Bland Harrison Returns to Stamford as Relaxed Farmer
Bland Harrison, former state executive director of the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service, plans to return to Stamford to enjoy farming and a quieter life. He retired July 1 and cites ASCS personnel reductions and a shift toward career staff as reasons for his departure. Harrison previously led district operations from 1956 to 1972 and was the first top director drawn from ASCS ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stormer
Stamford
Helmn
W. B. (Bland) Harrison Jr
Harrison
Agriculture Stablilization and Conservation Service
G. C. Carothers
Eisenhower Harrison
Sophia
Bryan
ASCS
Bob Spreen
Corpus Christi
South Texas
Spreen
B. P. Davenport
Rio Grande City
Childress
Fabens
Eagle Lake
Waskom
Sagerton Families Take Vacation Across Regions
Local residents enjoy weekend showers with varied rainfall while many Sagerton families travel. Clara Rainer returns from Colorado. Joe Clark, Leland Thane, and others vacation in Colorado and New Mexico. Visits from former Sagerton residents and a note on Whit Clark’s recent health are mentioned along with social gatherings and kinship ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Thane and Sons
New Mexico
Ruth Berry Pumps Sales and Service
Ruth Berry advertises pumps sales and service for Weaks Plumbing Co at 3125 S Wetherbee St Stamford Texas with phone 773 2371 offering plumbing supplies and related services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Berry
Weaks Plumbing Co
Wetherbee St
Stamford
Texas
Rockdale phone service disrupted by lightning
The Rockdale area saw heavy rain and a lightning strike that shut down local telephone lines Sunday afternoon. Community members and families connected to the Orient Street Church of Christ and area residents were listed visiting and staying with relatives during the disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
RH. Cobb
Birth of daughter Melissa Jo Flores to Mr and Mrs Jose Flores
A daughter named Melissa Jo Flores was born to Mr and Mrs Jose Baldonade Flores. The family announces the new arrival and welcomes the child into the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Jo Flores
Jose Baldonade Flores
Training completion for Airman Arthur E Harvey
Airman First Class Arthur E Harvey son of Mr and Mrs O F Harvey Jr of 504 Dodson Stamford completed training at the Defense Language Institute West Coast Branch Presidio of Monterey California The institute teaches English and 65 foreign languages to over 200000 students annually Harvey a 1969 Stamford High School graduate attended the University of Texas at Austin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E Harvey
O F Harvey Jr
Dodson
Stamford
Defense Language Institute
West Coast
Presidio of
Monterey
Calif
Airman Harvey
Stamford High School
University of Texas At Austin
Hospital Notes List Local Patients by Case Type
Medical patients include Mrs John B Lambert and others across Hamlin Lueders Sylvester and Abilene with names such as Ella Scott Charles Bouldin and Leo Cobb. Surgical patients include Pete Soliz Cleo Clark Marvin Lackey Ann Carothers Johnny Waldrop and Effie Ryan Rotan. An accident patient Ernesto Rosas is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Lambert
Lueders
J. M. McDonald
M. Latham
Charles Bouldin
Leo Cobb
Ella Scott
Hamlin
Arthur Gardner
Aspermont
Lillie Southard
R. A. Galloway
Peacock
Alfred Rinn
Jack Emerson
Haldor Majors
al Smith
Ollie Swink
Luther Hood
Gary Henderson
C.B. Lambert
Sylvester
Rosie Stremmel
Sager
Don Heller
Paul Her *A
Mildred Baize
Ruth Hood
Abilene
Anna Hall
Clara Proctor
Haskell Cube
Eidson
Avoca
Shelby Reston
Marilyn Rash
Cornelia Anderson
Pete Soliz
Anson
Cleo Clark
Marvin Lackey
Ann Carothers
Ft Worth
Johnny Waldrop
Ham
Effie Ryan
Rotan
Ernesto Rosas
Three named to dean's list at Abilene Christian College
Stamford students at Abilene Christian College Lucia King Hardin Gregg Pritchard and Bruce Wilson. Hardin daughter of Dale and family of Stamford Rt 3 earned dean's honor roll two semesters. Pritchard son of Bill Pritchard of Stamford Rt 2 is a junior physical education major at ACC. Wilson son of James H Wilson of Stamford attended Stamford High and Sam Houston prior to ACC and has two semesters on the dean's honor roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene Christian College
Stamford
Lucia King Hardin
Gregg Pritchard
Bruce Wilson
Hardin
Dale King
Rt. 3
ACC
Anson High School
Pritchard
Bill Pritchard
Rt 2
Stamford High School
Wilson
James H. Wilson
Vanderbilt
Sam Houston State University
Stamford Driver's License Office to Close in August
Texas Highway Patrolman Melvin Cagle announced Stamford's driver's license office will close during the week of August 6 to 10. No licenses will be issued in Stamford on August 7 or in the county on August 10. The office resumes normal operations on August 14. Licenses are issued at Anson on Mondays and Fridays, Stamford on Tuesdays, and Hamlin on Wednesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway
