The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1963 Page: 1 of 8
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FUNERAL WEDNESDAY FOR
DICKIE HERBERT DENNIS
/ii/# Gfoe# (hit
WHh Very
Hot Weather
Darin? W(
.*r norm
fUckm Denni«, Albany' out
standing citizen, p'< <•<! a•' ;iy
it. 2 :.''.0 Tue-da;, nioi'ninic in
>f. r». Ander on Hot j<ii1 in
Hoimton. He «•.> I '
Mr Dennis, o" nor <,f f> ft
ID. Dry Good Co. h<*ro, had
-ur/ery two year and
_____ greatly improved and took care
^"llrtlllery, of h' : h" in'> 1 n'' n'*i' ""
gM in Vort H .
for two weeks month : ago and had Men
Cipt. Lawrence
r, l«*l eaanty agent, in
r «f the battery
, Albany « w'tb
. >f..S<ft. Henry Greg-
rMdiMi'y Wi,sm1' nm1
(D^ert Nelson, Braddy,
^per and Sammie
J tottery left Sunday f"r
k«d trill return Aug. II.
20
became ill again
month ago and ha<
ion ly ill the pa 1 month,
und^rwnt j<»rnr**ry in
Houston ho' pit a I .Inly X.
Funeral enice^ were held
in the F'ir I Hapti t Chnrch at
I o'clock Welti" day afternoon
and hundred-2 of people attend
ed. The auditorium •a filled
and thi. overflow crowd was
seated in Ihe educational build-
in-/.
Conducting Ihe ervice were
Rev. f,. I . Trot' of Abilene,
Mr. Denni ' pastor at Rot an
when he united with the
church, and I'' Marion I .
Kirchner, local pa tor.
Rev. Kirchner, u-ing the
2.'!rd I'-alm, told of Mr. Dennis'
life of enterpri e, unselfish-
ness, and intere t in the
church. "He loved all people,"
he aid, "and looked for ways
to help. Hi friend included
all people, and he was partic-
for "Baby of the nlarly int< re fed i - boya
romiucted by Albany as he loved to hand.- rattle.
WHm, will done Fri-1 Burial m the ilb.my
lVrr aw 22 babies en- Cemetery und-r d„" et.on
it the contest with Godfrey Fum ral Hon ,
placed beside hal- Herbert I tick,.. Do1 "> ■ wa
t various business born July 1 I, • a >o an,
f ncitrrs
Ion SALE AUG
j of *e«w»n football
)aay puirhase their sea-
utarting Tuesday,
J 91, it 9:00 a. m. Cost
ftkr iw»n ticket book is
r CHANCE TO VOTE
IMBY Of YEA*
I duly bowed out Wednesday, j
' but. not before leaving orne
eariny hot weather. High for
the week here wa" I 0"> decree
la t Thursday and 101 Wed-
nesday afternoon.
Area' in West Texas receiv-
ed rain Sunday and Monday,'
but Albany only regi tored .01
of an inch. However, the
movement cooled We t Texa-
t.o lome extent. The temper
at are dropped to OH decree:
Monday afternoon.
The hot dry weather has.
created danger of pasture Are
and with one /ra • fire water,
truck out of comitii -ion,
a hiy gra fire could can e ;i
yreat amount of |o's.
Temperature:- for the week,
with the hiyh readiny for af
ternoon before, are (riven
low:
Rev, Price
To Speak at
Union Service
be
DK'KIK DlvW'fS
the
a I o
He
past IX month , and Was
a trustee of 1 h<- church,
wa a member of the Al-
ba nv Chamber of Commerce
and wa a charter member of
the .layeei and the I.ions
Club. He was voted Vlbany's
out 'andiny eiti/.en for IM2
by the .faycees arul was hon-
ored at their annual banquet.
He had served as a member
of the city council, and was
active in the Albany Ridinjr
Club. He va.' i Mason and was
a member of the American f.e
Friday: 105 and 70.
Saturday: 101! and 78.
Sunday: I'>0 and 70.
Monday: OH and 71.
Tne -day: 100 ' : and 7•'!.
Wednesday: 101 and 00.
This morniny 10 1 and
.0)
0.
i throughout the city.
■ of the contest will
f 10. You are uryed
! u often as you wish,
ppmjr a vote, for the
«f your choice. This
P will be uiied at twirl-
to help cover ex-
the Albany Hijrh
IN ARKANSAS
and Jfrs. Goldman
ft Monday for Mt.
