The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1980 Page: 4 of 10
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Koge 4 — Th« Albony N«w» — Thursdoy, Jun« 5, 1900
Article By Local Minister Published
In Methodist Church Newsletter
Daniel Supply Softball Team Climbs To 2nd Place
During Olney Slow-Pitch Tournament June 1st
Daniel Supply of Alba
ny captured second place
in the Olney Slow Pitch
SoftbalJ Tournament held
Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, May 31 June 1.
The local squad climbed
past the 20 team men's
division to compete in the
championship finals Sun
day.
Upham Moral of Miner
al Wells defeated Daniels
13-1 in the finale to claim
the championship tfophy.
The Mineral Wells team
initially defeated Daniels
11 to 8 in the third round
to send the locals to the
losers' bracket of the dou
ble elimination tourney.
Daniels proceeded into
Sunday's play and elimi
nated five teams en route
to the finals In the first
championship game, the
Albany based 'team
defeated Upham Moral 10
to 5 to send the tourney
into a grand finale as both
teams had 7 to I records.
Mineral Wells came back
to win the tourney cham
Jogging Enthusiasts Encouraged
To Enter 1st Fandangle 5,000 Run
Members of the Albany
Kiwanis Club are current
ly taking entries for the
first annual Fandangle
5000 meter run, slated for
Saturday, June 28.
Entry fee for the event
is $6. Registration will
also be held Saturday
morning, June 28, until 15
minutes prior to the race.
The race for local jogging
enthusiasts is scheduled
to begin at 8:00 am.
Each participant will be
given a specially designed
1 shirt. Trophies will be
awarded to the top fini
sher in each respective
age group in both the
men's and women's divi-
sions. Second and third
place finishers w;i 11 be
presented ribbons.
Age brackets for the
approximate 3.1 mile race
will be, 12 and under,
13 19, 20 29, 30 39, 40 49.
and 50 and over. The 5000
will start at the gazebo on
the. Shackelford County
Courthouse lawn and
wind, through the com
(nunity of Albany.
One local runner urged
everyone in the commun.
ity to, become involved in
the event. He said, "If you
don't want to run, you can
support thos< that do and
at the same time enjoy
watching a few of us huff
and puff". According to
Ronnie McAfee, who is
hMpi'ng to organize the
event, th< Kiw'anians
hope to make the Fan
dangle 5000 an annual
event.
Entry blanks will be
published in The Allium/
News. Interested parties
may write Box 1399,
Albany, Texas 76430 for
further information
pionship by a 13 to 1
margin
Kim Wiloth, Daniel's
short stop, was selected
as the most valuable
player of the tournament.
Wiloth was awarded the
MVI' trophy and was
singled out as the most
out standing player among
the 20 teams entered in
CARD OF THANKS
1 wish to thank friends,
loved ones and acquain-
tances for the spirit
lifting they provided
through cards, letters,'
visits, gifts and prayers
during my recent stay in
the local hospital. I also
appreciate the excellent
care and services ren
dered by Dr. 0'Neil!, the
hospital staff and their
helpers.'
Sincerely,
Myrtle Polachek
the tourney.
Members of the squad
are David Bales, Randy
Await, Kim Wiloth,
James Halbert, Mitch
Michum, Eual Allgood,
Rob Shack, Danny Neff,
Ronnie McAfee, Bob Skel
ton, Ed James, Colton
Johnson, and Buford
Salters.
(EDITORS NOTE: The
following article by local
minister Kiel Quesenber
ry was recently published
in the 'Methodist Church
Newsletter.)
One year ago we caught
the hummingbird craze.
Having been long time ad
mirers of the birds, we
bought a feeder that dis
penses red sweetened
water. The feeder was
hung at the end of a wire
about 36 inches long at
tached at the top to the
eave of the house by our
Softball League Plans
Tourney During Break
Every Occasion
Hospital
Wedding
Anniversary
Sympathy or J US J BECAUSE
Come Visit Our Greenhouse!
