The Shackelford County Leader (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1943 Page: 3 of 4

                                
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11,1943
THE SHACKELFORD COUNTY LEADER
AND COMMUNITY
My Column
MRS. C. C. CADY
Cold winds swept down from the
Panhandle Sunday and Monday,
gave us our first touch of winter.
One of our citizens remarked he
had the last mess of green beans
from his garden before the frost
nipped them and a few peaches
from his trees which was a luxury.
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Congratulations to our sister city
and the Albany chamber of com-
merce in winning the award of
$w0 over a hundred and two cities.
We know they deserved the award
and we rejoice in this fine achieve-
ment of our county seat, Shackel-
ford county, the best one in West
Texas. Cherrio from the Moran
Luncheon club, to Manager Miss
Ollie Clark and President I. M.
Chism, Moran's native son.
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WAR CHEST DRIVE is lagging,
a few more dollars are needed bad-
ly to fill our quota. Gov. Coke
Stevenson says the United War
Chest of Texas offers the kind of
investment that affords a comfort
to that boy of yours, who is out
there fighting for your and my Lib-
erty and Democracy. Your money
will do much to keep China, Russia
and our other Allies fighting to
speed the day of victory. Come on
folks, Moran must raise this quota,
we have never fallen down and we
must give a little more. Those that
have not given, please take it to
our committee, Oscar Wise, at the
City Hall or to Floyd Pool at the
bank. Take a Texans share.
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Since the rodeo and carnival are
over, the town seems slow, but
cheer up, Thanksgiving and Christ-
mas holidays are just around the
corner. Though some of our loved
ones are serving their country away
from home, you can find many
things for which to be thankful and
grateful this Thanksgiving.
MORAN LUNCHEON CLUB
MEETS WEDNESDAY
The Luncheon club will meet
next Wednesday, November 17, at
the Methodist church at which time
a Thanksgiving turkey dinner will
be served with the Moran high
school pep squad members as
guests.
With the football season nearing
the close, the club is taking this1
opportunity to show its apprecia- j
tion for the fine cooperation of the
girls for the strength and ability
they have added to our Bulldog
team this season. There will be
about 30 girls and their sponsors
and each club member is asked to
sponsor two girls.
The ladies will be able to serve
about 60 plates and those planning!
to attend should make reservations1
early. Henry Knight has asked as j jn death
his guests, Dora Collinsworth,
Wanda Tatum, Bettie Lummus and
Virginia Brooks. He will also have
as his guests, Judge G. B. King of
Albany.
MRS. ANNIE LAWHON
BURIED HERE SATURDAY
Funeral for Mrs. Annie Lawhon,
81, who passed away last Friday at
the home of a daughter, Mrs. Her-
man Hayward, of Greggton, was
held at the graveside in the Moran
cemetery Saturday afternoon at 4
o'clock.
A resident of Moran since 1907
until the last few years when she
went to live with her daughter.
Mrs. Lawhon passed away sudden-
ly and the remains arrived in Mo-
ran at noon Saturday. Services
were conducted by the Rev. A. A.
Painter, pastor of the Moran Bap-
tist church and interment was in
the local cemetery.
A large crowd of sorrowing
friends and neighbors was present
to pay their last tribute to a noble
woman and an excellent citizen of
Moran for so many years. She had
been a lifelong member of the Bap-
I tist church. The floral offering
| sent by relatives and friends at-
tested the esteem of loved ones.
Survivors include three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Hayward, and Mrs. Clyde
Kopp of Long Beach, and Mrs.
Moody Mitchell of San Diego,
Calii.; and two sons, Sam and Jim-
mie.
With Our Men
COMPANY C, STATE
GUARD NEWS
In U. S.
Service
Pvt. Floyd C. Bills who has been
in the service for the last three
months in Camp Lee, Virginia,
came home Friday, October 5 on a
furlough.
Staff Sgt. Ray Martin of Moran
arrived in England the last of Oc-
tober.
Pvt. Oscar D. Smith of Sheppard
Fie!d, Wichita Falls, spent Sunday
with his parents.
Promotion of William M. Roun-
tree, husband of Mrs. Effie Mae
Rountree of Moran, from private
first class to corporal was announc-
ed by order of Colonel Joseph B.
Duckworth, commanding officer of
Bryan Field, Texas.
