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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1933
Page
5
Ed Jay leaves the Jones County area after years as field man for the Texas Regional Agricultural Loan office. Murrah Nolte of the Dallas Regional office will take his place in the local West Texas territory with headquarters at Sweetwater.
A series of burglaries netted thieves six dollars and a gold watch Saturday night. Three Stamford homes were entered by prowlers. Entry to all houses was made by breaking.
Police suspect one man carried out four window thefts. Bill Buie found his trousers on a chair by a bedroom window and $4 missing from his pocket. Warren Tayman lost a gold watch and $2. Screens were also removed at Byron Lewis and A. C. Braun residences, with no other losses. The burglar likely fled before entering Lewis home.
Rotary members discussed election issues to be voted on Saturday. L. W. Johnson spoke on prohibition at national state and county levels. T. J. Boston covered the county home rule amendment and Rev. C. R. Hooton spoke on the $20,000,000 relief bond and homestead exemption. Kinney gave a furniture trade classification talk and noted new designs from his trip to St Louis and Chicago. G. T. Tindall attended as a luncheon visitor.
The State Convention of the American Legion will open in Wichita Falls on Saturday August 26 and run through Tuesday August 29. Rev M B Harris urged Legionnaires and Auxiliary members and all service men in the region to attend, calling it the most important Texas Legion convention for veterans and national service interests.
A burglar ransacked the Williamsburg Kansas residence of Deputy Sheriff Will Duval, stealing his clothing badge and jail keys from the officer’s home.
Anniversary Day at the First Baptist Church marked three years of Rev. Sam Morris as pastor with two sermons The Wilderness Journey Toward the Sunrise and The Marriage of the Lamb More than 500 in Sunday school and large crowds in all services Three new members were baptized A noon basket dinner and an afternoon program featured local choirs and speakers including Rev J W Wright E V Chastain Spurgeon Reeves and Mrs Sam Morris The church presented Rev Morris and his wife with Bulova wrist watches Prohibition is highlighted with Morris and Dr J Frank Morris touring Texas to oppose repeal XEPN radio broadcasts and a mass meeting on the 18th amendment were announced for Stamford Sunday School lessons focus on Genesis 41-42 including Josephs plans vs a proposed hog surplus destruction discussion
The second and third bales of cotton for the year reached Stamford on Tuesday within two hours of each other. R D Bishop beat C Bergstrom to the gin by two hours and his bale of 447 pounds was ginned free and classed middling. Bergstrom delivered the first bale of 1932 cotton on August 26, arriving around 10 am and was ginned the following day.
Austin reports William Strauss notes Texas counties rely on federal relief spending, totaling 45,829.72 in Jones County over ten months. He cites a proposed $20,000,000 state relief bond to lift tax burdens on homes and farms, with per capita costs under 41 cents yearly for ten years. Jones County requests 5,1900.00 for August relief for 2,219 recipients.
A county wide picnic sponsored by the Jones County Home Demonstration council will be held next Wednesday August 30 at the Lueders Baptist Encampment grounds. Miss Sue Bonner home demonstration agent says everyone is invited to bring a well filled family lunch basket.
Want ads seek a man to supply customers with Watkins products in Stamford. Established business, average earnings of 25 dollars weekly, pay starts immediately. Write J. R. Watkins Company Memphis Tennessee. Unincumbered widow 32 seeking work, housekeeping preferred, willing to relocate. Box 464 Hamlin Texas.
The rear part of L. Schwarz & Company's store is being remodeled to expand the ready to wear department and create a modern millinery area. The balcony stairway has been moved to accommodate the improvements. Owner Louis Rosenwasser says the change will properly display the large fall stock and improve the store's overall appearance.
Paramount mounts a riotous show at the Ritz Theatre featuring Peggy Hopkins Joyce W C Fields George Burns Gracie Allen and others. Stars include Rudy Vallee Cab Calloway Baby Rose Marie and Bela Lugosi with songs by Rainger Robin and a plot about a radio scope seen as a national sensation.
A. Kinney traveled to Chicago for the World Fair combining business with pleasure. He and his wife with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ashen drove to Chicago then returned via Kentucky visiting Mammoth Cave. Kinney also toured furniture marts in Chicago and St Louis.
While traveling, he studied late changes in furniture design and purchased a car load of pieces from those markets. He aimed to apply new styles to his own arrangements and collections.
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