Artr., to visit relatives.
I View in in northern Ar
in the Ozark Motin-
i »d ii Judge Kind's
reared and at-
11P crved in the
during? World
! «0W OKINAWA
and Mrs. Prosper NT.
aid children, Lloyd
Cindy, Becky, and
*N'HI, are <pendiny ^ two
i love in the home of
1 J*n»nts and i?randpar-
>*r and Mrs. T.loyd Wal-
I'fXortn, and Wayne Wy-
Wn Walker, nssiirned to
i Missile Battalion, 1st
*T,been stationed at
1,1 for more than two
'•mi) will be assigned to
'#1, Okln., for a period
(I" w nine months.
where he wa
tended chool.
Coast Guard
War II.
Mr, and Mi". Henni. came
to Albany in 1010, "on after
he was discharged from the
service, and entered the dry
goods hu ine ■ with Mr. Oavis
of Rotan. He expanded th«
h\isine during the years and
several year ago hoir/ht Mr.
Dnvis' intere t in the business,
but he continued the firm un-
der the I). & I'. name. Sever-
al years ayo ' < purcha-ed the
Johnny Miller ranch northeast
of AI hat , which he operate-l.
Dickie wa active in hi
church, serving a a deacon
gion, and had crved a a mem-
ber of the equalization hoard
of the Albany Independent
School District,
He i survived by his wife;
two daughters, Ginger and
Karron; hi parent , Mr. and
Mrs. I.awr nce Dennis of Al-
bany.
Pallbearer were Floyd Mr-
Coma-, Jr., Wayne McCown,
.lack Moberley, Burl Baker,
Harold Law, Dennis I'arnell,
lLoyd Rogers and P. (. I itt-
| man.
The hoard of deacons of the.
Fir t Raptist Church, the Ma-
;onic r.odge members and all
Albany businessmen were,
named honorary pallbearer-. ,
The family asked that me-j
1 mortals he donations to the,
; c ancer fund.
Theron F'incher, weather re
corder at F'ort Griffin, report •
1.10 inche - of rainfall for the
month of July. There were nine
' consecutive day- when the high
reading reached 100 degree
or over, IOC, being the top
temperature for the month, he
I states.
o-
Mother of Floyd
Hand SeheduU Churehof
Announced ( hrwt Call*
morn
1 :00
E Caches
Pur"!r> Snyiler hrong' !.
, " force some very de-
^K'berta peaches, grown
5'tird in Sedwick
mi
The folio- • y
schedule fnr t \ ,
ties for til
Aug. 2
council in
audit or i ii n
Au". 5
ma rch i i "
(no horn
Aug. 8,
ing pra.'t
horn.-1.
i Au
Minister
Mrs. Oil ie Smith Mayhew,
HO, mother of Floyd Mavhew
of Albany, died at her home
at .">00 West 3rd Street, in
Sweetwater at 3:52 p. m. Fri-
I day.
The funeral was held at 2
Sunday afternoon in Patterson
I Chapel of Memorie; in Sweet-
j water, conducted by Rev.
' Homer A. Patter on. Burial
was in the Nolan Cemetery.
Mr-. Mayhew wa- born Feb. J
I H, l x77, in Pontotoc, Miss. :
She was married to Thomas {.. |
I Mayhew in Coryell County in |
IpOO. Mrs. Mayhew had lived!
in Nolan County the past 01,
1 years. She had resided in j
I Sweetwater the pa-i 10 years, j
Survivors are two daugh-,
The Albany News suhserlp
tion campnign continue i to go
along well. Many renewals
and a sprinkling of new nib-
eriptions came in during the
week.
Tho»e renewing, or becom-
ing new readers unce our re-
port Inst week were:
W. C, Whorton, Tahoka.
11. r>. Wood, flhino, Calif.
J. C. White, Albany.
Buck Black, Albany.
f.arry .1 Cauhle, Albany.
V. H. Cot ten, Wood on,
Bob Black, Dallas.
Donald Dillingham, Odessa.
Mi". Horace FFalliew, Al-
l bany.
K. 0. Swallow, Orange.
Reave; Flickman, Albany.
Mr'. Opal Wheat, Abilene,
i Mr'. John T. Cro' , Jr., F'ort
Worth.
