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Concerning one special event
that has taken place in the busi-
ness district of Albany, this column
feels that an explanation is due the
civic mipded citizens of Albany and
the entire county. We refer to the
gaudy sign painted this week on
the side of the building which is oc-
cupied by The Shackelford County
Leader. This was put there with-
out our authority and when we
questioned the right of the painters
to put it there and how long they
expected it to remain, they prompt-
ly secured a contract, so they in-
formed us, from the agent renting
us the building, and paid for the
right.
The Shackelford County Leader
Old Vol. 33, No. 47—New Vol. 7, No. 36
Albany .Texas, Sept. 13, 1945
Summer of 1945 only
Half as Hoi as 1941
According to Record
If you are one of those persons
kicking about the weather and
claiming this summer was hotter
than last year, you are terribly
mistaken because figures show the
other extreme and figures don't
lie, especially when they are com-
piled by one of your local bankers.
A. W. Reynolds, vice president
The bottled drink manufacturers
have long practiced the habit of
painting- signs free where they
could get their own merchandise
pictured in glaring paint and out-
shadowing the local business, and
when they proposed to give us such
sign we turned them down. They
went past us and put this up with-
out our sanction, but when the
name Leader started going up in a
line over their ad, we promptly had
it blocked out, as we are not in fav-
or of this sort of stuff in the busi-
ness area of our town.
Industrial Committee
Studies Needs and
Reports Findings
Recommendations for post war
Albany from the Albany cha/nber
of commerce industrial committee
were highlighted with three major
divisions:
1st. Urgent need focr a healthy
and improved oil industry, which
largely evolved fiom an incrcb.se in
price of crude oil. the county's chief
of the First National Bank of Al-1 raw material
If Albany Is going into the bot-
tled drink business exclusively,
then this sort of advertising is al-
right, but ihese glaring signs up
and down Main street are costly to
the home town regardless of the
fact the local merchant thinks he
is getting something for nothing.
Anything you get free is not worth
a darn so better beware when
someone comes along and offers
such propositions. They will de-
tract from your own business and.
in our way of thinking, they cheap-
en your own business.
Our newspaper occupies one of
the most attractive old native
stone buildings in Albany and is
situated on the crossroads of both
the town and county, and a corner-
where State and Federal highways
intersect to carry all traffic
thrjugh the town. We regret very
much that the natural beauty of
this building has been so defaced
with these harsh colors of paint
and promise to do all we can to get
it erased as soon as possible. Ir
the meantime, a lot of ladies in
Albany have sworn off the drunk 113
that is advertised
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prove its detrimental effects.
bany, and official keeper of the
weather records in Albany, has
furnished proof that there were
exactly three times as many days
last year that ran 100 degrees or
higher, than during this year for
the two months of July and Aug-
ust.
July of 1945 had only two days
on which the thermometer reached
100, and they came during the last
of the month. In July, 1944, 16
days topped the hundred mark with
a high of 109.
August, 1944, had 20 days with
a high of 100 and above, while
August of this year, with a high of
109 on the 19th, had only half as
many 100 degrees days as the same
month last year.
While September of this year
got off to a good start with warm
weather, with almost half the time
to date reaching the 100 mark, jment and reconversion.
cooler weather is promised immed- Members frankly admitted that
iately, but no rain for this ihinredi- oil and cattle are prime raw ma-
2nd. Improved pool of man-
power fcr the oil industry locally,
largely through returned service
men and employees who went to
more gainful occupations in war in-
dustries.
3rd. Greatly increased housing
facilities for Albany—more accom-
modations for population, new
houses for war veterans who will
return with families.
An acute shortage of housing has
existed for two years. This was
the biief from committee on indus-
trial development bureau, G. P.
Crutchfield, oilman, chairman, Joe
A. Clarke, banker, and C. B. Down-
ing, schoolman, members, affiliated
with West Texas Chamber of
Commerce industrial development
council, which was for the purpose
of bringing new industries and im-
prove local facilities for re-employ-
ate part of West Texas is mention-
ed.
Following is the tabulated re-
port prepared by Mr. Reynolds:
Comparative Maximum
Temperature July and
August 1945 and 1944
July 1945 1944
Furthermore, very few bottled
drink manufacturers ever spend a
penny in the small town newspa-
pers for advertising. Reason is,
they get all the free space they
want right over the business
houses throughout the town and
they consider that sufficient. Now,
the question is, are we going to try
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own town and our own business
houses, and advertise our own
wares, or shall wo b'ost the big
business of the cities and live in a
hick town that cares nothing for
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terials and that oil and gas, as
large taxpayers and source of new
wealth, 'ocally and nationally, were
the great focus of attention, the
fountain of employment and main
business for majority of tiie county
population—85% of whom are di-
rectly in the oil industry. The
county has produced oil since 1913
—its principal cash crop.
