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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1956
Page
1
Stamford Bulldogs, aiming to avenge a 20-0 December playoff loss to Terrell, prepare for Friday night in Dallas at Cal-High stadium. Coach Gordon Wood fields a deep lineup after a 39-6 San Angelo win, with quarterback Jackson and star back Flowers among key players.
The Tigers list key players with positions and stats: No. 30 Jim Keller quarterback 165 sophomore passes well and kicks 16 straight extra points. No. 32 Tommy Waggoner 160 freshman fullback rushed 890 yards on 115 carries. No. 28 Paul Lea 657 yards in 58 carries right half. No. 24 Bill Flowers 180 senior left half 1,556 yards on 256 carries and extra-point duties. No. 55 Bill Marshall 165 senior center anchors line and guards. No. 73 Jimmy Ruching 185 senior tackle guards on defense and offense.
The Stamford Garden Club and the Chamber of Commerce announce a holiday home decoration contest with three divisions Best decorated window best doorway and best outdoor scene. Entries due by December 19 by calling the chamber and providing name address and division. Judging December 20 to 22 from 6 to 10 p.m. Prizes are 6 and 4 dollars per division.
Alf C Denson 74 a stock farmer and area resident since 1888 died Friday at 10 50 am in Stamford Sanitarium after two years of deteriorating health. Funeral at First Baptist Church Stamford Saturday 3 pm with Rev Byron Bryant officiating. Burial Willow Cemetery Haskell. He married Alice Garren in 1907. Survivors include wife three daughters three sons and many relatives across Haskell county and nearby towns. Pallbearers listed.
Stamford Rotarians heard Robert Robertson describe his eye witness view of the Eniwetok hydrogen bomb test after serving as Texas Civil Defense chief. He compared bomb power to TNT, warned of four damage sources, and urged continued testing amid Cold War fears, introduced by Senator David W. Ratliff.
Rev Miles B Hays of Burkburnett former pastor of the First Baptist Church here suffered a heart attack Sunday and is in General Hospital Wichita Falls. He was in the vestibule waiting to enter night service after preaching in morning service. His condition is good and he expects to stay in hospital for some time. His son Miles B Hays Jr and family of Minnesota plan to visit next week in Burkburnett. John Alverson of Stamford is a patient at Stamford Sanitarium.
Under new legislation farmers may skip planting their 1957 wheat cotton or peanut allotments and still keep farm allotments. They can sign a form to preserve acreage history, with deadlines May 1 1957 for wheat and June 1 1957 for cotton or peanut allotment preservation.
Mrs. H. M. Phillips Sr. returned home from St. Ann hospital in Abilene where she has been since October 30 after sustaining a broken leg during a visit there.
Taxpayers in Jones County Road District No 1 vote Tuesday on issuing $60,000 in bonds to acquire additional right of way for widening State Highway No 92 from Stamford to Hamlin. The plan, funded by a five cent tax per $100, with 15 year maturities at up to 3.5 percent, adjusts right of way to 55 feet north and 65 feet south of the centerline and reroutes near Hamlin.
The Red Cross and United Charities urge naming families in need for Christmas aid. Mrs. Frank cablin and Mrs. Hubert Watson appeal for anyone to submit names or offers of checks and provisions. Local churches and organizations coordinate benevolence efforts, with boxes prepared by PTA units and Rotary funds already raised.
Bertha D. Halsey age 15 died Wednesday at 2:05 pm at her mother’s home on South Fisher Street after cancer. Funeral Friday 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Rev. Byron Bryant officiating. Burial Highland Cemetery, Kinney Funeral Homes in charge. She was born September 28, 19. lived in Stamford most of her life. Survived by husband C J Hulsey of Seminole, two sons Jimmy P D and Douglas Charles, mother Mrs Laannah Whittington, father A L Whittington, two brothers Leonard and Raymond, four sisters in Phoenix and Stamford.
The Oliver Street Church of Christ minister Rad' Rollo Tinkler, a student at Abilene Christian College, will give weekly Bible sermons on KDWT Stamford each Sunday at 7:45 o clock.
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