I Mrs. Mary J. C! risenberry,
Sepnlverda, Calif.
Mr-. Steve Terry, San Fran-
I cisco, Calif.
F. T. Reves, Albany.
A. J. I bell, Albany.
Miss Mary R. Craighead.
Rrerkenridye.
Wyatt W. r.ips.comb, Gar
land.
Robert Mayfield, Albany.
R. F. Bi/.zell, Albany.
Wayne Ifoyan, Albany.
| T. I. Foster, Albany.
Mrs. F: .1. Fanght, Albany.
Rlnnd Turner, Albany.
Richard Turner, Denver
City.
Mrs. Frederick W. Smith,
Hon -ton.
Mrs. Jack Spark . Gilmer.
A. W, White, Albany.
Robert Hill, Albany.
Mr II II I-ham, Perryton.
Jon Rex Jones, Albany,
p. T. Sears, Albany.
I iten Wills, Alhany.
1 Mrs. ii. |/>n F'rice, Albany.
Clifford Teinert, Albany.
Rev. Michael T. Price will
preach the ermon at the 7 p
m. Sunday evening serv ce of
the Pre hyterian, Chri tian
and Methodist Churches on
in', t. The <ervice will he
held at the Fir t Method! it
Church, With Rev. Robert W.
p.rown er\'ing a worship lead-
er.
— o~
Mission Name
Is Changed
The Baptist Mission has
J changed it name to Northside
' Baptist Chapel. The mission is
the old Trinity Lutheran
Church building in the North
Addition, and has been spon-
sored by the Fi-st Baptist
Church the pa t two years.
The building has been re
decorated, painted inside and
out.
Clark Head will preach
at both the 11 o'clock and the
7:00 p. m. services Sunday.
Sunday chool will be at 10
and Training l.'nion at 0:00 p
m.
o
Mrs. Rounlree
Buried at Moran
Funeral for Mrs. F'ffie Roun-
t.rec, 50. was held Wednesday
at tho Methodist Church in
Moran at 3 p. m., with the pas-
tor, Rev. Lyle Miller, and Rev.
j Robert W. Brown of Albany
■ otficiat ing.
Burial was in the Moran
Cemetery under
i enoTo ay »la*i.tY *tuoio>
STORY HOURS have heen enjoyed this summer in the A. V.
Jones hack yard by large groups of children. Above photo
shows Rita Townsend telling story to one group. One little
girl is saying, "Rita, read that again."
Story Flour closed a success-
ful -eason Wednesday, Mrs. A.
V. .lone ■■, chairman, announced
today.
Average attendance for the
library project was 12, going
las high as 10 some days, she
added. In face of the July heat
10 to II o'clock.
Storytellers included high
school and college students an
well as two of the junior hitfh
aige. Others were grandmoth-
ers, mothers, and school teach-
ers. fine minister helped.
Stories were very interest-
ingly presented this year, said
direction of "™* is * Mrs. Jones, and she extend*
Godfrey Funeral Home. The novel feature this year hearty thanks to those partici-
The body arrived hy plane is that it was held in the Jones' ,^1,^ jn the program. They
I Monday morning at Anion Car- hack yard, where during inter- ,irf, ,fanjee Durham, Wendi«
1 tor Field near F'ort Worth, and mission the children delighted -j*yaOT1j Cheha King, Mary
Mrs. Fid ward Hoseska,1 wa„ brought to Moran. in arranging the furniture in Rev. f>orge Walker,
Throckmorton. Mrs. Roun';ree, native of Mo- ihe tiny play house and playing ^r;, j0T1 Jones, Mrs. War-
ran, pa ed away Saturday on the swings and other gym- Barrett, Mrs. 3. I-. Dwug-
morning at 10:15 in Kings nastic equipment under the |R!,( Betsy Rose, Mrs. Otto Gar-
Hospital, Brooklyn, N. hade of the trees. Iit.z, Filizaheth Gallagher, Mrs.
The general chairman and Bill Hill, Mrs. Jack LaBarr,
hostess al-o served refresh- Gayla Townsend, Rita Town-
ments to the children each day. send, Mrs. Clarence Waller,
Two age groups were repre- Van Jones, Patti Jones, and
F'rank , Jr., Corpus
Smith, Waco.
Shelton, Alhany.