Corporal Rountree is an aviation
mechanic at the Instrument In-
structors' School. Student-officers
here learn the intricacies of pilot-
ing various types of Army Air
Forces planes while depending on
their instrument panel only for in-
Her husband and one daugh- j dication as to ttheir speed, direction i
ter, Mrs. Addie Terry, preceded her j and aitit;ucle
Mechanics at this AAF installa-
Out of town relatives attending
the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Her-
man Hayward and two daughters,
Mr. and Mrs. Reford Comer and
O. E. S. MEETING
Moran Chapter No. 591, Order of j
Eastern Star, met in a stated meet-
ing Monday evening, November 8,
with thirty-one officers, members!
and visitors present.
Agnes Lee Howard, Deputy
Grand Matron, District 3, Section
4, of the Grand Chapter of Eastern
Star, from the Albany chapter was
presented in the East. She was
saluted with the Grand Honors.
Mrs. Jewel Nixon, Worthy Ma-
tron of Albany chapter gave a most ]
interesting report of her visit to
Grand Chapter held in San Antonio
October 28, 1943.
Chapter was closed in regular
form. Refreshments were served!
to those present. Those register-
ing from Albany were Mmes. Jewel
Nixon, Agnes Lee Howard, Beth
Todd, Annie E. Clayton, Dennie Lee
McDaniel, Ruth Freeland, Erma
Hyde, Minnie Smith, Era Parsons,
Averiel Nappier, Bernice Suther,
]Lera Young, Jettie Griggs, Misses
■ Mary Ann Harris and Louise Gould.
tion are rated among the best in
the business. The field has had no
fatal flying accidents and has main-
tained an extremely good safety
daughters, Jeanette and Gale, all j record> thanks to men like Roun.
of Greggton; and a granddaughter, I tree
(By A. Rookie)
Folks, due to more pressing mat-
ters coming up at this time, I will
forego my usual observations of
the rookie's eye view of the soldier
recruit, on the Tuesday night drill
field. So I will begin my remarks
with:
AN EARNEST APPEAL TO
PATRIOTIC CITIZENS OF
MORAN
You are all aware of the fact that
our great nation is in the midst of
ft
a struggle for our very existence. (
You also realize that our former j
Texas National Guard is now in the j
midst of the heaviest of fighting on
foreign soil. You are bound to
realize that, in the absence of our
National Guard, some one is needed
to take over in case of emergency,
to protect lives and property, and
to maintain order. All of these
reasons brought about the organi-
zation of the Texas State Guard,
and you have a Company right here
at home.
Now here is the point: Men, we
need men, men to fill the gaps
caused by the army inducting our
boys into the regular army; and
Mr. Right Living Citizen, we need
YOU. We need you, for we can
help you to help us, and if you are
j MORAN STUDY CLIJB
| Mrs. R. A. Elliott was hostess to
| the Moran Study Club Tuesday,
November 9. Mrs. Oscar Wise,
j president, conducted the business
session. Mrs. Oyler, Defense chair-
man, sold $3.20 in stamps. Linens
were brought to send to Federation
headquarters. Mrs. Forrester, Fed-
eration counsellor, brought items
from the Federation News, and
presented the critics report. Mrs.
R. A. Elliot was leader for the fol-
lowing program:
Topic: Jacob and Rachel—"1
global war, a gigantic struggle, ™th thee and wiU keeP thec
 *     I whither so ever thou goest." Gen.
28:15.
Esau and Jacob—Twain unlike,
Mrs. H. R. Roberts.
Stoiy of Jacob's life in Baran
Mrs. J. M. Townsend.
Jacob, the Patriarch, Mrs. Oscar
Wise.
Rachel, the Placid, Mrs. Jack
Taylor.
Pledge to the Flag in unison.
Mmes. Emma Cottle, Dee Bump
ers and Randolph were guests. De-
licious refreshments of cake and
chocolate and coffee were served.
Mrs. R. E. Forrester will be hostess
November 23.
Miss Polly Lawhon of Houston.
One son, Jimmie, returned from
California in time for the funeral.
Pallbearers were Floyd C. Pool,
Will English, Ben Waters, Grant
Collinsworth, Chester Allen and
Will Townsend.
BUSTER COTTLE TOPS
IN DISTRICT 12-B
AS FOOTBALL BACK
Buster Cottle, Moran high's one-
man powerhouse, is rated as one of
the finest schoolboy backs in West
Texas.
In fact, Monday he won the unan- | ped in Moran
Capt. Claude C. Wild who has
been stationed at the Prisoner of!
War Camp in Mexia, Texas, has j
been transferred to Fort Sam Hous-
ton He is commanding officer in
the Fort Sam Houston Prisoner of •
War Camp.
Glen Steen who has been employ- i
ed in the ship yards at Pearl Har-
bor, Hawaii, for 18 months, return-
ed recenly to the states for surgery.