Melvin Cagle
Stamford
Cagle
Anson
Hamlin
Junior Polled Hereford Preview Show in Coleman
The Texas Junior Polled Hereford Association sponsors a preview show on August at the Coleman fairgrounds. It will be the first of its kind in Texas with entries from across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Texas Junior
Fairgrounds
Coleman
Texas
Stamford High School to Add HECE Vocational Program
Hilda A. Whitley, recently hired home economics teacher coordinator, completed a five day HECE training in Austin and is certified to teach at Stamford High. Superintendent W. E. Beene announced the new program will join the fall curriculum with in class instruction and on the job training. Eligible juniors and seniors 16 and older will work at least 15 hours weekly while receiving world of work instruction. Training was conducted by Homemaking Education staff and experts from the Texas Education Agency July 16 through 20 at the Joe C. Thompson Conference Center, University of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda A. Whitley
Stamford High School
Austin
Miss Whitley
W. E. (Woodie) Beene
Supt
Beene
Department of Occupational Education and Technology of the
Texas Education Agency
Joe C. Thompson
University of Texas
Jones bond sales reach 116 711
Jones County reports six month bond sales totaling 116 711 for Series E and H United States Savings Bonds. County Bond Chairman A Humphrey of Stamford notes 31 percent of the 1973 goal of 380 000 has been reached. Texas sales for June total 16 998 554 and first half 1973 reach 119 984 282, reaching 55 percent of the yearly goal of 216 6 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Jones County
A. Humphrey
Stamford
Texas
Death of Caleb Holbrooks in Winters at 72
Wilson Caleb Holbrooks of Winters died July 26 in a Winters hospital at age 72. Funeral July 27 at Pumphrey Baptist Church with burial in Pumphrey Cemetery. He was born April 18, 1901 in Rusk County and moved to Runnels County as a youth. He married Trudie Drake in Ballinger on June 28, 1924 and they later moved to Winters. Survived by Weldon Holbrooks, another son Arby Ray Holbrooks, five sisters, four grandchildren, and three brothers.
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Wilson
Caleb) Holbrooks
Winters
Stamford
Weldon Holbrooks
Pumphrey Baptist Church
Harry Martin
Harry Grantz
First Baptist Church
Pumphrey
Rusk County
Holbrooks
Runnels County
Sally Jo Cooley
Abilene
Beulah Byers
Margie Mae Campbell
Temple
Lassie Erskine
Santa Anna
Calif
Zingers Call to Remove Doors From Old Freezers
Lilian Cochran of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service urges immediate removal of doors from old refrigerators or freezers left in yards or garages. The measure, achievable in moments with a screwdriver, aims to save children from danger. Texas A&M University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilian Cochran
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University
WE Service air conditioners at Stamford Texas
An advertisement for Weaks Plumbing Co offering air conditioner service in Stamford Texas invites calls to 773 3371. The listing notes the business name and location with a price range 50 to 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weaks Plumbing Co
Stamford
Texas
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Bland Harrison
Herman Propst
Rolling Plains Cotton Growers
Cotton Incorporated Research Center
Raleigh
N. C
New York
N. Y
Jim Carter
Arizona
Propst
Reynolds Bath
Louisiana
J. Dukes Wooters Jr
Cotton Incorporated
Harry Searle
Cecil Williams
Arkansas
Bob Tucker
U. S
Sagerton
Delbert LeFevre
Clara Rainer
Jerry Rainer
Colorado
Mrs
Joe Clark
Clark Cabin
Mountains
F. A. Ulmer
Paige
Brad
Mark
Brady
Winston Ulmer
San Antonio
Ola Batson
Mary Katherine Laney
San Angelo
John Clark
Batson
Winfred Pilley of
Andrews
Whit Clark
Whit
Lubbock
Ray Bloomer
Dallas
Oscar Manske
Marie Manske
Blackstock Studio
Orient Street Church of Christ, Stamford
Leo McKeever
RR. D King
A. B McLennan
Bob Greenlee
R. H. Cobb
RR. D. King
Eddie McKeever
Jar and Joy of Haskell
Lee Mee- Keever
Bryson Patterson
Jonathan
Dubuque
Iowa
Jim Lee
G. V Cobb
RH Cobb
Jonathan Patterson
GV. Cobb
R. H Cobb
W. Cobb
Gentry Middleton
Haskell
RR C. Cobb
Charlie Smith Diamonette
South Anson Street
Baptist Churches
Calvary Baptist Church
S. Ferguson
Central Baptist Church
Ferguson and Moran Streets
N. Swenson
Jerusalem
Arthur Harvey
Joe Hudspeth
Tire and Appliance
Stamford, Texas
Lin
Dean
Jones
Clivers
Kid Blue
Hes
Goce
Ves
Dennis Hopper
Warren Oates
Peter Boyle
Bien
Hell
Savage Connection
Fit
Tee
Prinits
de Luxe
Pamela Franklin Roddy McDowall
Clive Revill
Vayle Hunniclt As
Ann and
John Wayne
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