Lions Club Names Committees For Year
Stamford Lions Club announced its committee assignments for the year and launched the Boy of the Month program with Lane Rasco, a Stamford High senior, as the first participant. New dog council representatives were L. E. Perry and Aubrey Smith. The club also set its family night for August 18 at Lake Stamford with a hamburger supper and music by The Sweet William Singers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Lions Club
Lane Rasco
Lions Club
Rasco
Stamford
F.N
Sarge’ Bailey
L. E. Perry
Lions
Dog House Council
Aubrey Smith
Lake Stamford
Sweet William Singers
Carla Swenson
Ingrid Haterius
Patsy Hodgkinson
Bill Longley
D.J. Rorie
Warren Miller
Charlie Henry
A. T. Jackson
B. Trice
Don Foster
F. N. ‘Sarge’ Bailey
O. N. Smith
Weldon Holbrooks
Grady Baldwin
L. F. Mitchell
Four County Women Will Attend Houston THDA Session
Four Jones County Women will join more than 800 Texas home demonstration leaders at the 39th annual Texas Home Demonstration Association meeting in Houston September 16 and 17. The event at the Rice Hotel will feature director John E. Hutchison as principal speaker and an officer election for two-year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Home Demonstration Club
Karl Bonneaux
Goodman Home Demonstration Club
Elmer Joiner
Friendship Club
H. H. Dunklin
Avoca Club
H. A. Haynes
Willow Creek Club
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Houston
Rice Hotel
Mary Y. Newberry
Jones
THDA
Two Reunions Held In Weeks Home
The home of Mr. and Mrs Ernest Weeks hosted two family reunions in July. Guests included Bob Adams of New Orleans and J. M. Weeks with George Fisher of Oklahoma City, and Lt. Marvin Dillard with children from San Diego. The McCorkle family gathered July 25 26 with Abilene relatives and Utah Arizona guests.
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Ernest Weeks
Bob Adams
New Orleans
J. M. Weeks
George Fisher
Oklahoma City
Okla
Marvin Dillard
San Diego
Calif
Adams
Addie McCorkle
Weeks
Bud McCorkle
Abilene
A. B. Dilllard
Grando
Edd Prunekin
Gary
Brigham City
Utah
T. L McCorkle
Dale
Bob McCorkle
T. L. McCorkle
Danny Weeks
Steven
Raymond Olson Appointed to Church Internship
Raymond O Olson a former Stamford resident and brother of Miss Frances Olson of Stamford attends Central Lutheran Theological Seminary Fremont Nebraska and was assigned to a Central States Synod congregation as an intern. He will serve St John Lutheran Salina Kansas under Pastor Ronald Jesperson supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond O. Olson
Stamford
Frances Olson
Central Lutheran Theological Seminary
Fremont
Neb
Central States Synod
Olson
Bethel Lutheran Church
Ericksdahl
Texas-Louisiana Synod
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Kan
St. John's Lutheran Church of
Salina
Ronald Jesperson
Central Seminary
Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church of Omaha
West Texas Fair Sweetheart Race Open for Entries
Entries are being accepted in Abilene for the 1964 West Texas Fair Sweetheart contest. Don Duncan reports interest from Olden and Hawley FFA Chapters, with open participation to all 4-H and FFA chapters in the West Texas area. Entries due by August 17, winner earns a $300 college scholarship. In 1963 Judy Moritz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moritz, represented Stamford FFA Chapter and later was named Jones County Fair queen.
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Abilene
West Texas
Don Duncan
Olden
Hawley
FFA
Future Farmers of America
West Texas Area
West Texas Fair
Abilene College
Judy Moritz
Roy Moritz
Stamford
Jones County
Anson
Charlie Crews Dies After Lengthy Illness at 73
Charlie Crews, 73, died at 7 55 p m Wednesday in Stamford Memorial Hospital after a year long illness. Funeral services were held Friday at Kinney Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Jack Southerland and Rev Temple Lewis officiating. Burial followed in Highland Memorial Cemetery. He was born March 24, 1691 in Rosenberg and lived in Stamford since childhood, with a World War II veteran status. Surviving is a sister, Mrs Mary Henson of Houston. Pallbearers were Howard Overby Bennie Bland Morte Coleman Jimmy Griffith Phil Coleman and Ewimg Mathews.
