Goldman Drury, Candidate for Congress

Creator

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Identifier

20033013

Description

Out of uniform and into the race for Congress, Goldman Drury sought election Wednesday with a pledge to represent the people with 'good old common horse sense and honest loyalty.' The former Army Chaplain in the 36th Division and Baptist pastor of South Fort Worth Baptist Church, promised his program would be one of the upholding the ideals for which American manhood 'served and sacrificed on the home front and fought and died on the battlefront.' Drury has been a school teacher, oil company book keeper, salesman, secretary-manager of a Chamber of Commerce (at Jasper), secretary of the Fort Worth YMCA. His is past commander of Bothwell Kane American Legion Post, a Kiwanian, a Mason, a Shriner and a Knight of Pythias. In the image, Drury is wearing his military uniform and sitting. He is wearing eyeglasses. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition, May 22, 1946.

Archival Date

1946-05-21

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-429

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Military uniforms; Drury, Goldman (Maj.); United States. Army. Infantry Division, 36th; Legislative bodies; Congress; Chaplains; South Fort Worth Baptist Church; Political campaigns