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Thursday, August 16, 2001
By Pat Lidia Jones
My step granddaughter, Caprice,
lives in Phoenix, and she says that
when you move there, old-timers tell
you t h»11 1 i:- acceptable to speak of
the summer heat only once a day.
.Maybe we need a rule about like
that too.'J really am tired of talking
about it. Wi are a-ll just tin (j of tlx
h» at and lock of rain, period.
Interesting, to me at least, are two
conversation:- I had with Albany
people norm from vacations. Both
spoke of th< cool and rainy weather.
One had bi, en to Plorida, one t.o Mexico
I»ot li t.o I hi out i 'J'hal :■ urpf >i
me. J always think of going north to
r< ach cooler climates, but it hasn't
worked out for me in recent times.
Maybe I am beginning to believe in
global warming. Jt was surely hd|aiid
'icy in Massachusetts, New Hamp-
shire and Maine when we went along,
those coast -;. ,
So I'm not going to mention the
heat again, if I can manage to control
myself.
Because their dad was on vacation
when two a days began, J felt a spe
cial responsibility to go up by the
practice fields more often to watch my
boys Jake and Zach.
My. what a bunch f dedicated
young men'- and coaching staff. The
heat was great, but water was avail
able to all the boys all the time, and
then were lengthy breaks. It just
makes good sense.
Back when J was in AHS, we al-
ways had a player or two who was
good sized. J r nember especially Joe
Smith and;later Bill Webb, but noth-
ing like t lie number oi hi/.' gu'ys we've
got now.'
J always watch Adan; Skelton be
cause not only i;- he a BIG guy, but
he's also one of my favorite peopli He
is a truly good guy and a good
football pl:;ye; too He V, the
same church J do, so I set him and his
family often.
That go< s for Ryan Montgomery
too, who conies from a great family of
football tradition.
Now, Mike Wilson is in high school
and out for football. Hi a big well
built boy, a fine young man. His
mother j:- a great, athlete and coach;
his father was. an outstanding ath-
lete Mike's grandfather, the late
Klwood Turner is an all-time hero
and legend among exes my age who
were in .AHS when he was our head'
coach,
Elwood Turner brought our town
into the world ofwinning football tia
ditions. He taught dedication and in-
sisted on good foot ball • quipment for
the young men who played for Albany
High School.
Now KJwood's grand .-.on k a fn id,
man at AHS Not far behind him is
Tom Hill, son of Doris Miller and
Rocky HiJI. Rocky mad* All Stati
three straight years in AHS; two of
those ye.Mwe with the state champi
, onship in our class;
1 mis:- .Joi Tidwell and his team
ma tes who grad uated, bu t Ted 'I i d we) 1
is out for the team arid I've got my eye
on him
What I see when 1 go to watch the
workouts eacl; day is a pattern form-
ing, a reason fn; what might other-
wise seem s< /. ■eless, aimless repeti-
tions and routini s.
J see a• t< am forming a football
team. I see them standing together,
hot, steamy. dripping with sWeat, tired
to the bone and sore. But they are
■ nhi ft#)t,}> or,< anot hi r wit h v.'ords,
look:-, nods of the head and slaps on
the shoulder
I see a lot of boys who started
separately becoming strands in a
tightly woven fabric that comes to-
gether to include each one It is a
protective wrap called a team Eleven
individuals on the playing field can't
win until ft.< y play toget her as one.
Injuries are always our fear, our
enemy Good conditioning and good
equipment and good < oaching are our
best defenses against injury.
Let's help our boys arid their
r oaches. Let's do our pari. What is it?
Parents ; n d tomaki ; ure of good-
nourishing f'yyi at meal times and plenty
of water and juice plenty of rest and
sleep an needed elements too.
A*• fans, we need to go to the games
and cheer for the team If you don't
think you can make a difference, talk
to the boys They know the fans are
With them when they look into the
crowded stands and when they hear
the band, the drums and the cheers.
Yes, the town has a part in a win-
ning tradition too.
Si' 'em, Lions' Go ..
By DusfOfi R. Brooks
/.fli ; < 1< Jji Vn I gavi IIIi t.bi
e mail address of bis 'ousin, Mary
Jenkins pfjKanSas, j immediately sent
hei an < mail riii ssage. I explained to
her: the reason why J was trying to
locate descendants ofSwope and Mary
Hull and hpw I was: puzzled that two
Hulls and two Mary M. "1)e5/i,er"
spouses Jit n Ijsti ') Of.- M' I " '/M I s
y/ebsiU-. J fe- had told me to coritacf. her
to see if she could help.'
She said she didn't n > ogni/.e the
name George W.S. 11 ull, but that Mar y
.Ma i ;i, Iji vii i II oil was a s.isXi , .J ... f ■
giandmother, Cora Devier Ham il tori.
And-she was married to a Swope Hull.
Apparently,;h<; branch of the family
left t lie "v" in DeVier Jowc r > asc. Hen
is; t Jj i rest ofv/hat she wrote inhere
mail.