Ramsey, Grape-
M
Iri
I:
Mi
Mr«. Cl.nJ# Nor-
rbino, Calif., spent
Tuesday night in
'* °f his sister, Mrs
Ba,Hew. Mr. Balliew
■f and
I hear
A i
M rr
a. rr
A
I deta
l later
a I.
•no 'i oo
I to hi
dat. I.
mil
Albans
mini -t
ters. Mi <
eoe and Mr
San \ngelo;
mond, Calvin
nf Sweetwate
las and Floyd \
bany; three sistc
.■■I Holmes ai"i
St richer of f ''ii
Alii.- Walker of
brother, four
rind seven great
F. Filliott of Ros-j
id N.
f'.\ mer
11IV
I h
| Gutherie of |
on . Ray-j
■ley, all j
of Dal-
of A I- ]
Mi". Mag :
M Willie I
i ; , and Mrs.
olorado: one
Tandchildren
ldren.
from
Mrs.
>1 lie
cheer,
and
F'.arl
C. I
Christi.
Mrs. Roger
Mrs. ,r. M
Mrs. Shug
j vine.
W f.. Hatcher, Albany.
Bill Anderson, Alhany.
Mai. Gen. Robert B. Wil-
liam:. San Antonio.
F. A. Cuno, Sapulpa. Okla.
Mr .1 O. Hyde, Midland.
Billy Ayers, Albany.
Reilly Nail. New York.
Clarence William--. Albany.
W. D Macon, Albany.
B. B. Cauhle, Albany.
(Continued on pay» H)
On A&M
Faculty
County
! r.
She was horn in Moran on
' April 13, 1007, and spent most
! of her life there, She resided
! in Albilene a number of years,
yoiny to Brooklyn in 1001 to
live with her daughter, Mrs.
j Joyce La Bella.
i Mrs. Rountree is survived
hy one daughter, Mrs. Mike
La Bella, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
i and a son, Jerry, of Abilene;
one sister. Mi". HiIIie McC an-
; lies of Hamlin, anil four
I yrandchildren
| Pallbearer were Grady Bur
ton, M rri- Snyder, Alton Bur-
iton, Bart Snyder, F.'ay F.lliott
and Bertram F.lliott.
-onted preschoolers on Tues-
days and Thursdays, and pri-
mary grades on Wednesdays
and Fridays. They met from
Maj. anrl Mm H. D Reef and
on, David, are visiting Mrs.
peel's parent . Mr. and Mrs. C.
Fi. Brownfleld, for two weeks.
The Peels have li\ed in Lon-
don, F'nyland for the past three
vear-1, and will move to Nor-
folk, \ i., where Major Ppel
| w i ■ ". d the \ir Force Staff
f iollege.
grannch
funeral
Alban
Charles
e ted to
will he
A AM f«
tern her.
Dr. Li
\. L
of Dr
that
of
Junior Hiyh
Hand Schedule
[ !<e
it or
NV
when you
Mrs. Curtis f.ee,
Librarian Mrs. Bland Tur-
ner and Melha Tankersley pre-
pared some publicity.
Mr. and Mm. Rob H»lf«rd
of Rankin, who moved from
Albany seven years ago, are
spending this week visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charley Ha I ford, here, and Mr.
and Mrs, J. L. Glenn in Breck-
enridye.
— -- ——' '
Mr. and Mrs. M (V Peder-
on and Kenneth of F'l F'aso
ro yu< st Sunday night of
ne i'
, Mr-. J. O. Gordon.
foil
r Ki
here {<
intend"
past y
profe:
educat
the All
•IV I0-.O'
Nocona.
nt at
nr. He \<
>r in th-
an and t
: aerintend-
Schools in
roii / from
was super-
pevine the
ho a -i tant
lartment of
lology.
cherluli
Band:
Aug.
i audi tori
Aug.
. uniforn
i 1 2 :0ft :
i
for tl
Ixushiu llouh'llf
' l>\ < Won f v
10:
.Tun
tin"'
1 :00 |
21. ■
, he i
Win
ior Wig
at hiyh
i Band
school
lliyh
10:00-
Hi
par
I
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We this order blank
\ALBANY NEWS
MEXAS
'find check or money order for $
* fovrs for
year
to:
w. i
a num
signed
Mr.
Minn,
Charlf
I'erri,
Mr. am
lv -pent two
Islands
revival
held. . . .
