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Albany
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•IRVING IHACKELTOtO
COUNTY SINCE 1ST#
| fAN fO AlTIC
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Oldest Journalistic Venture West of the Brazos
Old Volume No. Eighty-eight, New Volume No. Eighty
Albany, Texas, Thursday, January 16, 1964
Number T\
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HAPPEN
M ALBANY
Aftovr AN
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fiN lM «ll the "All-
MM, tt* "All-
fhi, the "All-
Wy, tad the "All-
(MM, He.
I v» law Itft out the
tout oat, and that
til fat If H vara not for
|(H MaU aot have had an
tf any kind.
iWfkfkk tha All-Amerl-
iH,
Ar Alt pile* I will delect
Sr. Someone told
I Art to had not missed a
t It Ikbty-flve year*.
'AW m «t have gone thin
JrJM'i |fek the All-American
Mrnlnc quarterback
I M* that we have the bent
COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHOW
AT FFA BARN SATURDAY
Father of Rev.
Kinker Dies
Methodist 8
To Hear
Dr. Bray
Judging Starts
At 10 o'Clock
' •• *f *- • I* I n •• M * ■ i' lln i i Ff . K* >il" ilsfl m . m
. hoping the winter wonther "!, * ""'Ih f"\ priZM
•ea way to a warm, dry day ! J* v,,ri,,UH , Prizc" {"r
. u . .... . ..'steers ranee from r. fur t«t
Club boys find girls, and lo-
cal ranchers and business men,
are
five*
thin coming .Saturday for the
annual Shackelford County
Livestock Show.
FFA boy* and 4-H Club boy*
and girls arc to have their live-
*tock In place at the sale ham
on the high school carnpu* l>y
8:30 Saturday morning.
Judging will begin at 10 a.
tn.
B. F. Yeate* of (iutherie is
to Judge the club calve* and j various
breeding stork, | show.
lai* calves; J. A. Matthew*
Ranch Co., load of Hereford*;
(iourd Ranch, load of Here-
fords, and liyron Elliott, load
of Angus,
The finance committee has
"leers ranee from *25 for 1st
place, down to $4. These
prizes, with the six and seven
cents to be added at the sale,
will help the club members
at least break even on their
project*. High feed and lower
cattle prices have prevented
club members from realizing a
profit this year,
A committee of local ranch-
er* will be in charge of the
departments at the
Rev, Ferdie Kirchner, fnth-i
er of llev. Marion K. Kirchner
of Albany, died suddenly Sat-
urday evening at San An-
tonio. He suffered a heart, at-
tack and died a few hours lat-
er. llev, Kirchner, who was well
known here, was in his eighties,
but hnd been very active, hav-
ing recently been on a hunting
trip. I,ast March he conducted
a Bible study at the First Bap-
tist Church here, lie was a vet-
eran Baptist minister.
The Kirch tiers live at 1200
(irover Mosier of Carbon Bin Crowd Expected
will judge sheep and swine. A large crowd of interest*...,
The swine will he judged at j parents, ranchers, and friends | W '^!in Antonio.
10:00 a. m.; sheep at 11:00 a. of the club boys and girls are I A service was held in the
ex pentad at the show despite
go
Worth next week to enter the
Fat Stock Show.
The FFA boys will serve ;i
ifi
m., and beef cattle at 2:00 p. m.
To Auction Livetlock
The sale will begin at 3:00,
with a local auctioneer in
charge of the sale.
The sale committee has been
raising funds from rancher*
and business people to buy part
k Tnlay Caffcy. There are °' ^e livestock. They plan to barbecue dinner at noon Satur-
of course, but he purchase ten calves, 30 lambs 'day, at $1.00 a plate. Profits
and four pigs, paying six to I will be used to complete the
seven cents above market, FFA barn.
There will be five carload I Mothers of t-ll Club mem-
lots of calves, bred by local Iters will sell home-made pie,
ranchers, on display. Showing coffee anil hot chocolate to
the carload lots will he: Tom raise money to purchase an
Hlanton, two loads of Oiaro- electro-groomer for the club.
chapel of the First Haptist
the weather. A good warm day|?,hur?h in San Antonio at 3:00
will help swell the crowd. Monday afternoon, and the
Many of the animals in the b"(|y ,wa" tak,,fl re"'P,B
local show will go t„ Fort |)lace(l °" a train nnd
Albany Misses
Hig Snow
Al*"""" m'"««d b'» snow
that fell In North Tera* nnd
In the Fort Worth arei Wed-
nesday. A* much a* *evcn
inche* wa* reported In places,
Snow fell most of Wednes-
day in Albany, but melted
nearly a* fart as fell. Esti-
mate of the *now here was half
an Inch. More snow was re-
ported in the Moran section
than in Albany.
