The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1971 Page: 2 of 8
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THE ALBANY MFWS
Albany, Texas, Thursday, February 4, 1971
•OHN B. MctiAUGHEY, Owner ud
Published Every Thursday
Second dan Postage Paid
At Albany, Texas 76430
ing plans for the county show
Incidentally, a number of Shackelford County
calves have been entered in other calf shows Be-
linda Bur km an of the Lueders area won the cham-
pionship at the Abilene show. Five calves were
entered in the Fort Worth show.
We held the shows here in retent year* to Jam
ary and always ran into bad weather. Hopefully,
the late February show will have good spring
weather
Footprints Along the Brazos...
Mary Whatley Clarke
• Chapter 9
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BETWEEN FRIENDS
Wfi NOTE that Albanv's talented artist. Bill
Cauble, is to have a showisg of liis oil rig
pau.ungs at the Petroleum Club in Abilene
during the meeting of the American Associa-
tion of Pdrolrum Geologists Feb. 7-9. The
paintings are oI oil well scenes that Bill is fa-
miliar with, being an oid hand in the oil fields
Bill has gotten intere<,ieu ias im »«*'£,
plates, and recently brought as one the
wood engravings which we pat on a press and
gave him a number of reprodartioos This one
was excellent and had the "Bill Cauble ' theme
•f Indian days—a skull, bow. arrawv and In-
dian ensign, all laboriously carved on a piece
of ply wood with a sharp knife. This is an
old art, used in the early years of priiting.
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THE SHORT MONTH of February arrived
Monday, cold and cloudy Tuesday was
groundhog day. which may. or may not, have
something to do with the arrival of spring
weather. Anyway, Shackelford County farmers
and ranchers would like to trade the ground
hog for a good West Texas rain. It just hasn't
rained in some three months—that is, enough
to register as a rain. We have had a lot of
cold fronts come through, but they have all
been dry . . . not even a snow.
AMERICA GOT AWAY from football a couple
of weeks ago. and Sunday got to see Apollo 14
blast off from Cape Kennedy.
Apollo 13, it will be remembered, got in trouble
last fall when an oxygen tank exploded Sunday
afternoon the Apollo 14 aw rah into trouble hook
ing up the landing vehicle with the command
module. There was some doubt that the landing
will be permitted because of the difficulty. Space
men could be stranded on the moon.
Anywa\ these moon shots, terriffically, expen-
sive to tiie tax payers, have proved very success-
ful. Not that we will ever have a colony on the
moon or planets, but it is like climbing a moun-
tain. It is something that jost had to be done And
it adds to mankind's knowledge of the planets
Someone mentioned the other day that we mav
have to use the moon some day as a place to store
junked automobiles
U\ST \\ FF.K we bragged a bit here about
Albany's fine basketball team, who had not
lost a game this year. Then the bovs got
beat by Itnscoe Friday night. We should have
kept our mouth shut.
Nevertheless, the lions were due ts have one
off night, so maybe they have that out of their
system and will go on to win the second half,
kalso. Good l.uck. J.ions,
SHACKKIjFDHI) COUNTV Youth and Live
ck Show w ill be held Saturday , Feb 20 This
is always one of the best youth shows in West
Texas ami draws a big crowd of interested peo-
ple
Local committees are already at work complet*
PRESTON SMITH has described the recent Nev
Tear holiday period traffic toll as a Texas tragedy
and disaster ef major proportions.
"At least 57 men, women and children lost their
lives on the streets and highways of Texas be-
tween 6. p. m. Dec. 31 and midnight Sunday. Jan.
3," the governor said. "This far exceeded the De-
partment of Public Safety estimate of 35 and al-
lowed Texas to lead the nation in traffic fatalities
for this period. Had this toll of human life oc-
curred from a natural disaster such as a hurri-
cane, 1 am sure a state of emergency would have
been declared and outpourings of grief and com-
passion would have come from all parts of the
nation."