He is in the Marine Hospital at
Galveston, recovering from an ope-
ration for an arm injury sustained
while lifting pipe. Enroute he stop-
to visit his mother,
METHODIST WSCS.
Met Monday, November 8, 2:30
p. m. in church with five members
present. Mrs. R. C. Black presided.
between the ages of 16 and b0, let' „  ....
b . Mrs. Oscar Wise bringing a verv
me say to go right now, before you I >  „r, . "
J " b ^ 1 interesting lesson 011 What Our-
forget about it, and see Lieutenant! 1X7i„ _ T),
b Dollars Will Da. Plans were made
Fred C. Smith, and he will sign you T , , . ,,
' i tor the Luncheon club, November
up for a duty which you will be | „ at which ^ ^
proud of. No aoubt you hear d the | gir,s wi„ be guests A)so
siren shrill call Thursday morning 1 . „ . , ,
^ ... ,, .Y , slons on names to be drawn for our
when at 9:30 it blew three shrill; , „. .
annual Christmas program. All.
blasts, and wondered what it all
who wants your names in, be pres-
meant, when there was no response i . . ,, ,.
' ,, .4. Jent for next Monday. Meeting
by the nre wagons! Well, it meant] . ,
. . ., . ,, , „ „ closed with song and prayer tn uni-
just this: Moran has Company C, |
the smallest town known with a I   _ 
imous vote of coaches and news-
papermen of District 12-B, not only
as the greatest gridder in the six-
team loop, but also as one of the ]
greatest backs ever seen in action, j
The record of 17-year-old Cottle,
Mrs. G. J. Steen and other relatives
and will spend several weeks here
while convalescing.
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass.
November 2, 1943.
Dear Mrs. Cady:
appropriately nick-named "Block- I finally have a new address, so
you can start sending me the Lead-
I issues I
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The Mutual Broadcasting Sys-
tem's "Chapel of the Air" program
Rev. and Mrs. Darris Egger left
for Northwest Texas conference
last Sunday, just after Sunday
service. The conference will be 1 Sunday morning, November 14,;
held at First Methodist church,',1943, at 10:31 to 11:00 o'clock,'
Lubbock. Rev. and Mrs. Egger j (Texas time) will be conducted by,
have endeared themselves to every j Mr. Felix Krembs, a former First
buster" and a veritable one-man
team all by hirhself, speaks for er again,
itself:
He quarterbacks Coach Newell
Odell's Moran high Bulldog eleven
and is rated as one of the best field
Could
missed
you
and
pick up the
send thein.
generals in the circuit-
man, woman and child in Moran.
We earnestly hope Rev. Egger will
be sent back to this church. He
will be in the pulpit next Sunday
morning, November 14 for the 11
o'clock services.
MEN OF MORAN
YOU ARE
NEEDED
You live in and near Moran—and
believe in the American way of
life.... Your State needs you—
JOIN THE
TEXAS STATE
GUARD
AGES 16 to 60
COMPANY C. 10 BN
GEO. L. McCARGO
Commanding Officer
Meets Tuesday 8:00 P. M.
Armory at American Legion Hall
Reader-
church.
in a Christian Science
Our Government is calling for I
old papers and magazines, andj
kitchen fats for explosives. It is'
not hard to save up the papers, but J
to take them to Cisco is the hard-:
est. The writer took both papers \
and waste fats last week and sold '
tnem to the Cisco Lumber and Sup-1
ply Co. They paid 25 cents per ■
hundred for old papers and 5 cents
He does all of the punting and
his kicks average 45 yards—a bet-
ter than good average in anybody's
league.
He's also the Bulldogs' top ball
carr ier and has averaged a net gain
of six yeards on every line play
when he's carried the ball. He's
District 12-B's leading scorer and
has personally accounted for 58 of
the club's total of 115 points racked j Moran.
up in eight games thus far this sea-
son. And his accurate passing has
set up most of the other scores.
The sandy-haired 160-pounder
has the smashing drive of a 200-
pound husky, and better yet -he's
the fastest man on the Moran ele-
also ?
The trip up here was very enjoy-
able. I came through the Old
South, Washington, Philadelphia
and New York. There is certainly j
a lot of history in this section, and
it would take years to see every-.
thing.