Coldest temperatures of the
winter were recorded here dur-
ing the week. Coldest morning
wa* Tuesday, when the ther-
mometer dipped to 8 degrees.
Temperature* for the week,
with the high reading for after-
noon before, follow:
Friday: 40 and 28.
Saturday: (11 and 35.
Sunday: 46 and 18.
Monday: 32 and 10.
Tuesday: 37 nnd 8.
Wednesday: 42 and 12.
This morning: 35 and 21.
PLANS MADE FOR MARCH
OF DIMES DRIVE INCOIOTY
Proclamation
Whereas, more than 250,000
American babies are bom each
ye->r with a significant birth
defeat while approximately 11
The high school teenagvn
will announce their plana far
their March of Dimea drive at
a later date.
The March of Dimea fa do-
ing more than any'other priv-
ate organization has ever doM
fcajalB,
h fu* and in your favor-
fcMN to the Albany News,
J. C. Tarlton.
if* You Paid
W Poll Tax?
carried
to Kahoka, Mo., for burial. The
family accompanied the body i
on the train.
Last rites were held at Kaho-|
ka Wednesday.
llev. Kirchner is survived
by his wife and one son, llev.
Marion E. Kirchner of Albany,
and a grandson, Billy Kirchner.
llev. and Mrs. Kirchner ex-
p t to be hack in Albany late
Saturday.
i
IT rapid your state nnd
tarty turn daring the month
jMkM* yea probably didn't
4fimr fell tea. The outcome
#fc |tertieB is November a*
ftna would pay a
■ tft *u in question. Since
»diction did not carry the
N of the poll tax, ou
hW ttoek to tee if you have
NI dim then.
J«i will be paying a 1903
i tu to vole in 1964. In
Mr to be exempt from pay-
M of poll tax levied of
* 1> 19M, whereby a voter
*jf *ete in 1964, you must
* W jroan of age, or over, be-
1, 1963, not 1964, in
to he entitled to vote in
* wjr 2 election without pay-
I»»H1 tax.
over sixty years of
jaShackelford County do
to get an exemption
1 ttis only applies to coun-
•f 10,000 inhabitants or
You will be required to
fear name when you go
polls to vote.
*■•11 is the deadline for
Pol' tax, and only
r ** sold at press
The last presidential
X*ar over 1200 were
Four Hurt in
Car Wreck
A car accident Sunday nfter-
nooti about nine miles south <>f
Breckenridge injured four Al-
bany Colored men. Newt Sta-
pleton and Paul Alexander
were the more seriously hurt,
and were taken to Ilendrick
Memorial Hospital in Abilene.
Jim Stapleton and Hohart Mills
were hospitalized in the Hreck-
enridge hospital and are not
seriously injured.
Hohart Mills was driving his
1957 Huick which skidded on a
curve anil the car went through
a fence and then went through
a stock tank in the below-
freezing temperature. High-
way patrolmen reported the rar
landed on its wheels.
Senator Ratliff
Seeks Re-Election
Senator David Uatliff of
Stamford was in Albany Tues-
day, and authorized the Albany
News to announce that he will
be a candidate for re-election.
He has ably served the 2!th
Senatorial District and is one
of the loaders in the Senate.
Senator Kutliff will make his
formal statement to the voters
I at a later date.
a«d Mr*. Frank Woodfin,' Mrs. H. W. Fric k and «on,
"I Mac Wi.odfin, Linda H. W., .It-., of Sabinal and Mrs.
■ Md llrs. Raymond K. ('. Culpepper <>f San Anton-
|*i Betty and Cliff, were io visited Monday and I ucsday
* Sunday of Mrs. Frank'with their sist r and aunt, Mrs.
I*!™' Parents, Mr. and Walter Wood.
* •. Cax of Archer City.! —
^ ■ | Nearly everybody in Shackel-
waat Ada. I ford County reads the News.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES
j^'lford County (Albany nnd Moran) $2.50
In the United States $3 00
ft lav
Sr
Jack Moberley,
tax assessor and collec-
"■ekelford County.
