The Shackelford County Leader (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1945 Page: 2 of 8
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THE SHACKELFORD COUNTY LEADER
The
Shackelford County
Leader
Published Every Thursday
CHAS. A. FRYAR
Owner and Publisher
Entered at the Postoffice at
Albany, Shackelford County, Texas
as Second Class Mail Matter.
' Subscription Rates: $1.00 per year
in first zone; $2.00 per year
elsewhere.
Any erroneous reflection upon the
•haracter, standing or reputation
of any person, firm or corporation
that may appear in the columns of
Hie Leader will be gladly and fully
corrected upon being brought to
the attention of the publisher.
Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of
Respect, and any kind of entertain-
ments where admission fee or
charges are made, will be charged
for at regular rates. Poetry will
be published at a charge of 10 cents
per line.
West Side News
(By Mrs. T. H. Latimer)
Peggy Jo Fannell and Jimmie
night guests of Jeannine Lackey.
Dane Griffis of Albany were over-
Mr. and Mrs. V. Lackey have re-
ceived a letter from their son
Charles, and he is now stationed in
the Marshall islands.
The Lackey family and their
guests attended the Stamford
rodeo last week.
Clyde Latimer and family were
also among those attending the
Stamford rodeo.
Miss Mary Alice Putnam of Dal-
las is a guest here in the home of
her brother, Tom Putnam and fam-
ily-
Mrs. Claude Webb of Lueders
underwent a minor" operation at
Stamford last week and is improv-
ing slowly.
Lloyd Cox of Lueders left last
week to begin army training at A.
& M. college.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cauthen are
announcing the arrival of a baby
son. The baby is their second child
and he is the grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Cauthen of Lubbock.
Horace Cox who is stationed at
Sheppard Field, spent the week-
end at home with his parents.
T. E. White who has many
friends here, is operating the Fire-
stone store in Lueders. He request-
ed the Shackelford County Leader
be sent to him.
Other new subscribers to the
Leader ordered through your West
Side reporter are Mrs. W. J. Thom-
asson, Mrs. J. R. Vickers, Mrs. J.
P. Vickers, Mrs. Stanley L. Vinson
and Mrs. Ora Douthit. Old sub-
scribers whose subscriptions are
due may renew through the report-
er and who will appreciate your
support. We also appreciate all the
news being turned in for the paper.
Howard Latimer and family of
i San Angelo' were week-end visitors
in Lueders in the home of his moth-
er, Mrs. Hale.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Vaughan
of Lueders are the proud parents
of a baby girl.
Mrs. Ora Douthit was in Lue-
ders Saturday afternoon and asked
that the Shackelford County Lead-
er be sent to her. An old timer
here, Mrs. Douthit says when she
moved to this area the Clear Fork
of the Brazos was a very small
stream, and she has seen many
other changes take place. She is
the oldest member of the Lueders
Methodist church and has done
more for the church than any other
one person in the church. She has
a great many friends in and around
Lueders.
Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Latimer and
children, Gwyn Nell, Wayne and
Michale, spent Sunday at Carlsbad /
Cavern.
Venton Latimer of Iraan spent
Tuesday night with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Latimer.
DESK BLOTTERS
Large desk blotters in oeautiful,
assorted colors, at the Leader of-
fice. Only 10 cents each.
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he killed four in a Nazi patrol, put a gun crew out of action and put to
flight a mortar section. Again he advanced on a machine gun and
knocked cut its crew single-handed. All that he did while machine
gun bullets and mortar fire poured upon him and his men.
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ALTHOUGH wounded and bleeding, an explosion threatening from
ii fire in the bomb bay and the co-pilot wounded from a shell burst
in the cockpit, Lt. Edward S. Michael flew a B-17 back to England to
save his comrades. Once he lost consciousness. But the plane that your
War Bonds helped to provide brought him through. We will need
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SPCA Outlines Plans
For Achieving Full
Member-Owned Stock
Complete ownership of produc-
tion credit association by farmers
and ranchers within the next two
or three years was the main topic
at the annual district conference of
officers and directors of our asso-
ciation meeting in Abilene on July
6 and 7, 1945.
The Stamford Production Credit
association was represented at this
meeting by J. B. Pumphrey, presi-
dent, Old Glary; J. F. McCulloch,
vice president, Stamford; C. G.
Burson, Haskell, Lasater Hensley,
Guthrie, Clark Forbis, Afton, di-
rectors; and J. L. Hill, Jr., secre-
tary-treasurer, Stamford.
