Hawley Wins State Junior Title In Narrow 7-6 Final
Hawley squeezed by Plainview 7-6 in the State Junior Softball Tournament finals here Saturday night to claim the state title. It marks Hawley’s second first place in two weeks at the event. Last week the Hawley club had won another title here.
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Hawley
Plainview
Plain View Softballers
Itawley
Hawley Club
TAAF
Lyndale Hopsters
Houston
Montopolis Baptist Club
Austin
Stamford
Tyler Marvin
Wayne Wash
Wash
John Harrison
Abelene
John Dyer
Westfall Reappointed GM Community Relations Chairman
General Motors announces the reappointment of C. C. Westfall, longtime Stamford area dealer, to serve next year as GM Community Relations Chairman. Westfall will provide public relations materials and aid local clubs and organizations, including 4H, schools, and community groups, in using GM educational resources.
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General Motors
C. C. Westfall
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
GMC
Stamford
Vicinity
Department of Public Relations
Westfall
Boy Scouts
Shannon Bishop and Bill McClellan Return Home
Shannon Bishop and Bill McClellan, two Stamford boys treated for polio at Warm Springs Gonzales, came home Saturday August 2 and plan a October check-up. Parents and doctors held care instructions. the boys look well and are progressing at home after hospital admission May 9 and 10.
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Shannon Bishop
Bill McClellan
Stamford
Warm Springs Foundation
Gonzales
Enis Bishop
Alton McClellan, Jr
Polio Center
Durwood Miller to Go Overseas on Army Duty
Durwood Miller who trained at Fort Knox Kentucky and his wife are visiting home folks during a furlough before overseas duty. He will report to Camp Kilmer New Jersey and be sent from there to Europe. He entered the army March 20 Roy Duke Coleman Bivating Equipment will attend Homecoming for the company at Wichita Kansas during the week of August 17. Coleman Company says Duke is one of their outstanding dealers in West Texas.
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Durwood Miller
Fort Knox
Miller
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Europe
Roy Duke
Coleman
Wichita
Kans
Coleman Company
Duke
West Texas
Maneelvers
Japan
Jooval Jerald Pendleton
Hh Bhiadae
C Uvalley
99Th Field Artillery
Newspapers Earn West Texas Convention Honors
The Stamford American among 12 papers honored at the West Texas Press Association convention in Alpine. Awards include general excellence in towns over 4,000, with Hockley County Herald first and Alpine Avalanche third. Jammed results list multiple divisions and community service awards. Marvin Hunter Jr was elected president. Bill Collyns Midland and Ed Harvis Jr named vice presidents. June Jones Hamlin named secretary treasurer. New directors Roy Fox Colorado City and Jen Oglesby Bronte.
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Stamford American
West Texas Press Association
Alpine
American
Colorado City
Hockley County Herald
Alpine Avalanche
Hamlin Herald
Hamilton Herald-News
Fredericksburg Standard
Andrews County News
Wink Bulletin
Stanton
Baird Star
Matador Tribune
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Marvin Hunter
Baira Star
Redericksburg Radio Post
Hartin Hierald
Marvin Hunter, Jr
Bill Collyns
Ed Harvis, Jr
Naherm
June Jones
Hamlin
Charles Green
Kermit
Roy Fox
Jen Oglesby
Bronte
Explorers Swim Meet Tonight at Anson
Explorers swim meet set for Thursday night at Span in Anson. Open to registered scouts ages 14 to 18 and includes ten rescue and Life Saving events. Public invited with no admission charge. plaques awarded to first three places and ribbons in each event.
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Boy Scout Explorers
Anson
Span
John L. Dagen
Scout
Sgt. Ladds Discharged After 31 Months in Tokyo
SGT Bob Ladd, after reporting to Camp Stewart for further duty, has returned to Stamford with a discharge from service. He recently completed 31 months of service in Tokyo, Japan.
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Bob Ladd
Camp Stewart
N. Y
Stamford
Ladd
New York
Tokyo
Japan
Hamlin Sells Water Bonds for Pipeline to Stamford
Hamlin votes 8.625 million in bonds to finance a Stamford pipeline and water filtration plant. Bonds pay interest around 3.64 percent average, issued to Dallas lenders Henry Seay and Campins, with 30 year term and July 1 1952 start. Funds to relieve an outstanding issue and connect Hamlin and Stamford city limits.
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Hamlin
Stamford
Henry Seay
Campins
Dallas
Max Brundase
Dy Hiamlin City Water and Sewer Departments
Daird
Ibundag
Hanndle
Lake Stamford
Ferrell Baby Receiving Treatment In Abilene Hospital
Marion Eugene Ferrell age 15 months, son of Mr and Mrs Marion Ferrell of Avoca Route 1, is improving at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene after sudden illness. He began treatment Monday, with penicillin started that night, and will stay several days as doctors run tests to determine diagnosis. Mr and Mrs Jack Dotson of Midland, former Stamford residents, were in town earlier in the week.
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Marion Eugene Ferrell
Marion
Red) Ferrell
Avoca Rt. 1
Hendrick Memoria H Hospital
Abilene
Haskell Hospital
Abilene Hospital
Jack Dotson
Midland
Stamford
Ideal Laundry Opens New Stamford Location
The Ideal Steam Laundry moved to 122 West Meoblurg Stamford and is now open. Owner C. KR. Rose leads a 20 person workforce with about one third student help. Regular pickups and deliveries serve Stamford Hamlin Roby Anson Sylvester McCauley Aspermont and Jaskel.
