Merchants sponsor Stamford senior softball league
The Retail Merchants of Stamford will back a summer Senior Softball League under Chamber of Commerce manager Joe Harrison. Teams from Anson, Hamlin, Haskell and Lueders are invited to join a 10 to 12 team circuit at Wendeborn Park with no age limit and two games weekly. A summer tournament with trophies is planned. Contact the Chamber office at 773-2411 or Jimmy Dean at 773-3372 for details.
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Stamford
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Harrison
Harrison
Anson
Hamlin
Haskell
Lueders
Wendeborn Park
Chamber
Jimmy Dean
Stamford Cashway
Stamford nears clean and repaint of water tower
The city announces water conservation for four to five weeks as Stamford, Paint Creek, Lueders, Avoca, Lagerton and Bricksdahl residents are asked to watch usage while the large water tower is cleaned. Work starts Thursday, per Sammy McGuire, director of public works.
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Stamford
Paint Creek
Lueders
Avoca
Lagerton
Bricksdahl
Sammy McGuire
FFA Volleyball Tournament Dates At Stamford Gymnasium
Stamford Future Farmers of America announces a public volleyball tournament in three divisions: men, women, and mixed. April 30 May 5 and May 7 at 5 p.m. in the gym. Entry is $10 per team with trophies for first second and third in each division.
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Stamford Future Farmers of America
Time Passages as Senior Year Reflects Future
Editorial by Tracy Wilson argues the song Time Passages symbolizes a senior’s closing high school chapter. It contrasts early eagerness to leave with nostalgia for friends and alma mater memories, framing upcoming changes with symbolic lyrics and a call to cherish shared experiences.
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Uts
al Stewart
Stamford High Clinches Trio of Tennis Titles
Stamford High swept three junior high JV tennis titles at SHS courts on April 20. Dung Pham beat Piel of Wylie 6-2 6-0 to win JV boys. In JV boys, David Pruitt toppled Greg Young of Wylie 6-3 6-2. Robbie Brock defeated Mary Jacques of Wylie 1-6 6-3 6-2 for JV girls top honors. Laura Denson finished third in JV girls with Clyde’s Trissi Wimberly 6-1 6-3.
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SHS
Dung Pham
Piel
Wylie
David Pruitt
Greg Young
Robbie Brock
Mary Jacques
Laura Denson
Trissi Wimberly
Clyde
Stamford Public Hearing on $442,000 HUD CDBG Plan
The City of Stamford invites public comment on plans to apply for 1981 HUD Community Development Block Grant funds totaling 442000. A hearing is set for May 4 1981 at 1 30 PM in City Hall Council Chamber 201 East McHarg. Citizens may submit comments in advance and arrangements are offered for disabled attendees. Kenneth Robertson City Manager can be contacted at 773-2723.
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City OF Stamford
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
City Hall
Kenneth Roberson
City of
Stamford
School Menu For A Week And Lunches
Breakfast and lunch offerings listed for each weekday include toast bacon rice juice milk biscuits sausage jelly pancakes cereal somenothing. a hamburger steak with sides. assorted meat and cheese cold plate. cheeseburgers fries onions pickles milk cookies. beef and cheese pizza. enchiladas pinto beans corn bread taco sauce rice milk lemon pie.
Stamford Bike A Thon For Cystic Fibrosis May 2
The Stamford Bike A Thon will be held May 2 starting at 10 am with a route around the square. Entrants must arrive by 9 30 am and complete signed entry forms. Children raising $25 or more receive T shirts and prizes for Most Miles Rid den Most Sponsors Most Money Raised and Youngest Rider. Contact Mrs Gary Mathis at 773 2683 for details.
