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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1944
Page
7
Mr and Mrs B T Edge thank friends for condolences after the death of their son Sgt Wallace Edge in Tucson Arizona. They bless everyone for kind words cards and letters received following the loss.
Mrs. C. W. May hosts her brother Wes Simons of Stamford and relatives from Hamilton Abilene and other cities. Herb Carter, a Texas A M College student, visited with his parents and will miss home between terms. Billy Carlton returns from Abilene Christian College. Rozella Veazey visits relatives in Lubbock. Lieut. and Mrs Jimmy Haas and their son return to Kansas City after visiting Stamford. Mrs Campbell’s health remains cautious. Bill Hatcher and Dana Kay tour Wichita Falls and Ruidoso New Mexico. Virginia Bennett visits Stamford friends. A. R. Davis of Texline visits his father Elmer Davis. Raymond Hanson and family visit from Lamesa and Ackerly. D. A. Mullings and family of Lubbock spend two weeks. Cpl Lamar Sergee on furlough from Camp Livingston visits. Sergt Kenneth Williams on six day pass from Camp Swift. Andy Jeter of Wichita Falls visits sister Mrs Holland Griggs and family.
Steve Bennett and Miss Olive Mc Dougle spent their vacation in Mineral Wells. Miss Margaret Crockett returned from Washington D C to visit her brother Olin Crockett and family. Jimmy Jones of Big Spring stayed last week with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter Bunkley. Miss Bobbie Lawson of Abilene joined Stamford friends and attended First Baptist Church services. Miss Eula Davis, employed in El Monte California, plans a month staying with relatives and calls Stamford home. Eldon Zuber takes a Western Union vacation and J W Daniel of Fort Worth serves as relief manager. Zuber to Plainview this week.
Mrs Lula B Richards visits her sister Mrs C F Up chaw in Stamford after Colorado teaching stint. families from Morganfield Ky and Garland Texas visit relatives. New baby Sue Carol McCallum born at Stamford Sanitarium weighing nine pounds eleven ounces. Corporal Caudle in France since August. Several trips and visits described among Huling Rush Moore and other local families.
Miss Jean Brownfield daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brownfield of Stamford, and First Lieut. Her schel David Peel of Panama City Fla. were married Friday August 18 at 8 p.m. in the post chapel at Bacco Rotan Army Air Base. The ceremony featured white and pink floral decorations, music by Sergeant Young, and a wedding march with the couple traveling on a brief honeymoon before settling in Ft. Lauderdale. The bride, a Stamford High School graduate, attended Baylor University and held leadership roles in school clubs. Peel, a Panama City native, is a D A P officer recently back from England, holder of the Purple Heart Air Medal with three clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
August 15 departures include Sarah McDonald visiting Anna Baker of Amarillo on the Baker ranch near Trinidad Cole. Mrs Tony Selmon travels to San Diego to join Lieut Tony Selmon in Naval Hospital internship. Feb Rowland accompanies. Mrs T L Holland to visit her husband aboard a minesweeper in Los Angeles. The Hollands' sons Charles and Ricky stay with grandparents W C Pratt.
Set Taylor and Mrs Taylor travel to visit parents Mr and Mrs OW Taylor in Stamford and Mrs Henry Lich in Leeders. Taylor enjoys a 5 day furlough with the flying maintenance crew at the San Marcos Army Air Forces navigation school. Mrs Taylor works as a civil service secretary at the 36th Sub Depot on the San Marcos base. Additional relatives return from defense work in Houston and Dallas.
The Texas Quality Network will air a live radio program titled Electricity in Food Production and Preservation on Monday August 28 from with 6 15 am. The feature discusses how electricity helps farmers in a Northeast Texas REA cooperative grow and preserve more.
The Democrat primary set for August will consider J. E. Massey for County Commissioner Precinct 2 and Sam Russell and Clyde Garrett for the 17th District Congress race.
Sam Scales of Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation hosts a farm irrigation broadcast from Texas A and M College. Gilmer farmer in Texas will discuss using electricity for irrigation in a fall garden. The program will originate at the college and air on listed stations.
A listing of stations including WFAA Dallas WBAP Fort Worth KPRC Houston and WOAT San Antonio or nearby markets appears, noting broadcast presence and possible regional reach across Texas cities. The fragment suggests a media landscape snapshot with several major outlets named.
In desert areas snow rarely melts to water. it can skip liquid phase and vanish as invisible vapor through evaporation, drying out without pooling. This highlights how arid climates remove snow directly to the air.
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