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Menly
Hamlin
West Meoblurg
Stamford
C. KR. Rose
Rose Tie
Stamford cleaners couple on vacation visit kin in Texas
Mr and Mrs George Hubbard travel from Stamford to Simland and Abilene to visit daughters Mrs Fr Mentie and Mrs Alvis Grindstaff with families. John I Dagen and mother Mrs Debra Dagen take a two week vacation stopping in Junction Del Rio and Ol Mexico with Mrs Dagan staying longer in Junction.
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George Hubbard
Simland
Abilene
Stamford
Fr. Mentie
Lanya
Midland
Alvis Grindstaff
John I. Dagen
Debra Dagen
Junction
del Rio
Ol Mexico
Rain Dampens Sunday Services Across Stamford
Residents found streets and sidewalks wet after a light Sunday shower that teased threatening clouds over Stamford. The rain amount was about one inch, arriving during morning worship and leaving puddles as observers noted the post-storm sky.
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Stamford
Funeral held for Mrs Vaughan of Lueders
Mrs Louise Commons Vaughan, 77, died Monday at Stamford Sanitarium after hospital care a day earlier. Funeral Wednesday at 3 PM at Lueders Methodist Church with Rev. C E Metton. Burial in Highland Cemetery Stamford. Survivors include four sons, one daughter, a brother and three grandchildren.
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KFC
Wow. Vaughan
Lueders
Loo Vaughan
Albany
Sos
D. B
Knoble
Levelland
Ry FF. Commons
Fort Worth
Larry Simmons Named to All Star Game Invite
Larry Simmons, pitcher, received an invitation to play in the A-Star game at Cisco next week and plans to accept. He recently earned the tournament sportsmanship award and will receive a medal.
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Larry Simmons
Cisco
Rainey Park houses sold for seven thousand two hundred fifty-one dollars
The Rainey Park housing project in Stamford was sold off in a series of bids, yielding 7 251 40 and with plans to remove the remaining units on East Vanderbilt by October. The complex, built nine years earlier for Flying School civilian staff, faced rehabilitation costs and prior losses, with veterans prioritized in rentals and government oversight shifting to FPHA.
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Rainey Park
East
Vanderbilt Street
Defense Plant Corporation
Flying School
Don Rainey
Stamford Flying School
Vanderbilt
Federal Public Housing Authority
City of
Stamford
FPHA
Funeral Service Held Tuesday for Mrs Carl Oman
Mrs Annie Berg Oman 81 early Ericksdahl settler of the Eericksaaht area died Sunday at Stamford Sanitarium after a stroke on June 17. Funeral held August 12 at Bethel Lutheran Church with burial in churchyard. Survived by four sons, four daughters, 22 grandchildren and two sisters. Husband Carl J Oman survived sixty two years of marriage.
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Mis
Carl John Oman
Eericksaaht
Stamford
Bethel Lutheran Church
Pimge J. Haterius
Church Yard
Kinney
Blome
Oman
New Sweden
Austin
Annie Mane Berg
Pair Valley
Willison County
Texas
Jones
Erieksdahl
Husibana
B. Coann JV. Oman
Avoca
Philip
Chester
Lananders
S. A. Olson
Pat Balemon
HW. V. Jurgeson
Robert Loop
Laieders
Stativutiilden
Vaebebol
Ketarians Hear Music Club Sextet Performance
A Stamtorn Music Club sextet performed at Nat Cafe luncheon on Tuesday for the KMotar Chih group. Jane thigh led the program with Mis verge Koline, aided by KR. Baie on piano. Members included Mrs Rollins and David Mallard, Fo EL bo shaw, C.K. Iunkley Jr, Dick Giles, Ted Myers, with Rev. IHO Crawtora delivering a five minute invocation.
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Stamtorn Music Club
Kmotar
Chih
Nat Cafe
Reuters
Janes Thigh
Ror Beil
Kirby Smiths of Dallas Visit Relatives
Mr and Mrs. K. Kirby Smith of Dallas arrived Monday for a multi day visit with relatives. They are visiting Miss Faina Cullum, Mr and Mrs. T. RB. Tinsley, and Miss Mayme Cullum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Kirby Smith
Dallas
Faina Cullum
T. RB. Tinsley
Mayme Cullum
Avoca Public School Announces New Teachers for Year
Avoca Public School will open Monday September 1 under Superintendent G K Hastings. Two new teachers join the staff with Mrs Harry Goss taking home economics and Mrs G F Hastings teaching high school English replacing Mrs Stete Wilson.
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Avoca
G .K. Hastings
Avoca School
Harry Goss
Jay Pumphrey
G. FF. Hastings
Stete Wilson
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Bob Ladders
Braves
Stacey Mathis
James Davis
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Cotton Rhea
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Fred Upshaw
Melvin Stevenson
Rickey Giles
Robbie Joe Cahoun
Jackie Mills
Morris Hammer
Blackstock Studio
Jemimie Haus
Ben Wayne Neal
James Smith
Bobby Gamblin
Jimmie Harkins
Tommie Dodd
Blackstoc
Ferrell Baby
Ideal Laundry
Mrs. Vaughan
Vaughan
Jones County
McKinney
Imma Louise Commons
Vaughaun
Lincoln
Tenn
Mr. Morrison
Anders Larry
E., Li. Sinuwnens
A Dauphcer
Teresa Darlem Leavitt
Cpl Anil
Cc Lachtly
Si Ann's Hospital
Abdene
August Satliester
Cpl Leavitt
Seattle
Colored Ninertean Legion Post
Haskell Rout Square
Lavedey Methodist Church
Virgil Skiles
W. W. Goff
Dave Prewlt
W. Zimmers
Erte Vtion
Ray Oliphant
Haskell
K D. Pervino
Homiin
Chl Youn
Cjray
Harold Curtis
Fle
Erty
Public Housing Administration
Carl Oman
Paul Onan
Cleo
Mor Woed Oleon
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