 <U'st .Journalistic Venture West of the Brazos'
Qld Volume No. Eighty-one, Nciv Volume No. Seventy-three
Albany, Texas, Thursday, March 28, 1957
Number Twenty-nine
things happen
IN ALBANY
B.M.D. Set for
Saturday, April 20
Albany merchant am b.
I new plan for l'.n> • i
Dny, ami hit' ' ' '1 ■ 1,1 ' " '
prui'mni of lli'' )• '"
April 20.
Working UiM'Hi 1
way, ('him hei -i '
ijp-r, tin' : tii-
«j|l IlilVi "I'll I1 1 i 1
Books" for lli'-ir
(hew hook. v. ill li"
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ind merchant will ofT.u
on April BMP.
SPECIAL SERVICE AT
METHODIST CHURCH
CITY COUNCIL CALLS STREET
I .ions to Si'll
Lvergreens
Th.
till'
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Albany FFA Team
Places Second
'I'll" Mli,'ii y I'lHurr L'.'irmciii of
\ ".'I mm v. mi • , > >i| pl.t. < ill la I ii I
iti'l in;1 ;il tho 10th annual ACt
ml i i mil. i Monday,
Tii.'rr w-re .10 l' am niul I r..'I
io> < nt< i, ,! ji, il,, cunt. i. Hill
" I' ll '•' •> till 111■ *h i 1 > d i'- i(Iua'
lurk linker 1 ..(Ii ami Jimmi
'■ I'll .th. The other team nu n)
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City and Senate
Election Tuesday
All ni> v. ill i■ 1« • ■ t a I. :i\or mimI
i i wo coi.ifK ilrn*-M ifi 1 u<'sda\ ' cit •
' « bet ion < ii I\ oii'1 i •»11«11«1 at •• w i
appear on tin- ballot for < aeb |o
itii ii. They an*:
I'or lilfivor: V\ :
Plan Civil Defense-
First Aid Course
NEW FANDANGI.F STREET
DECORATIONS TO BE ORDERED
| Albany in to havr now street
Cemetery Improved 1 d—oruliotiti at Fan.Ian I- time.
I Mrs. I,. I'!. I'aim-r and Mis*
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A-2.- David II r- I
Force Ha 11 "f Ml
W. K. Halo, of A r .
his first sermon ■ I
service Sunday, Ma
First Melhodiii 1 I ii
Harold Herr-n pr. ■ ' ' ■
Service.
Here to It. ir H.r -I !
O'Kellv, Mary L■■ !"- . I ' . I'
Edna Wallrtp, l»»r'.tl.y
Kenneth Al-xand-r i I I
Cooper, nil student in M M i v _
College, Abilene, and V ■
O'Kciiy of i'mkc i niv-r.it>, i r Work Begins on
ToiiowinR the servir- K-v Methodist Addition
Mrs. W. V. O'K.dly, I l-:„,.,i ..
Vernon O Kelly wn. host fo, « U C(lu(.ation building for the
.tst-loirethern! the parsonage^ hon jj,.^ whi,h| to
Scholastics Drop
In Albany Schools
T w»Mi! V I
I ho I .
It held il
with the i-i
am omte.l
an.
-I for a t«
i, b;i , i ■
I I v.l M Co : i
III I I. I MI, ;111<I i
if rr election.
' ii'ii.<lc Candidate*
I I'Virlay, April r», there will lie a|
it eet in *' pom cii f'l by I he? \ » »• ri I
ran I.'"ion Auxiliary and the A!
b;iny > bauihcr of ('onunori r at
tin \ ii ' ri« ,i11 I - ;'ion hull at 7 :'!() j
In n t'.»' plan, lor a n il dflVn
I n i .ml and training program, I
•• I' ■ ■:' I 1 ■1 """i'i i ■ I I' v 11 A f Fort C. riff in
"I p-r .inn.'l of tin- \m-ri-iin Hud ' "1 1 v "* lOenovn Hnrnnteln report that their
C'roi I ]M (I,,. Unral Neighborhood tm | repent nolifltation for funds to
Ml n of Albany and . hrn •' | p c '. — m - ill; pn-'ram of vvlii.li loll jiur-haM' the new banners and
I l I " ,1 ,.I" I' i'"d and ill ■ (irif i in .-.III miinity i a n-mbor, |mntg ,.,,sl,|tc,| |n the donation
on to atteml thii meetlntt and Biarti IMfii, Ann Martin ui?^o ted, ; tt i. ... . . , .