Governor Smith added that he will step up an
already massive effort to lead and coordinate an
effective program to reach Texas drivers through
education and enforcement.
"We know that certain steps must be taken by
our legislators if we are to reduce traffic fatali-
ties substantially. This I fervently hope will be
accomplished by the incoming legislature In fact,
I have already forwarded to each member of the
House of Representatives and the Senate a sum
man of Texas traffic safety legislative needs
along with my personal appeal for prompt and
positive action," he..said. 'However. I would like
to make one thing dear. No governor, no legis-
lator, no other public official, and no enforienien* ■
body can solve this problem alone We must have
the full cooperation of the driving public itself
The New Year holiday toll revealed nothing
new as to accident types or causes The usual in
vulvement of sp^l. recklessness and driving
while intoxicated was ev ident " he stated.
"With this statement, 1 am issuing a personal
appeal to every head of local government and to
every traffic law enforcement agency in Texas
to ileal with traffic violators as strictly and as
promptly as possible,'' Governor Smith said.
"In my opinion, there is no better deterrent to
traffic accidents than the certainty in the minds
of would be violators ami reckless driv ers that
their acts will be detected by law enforcement
officers, that they will I to apprehended and given
prompt ami suitable treatment in a court of law,"
he added
'lie response of Texans to Uie meaning of
'Drive Friendly' has been highly encouraging
The citizens of Texas will bo hearing more about
'Drive Friendly' frani every source at our com-
mand 1 know it is Working and that 'drive friend
ly' will continue to make its impact for the bene-
fit of Texas citizens The fact that Texas has
maintained about the same number of fatalities
in 1970 compared to 1%9 indicates that most of
our citizens are driving friendly I am dedicated
to reaching those who are not," ho Concluded.
ZEBCLON M. PIKE
C ROSSED TIIE "BRASSOS '
Zebulon M. Pike, a native of
Trt-iiton, New Jersey, was one of
the youthful pathfinders of our
great country. According to
George Bird Grinnell, author of
Traiks of the Pathfinders, Pike,
t^ie young soiuier who crossed
the Mississippi and the Arkansas
and was oae of ,the first Ameri-
cans to sea Santa Fa, New Mex-
ico. ''stands side by side, though
by no mesas in popular estima-
tion, with the heroic explorers
Lewis and Clark.''
Today Pike's most enduring
monument is the great Rocky
Mountain peak that bears his
name in the State of Colorado.
Pike's expeditions were the
first military and the second
governmental explorations which
were pushed to any considerable
extent in the then newly acquired
territory of Louisiana. Pike's ex
plorations of the Arkansas took
the expedition as far as I/ead-
ville. There during the bitter win-
ter the men suffered untold hard-
ships Their boots had worn out
over the mountain portages and
makeshift shoes had been made
from buffalo hides. Pike had a
birthday Jan. 5, 1805, and wrote
in his journal: "This was my
birthday and most fervently I
hope never to pass another so
miserably"
Pike and his men finally made
tlieir way over the Saiigie De
and several others nearly drown-
ed because they struck each
other with their feet. We then
csme on about two miles on this
side of a bayou called the Lit-
tle Brasses.' The river Brassos
is the largest river in the prov-
ince, and where the road cross-
es, is 300 yards wide and navi-
gable for large keels From the
appearance on its banks it must
rise and fall one hundred feet.
Its waters were red and turbid,
its banks well timbered with a
rich, prolific soil. Here was kept
the only boat I recollect to have
seen in the province."
On July 1, Pike and his party
arrived at Natchitoches, La. He
wrote in his journal:
"Language cannot express the
gaiety of my heart when I once
mere beheld the standard of my
country waved aloft. 'All hail/
I cried, 'the ever sacred name
of country in which is embraced
that of kindred, friends, and
every other tie which is dear to
the soul of man ."
After his youthful expeditions
into the wilderness of America
Pike remained in military serv-
ice. He was killed in the War
of 1812 at the age of thirty four
years.