He has been minister
Oak Meadows Church of hri,t
in Houston.
prince and hi- wife,
|vlVe three children,
, fIVi jo, Julie, It, and
Mr Prince recent-
' weeks in Bahama
with a group where a
and Bible school were
of the
>mf>
nt of a
I ( a. m.
;<• I e r a I Hos-
i-rival weigh-
and five
been named
have
Reed,
anoth-
who is
and Mr
of Stamford ar
baby on, horn a
Sunday in Vnson
pital. The new
oil seven poun<
ounce- and la
Chi*'- Lynn.
, The Ffolcombs
' or son, Darrell
three years old.
Maternal grandparent
Mr and Mrs. C. *'• R<>hi,n^n|
| of Albany. Paternal grand pa r-,
ents are Mr. and Mrs. . M ^ ^
Holcomb of Stamford. Great | ^
I grandparents are Mr. and Mt-,
If O Harper of Amanllo and ^
Green the great great grandmother is
Mr.«. Graham Dies
At Texarkana
are
i Mi' W. I
I arkana. \rk.
Tillv 2 1 am
| July 2r..
I She was
I Whath' v of
[she was
'hand i- a
Graham of fox-
died at I ::I0 a. m.
was buried there
Parent of prospective fifth
grade hand members will be
I contact ed later in the month
; hy Mr. F'.ncke,
o —
Hospital Notes
the former Bena
Mt Calm, where
married. Her hus-
brother of ' barley
20.
'• Koot«
. Zone
State
were in Dnlla-
hor brother, R
who is in the
it. His home is
Graham, formerly of \lhany, j
and the Grahams are well I
known here.
horn near Huston, | .10.
July 10, IH01.
urviving are her husband
daughter-. Mrs. F'.lwin Cil
Ililand of Texarkana and Mr-
Mr
F!o\
Mr
P.
D.
Mr
Admitted
F'rank Woodfin, July
e NichoD, July 20.
J. H. Whitt, July 20.
Pippin, July .1®.
Stover, July 10.
Matti. Fiikleherry, July
Mr J.
July 11.
Mr and Mm. Loui. ^ Green **«, Wash.
S,,nday '' -® , , !«n. son. Harold of Texarkana
Mr. and Mr.. Clifford ^pdrhildren: one -i tor
their grandson, Jim-1 ,, r..i.,,.,,n fHlla tw
visited here last
M Hudman
<' Vaughn-, July 2 I.
F;, Fiuhank, Moran,
alph W. Crosby,
States on a vl^"
in the
Philip-
I whether subscript!
Yesterday the I mv
ion is: <
) New
for a
visit in
brother,
and Mrs
SUBSCRIPTION rates
^ Cflionty (Albany and Moran) $2.00
1 ii ttt United State*
$2.50
pine Island
Greens and Mr.
to Grants, N. M.
the home of another
\ F'oster Crosby,
Crosby.
Mm Id. Cauhle Harp
home after visiting
Stockton with frien ■-
am
of f'rnnf
„ . went I week in the home, of Mr
Crosby went, j ^ Anna
W al -
Wal-
sister,
Mrs. Louise j
in
lace, and his
Hearn.
o-
I Mr. and Mm
i( con, Jr., visited
f 0rt I and Mrs. Alvin Bernstein.
John
last
with her parents,
uu I "n»
* ' nino jfntnd'rhilHrpn
Mr.-. Sam Johnson, T'iII
I brothers, Arthur Whatley of
I Waco and Ivy of Mt. Calm.
I o—
f)# Whorfon «penr neveral
i|., _ last week at Cloudcroft t
M K. — *.» »•
week in vi- fed his brother an,
Mr. Mr and Mr-. Winston
(ton, at Tahoka.
Mrs. \
Mrs. J
.Tuly 2^».
TVrr\ F>illnnj?hamf July 2^>.
Baby Tonya Ann Fiubank.j
Moran, July 2".
Boyc,. Nichols. July 2s.
Mr F'rank Woodfin, July
2S.
Mr Zada Goff, July 20.
Mr- Fill/abet h Whorton,
wife,
Whor-
Call the
have visitors,
News whin you
"ton* •*<« 'O"-'
I
40 500 p«r»on» were hilled oad 3,345,000 injured in
highway o<eidenf$ in 1963.
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