WSCS Meeting Highlights Remembrance and Christmas Plans
Mrs. Marvin Stanford leads the WSCS program at St. John's United Methodist Church with readings and a poster presentation on The Church Witness and Its Survival. Special guests from the Fourth Circle attend, and birthday candies are lit for December birthdays. A December 10 choir dinner and December 17 Christmas program are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Stanford
WSCS
Gram
Swenson Davis
Jack McClendon
W. J. Bryant
J. E. Massey
St. John’s Choir
Rev. Sharp
Ray Kinney
Hybeth Stedrhs
Janis Walker Thorp to Wed Marshall Durham Jr
Janis Walker Thorp daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles W Thorp Abilene formerly Stamford and Marshall Pershing Durham Jr son of Mr and Mrs Marshall P Durham Brownwood will marry January 25 at 7 pm at Aldersgate Methodist Church Abilene The bride to be is a 1966 Cooper High School graduate and a Texas Tech junior majoring in child development and family relations The groom to be is a 1962 CHS graduate and a senior at FE Centre College majoring in respiratory therapy and employed at Methodist Hospital Dallas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Thorp
Abilene
Stamford
Janis Walker Thorp
Marshall Pershing Durham, Jr
Marshall Pershing Durham
Brownwood
Aldersgate Methodist Church
Cooper High School
Texas Tech
CHS
Sacred Carols and Customs Highlight Stamford Music Club Program
The Stamford Music Club hosted a sacred program titled Carols and Customs From Far Away Places on December 10 at Mrs. Ray Kinney’s home. Notables included Mrs. Billy McKeever directing the Hymn of the Month Brightest and Best and Miss Yvonne Peterson performing The Angel's Anthem with piano by Mrs. George Humphrey. An illustrated Christmas poem by Mrs. Tommy Hammer and an introduction of carols by Mrs. Lynn Gillespie completed the evening along with a Music Chorus under Mrs. Tony Selmon. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Music Club
Ray Kinney
Kinney
George Humphrey
Bill Reed
James Self
Charles Stenholm
John D. Webb
James H. West
Billy McKeever
Tony Selmon
W. E
Family pays respects after Has kell funeral
J. J. West of Fort Stockton and Mrs. Eddie Bennett spent Sunday night with Mrs. J. West following the funeral for their uncle Sam Cobb in Haskell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. West
Fort Stockton
Eddie Bennett
J. West
Sam Cobb
Haskell
Local B and P W Establishes A Scholarship Foundation
The Stamford Business and Professional Women's Club forms The Margaret Crockett Scholarship Foundation to fund a self supporting local scholarship program. Named for longtime Stamford teacher and former B&PW member Miss Margaret Crockett, it will operate via a memorial committee led by Mrs. B. B. Gay. Mrs. Marthe Harman of Abilene spoke on Christmas as many things, presenting festive table ideas and gift packaging demonstrations to about thirty members and guests.
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Margaret Crockett
Stamford Business and Professional Women's Club
B&pw
Stamford
Woman of Achieve
B. B. Gay
Bill McClellan
Lee Walker
Gay
George Kinney
Dennis Wilson
Addie Mae Kennedy
N. W. Smith
Ona
Betty Ann Day and J. E. Cox wed in Dallas ceremony
Betty Ann Day and J. E. Cox were married November 23 at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Dallas with Dr. L. D. Kennedy officiating. The bride, daughter of Bernice Day and George Day of Philadelphia Mississippi, earned a BA in education from the University of Mississippi and works in the Richardson School System. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs Herman Cox of Stamford, is a CPA with Ernest and Ernest in Dallas. They will live in Dallas.
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J. E. Cox
Betty Ann Day
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Dallas
L. D. Kennedy
Bernice Day
George Day
Philadelphia
Philadelphia High School
Mississippi State College For Women
University of Mississippi
Richardson School System
Cox
Herman Cox
Stamford
Stamford High School
University of Texas
Ernest and
Ernest
Joann Kendrick and Jap Spraberry to Wed in Lueders
Mrs. Maurine Kendrick announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter Omi Joann Kendrick to Jasper Dewitt Spraberry I, son of Mr. and Mrs. J D Spraberry of Stamford. The couple plan to wed December 14 at Lueders Methodist Church at 7 30 p m. Friends and relatives are invited.
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Maurine Kendrick
Lueders
Omi Joann
Jasper Dewitt Spraberry I
J. D. Spraberry
Stamford
Lueders High School
Cisco Junior College
Future
Stamford High School
Mistletoe Transit Co
Lueders Methodist Church
New Books Arrive at Carnegie Library Collection
Mrs Hollis Payne librarian at Carnegie Library announces new arrivals including The First Circle The Cancer Ward both by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn A Small Town In Germany by John Le Carr Force 10 From Navarone by Alistair MacLean The Arms of Krupp by William Manchester Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer How Many Miles to Galena by Richard Brissell The Saint and the Fiction Maker by Leslie Charteris and On Reflection by Helen Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Payne
Carnegie Library
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
Germany
John le Carr
Navarone
Alistair MacLean
Krupp
William Manchester
Kate
Georgette Heyer
Galena
Richard Brissell
The
Saint and the Fiction Maker
Leslie Charteris
Helen Hayes
Texas oil output rises as top 95 fields drive share
A report shows the top 95 oil fields in Texas now produce about 69 percent of state output. The data highlights concentration of production among large fields, with implications for energy policy and regional economics. Authorities note continued activity in both vertical and horizontal developments.
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Texas
Jones County Delegates Named for Farmers Union Conventions
Four Jones County farmers attended the state Farmers Union convention in Austin. Jay Naman of Waco was re elected president. F A Lollar of Anson was named alternate delegate to the national convention. Others include K A Goza Jr, Stuart Propst of Anson and John Scarborough of Hamlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Farmers Union
Austin
Jay Naman
Waco
F. A. Lollar
Anson
K. A. Goza Jr
Stuart Propst
John Scarborough
Hamlin
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Otto Smith
Women's Society of Christian Service
St. John's
E. B. Kinard
Garth McCallum
Dick Edwards
Florence
W. Meilang
Florence Wilson
Sormttra Griffin
Modelle Gamblin _ ch
Janis Thorp and
M. P. Durham Jr
Music Club
B& PW
Joann Kendrick
Jap Spraberry
Les White Music Co
Baldwin
Jones Countian
Hinds
McDonalds
Donnkenny
Dacron
Donkenny
Donnkenny Me
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