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NIWS of Our Mtit
Sftd Worn** in Uniform
Stye Albany 53>iU0
"The Oldest Journalistic Venture West of the Brazos"
Volume Number Sixty
Albany, Texas, Thursday, June 8,1944
Number Thi
ALBANY MARINE RETURNS
PROM SOUTH PACIFIC
Sgt. J or Nappier, who has been
In the South Pacific with the 5th
Amphibian Corps for 21 months,
landed in California Saturday, and
e*pects to be home in a few days
to spend a furlough with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Kappier.
Sergeant Nappier volunteered
for the Marines July 1, 1942, took
hi* boot training at Ran Diego,
and w-as then shipped to the South
Pacific where he has seen nearly
two years of continuous service.
He is now stationed at Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
TO OPERATE CLUBMOBILE
FOR RED CROSS
Mr. and Mrs. J. Carter King,
Sr., received a letter this morning
from their daughter, Melissa, who
recently landed in England and is
with the American Red Cross as a
recreational director. She writes
«he has been assigned to a club-
mobile, which serves the boys be-
hind the front and at embarkation
centers. Miss King arrived in
England early in May.
MADE SERGEANT
Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Cot ten re-
ceived a letter today from their
son, Cpl. V. R. ("otten, Jr., who i-
stationed in Kngland. informing
them he had been promoted to ser-
geant, effective May 11th. He is
with the Army Air Forces.
Cpl. and Mrs. David Crow re-
turned to Wichita Falls the first
of the week after a few days' visit
With her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen Nappier. Mrs. Crow is
supervisor over medications in the
Clinic Hospital in Wichita Falls
and Corporal Crow is assistant to
a chaplain at Sheppard Field.
COUNTY REMAINS
IN DRY COLUMN
I 700 VOTE DRY, 413 WET
| IN SATURDAY S ELECTION
Shackelford county voted to re-
main dry Saturday, when i, 1
voters went to the polls to express
their sentiment on the beer and
light Wine i|iiestion. The vote ap-
I proached a 2 to 1 majority in fav-
or of keeping Shackelford county
dry.
Results were:
Dry, 780.
Wet, 413.
Albany, Court House
Fort tiriffin
Moran
Post Oak
Rockhill
Rerryhill
Hastings
Sedwick
Ibex
Albany, City Hall
TOTAL
I Majority was 367 against legal-
izing sale of beer and wine.
Every Box Dry
Every one of the ten \oting
boxes in the county showed a ma
jority of dry votes.
Shackelford county went dry
last October 9 following an elec-
tion in September that showed a
majority of Mi dry votes. In the
' September election only one box
was wet.
j Returns by box:
Lt. J. Brick
Lipscomb Back
in States
For
Against
Majority
Total
1 OH
1(57
5i
275
f>
1?
1 1
23
S2
225
143
307
24
33
15
(13
2
40
38
42
14
1S
4
32
6
1?
11
2°>
4
lfi
12
•J0
o
15
13
. 17
lfi5
22 >
Oil
3:u
413
7S0
nr.:
I r.K!
GOES TO FLORIDA
Pvt. John Carol Tarlton
has
been transferred from Fort Bliss
to Orlando, Ha., where he has
been assigned to a searchlight
battalion.
GETS DISCHARGE
John D. Lynch. Sr., was in this
week and reported his son. John D.
Lynch, Jr., recently was given a
medical discharge from the Army.
John D. went to the army about
two months ago. and was station-
ed at Fort Francis K. Warren.
Wyo.
IN ARMY HOSPITAL
Pvt. Rob Halford of Ft. Leonard
Wood. Mo., is in the base hospital,
but report- it is nothing serious
and they take his temperature
whether sick or not.
J. K. McCown and son, Pfc.
Wallis W. McCown of Camp Phil
lips, Kansas, were in Albany Mon
day. l'fc. McCown, w-ho is in the
Quartermaster Corps, is home on
a 12-day furlough.