, hv A lea n v merchants, profcsaionnl
. in! lb'- 11:111 .• • .our • pr«»ji i(, tIn- < :iainl mpro - Men •
'of tl"' I'm! Griffin 1 men, ramdioi and oil nperntotti of
ttr_,» |j . i I thl '.''"I'M la located on n hill ffiflT.BO. Tho fund was further
Wv.)rK tsecins on nortlnv. I of til.' I- ' "" Il. >u 11 ■ of'tn,' '"ill . I by a t'ifl front the
I'. S. I '" I'li-r. on- i >- lb "l I ion Club "f f 100. Th. - amounts
th- 1 'm i (11■ i' I*i11 li.i.i' I,-u . . Hv-or ,add-d lo the ; M!.!)K remninlni?
Th" Fandangle sewinsr room fifty years ago Mr. Flncher pave from the dceointion fund polleetcd
Monday morning and work perm I sion for the cemetery to he In 1050 make $722.48 available
.ii : ", ,| I, • and a!t-rin:' Famltui- ind". "d. Time p: .• I. N'othiii" ' for th- purrha - attd future main-
... „. . I I |..iin" on w:i- i n- until March I'I, I'».'i7. ,t-nanre of tho now .I—orations
Fandangle Costumes
truck wil
md aid tl ■
12.000
ford. Coin::;, hi
'or 1SI57-,. , ai
a drop ,.f ill ft
i.mi eoniplPt.
he totals slid
lai I year.
I U.i year
'til ton conn
ti'ar iT.-.■ Ii.»ri
v tlie coivimi. ion
)urt. offi. iatinir.
T I " I.;:il.it V. II have a li i of
ifxliil.il-, but a "no, I Ir. II. Fr
onnally, .Ir,, withdrew ."me time -an tt
I'i n- local."I when -v-ral famili. gtith-rpil lo I Th- fund has b—n placed in a
boxe |n the Hill block between the Ho he|itt this work. Ispecial account, separate from the
ricial '"I and the depot, comprises two ttoles were dlig for posts, trees funds of the Fort Grifin Fandangw
sections, one for sewing arid one were pulled Up and disposed of, (Arsoclatlon, nnd will be ndminls-
for fitting ami cutting. It will be stumps and d-hris were burned, leered by a committee composed of
opened each weekday at 8:30 In and prlckiy pears were destroyed Ifersons who donated to the fund
ii.. morning nnd ail women who The work was continued on March 10r wtl° represent firms which made
'i ill. viik 21 Itii.l 22. Th- of th |donations. Those ai;replng to
he is not to he voted for onidially invited to visit the room at jcommunlty brought lunch end help ]Her\e on the committee are Mmes,
,■ •. ! |, ■ tl,, , v.; tl ir " v -n i-ti'-. "d willi ra'. . ■ id • , dun-Is and ! [I"'"er C layton, I .1 I ynch, John
H-
id ai.
'lis
new bo
l»r.
th.
I
ipermt i'i
In Alt.
in order to ta
cut :lr.vt p IN
down addition;
ty owner.h wo
pram
i are of our | rr
niont, and to plit,
pa', in" a pro; » r
up p.uin.' J.ro-
whit' and l.'H
•ratefl thi year
Tb s com
and 20 col
parr v. ith - I whit
orvd | t i year,
In Moi in there are 1 -12 . hola
pear on the ballot follow.:
Minor A.lam.-, hall,a
II. .1 Antoino, Sr., Ha;tn
I'1 ■ M. 1 lia-ils , He.'iuniont
Jncol. I • I olof kV. VV
{Fall
S. i .ii' v llrace'voll, Hon ton. < ' I of
Ti . \n:eri."in I «'"i« n hi b-rr in any way t>«'- ible. Tin last day j l,nr\
chairs i"i ih- in.mi and thomas Mrs. Martin ami the Eddie Gra- Geneva He
Furniture Company has donated 'hams furnished fish for an out- £■« »mfth. Llston I odd, fclton
,1). King, I,. Is. Farmer, Miss
Hernst-in ; Jav Davis,
' t.1 til" I'lI' I■ • ri" inn | door fish fry. Kncik St.riblin"-1 'Sr<>V' y,^ horton,
ichlta Itrln Ipal work at present Involves .proved himself to bp an excellent I!, Slevers, K. L. Ingalls, John
i ti: ,■ t mi . r-.idy for the ;cook in this capacity, l'ach family j "ray and Hoy G. Hathaway, chair-
(in 1
orinvr Dav id, his par-: ' a - i
r-'l" r with air c.niililion unit for
M r
Mi
parent , of a hal
larl Wwcnmh a-,
i , l.orn M, '
ter, Kay Hale. R-fr-sln
_ j L , 'ii,- . I ' .' "I Ii,l i . >, ,
Sandwiches, ice cream and . ako M n >, .1
were served, after which they mng l' ' ' ' ' 1 Shackelford County M .