However, when this thing is ail
over, I'll be ready to try to find a
job in West Texas. I like to visit ^
the East, but will do my living in
Texas. j
Give my regards to my friends in
Sincerely,
C. J. Watson.
per pound for fats, and the money
was turned into the War Chest ven- clocking off the 100 in ten flat.
fund which is needing help to get! Three times this season he has bril"
our quota. Now if some way could' returned kick-offs for touch-
be worked out here in Moran to
MORAN SERGEANT
WED AT COLUMBIA
Dr. and Mrs. Charles D. Walters
of Columbia and Charleston, an-
buy these things here, and the Boy
Scouts get to working, Moran could
salvage a fine lot. Let us hear
from an organization or some place
where papers could be stored, say
the Red Cross rooms, or our mar-
kets handle the fats.
downs.
! Cottle plays in the safety slot on
1 the defense, but v.-nen the going
1 gets rough he moves up into the
| line or holds down one of the line-
1 backing posts.
Cottle, a senior, is the son of Mr.
i and Mrs. Morris Cottle of Moran.
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Sara Deese to S/Sgt.
Howard * E. Hammond of Moran,
Texas and Columbia Army Air
Base on October 1, 1943.
Mrs. Hammond, the only daugh-
ter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles D.
Walters, attended Bennettsville
high school and Malboro Business
College. For the past three years
Mrs. Hammond has made her home
His brother, Jerry, a junior Moran in Columbia.
-7JM M\ MX "JM M\W ll\\\ my Ml ;M M M\ M M ■
"My
Bank
Book.
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IT'S A GOOD BOOK TO OWN"
Yes, indeed ... a Bnk book is a book every
man, woman and child should own. Your
Bank book is a symbol of thrift, of good man-
agement, of business-like control of your
finances.
Open a Bank account this week, then make
regular deposits. Whether it's small or large
your Bank account .is welcome here and we'll
be glad to help you get ahead financially.
The Moran National Bank
Moran, Texas
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Carpe r ition.
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high student, is also on the Bulldog
squad. He plays in the backfield,
too.
VISITS PARENTS HERE
Air Cadet Glen L. Pool accom-
panied by a friend, from Sheppard
Field, Wichita Falls, were week-
end visitors here with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd C. Pool, who
met the boys in Breckenridge Sat-
urday.
A week-end house party furnish-
ed entertainment for the boys with
Misses Mary Weber and Betty Sue
Morris as guests and accompany-
ing them on horse back rides. They
returned to Wichita Falls Sunday
afternoon.
S/Sgt. Hammond attended Mo-
ran high school and Texas Tech-
nological College, and is the young-
est son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ham-
mond of Moran, Texas.
After a short wedding trip S/Sgt.
and Mrs. Hammond will be at home
at 1606 Gervais St.
Congratulations to (Mike) from
the host of friends in Moran.
Fort Worth Star-
Telegram
Morning, Evening Sunday
at your door or by mail.
Your Newsboy,
PROSPER N. WALKER
Moran, Texas
Company headquarters, and to
show their patriotism, they gather-
ed on November 11 and put on a
rccruiting drive to get more mem-
ber's to fill the gaps in the ranks.
And now a word to those of our
boys who have been detained from
attending regular drill: If you i
think we don't miss you, you are •
just wrong; we do miss you, and we
feel sure you will be back, but hur-\
ry up, for we need you, and, if I
you'll lean over right close, I'll tell
you a military secret about what's |
going to happen next Tuesday I
night; WHOA, wait a minute—'
that's right, it is a military secret,
and I can't tell it, but listen you
backsliders — come on out next
Tuesday night, and I'll guarantee
you will be glad you did! See you
Tuesday night.
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OUR HONOR ROLL
Will English
Mrs. T. H. Simpson, Abilene
Pvt. Newt W. Steen, Seattle,
Wash
Alton Lairmer, USS Fleet, San
Francisco
Mrs. Ray Dennis
Mrs. Britt Pippin, Corsicana
Mrs. N. A. Snell, Abilene
Mrs. Hulda Morris, Abilene.
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BAPTIST W. M. U.
Seven ladies attended the Bible
Study taught by Mrs. J. M. Town- j
send Monday. Song, More Love to
Thee; prayer, Mrs. T. S. Kirkpat-
rick. Committees were appointed
for working on Buckner Orphans
Home box. Dismissed by Mrs. Bob
Dennis.
(Additional Moran News lbj
another page)
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WANTED
POULTRY, TURKEYS, EGGS
and CREAM.
We pay TOP PRICES, Every Day.
KB FEED
OAKLEY FEED STORE
Moran, Texas
WANTED
Turkeys, Turkys,
TURKEYS
WE PAY TOP MARKET PRICES ON,
TURKEYS EVERY DAY SEE US
BEFORE YOU SELL.
Cisco
Poultry
& Egg Co
CHAS. W. THOMAS, Mgr.
107 E. 6th St. Phone 148 f
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