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Stamford American

Location

Stamford, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1933

Page

8

Presbyterian Young People Of District Hold Meeting Here

Seventy five out of town Young people attended the district convent at Central Presbyterian church. Delegates came from Abilene Albany Breckenridge Baird and Merkel with speakers including Miss Clara Gerstman Miss Maxine Rowland Walter Gunn Elizabeth Wisele y Billy Webb Mary Pence and Rev J A Owen Albany. Norma York of Stamford led Little Brown Church In The Wildwood while Maxine Rowland and Josephine Pinson sang. Supper followed in the church basement, social hour filled with jokes songs and merriment. R A Clark presided over the closing service which featured inspirational talks. Mizpah closed the meeting at 8 p m with plans for October 29 in Mathews Presbyterian Albany.

Central Presbyterian Church Abilene Albany Breckenridge Baird Merkel Clara Gerstman Maxine Rowland Walter Gunn Elizabeth Wiseley Billy Webb Mary Pence J. A. Owen Norma York Stamford Little Brown Wildwoo Josephine Pinson R. A. Clark Abi- Jene Presbytery Mathews Presbyterian Church

First Class Job Printing and Reasonable Prices

The ad proclaims high quality printing services with a focus on prompt, first class work at affordable rates. It highlights reliable service, competitive pricing, and the ability to handle various print needs for businesses and individuals.

Flow Of U S Relief Funds Hinges On Amendment Vote

In Austin on August 3 a report by Colonel Lawrence Westbrook shows Texas has received about 1.5 million dollars monthly to feed destitute residents, totaling 7.58 million since March. If the proposed constitutional amendment fails, federal relief funds will be stopped permanently.

Austin Texas Lawrence Westbrook

Elvie George Slaughter Weds Lola Gene Hogg in Shreveport

Elvie George Slaughter of Shreveport Louisiana married Lola Gene Hogg in a ceremony reported locally. The couple’s union was announced with standard wedding notices.

Elvie George Slaughter Shreveport, la Lola Gene Hogg

First Lady Rides George Henderson with wooden leg member

A lighthearted item notes First Lady rides with George Henderson of Chicago who has broken the same leg seven times yet uses a wooden leg. In Wollaston Massachusetts unknown thief steals a 30 foot flagpole from Everett C. Burbank’s front yard.

George Henderson Chicago Everett C. Burbank Wollaston Mass

West Texas Chamber Aids Public Works Loan Drive

Clifford B. Jones, newly appointed regional public works administrator for Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico, meets W. D. Cline, D. A. Bandeen and Charles E. Coombes in Spur to review West Texas Chamber of Commerce effort. They discussed assembling applications for federal loans under the 1938 act and NRIA of 1933, with 250 subdivisions and 450 projects in West Texas totaling about 65 million dollars.

SPUR Clifford B. Jones Texas Louisana New Mexico W. D. Cline D. A. Bandeen Feneral Chas. FE. Coombes West Texas Chamber of Commerce Spur Jones Jones Bandeen and Coombes West Texas Chamber National Industrial Recovery Act Iit West Texas D. A Washington Messrs Bandeen T. J. McCarty

Zone Rally Highlight At Mount Zion Church

The Church of the Nazarene reports a successful Zone Rally at Mount Zion eleven miles west of Hamilton with strong attendance and blessing. The next Zone Rally is set for October 29 at County Line, and the church urges at least sixty participants to join. The Sunday Bible School meets at 9 45 with Genesis studied, and Thursday prayer meets cover Revelations chapters 2 and 8. Prizes are awarded in Sunday School and all are welcome at morning and evening services.

Church of the Nazarene C. C. Anderson Mount Zion Hamilton Bible School

Wall Paper Quality and Price from C D Preannae Lumber Co

Advertisement notes wallpaper quality and price options offered by C D Preannae Lumber Co. highlighting affordable choices for home decoration.

C. D. Preannae Lumber Co

Stamford Embalmers Lead Ninth District Meeting in Abilene

George D. Riker of Stamford was named president as about 30 licensed embalmers from the area attended the ninth district Texas Embalmers Association banquet and business session at Hotel Wooten. Other officers were chosen and program speakers discussed first aid and ambulance care. The lengthy list of attending embalmers included representatives from Stamford, Abilene, Brownwood, Hamlin, Merkel, Sweetwater and more, with marital and personal notes toward the end of the report.

Abilene George D. Riker Texas Embalmers Association Hotel Wooten O. D. Weathersbee Rotan J. H. Kinney Haskell J. L. Warren The Texas Association F. M. Warren Ray Roe A. C. Abbott Fire Department Mr. Warren Mr. Riker Paul Rix Big Spring M. E. Overstret el Paso Pickett Holmes Emmett Holmes Helen Osment Stamford C. P. Petty Santa Anna C. G. Gennings Ballinger W. F. Bennet Winters Jack London Brownwood H. C. Wippern Cisco W. N. Kinney Seth Franklin Holmes J. Stiles Allen

Trust In Lord Theme Of Sermon By Wrye

A large audience heard H W Wrye preach on Trust in the Lord from Isaiah 26 4 and related passages. He warned against partial trust and urged faith in God’s strength, citing scriptures from Isaiah Nahum Psalms Jeremiah and Hebrews to illustrate God’s enduring power and love.

Lord Wrye H.W. Wrye Margaret Cundiff Church of Christ God Solomon David Jeremiah

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