ON FURLOUGH
Pfc. Wm. Otis (Cap) Whorton
come in during the week-end from
Enid (Okla.i ,■ - iy Air Field to
upend a 10-day furlough with
hi*. mother, Mrs. W. T Whorton
Joe Whorton, who has been work
ing at Tahoka, was here Sunday to
by with Cap and their mother.
IS OVERSEAS
Mrs. Frank Dyemartin received !
a cablegram the first of thi- week
from her son. Pvt. Lovel D. Mad-
do*. announcing his safe arrival at
his overseas destination. He train-
ed at Sheppard Field before volun-
teering for overseas service.
FROM CAMP HOOD
Pvt. Klton Scott of Camp Hood
spent a few hours Sunday with his
wife and daughter, Carolyn l.ee,
and his parents, Mr. a ' Mrs.
Manuel Kinder.
Klton is taking his has. i,.lin-
ing with the Infantry at Camp
Hood.
•ED SPREAD FROM INDIA
Judge and Mrs. Thomas L. Ulan- |
ten received this week some India
print bed spreids from their son,
Opl. w. w. Wanton, who is now
stationed in the Far Fast.
RALPH SNYDER HOME
Staff Sergeant Ralph Snyder,
who ha# been stationed with the
(Continued on nage 8)
DEMONSTRATION
ON PRESSURE
COOKERS
Mrs. Jessie Payne, Emergency
War Food assistant, will he in Mo-
ran at 2:00 p. m. Tuesday, June
IS, in the home economics room
of the Moran high school to give
demonstrations. She will be at
the lunch room of the Albany high
school Wednesday at 2 p. m. June
14. She will give demonstrations
on the use of pressure cookers and
also the cold pack of non-acid veg-
etables in the pressure cooker.
Mrs. Payne will be in Shackel-
jford county all next week and any
one wanting any information or
'help may contact her in Albany,
which will be her headquarters.
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Finishes School of
Nursing at Abilene
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Towry and
Mr. and Mr Donald \hling went
to Abilene Sunday to attend thi
1 st h innaal commencement of
llendrick Memorial hospital School
of N'ur-ing held at s :00 p. m. in
the I'niversity Raptist church, and
to see their daughter and -ter,
Mrs. Kathleen Towry Davi-, n
reive her diploma and pin along
with 1 4 other senior*.
The commencement sermon wa-
delivered by Rev. W. O. Vaught,
pastor, I'niversitv Raptist church.
R. F. Rhode-. M D.. presented pin-
ami diploma Stella MrCullough,
I!. V, superintendent of nur.-es,
made presentation of Hehren
awards.
Margie Fern Itooth of Moran,
daughter of Mr and Mrs. W .1
Rooth, al-o a member of thi - ela.-s,
received her diploma and pin.
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JOHN D KING II
Vr. and Mr-. John King are the
parents of i baby son, John D. II.
born at 1 30 p m. Saturday, June
3, in Hendrii'k Memorial hospital
at Abilene He weigher! '• pound*
H'. ounce* The h rig- have a
daughter, Jani-. age 2.
__ o-—-
Mr. and Mr- John Moody of
Fort Worth were visiting friend
in Albany over the week end
Mr and Mr- (i <" ("levcland
came in Tuesday from a month's
visit with their sons, F rst Cla -
Petty Officer and Mrs. Rilly G.
Cleveland of Pacific Beach, Calif.,
and Aviation Cadet Warren Cleve
land of Tempe, Aril. They re
port a very good trip.
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Mrs. V. H. Moore and son, Bud
dy, left Tuesday for Shreveport,
La., for a month's visit with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. h. Mur-
phy. They were joined hy Betty-
Moore in Dallas, who will visit, in
Shreveport before leaving for col
lege m July.