and visited. j J"° Whorton, local contractor, Hospital The baby weighed 1 ne
will have charge of tho eon true |„„„„| 1.1 - .,M,| his nani-
BF.AIJTY SHOP HAS
FORMAL OPF.NINC;
11ion. (ieor^o Kevin.
Mr. Whorton expects the new Tin* Newcomb.-i have tvv«» oth' i
building will bo completed in 120 <>n . Pfc Harlan Kdward \
Api^roximatoly l.r»() people at «lay
Kami.m- Ir Sampler |contributed to a very fine meal. |niaf";
.In' < I'11rf , f , li.er Tar' wlii.-h will be-in filling en^ajre | I'aecial thank, jro to A^r. Ki'h
l'-'n,1 •'or!- ', an Vnl'Miio. ment in nei^hboriii'/ town- early or who permitted tho area to be
... _ ■1 • * 1j (il Frank Connally, .ir.i jjieurt ntonth. Costumes musi bo (fehced, attd to Commissioner John
( !Wi, ! ' Fran', Corte/., y.an Antonio, jniended and altered for approx (Jrotho of Precinct No. 2 for hi:-*
.1 <':t' Court."' v, HaPa." (imately m venty bi^h school boy^ help. Some of the community have
I' VV (VV'aire) Currin, Sulphur and girls who comprise tJie Sam-|been tinable to work thus far, due
| Springs. | pier cast.
I < 'on • Martin Die , I ufkin.
j C n F-'oer ter, .Jr., Ml.-a.
! ('urtis I ord, < 'orpin ('hristi.
\ Ralph VV Harnniond-, Houston, j
j James P, Hart, Austin.
Charles W. (.lack) Hill, Fort
Worth.
1 had Hutchison, Houston
CC Backs Street
Bond Issue
( v Manmrrr I ston Tod.l
tended the forma! oporiin^ of the 'p)H1 f:PVV un ( W|r \,r 0f tin daughter, Mart' i
new beauty shop, Go-Gay Heauty the same I, . • tone a th< Grandparent
• onib, l'.», an.I . t'M' I.-. ;ni«t plained a proposed bond isr«uef Walter ,1'. -ft McNutt, JefTer on.
R. L Smith to Be
Buried Today
I to illne s in tho home, and other
j reasons. O. I,, Kunkol sent a
The committee met Monday •,af-
ternoon at the Western Skie.; Ho-
tel to discuss the type of decora-
tions to be purchased and made
plans for getting co.^t estimates
from firms which manufacture
such decorations.
The Albany Fire Department
... i , f has agreed to superintend putting?
check to be used for the improve i . . , ' n
,u_ 4 Jtlie decorations in place.
The old decorations, purchased
in 1♦ r»0 and used through four
Fandangle seasons, have been se-
verely torn and faded by exposure
to the weather. I'lmer Smith re-
Salon, last Saturday. Gift tlow i
main churh buibiui;', and wi
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in profusion from friend and bu .1 | i „ • • ■ i1. , ,
Ine.'.s firms decorat-d the salon , , ,| ,,f the itnl:.v h. "I • i.i-
Mrs. Bob Oxford, owner of the rooms. The new unit will I ok
Shop, was assisted by her .laugh jniu.-h like, the church auditorium
ter, Shirley Oxford of T.C.I'., who f,|H. .,ui. t,ut t'.<• front
came out for the op-inn -, and v . 1, i - fi
j which will be voted on April If,,
Mr Od'ti- to the All my Chamber Commerce
Joiif' and Goorp • N'ew. omb, hot at it noon luncheon IViday. The
of Albany. bond i ,sue w ill be for ^ SO,000 and
° the money uill be ii <>d, if voted, j
fo retop some ei^ht miles of city I
pavinp, and also to aid property
I
lu
J:
Mrs. G. II Willi anis, who alter
Dated in sen ini: <■,,?T«-e ...
day. Small jar of - lean n • • • ■
and ham! ere am weie pr. ■ • ■ i
to all who re/1: tere.i, a | '
RUni and sucker.; were
children.