CC Directors
To Be Elected
The Albany Chamber of
Commerce will elect all fifteen
directors at its Jan. rtO luncheon
meeting. I.oren Williams, chair-
man of the nominating com-j
mittee, presented names to he
viyted on at Friday's meeting,
lie suggested that all fifteen
be elected this month and five
be designated for one year, five
for two years .-iml five for three
years. After 1907 five will he
elected each year.
Names presented as directors
were:
Term ending Feb. 1, 1965:
M. I.. Joyce, Harold (!. Law,
Sam l£. Webb, John II. Mc-
Gaughey and Jon Ilex Jones.
Term ending Feb. 1, 19<>fi:
Dr. L. 8. Key, H. P. Sievera, J.
Carter King, Jr., A. M. lluss
and Lawrence \\ inkier.
Phillips Named
WTU President
Mrs. Anderson
Passes Away
OR, WILLIAM IHIAY
f)r, William Hrny, mission-
ary to Japan, will speak at the
First Methodist Church Sunday
night, Jan. 19 at 7 o'clock.
Kveryone is invited to attend
and hear about the mission
program in Japan.
!>r, Bray and his wife went
to Japan in August, 1952, after
having been a pastor for six
years and a United Sta/tes Army
Air Force chnplain during
World War II for three years.
For the past ten years of
service in Japan his official
work has been in the Theologic-
al Seminary at Kwansei Gaku-
in University, where he is pro-
fessor of New Testament Lit-
erature and Language. In ad-
dition to Dr. Hray"s regular
work at the University, he and
Mrs. Hrny have been engaged
in some direct evangelism and
they have organized two new
churches, one in Takarazuke
City and one in Skukagawa
City. The Stamford District of
the Methodist Church has help-
ed in both of these projects.
Dr. Hrny has also served as
chairman of the Fellowship of
Christian Missionaries in Ja-
pan.
The Brays feel that the prog- Mr arul Mr, j D Arthor
ress they have made rightly i ;ind M|, and Mrs Arthur Bailey
belongs to the church people nUended the funeral for Mrs.
kept them in the | Arther's cousin, E. M. Baker
Word has been received In
Moran that Mrs. Mary Ander-
son, 91, pnsscd away in a con-
valescent home in nrownfleld
Dec. 29. She was buried at
Brownfield Dec. 30.
Mrs. Anderson had been liv-
ing with a niece in Brownfield
since leaving Moran several
years ago.
Funeral was held in
Crescent Hill Church of Christ
with the pastor, Ceci. Hill, of-
ficiating.
Mrs. Anderson was a mem-
ber of the First Christian
Church.
She was a sister of the late
II. A. and John H. Klliott and
Mrs. Alice McLoury, and has
many relatives and friends in
Moran and community.
million of our children nnd!to fldfht two of tha nation's
adults suffer from some form Ifaateat cripplera — birth da*
of arthritis or other disabling.'«*« »"d arthritis.
rheumntic disease, and | Your continued support this
Where*s, exemplary medical, January will make poaaibl*
care utilizing the skills of many |«v«n greater victories ovar dto*
specialists working together ls.eaM and disability,
not avnilable to a majority of Th°«« wishing to mak« coif
those stricken by these crip- tributlona at the present time
piers, and I may send their checks to the
Whereas, the March of,March of Dimes drive or depoa-
Dimes now supports nearly 70.'t them _wlth Mrs. Bruce Bimy
hospital treatment renters
where improved treatment is
being developed, and
Whereas, the medical leader-
ship these centers provide sends
out waves of influence which
serve to spread new knowledge,
new techniques and new public
nwareness for the benefit of
victims of all chronic, disabling
conditions, and
Whereas, the March of Dimes
is financing the work of re-
search scientists seeking even-
tual breakthroughs toward the
possible prevention of birth de-
fects, arthritis and perhaps
many other human ills, and
Whereas, funds are also
needed for continued assistance
to polio patients, health schol-
arships for our young people,
and support of the new Snlk
the' Institute for Biological Studies,
Therefore, 1, John K. Beall,
mayor of the City of Albany,
do hereby proclaim January,
1904, as March of Dimes month
and do urge all citizens to con-
tribute generously to this cam-
paign.
John E. Beall, Mayor,
City of Albany, Texas.
o
Attend Funeral
who have
mission field,
given real
fellowship.
