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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1968
Page
7
A late evening thunder shower sparked two grass fires on the R. H. Cobb farm and Hendrick ranch while another blaze started on the Joe Patterson farm and the J. R. Coody ranch. Parts of the community had from a tenth to nearly an inch of rain.
Local Stamford residents host and visit relatives from Abilene Arlington Pecos and Amarillo as extended families gather over weekend and week long trips. Names include Bunkley Cobb McKeever Gillespie Patterson Bouldin McLennan and Martindale with trips to Six Flags Brackenridge Park HemisFair and a Mets Astros game.
Vance Proctor and Alan Wedeking of Stamford earned the Lone Star Farmer Degree at the state FFA Convention. Both completed three years in vocational agriculture. Vance led as Stamford FFA president 1966-67 with beef calves and breeding projects, while Alan, Star Greenhand and Star Chapter Farmer, focused on swine and showed in area fairs.
Plainview Baptist Church near Stamford hosts a week long revival from Aug 18 to 25 with evangelist Larry Joe Jordan a Hardin-Simmons graduate and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary student. Freddie Johnson HSU junior Bible major leads song. Danny Nie decken serves as pastor.
An all-day homecoming celebration is planned for Girard on Saturday, August 17. The event occurs every three years and will feature activities around town.
The Commissioners Court met on July 31 1968 and compared the June 30 1968 quarter report of County Treasurer L R Winkels Jr and found it correct. Bank balance June 30 1968 was 138560 28 dollars at First National Bank of Anson.
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