County approves jail and courthouse bonds in 60 percent vote
In Jones county on August 23 about 60 percent of roughly 500 voters participated to authorize $60,000 in bonds for a new jail and courthouse repairs. Anson Stamford and major boxes at Hamlin and Lueders reported jail bonds 215 For 97 Against. courthouse bonds 231 For 199 Against with Stamford approving courthouse but rejecting jail by one vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anson
Jones County
Stamford
Hamlin
Lueders
Griswold Named Pastor of Shreveport Central Christian Church
Rev W i H Griswold will leave Stamford to take the pastorate at Central Christian Church in Shreveport Louisiana starting September 1. The Shreveport church serves about 1400 members and Griswold will preach his final Stamford sermon Sunday night. He and his wife have actively participated in local community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. i H. Griswold
Central Christian Church
Shreveport
Four Sorts of Men Described in Talk To Exchange Club
Rev Kenneth Copeland of Has kell spoke to the Exchange Club last Friday outlining four man types and urging self analysis to join the fourth class. He praised citizens who act for community uplift and nation building, while noting a leadership contest showing Roy Arledge’s side leading by ten panels. Harry Schram was introduced as a new member. visitors included C W Needham of Dallas and Gordon Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Copeland
Haskell
Exchange Club
Mr. Copeland
Roy Arledge
State Exchange Convention
Harry Schram
C. W. Needham
Dallas
Ben Bagwell
Gordon Davis
Civilian Flying School Coordinated Under One Director
J M Webster formerly of Santa Monica California is named director of the Lou Foote Flying Service civilian section at Stamford Arledge Field. He will oversee all civilian departments with a single head while two Army Air Corps Training Detachment members depart September 15 for Vernon. Major J F Thompson of Randolph Field inspected local meteorology and physical training with H L Berridge of the Gulf Coast Air Training Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Webster
Santa Monica
California
Lou
Army
Air Corps Training Detachment
Vernon
Walter R. McMurrey
Willie C. Cox
Wilkerson —C. Long
Joe B. Odeneal
J. F. Thompson
Weather Bureau
Randolph Field
H. L. Berridge
Gulf Coast Air Training Center
Stamford Arledge Field
Thompson
Lass
Henry Miller
Brevard
North
Caroline of Brothers
Fred
Maxwell Field
John
Theh Marine
New la
Conn
J. A. Miller
Iping
Four Injured in Highway Wreck East of Lueders
Four people were injured in a highway collision east of Lueders on Saturday morning. The most severely hurt was 19 year old Mrs. Roy Weeks of De Leon with back vertebrae fractures and multiple cuts. The driver Mr. Martin, his wife, their seven year old son, and Mrs. Weeks’s aunt were treated after the crash as the group traveled from De Leon to Floydada. Initial aid occurred in Lueders before the group went to Stamford Sanitarium for further care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lueders
Kinney
Stamford Sanitarium
Roy Weeks
de Leon
M. B. Martin
Floydada
Martin
Marion Martin
Wanda Martin
Martins
Bagwell Opens Men’s Wear Store in Stamford
Stamford opens Bagwell's Men’s Wear on the west side of the square with Ben Bagwell assisted by D C Bailey and Jimmie Loveless. The new shop features white interiors, gray cement floors, fluorescent lighting, lighted show windows, and refinished floors. Bagwell ends his Haskell shop after ten years. his wife will join him soon as they rent an East Reynolds Street duplex apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Ben Bagwell
Men's Wear
Bagwell
Haskell
Byron Lewis
East Reynolds Street
Good A Week Rainfall Boosts Stamford Cotton
Rainfall in Stamford over the past week totaled 2.79 inches, with .30 inch on Thursday night and .98 inch across Saturday and Sunday. Showers began around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday and persisted through the day for a total of 1.51 inches, helping cotton and feeding grounds with cooler temperatures overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
President of State Exchange Club to Visit Friday
