SHSAthletic program seeks community aid in Stamford
Editorial notes SHS faces a $120000 deficit for 1981-82 with athletics hit hardest by cuts. Coach Gary Wilhelm urges local business leaders and boosters to support a drive to fund a new gym, track uniforms, and field lights, stressing sports’ role in discipline and community pride. Glade Reed and Rev. Larry Armentrout push Booster Club revitalization to unite the community for Stamford schools.
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Reagan
Washington
Stamford
SHS
Gary Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Jerry Taylor
Unior High
Theigh School
P.E
Glade Reed
Larry Armentrout
First Baptist Church
Reed and Armentrout
State Capitol Highlights Assassins taxes and fruit flies
Texas politics mix of assassination claims tax repeal, and fruit fly battles dominates Austin reporting. Governor Clements delays second special session while courts shape ad valorem tax repeal and university funding legality. Marathon legislative fights, redistricting, and GOP recruitment frame the 1982 political landscape with key figures like Gramm Hance Hobby and Clayton in the foreground.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Clements
Clements
Midwestern State University At
Wichita Falls
William M. Thacker, Jr
GOP
Republican Party of
Reagan
Congress
Phil Gramm
Bryan
Kent Hance
Lubbock
Pioneers on Parade Twenty Years Ago
Stamford American notes from August 17 1961 highlight Tee Selmon daughter of Dr and Mrs Tony Selmon playing flute in the Blue Jeans Orchestra in Estes Park Colorado. The group features high school and college students who work full time and rehearse three nights weekly for Sunday concerts. Tee also works as a sales clerk at Indian Village. Barbara Louise Neuman earns Behrens Award and will work at Hendrick Memorial Hospital. Fort Coffee Arkansas hosts Army Reserve mobilization involving four Stamford area men. Six Jones County 4 H members enter district contest project books led by Kirby Clayton and Mary Y Newberry.
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Stamford American
Tee Selmon
Tony Selmon
Stamford
Blue Jeans Philharmonic Orchesta
Estes Park
Colo
United States
Tee
Wichita Falls
Walter Charles
Barbara Louise Neuman
R.S. Summers
Hendrick Memorial School of Nursing
Abilene
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Fort Coffee
Arkansas
9Th Division
Army Reserve
Jones County 4-H Club
Kirby Clayton
Mary Y. Newberry
Stanley Harvey
Phillip Newsom
Gal Lain
Billy de Busk
Karolyn Bagley
Phylecia Roberts
Pioneers on Parade Ten Years Ago Stamford Notes 1971
Stamford Bulldogs begin 1971 football camp with 38 players as ten starters return. Notables include John Newsom Robert Gillespie Bo Jones Oscar Cedillo Fred Washington Ira Marsh at defense and Randy Leavett Rick Medford Robert Stevenson Ringo Bolin on offense. Stamford Chamber to discuss selling stock in Stamford Car Shop with SBA approval. Roy B David dinner honors. Growers Seed Association, Plains Cooperative Oil Mill boards see elections.
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Stamford American
Stamford Bulldogs
SHS
Charlie Smith
Bulldogs
John Newsom
Robert Gillespie
Ringo Bolin
Mike McKeever
Jacob Vasquez
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Stamford
SBA
N.W. Boedeker
Jack Merket
Charles Stenholm
Charles Bragg
Lubbock
Roy B. David
Plains Cooperative Oil Mill
Merket
Growers Seed Association
Free Health Clinic in Stamford Sept 16
A Texas Department of Health sponsored clinic is set for September 16 at the Stamford Library Building from 10 a.m. to noon with immunizations from 1 to 3 p.m. Anemia, vision, hearing, weight, and urinalysis services are available. The clinic is free and any abnormal findings will be referred to the client’s private physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Department of Health
Stamford
Stamford Library
Executives face inflated costs despite high incomes
A reader letters notes an executive earning 88,500 yearly would spend well over that on housing, cars, college, taxes, and bills. The piece satirically argues the supposed wealthy are effectively near poverty, calling for higher earnings or welfare. The author signs as J.A.
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J.A
Rule Jubilee Parade Opens City Celebration
The 10th annual Rule Jubilee Day begins Saturday with a 5 p.m. parade in the city. Festivities move to the city park with activities for all ages. The highlight is an old fashioned fiddlers contest. Food booths offer hamburgers barbecue and refreshments. A drawing awards cash prizes to parade winners.
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Clayton
West Texas Press
Dorothy Craig
Greg Jaklewic
John G Wendeborn
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Mamford
Malinn
Stamens Tesas
Asan
Cali
Miss Selmon
Tommy Prewit
Charles Jessup
Benny Cate
Larry Moreno
Gene Ender
Lynn Carlton
Plains Coop Association
Bill's Gulf
Sian Swensor
Wedgeco
Wedgeco Farm
Ross Gentry
E. Hamilton
Bunkley
Buddy
Northside 66
Ben Pearson
Muttier
Swenson
Upshaw
Welding Works
Carl Cooper
City Cab
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