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Methodist Men Hold
Barbecue Supper
At Legion Hall
The Methodist men's Brother-
hood meeting was held Wednesday
night at the Legion hall with a
barbecue supper featured as the I possible to handle.
Shackelford Roads
Included in Plans
For Improvement
S J. Treadaway, district engi-
neer of the Texas Highway Depart-
ment for this 12-county area, an-
nounced last week the approval of
a three-year highway construction
program totaling approximately
six and and a half million dollars
for this district. The plans have
been submitted to the Federal Bu-
reau of Public Roads for final ap-
proval, which is expected to go
through without a hitch, it was re-
ported.
Completion of the Albany-Baird
road, designated as U. S. 133, is one
of the top ranking projects on the
list and is expected to be one of the
first 011 which contract is let for
hardsurfacing.
The stretch of road embraced in
this order calls for topping from
Albany southward across Shackel-
ford county to Baird and south-
ward to the Coleman county line, a
distance of 32.8 miles. This will
complete the last gap of paving in
the Canda-to-Gulf highway which
hid been started several years be-
fore the war.
The Albany-Ibex road is also in-
cluded in the proposed road build-
ing program and is scheduled to
receive an expenditure of $72,000
to improve the 10.3 miles termed
as secondary roads.
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Ellenberger Lime
Tests Getting Play
In East Shackelford
A test for- the Ellenberger lime
northwest of Ibex by Jones & Stas-
ney-Roark & Hooker No. 1, T. W.
Gresham. has revealed considerable
oil, with rapid encroachment of
water. Top of Ellenberger lime
was called 4425 feet, dry section
drilled to 4458 feet, and the four-
foot section fronw445$ to 4<162 feet
recovered about 14 barrels fluid in
hole in 6 hours, with considerable
amount high grade green oil and
gas in the Ellenberger, but water
coming in with the oil made it im-
o-
And while we are on this subject,
we might offer suggestions for a
remedy to this situation. Why not
petition the city council to pass an
ordinance prohibiting signs any-
where in the business district on
buildings where the product ad-
vertised, is not sold. There ought
to be some way to protect civic
minded citizens from this imposi-
tion.
Treat Seed Grain
Before Sowing
main event fcr the monthly gath-
ering. Since removal of the Meth-
odist annex building, social and
group meetings have been moved
to the American Legion hall where
all services will be held when the
main building is razed to make
room for the new church edifice.
Serving the supper were E. G.
Lieb, Guy Moberley, W. L. Steph-
en, J. W. Crites and Reese Wool-
folk. An informal fellowship hour
followed the supper.
Others present were J. D. Arther,
R. J. Moberley, Leslie L. Todd, E.
C. Masters, C. B. Downing, J. E.
Allen, S. Z. Freeman, John M.
Grothe, R. C. Hammack, D. O. An-
derson, Bland Turner, Paul Arm-
strong, E. D. Hale. Bill Breihan
and the Rev. J. B. Thompson
Committee named to
Discharged Veteran
Condemns Strikers
As Unpatriotic
James Tankersley who recently
received his discharge from the
army after spending nearly three
years in Europe, made one of the
mooat impressive reports last Sat-
urday t-j chamber of commerce
luncheon attendants that has; ever
come out of the European theatre.
Tankersley told of his landing in
North Africa from where he went
into Italy and took part in the
bloody battles which included the
Salerno landing Sept. 9, 1943. He
tola of the handicaps of fighting
against far outnumbered 'troops
ancl with an extreme shortage of
ammunition which took its toll 111
the heavy casualties of the Ailied
ioroes. This, he said, was due to
toe strikes in war plants at home
and he spoke in nc uncertain terms,
of how the men in fox holes and
trenches felt about strikers during
the war.
There were times, lie said, when
almost unsurmountable obstacles
had to be overcome, but many paid
the supreme price. Expressing his
deep feeling for families whose
loved ones did not return home, he
closed his talk by requesting the
Rev. J. A. Owen to say a prayer
for those families and their missing-
boys.
Fred Maples, also recently dis-
charged from the service, was also
3 visitor and spoke briefly at the
meeting. A new comer to Albany,
he has recently been added to the
staff of the soil conservation force
in Shackelford county. He was ac -
companied by Mrs. Maples.
Other visitors present were S. Z.
