The Shackelford County Leader (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1946 Page: 3 of 12
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,, March 28,1916
the shackelford county leader
SCHOOL notes Personal Mention
My Column
MRS. C. C. CADY
jvjew business men who have re-
,„ntly moved to Moran and have
ntered business here and have be-
ome a part of our civic organiza-
iion are Mr. Cotten and Son, gen-
ial blacksmithing, acetylene and
.jectric welding, in the old Cham-
i iiss shop. Mr. Cotten is from Ab-
ilene and is busy and satisfied with
irte support the people are giving
him here. His family consists of
wife and son and they have no liv-
ing quarters as yet in Moran and
iie spends every week-end with his
family in Abilene.
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Two other families are locating
ii Moran and coming here for our
rice climate from Denver City, ex-
treme West Texas. They will en-
gage in an up to date modern
•leaning and pressing establish-
nent in the Wild building, which is
teing remodeled and refinished in-
ride and will be a great improve-
ment on our main street. F. P.
I-lurry and H. J. Poifnds are the
proprietors. Mr. and Mrs. Murry
tave a 13 year old daughter and a
young son. The young lady has
already enrolled in our grammar
school in the 8th grade and carries
a nice letter from their home
ehool, being an honor student.
They purchased the Clawson home
and Mr. and Mrs. Pounds want a
vent house.
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Bob Adair has purchased the
equipment of the late Kirkpatrick !
barber shop, and will install two or j
three more chairs and enlarge his 1
room, he will then be able to handle I
the trade. Plans are going for- |
ward to get the work done soon. j
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OUR HONOR ROLL
The following new and renewal
flubcriptions have been received
this week: Thanks.
Mrs. Reuben Brooks, Eldorado,
Ark.
Mrs. Bell Waters
Mrs. Lizzie Dorsey
Roy Tomlinson, Fort Worth
C. S. Barrows
Dick Sargent
Sam Baton
C. C. Greenhaw, Cisco
M. Ledford, Cisco
W. C. Brooks
Matabel Downing, Midland
J. E. Wood, Cisco
Mrs. Mary Anderson
Frances Louise Collins
Mrs. E. D. Cox
Mrs. Frank Midkiff
Mrs. Maggie V. Dyer
D. E. Smith
A. L. Agnew
Mrs. Buck Myrick, Cisco.
SOME MEN are such shrewd in-
'estrs they have all their money
wrapped up in cash.
Mrs.
moran luncheon club
The Luncheon club met Wednes-
day at the Club Cafe with 19 pres-
ent. Out of town visitors were
Miss Edna Thomas of Colorado
City, Mrs. Lloyd Mouris and Mrs.
W. W. Mitchell, Mr. and
Charles Hemphill of Albany.
Mr. Hemphill led the group in
singing America, and Rev. D. A.
Ross gave the invocation. A com-
mittee was appointed to make
plans for a trades day for Moran.
Those named were Messrs. Free-
man, Barnett, Alexander, Collins-
worth, and other merchants. The
opinion was ^ that all local merch-
ants are in favbr of the trades days
in Moran, as they were very suc-
cessful here in former years.
Saturday is Boy Scout day at the
park and the ladies will furnish a
turkey dinner for the workers.
Every scout in Moran is urged to
come to the park by 9 a. m. Satur-
day to help put things in shape.
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moran STUDY CLUB
The Moran Study club met in the
home of Mrs. J. M. Townsend,
Tuesday, March 26. The members
answered roll call with Sayings of
Jesus. Club singing was enjoyed
with Mrs. Joe Allen leading and
Mrs. Paul Harper at the piano.
The Resurrection of Jesus was
given by Mrs. B. A. Elliott; Ap-
pearances after Resurrection, by
Mis. C. B. Snyder; The Ascension,
Mrs. H. R. Roberts.
Members present; Mmes. R. A.
Elliott, B. A. Elliott, R. E. For-
rester, Jack Taylor, Carroll Loud-
der, Paul Harper, Glen Cottle, Joe
Allen, Fred Wylie, Barbara Town-
send. H. R. Roberts, J. M. Town-
send and C. B. Snyder. Guests,
Mrs. Brit Pippen and Patty.
