The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 16, 1966 Page: 1 of 8
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Fandangle Season Opens Tonight
Parade Planned
The 1968 Fort Griffin Fandan-r Fandangle songs over KRBC at
gle production opens Its si* day Abflene at 12:30, and they wi
fun tonight at 8 00 at the Pan- j travel by antique cars to Cfyc
dangle amphitheatre northwest and Baird, where they win pre-
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In the
orf Albany.
The prairie theatre is in ex-
cellent condition, the cast has
had fine weather lor its rehear-
sals, and with the enthusiasm
of the cast, the directors, and
Albany in general, this bids lair
to be the best Fandangle ever
produced.
This year's theme is "Frontier
Times through the Eyes of a
Little Girl," and includes many
new songs and routines, and
some of the olds ones, includ-
ing the "Tall Tale," which fea-
tures the 28-foot rattlesnake
scene.
Tickets Sales Good
The Fandangle office reports
practically all tickets gone for
Saturday, June 18, and parade
day, June 23. There are plenty
of good seats left for the other
productions. It Is stressed by
the Fandangle Association that
every seat is a good seat.
The amphitheatre has 1,510
seats this year, some 200 more
than last year, the first time the
new theatre was used. The six
performances will be tonight,
Friday and Saturday of this
week, and Thursday, Friday
Saturday, June 23, 24 and 25.
Show Receives Wide Publicity
The Fandangle has received
wide publicity this year, and
sent Fandangle programs
wffl arrive back in Albany
3:30.
Legislative Council to Be
Here Jane 23
Albany is fortunate to have
the Texas Legislative Council,
the group which has been as-
signed responsibility for study-
ing old forts and missions that
may be restored, come to
Albany by air Thursday after-
noon, June 23. They will be
met at Taylor Airport, taken lo
Fort Griffin for a tour of the
facilities there, and will return
for the parade at 5:00 p. m.
A reviewing stand will be built
for them. They will attend the
Thursday night performance of
the Fandangle.
In this group will be Repre-
sentatives Gene Hendryx,
chairman; R. G. Pendleton,
Richard C. Slack and Senator
J. P. Word. They will be join-
ed by John Ben Sheppard of
the Texas Historical Survey
Committee; Glen Biggs, who
will represent Speaker Ben
Barnes; Will Odom, chairman
of the Parks and Wildlife Com
mission; members of the Tex
as Highway Commission; Rich-
ard West, research associate
BUSINESS PEOPLE TO
WEAR PIONEER CLOTHES
A mile-long Fandange pa-
rade is being prepared for
next Thursday afternoon The
parade will assemble at Taylor
Airport, and come down North
Main Street, turn west at South
Third Street, and disband at
the post office
It is expected that between
8,000 and 10,000 people will be
in town to view the Fandangle of Albany.
Local People
Nap Opposition
To Shut-Down
.82 Inch Rain
Received Here Fandangle
Windows are
Decorated for
Oil operators, land owners,
royalty owners, and others met
in the high school auditorium
Wednesday night to plan for
the hearing before the Railroad
Commission next month which
could shut down 109 water flood
operations west and northwest
Albany received .82 inch of
rain Sunday night. Storms over
parts of West Texas did con-
siderable damage, but there
was no damage in this county.
The rain stopped wheat har-
vest for a day or so, but no
damage has been reported to
grain.
V. A. Reames reported this
morning that the elevator had
shipped out 16 cars and 40
truck loads of wheat. He said
about three-fourths of the crop
has been harvested.
Temperatures for the week
Business people, with the help
of the Fandangle Association
and local people who possess
relics of the country's early days
have decorated business win-
dows, and others will be dec-
orated by Fandangle time.
These windows always prove
to be an interesting part of the
Fandangle season.
Visitors and local people will
see old guns, old books, old
photographs, ancient docu-
ments, pioneer clothing, early-
day farm implements, old
Plans Made
To Entertain
Parks Men
parade that has proved to be
one of the most enjoyable pa-
rades to be seen anywhere.
Herb Sievers and Gene Kin
ser are in charge of the parade
and are asking local organiza-
tions and individuals to sponsor
floats, vehicles, and unique en-
tries. Floats are already be
Ing built, with local organiza-
tions decorating and
plans to ride the floats
m.
will
l Hon
Fan-
Change Them Ways,''
dangle feature this year.