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Charlie Crews
Stamford Memorial Hospital
Kinney Funeral Home
Jack Southerland
First Baptist Church
Temple Lewis
Trinity Baptist Church
Highland Memorial Cemetery
Mr. Crews
Rosenberg
Stamford
California
Mary Henson
Houston
Howard Overby
Bennie Bland Morte Coleman
Jimmy Griffith
Phil Coleman
Ewimg Mathews
Rule Graduate Completes Air Force Survival School
First Lieutenant Anthony K. Dunnam son of Mr and Mrs W C Dunnam Rule Texas has finished the U S Air Force Survival and Special Training School at Stead AFB Nevada He will be reassigned to a Strategic Air Command unit at Plattsburgh AFB New York Dunnam a navigator trained in combat survival evasion escape and counterinsurgency He is a Rule High School and West Texas State University alumnus and a Theta Xi member His wife Linda is O G Lewiss daughter from Rule Texas.
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Reno
Nev
Anthony K. Dunnam
W. C. Dunnam
Rule
Tex
U. S. Air Force
Stead Afb
Dunnam
Air Training Command
Strategic Air
Rule High School
West Texas State University
University of Texas
Theta Xi
Linda
O. G. Lewis
Rt. 2
Brownfield Cards 326 in Jaycee Junior Golf Classic
Stamford golfer Chuck Brownfield aged 15 shot 75 80 84 87 to total 326 in the 19th annual Jaycee International Junior Golf Classic in South St. Paul Minnesota last week. John Bohmann of Seguin was noted in the same report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Brownfield
Stamford
South St. Paul
Minn
John Bohmann
Seguin
Stamford golfer earns second in Texas Jaycee Junior Golf tour
Jim Day, a 17 year old from Laurel Mississippi, won the 72 hole Texas Jaycee Junior Golf Tournament with Bohmann finishing second for the top Texas placer. Brownfield placed third in the standings at Harlingen. The article notes local farming practices and household tips as well as a local press ownership change set for August 15 in Mitchell County.
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Texas
Bohmann
Jim Day
Laurel
Miss
Brownfield
Harlingen
Terraces Serve Two Purposes in Area
Farmers in the California Creek Soil Conservation District build terraces mainly for erosion control and moisture conservation. The article notes two primary purposes and explains ongoing agricultural benefits.
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California Creek
Former American Employee Acquires Mitchell County News
L. C. (Clifton) Burfield, formerly with Stamford American, purchases the Mitchell County News at Loraine from J. W. King who had served as editor and publisher. The move positions Burfield to lead the local paper in its new ownership.
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Burfield
Burfields
Loraine
Mason
Clifton
Mason News
Mitchell County News
Loraine Leader
W. T. Mullins
Loraine Post
L. C
Clifton) Burfield
The
Stamford American
J. W. King
Farmers Find Ways To Control Disease
Conservation farmers in the California Creek Soil Conservation District use practical farming practices to manage cotton root rot, a disease with no known complete cure. These methods emphasize soil health, crop rotation, and moisture management to reduce impact and improve yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
California Creek Soil Conservation District
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L. G. Moore
Lawrence Crider
Lions Information
Kenneth Reber
Joe Lancaster
L. F. Perry
Gene Olson
Bill Olson
C. O Richardson
David Gandee
Floyd Price
Marshall Wharton
D. T. Rorie
Archie Tomlinson
H. H. Corley
Tom Boyd
Hammer Bennett
Grady Corley
Ambrose Brown
Frank Vasek
John Graham
Roy Williams
H. M. Phillips
George Rivers
Leroy Schacke
Raymond Olson
del Monte Atsup
Jean Barq
A Fk
Swift
Wilson
Afric
East Texas
Eeee A
Ellow Onions
Wilsons Ham
Les
TEXA
Kimbell
Monte
Palmolive
Lizi
Kimbell Tall
del Monte
EU Hair Spray
I Il
Aran
Supreme Crackers
COHOL
Ian DB
Hudson Tissue ‘M’ System
Air Force Survival School
Plattsburgh Afb
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