CHRISTIAN LADIES AID
Met Monday at the church with
10 members present
Williams acted as president. Open-
ing songs were Jesus Calls Us, and
Amazing Grace; opening prayer
by Mrs. Bell Waters. Mrs. Ima
Hamilton gave the lesson Plans
and Prayer for Tomorrow and
Take Stock of Your Ownself. She
also read from the Scripture,
Strength for Service, Isa. 41:10-12.
Duty, Phil. 4:12-14.
The society voted to send to the
orphans home, a case of eggs for
Easter. Next meeting will be a
miscellaneous program, April 1.
The Sunday school made a dona-
tion to the Red Cross of $5.00 and
the Ladies Aid contributed $5.00.
Our track team entered several
events at Cross Plains district
meet last week-end but failed to
place. Some good experience was
gained this year for next.
Mrs. Krauskopf of Cisco is pre-
senting several of her piano stu-
dents in a musical recital Friday
night, April 5th. Some of our Mo-
ran young people will be in this
presentation.
Both our junior class as well as
the seniors are now at work with
plays. Mrs. Williams is directing
the juniors and Mr. Odell has
charge of the senior thespians.
Tennis has taken over as the1
outside interest. We are planning
on baseball games with Cisco and
Baird.
The speech class presented two
one-act plays last Thursday night
to a nice sized crowd. This offer-
ing netted $33 to use for stage
equipment and to clean the cur-
tains. Mrs. Clarence Gay directed.
Be sure and enumerate all
youngsters between ages f six and
eighteen this month.
Parents are asked to check up
with those children that are ex-
pected to eat in our lunch room.
Town children go home for lunch
but many others go to town and
eat pop and candy. Help us get
this group in the habit of eating a
good lunch in the lunchroom.
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RED CROSS REPORT
Report on the Red Cross cam-
paign up to date is $272.18, the
sum including that collected by
Betty Sue Morris and Maiy Weber
in the business district of Moran,
which amounted to $149.19.
We appreciate the generosity of
those who gave and also those who
helped with their time. We also
urge those who have not contrib-
uted to make your donation this
week, as the money must be sent
in April 1. All gifts can be made
at the bank to Misses Morris and
Weber.
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CARD OF THANKS
Words cannot express our sin-
cere appreciation and gratitude to
our many friends for their com-
forting cards, letters and flowers
to us during my illness. We give
you our heartfelt thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Mohon.
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TEXAS STATE GUARD
NEWS, COMPANY C—
10th Bn., MORAN
Fifteen faithful members of
Company C rifle club came out for
Mrs. Wylie the re£ular Practice Sunday after-
noon. Despite the fact that the
wind was really blowing, some real
good shooting was done. And
don't kid yourself mister, the wind
will make a poor shooter out of an
expert marksman. The high man,
and winher of the event was Sgt.
Frank Midkiff, who scored 85 out
of a possible 100. The runner up,
being Sgt. Lloyd Walker with 82,
and Dick Peterson trailing with 70.
There is the total score:
Sgt. Midkiff 85, Sgt. Walker 82.
Pvt. Peterson 70, Sgt. Parrish 67.
Pvt. M. Newton 65, Lt. McCol- j
lum 63.
Pvt. Anderson 60, Major Mc-
Cargo 60.
Sgt. Pettit 57, Pvt. C. Alexander
56.
Pvt. P. Walker 55, Lt. Newton
53.
Pfc. Edwin Weir 47, Capt. Booth
45.
Pfc. B. Newton 38.
If you want to have some real
sport better come line up, and get
reay for the big guns. It is our
understanding that big plans are
in the making for lots of outside
activity this summer. The next
date for target practice will be an-
nounced on Tuesday night.
METHODIST WSCS
The WSCS of the Methodist
church met at the church Monday.
In the absence of Mrs. Wise, Mrs.
Burton presided. Opening song,
Jesus Calls Us; prayer in unison
bythe group.
Mrs. Fred Wylie brought the de-
votional from the 19th Psalm. She
also brought the lesson from the
Cross Over Africa, assisted by
Mrs. Jack Taylor. The society will
! meet at the church Monday, April
1, with Mmes. Weir and Waters,
co-hostesses. Members present
were Mmes. Ross, Taylor, Wylie,
Waters, Weir, Sherman, Jeter,
Burton and Jones.
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REAL SILK HOSIERY prom-
ised for next Monday at Free-
man's.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Greenhaw of
Cisco, visited Mrs. Greenhaw's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Plummer
at Moran Sunday.