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•DVCATION HOSSAM
This "Kick" Is Good
Mike Vainer, IT, spent his boy-
hood in a poverty-blighted area
of the Georgia Appalachians
Sonic years ago I us family mov
ed to Huntsville, Ala , his par-
ents seeking a better living
standard TTieir efforts have been
rewarded. What Mike is plaiuiing
to do in 1971 constitutes a chal-
lenge to all Americans He plans
to make a payment on his frvo-
dom He will bo speaking to
youth groups ami adults about
the positive values of American
citizenship and the growing
threat of Communism working
to destroy those values.
Mike is one of thousands of
youth who spent a few days ui
of the many citizenship semi-
tit have grown out of the
Education Program
over the last 35 years He
to Searcy in early June.
He was inspired by what be
and heard at the seminar
in Otr American Heritage
r. with about 400 youth lead-
en (ram ten states attending
At the conclusion aI the four-day
program, he came into our KEP
"I'm going to dedicate a part
of my life from now on," he said,
"tryii* to bring the facts about
our America* way of life and
about Cmnmunum and Social-
ism to the young people in Ala-
Ill need same help, espe-
same help getting edura-
f tioaai materials like I've
Red* H-»v
I came from In the Ap-
area of Georgia, and
ttw Carolina* and Tunes
w he said "a gram many
I la bid a Ule of Just bare-
ly surviving Hie Communists
have their most persuasive mis
sionaries working among these
people and they have alienated
many from our basic American
principles They are agitating
them, especially the yoiuig. to
join Uie trouble makers and sow
distrust and discontent"
We learned that Mike in one ol
six children of an Appalachian
family that in spite of having
only a meager living standard
for years did not "buy the
Communist propaganda. When
he got into Huntsville High
School, he sliovved himself to be
solidly against Communism and
for the American system The
local Civitan Club chose him as
tine of its conferees to attend Uie
citizenship seminar in Searcy.
Mlge tint Busy
When Mike got home after his
four days at the American lleri-
tage Center, he wrote and asked
ik to "loan" him one of the sty-
rofcam "pyramids" of t'e Amer-
ican way of life—a visual-aid tool
imx1 to make speeches on the
fundamentals of our system He
began using it. He wrote us again
in November "The Communist-,
and people they have lured into
their fold are continuing to prom-
ise the world to the poor people
of the mountains, especially tin'
young ones Tliey promise them
freedom but what they give them
when they take over, is tyranny.
They promise them an education
on thruth. but what they get is
bias, warped information, propa-
ganda.
"That s why." Mike said. "I'm
on this 'kick'—as some might
call it- to spread the truth about
the greatness about this country
to everybody I have been ca'led
several names by kids who heard
my speech but tliey all center
on one point They all sav I'm a
'Patrtotic Pig' going around
spreading 'filth.' Well. I have
but one answer I'm proud to be
called a patriot bccause it shows
I love my country And as for
'H§.' *eU a Sao Francisco po-
out what 'Pig'
means: Pride, integrity, • and
guts. As for my spre d ng 'filth,'
if this is considered filth then
I wonder what they would call
Lincoln's speeches, or Washing-
ton's. or Patrick Henry s? Tliey
were all patriots with a li ve for
America
Henewed Hope
Mike reported I have given
the Pyramid speeches five times
twice to Civitan organizations,
and three time to different or-
ganizations at the second largest
high school m Alabama On the
19th (November* I will give the
speech to the District Convention
of the Civitaivs 1 was wondering
if you could send me that new
film of yours on' campus luuvst
that I saw when I wts there
(Communists on Campus*— want
to show it. to as many young
people as I can reach "
Knowing tluit Mike Varner is
one of thousands of young peo-
ple working to spread the truth
and that our organization has
been partly responsible for get-
ting them on this citizenship cru-
sade renews our hope, as we en-
ter another year's work, that
Americans can indeed preserve
the great heritage of freedom
and lead mankind toward a bet-
ter world for all.