PLANTS GUARANTEED
Pressed & Delivered
Albany Flowers
& Gifts
The Albany Slow Pitch
Softball Association will
close out the first half of
their 1980 season Friday,
June 6 The ten team
league will utilize a four
week hiatus from league
play to host a tournament.
According to a league
spokesman, the league
will resume play Julv 7
During the league break,
the Association will host a
slow pitch tournament. as
well as do some irn
provements on' the field
The break will also keep-
the league from conflic
ting with the Fort (iriffin
Fandangle.
Albany Native Trains,
Racing Horses
T he A I h i n s I)ii ill/
Hi vif iv of April 27 carries
an interesting account of
professional horse train
ing in Henderson County
and the I'hil Dodson train
ing crew which includes
his wife, Janey.
Many people in Albany
remember Philip Dodson.
He and his sister Norma
grew up here, children of
the late E. O. Dodson, and
iii Mt'mwsmiUk
fjusrfor
MS*
$T49*5 to
599,s
Vinyl, Velvets,
Herculons, and
Leather
•Real Cowhide-
V-Cise Fuir\ituiTe
finished high school here
Their foster parents are
Billy and Frankre Ayers
with whom they lived for
a number of years before
graduation.
Athens jockey and
trainer, Phil Dodson,
estimates, that the horses
he rode in 1979 in 75 races
won about $60,000 for
their owners. He is the
third ranking non pari
mutuel horse jockey in
the U.S.
It's dangerous work,
admits Dodson, who
weighs about 100 pounds
He also says it's best to
get the cooperation of i
1,000 pound horse. His
wife is equally enthusias
tic about the business in
which they are both
engaged.
The Dodsons train
horses to race in Loui
siana and Mexico on bet
ting racetracks as well as
non betting tracks in the
Metroplex area.
Boone Receives
Degree May 4th
Eugene L. Boone re
ceived the Bachelor of
Science degree from Abi
lene Christian University
in graduation ceremonies
at Moody Coliseum at 2:30
pm on May 4, 1980.
Boone, who lives with
his family in Albany, is a
Psychology major and is
employed as the Jones
Shackelford district pro-
bation officer. His wife,
Charmaine, works in the
office of Clear Fork Gas.'
Their children, Larry,
James (Bubbal and Jen-
nifer, attend Albany
Public Schools.
The family, which lives
on Refinery Road, is ac-
tive in the Albany Church
of Christ.
On the
rebound...
. . by Mike Parsons
llolson Well, Service is
leading the league with a
9 0 mark through May 30.
Daniel Supply and Smal
Icy Drilling are tied for se-
cond place with 7 2 and
8 2 marks. Other records
are Church of Christ 7 3,
I- Al D Head 2 7, Jones Co
I 9, and First Baptist 0 9.
The finaf t wo nights of
action will see three
games.
THURSDAY, JUNE 5
7.00 Smalley I frilling vs.
I )aniel Supply
Women's game
FRIDAY. .IUNI-: 0
Jones ( o. vs First
Bapt isl
Training is underway
for the first annual Fan
dangle 5000 by local jog
ging enthusiasts.
Hundreds are tooling
around town in their con
vertible "Keds", jogging
suits are- donned by the
after 5:00"° crowd and
everyone seems to be
cruising around Albany
getting in shape, seeing
the flowers, enjoying the
sunshine... getting blis
ters, being bitten by dogs,
taking their lives into
their own hands as they
duel with motorists over
right of ways, and in
general, getting all worn
out.
I, too, was among those
training. Running every
night, throwing up my
supper became a ritual. I
figured that in a matter of
weeks, I could roupd my
self into some decency Of
rendition.
However, a tremendous,
dose of intelligence came
over me this past week.