Lynn Williams, who has been a
: patient in Graham hospital for the
past two weeks, suffering from an
infected knee, was able to be
j brought home on Wednesday.
The many friends of Mrs. Leon
Hammons will be pleased to learn
that her little son, Leon Leonard,
i age 2 years, that was burned with
hot water in the bath tub last Sat-
urday evening and was rushed to
Graham hospital, Cisco for treat-
ment, was not seriously burned and
is doing quite well, is the latest re-
port.
Word from the bedside of our
nightwatchman, Dick Sargent, was
very good, but he is unable to sit
up yet.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Pettit of
Breckenridge are spending a few
days in Moran. They are remodel-
ing their home here.
Rev. J. W. Baughman of West-
over, Texas, and Mr. and Mrs. L. J.
Baughman, visited with Miss Lola
and Hub Baughman last week.
Mrs. W. E. Wood and baby, Sue,
of the Wood Cafe, returned from
the hospital at Ranger with baby
Sue much improved in health. She
had a light attack of pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rooerts of
Pecos visited his brother, Wayne
and wife while her brother was
home on leave, in the home of his
parents last week. Other guests in
the home of J. V. Roberts last
week were a sister to Mr. Roberts,
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Long of Fresno,
Calif. They drove in from the west
and took their relatives by sur-
prise.
Ch. Mach. J. W. Roberts, USN.,
who had not visited his parents for
about 7 years, was home on leave
for 20 days, and joined his wife and
baby in Moran who had come from
Norfolk, Va. a year ago and wait-
ing for the .husband and father to
meet them here where the family
was reunited. Wayne had not seen
his little daughter since she was 4
months old. Mrs. Roberts and lit-
tle daughter, now two years old,
returned with Mr. Roberts to Cali-
fornia where they will live while
the husband returns to Pearl Har-
bor for duty.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Black are on
a two weeks vacation, now in San
Antonio. i
Friends of Mrs. ijiankston are
pleased to hear of her recovery
from illness of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hubert of Gra-
ham were visitors in Moran on
Tuesday. Ben said come over and
get some strawberries.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Evans of
Waco visited her mother, Mrs.
Mary A. Cook, and while here they
celebrated Mrs. Cook's 82nd birth-
day on Monday.
Uncle Sam Says
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This lad in the coal mines near
Wilkes Barre, Pa., buys a Savings
Bond every month because he is
going to be married. "I've seen
plenty of sickness and layoffs in my
time," says Joe. "I've $375.00 in
War and Victory Bonds now. Ten
years from now 25 bucks a month
coming in. Imagine what that will
mean to Irma and me, and maybe
a couple of kids, specially if these
diggings should be shut up for a
while." V. S. Treasury Department
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Be it ordered by the Board of
Trustees of Moran Independent
School District that an election be
held at Justice of Peace office, in
(the town of Moran, Texas, the sixth
day of April, 1946, for the purpose
I of electing three school trustees
j for said Moran Independent School
i District.
Cole Jackson is to hold said elec-
tion, and said election shall be held
in the manner prescribed by law
for holding other elections.
Names to be placed on ballot
will expire March 30, 1946.
Morris Cottle, President
12-3tc E. A. Cuno, Secretary.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
The City Council is calling an
election to be held on the first
Tuesday in April, same being April
2, 1946, for the purpose of electing
three aldermen to serve two years
each. Said election will be held in
the office of the Justice of Peace
in Moran, Texas. Polls will open
at 7 o'clock A. M. and close at 7
o'clock P. M. This notice shall run
for three consecutive weeks prior
to said election, in accordance with
the laws of the State of Texas.
CARD of thanks
I want to thank my many friend
for the lovely gifts and the nas?
get-well cards I received <iurii%»
my stay in the hospital. Also fw
their kindness and consideratiou at
my family. Your thoughtfulrassi
shall always be remembered.
Mrs. L. C- Kays.
Suscribe for THE LEADER
CLASSIFIED
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METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday, March 31
10:00 a. m.—Church school, Lynn
Williams, superintendent.
11:00 a. m.—Worship service.
7:00 p. m.—Evening Bible study.
I Samuel, chapters 8, 9 and 10.
7:30 p. m.—Evening worship.
Woman's Society of Christian
Service Monday afternoon 2:30.