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Stamford
Gary Mathis
New Stamford Dog House Schedules Open May Activities
A remodeled Stamford Dog House announces a May lineup starting with a girls open pool tournament Friday with a $2 entry and trophies. An open house follows Saturday night. A boys pool tournament on May 8 with trophies, Night Fever Disco Dance on May 15, Goats Roper Western Dance May 16, and another pool tourney May 23 with trophies. May ends with an End of School Dance May 0. Youth Board honors remodeling contributors including Rocky Underwood and Doris Kinney for two blue front windows.
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Stamford Dog House
Youth Board
Rocky Underwood
Joe Mac Thompson
Sandra Rhea
James Bunkley
Raymond Smith
Dave Goodrich
Wallace Brimer
Bill Martin
Tracy Daniel
Sharon Rhea
Debbie Thompson
Alyce Daniel
D.C. Field
Vic Maldonado
Carl Daniel
Allen McLennan
Jerry Pingle
Charlie Maldonado
Doris Kinney
Art II class enamels copper bowls and dishes
Mary Spicer and her Art II class enamel copper bowls using ground glass on copper. Techniques include stenciling sgraffito and etching with nitric acid. Bowls are heated, cleaned, then enamelled and fired in a kiln at about 1500 degrees for three to five minutes.
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Mary Spicer
Fire safety film shown at Lueders Avoca meeting
Lueders Avoca PTO monthly meeting set for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the cafetorium. Lonnie Shellut of Abilene will present a home fire safety film covering fire drills misconceptions and actions during a fire. A prize drawing is planned.
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Lueders Avoca Pto
Lueders-Avoca
Lonnie Shellut
Abilene
Schoonmaker fourth in regional newswriting event
Lori Schoonmaker SHS junior qualified for State by finishing fourth in regional newswriting at the Lubbock meet. She placed fourth to earn an alternate spot for the State Meet in Austin in May among 13 UIL participants.
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Lori Schoonmaker
Virginia Haterius
Lori
Lubbock
SHS
UIL
Austin
Hospital Notes Medical Patients List of Names
A hospital notes page lists numerous medical patients grouped by status. Names include Elmer Burch Irene Pimpton Lee Perry Minnie Cole Maud Harris Ima Bohannon Johnnie Griffin Florence Peters Eloise Lechuga Iva Goolsby Joy Hill Leander Dickerson Ira Lee Mattie Scott Vera Gilley Menry Langford Arthur Phillips L H Daniels Horace Abbott L A Myers Charles Tucker J J Stanford Helen Russell Mary Kruel Donna Gilleland Jay Barnett Opal Purssley Vernon Suratt Inez Bowdry Bert Stapp Theresa Newquist Harvey Masters George Terry Claride Meador Nellie Shelton Herbert Nierdeck Claudine Farmer Peggy Davis Brenda Larance Cindy Gustro Clara Burkman Opal Laird Bertha Daniel Billy Miller Norma Fitzgerald Curtis Schkade.
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Elmer Burch
Irene Pimpton
Lee A. Perry
Hamlin
Minnie Cole
Rule
Maud Harris
Sylvester
Ima Bohannon
Johnnie Griffin
Florence Peters
Roby
Eloise Lechuga
Iva Goolsby
Joy Hill
Aspermont
Leander Dickerson
Ira Lee
Abilene
Mattie Scott
Vera Gilley
Menry
Theresa Newquist
Harvey Masters
George Terry
Claride Meador
Nellie Shelton
Herbert Nierdeck
Lagerton
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Merchants
Texas Tech
Agricultural Sciences
Arts and Sciences
Business Administration
Engineering
Home Economics
Tracy Wilson
Stamford Insurance
Agency
Call Norris Russell
Jimmie McCorkle
Stamford High
Russell Newman Manufacturing Co
Schoonmaker
Claudine Farmer
Peggy Davis
Brenda Larance
Cindy Gustro
Clara Burkman
Opal Laird
Bertha Daniel Billy Miller
Norma Fitzgerald
Spur
Curtis Schkade
Albany
Jerry
Conservation
WTU
West Texas Utilities Company
Wyre
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