Freeman, Virginia Ciarke, Jessie
Crabtree, Mrs. Ruby pHnnell, Mrs.
Crow, Jan Downing, Richard Tur n-
er, Bill Armstrong and Bill Webb.
During the business session plans
were discussed for a clean-up cam-
paign ind members afl.ed that the
city proovide conveyance for haul-
ing nway all rubbish from the city.
Judge G. B King made a report
on read matters and announced
that in addition to highway im -
provements scheduled for the coun-
ty, lots of work was to be done on
Pfc. Bruno E. Brooks is Liberated from
Japanese Prisoner of War Camp Aug. 29
Pfc. Bruno E. Brooks
Officers Tell How
Former Albany Boy
Met His Death
Oper ators E.re sure there is an
Ellenberger pool in the vicinity five ! rural roads in all parts of the coun
October meeting mend
Hammack, Paul Armstrong, E. C
Masters and C. B. Downing.
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miles east of Albany, and with this
aded information on the Ellen-
berger- the geologists will be re-
working their maps and data.
The Gresham was located in
southeast % section 7, Blind Asy-
lum lands, an old hole drilled deep-
er from its 3915 feet plugged
depth. Hole is being plugged and
abandoned. The first dry hole
drilled northwest of the Wild pool.
Another Ellenberger test for the
area northeast of Albany has been
staked by C. W. Scott-Allied Oil
No. 1, L. A. Sanders in east coi ner
TE&L. survey 583, three miles east
of Albany, centering an 8,000 acre
block -jssembltd last year by Jones
Stasney-Roark & Hooker-, and
host tne i machinery is being moved in for
d R. C. i cable too' test to be drilled by C.
E. Groover of Albany.
Mass-Tex Oil & Gas Co., Inc. No.
ty.
Following a short rcpoi t on the
proposed measure now before Con-
gress calling for payment of pen-
sions to unemployed former war
workers, W>att Lipscomb offered
a motion the chamber of commerce
pass a resolution denouncing the
i-.oposal, and the body passed it
unanimously, and requested it sent
to senators and congressmen.
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Scottie Wylie Among
Tarleton Graduates
Pfc. Bruno E. Brooks, a prisoner
of war longer than any other
Shackelford county man, has been
liberated from a prison camp near
Tokyo, according to a message re-
ceived a few days ago by his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Brooks of
Moran, from the war department.
Brooks, 31, enlisted in the .medi-
cal division of the air corps in Sep-
tember, 1940, and received his
training at Fort Douglas, Utah.
On Sept. 29, 1941, he sailed from
Angel Island, Calif., for the Philip-"x-
pines.
The parents received no message
from or regarding their son until
August, 1942, when the war de-
partment advised them he was
mrssing in action since the fall of
Bataan. Several form cards which
bore no dates, were received at in-
tervals, and they were convinced
he was still alive.
First direct news was received
from liberated prisoners who re-
turned from the Philippines follow-
ing their release from Cabanataun
last January. They reported
Brooks was among the prisoners
removed from that camp to the
Japanese home lands in November,
1944, and that he was in good
health.
A letter dated April, 1945, and
received by Mrs. Brooks last week,
was the first she had received from
him since he sailed in 1941, and he
also told them of seeing Cpl. Henry
B. Dorsey, another Shackelfoid
county man who was taken prison-
er at a later date.
The government message, report-
ed Brooks was liberated on August
29, and that he would be returned
home as soon as possible. The par-
ents have learned efinitely that he
was on the death march.
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Lt. Ben P. Denman
With Landing Crew
Entering Tokyo Bay
Lt. Ben P. Denman, of the U. S.
Naval forces, has advised his wife
here that his unit was the first to
Traffic is increasing rapidly and
with the road building program
that is coming in the very near
future, Albany will have lots of
visitors. Ws must start now to
try to get our share of the trade
from the people passing through
town, and perhaps, by chance, some
of them may decide to 'oeate here,
or maybe return at a later date to
make their home here. We should
be prepared to provide necessary
information regarding opportuni-
ties for new businesses and also get
some housing facilities in the very
near future to provide for the
growth of the town. Have you
done all you can to help your home
town ?
Grain sowing time is almost here ! —
and you should start thinking about; L/\D H AS SURGERY FOR
VISITING HOME FOLKS
Lt. J. W. Cleveland of the Air
Transport Command, arrived home
over the week-end for a viisit with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. II.