Mr. Pumphrey said that the 36
Texas associations have built a to-
tal of $6,723,629 in reserves and
member-owned capital in 11 years,
a good part of it in the past two
years. "At the start in 1934 most
farmers and stockmen were with-
out cash or credit, and the govern-
ment supplied a substantial part of
the backlog capital needed to ob-
tain a dependable source of loan
funds from the investing public on
terms that fit our needs."
He said it was intended that as
the system became more strongly
established and the associations
built up their own reserves from
earnings, the government capital
would be retired. "In those days
it looked like it might take 20 years
or more for farmers and ranchers
to achieve full ownership, but we
have been making continued prog-
ress and already two associations
in Texas have reached the goal.
The 36 Texas associations now have
in reserves and member capital
about 75 per cent of the amount
they need to be fully owned by
farmers and ranchers."
The Stamford association has
$299,062.00 in reserves and mem-
ber capital. The association needs
about $20,000.00 more to provide a
strong farmer-rancher owned or-
ganization.
Plans were laid at the confer-
ence looking toward tne following
four big objectives:
1. Outright ownership of pro-
duction credit association by farm-
ers and ranchers.
2. Developing strong associa-
tions with ' ample backlog capital
and reserves to assure a depend-
able source of funds from the in-
vesting public through the Federal
Intermediate Credit Bank on terms
that meet the requirements of ag-
riculture in any sort of times.
3. Shaping association affairs to
help finance members' replace-
ments and improvements so that
farm and ranch families can make
a better living and greater finan-
cial progress.
4. Assisting returning war vet-
erans in every way possible in get-
ting started again on their farms
and ranches "with the aid and
counsel of experienced farm and
ranch directors and a strong farm-
er-rancher credit organization."
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PRE-WAR STAPLES
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TYPEWRITER RIBBONS
STAMP PADS and STAMP PAD INK
ADDING MACHINE ROLLS
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Persona! Mention
Mrs. Emory Mofris returned
Sunday after spending a week with
her mother, Mrs. R. Y. Black who
is confined in Graham hospital.
Mrs. Black is reported as doing
fine.
Mrs. Miles Benda and children
left for Temple, Texas last Thurs-
day where her husband is being
hospitalized in McCloskey General
Hospital.
At last meeting of Moran school
board, the board purchased a resi-
dence for Supt. Hugh W. Smith
and family. Mrs. Fay McCanlies
who lives in Fort Worth, had her
household goods in this home. The
board also elected Mr. White of
Putnam who moved to Moran last
week, for janitor to succeed Ernest
Willis who moved to Denton.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sherman
of Ranger visited his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. H. Sherman of Moran,
Saturday.
Mrs. Jay Terry returned home
the latter part of last week from
New Mexico where she had been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. E.
Haynes. Little Bob, her little
grandson came home with her for
a visit. While there she went
through the Carlsbad Cavern.
Robert and Emma Jean Yar-
brough of Amarillo are spending
their vacation with their aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Smoot of
Route 2, Moran.
Mrs. Hyman Charminski of Dal-
las and her daughter, Mrs. E. L.
Erickson of Sherman, are guests of
Mrs. A. J. Wise. Lt. Erickson is
an instructor at Perrin Field. Mrs.
Erickson was formerly Irene
Brooks.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Grace, Ham-
lin, spent their vacation in Moran
to be with Mrs. Grace's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Martin. While
here they renewed their subscrip-
tion to our paper.
Mrs. Karl Hopkins left Tuesday
to visit her husband at McCamey
and sister, Mrs. Pardue at Mon-
ahans. Mr. Hopkins has an honor-
able disability discharge from serv-
ice.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wright and !
family of Corpus Christi, spent last J
week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Wright in Moran.
Mrs. Mary E. Townsend who was
taken to Hendrick Memorial hos-
pital at Abilene last week, is re-
ported to be much improved and
her brother, A. C. Oyler left for
Michigan last Wednesday.
Mrs. N. E. Andrews who is ill at
her sister's home, Mrs. A. J. Wise,
is some improved. Her daughter,
Mrs. Hyman Charminski has been
attending {ier mother for the past
two weeks.
J. W. Dorsey of Moran has been
ill for more than a year, but con-
fined to his home for the past 3
months with heart trouble. Sorry
we cannot report much improve-
ment. He was greatly cheered by
his son, Olin M. Dorsey who is now
at his father's bedside. Another
son, Henry Dorsey is coming as
fast as transportation can bring
him from Germany.
