The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-02-27
The story of ...
Albert Wade Wells
by his Wife
. by his Wife

ludIly, ne reached LIlG age OI
young manhood. A friend had
gone to the Army and came
home on a furlough. A glowing
story of army life and adven-
ture unfolded to this farm boy.
The lure was great.
He thought it over. Now his
sisters were all older than he
had been when he took over
the responsibility and his baby
brother was now grown up to
almost the age he was at that
time. He knew he would never
get permission to enter the
Army.
He made his decision. His bur
den had been heavy. Now it
must rest on other shoulders,
the younger ones must take over
and let his job be theirs. He was
impelled to start new life for
himself. He Joined the Army.
AS is often the way, it proved
that, whether we know it or not,
God is working his purpose out
as year goes on to year, always
for good for all.
The mother took her children
to GAINESVILLE and started a new
life there, too, for her brood now
growing up fast. The three sis
ters found their mates in ZaneS-
vile as did the grownup Baby
Brother later and their lives
unfolded along broader lines,
blessing all.
The Baby Brother became a
highly respected, responsible
official of large national cor
poration, rendering a fine service
that the native hills of the little
early farm could never have
unfolded.
What of our Soldier Boy? The
application he had given to his
early task of providing for his
little family was turned to
another channel-he went to
Cuba in The Army of Pacifica-
tion-became director of his
company mail service which had
become disordered and out of
hand thru inefficient handling.
Thru his gift of knowing just
what to do his service received
recognition and at his discharge
from the Army at the end of
his enlistment period he was
given a commission as Special
Detective to represent the Gov
ernment at the Jamestown ex-
position in Virginia.
His services there caught the
attention of the owner and head
of a National Secret Service Or
ganization. The Bradford Detec-
tive Agency and after the Ex-
position he was placed on the
staff of this agency in Washing
ton, d. c., soon being promoted
to General Manager, a position
which he held for a number of
| years with honor and distinction
| to himself and his firm, work
ing on cases that involved both
| national and international vital
matters of great import, en-
dangering his life many times
| and bringing great sense of
| satisfaction to himself and all
concerned.
This service was in turn recog-
nized by the Department of
| Justice and he became a mem
ber of the famed FBI., serving
his country in matters Of justice
to all involved
He was eventually drawn into
educational work through the
presentation of reference mater
ial to educational institutions
and the home and became a
sales manager for the famed
encyclopedia Britannica which
started its service in the 1882 in
| Scotland, then to England and
finally to America. Travelling
from coast to coast in this work,
assisting in creating study
course thru the use of the Brit
annica for those whose formal
education had had problems,
helping to create a simplified
Britannica for children in the
editorial department, he had the
,gratified experience of holding
the record of making the largest
single sales achievement in the
entire history of Britannica, that
of placing set of the Junior
Britannica in every school in the
City of Cleveland, 108 sets in
all. All this through the con-
centration he had learned as a
young boy through necessity.
Suddenly, there was a COM
plete crackup of health and his
condition was diagnosed by
John Hopkins specialists as
incurable and he became hos
pitalized for almost a year re-
ce1Ving every treatment known
to specialists in the field of his
illness. His physical SUFFERING
was SO great at times he did not
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