Cleveland. This is his first visit
home for quite a long time, and
when he reports back for duty he
will be assigned to the West Coast
and based at Hamilton Field, Calif.
getting your seed treated. Any
farmer that has tried to sell smutty
wheat can remember the penalty
they had to take. The treatment
is so simple and costs so little that
every bushel of small grain seed
should be treated. When we had to
mix several things together and
some of tliem were hard to get,
there was an excuse for not treat-
ing the seed, but now we can get a
can of new improved Ceresan at
almost any drug store.
The treatment consists of mixing
Vo ounce of new improved Ceresan
to a bushel of wheat, oats, rvr bar-
ley. It is easily mixed either on
the floor with a scoop, or by pour-
ing from one container to another
very slowly. There will be some
fumes, but it is. like any other poi-
son, and must be handled with
care.
Put a 1 \yer of grain and sprinkle
the Ceresan on and then another
layer of grain. Mix thoroughly and
keep the treated grain uncovered
in a bin, pile, or sacks for about 24
hours before sowing. Ordinarily
the treated grain should not be
stored fcr more than 4 weeks be-
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fore being seeded. This treatment
will not cause *he seed to cake in
the drill, and w ill not affect the
rnetal parts.
Do not apply more than jounce
of this disinfectant per bushel. An
excels may'injure germination.
STOMACH INJT RY
Travis Sect's, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. Parker Sears, had surg-
ery at Hendrick Memorial hospital j year old
in Abilene Tuesday to remove in | Refining Co. in the DeLafosse area.
1, Eliza Braze!!, is drilling ahead at
2800 feet on an important Ellen-
berger- test three miles north of
Ibex, iin TE&L. survey No. 1554,
offsetting a 27 year old lease of
Magnolia Petroleum Co. and a 10
iease of Humble Oil &
fection which set in following in-
juries received two weeks ago
when he fell from a bicycle.
Mass-Tex well is running level with
one of the best wells drilled on the
DeLafosse ranch ten years ago,
The child hac! been treated dur- (where 300 barrel well showed in
ing the past week and failed to
show improvement until an incision
was made in the side to allow for
i drainage. He is reported doing
nicely since the operation.
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Ellenberger.
VISIT NEAR OLNEY
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Steddum and
granddaughter, Mary Bell Sted-
dum, spent Sunday near Olney as
guests in the home of their son, J.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Conger receiv- i M. Steddum and family. They ac-
ARRIVES IN STATES
Scotty Wylie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Wylie of Albany, was
among the academy graduates re-
ceiving their diplomas on Septem-
ber 12 from John Tarleton Agri-
cultural College High School Divi-
sion. Scotty who has worked for
the college store and the Biology
department on part-time student
employment, was an active mem-
ber of one of the baseball teams.
my position and were in the process
of clearing it of any enemy that
might be left; while doing this a
volley of enemyartillery fire drop-
ped among them and there Lealand
gave his life.
In your bewilderment the little
I can say must seem a meagre con-
solation to you for the life of your
son. However, it may help you
to know that the end came quick-
ly, he suffered no pain and his body
was immediately removed to the
rear. He was given a funeral with
military honors and is buried in the
7th Division cemetery on Okinawa
Island.
I was Lealand's company com-
mander. His problems v. ere my
problems, his labors were my lab-
ors, and his pleasures
pleasures. The tragedy of his
death struck very close to my
heart.
His sincerity, his ideals and un-
failing good humor made him one
of the best loved members of his
\
Mrs. Roxie Burge of Abilene,
whose son, Lealand Burge, was
killed on Okinawa Island, April 26,
1945, has received letters from his
commanding officers relating de-
tailed accounts of his death. Mrs.
Burge is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. MaLt Steddum of Albany and
is well known here. Followiing are
copies of both letters:
May 14, 1945.
Dear Mrs. Burge:
In all sincerity and humility, I
wish to extend to you on behalf of
his comrades, our deepest sympa-
thy Iin the recent loss of your son,
Lealand, who so courageously gave
his life in the service of his coun-
try. Realizing that few facts arc
revealed to ycu in the War Depart-
ment announcement, I am -A-ritinj;
to you as many of the facts as are
known.
Lealand was killed in action on
Okinawa Island April 26, 1945.
When the squad, of which he was
a member, had attacked and reach-
ed the top of a strongly held ene- i enter Tokyo when the U. S. Forces
made their entrance into the city.
Mrs. Denman had expected her
husband to return to the States in
September- and it was somewhat
of a surprise when she received a
letter from him postmarked from
Tokyo Bay.
Mrs. Denman, the former Eliza-
beth Nell Dyess, and her young
son, William Edwin, are making
their home here with her parents,
Judge and Mrs. Richard Dyess
while Lieutenant Denman is over-
seas.