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TALKS FROM HAWAII
Cecil Hendricks, who i- working
in Naval construction work at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Island-,
called his parents at An-on last
Wednesday and talked to them He
also goi to talk to his little daugh-
ter, Sherry, who was staying with
her grandparents while her mother
wa* in Hendrick M moml ho.tut I
•I.
Men Take
Physicals at
Lubbock Tuesday
Floyd Wayne Knowle.-, Floyd
l.ee Hagar and Charlie Reed Ge-ke
wee,. sent to Lubbock Monday to
take physical.- for the armed -civ
vices. These men passed their
pro-induction examinations and
are awaiting calls. (Joske and
Knowles were accepted by the
navy and Hagar goes to the army.
Also going to Lubbock with
them were Marvin Eugene Law-
rem e and Homer (iarlitz. Both
of these men had been examined
previously, hut since it had been
more than 00 days, they had to he
re examined, and were sent direct-
ly nto the army from the indue
tio.i station. Lawrence had pre-
viously been sent to the reception
center at Fort Sill, hut wa- return
ed because hi- examination wa-
more than !'0 day old
It is understood that Garlic and
Lawrence were -ont directly to
Fort Sill from the induction -ta
tiori.
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17-Year-Olds
Leave for Navy
L. K. Farmer, Jr., .1 I!. Cauhle
and Carl Pierce went to the indue
tion station at Lubbock Tue-day
for physical examination and all
pa ed and will report there Ft
day of next week for duty
The-e young men had volunteer
I'd for the Navy some time ago
under the navy plan which permit-
ted them to finish the school
term.
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Mr- Claude W'alraven went to
Xhilenr Sunday to -ee Mt 'Veil
Hendrii'k and young -on, Joe'
Dane, in Hendrick Memorial ho-
pital. Mr Joe Kendrick, who h
been visiting with her daughter,
Mr-. Hendrick, in the hospital, re
turned home with Mr Walraven
Mr Hendrick and Joel Mane were
'brought to Mhany Tuesday to the
home of her parent-, M> and Mr
.loe Kendrick
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Albany Churches
Open D-Day
Albany, like the rest of the na-
tion, wa- surprised completely
when announcement wa- heard
early Tuesday morning that the
\llie had landed in France.
The pent up tenseness that had
been growing tighter for weeks.
Waiting for the invasion, wa re-
lieved. arid everyone wa- glad the
historic day had arrived arid had
been successful in its initial
' phases.
X- had been arranged week- be
fore, the fire siren was sounded
at 6:45 a. m. Tuesday, announc- J
ing V> the residents of Albany
that the inva-ion had -tarted.
All churches of the city were
o'; -ed for prayer and worship and
many were reported taking advan-
tage of thi- opportun:ty on thi-
momentou- day.
Albany and Shackelford county
probably has a hundred fieri in
Fngland, many <**■ whom are
doubtless no*- with the Allied '■ x
peditior.' ry Foces or th" bea -he
of Vormmdv France
War Bond Drive
Opens Monday
HALF INCH OP
RAIN FALLS
Clean-up
Campaign Ends
Saturday
Albany's spring clean-up cam-
paign will close Saturday of this
week. City trucks have been busy-
hauling off rubbish for several
weeks, and it is believed about all
trash will have been gathered up
3 ET">' ,n"i DURING WEEK
Phi- dean-up campaign was ex- ! Half an inch of rainfall was re-
tended ten days because of rains corHod herc h>. \ W. Reyno|ds,
the latter part at May. government recorder, this week.
Hy getting rid of the cans and | Monday .15 inch .fell and Wednes-
other rubbish, Albany will be fr, ;■ ; r,ay night precipitation registered
of mosquitoes this summer and the 1.35 inch.
city will be more beautiful. Storms accompanied both rains,
threatening the grain crop, but no
losses have oeen reported.
Warm weather continues this
week, the hottest day being Mon
Let's keep Albany clean.
