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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1952
Page
1
Preliminary work started Monday on the new pump station part of the Lake Stamford water project. Sira and Payne of Dallas awarded the contract with a 60 day completion, equipment moving in. Pipeline delivery delayed likely until November due to steel strike shortages.
Stamford city council approved two bids for Lake Stamford water project pumping units from Layne Texas Co and Briggs Weaver Machinery. Freese and Nichols recommended all bids. The panel also backed a National Guard Armory site selection on college Lake and approved adding lights at Harmon Park. Attendees included Mayor Clyde Westfall and several council members.
Only ten bids had been received on the Rainey Park property by Wednesday morning. City manager Grady Bowdry said all bids must reach the City Council or City Manager by August. The City Council recently authorized the sale of the Rainey Park addition houses.
Milton Lewis Timberlake, a carpenter born September 14 1899 in Wolfe City, died at his home in Stamford after a 10 year illness. Funeral was held at First Baptist Church with Rev. Byron Bryant officiating. Interment in Highland cemetery. Survived by wife Naomi Corby two sons Lewis and Don Timberlake mother Mrs J A Ford sisters Mrs J W Shipp and Mrs Everett McBride.
Morning and evening revival meetings are planned at New Hope Baptist Church from Friday night to Sunday night August 17. Evangelist Rev Clyde Rich of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church will lead, with Homer Stephens of Wichita Falls directing singing. Prayer groups meet at 7 30 p m. evening services begin at 8 o clock. pastor Rev Glynn Rives invites all to attend each service.
Mrs F J Schaefer and Mire Schaefer traveled to Holliday to visit their nieces and nephews. Linda Sullivan an 11 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Sullivan of Woodson underwent an appendectomy at Stamford Sanitarium Thursday night.
Stamford's Exchange Club sponsors a July August fishing rodeo for youths aged 10 to 12. Open to all, entries due by August 20 at Dr. C. L. Cromwell's office or Westfall Motor Co. Transportation provided, half day trip on August 23 with prizes for the largest fish.
Please complete this form and return it at Westfall Motor or Dr. C L Cromwell’s office by August 20 1952. Count on prompt processing and ensure all details are accurate for official records.
A gospel meeting at the Church of Christ runs daily with morning services at 7:00 am and evening services at 8:00 pm. Evening broadcasts air on KDWT from 1 to 1. Speaker is John H. Banister of Dallas with James High of Stamford as song director. Attendance invited by minister H. D. Haun.
The Baptist Intermediate Royal Ambassador camp will be held at the Lueders Baptist Encampment grounds August 11 14 with registration at 2 pm. Boys ages 13 to 17 may reserve at the First Baptist Church office. Rev Byron Bryant and Rev Melvin Rathael lead the Stamford group and Eastland group respectively. FE M Treadwell mission to Brazil will be camp missionary. Willis Griffin and W C Ribble of Abilene head recreational and tournament activities.
Gospel sermons to be preached at the Lueders Church of Christ from August 15 to August 24 with nightly services at 8 o'clock. Bob Wilkerson will lead singing and Bil Brown of Ozona will preach. The public is invited to attend.
Peggy Ivy Cananies, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ivy, expects to enter Hendrick Medical School of Nursing in Abilene. Mrs. Warren Black was taken to Stamford Sanitarium for treatment Sunday night.
Johnny Britton local postmaster spoke to the Stamford Rotary Club detailing the post office role as both service and business. He broke down revenue sources and costs, noted only first class mail pays its way, and highlighted services beyond mailing including banking, information, and address change notices.
A C Bailes, a veteran train man from Stamford, visited California relatives and returned July 29. He slept through the earthquake seven miles away, saw Tehachapi quake damage, and collected clippings about fissures up to 97 feet wide in the Tejon Canyon region.
R T Spaulding of Hamlin is appointed fulltime manager of the Hamlin Chamber of Commerce effective September 1 and will begin a fixed period trial. Mrs F M Wilson resigns as secretary after serving for several years. The couple Dan Pustejovsky and Mrs Muehrstein visited with Johnny Muehrstein and flew in by private plane for tours and plane rides before returning home.
A daughter was born Thursday at Stamford Sanitarium to Mr and Mrs PR J Down of Stamford. She weighed seven pounds five ounces and is named Brenda Frances.
The State Junior Softball Tournament comes to Wendeborn Field with teams from Stamford Tyler Marvin Youths defending champs Houston Dallas Austin Hawley Plainview Abilene. Friday night features Stamford vs Marvin Youths at 8 p.m. Playoffs run day and night with free noon barbecue for teams and sponsor support guides teams around town.
W L Cook announces August 22, 1992 as the date for PMA community committee elections at the Anson office Texas. Farmers will vote for three committee members a convention delegate and alternates with a single polling place and voting by mail encouraged. The committee will oversee 1953 agricultural conservation efforts and assist farmers in implementing needed practices and safeguarding cropland for future food production.
Stamford Public schools schedule registration for Thursday September 4. Board of trustees set the date in a Thursday night meeting. Registration runs Thursday and Friday September 4 and 5 with classes starting Monday September 8. A budget hearing will be held Thursday September 4 at 7 30 PM inviting public attendance.
Rev. Pearl Amburn, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, will lead an open air revival on the East Moran school playground at East Moran and North Anson Streets. Evening meetings start at p.m. Public invited. The church has grown steadily under Amburn over more than three years.
Shackelford county hosts its first chest X ray survey from Thursday through Saturday. The State Department of Health team will operate in the JOC Miller Garage showroom with hospital auxiliary help. Hours run 8 30 a.m. to 5 30 p.m.
Emma Jo McBright elected head of the Stamford high English department. Suzan Wheeler named freshman English teacher. Jean Cook becomes high school Spanish teacher replacing Patty Davis who married and will teach in McGamey. H. Cleve Walkup new vocational agriculture teacher. Two coaches resign Frantz Myatt and Pete Regas. Regas to Corpus Christi and Myatt to Beaumont. M. Isbell elected to replace Regas. Cadet Arthur L. King Jr. attends ROTC camp at Fort Benning. local residents on vacation in the West.
A. C. Humphrey joined four delegates selected at the Jones County convention to attend the state Democratic convention in Amarillo on September. Joe Culberson Wollamlin M. F. E. Carothers and Bill Neville of Anson were elected with alternates Roy Arledge Dave Walker Stam ford Holley Toler and Art Carmichael of Hamlin. The convention adopted a resolution to place Adlai Stevenson and Join Sparkolan on the ballot under the Democratic party.
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