'''Aunt May (Mary Mam Uevier
Hull) was the fifth of eight children
born to Ewing Cyrus Devier 'born
August 12, IH14 in Rockingham
(JOurtty, Virgiiiia>andMartha Benson
(fjorn October 18 1840 in Bath
Cotlnty, VirginiaAunt May married
.Swope Hull, who was a cousin of Ed
ar.d Phil H J' of On en wood .County,
E;insas j-ogetber fliey had six chil-
dren.
"1. Georgia Hull (married E J.
I* lanigan, an attorney in Arizona who
was killi d in a carcrash jj 2 Clarence
Hull (manii d but no n • or'b. 3 Lee
Hull (n< vi r married, last known ad
dris.b Haywferd, CaJifprnia), 4
Howard Hull (married lint no record/,
•'j Eayetti Hull (neve; married), 'arid
6. Bernard Hull (nicknained Bunny1,
disappeaii d on a train /fdefrdrh Oak
land, (.'alifornia to Seattle, Washing
'.or, at tlx agi of 12/:
"Ewing and Mart ha Dewier lived in
Mcl Jowell, Highland County, Virginia
bi fbn they arrived in Kansasili 1879
with Unci* Swope arid Aunt May.
'I'hi y :-i 11 led on a farm ra ar Eum ka,
Kansas. Aunt May died Mai'h 25,
1929 We don't know where but we
suspect in Oakland. California.
Daughter Georgia Hull and her Hus-
band )..] J'janigari had i.hn.i chil
dren: John Henry Charles Meachain
and a daughter whose name We don't
know '
This was all the information Mrs
Jenkins'kriirvy,.hut it was more than I
could ever have hoped for. As a small
girt, si.i did n iriembi r h» r'Aui.i May
comingtohei g r a i id i r to the r'sh o ti se i n
Kansas to(visit. Ajad she rfethembered
that her grandmotii' r said that Aunt
May was from,Oakland, which is lo-
cated in Alameda County, California.
When 1 saw she words Alameda
County, Cahhw....» in this e mail, 1
was fairly s.ire that I had found the
right family be< a •. se I i- new that "my'-
Hulls had' li ved th< n iii lIS l, But it
wasn't until J r< • > J ,<-o ariotlier < Iriail
from Mr s, Ji n i- ins that I finally knev/
without. . doubt that her Aunt May
was the same Mary M. Hull whose
signatur e appears or, .all of those ah
strai ts in the Shackelford County
courthouse
Mrs. Jenkins told me thatafti r she
had sent her last e mail, she began to
go through In / grandmothi i s family
photo album, which she hadn't looked
at in years On the last page, she was
astonished to find a photo of her Aunt
May and Uncle Swope arid their chil
dren Below the photo was written in
pencil,"taken 1891 in Olympia, Wash-
ington
Washington' I knew for a fact that
iri 18!i2 "my" Hulls lived in 'I hurston
f bounty, Washington from what I bad
founJ at thi courthouse
After a rpjick glance ni a map of
Washington, 1 discovered that Olym
pia v/as the seat of none other; than
'/hurston County. Bingo! This was
the final pi oof that I needed!
I asked Mrs Jenkins if she would
please send, me a i opy of the, photo.
Sin said she would if she could get it
out of the old album without harming
it Apparently she did because a week
later a padded enveloped arrived in
my mailbox marked with the words,
"Photo. Jio Not Bend."
liy Joan I lalford I armor
In 1941 I was a senior in high
school arid although it has been tit)
years, I still remembfti awaking on
the morning of June JO to the cries of
o , i ni jgfjhoi. '1 In y wi i ■ fo ,
that my mother and I shared produi i
from our garden with and they shared
from their gardens with us
It was the day that both Lake J >i ll« >
Dam and Newell Dam brol follow
ing heavy rains in Clear Eork Coun
try. Twelve lives were lost in a few
short hours Much has been written
about t he fjood.'j h IS iS lor t hose of you
who are too young to remember and to
n member some of lb* t riurtiphs ov< i
disaster with those of you Who wen-
very much a part of tlie tragic night
and the days that followed.
Heavy rains began falljnglateJurie
9 and most people went to bed as '
sured that the spring rains would
freshen the air and bring moistur e to
crops and past > land as well as
thirsty,yards Little did anyone real-
ize that 12 of their neighbors would
not survive tlx night
Buddy Craft was at t he lake when
the dam gave way to the water and
rushed into town just ahead of the
wall of water Ih awakened most of
the people in tin low lying sect,ion of
town. Some folks only had time to
■ hmb trees soon to lie joined by snakes
also wanting to escape the rushing
water. -Othi is just ran foi highei
ground.
Addie Rati iff and her 81 year old
motbi i hearing t he ;-;torin had taken
shelter in a-cellar and W< re drowned
as the water rushed into their shelter.
Mack Strong and his family tried
to escape by driving to higher ground.