USO to Have Meeting
Monday Afternoon
! LT. J. BRfcCK LIPSCOMB
Mr. and Mrs. J. 1!. Lipscomb re-
I ceived a telephone call this morn-
ing from their -on, Lt. J. Brack
Lipscomb, Jr., informing them he
: had just arrived in the States.
He was recently promoted from
\ flight officer to second lieutenant.
Lieutenant Lipscomb, who train-
ed as a glider pilot, receiving his
wings and commission in 1042,
was sent to the Southwest Pacific
in February, 1043, where he has
been stationed for 16 months.
It will be remembered he was
cited and awarded the Distinguish-
ed Flying Cross for his work in
New Guinea.
Lieutenant Lipscomb, who could
not tell hi- parents whtre he was.
reported he hoped to be able to
get a leave in a few day- and vis-
it m Albany
Canning Center to
Be Open Two
s Each Week
Days
The 17. S. O. committee of Al-
bany will have a meeting Monday
1 afternoon at 5 o'clock in the L'SO
lounge. Kvery woman who is in-
terested is asked to be present.
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Grain Harvest
Gets Under Way
Shackelford county farmers and
ranchers are beginning their 1044
grain harvest this week with indi-
cation- we will have, the best crop
of oats and wheat since 1037.
Combines and threshers have
been reconditioned for the harvest
and already some fields have been
combined.
Francis Taylor, who operates
three combines, reports he has
finished his wheat on the J. Lt.
Overton ranch on the Clear Fork
and averaged 23 bushels per acre.
Je.-s Barker reports the Spears
field, which he had in wheat, just
southwest of town, made 11 bush-
el to the acre despite the fact that
he grazed the wheat until recently.
Oats are reported making from j
15 to 65 bushels per acre.
V. A, Reames, who is buying
grain here, reports he is paying
73i for oats, and wheat is bringing j
about •'SI. 10 here. He hasn't
bought any wheat yet.
Mr. Reames has rigged up a
grain blower for loading wheat in
car-, and has it in operation today.
I his blower saves shoveling the !
grain and is a time -aver as well
day when the thermometer regis-
tered 04 degrees.
Coolest temperature recorded
this week was Tuesday, when the
thermometer dropped to 56 de-
grees.
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County Scholastic
Census Totals 1,149
Fleven hundred and forty-nine
children, f> to 17 years of age,
were enumerated in Shackelford
county for 1044, according to cen-
sus rolls filed in the office of the
county clerk May 31. The rolls
show a loss of 54 children of
school age over 1043. Total
enumerated last year was 1,203.
Figures for the school districts
for 1043 and 1044 follow:
1943 1044
SALES ALREADY SIOUH
IN SHACKELFORD COUNTY
The Fifth War Loan drive
daily get* under way
June 12, and will cloa* July
However, Shackelford
bond buyers are already
bonds, spurred on by the
invasion Tuesday.
Advance tale* In the county *£•
reported "satisfac* iry" by JM, F
Sedwick, county War Bond
man, and his War Bond commltMS
is making a concerted effort IS
have a substantial pbrtion of US
county's quota met by tha apM
ing day—June 12.
The county's quota It let
at S3S0JMM, of which $!*• •
000 it in E bends. To msM
this quote, every person ia
Shackelford county must bit
all the bends they can. Ae Si
county has never fallen dewta,
but has far exceeded Ito |jpe-
tat, it is expected that Sheik
el ford county will bach (ft*
boyi miking the Invest— la
France, end defeating the
Germans in Italy and the 1*9*
in the Pacific and in ItnM
by quickly feint ever the top.
Allocations have been made te
the various communities 'in tlW
county, and the community Wat
nimMAM katro e<i<rr>fxl Im
Albany-
703
688
Mo ran
270
261
Post Oak
V 73
59
Hastings
34
35
Rerryhill
49
40
Rockhill
54
51
Rattle Creek
20
20
Total
1203
1149
(iood grain crops are reported
from every part of the county.
