Rain delays harvest while boosting later cotton blooms
Weekend rainfall in Stamford totals 1.56 inches aiding moisture for older maize and cotton while delaying harvest. Local grain advisers Darryl Schoonmaker and L H Simpson anticipate full harvest by mid to late August with maize prices fluctuating between 3.50 and 4.25 per hundredweight and expectations of a rise above 4 before new crop enters. Eddie Wilson notes old crop maize at 4.85 per hundredweight with next crop prices seen around 4.00.
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Stamford
Milburn Thompson
Darryl Schoonmaker
Haskell-Jones Grain Co-Op
L. H. Simpson
Simpson Grain
Lagerton
Old Glory
Schoonmaker
Eddie Wilson
Eager Feed Mill
Co-Op Gin Elects Four Officers And Reports 1960 Finances
Farmers Co-Op Gin elected four officers at a stockholders meeting. Officers named were L. L White president N. W. Boedeker vice president Gene Ender secretary and Jack Young treasurer. The gin distributed 38538.52 to stockholders and retired stocks totaling 15194.40 through 1960. Directors elected were J M Blackwell to replace retired Lynn Carlton with Carl Bearden reelected. The firm reported profits on 7585 bales totaling 52368.07 for last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Co-Op Gin
L. L White
N. W. Boedeker
Gene Ender
Jack Young
Young
J.M. Blackwell
Lynn Carlton
Carl Bearden
Avoca Baptist Church Plans August Revival
Avoca Baptist Church announces a revival from August 5 to 12 with services at 10 am and 7 pm. Evangelist Rev. Price Mathieson, chaplain at Hendrick Memorial Hospital, leads the effort with Wayland Bingham directing music.
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Avoca
Avoca Baptist Church
Price Mathieson
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Mathieson
Southern Baptist
Japan
Mary
Cooper High
Rene Long
Wayland Bingham
Bingham
Aspermont
Dena
Jackie
David
Stamford Mail Carriers to Get Motorized Vehicles
Postmaster Marvin Stanford told Rotarians Stamford city mail carriers will be motor equipped with right hand drive vehicles. The first schedule arrival was moved from July to September. A new dispatching machine will sort mail by zip codes and speed service. A Sunday service curtailment aims to save time and money. Food stamp distribution to Jones County starts November 1, affecting operations.
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Stamford City
Marvin Stanford
Stantond
Continental Congress
Stanford
Texas
Memphis
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Lousiana
Abilene
Stamford
Jones County
Ashe
Youth rodeo entry deadline approaching in Stamford
Four days remain to sign up for the Stam ford Junior Sheriff Posse Youth rodeo at the Texas Cowboy Reunion arena. Entry closes 5 30 p m Monday with fees 5 for under 13 and 10 for older contestants.
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Stamford
Junior Sheriff Posse
Texas Cowboy Reunion
Rocker J Boot Shop
Sheriff Posse
Posse
Baling Wire Shortage Ties Up Stamford Haying Season
Stamford area faces limited baling wire as Jones County Implement Co. runs out last Friday. Owner Herman Cox says none on hand until September. Shortage blamed on price freezes, reduced imports, mill capacity, and EPA shutdowns impacting steel supplies worldwide.
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Stamford
Herman Cox
Jones County Implement Co
Cox
Newhboring
U.S
Woodson
Bentsen Unable to Attend Stamford CofC Banquet
US Senator Lloyd Bentsen cannot attend the Stamford Chamber of Commerce banquet on September 24 at Stage Coach Inn. Robert Strauss, former Stamford resident and now chairman of the Democratic National Committee, will headline the event. A spokesman told banquet member Charles Stenholm that Washington duties prevent Bentsen from accepting the invitation.
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Lloyd Bentsen
Stamford
Bollweevil program signup extended in Jones County
Jones County Extension Agent Kirby Clayton Chiyton announced a deadline extension for the fall bollweevil diapause control program through Monday. About 30 thousand acres have signed up, with a goal of 35 thousand to 40 thousand acres. the Texas Department of Agriculture will pay half the cost while farmers cover the rest.