Here I was four weeks
iri>o my great "smoke
out" and for three
weeks I had dutifully run
my mile and a half. Yet I
had gained ten pounds,
was a nervous wreck, and
my body felt like it had
been run through the
meat grinder at the local
meat market.
Resides, I came to the
sudden realization that
anyone who would run til
they "up chucked" every
day for three weeks, and
then pay someone an en
Sewing, Exercise
Classes Offered
The Albany High
Homemaking Department
will offer sewing lessons
for students .that will be
in high school the next
school year. Classes start
Monday, June 9 at 9:30
am.
"Bring a simple pattern
and fabric with all the no-
tions needed for the pat
ter," said Mrs. Judy
Compton, Albany High
School home economics in
structor. The department
furnishes the equipment
needed to sew. Call or
sign up in the principal's
office.
Exercise classes will
start at 8:00 am Monday
through Friday on the
track field. "We walk, run
or jog around the track
field for 30 minutes, then
to the school for 30
minutes for stretching
and bending exercises.
Wear loose fitting clothes
that are cool and good
walking shoes. This is
open to adults, students
and children."
Mrs. Marie Cunning-
ham has been visiting her
daughter Mrs. Margret
Ashley and family in An-
na. She attended the
eighth grade class gradu-
ation exercises where
Mr». Ashley was guest
speaker at the program.
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell
Scott, Jami and Dara of
Cran*. and Mr. and Mrs.
Obbie L. Cunningham of
Bastrop visited Mrs. Cun-
ningham this weekend
try fee in order to run 3 1
miles had to be on the
verge of being otyjimitted
So, I broke training.
The only trouble is, the
Fandangle 5000 has now
become the fashionable
thing of the summer. Last
week it was supper all
over my shoes t his week
it's the style of the
season. Designer jeans,
disco, and the 5000 are the
"in" thing. Everyone is
going to run in the 5000.
So, now I've decided to
tentatively join the ranks
of the stylishly insane,
and you should too. There
is still time to get the ol
bod in shape for the rare
and your "ticker" will pro
bably thank you for it at a
later date.
I want to emphasize
that my running now
hinges on my request for
"smoke breaks" along the
race course. Of course,
there will be "water
break" stations, but I feel
like we "puffers"
shouldn't be discrimi
nated against. If this
obstacle can be over
come— I shall run!!
Besides, if they do
decide to commit us, we
will have plenty of com
pany, and get this/
"We will go in style".
window. The birds took
their time discovering the
feeder but through July,
August, and September,
about seven were feeding
regularly. When the
weather grew colder in
late October, the birds
disappeared.
Hummingbirds migrate
to the tropics and have
been known to travel as
much as three thousand
miles south for the winter
and an equal distance
back north for ,the sum
mer. Besides feeding on
the sweet nectar of tub.u
Iar plants such as the
Trumpet Vine, they also
eat small insects. You
may sometime hear one
squeak. The bill and eyes
are black and their plum
age rich iridescent green
while the forked tail and
wiriKs are a deep brown
ish purple. The ornament
of a ruby throat is seen
only on the male. They
build their nest in early
May on horizontal limbs
about 6 to 10 feet high.
The nest is not more than
two inches across and
about V* inches deep. It
"matches the tree limb on
the outside and has soft
fibers on the inside. The
eggs are bean size.
"Will the same birds
return to our yard?", I
wondered. The thrilling
answer came on April 24.
As my wife looked
through our window, she
saw a hummingbird
searching up and down
the bare, empty wire
which held last year's
feeder.
How must a humming
bird feel after being gone
five months and traveling
six thousand miles to be
greeted only by a bare
empty wire and no feeder
to provide him a welcome
home feast? Dean hastily
unpacked the glass
feeder, filled it, and hung
it with joy to greet the
hummingbird. If the good
Lord can see after such a
tiny little creature, keep
ing it through all the
adverse conditions of
such a journey and bring
it safely home again, then
surely he can bring me
through. 0 for the faith of
a hummingbird!
rr'l
4/
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