Many farmer- and ranchers are
baling hay now and are getting
good yields.
Ra ns during the week-end
threatened the grain standing iri
the • eld. hut no damage has been
report ed.
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RUY HOME
■ L. Hill of
I the Win-
on North
Arrangement.- have been com-
pleted for i canning center for Al-
bany at the -chool lunch room with * ,l" saver.
Mi L. F Farmer a supervisor
This announcement was made at
the Chamber of Commerce lunch
eon Tuesday by a committee re
cently appointed to estimate costs
for canning at the center.
The center will he open each
Tue day and Friday ind the cost
i will be 4c for each pint and Xc
per quart. Should canning be
done on other days that tho-e
designated, the cost will be ra -ed
lc on each size of can.
Pineapple* Arrive Today
Mr- .les-ie H * Payne, Fmer
gency War Food assistant, wa. a
guest of the chamber for the hout
and reported the pineapple order
I'd hy people of the county will ar-
rive today (Thursday i
<>. IV Crutchfield, chairman of
the I SO committee, reported the
committee will meet soon to de
cide whether or not to keep the
Albany I'S'O lounge operating, and
asked the member- to express
w hether tKey wanted the lounge to
continue to operate or not. The
group w i anxious that the lounge
continue to serve the soliders who
visit our city even though their
number is not a- great a- it was
I.ist year. a photographic squadron in North
Miss Ollte K. Clarke reported .
the Standard Oil Co. of Texas will
"have a crew of men here for the
next 60 to 00 days, and asked all I
who had apartment- to let her
Mr. anil Mr- Lonn
Albany have piircha-<
stop Whorton home
Jacobs street.
o
Mr-. W. T. Magee left Monday
for I'enton where she will attend
the summer session at North Texas
State Teachers college. Mrs.
Mage" visited friend- in Lubbock
and Albany last week following
the closing of the public school at
College Station, where she is
a teacher.
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Promoted To
First Lieutenant
l.t John A. Matthews, pilot in
Vacation Bible School
Opened Monday
I
The Intei-denominational Daily j
Vacation llible school opened j
Monday morning at 0 o'clock with j
an enrollment of 78, including 11
beginners. 21 primaries, .'10 jun-
iors and lfi intermediates, accord-
ing to announcement made by Rev.
J. I!. Thompson, pastor of the
Methodist church, who is the gen-
eral superintendent.
Classes open at !• :00 a. m. and
dismiss at 11 :.'10 a. m. Monday
through Friday for two weeks.
Departments are being conduct-
ed at the four participating
churche.- as follows: Heginners at
the Methodist church, primaries at
the First Raptist church, juniors
at the First Christian church, and
intermediates at the Matthews Me-
morial Presbyterian church.
o
Sgt. and Mrs. W. A. Crow of
t*
Rond chairmen have accepted
quotas and have begun work
raise their portions of the
quota.
A report will be made next
of the progress of the Fifth Wat
Loan in the county, MeanwMItt
everyone is urged to Mkl
purchases of War Bonds so the re-
port will be a substantial part of
the quota.
Ronds are being sold at banka fcl
the county, at post offices, and by
members of the War Bond
tee.
FIRSTUNION
SERVICE OF *
SUMMER HELD
know so that the men and their
families could be accommodated.
W G. Webb, Sr.. USCC direr-
tor, reported referendum- were
being received and asked that a
committee be appointed to study
these questions President Mat
thews is appointing a committee
this week.
Jerome Cnddinflon Speaks
Two special guest- for the hour
were Jerome Coddington of Pan-
ama and Pr. C. L. Sonnichsen,
profe- or of language- at College
of Mines, El Paso. Dr. Sonnich-
sen, author of a book on Judge ;
Roy Mean and other hook- dealing vacation from Panama, where he
on Texas hi-tory, wa- in Shack-1- is meteorologist for Pan-American
ford county gathering history of i Airwayx. He told the group -ome
this county interesting fact* about th Panama
Inr-jrr^ndding*on lone o '"'anal.
