City to Repair and Grade Many Unimproved Streets
Stamford to launch a street repair program focusing on unimproved roads. Work has begun but faced delays from water mains and a street grader axle. Plans include scarifying, grading, and later graveling. costs will be prepared as estimates.
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Stamford
Harry Steenson
Stamford County Line Independent School District
Raymond Astin
Harvard Street
Hamilton
Steenson
MecHarg Street
Orient
Harvard
Postoffice Department
Wetherbee Street
Jack Tidwell
Tidwell
Polic Department
American Again Publishes Santa Letters in Stamford
In Stamford American the paper announces it will print reader letters to Santa before Christmas. An unsigned note from a girl asks for a walking doll a football a watch a rubber bone for a puppy a Doll-E-Feeder and a cash register.
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American Again
Santa
Stamford American
Santa Claus
TB Christmas Seal Sale Slow in Jones County
Jones County TB drive reports only 96 local donors in Stamford area up to Thanksgiving with 3893 letters mailed countywide and 407 returned. Miss Greenway notes 83 percent of funds stay in county after forming Jones County TB Association. reminders go out December 15. Total county receipts stand around 3909.25 with Stamford 197 Avoca 8 Anson 119.75 Hamlin 294.50 and about 300 more received since Thanksgiving.
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Stamford
Lennie Greekway
Jones County TB Association
Greenway
county organiz@ion
Jones County
March of Dimes Names Campaign Chairmen in Jones County
Bob Bandeen of Stamford reveals several chairmen for the March of Dimes drive in Jones County. Norris Russell is treasurer and Rev John Gibbs is named assistant campaign director for Jones County. Local chairmen include R. B. Bryant for Stamford and C. W. Bartlett for Anson. other towns to be announced. The effort aims to boost funds after recent needs from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Stamford VFW announces its annual March of Dimes benefit.
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Jones County
Bandeen
John Gibbs
Stamford
March of Dimes
Norris Russell
R. B. Bryant
Star
Inter
Hamlin
C. W. Bartlett
Anson
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Stamford Vfw
Baldwins Attend Funeral in Taylor for Mrs Baldwin's Mother
Mr and Mrs Marshall Baldwin of Aspermont traveled to Taylor after the death of Mrs Baldwin's mother Mrs J F Bowers who had been ill a long time. The Baldwins have visited often and Mrs Baldwins father also remains ill.
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Marshall Baldwin
Aspermont
Taylor
Mrs. Baldwin
J. F. Bowers
Baldwins
Walter Cox Called Up by Army
Walter Erwin Cox was called to report for service on December 4. His wife, the former Lou Etta Hardy, will remain here for the time being. Cox had been employed by the Lone Star Gas Co.
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Walter Erwin Cox
Lou Etta Hardy
Cox
Lone Star Gas Co
Stamford High Senior Entered in Voice of Democracy
Joy Sosebee junior at Stamford High School was the Stamford participant in the Voice of Democracy contest sponsored by the Stamford Junior Chamber of Commerce and the National Broadcasters Association. Her five minute script, taped at KDWT, entered the regional stage with the finals slated nationally.
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Joy Sosebee
Voice of Democracy
Stamford Jaycees
Stamford
The
United States
Junior Chamber of Commere and
Radio and Television Broadcasting Association of America
KDWT
Stamford Junior Chamber of Commerce
Joy
T. F. Sosebee
FHA
Christmas Musicale Delights Stamford Club at Central Church
The Stamford Music Club filled Central Presbyterian Church to a full house Tuesday December 9 with a Christmas musicale. Mrs. Mayes played organ preludes, Mrs. Frizell welcomed attendees, and Rev. Gibbs delivered the invocation. The program featured carols and a Jesus Bambino solo, with the choir in vestments performing seasonal songs and poems read by Mrs. Hi G Andrews Jr. The benediction was offered by Rev. Jean Blarboum, and special candle decor graced the front. The club plans dec 19 carols at Stamford Sanitarium and its annual Christmas observance.
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Stamford Music Club
Central Presbyterian Church
William E. Mayes
J. W. Frizell, Jr
John Gibbs
Mayes
H. Smith
Adolphe Adam
Ted Myers
Jesus Bambino
George Rollins
Hi. G. Andrews, Jr
Music Club
L Alaby
Jesus
Lord Jesus
Hubert Bell
H. DD. Sroith
Jean Blarboum
Central Christian Church
R. C. Giles
Wayne Humphrey
Stamford Sanitarium
Bulldogs Face Childress in AA playoff quarterfinals
The Stamford Bulldogs meet Childress in Friday 2 pm quarterfinals at the stadium with seating for about 4900 and 1400 Stamford tickets sold. Stamford arrives fresh after a 35 0 win over Seminole and looks to stop Childress pass defense while relying on Lowe Kelley Wash Moritz Humphrey.