Door pri'. er«
l1. H. I'et tit, I .oil A i
Mrs. Joe M O'.erto'i a ! M
Lynch.
Paw!.! Godfrey, da : r of V1
ind Mrs. Jimmy (.■ : r. >, dr
names,
NF.W PHI! 1 IPS S I A I ION
TO RF. FORMAI I > Ol'l M )
The new I'hilli|
St the c..i i i . I .
»n.| Hill
month, v ill !■ i ,
Saturday, . , „c i
tor, ( .' i..],
is ext. ' din
cryone . ■
hn'- f,it lor
a.tni
Mr. l-'ni.ilv ■
station I, ' -
Vn. H,- p , i
"Slim' |
The !■
vestiii. is I.
Ill I lie ; .'
the
rap;
ildini
rock
will be
School Election
Saturday, April 6
School tru tee el< . tion
Clyde R. Orms, Pallas.
John <• White, Wichita Falls
J Perrin Willis, Rusk.
Hu/h Wii on, Port Arthur
Rftlpl V arborouj^h, Austin.
I ment of the cemetery.
I The oldest dated marker in th*
j cemetery is January 31, 1S77.
'The latest, marker hears a 1942
(date. To realize the change in ap-
Ipenrance of the cemetery, one |porj'p(, (o oommiUoPi however,
,npeds to see the pictures of the jthat som(. of the banners and pen-
R. Is Smith, .r>7, operator for the before and after inants can be salvaged and are now
llh-x Company, who has lived all Th,, lilies who have worked being repaire.l.
I Ibex for the past two years, di-d nn 'h" 'lroi,,rt Mr- n,ui Mrs.
[at 1:30 a. m. Wednesday in the £r»nk Strlbllng, H. A. Wilhetm,
: additional j>a\e
y Ind-pen.b
\s ill be h< i l
in tJn
»1 l>i
y Hal
II opei
/ 00 i)
iwner.s in bu
nent.
The . ' < <• .; , Mr To.bl aid,
alb d the ♦■!»■• ■•tion la t week after
i certain in" that this amount of little m<
>ond:, w ith the intere t, could be 'dui in/; t
aid for without r.ai m.r t.axe-' or ; wept t
Area Gets Wind;
Misses Blizzard
; Sjiackelfoni County
' Hospital
Memorial
Mrs. Ann Martin and Carrol Mar-
ton from Tanihs Head Riinch, Mrs.
J M. Shelton and Pete She)ton,
rhe body was taken to East Mr an() Mrs. Fddie Graham and
, land, where tl>.- family lived for
many vears. Funeral was held
Svhia, Mr. and Mr- Frank An
Plans of the committee include
the erection of siprns on the high-
way approaches to the city and re-
painting the Fandangle sign on the
water reservoir.
ntral West T-*as received a ]al ' ostland at 1 :.10 til's afternoon. ,Mrs John filter, Mr. nnd Mrs. Joe
mo ture and a lot of wind I "r " ' :l m"",b,>r of ,h*' East_ |Sheltoh; Larry and Ju.lv, and Mr.
e k end billiard that)'*™ «e«>°disl < hurch. {and Mrs. T. P. Finch.-r.
I ■ a: (f ..ratio i .r\i\ •./ are } wife; two Mrs. Martin i inter" ted in -•
Irews and son, Frank, Jr.. Mr. and Grand Jury Returns
Hospital Notes
'l :
ted,
d K
Admitle
an . Mor
Mi
V\
Six Indictments
The grand jury of 42nd District
i r ,, , a pi e i : Court met Monday morning to be-
oi . Joe "t Une a ana ijod oi eurmc any information in regard , .. . . ,
Breckenrldge; and two dauRhtern, to people who aw burled In this Bm »e Mkrch term of court, and
|Betty Smith, and a married daugh- cemetery. Should y.,,, like toln'1"rn"'1 »'* ft'lon>' mdictmenU.
. N i. of Nebia '.a. • w rite her. b- r addv i 1' upe 1,
I ' . •.■••;■.: d< iI :' • o A!5-anv. >'onr coo; eration will be
i p!»reciated.