Africa, wa- promoted recently to
first lieutenant, according to a
listing of pron.ot:ons released by
the War Department. Lieutenant
Matthews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
B. Matthews, went to Africa be-
fore the first of the year.
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Mrs. C. M. Campbell and Mrs.
C. A Fryar attended the f.unch-
eon Club at Moran Wednesday.
Mr-, a. V Crownover returned
to her home here Friday from Ab-
ilene where she had been on ac-
count of the seriou- illness of her
sister, Frances Osbore, who is in
the Hendrick Memorial hospital.
She i- reported better.
Lubbock and Mrs. Cecil Tompkins
and Keith of Abilene spent the
week-end with their mother and
grandmother, Mrs. W. A. Crow,
and family.
Hen <J. Reynolds went to Semi-
nole Thursday to take his grand-
children, Mary Alice and Billy Jim
Reynolds, home after a 10 day vis-
it in the Reynolds home here. Mr.
Reynolds visited his son, Phin Rey-
nolds, and family and returned
to Albany Saturday.
—
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miller had
a- week-end guests at their ranch
home northeast of Albany, Mr.
Miller's sisters, Mrs. A. F. Moore
and Mrs. C. M. Rolani, and Mr.
Rolanz, his brother, W. M. Miller,
Jr., and his niece and nephew, Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Miller and chil-
dren, Will and Bo, all of Dallas.
The first of the summer union
church services conducted by tha
Christian, Presbyterian and Meth-
odist churches was held Sunday
evening on the lawn at the Moth*
odist church, the permanent
ing place for these services
arc held annually during
July and August.
Rev. W. H. Shropshire, parter
of the First Christian church of
Albany, preached the opening aap
mon. Harold Rucker, Methodist
choir leader, directed the sinfla(
with Mrs. Rucker at the plana.
As the pastors take their tan
, each Sunday evening they will be
assisted hy their pianist and ctolv
! leader.
The citizens of Albany are invit-
ed to attend any and all of thaat
services, and enjoy the ChrisMa*
fellowship. It is always caal a*
the lawn and the seats are oa -
fortable.
o
Mrs. C. <5. Yager went ta Abi-
lene Wednesday where she is
ing frienda.
' a
Mrs. Lee Alters and
Mary Lee, who have bean
friends in Albany ateee N%r
returned to their haaa In JMMfc
Tuesday. They were
ed home by Mary
Jan Downing far a visit In
Akers home this week.
a
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kay
Mrs. D. E. Rogers returned Sat-
urday from a 10-day visit with her
son, T. R. Rogers, and family in
Memphis. Mrs. Rogers went out
especially to attend the commence-
ment exercises of her grandson, j
Tom Rogers, on May 24. While j
there they visited in Amarillo.
Lakeview and other points.
o
Mrs. W. P. Everheart, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. R
H. Ezell, the past week, returned
to her home in Fort Worth Wed-
nesday. Mrs. C. E. Rlankenship
oif Fort Worth, who had been to
Waco to visit her husband, came
up on the noon train and accom-
panied her cousin, Mrs. Everheart.
to Fort Worth Mr. Rlankenship
is a postal elwk on the M. K. A T.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Dye and
Dye went to Waadsan
to see Mr. and Mrs. Reid
Mr. Locker, who has bean iR,
feeling some better. Hi*
Albert Locker, who is in the Naty,
stationed in the state of Wa
ton, is home on a 15-day
The Albany News
Invites
MR. AND MM.
F. N. PALM
To Re Our Guests to Sao
"THE UNINVITED"
At The
AZTEC THEATRE
Monday, June lt
(Exchange TMs CaapM Ml
Two Tickets)
(Subject ta Padanl Tan)
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