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Stamford Bulldogs
Childress
The
Blue
Kenneth Lowe
Max Kelley
Wayne Wash
Eldon Moritz
George Humphrey
Lowe
Childress Stadium
Nat's Cafe
Stamford
Coach Wood
Ween Childress
Floydsda
Bobcats
Seymour
Baylor County
Bobby Morris
Bulldogs
Lee Walker
Chillicothe
Comanche
Thisse
Childre Bobcats
Bobcat Stadium
Bobcat
Mickey Barron
Jim Shelton
Leland Cagle
Joe Norman
Leo Stehens
Perry Morren
Ted Lane
Billy Brownne Javaro
Tony Thompson
Tom Chesnut
Carl Don Allen
Donald Raney
Frank Moore
Jim Landrum
Bobby White
Billy Collyer
Bobby Powell
Clin Graham
Johnny Crews
Charles Cheatheam
Carl Fatherly
Troy Boykin
Lynn Mink
Tom Hestand
Harold Goodson
Ernest Holleman
Fred Meeks
Claude Lane
LaNoel Castleperry
Lindley Davis
Ben Purcell
Edwin Liles
Billy McNabb
Lowell Landrum
Sam Wrinkle
Charles Churchill
Christmas Lighting Contest For Homes In Stamford
Stamford annual Christmas lighting contest, jointly sponsored by the Stamford Garden Club and Stamford Chamber of Commerce, will be judged December 20. Mrs. Edgar Ellis chairs the civic committee with Mrs. George Rollins and Mrs. Earl Stagner assisting. Homes to be judged must be listed with the Chamber by December 20 noon.
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Stamford
Stamford Garden Club
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Edgar Ellis
Garden Club Civic Committee
Civic Committee
Ellis
George Rollins
Earl Stagner
Garden Club
Chamber of Commerce
Pete Billington Returning to U.S. Home by December 20
Sgt Pete Billington, overseas nine months, is expected to reach home by December 20. His parents say he will likely be stationed at El Paso after returning. Billington, a radio man based in Japan, has flown 43 aerial missions over Korea.
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Pete Billington
J. R. Billington
Fl Paso
Billington
Japan
Korea
Japanese Student Warns Rotarians About Rearming Japan
Shigeo Sato a McMurry College student told Rotarians he opposes rearming Japan fearing it would ruin Oriental civilization He criticized militarism citing his wartime service and described shifts in Occupation era policy from demilitarization to economic pressure and potential remilitarization by US guidance
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Japan
Shigeo Sato
McMurry College
Abilene
Rotarians
Sato
Otis G. Carnes
Birth announcement for Robbie Joe Osment in Stamford
A son, Robbie Joe Osment, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Osment at Stamford Sani tarium on December 4, weighing six pounds. He has an older sister, Mary Ellen Osment. The family includes eight grandparents and several great grandparents listed as Earl Osment, Vesta Samuels, Joe Samuels, E. R. Davis, Ara Samuels, S. R. Osment, and Mrs. T. J. Amos.
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Robbie Joe Osment
Joe Osment
Stamford Sanitarium
Mary Ellen Osment
Earl Osment
Vesta Samuels
Stamford
Joe Samuels
Lubbock
E. R. Davis
Wichita Falls
Ara Samuels
Fastland
S. R. Osment
T. J. Amos
Erwin Grimes Leaves Navy for Houston Oil Post
Erwin E. Grimes, long aboard the USS Sarasota, is discharged after 19 months and five months of amphibious warfare instruction at Little Creek. He and his wife with two daughters Susan Marguerite and Pestry Eloise will stay in Norfolk a month before Grimes returns to work as a geologist for Houston Oil Co. in Houston where they recently bought a home.
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Erwin E. Grimes
United States Navy
Sarasota
Little Creek
Norfolk
Vaili
Susan Marguerite
Pestgy Eloise
Grimes
Houston Oil Co
Houston
H. Grimes
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Bob Bandeen
Walter Cox
Rsa Mason
Snyder
Moritz
Tahoka
Harlin
Full House
Seminole
Gordon Wood
U.S
Erwin Grimes
Navy
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