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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1950
Page
1
Stamford Public schools plan to open Monday September 4 with registration through the next day and classes starting Wednesday. J W Johnson announces the 15 teachers comprising the coming year’s faculty including Murry Myatt as junior high coach and history teacher.
Cash prizes are offered in a Stamford American identifying contest. Cartoonist Paul Lofgren drew merchant sketches without names and with a misprinted word. Prizes range from 10 to 2 dollars for top four entries, with full rules on the contest pages.
A polio victim returning from Europe was scheduled to leave Frankfurt with his parents Mr and Mrs Louis Rosenwasser in an army plane. He will travel in an iron lung as he treads toward home with the family. Two Rosenwasser sisters from Stamford and Fort Worth are noted in the family.
Mrs Sloan underwent surgery at the Stanford Sanitarum on Tuesday and is reported improving.
W C Cantwell Sr, 21, was shot in the forehead and near the left eye when a shotgun fell from a combine he operated during maize harvest in the Tuxedo area. He was taken to Stamford Sanitarium and then to an Amarillo hospital with eye injury feared. Cantwell was part of a combine crew brought in to harvest maize.
R Woodall of Ilena Park governor of the Laymen s League District 12 will speak twice Sunday at Central Christian church. Rev M C Turpin pastor is on vacation. In Sunday school he will discuss the League with the men s class and explain the group s organization and purpose. During worship he will deliver a lay sermon.
Mr and Mrs John Guillet move from Paint Creek to Abilene living at 602 Orange Street while their Southwest Park home is built. He farmed the Guillet farm ten years and works for Kimpelli. Mrs Guillet will teach sixth grade at Travis Elementary and earned education work toward a Master’s degree at Hardin Simmons University Abilene.
Mr Norris Russell and Mrs Russell with Mr Johnny Green and Mrs Green of Hamlin are spending this week in Galveston.
Mrs. G. T. Rennels and Mrs. M. L. Bolding will entertain the Avoca Home Demonstration club at the Kennels home on September 7.
Stamford voters in the second Democratic primary will choose among state office candidates while two precinct runoff races unfold. Roy C. Brown seeks re election as Commissioner Precinct No 1 against Johnnie Agnew in Jones County, and Roy Clark faces D 3 Strickland for Commissioner Precinct 4 in Haskell County. Ballots list multiple statewide and county posts with brief statewide sample slate.
A Texas Poll of 500 qualified voters conducted August 14 to 18 shows Pierce Brooks of Dallas leading Ben Ramsey for Lieutenant Governor and KE McDonald of Austin leading John C. White for State Agriculture Commissioner. The survey notes undecided voters are numerous and results may not predict Saturday’s election.
Five Jones County women traveled to Big Spring to attend the State Home Demonstration convention, a three day event. Mrs. Lou Polac, county council president, Miss Loreta Allen, HD agent, and delegates Mrs. Roy Moritz of Pleasant Valley, Mrs. W. W. Windham of Compere Merkel, and Mrs. Wayne Hendrick of the Bluebonnet Anson represented their clubs.
Avoca will host a revival at the Avoca Baptist church from August 25 to September 3 led by Rev. Gilbert N. Calloway. FR O Smith will direct singing and Mrs Ki J Hansen will be pianist with morning services at 10 45 and evening services at 7 30. The pastor, new to Avoca from Parksdale Fort Worth, is a Harding Simmons graduate recently moved to the parsonage.
At a Tuesday Rotary meeting two cartoons from the American Opportunity Program were screened. Program chairman Lee Walker introduced projector operator T. R. Tinsley. One film traced a soap maker’s growth and town economy, the other compared democracy with alleged advantages of ism.
Mr and Mrs Andy Jones returned Wednesday for a two week vacation trip visiting Ropesville Sunray Colorado Springs Salt Lake City and the Grand Canyon. In Ropesville they visited Mr and Mrs D A Glennard at Sunray they met Mr and Mrs L L G Hammock and their wives.
Mrs Martha Ezell comes home after a week at Crane visiting her daughter and her husband.