Today Uie Misty Crystals of
Albany High School will sing
Rev. Anderson
Returned to
Albany Church
Rev. Carl Anderson, who has
served the First Methodist
Church here the past year, was
returned to Albany by the
Northwest Texas Conference In
session last week at Dallas.
Rev. Anderson returned to Al-
bany Friday after spending the
week in Dallas.
The Albany church was pleas-
ed to have Rev. and Mrs. An-
derson and two children sent
back for another year.
Rev. Norman B. Patton was
named as pastor of the Moran
Methodist Church.
Rev. Robert Brown was re-
turned to the O'Donnell church,
and Rev. Dunne Bruce, former
Albany pastor, is district su-
perintendent of the Childress
district.
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Nearly everybody In Shackel-
ford County reads the News.
Parade time is 5:00 p
Prizes Offered
Prizes are being offered for
various types of entries. Two
prizes are offered for floats:
Rest original float entry using
own set, and best float entry
using Fandangle set.
Prizes will also be awarded
ace winners in (he
following categories:
Best group entry.
Best Indian.
Most typical cowlioy over 1(1.
Most typical cowboy under
!18-
| Best side saddle entry.
Best cowgirl—any age.
Best individual entry.
Best horsedrawn wagon.
Best buggy.
Best antique car entry.
Those who wish to enter
rade are urged to contact Herb
Sievers or Mrs. W. L. Hayes.
A review stand will be erect-
ed for the Legislative Council
that will be here to tour Fort
Griffin State Park and to see
the Fandangle that evening.
! Local business people are
The City of Albany has made asked to wear pioneer costumes
with the Texas Legislative
doubtless many tourists will Council, and two members of
stop over to attend. Tuesday the press. This group will be ^
flight, Jon "Rex Jones, Mrs. Hosts fo and recipients of the f fl 't .
Buddy Rodgers and Wayne An advice of Architect Charles
kel appeared on Harry Holt's Pope, representing the United
show on KRBC-TV. Jon Rex States Department of the Inter-
was speaker and Mrs. Rodgers 'or> Department of National
and Wayne sang "You Can't Park Service. The Department
has assigned Don Rickey, Jr.
historian, and Mr. Pope as con
sultants to the legislative com
mittee.
Improvements
Past IS Months
ORDEft BLANK
teWs
76430
Of money order for $
for
. year
Zip
( ) New
subscription is
ON RATES
(Albany and Moran)
States
investments and improvements
totaling $29,800 in the period
Jan. 1, 1965, to June, this year.
Improvements and invest-
ments made include:
New trash truck, $7,000.00.
Bulldozer, $6,500.
Water line (6 inch) to Sed-
wick addition, $4,000.00,
Water works pickup, $2,000.-
00.
Paving 25 blocks of city
streets, $7,800.00.
Re-topping 10 blocks, $500.00.
Installing air conditioning in
City Hall, $1,000.00.
These Improvements have
been made without increasing
taxes or raising water bills, ac-
cording to city manager Llston
Todd.
In addition, the city carried
a substantial balance In the op-
erating fund.
The council plans to continue
to pave city streets. There are
42 blocks In the city without
paving, and these will eventual-
ly be paved. "We have found,"
Todd states, "that it is much
cheaper to pave streets than to
maintain It and keep placing
gravel on it."
There have been seven and a
half blocks paved since Jan. 1.
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CHEER LEADERS TO
HAVE BAKE SALE
The cheer leaders of Albany
High School will hold a bake
sale Saturday, beginning at
8:30 a. m. in Piggly Wiggly
store. They are raising mon-
ey to attend a cheer leaders-
school at Texas Tech in pre-
paration for backing the Lions
next fall.
on parade day to add to the
uniqueness of the day.
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VISITS IN MEXICO
Mrs. Louis F. Green returned
recently from a two-week visit
in Mexico. In El Oro, her birth
place, she visited her father, 11.
L. Crosby, whom she had not
seen in 13 years, and also visit
ed friends in Mexico City, Don |
Estrellas, Guanajuato, Cuerna-
vaca and Puebla.
The Railroad Commission re-
cently issued an order to shut
down these water flood opera-
tions in an effort to stop salt
water from entering North
Hubbard, Salt Prong, and other
creeks in the area that drain
into Hubbard Creek Lake.
A shut down on these leases
will have a far reaching im-
making pact on the economy not only
of the operators and land own
i rs, but on employees who op-
i erate the leases, on school and
county taxes, and on the econ-
omy in general of the area.
