Lake flood devastates Stamford Lake homes and marina
Lake residents report extensive damage from tropical storm Amelia rainfall near Stamford Lake. Families such as the Bells, Weems, Carltons and Carltons suffer total losses or near total destruction. the Moritz and Wright properties are heavily damaged as water reaches patios and interiors. One resident recalls swimming from a submerged home as water moccasins approached. The Bells recount a grand piano lost and a four year old home, built above spillway, declared a total loss. Continued details promised on page 2.
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Stamford Lake
Amelia
Stamford
Haskell
Albany
Haskell City
Hubert Bells
Howard Weems
Chub Carltons
Wayne Carlton
Stamford Park
Norvell Wright
Clarence Moritz
Moritzes
Wrights
Hubert Bell
Stamford Girls Cotton Queen Contestant Page Teases
Inside This Inside This Southwestern Bell plans improvements here see Page 4 Week Stamford resident is pageant contestant see Page 5 Eleven Stamford girls are Cotton Queen contestants see Page 7
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Southwestern Bell
Stamford
Lone Star Gas names new Kerrville district manager
C R Bellamy will move from Stamford to Kerrville District as district manager effective Sept 1 1975 Buck Elliott announces Reed will replace him as Stamford District manager Reed previously led Ballinger Distribution Office and has worked in Arlington Dallas Fort Worth and Ballinger since 1957 His family details and civic involvement are noted with Bellamy and Reed each having three children and active community ties in Texas cities.
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C. R. Bellamy
Lone Star Gas Company
Stamford
Kerrville
Buck Elliott
Abilene
Glade Reed
Ballinger
Reed
Arlington
Dallas
Fort Worth
Lueders-Avoca
Haskell
Rule
Throckmorton
Hamlin
Sylvester
Anson
Bellamy
Delle
Kathy
University of Texas At Arlington
Sheila
San Angelo State University
Ted
Symonds Place
Residents Aid Flood Victims Near Stamford and Lake Stamford
Stamford area residents may donate to a flood relief program started by the Stamford Rotary Club Exchange Club Lions Club and Chamber of Commerce. Perishable food furniture clothing and utensils are requested with a stock trailer for deposits daily from 8 30 a m to sundown at the square. A relief fund is at First National Bank Stamford with checks payable to the Salvation Army or American Red Cross. The Chamber of Commerce office acts as gathering point and information center. Distribution will be through the Red Cross and local chambers.
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Stamford
Lake Stamford
Paint Creek
Haskell
Stamford Rotary Club
Stamford Exchange Club
Stamford Lions Club
The
Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
Salvation Army
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Area Chambers of Commerce
Record Rains Trigger Historic Runoff Across Stamford Area
Heavy rains drenched the Stamford region last week, with double digits across the area and lake levels surging past the spillway. Observers reported 9.66 inches at Stamford, while outlying gauges in Lake Stamford, Paint Creek, Lueders, and surrounding towns recorded 13 to 20 inches, swelling creeks and flooding fields as Lake Stamford rose more than three feet above the spillway by Friday morning.
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Stamford
Lake Stamford
Haskell
Albany
Bobby Reeves
Lueders
John Earles
Paul Fisher
Paint Creek
Ray Perry
Earles
Perry
Charley Ivy
Herbert Nierdieck
Lagerton
Old Glory
Rule
Rochester
Abilene
Knox City
Stamford Marina
Stamford High Band Starts Summer Practice Sessions
The Stamford High School Band will begin summer practice on Monday August 14 at 7 p.m. in the band hall. New music for the football season includes Gonna Fly Now, Short People, The Love Boat, and Disco Inferno. Uniforms will be distributed to seniors and juniors August 24 and 25, with sophomores and freshmen receiving theirs August 30. Band director Alvin Young says halftime shows will feature bold, new maneuvers not seen in the region.
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Stamford High School
Hamlin
Alvin Young
Bulldogs Take Third Place In Port Lavaca Tournament
The Stamford Bulldogs finished third in the state junior tournament at Port Lavaca after a 4 game run that included a win, a loss, then two more wins before elimination. The event was pushed three days due to Hurricane Amelia with rains delaying play and flooding Stamford areas.
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Stamford Bulldogs
Port Lavaca
Bulldogs
Cameron
Amelia
Stamford
Local man charged in wife's death here
A 43-year-old Stamford man, Donald Ray Caffey, was released on a reduced $10,000 bond after arrest on murder charges tied to his wife Juanita’s fatal shooting in the parking lot of Stamford Country Club on July 12. Authorities cited autopsy results and statements from the scene as basis for the charges.
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Stamford
Jones County
Donald Ray
Don) Caffey
Caffey
Woodrow Simmons
Dallas
Justice of the Peace
Mozelle Nance
Juanita
Stamford Country Club
Stamford Chamber Ballots Due August Fifteenth
Stamford Chamber of Commerce reminds members ballots for new directors are due in the Chamber office by Aug. 15. Eight nominees are listed including Don Welch Nancy Russell Joe Smith Upshaw Jerry Terrell Wayland Fuqua Eddie Wilson Gary Mathis and Carl Cooper. Five of the eight will be elected for three year terms. Members needing a ballot should contact the Chamber office.
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Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Don Welch
Nancy Russell
Joe Smith Upshaw
Jerry Terrell
Wayland Fuqua
Eddie Wilson
Gary Mathis
Carl Cooper
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Leigh Merchant
Baldwin
Doyle High
Lone Star
Lions Club
Band
Mary Lou
St. Ann's Catholic Church
Bill
Sallisaw
Okla
Paula
Temple
Jimmy
Co. R. Bellomy
Leroy Nehring
Nance
H. G. Andrews Jr
Wade
Marina
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