Ben B. Scott of Greenville, president of the Texas State Exchange Clubs, will arrive Friday and spend the weekend here conferring with Charlie Green, the state secretary, and local officials about plans for the coming state convention. The Stamford Club will host the convention on September 26 and 27. Scott is due in time for the weekly luncheon at the Stamford Inn Friday at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben B. Scott
Greenville
Texas State Exchange Clubs
Charlie Green
Stamford
Scott
Stamford Inn
Oil Situation Topic at Stamford Chamber Breakfast
The Stamford Chamber of Commerce will host a breakfast at the Stamford Inn on September to discuss the oil situation and its defense program benefits. Jim Watson, executive secretary of the West Central Texas Oil and Gas Association, will speak, with several oil operators expected to attend. The meeting is led by the chamber’s industrial committee headed by C. M. Francis and C. Green, of C. manager, announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Stamford Inn
Jim Watson
Abilene
Texas Oil and Gas Association
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
C. M. Francis
Charlie Green
C. Manager
Stamford Fine Arts Club Opens Season With Formal Dinner
The Stamford Fine Arts Club kicks off its season with a formal dinner at the Stamford Inn on September 6 honoring new president Ruth Francis and new members. The program focuses on Folk Music with Stamford Music Club members as guests. meetings move to the home economics couture for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Fine Arts Club
Stamford Inn
Ruth Francis
C. M. Francis
Peggy Bagby
Martha Jo Baird
Jeanne Braun
Mary Sue Culwell
Katherine Feris
Leemore Fuqua
Effie Jean Parrh
Bette Gray
Annette Carothers
Dorothy Howse
Effie Jean Furrh
Joy Hughes
Dorothy Paul Summers
Peggy Tinsley
Katheryn Spencer
Barbara Sims
Mary Jean Yates
Mary Frances Lawdon
Mary Sue Humphrey
Janice Jackson
Jean Brownfield
Jo Ann Russell
Eva Jo Upshaw
Stamford Music Club
Home Economics Couture
D. Lee Hukel Named New Minister of Stamford Church
D Lee Hukel of Cisco has been secured as the new minister for the Stamford Church of Christ and will assume duties September 15. He has served as minister in Cisco for the past year. The Hukel family rents the Doyle Middleton home on East Hamilton Street and has two children, a 14 year old daughter and a daughter who teaches. O H Tabor, the former minister, moved with his family to Lamesa to serve as minister there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Hukel
Cisco
Stamford
Rotarians Urged to Adopt Lasting Community Project
Stamford Rotary Club hears district governor Cal Farley urge a permanent club project with wide member participation. The Will Rogers Bunkhouse venue, Frank B. Ramey presiding, marks his official visit with wives present for the first time. Amarillo girls Joan Farley Marilyn Cornelius and Vesta O'Dell entertained with piano and tap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Rotary Club
Cal Farley
Will Rogers
Cowboy Reunion Association
Chuckwagon
Frank B. Raymey
Amarillo
Joan Farley
Marilyn Cornelius
Ad Vesta O'Dell
Miss O'Dell
R. B. Bryant
Farley
Ramey
New Men Added to Soil Conservation Office in Stamford
The Stamford Soil Conservation Office adds new staff including Clark A. Jacobs junior engineer and Francis H. Beyer agricultural aid. Morrison W. Liston, Orvin H. Bartley, James G. McCallum, and David Leventhal remain in their posts as assistant engineer, junior range examiner, junior agricultural aid, and clerk. J. M. Bird and family relocate to Snyder with district conservationist promotion noted. Thomas P. Porter becomes work leader at the Stamford office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Bird
Carolyn
Snyder
Sind
Soil Conservation Service
Thomas P. Porter
Worl Pi
Soil Conservations
Stamford
Clark A. Jacobs
Burkburnett
Francis H. Beyer
Edgewood
Iowa
Morrison W. Liston
Orvin H. Bartley
James G. McCallum
David Leventhal
Lubbock Man to Lead Stamford High Band
Bill Hatcher of Lubbock and Texas Tech graduate has been hired as Stamford High School band teacher and will also teach World History. He directed bands at Lubbock Junior High and a consolidated Lubbock-area school, and he and his wife bought a home at 1031 Symonds Place from R B Spencer and Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hatcher
Lubbock
Texas Technological College
Stamford High School
Hatcher
Symonds Place
R. B. Spencer and Company