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Albany Sailor
Receives Discharge
Dallas. — Walter Buerger, 26,
were my Ship's Cook, first class, of Albany,
has been honotably discharged
from the United States Navy, af-
ter a thorough, physical examina-
tion, and being fully informed as
to his rights, benefits, ana privi-
leges under the Gl Bill of Rights.
ed a message Thursday from his
brother, Sgt. Omer E. Couger, ad-
vising them he had arrived in the
States. He had been in China and
India nearly three years. He wired
home from the West Coast.
HAVEBABY SON
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Putnam of
Fort Griffin are the parents of a
baby son, born Sunday at 2:50 p.
m., at Hendrick Memorial hospital
in Abilene.
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REPORTED QUITE ILL
Mrs. J. M. McComb, manager of
the Perry Bros, store, has been
quite ill the past ten days and is
confined to her home here.
companicd Mrs. Steddum's sister,
Mrs. Vernon Cobb, Mr. Cobb and
their daughter, Mrs. Adolphus Pat-
terson and baby, of Haskell, who
were also guests of the Steddums
at Olney.
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VISITING PARENTS
Lt. and Mrs. Milton Goodner are
guests here this week in the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. I.
Rogers. Lt. Goodner, who is a
pilot in the air forces, has recently
j returned from duty in the Pacific
j and has been receiving treatment
in the hospital at Fort Sam Hous-
ton. Following their visit he will
return to the hospital. Mrs. Good-
ner is the former Hope Rogers.
HERE FROM KENTUCKY
Mrs. Franklin Henry and baby
daughter, Gloria Jeanne, arrived
here Wednesday from Danville.
Ky., where they have been with
their husband and father since hts
return from overseas. They were
met in Fort Worlh by her mother,
Mrs. W. J. Stuteville, and sister.
Mrs. B. R. Kidwell, who has been a
guest here in the home of her par-
ents the past three weeks.
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HERE FROM LUFKIN
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Perry of
Lufkin were week-end guests in
Albany and were dinner guests
Sunday in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. I. W. So veil. Mr Periy is
president of the Perry Bros., Inc.,
chain of stores, and Mr. Sowell is
district managed of the stores in
this area.
organization. He has left a gap in j The processing requires approxi-
our ranks that cannot be filled. j mately three days.
May God rest his soul and com- He was discharged under the
Iioint-releasc- system at the dis-
charge section of the Naval Re-
pair Base, New Orleans, La.,
Eighth Naval District Headquart-
ers, has announced.
Buerger enlisted in January 1942,
and served 11 months overse as.
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Jm-t you in your- supreme sacrifice.
Sincerely yours,
Delmer I. Paugh.
May 20, 1945.
Dear Mrs. Burge:
As Battalion commander, I wish
to express personally and on be-
half of the men and officers of this
battalion, our heartfelt sympathy
for the loss of your son.
There is little 1 can do to ex-
press my feeling but I do want you
to know that your son was admired
and loved by those of us who had
the pleasure of working with him.
He died for the cause fcr which
all of us are fighting. The memory
of your son as a courageous sol-
dier and a man beloved by his com-
rades will always remain with us.
UNDERGOES SURGERY
Mandred Mills who recently re-
ceived his discharge, returned last
week to McCloskey General hos-
pital for treatment and under-
went surgery there Tuesday. He
advised his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Mills, that he was doing nice-
ly. He received wounds while in
action overseas.
CPL. LEE SIJTHER
ARRIVES IN STATES
Mrs. Clyde Suther received a call
from her older son, Cpl. Lee Suth-
er, Thursday, advising her he had
just landed in New York from
overseas. He left the States last
April and was stricken with pneu-
monia while enroute overseas and
was placed in a hospital in North
Africa where he had been confined
since arr iving there. He expects to
le
you
May God bless you and comfort | be sent to a hospital nearer ho:
for fur ther treatment.
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Sincerely,
W. E. Siegal.
HOME ON VACATION
Miss Lynnette Fincher arrived
home Tuesday from Vancouver,
Wash., where she has been employ-
ed the past 14 months in war work.
She is spending her vacation with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. P.
Fincher.
HERE l*ROM McCLOSKEY
Lt. and Mrs. Clyde Stuteville
were here from Temple over the
week-end as guests in toe home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Stuteville. Lieutenant Stuteville
has been a patient in McCloskey
General hospital for several weeks
receiving treatment for leg wounds
received early this year in Europe.
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The Shackelford County Leader (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1945, newspaper, September 13, 1945; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth417049/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.