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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1973
Page
2
Deadline for entering the West Texas Fair Sweetheart Contest has been extended to August 15. County agents and vocational agriculture teachers are urged to enter their 4 H Club or FFA Chapter Sweethearts. The winner will serve as hostess for the 1974 West Texas Fair and receive a $300 scholarship to an Abilene college.
U S Air Force Staff Sergeant John W. Bean son of Mr and Mrs Morris Bean of Stamford has arrived at Nellis AFB Nevada for duty. Bean a aircraft maintenance specialist is assigned to a Tactical Air Command unit. He previously served at Upper Heyford RAF Station England and is a Stamford High School graduate. His wife Linda is daughter of Mrs Truedell Beasley of Panama City Florida.
About 295 people attended the Big Country Co-Op meeting. Manager Burt Huggins said more than $3,000 was distributed in dividends and preferred. Directors were rejected and officers to be elected later this year.
Ira Lee Baker Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Ira Lee Baker Sr of 907 E Campbell Stamford has been assigned to the U S Marine Corps Recruiting Station in Houston Texas Corporal Baker a 1971 Stamford High School graduate joined the Marine Corps on July 12 1973. He trained at MCASD San Diego and was later at Detachment Marine Aircraft Group 16 Camp Pendleton before moving to Houston.
Truman Russell Frost 49 of Ranger, brother of a Lueders woman, was buried Wednesday in Evergreen Cemetery after being found shot to death Monday in his Ranger mobile home. Survivors include son Billy of Ranger, daughter Mrs Ronny Guess of Ranger, sister Mrs G W Hart of Lueders, and one grandchild.
Arrie Barrett urges memorial gifts to the American Cancer Society to aid cancer research and patient support. Gifts should be sent to Mrs. R. H. Bounds in Stamford Texas 79553, aiming to advance the society’s fight against cancer.
Cong Omar Burleson of Anson in the 17th Texas District will speak at a Land Use Planning Conference in Abilene on August 7. Also on the roster are Emil C Bossman West Texas Chamber of Commerce president Reagan Brown from the Governor's Office of Texas Bob Armstrong General Land Office commissioner Jay Naman Texas Farmers Union president and Ed McKay national affairs director for Texas Farm Bureau.
Mrs Annie Helm 58 former Sagerton resident died at Teakwood Manor. Funeral at Faith Lutheran Church Sagerton with Rev Joe Aalbue officiating. Burial Highland Cemetery Kinney Funeral Home. Survived by two daughters, mother, brother, and three grandchildren.
Local residents gather at Stamford Inn for Bible study and weekend visits. Visitors include the Carlsons, the Jacobsons, and relatives from Lagerton Haskell Lubbock Washington Odessa and other places joining Mrs Vasek and Mrs Vasek’s family at the inn.
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