The meeting Wednesday
night was called by Reaves
Hickman and J. 1). Willett, Jr.,
local school tax collector. Meet
ing with the group was Tom
Gordon of Abilene, oil and gas
: attorney, who is planning the
I "show cause'' hearing, set for
July fi in Austin.
The leases which will be nf
fected by the shut down order
includes much of the fam-
ous Cook Field, as well as the
One Mile Hill area west of A1
bany.
Group organizes
In the meeting Wednesday
evening, attended by loo oil
men, ranchers and business
men, the name, Hubbard Creek
Citizen Associates, was adopted
and officers and directors nam
ed: 1. M C.'hlsm is chairman,
John H. Sedwick treasurer, J,
D. Willett, Jr., secretary.
Other board members are
Emmett Boyd, Floyd McCom-
as. M. E. Morrell, Russell Har-
ris, John Musschnan, Reaves
Hickman, Jim West, Cecil
Weaver, L. S. Parrott, Bob
Prewitt and Ken Montfort.
Millions of dollars in oil are
affected by the Railroad Com-
mission order which claims
that North Hubbard Creek
contributes only 3''! of the wa-
ter to Hubbard Creek Lake,
but it drains 20"! of the salt wa
ter content entering the big
reservoir.
with highs for afternoon before,' "^papers and many, many
follow:
Friday: 87 and 65.
Saturday: 94 and 67.
Sunday: 95 and 68.
Monday: 94 and 66. .82
Tuesday: 92 and 68.
Wednesday: 90 and 66.
This morning: 98 and 67.
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Finishes Non-Com
School in Alaska
pa-
The Albany Chamber of Com-
merce discussed plans at Fri-
day's luncheon to entertain
members of the National Parks
Service and Texas Parks Board
and members of the sub-com-
mittee on restoration of mis-
sions and parks from the Texas
Legislature.
The group, who will be mak-
ing a three-day tour of Texas
parks will arrive by air at 3:00
Thursday of next week and will
be met by local people who will
escort them to the Fort Grif-
fin State Park. They will re-
Barbecue of Breckenridge turn for the Fandangle parade
cater the barbecue to help and then will be entertained at
other interesting items
Barbecue at 5:00
The Fandangle Association
has made arrangements to
have barbecue served on the
court house lawn each Fan-
dangle day. C. C. Eubanks'
Pit
will
Albany people
their guests.
take care
Home from France
5 DAVID T. O'CONNOR
Lutheran VBS
Begins Monday
Vacation Bible school at
Trinity Lutheran Church will
begin Monday morning, June
20, with registration at 8:00.
The school is based on
the theme: "My Savior and I."
It will be held Monday through
Friday for two weeks, conclud-
ing on July 1.
Except for the first day,
which includes legstration,
school will begin at 8:25 and
dismiss at 11:30.
Since the Bible lessons make
up a coordinated unit, the chil-
Attend Funeral
FORT WAINWIUGHT, Alas
ka. — Army Specialist Five
David T. O'Connor, son of Mrs.
Audrey M. O'Connor, Albany,
Texas, was graduated from the
U. S. Army Alaska Noncom-
missioned Officers Academy at
Fort Wainwright, Alaska, May
27.
The academy, the only one of
its kind in Alaska, develops
leadership traits in soldiers se-
lected from units throughout
the state. Specialist O'Connor
is assigned as a radar operator
with the 43rd Artillery's 4th
Missile Battalion, Ft. Richard-
son.
The 24-year-old soldier enter-
ed the Army in May, 1959, and
was last stationed at Dyess Air
Force Base, Abilene, Texas.
O'Connor attend Albany High
School.
of the home of Mrs. Andrew Hows-
ley until time for the Fandan-
gle. The group will be taken to
Abilene following the Thursday
night production.
Capt. and Mrs. E. D. Fincher "<>rb Sievers reported plans
and sons, Michael and Mitchell, coming along with the Fandan-
returned June 1 from a three- g'e parade. He stated the pa-
year tour of duty in Paris, racl(> wi!1 form Taylor Air-
France, Captain Fincher being Port. wil' (,ome down Main
stationed at Laon AFB. They slreet Past the court house, and
landed at Trenton, N. J , then disband ne - the post office,
drove to Chicago to visit her President .Juhn Hose read u
relatives. Her mother, Mrs. H from Dr K N. Richard
I'. Sievers, joined them in Chi son- who had been presented a
cago and returned with them to Fandangle membership and
Albany June 5, where they will tickets to the Fandangle. Dr.
be for about 45 days visiting Richardson recently addressed
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. "le chamber and their guests,
I'. Fincher and the Sievers. t,le senior class of the Albany
Leaving Albany, they will go "'S'1 School.
to Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, J. Carter King, Jr., report-
Ala., where Captain Fincher is ed that the railroad committee
scheduled to attend school for j is forming a letter of protest to
nine months.