Rev. P. E. Yarborough, confer-
ence evangelist is scheduled to be
with us on next Sunday and preach
morning and evening. He is to
spend a day or so with this church
assisting in our femily visitation
program next week. Other minis-
ters will be here also for a part of
the time. This visitation period is
a very important phase of our
evangelistic program for the year
and the interest and cooperation
of the membership is very earnest-
ly solicited.
D. A. ROSS. Pastor.
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BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday:
Sunday school—10 a. m.
Worship service—11 a. m.
Training Union—6:30 p. m.
Worship service—7:30 p. m
Choir practice—8:30 p. m.
Monday:
W. M. S.—2:30 p. m.
Sunbeam band—2:30 p. m.
Intermediate and Junior G. A.—
4:00 p. m.
Masters Electric
Service
Plenty of New Magnetos
for all Makes of Farm
Tractors.
TELEPHONE 386
ALBANY, TEXAS
A complete line of
Ball Bearings.
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CREDIT JEWELER
SERVICE and QUALITY
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ised for
man's.
SILK HOSIERY prom-
next Monday at Free-
Plenty of real, genuine black
pepper at Freeman's Grocery, Mo-
ran.
C. C. Cady will sell bus tickets
at Leader office for W.T.T. Co.
NOTICE
There have been numerous com-
plaints coming in to the Council
about chickens running at large
within the city limits. This is a
friendly warning to you to pen
your chickens up at once and keep
them up. You are not being fair to
yourself nor your neighbor when
you allow your chickens to be
turned out. There is an ordinance
prohibiting such a practice, and we
| will be forced to make it unpleas-
ant for you if you do not cooperate.
If your neighbors doesn't have a
garden, they are . trying to have
flowers, so please cooperate.
CITY ALDERMEN
Moran, Texas.
DEAD STOCK REMOVED
FREE
Phone Collect 4001 ^|,j|ene
If no answer 6680 w
CENTRAL HIDE & RENDERING CO.
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For more than
sixty-two years
it has been our
privilege to ren-
der a service to
this community.
Alex Rawlins
& Sons
Weather ford, Texas
FOR SALE- One electric brood-
er, 6x6, capacity 350 chicks.—See
C. W. McCollum, Moran, Texas.
FOR SALE—A fine ranch of
1526 aCres in San Saba county. All
j fenced sheep proof, fine grass, cut
j up in several pastures. Well im-
proved, a real buy. Shown only by
appointment. Se or write Box 141,
Muleshoe, Texas, or 1501 Ave. D,
Cisco, Texas.
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BABY CHICKS
FOR SALE—For small or large
irrigated farms in Bailey or Lamb
county, see or write Jackson, Box
141, Muleshoe, Texas.
BOY SCOUTS
We want you to work next Saturday at the Park, at
9 a.m. A turkey dinner will be served you by the
ladies of Park committee.
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If you have property for sale or
i want to buy, come in and list it
with us. We have calls every day.
—C. C. Cady, Moran, Texas.
For Roofing Needs
All types
Composition, Shingle, !|
or Builtup ■ ■
Call
Pueblo Roofing Co.
Phone 481—104 W 4th
Cisco, Texas
Each year we are offer-
ing higher and better
quality chicks at lowest
possible prices.
S4 per 100 and up
Write for prices at once
or come to see us any-
time.
Star Hatcliery
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BAIRD, TEXAS
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FOR SALE—One 17 jewel Bul-
ova man's wrist watch, $20.00; one
7 jewel Broadway, man's wrist
i watch, $10.00; one 15 jewel, 12 size,
man's pocket watch, $17.50; one
two-wheel trailer, good condition,
tires fair, $60.00; one Cocker Span-
iel dog, 8 months old, a bargain,
$12.50.—See C. E. Painter, M. K. T. |
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We have installed a new 16,000
egg All-Electric Special Turkey
Hatcher. $4.25 pet tray of 84 eggs.
Set on Tuesdays.—Frasier Hatch-
ery, Ranger. 2tpd.
Open For Business April 1
CLEANING, PRESSING, ALTERATIONS
with a 3 day turn out.
We invite you to see us.
All modern machinery.
MURRY and POUNDS, Proprietors
MORAN ,TEXAS
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The Shackelford County Leader (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1946, newspaper, March 28, 1946; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth417032/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.