Good Neighbor Days Highlight Stamford Businesses
Stamford merchants invite local shoppers and visitors to Good Neighbor Days this week. The campaign emphasizes reliability trust and friendly service from neighbors who offer quality products at fair prices while supporting the community and employing area residents. Cooperating firms include Doc Jones Implement Co. Stamford Federal Savings and Loan Association Arledge Ice and Meats B&P Memorials Wedgeco and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nessman
Stamford
Doc Jones Implement Co
Stamford Federal Savings and Loan Association
Arledge Ice and Meats
B&p Memorials
Wedgeco
the Wash Pot
Stamford Electric Co-op
Velma’s
Bunkley Drug
Brazelton Lumber Co
Hassen’s
Hinds
C. R. Anthony Co
First National Bank
Self Jewelers and Gifts
Thompson Trustworthy Hardware
the Fabric Shop
Dobbins Pharmacy
Elliott's Cleaners
City Grocery and Market
Kinney Funeral Home
Duke Butane and Appliance
Heavy Rains Flood Fields Send Lake Stamford Over Spillway
Rain gauges show 3 to 5 inches across Stam ford and surrounding areas with Lake Stamford spilling over as the lake rises for the first time in a dozen years. West Texas Utilities reports the level about 14 feet above the spillway as farmers halt grain cutting awaiting the next weather moves. Cotton fields show yellowing while grain prospects hinge on upcoming days and the amount of continued rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ers
Lake Stamford
Sagerton
West Texas Utilities Co
Muscular Dystrophy Drive Planned Week of Sept 2
Lions Club members will canvass a Muscular Dystrophy drive starting Thursday Sept 2 at 6 p.m. in Stamford with a downtown event beginning Monday of next week. Funds support National Research Foundation in New York and local medical equipment needs including wheelchairs braces lifts and car lifts. Free flu shots are offered and a summer camp has been funded for four years. Local cochairmen are Mr and Mrs E W Mickler.
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Stamford
Lions Club
National Research Foundation
New York
E. W. Mickler
County Fair Opens Today Despite Rain
The Jones County Fair opens at 10 a.m. with women's exhibit judging in Pioneer Hall and animal judging at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. A tractor driving contest is set for 5 p.m. Friday and the Cotton Queen contest Friday night. The fair ends Saturday with a horse show. Sunday offers the final sermon by Rev. Jerry Boles, who leaves to lead First Presbyterian in Dumas after arriving in 1953.
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Jones County
Pioneer Hall
Kirby Clayton
Jerry Boles
Central Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Dumas
Boles
Enrollment Steady At Stamford Schools Says Supt Woodie Beene
Stamford enroll ment remains about steady with 986 on the first day and 17 fewer than year end. Distribution shows Oliver 278 Reynolds 248 junior high 169 and high school 291 with 15 in kindergarten and more expected. Remodeling proceeds with carpet pending in offices and halls while some lab and heating work remains unfinished.
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Stamford
Woodie Beene
Oliver
Reynolds
Beene
Car Shop Meeting In Stamford To Sell Stock Today
Stamford Chamber of Commerce directors and citizens meet at noon to plan selling stock in Stamford Car Shop, a railroad car repair plant approved by the Small Business Administration. The venture needs 150000 in operating capital, to be raised by $1 shares. incorporators include H G Andrews Jr Russell Crownover and A C Humphrey of Stamford and C O Shiflet of Abilene.
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Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Stamford
Small Business Administration
Cofc
Jarrell Sharp
Rush Johnson
Vey
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Andrews
Sharp
Lions Club
A. C. Humphrey
Exchange Club
C. O. Shifler
Abilene
Col
Walt Morton
Dyess
John Harrell
Stamford Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Texas
AAR
Kindergarten enrolls 24 children at Stamford community
Twenty four children enrolled at Stamford Community Kindergarten for the new term. The school opens 8:30 to 9:30 this week and will go full time 8:30 to 11 next week. Mrs. Jarrell Sharp supervises with volunteers assisting. the school meets at Ferguson and Rotan streets.
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Stamford Community Kindergarten
Jarrell Sharp
Stamford Freight Car Shop Promises Boosts to Local Economy
A detailed feasibility overview argues a Stamford freight car repair plant can fill a growing nationwide need for heavy modification and repair of freight cars. It cites ample, though contested, market demand, SBA approval, local labor pools, JOBS training, and regulated high standards to support long term profitability.
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Penn Central
Stamford Freight Car Company
Penn Cenral
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Lued
SBA
J.O.B.S
Kenneth Hurdle
Association of American Railroads
Bureau of Railway Economics
Washington, D. C
U. S
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Yearbook of Railroad Facts
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
North America
Penn Central Railway Company
AAA
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