Cotton Queen Contest Draws 12 Girls in Stamford
Twelve contestants vie Friday night at Stamford High School auditorium for the Rolling Plains Cotton Queen title. Eight from Rolling Plains counties plus others from nearby areas compete. winners earn expenses paid trip to Dallas for Star Fair, with Pixie contest also held and prizes awarded.
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Paling Plains
Virginia Westbrook
Yaskell
Norma Jo Eubank
Coleman Nellie Warren
Taylor
Ray Cumbie
Stonewall
Jo Carol Felton
Coildress
Charlott Drabek
Foard
Betty Davis Nolen
Diedra Baty
Knox
Stenholm
Jones and Fisher
Rolling Plains
Throckmorton
Wichita
Stamford
The
Jaycees
Stamford Jaycees
Cotton Queen
Dallas
County Fair Schedule Shifts After Rain
Rain altered the Jones County Fair schedule delaying the registered Appaloosa horse show to after the West Texas Fair. The Wednesday parade moved to Thursday at 4 pm while high school bands and civic floats entered. Exhibits are set in Pioneer Hall and livestock in the barn. The talent show crowned the Granny Goodwitches. Eleven contestants entered the queen contest.
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Pioneer Hall
Granny Goodwitches
Madelon Hunt
Dana Harry
Francene Spence
Ruann Spence
Carla Brison
John Wash
Wayne Mize
Tim Jones
Hamlin
Rainfall Totals Rise in Stamford After Wednesday Showers
A steady downpour early Wednesday dropped 0.43 inches in Stamford by 7 a.m. bringing August rainfall to 3.56 inches. U.S. Weather Bureau records show the year to date at 16.81 inches, vs 16.49 inches through August in 1965.
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Stamford
U. S.weather Bureau
School Bells Will Ring Monday for Area Pupils
Registration for Stamford area students begins this week with first graders at Oliver School on Thursday and other grades following on Friday. A teachers meeting is planned for Saturday at 9 AM in the new auditorium. Superintendent H. S. Fitzgerald notes Title I aid will be carried for the full year, though funds are limited this year.
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Stamford
Oliver School
H. S. FitzGerald
CofC Club Heads To Meet on Civic Improvement
The civic improvement committee of the Chamber of Commerce and civic leaders will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the City Hall council room to plan a work program for Stamford. Committee members include Red Million chairwoman Doris Kinney Evelyn Watson and Roland Kelley. The group joins Operation Spark sponsored by the West Texas Chamber of Commerce to aid area communities.
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Cofc
West 1E Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
Abilene Negro Sought After Shooting Here
J L Thompson, an Abilene Negro, faced district court charges of assault with intent to murder with malice after a Saturday shooting on Yandlan Street. Lonnie Williams, also from Abilene, was wounded in the right shoulder and treated at Hendrick Memorial Hospital. Williams was released the next day. Thompson remained at large for questioning with an arrest expected soon.
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J. L. Thompson
Abilene
Cooper
Williams
Thompson
House Collapse Buries Cars After Wrecked Building Caves In
A building near East Hamilton collapsed around a.m. Wednesday, burying three 1966 model cars owned by Wofford Motor Co. The roof caved in and a wall buckled, scattering concrete and debris over the vehicles.
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Wofford Motor Co
East
Hamilton
Two Prospects Interviewed for Stamford Superintendent
Stamford public schools board interviewed two prospective superintendents on Tuesday night and will check references this week. H. S. FitzGerald, the present superintendent, has submitted resignation effective August 31. About 12 letters of application were received by a screening committee. No final deadline exists, though some board members said applications had stopped. A board meeting is planned for next Tuesday night.
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H. S. FitzGerald
Cotton Growers Seek Balance at Rolling Plains Meeting
More than 100 Rolling Plains cotton producers heard F W Blease outline the 1967 cotton program to balance supply and demand. He urged acreage reductions and noted a large 16 million bale carryover, with little chance for changes to skip-row planting. E Boring praised the insect survey, while Sars Younts urged market expansion under the Cotton Promotion and Research Act. Charles Stenholm urged radical industry changes as the 197 budget proposes 58,480 dollars expenditure with 62,090 receipts and a 1966 net loss of 6,023 dollars.
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Rolling Plains
Rolling Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Sotten
Stamford High School
Cotton Promotion and Research Act
Directors Back Cotton Research and Promotion Act
The Rolling Plains Cotton Growers board unanimously supported the Cotton Research and Promotion Act at their annual Stamford meeting. The act, passed by Congress and signed by the President, would create a referendum among cotton producers, likely in December, on a one dollar per sale check off to fund a producer-nominated Cotton Board for promotion. Districts will be set across 31 counties, with one executive board seat per district, expanding the board from seven to ten. New officers include J. B. Cooper Jr as president, Johnny Hansen as secretary, and Neuran Smith as vice president, with district executive directors and other directors named across ten districts.
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Cotton Growers Insect Survey
Boring
Sars Younts
National Cotton Council
Cotton Research and Promotion Act
Rolling Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Stamford High School
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
J. B. Cooper, Jr
Roscoe
Othe
Johnny Hansen
Avoca
Neuran Smith
Ballinger
S. N. Reed
O’brien
Hansen
Roy B Goodloe Jr to Receive Agricultural Economics Degree
Among about 800 students in the Texas Tech summer commencement Roy B Goodloe Jr, Stamford High School graduate, will receive a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics from the School of Agriculture.
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Texas Tech
Roy B. Goodloe, Jr
Stamford High School
School of Agriculture
Federal Reserve policy changes local bank check use
First National Bank of Stamford president Buck Stovall says a new Federal Reserve rule will soon affect check transactions across the country. Checks drawn on out of town banks with a local bank’s name will be charged back to the business that accepted them, eliminating the customer draft and prompting banks to absorb mailing and handling costs. Businesses may counters as a courtesy to keep local checks on hand, and individuals who transact out of town should carry checks from their own bank.
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Federal Reserve System
W. T
Buck) Stovall
First National Bank
Stovall
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
Stamford First National Bank
Stamford
Stevall
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Pixie Contest
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Kent Bennett
H. K Waseff
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Don Rose
Jones County Fair
South Anson
Aca Wolf
E. P. Davenport III
David Ballard
John Eoff
Eldred Link
T. H. Kohout
Duayne Medford
Joe Osment
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James Waggoner
Jack Denson
M. Isbell
J. W. Golden
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Chamber of Commerce
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ASCS
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Texas Agriculture Extension Service
R‘ling Plains
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