] '. "H tliou 'h the p»ro ieef remains
,i., ,v Mj,.jt "or" .• «»nf«)rtable for luture jur-
• «l ii ter.- • run 1 • b. It i hope d
1 l-at the • e . ,n be completed
March ." I.
Lower ( lear Fork
S.C.D. News
(It;, c Mun-U ihompson)
Lions Club News
Quarterbacks Feed
basketball Gills
v-d
I"
1 he jury also made a recom-
mendation to the commissioners'
c urt that new chai be installed
in the jury box "so at it will be
or to serve."
.1. H. Nail wa seloct.'d foreman
.••' .I (.Jen Cottle . try of the
. nd jur\. Other me i 1 ers were
Mrs. Reaves II tan, H. G. I aw,
;John Mi; -li-i". J. H. Moore, Jack
I a i ■ . VV. (i -I. .- , Gar'and
. In 1 -.71 Wall - r, la o Mc-
Kt. "V and M . John V. Downs.
Jul J I' 1.1 ' presiding
• r ■ • 11 ' ' at, ;.irl W lley
'Caffey i- <ii.*ri- t attornev.
1 FirM petit jury
Monday
, panel railed i- com
C '• , Puck P'ac'
1 -i,.i. Mi C. M (
!:. Pra i le », Flov
P i or.l, S. L. M\
Wri - h.t Vi v-r , \,
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VV. Mit
MORI !H)N|>
P.Ol .ill
I'il'l t he
their ^".(iii
Thin d v, w I "
repr.- . - t
tluh,
their hoi at ' I
Hniilv.
Re i-i; ■.,,, I,,, l
Ma ... s
J"hn Mm
son of Mr ,- I
Mii'!,;ie|
Olen Ii i,, \
of Mr. at ,| Mi l
Jeani,. \i, , ,
"ml Mrs .la,. - AI \.i ■ ■ ii
Viiri'iia Rod -r , .'
*t"l Mrs. lhnl.lv I'
Msltlievvs Hlanton. .laii'.'hi-r of Mr
»nd Mrs. Matt 111 toi
Charl. cloud ..•• II,.
•On of Mr. and Mi J. W. Cloud.
We Whorton v.-* in T sh ok a Sat
Jrdny and Punday vi itini;
•r.,thers and fan
See the News for filing cahin-ts
I.I.
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M.kI C. "fori
, all" I for
p ri 1 1 The
' .1 of Hubert
11 ,rd llur-
d,"!l, Ja nes
I 'I ."I or. Calvin
, . IV d I.Mi,,
.n i 'hri -I inn,
W c. \'i,„. W.
. T. Mr.' hews,
I • V. '. i„ n W. : 'l I . An
den Burton, Joe 1).
Moore, T. W. Caffev, 'Han Z.
•!>, V I I!, v, lit... H. A.
. W. II, Wvli l.ieh,
Mrs. rVed Peitemeyer, Prank J.
11. -r, J. I'll ft nail-v, W. F. Win-
V. L.
I'att-r ... I •! ii . l'Vnest
! |.„ .1 \ ,",|. . Mrs.
C. K. Groover, Mrs. Ross l'-rry,
Mrs. James Overton, James Ball, J.
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Mr ne I M> * ' '
-ra nd I ith. i . I ^ ^
M M. ■■ i -'I C
Texas Cattl- 1! ' ;er
- -nt i,in in Hun t.
„d M
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Hal
R a ' h :
J-hii II. McCt,
rlnt.ghtr
I Hal 11
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A Shorl Course
\\ I "i J a \. (i. i field was
pi" id.'t of Hir. Coll-'.'-, a man
11,roti"ht for . nil in e as a student
I' I" t'"- Aio.nunili >n! ' tt, f,,r whom he vv ■ lied a
A chapli i . ' h g I first d 15 shorter course than the regular,
i an aircraft sow whi re in the I "The hoy can never take all that
in," I ■ t:.'"He wants to
'. et i hro ,p;i, -r. < an you ar-
ea C " > "'"i —I a", a; r: i il for him"."
-'Ob. y- ." aid Mr. Garfield.
Hi- 0 ii account Of what "H- can take a short course; it all
id.- . --I-' on v. hat you want to in til; e
i.i i of 1 i it. W hon God wants to nrtlve
of . race, a'd * hi n I lool e 1 tm oak He takes a hundred years,
,-r "d " what but He takes only two months to
w, ii.for dp , it." make a squash."
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The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1957, newspaper, March 28, 1957; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth412926/m1/1/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.