Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 300, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1917 — Robert Loy Home For The Holidays. [ARTICLE]

Robert Loy Home For The Holidays.

Robert Loy, son of Dr. E. N. and Mrs. Loy of this city, who is taking a preparatory course at Manon, Alabama, is here to 'spend the holidays with his parents and friends. He has an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and is preparing for entrance by attending the Marion Institute, a most excellent preparatory school. . One of the instnitetors at the school is Lt. Col. Bates Tucker, who was formerly a resident of this county, his father being pastor of the' Baptist church. Bates was an athlete and was a member of the famous Rensselaer city football team, which was one of the greatest football teams that ever played upon a gridiron in this part of the state. Lt Tucker was also a school teacher and his efforts in this line were ver/ successful. In 1898 he enlisted in the U. S. army and served through the Spanish American war. He was promoted to a Second Lieutendancy, but for some time has been on the retired list. Lately he has received his commission as captain in the United States Army Retired. Captain Tucker is the kind of man a city is proud to claim and we have asked Robert on his return to Marion to express to Captain Tucker our pleasure in knowing of the splendid success that has come to him.