Only 13 members attended the Stamford Junior Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Dude 1Moitt presided in Jim Lindsey’s absence on a two week National Guard duty at Camp Hood. Hal Pees praised the group and directed the National Softball Congress and State Womens Softball Tournament. Fees returned to Seymour Thursday to resume teaching duties in the Seyrau public schools.
Mr and Mrs Reginald Bairt and children Dorothy and Buddy were among Stamford residents who attended the state junior softball tournament weekend in Corpus Christi.
Robert L. White 53, of Abilene, died Tuesday morning in a Seymour hotel room. An inquest ruled death natural. funeral held Thursday at Riker Warren Funeral Chapel. He was a Fort Worth Biscuit Co. salesman, WWII veteran of the 91st General Hospital, and survived by two sisters and a brother.
A fall from a two story house in Anson Wednesday morning injured 14 month old Anson Tot Ash son of Mr and Mrs Alvin Ash. Hospital attendants at Hendrick Memorial in Abilene said the injuries were not serious. Mr and Mrs Bob Bryan and sons Nick and Mike left Saturday for Houston after visiting here with their parents Mr and Mrs Henry Bryan and Mr and Mrs Bailey Post. The boys remained with grandparents part of the time while the Bryans continued to New Mexico and elsewhere.
The Texas Highway Commission delayed action on Stamford's request to pave city highways and build a larger Avoca underpass. A four man Stamford committee, led by A C Humphrey, hopes to present separated paving and underpass plans to win approval. Estimated costs total about 175000 with curb costs borne by adjacent property owners.
The ongoing dry spell allows faster maize harvest as 138 carloads were shipped by Thursday afternoon. Breakdowns show 3% from Tuxedo, 20 from Avoca, and 10 from Luedets. Local farmers push harvest to meet market demand.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. B FE Norman of Rule on August 21 at Stamford Sanitarium weighing five pounds eight ounces. Lendell Keith Quade is the name of the son born to Mr. and Mrs Glynn Quade of Haskell on August 18 at the Stamford Sanitarium.
A son named Michael Joel Barbee was born to Mr and Mrs Sherman K Barbee at Stamford Sanitarium on August 18. Tommy Gray, son of Mr and Mrs Les Gray, had surgery at Stamford Sanitarium on Wednesday. Mrs Mik, a doctor in this city, underwent surgery at Stamford Sanitarium on Monday.
Attorney HG Andrews Jr says no new tax suits this week though 13 cases were filed last weekend. Suits by city and school district total less than $1000, targeting delinquent taxes and collection efforts in Stamford area.
A gestel meeting is underway at the Stemfora Church of Christ and will close Sunday, August 27. Minister WE Burkhem of Seymour is the west evangelist. The meeting opened Friday, August 18 with services at 10 AM and 8 PM. everyone is invited.
Mr and Mrs W 1) Rhea of Houston announce the birth of a son on August 10 weighing about nine pounds named Neal Allen Rhea. Mother Virgininda Osment is former. grandparents Fort Osment of Stamford and W I Rhea of Houston. Great grandmothers include Mrs E D Appling and Mrs S R Osment of Stamford. Father’s side extended with Mr and Mrs FarI Osment traveling to Houston.
Hollis Melvyn Hughes Jr., son of Mrs Winnie F Hughes of Stamford, joined four volunteers at Abilene Naval Recruiting Station to enlist in the United States Navy on Wednesday.
A Sunday gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. McLellan brought together many relatives. Attendees included Le bk McLellan and children Booby, Francis, and Mary of Crowley, Travis McLellan and Donna Gene of Avoca, J. L. Stannon and Linda of Kotan, Robert McLellan, Rev. Torminne McLellan and Neva, Mrs. Frank Auvee and baby, and the hosts.
Mrs Tayior resigns from Sagerton schools to accept a similar role at Paint Creek Rural. She studied at North Texas State Teachers College and Southern Methodist University and earned a degree from Hardin-Simmons University. Parents: Mr and Mrs Henry Lieb of Nueces.
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