The Wilmington morning star. [volume], December 28, 1947, SECTION A, Page 10-A, Image 10

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‘Auntie Cowlady
Aids British Lads
LONDON, Dec. 27.—<U-R>— A
London truck driver, his char
woman wife and their thi c
voung sons packed shabby be
longings today tor a fabulous
journey to the great wild west
where a random. letter addres
sed to ‘‘a cowboy on a ranch in
the U.S.A ” had reached a town
with a heart as big as Texas.
They are going tc Lamarque
Tex., to live on their own piece
of land donated by Mrs. Olga
Weber, o'"ner of the “Doodlebug
Ranch.” Passage will be paid
for by the townspeople of La
maique.
Fred, 11, Leonard, 9, and Den
nis Payne 8, «vho sought escape
from their dingy, bomb-battered
surroundings in neighborhood
movies -/rote a letter weeks ago
addressed simply:
"A cowboy on a ranch in the
U.S.A. any ranch, please post
master.”
“We wouJd nice 10 near an
about you,” they wrote. “We
like to see cowboys in pictures.
Piease write to us. We hope you
are safe and thpro are no crooks
there.”
Somehow their letter found its
wav to the newspaper Main
land Times," in Lamarque. a
town of 7.000 population, Mrs.
Weber -22. mother of three chil
dren. reed the letter.
She answered it right away.
She sent the brothers cowboy
suits and invited them—and
their parents—to come .to her
ranch and see for themselves
how cowboys live; She offered
the family land on hich to
build a house, and signed her
self “Auntie Cowlady.”
Neighbors of “Auntie Cow
lady” contributed money to pay
the family’s way to Texas.
The boy’s parents, Fred
Payne, 34, and Mary, 32 ‘who
earns $3 a week scrubbing
floors, were bewildered by the
invitation, but they accepted im
mediately. The family now is
waiting passage to the United
States.
The three excited boys, who
know more about the sound of
bombs than the clatter of horses
hooves, are determined to pro
tect ‘ Auntie Cowlady” from all
those desperadoes out west.
“The first thing I’m going to
do in Texas.” Leonard said.
4 is to jump on a horse and
catch crooks like Roy Rogers
does.”
Burley Leaf Sales
Post Holiday Issue
Now Thought Settled
LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 27.—
UP)—Post-holiday tobacco auc
tions in the eight state Burley
belt will resume Jan. 7 with
sales to be held three hours daily,
the burley sales committee de
cided today.
The re-opening date was a
compromise agreement, said
William Clay, Jr., counsel for the
Burley Auction Warehouse asso
ciation. Buyer interests on the
committee had asked the open
ing be delayed until Jan. 12.
The war year 1943 found the
United States using about s'x
times as much electric power as
it used in 1918. __j
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CITY’S POLICE
CONDUCT PARTY
Annual Christmas Event
Held With 225 In
Attendance
Approximately 225 persons at
tended the annual Christmas
party of the Wilmington nolice
department Friday night in the
reception room, Police Chief
Hubert Hayes said yesterday.
Santa Claus distributed pres
ents to everyone there, and
Chief Hayes introduced the
guests.
The Rev. W. J. Stephenson
gave the invocation, and Wilbur
R. Dosher, Wilmington post
master, was the master of cere
monies. Two solos were sung by
Miss Ross Maples, and the en
tire party participated in the
singing of Christmas carols.
All excess food and presents
were given to the county home
after the party, and on Christ
mas Eve the polic department
distributed food baskets to 39
needy families in Wilmington.
The Christmas committee,
wh'eh planned the annual party
and the donations of food to the
needy, consisted of C. E. Wil
son. Jr., S. T. Rhodes, Earl Wil
liamson. R. W. Roper. W N.
Leitch and J. H. Carter.
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as a car license number for 32 :
years and his car has been involv-1
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