Sacred Harp Singers Convene in Haskell Sunday
The Central West Texas Sacred Harp singing convention will meet in the courthouse in Haskell on Sunday August 31 for an all day program. All lovers of good old time singing are invited to bring lunch and spend the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central West Texas
Sacred Harp Singing Convention
Haskell
Song Leader for Revival at First Baptist Levelland
T. R. Harrison education and music director at First Baptist Levelland leads revival song services at First Baptist Church starting Sunday. Rev. E. Douglas Carver of University Baptist Abi lene will preach. Harrison and his wife will accompany on piano. Morning services likely indoors 10 to 10 and evening 5 to 9, pastor Dick O’Brien says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Harrison
First Baptist Church
Levelland
First Baptist
E. Douglas Carver
University Baptist Church
Abilene
Harrison
Mrs. Harrison
School of Gospel Music
School of Education
Southwestern Seminary
Fort Worth
Dick O’brien
Women's Society in Circles Divides at St John’s Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at St John’s Methodist Church splits into three circles with chairmen Mrs R C Thomas Circle 1 Mrs Tom Johnston Circle 2 and Mrs F E Upshaw Circle 3. Circles meet monthly with combined gatherings the first Monday. soon they will rotate meetings at members’ homes alphabetically and hold church-wide sessions on September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of
Circle No. 1
Thomas
Howard Rogers
Sagerton
J. B. Dodson
Garth McCallum
Hownd Rogers
Haskell Sanlefer
Meadames B. H. Baird
Tilman Caldwell
Joh. Dodson
Haskell Sandefer
L. Hi. Terry
P. C. Owen
Step-for-Britain Dance to Be Held at Anson
Stamford residents are invited to a Labor Day event in Anson on September 1. The British war relief committee sponsors Pioneer Hall entertainment with Rhea's Orchestra performing square dances schottisch waltz and polkas. Dancing starts at 5 50 p m Balcony seats are available for spectators contributing to the relief effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anson
All_ of
Stamford
Britain
British War Relief Committee
Pioneer Hall
Rhea’s Orchestra of
Welby Callicoatte Takes Technician Post at Haskell Hospital
Welby Callicoatte is employed as a technician in the laboratory of Haskell County Hospital at Haskell. He completed a special technician course in California several months ago and, with Mrs. Callicoatte, has moved to Haskell to make their home. Mrs. Callicoatte remains briefly in Stamford Sanitarium office work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welby Callicoatte
Haskell County Hospital
Haskell
California
Callicoatte
Stamford Sanitarium
Stamford Schools Open Registration Amid Faculty Changes
Stamford Public Schools plan registration on September 8 with classwork starting September 10. The board kept courses and rules largely unchanged. several staff moves include resignations, returns from leave, and new hires. Armistice and Thanksgiving holidays are set, as are two spring holidays, with detailed exam and entrance procedures outlined for different grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Stamford Public Schools
Board of Education
T. R Tinsley
F. W. Pauling
H. S. Fitzgerald
Walter Daugherity
United States Army
Esther Rogers
Owas
Oliver Street
Mary Emma Neaves
Tinsley
Miss Neaves
Morris Childers
District Court In Anson Opens Monday For Six Weeks
The 104th District Court of Jones County will convene in Anson on Monday September 1 and continue for six weeks. The grand jury will report at 9 am with jurors Ed Wilson Anson W B Hagens Anson L E Clyburn Hawley S D Knox Abilene Nugent Rt W A Clark Anson Rt 2 J L Hill Jr Stamford Carl Ekdahl Avoca H E Herrick Lueders J O Shamburger Stamford A B Carlton Hamlin G E Ashburn Stamford Rt 2 A A Hackley Hamlin W C Spurgen Merkel Rt Delma D Shelburne Hamlin L E Fielder Hamlin J H Dety Avoca
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
104Th District Court
Jones County
Anson
Ed Wilson
W. B. Hagens
L. E. Clyburn
Hawley
S. D. Knox
Abilene
Nugent
W. A. Clark
J. L. Hill, Jr
Stamford
Carl Ekdahl
Avoca
H. E. Herrick
Lueders
J. O. Shamburger
A. B. Carlton
Hamlin
G. E. Ashburn
A. A. Hackley
W. C. Spurgen
Merkel
Delma D. Shelburne
L. E. Fielder
J. H. Dety