Tlie fast rising WM< r fo'n ed them to
take cover in the ,1.0. Wool folk home.
Mack carried the youngest daughter
Shirley and new baby girl into the
house and placed them on tin- piano
lie was returning to get his wife and
other two children when the water
caught him and slammed him into a
win i able He was able to gain safety
in a tree.
Mrs. Strong and the other children
climbed on top ol the family car. Little
Shirley and the baby saw the water
rush through tin housi .The baby
washed from the arms of her sister
and her Ixidy was found the next day.
Shirley stayed several hours in the
Woolfolk house with water as hjgh as
six feet in the room.
The walls in the Woolfolk, home
were torn out. A piano was overturned,
th Jy piece of furniture left in the
room. Just how the little girl With
stood the water and the house break
up was never known. She was near
the v'/i i turni d jiiano-wben.found by
Reese Woolfolk.
.John Cage, old timer, of' Shackel-
ford County, lived in a tent along the
creek. He was drowned when the rush
hig water Struck the tent where he1
was sleeping.
The-family of'Paul Alexander suf-
fered the loss of eight members: his
wife, Loretta, age 42; his children
Eugene, J2; Emma Lou, 10; J*'red J4>J
war d, 8; J J A ., h; Patsy Sue, 7 months;
a mi ce, Matilda Herd, 31, and a gnnid-
daugliter, Thelma Wilson, 2.
The warning given by Buddy Craft
and others who heard the roaring
water, awakened the people along the
creek, saving scores of them from cer-
tain death Many climbed trees and
soim reai In d the,rooftop.-, of houses.
A number were able to reach higher
ground
The dams went out at 1:15, a.m.
and the waters rushed the t hrei miles ■
to town in J5 minutes. L II. Knight, a
Roeser and Pendleton employee,
called Dr J ). G Curb, who turned tlui
fire siren on at 1 ;30 a in. The siren
wailed on and on and brought bun
dreds of people to town, but there was
little that could hi done,until the high
water began to recede
Men helplessly watched home af-
ter home hit the highway bridge on
South Main Street ''lie Paul
Alexander house, with seven people
inside, arid Paul on top, hit the bridge
Screams were heard as the house
broke up Paul went under the debria,
came up safe on the south side and
lodged in a tree on the W.J. Dodson
place. Paul's screams could be heard
and Vic Lawrence and Phin Reynolds
II braved the f ast current and rescued
him. J W , 14-year-old son of Paul,
who hail climbed on top of the house
with his father, managed to catch a
tree and was found safe the next morn
ing .
This Was disaster time for Shackel-
ford County much sadness and lots
of grieving- The community rallied as
it always does. At 10:00 a.m. when
the water began to run down, Captain
D.F. Morris and Lieut. George
Bethany of the Texas 1 lefense Guard,
called the men to the j.egion Hall and
quickl y organized search parties. The
results of those organized searches,
were the finding of all bodies by J :00
p.m.
The next morning men gathered at
7:30 to begin salvage work along the
creek arid to dig 12 graves. Only one
victim was buried elsewhere
Dr. D C C irb, Albany mayor,
wrote a jett< r t i the people of Shack
■ I ford Com,1 / flat d June J 2,1941 In
j: rt it said, "To those of us who es-
caped loss of property injury or death,
we have a job to do and we will do it
like real Alban y pi ople. Disaster lias
struck us a mighty blow in a vital
spot, but already your city-council has
tackled the problems, and solutions
are in sight The sig! t of destruction
is fresh in our minds but out of'it all
will conie a. greater appreciation of
the better things of life and a more
c'haritabJe spirit!" •
These tragic and sad memories
bring me a message that some of the
greatest drama in life is simply ordi
nary people in exfraord nary circum
s tan Wife of life, doing What has to be
doni
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SEPT. 3
Hand rehearsal * Hand hall, .1 pm
City council -.City Hall, ri pm
l ions Club - Icehouse, 12 noon
Hunter safely course Resource (.enter, 6 pm
Band rehearsal - Band hall, 7 pm
Senior Day luncheon - Youth Center, 12 noon
Chamber luncheon - Icehouse, .12 noon
entries due, for West Texas Fair
Star ga/ing party - Fort Griffin State Park, dusk
y If) 'HI ( ity I , , :
Commissioners court - Courthouse courtroom, 9 am
TDH immunization < linir Shackelford County
Resource Center, 1:30-5 pm
kindergarten orientation - NS1S kindei»,nten rooms,
!5:30-6 pm
Junior high orientation & "Meet the Teachers" meeting
AHS auditorium, 6:3Q prn
Hospital board - Clink board room, 7 pm
School begins (High school general assembly, 9:15 am)
Toastmasters - Azfec Reception Room, 6 pm
Early Childhood screening NSES by appointment
School board • Supt/s office, 7:30 pm
Commodities distribution Youth ( enter; TBA
tabor Day Golf Tournament - Albany Golf (bourse
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