School Census
Taking Time
Children horn after Sept. 1,
1946, and before Sept. 1, 1958,
must be enumerated on the
schdol—census. If your child
,,"f Clyde, Friday at 2:30 p. m. is in Rchoo| he or she win bring
encouragement and. funeral was held in the I
and
in
who have i
S. If
Term ending Feb. I, I!•(!":
V. H. Moore, John L. Rose,
I.oren Williams, Yates Clayton
and I. M. Chism.
Dr. I.. S. Key, president, ap-
pointed John W. It ray, Jr.,
chairman of the auditing com-
mittee.
Guest fur the hour was
L. L.
West
ere. Mr. \
Sen.
(Si) PHILLIPS
ABILKNK. E xecutive
changes in West Texas Utilities
Company's management were
announced following a meeting
of the hoard of directors Mon-
day morning.
Kffective March 1, S. B. (Si)
Phillips, Jr., will succeed Cal
Young as president. J, F.
I.ohgley was promoted to exec-
utive vice-president.
Si Phillips, a vice-president
since 1960 and an employee
Walker of Moran, former --'nee 1 !>:?!». will succeed Cal
Texas Utilities manager, Young as the chief executive of
there Mr. Walker reported that j the company. Young, who
his friend, Sen. A. M. Aikin, reaches the mandatory retire-
Jt\, of Paris, recently suffered '"ent age of 65 on Feb. 27,_ w,n
a heart attack. Mr. Aikin, In
slated, v as one of tin
of the Gilmer-Aikin Bill, stat t
ing he had always been interest-' ' 'H"'P^
ed in the schools of the state
Gibbetis Files
For Re-election
Democratic State Represen-
tative Wayne Gibbens from
I Stephens County has filed for
! re-election to the House of
i Representatives.
(a census blank homo for you to
it Clydelgjjyni please examine it for cr-
, ... rors in birthdays, residence in
tor, officiating. Burial was in COunty, or names of parents,
| First Baptist Church
I with llev. Harold Watson, pas-'
the Clyde Cemetery.
Mr. Baker passed away at
3:30 a. m. Thursday at St. Ann
Hospital in Abilene. He had
pneumonia and had suffered a
heart attack.
He is survived by four sons:
Clyde of San Angelo, Johnnie
of Hallinger, Gene and Robert
Althnufh Gibbens is seeking! i,ee of Abilene; two daughters,
his second term from District j Mrs. Lee Springfield, Clyde,
63, lie is actually seeking his I and Mrs. Oti* Springfield, Abi-
third term to the House of I and a host of grandchil-
Uepre-entatives. After sen*-;dren and great grandchildren,
ini; one term from the old ~'th \ [|js wife preceded him in
district, Gibbens was placed in I «i0:,th with a heart attack in
a new district by the I960 re-1 l<M>I.
districting bill with another in-
cumbent, whom Gibbens de-1
fented. The new district is the Reth Cannon of Madisonville.
• I.'tnl District mII' 1 includes Cal-
Pirvto,
be
tw
elevated to chairman of the
authors j board.
! Young in commenting on
election as president
mid, "I feel lie is bringing to
| this position the youth
manager, Klmer Smith, to write
The chamber instructed thesis position the youth, vigor
irid anility it noons. Ho is well
Mrs. Aikin a letter of concern
and appreciation of Senator
Aikin.
Yates Clayton, manager of
the Shackelford County Me-
morial Hospital reported that
six local L. V. students in Cis-
co Junior College will gradu-
ate Jan. 31. He is interested
in getting new students from
this county to take the nursing
course at CJC.
make a very
qualified and wi
able president."
Phillips was horn in 1915 in
Portland Ore., and later mov-
ed with his family to Newton
Center, Mass. He is a gradu-
ate of Phillips Exeter Acade-
my and holds a bachelor of
science from Harvard Univer-
sity.
lie has worked in the district
office in San Angelo, at the ,m,! Interest
Concho generating station, and
lahan, Kastland, Palo
Shackelford and
Counties.
During the last session of the;
Texas Legislature, Gibbens re-
ceived top committee assign-
ments which included his serv-
ile.,' as chairman of the conting-
ent expense committee end
membership on the committees I
on rules, agriculture, revenue I
and taxation, nnd oil and gas.;
When the legislature adjourn-1
ed, Gibbens' demanding legisla-
tive activities continued into
the interim when he was nam-
ed chairman of the finance
Stephens! candidacy
! later date
Gibbens stated that he will
ue a formal statement of his
and program at a
etc. If there arc errors, please
correct them.
If you have a child who will
he in school for the first time
next fall and you do not have
any children in school at the
present time, please come by
the principal's office and fill
out a census blank.