Tennis Doubles Honors Taken by Miller and Swenson
The annual city tennis tournament faces delays due to rain with many matches unfinished. In men’s doubles Gene Swenson and Billy Miller clinched first place 6-4 6-4 6-4 over Charles Brownfield and R Moritz, while Jim Miller and Howard Overby won by default over John B. Stratford and James A. McMurrin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jima
Billy McDaniel
C. R. Moritz
Rick Unds
Miller
McDaniel
Tommie Rector
Mary Greenway
Moritz
Bounds
Overby
Jay Miller
Brownfield
Tinsley
William Baker
James T. Rodgers
Stamford youth joins U S Marines in West Texas
Johnny E Wilkins son of Mr and Mrs Berry C Wilkins Route 2 Stamford has enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and will transfer to San Diego for initial training He plans to continue his education via vocational schools while in service and may be assigned to foreign duty sea service or a home station after 6 to 8 weeks of training
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny E. Wilkins
Berry C. Wilkins
Route 2
Stamford
United States Marine Corps
West Texas
Young Wilkins
San Diego
California
U. S. Marine Corps
U.S. Marine Corps
Abilene
Johnny
Earl Crawford Joins Naval Flying Cadets
Earl Crawford son of Mr and Mrs Sam Crawford has enlisted for aviation training in the U S Navy. A Hardin Simmons University graduate he will begin at the Naval Air Base Dallas and then move to Pensacola Florida or Corpus Christi for further training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Crawford
Sam Crawford
United States Navy
U. S. Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Crawford
Hardin- Simmons University
Abilene
Naval Air Base
Dallas
Pensacola
Florida
Corpus Christi
John Hansell Named New Field Man For Boy Scouts
John Hansell of San Antonio becomes the new Boy Scout field executive for Jones and Haskell counties, succeeding Jack Vogel. He has three years as a scoutmaster and was a former elementary principal at Macdona. He holds a BA from St Mary’s University and an MA from the University of Texas, with scouting noted in his thesis. The Hansells arrived in Stamford this week and reside at 623 East Oliver Street. Both are Episcopal Church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hansell
San Antonio
Jones and Haskell
Jack Vogel
Ton
Hansell
Macdona
St. Mary's University
More Women are Needed to Sew For War Relief
Jones County Red Cross asks volunteers to meet September hospitalization garment quota. Mrs Lyles and Mrs York oversee sewing at the Bo mar Heights school daily 1:50 to 5 pm. Anson reports 37 overalls 7 dresses 5 sweaters delivered. overall goal remains far from complete as supplies are sent to Britain for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Red Cross
W. Poyles
Hetrwtan
Lyles
Bomar Heights School
York
Gordon Davis Named Merchandising Manager for Gas Company
Gordon Davis of Decatur is appointed merchandising manager for the Stamford district of Community Natural Gas Company by district manager Bill Braymer. He replaces C. E. Rappe who resigned. Davis has hardware store merchandising experience and the district includes thirteen towns. He and his family reside at 222 South Orient Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Davis
Decatur
Stamford
Community Natural Gas Company
Bill Braymer
C. E. Rappe
Davis
Mr. Davis
South Orient Street
Eastern Star Honors Rob Morris Founder Program
The Stamford chapter hosted a Rob Morris program after its regular lodge meeting Tuesday night. Miss May Massey presided as worthy matron, Miss Lou Williams spoke on the founder and early history, and Mrs. Henry Cook served as hostess with seed watermelon served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob Morrie
Order of the Eastern Star
Stamford
May Massey
Sessois
Lou Williams
Henry Cook
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County
W. H. Griswold
Central Christian
President State Exchange Club
D. Lee Hukel
Church of Christ
Soil Conservation
Stamford High
Sacred Harp Singers
Women’s Society of Christian Service
The
Senor
Reynolds Street
Oliver School
Oliver
Wichita Valley
Union Station
Hamilton Street
District Court
Miller, Swenson
U.S. Marines
Naval Flying Cadets
Boy Scouts
Jones and Haskell Counties
Jones County Red Cross
Gas Company
Eastern Star
Rob Morris
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