Hospital Notes
Admitted
Herman Wilheim, June 8.
Mrs. R. L. Tunstall, June 9.
Mrs. Amy Bushnell, June 11.
Ed Martin, June 12.
Mrs. Thomas Minter, June
14.
Dismissed
Ella Pearl
Mrs. Ella Pearl Johnston,
June 9.
N. E. Bland, June 9. ,
Ben Waters, Moran, June 10.
Herman Wilheim, June 11.
L. S. Latimer, June 11.
Mrs. R. L. Tunstall, June 13.
Mrs. Thomas Minter and
baby, June 14.
Mrs. Ida B. Leftwich, Moran,
June 15.
send the Interstate Railroad
Commission. The Katy has filed
application to close the Waco-
Rotan line, and the local C-C
is opposing closing the line.
Merle Joyce reported that
three Albany youths and one
from Moran will attend the At-
torney General's Youth Confer-
ence in August. Robby Baugh-
man will attend from Moran
and the Albany youths are Che-
ba King, Martha Chism ancH
Elizabeth Rose. i
Mayor Herb Sievers reportecf
the City of Albany has paved
seven and a half blocks ot
streets since the first of the
year.
The Chamber of Commerce
will hold its regular meetings
at the Albany Hotel dining
room for the next two Fridays.
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Junior Teenagers
Play Here Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Glover Cleve
land were called to Houston Frl
day by the death of their daugh
ter in law, Mrs. J. W. Clove
land.
The funeral was held in llous ] 11u> Junior Teenage Baseball
ton Saturday. team, currently leading the dis-
Mrs. Cleveland underwent j trlct, will play' Cisco here Mon-
surgery two weeks ago. (iay Bt 800 m
She is survived by her hus- Hiding the pitching of Calvin
band, two sons, (> and 14 years ] Garvin, Donnie Chambers and
Andy Douglas, the young Al-
that's n fmt
of
dren are encouraged to lx? pres-1 derby
cnt each day. Children of the
community are invited to at-
tend.
age, and a daughter, 17,
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FISHING DERBY
NEXT SUNDAY
The Methodist Youth Fellow-
ship is sponsoring a fishing
Sunday afternoon, June
19. They will leave from the
church at 4 o'clock, taking sack
lunches. Rert Iverson is mak-
bany team has compiled a 3-1
record which leaves them a tic
for first place.
The Teenagers need your sup-
port in this and following games
of the season.
SENIOR CITIZENS'
MEETING CANCELLED
Regular meeting of the Sen-
ion Citizens Club, scheduled for
next Thursday night, will not
be held, since most of the
members will be entertaining
Fandangle company.
Mrs. Mary Thomas and
daughter and grandchildren,
Mrs. Doris Williams, Neel, Fat-
ing arrangements for a fishing (y am1 niarlps w„liams, and
eturned Monday
location
Tho fish caught at the derby
will be eaten at a fish fry on
Sunday, June 26.
Mrs. Pat Christian and chil-
dren of Fairy spent last week
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
B. L. Braddy.
Teresa Smith,
from a week's visit with her
son, S-Sgt. and Mrs, Aaron R.
Thomas, Jr., at Baker, Ore.
Texas Tech is a coeducation-
al state supported institution o!
higher learning located in Lub
bock and founded in 1925.
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WHALE of a TRIP!
f3s eablv as 1598 whaling
vessels explored the vast
arctic re&ions searching
tor the monster mammals.
in 1840 charles
Wilkes, in his hunt
FOR WHALE'S,
COVERED I BOO
MILE'S OF THE
MVSTERlOUS
ARCTIC SEAS.
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LATE BLOOMER
Joseph Conrar one of the masters of
our lan&ua&e, hardly spoke a word
of English until the age of 17;
CO-OWNERS ?
(°>F C0LH.9E/ THE U. .S SAVINGS BOND BUYER IS FREE
TV DESIGNATE A CO-OWNER OF HIS CHOICE. OR HE MAY NAME
A BENEFICIARY OR. HOLD THE BONO IN HIS OWN NAME ALONE.
CHOICE OF REGISTRATION Li A BIG BONO AWAMTA6E.
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