Last Call!
To the members of the
American Legion Auxiliary who
are interested in retaining their
membership, please send your
•lues, $2.50, to Mrs. Stephen
i Nnppicr oil or before Jan 31,
date of delinquency. These are
1964 dues, and you will not be
contacted personally.
Sews Wiim Hd
Japanese call the crepe myr-
tle 'flower of 101 days" be-
cause it has such a long bloom-
ing period.
John Rose showed a number , t ,i, u'„ »
. . , cu. .. directed the work of the West
of pictures of Shackelford : ^
County which will be on display
at the annual Sport Show at
Dallas this spring. These are
scenes from Shackelford Coun-
ty.
WWI VETS MEET FRIDAY
World War 1 veterans will
have a call meeting Friday, tonio, in 1941
Jan. 17, at 7 p. ni„ at the the Pentagon
American Legion hall.
members are expected to
crn Division of WTU's farm
and ranch development sendee.
He was promoted to district
manager of the Itig Bend dis-
trict with headquarters at
Marfa.
A veteran of WW II. he en-
listed in the Army Air Corps
at Goodfellow Field, San An-
ile served at
in Washington
All and in the China-Rurma-lndia
be theatre. He was released from
committee of the Texas Legis-
lative Council, a research and
hill producing arm of the leg-
islature. Also, he was given
membership on interim com-
mittees to he concerned with
and the
legislative internship advisory
program and the presentation
of state records.
In addition to these assiim-!
ments, Gibbens has been nam-
ed on two different occasions i
by House Speaker Byron Tun-
nell to represent the State of
Texas at interstate confer-
ences.
Gibbens is a graduate of
Breckenridge High School and
the holder of a bachelor of arts
degree in government from
Texas Tech. He was married
I
at the First National Bank.
There is some aspect of may*
nlficent March of Dimes pro-
gram going on right now in
your county. The Shackelford
County orgnnitational commit-
tee of the March of Dimea, un-
der the direction of Bill An-
derson, and Mrs. Howard King,
met Tuesday night to maka
plana for the annual March Of
Dimes drive.
Albany will cooperate with
other towns in the area in apon-
soring a telerama. Local
viewers will be treated to one
of the top variety shows of the
season beginning at 11:00 p.
m. Saturday, Jan. 25, when tha
Mnrch of Dimes telerama over
KPAR-TV, Abilene, goes on
the air for an 18-hour stand.
Mrs. Morris Snyder, presi-
dent of the Amity Club of Mo-
ran, announces that a basket-
ball game will be played Satur-
day night at the Moran school.
Proceeds will be given to the
March of Dimes program.
Mr. Anderson stated that
Shackelford County school chil-
dren will be given the March
of Dimes envelopes.
—-». O ' '»
Hospital Notes
Admitted
Mrs. Catherine Miller, Wood-
son, Jan. 9.
S. M. Gardner, Moran, Jan.
P.
Mrs. Jim Miller, Jan. 12.
Mrs. Letha Ledbetter, Jan.
14.
Mrs. A. L. McClendon, Mo-
ran, Jan. 15.
Diiminad
Mrs. A. M. Jones, Jan. 10
Virgil Watson, Jan. 14.
Mrs. Catherine Miller, Wood-
son, Jan. 14.
Mrs. Pauline Hettinger, Jan.
15.
Mrs. Jim Miller, Jan. 15.
— —«a-
Mr. and Mr*. Henry L. Bal-
liew spent the week-end in Her-
mit visiting their daughter, Mrs.
Jay McCullough, Mr. McCul-
lough, and granddaughter, Jay-
lene. Saturday afternoon the
two families visited Mr. Bal-
liew's brother, E. F. Balliew,
and Mr- TliUiew in Artesia,
N. M.
COURT HOUSE IN 1883—Above is a photo of the Shackelford County court house in 1883,
under construction. The old photograph was found by Mr. and Mrs. Hud Brooks as they went
through old papers belonging to the late Bert Brooks, Hud's father. The man on the left is Will
Brooks, brother of Bert Brooks, and the man on the right is Jim Dennis, a brother-in-law of the
Brooks brothers, and grandfather of the late Dickie Dennis of Albany. Both were earjy day
residents of Fort Griffin, and these men drove the ox team the 16 miles to Albany. Some think
present.
(Continued on pagi hi
j in June of 1903 to the former' the tandem wagons are loaded with buffalo hides but it is probably wood.
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