Mrs. Bell Waters returned Satur-
day from a very pleasant 3 weeks
visit spent with daughter and son
at Fort Worth and with relatives
at Cleburne.
Miss Pearl Donaway and H. R.
Baughman spent the 4th at the
rodeo in Stamford.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wise report
a very fine trip to Austin where
they visited their son, Judson and
Mrs. Wise and children, Bill and
Mike. Mrs. Wise also visited her
brother in Austin, Conrad Voigt.
She went to Liberty, Texas to visit
two sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Hart who
reside there and another sister,
Mrs. Sweinna and children who live
in Rio Grande Valley who were
visiting in Liberty.
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Texas largest producer of sulph-
ur is the Texas Gulf Sulphur Com-
pany at Newgulf.
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MORAN
Guard Called in Louisiana
to Fight Flood
Louisiana's worst flood since
1927 provided the opportunity for
the Louisiana State Guard to prove
that it had the men and the train-
ing to cope with any situation to
which it might be assigned.
While units of only two battal-
ions were called out, the entire
Guard was alerted and was ready
to assist in rescue, feed, or care
for in any other way victims of the
rampaging water of the Mississip-
pi, Ouachita, Red, Black or other
streams.
Units which did not have an op-
portunity to display their quality
were proud of the manner in which
fellow-Guardsmen acquitted them-
selves at Ferriday, Jonesville,
Mansfield, Columbia and other
points from which the men of Lt.
Col. O. V. Slaughter, the Sixth
Battalion of Shreveport, and those
of Lt. Col. Percy H. Farmer of
Ferriday of the Fourth Battalion,
conducted their work.
The Guard's place in the interior j
defense scheme of the state was
recognized fully when, at a meet-
ing called by Governor Jim H. Dav-
is at Baton Rouge April s, Brig.
Gen. Raymond H. Fleming, adju-
tant general of the State Guard
was designated co-ordinator in the
state-wide relief set-up.
Checked Levees
Already, however, Colonel Farm-
er and his men had been busy
checking levee conditions and the
rising water of Tensas, Catahoula
and Concordia parishes. Some of-
ficers and enlisted men already had
been called out and had started
their work.
Following his designation as co-
ordinator for the relief and rescue
work, General Fleming called
Maj. John G. Apfel into active
service and assigned him as laison
officer to the Red Cross headquart-
ers at Alexandria.
About the same time Capt. Earl
Blevins, Corps of Engineers, Eighth
Service Command, was assigned
to General Fleming's staff for con-
THURSDAY, JULY 12,
sulfations in connection with the
flood.
After manning boats, helping t0
feed • -.refugees and performiptu-
guard and otljer duties in the
Mansfield area, along Bayou Pierre
and other flood waters, Colonel
Slaughter's Guardsmen were mus.
tered out with the thanks of Gen-
eral Fleming and other officials for
their excellent service.
Waters Piled Up
In Colonel Farmer's area of Con-
cordia and Catahoula parishes
however, it was a different story'
While the crest of the Red river
passed down through the state
draining off the flood waters of
the Mansfield area, these piled up
against Old river and began back-
ing up into Colonel Farmer's area.
This necessitated continued activi-
ty of Colonel Farmer's men until
finally the entire area of Concordia
was under water with the excep-
tion of a small area at Vidaiia
Ferriday, Colonel Farmer's head-
quarters, was under water ranging
in depth from several inches to six
feet and deeper.
As the Pelican went to press
some 44 enlisted men and 11 offi-
cers were still in active service. As
the conditions were being sta-
bilized, however, there was little
that these could do and they were
being mustered out to assist their
individual families, who were vic-
tims of the backwaters.
Colonel Farmer originally had
59 enlisted men and some 10 offi-
cers on active duty.
All of Company B and Head-
quarters Company of the Sixth
Battalion at Shreveport who could
be mustered were called . out by
Colonel Slaughter. Colonel
Slaughter, however, had the mis-
fortune to have to return to
Shreveport after a brief service for
hospitalization and Maj. R. K.
Lothrop took over.—The Pelican.
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Elberta peaches, will have plenty
of them at $2 and $2.50 a bushel.—.
Freeman's Cash Grocery.
Miss Nell Cottle of Houston ar-
rived Sunday to spend a week's va-
cation with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Cottle in Moran.
Miss Pearl Donaway of Dothan
spent last week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Locke. They enjoyed a
fishing party and had a fish fry at
home.
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The Shackelford County Leader (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1945, newspaper, July 12, 1945; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth417003/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.