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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1941
Page
5
Farmers write about balancing national defense needs with personal income amid price controls. The author urges choosing crops that fit climate and current demand, using state agricultural services and local agents for information, and avoiding blindly following neighbors, to build profitable farming.
The maximum warehousing rates for 1941 loan cotton are 172 cents a bale per month for non compress warehouses and 15 cents a bale per month for compress facilities. Additional charges include 25 cents per bale service and 10 cents for re weighing and re sampling. Classing costs 15 cents a bale. Compression charges follow tariff rates. Delivery charges apply only if not direct to a consuming mill within 50 miles. Fire insurance at market value. lower tariff rates prevail if applicable. 1988 storage remains under existing contracts at 12.5 cents per bale. The 1940 rate is 15 cents per bale until July 31 1941 then 12.2 cents.
Gladys Martin home demonstration agent offers peach recipes to stretch the 1941 1942 crop. Instructions cover Peach Pickles and Peach Preserves with steps for selecting firm clingstone fruit, preparing a spicy syrup, packing hot into sterilized jars, and sealing for storage in a cool dry place.
George L. von Roeder announces bids for three Farm Security Administration tenant purchase construction contracts. Bids open Monday August 18 at the FSA basement Post Office office. Plans and specs available at the FSA Anson office. Eggs described as energy rich yet not fattening.
A playful quiz asks two multiple choice questions. First asks about feeling with options about friends. Second asks which field ticulture refers to with four choices: bee keeping, cattle ranching, ice-cutting, gardening.
A Texas dairy survey credits a 14 percent rise in milk production to E R Eudaly and Secretary Claude Wicekord. It urges dairy men to provide shade and adequate forage during hot weather to protect cows and sustain gains. Fly and heat stress reduce grazing time and milk output.
Extension bulletin advises keeping cattle on roughage such as hay and silage, supplemented by a grain mix matched to roughage protein. In Texas, weather and rain have left corn best suited for silage to maximize yield and value, potentially 14 to 20 dollars per acre, avoiding losses.
The Oliver Street and Reynolds Street elementary schools each receive a nest egg fund of 23 dollars from the PTA after the last school year. Mrs. L. L. Johns, past president, announced the donation and purpose.
Judge J B McCarley will move his justice of peace office from the First National Bank building to the Stamford State Bank building on August 1. R E Johnson, former Hamlin cotton buyer, has leased offices in the First National Bank building including the former justice of peace suite.
Five Stamford youths Celeste Cullum Patricia Green Jo Ann Russell Martha Jo Beird Dar Robert Langford attended the Methodist District Young People's meeting in Aspermont over the weekend with Rev T M Johnston district superintendent present. Mrs R B Cullum drove them. A new Priorities Director field office opened in Dallas, now 10 offices in the United States.
Sunday schedules list Nazarene Church at 606 N. Swenson with morning Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 11, evening preaching at 8 after 7:30 Young People meeting. West Side Baptist led by Rev. L D Hull offers Sunday School at 9:45, preaching at 11 and 7:15, B T U at 8, with Wednesday prayer meeting and meeting of teachers. Everyone is invited.
In Wat son’s absence E H Commreed led the Friday Exchange Club meeting. Dick Davis chaired the program assisted by Marvin Hinds. Quiz topics ranged historical and geographical subjects with strong interest sparked by Buddy Jones recalling a flight over Mount Chimborezo in Ecuador. Guest Mr Jordan from Hamlin attended with W J Westfall.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet at St John Methodist Church on Monday August 4 at 3 30 pm This will be the only meeting in August members are urged to attend Bring any Adams Extract cartons you may have.
Rev. Dick O'Brien taught a church history study course to a class of young people at the First Baptist Church on Tuesday morning.
The guide names sweet corn mature beans and peas and sweet potatoes as top vegetables for drying noting their flavors and storage suitability for long term use.
Dr Tom Bunkley of Lowry Field Denver Colorado will be transferred to Wichita Falls on August 15 according to his parents Dr E P Bunkley and Mrs Rouk.
Mr and Mrs Nesl Atkins and son D W Atkins plan to leave this week for Gainesville where they will make their home. A rented house will be completed about that time. They sold their home to B Q Cooper who will move there. The Atkins family lived here about 16 years. Mr Atkins served on the city council for two terms.
A new machine evaporated milk process allows 25 percent more milk solids in each standard can or case. The efficiency gains reduce shipping space and tin usage, benefiting defence needs.
A fragment notes L. Shamburger Lawber Cr. 4life with unclear context about painting or decoration on canvas. The readable items suggest a signature or name reference and a possible stylized event or mark. Further readable details are absent to confirm scope or outcome.
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