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Jones County
Kirby Clayton Chiyton
Texas Department of Agriculture
Grain Co-op Distributes 6469.71 in Dividends at Annual Meeting
More than 60 people attended the Jones Haskell Grain Co-op gathering where $6469.71 in dividends was paid across over 700 checks. C. O. Richards was reelected president Howard Overby became vice president Walter Heller was named secretary and Lewis Corzine was named assistant secretary.
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Jones Haskell Grain Co-op
C.O Richards
Howard Overby
Walter Heller
Lewis Corzine
United Fund Board Sets Meeting in Stamford
Stamford United Fund board schedules a Thursday morning meeting at Cliff House. Retiring president Larry McCraw announces a nominating committee of Marvin Hinds and Roy Craig will report, with plans for the coming campaign to be discussed.
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Stamford United Fund Board
Cliff House
Larry McCraw
Marvin Hinds
Roy Craig
Stamford Council approves mental health clinic sponsorship
Stamford voters council adopts a resolution to sponsor an outreach center of the Abilene Area Center Mental Health Mental Retardation. The city will fund the center in Stamford with services for Jones County residents and expects state and other funds to match about 5,600 dollars.
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Council
Stamford
Abilene Area Center
Jones Counts
Stamford Hospital
Abilene Area
Jones County
Arher
County of
Taylor
Abilene
Abilene Independent
Area Center
Jones, Callahan
Shackelford
Callahan County
Shackelford County
Breckenridge
Ineal
Jones County Fair kicks off with 16 divisions this year
The 15th annual Jones County Fair opens in two weeks led by fair president Jack Anglin and a team of officers including Jerry Terrell Kirby Clayton and Mac Reid. The event features livestock crops dairy cattle beef cattle swine sheep poultry and more with a grand parade in Anson on August 6 and the fair running through August 18.
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Jones County
Jack Anglin
FFA
Jerry Terrell
Stamford
Kirby Clayton
Mac Reid
Joe Harrison
Woodrow Bagley
Elton Terrell
Marlon Smith
Herman A. Propst
Tom Nix
Buford Charles Spraberry
John Deatherage
Dennis Butler
Eugene Watts
Hollis Irvin
Anson
Jones County Grain Tour Planned for Friday
The Jones County farmers field tour of grain sorghum variety test plots will be Friday. It begins at 8 30 a.m. from Jones County Agent Kirby Clytim's office.
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Jones County
Kirby Clytim
Beef demand pinch felt in Stamford as plants push capacity
The Stamford area faces tighter beef supplies as Arledge Tee and Locker Plant increases processing toward capacity while others like McLemores Locker Plant maintain normal output. grocers report limited bacon and beef but say some meat remains available, with shortages feared if packing cutbacks persist.
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Stamford
Arledge Tee and Locker Plant
Morgan Johnson
Manger Johnson
Fuqua
Robert Haliburton
M-System
Haliburton
Cashway Food Store
Chris Dean
Baptist revival at Laeders Theater August 5 to 12
Ernest Stewart of First Baptist Crosbyton leads a revival at Laeders Theater from August 4 to 12 with Robert Bailey directing singing. Suppers and youth activities planned on August 6 and 7, a Good Neighbor Supper on August 9, and a nursery provided for all services.
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Ernest Stewart
First Baptist Church
Crosbyton
First Baptist Choirel
Laeders
Robert Bailey
Hardin-Simmons University
Bailey
Biesmith
Red Felts
J. Clifton
Yiegsiyt
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REV
Lions, Lionesses Board
Kerrville
Stamford Lions and
Lioness Clubs
Texas Lions Camp
J T
Red) Woodson
Texas Farm Bureau
Bentsen
United Fund Board
Nears
Woodroy
Eagles
Dee Patty
Jimlee Baucum
Buford
Charles Spraberry
Arnold McLemore
McLemore
Dallas
Dan Angloo
Wayland Fuqua
JRB Grocery
George Gray
Cashway
Ems
Gray
Jerry Wood
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