tin the golf course a preacher
took a mighty good swing at his
ball and sliced into a big tree
on the edge of the fairway. In a
few seconds a bird appeared
with the ball in its beak, flew
toward the green and dropped
tiie ball into the cup
The minister looked up and
unp'ored: "Please. Father. I'd
rathi i do it myself"
I.'ing cancer is the leading
cause' of cancer death among
American men IWnt tip "yet."
say* the American Society, "Do
i.ot smoke cigarettes "
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The national archives repoti
tory for all papers of President
l.yndon B Johnson is on the UT
tampus at Austin
"Just because scliool is out
you should not abandon your
intellectual pursuits," -isd ca
tiomnl the college soph.
"Oh, I'm not. Dad," the boy
answered "I'm still trying to
Cristo range and reached the Ilio date that, pretty Phi Beta Kap-
Granile They built a stockade on Pa '
the Itio Conejos, a nearby tribu-
tary The nien were epptmed
there by the Spanish dragoons
and taken to Santa Fe. Pike was
one of the first Americans to
enter that town. Pike was ques-
tioned by General Allencaster,
Governi r of New Mexico, who
wanted to know why Pike had
invaded Spanish territory with
an armed force. Pike e\pl tin d
that his mission was to explore
western rivers Although cour-
t tons ly treated he was sent to
Chihuahua to appear before the
Commandant General. There he
was further queried and his pa-
pers taken from him. Finally his
explanations were accepted and
lie w*.s conducted. ut*iy Jjgusrd
to San Antonio, Texas From
there he made his way to the
I^ousiana border.
Pike's personal journal as lie
traveled through Texas at that
early date is of especial interest.
He wrote about seeing many
wild horses and deer They were
met about three miles outside
"Saint Antonio" by Geovemors
Cordero and Herrara in a coach
"We repaired to tlieir quarters
where we were received like
tlieir children," Pike wrote.
Pike described San Antonio as
a flourishing village with much
industry where a large body of
troops was maintained "in con-
sequence of the difference exist-
ing lielween the United States
am} Spain "
He wrote that it was neces-
sary to keep .in advanced guard
of horsemen in order to frighten
the mustangs away because the
wild horses frequently came
witliin a few miles of San An-
tonio at night and took off Uie
gentle horses One ranchman
told like that he s„vv 700 horses
earned off at one time by the
mustangs and not one of them
was ever recovered.
Pike was interested in the
manner the Spaniards captured
and tanied the mustangs. The
riders went onto the prairies and
built a large, strong enclosure
with a gate which entered a
smaller enclosure From the en-
trance of the large pen they pro-
jected wings out into the prairie
for a great distance and then set
up biBhcs. etc.. to induce the
horses, when pursued, to enter
into the wings After the prep-
arations were made they kept a
lookout for a small herd and
drove them in Thev selected the
vcungetU of the animals, noosed
them and timed them into the
small enclosure The others were
turned loose By starving and
keeping the horses in conatant
motion, thev were tamed by de-
grees and finallv broken to the
saddle and bridk> Pike waa of
the opinion that no nation in the
world was superior to the Span-
iard of Texas ui handling horaas.
Pike wrote in his journal June
I*. im>:
"Rod.- on until half past ten
o'clock when we arrived at the
river Br ' Here ia a stock-
ade at one cgrporal. six men.
and a fern boat Swam our
horses over, one waa
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On the 61st anniversary of scouting Feb. 7 13th,
we salute this splendid organization dedicated
to building better citizens, a better community
and a better world.
And our hats go off to those adult leaders, both
Moms and Dads who give so generously of their
time that scouting may flourish
AND a special tip of the Stetson to . . .
Miss Johnnie LeMond (Barstow) who organized
the first Boy Scout Troop in Albany in about 1912 . . .
Chester Davis
Kev. J. A. Owen
W. Graham Webb, Jr.
. . . and the more recent leaders
G. L. Wood
Bob Martyn
Byron Swank
Raymond Hawkins
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