Collecting Guns of Yesteryear Fascinates Many Texans
The Winchester Gun Museum in New Haven houses a vast firearms collection with Texas ties. Notable pieces include a Walker Colt used by Texas rangers, Civil War arms, and a Sharps Carbine with a coffee grinder stock. Texans Paul Fulks Sr and others grow local antique gun clubs and books from Stackpole illuminate Civil War weapon production.
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Vern Sanford
Winchester Gun Museum
New Haven
Conn
Thomas FE. Hall
Winchester Museum
Texas
America
Oliver Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
Captain Walker
Texas Rangers
Mexico
Bill
Gooch
Raymondville
Southwest
Norman Swansburg
Rio Grande City
Winchester
Tyler
Rusk
Collec
Collee
Sharps
Paul M. Fulks Sr
Wolfe City
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Stackpole Co
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
William A. Albaugh III
Donald B. Webster Jr
Stackpole
Witte
San Antonio
Alamo
State Library
Austin
State Museum
Camp Fire Group Names Officers In Christmas Program
Jacquelyn Southerland was named president of the A o wa ki ya Camp Fire Group at recent officer elections. Other officers include Susan Wartes vice president Debra Riddle secretary Sharon Terrell treasurer and Elsie Penney scribe. The group will hold a Christmas party and program at the Terrell home with mothers as guests.
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Jacquelyn Southerland
Susan Wartes
Debra Riddle
Sharon Terrell
Elsie Penney
Jerry Terrell
Christi Lynn Terrell
Terrell
Mrs. W. C. Pratt Dies in Abilene Buried in Burnet
Funeral services for Mrs. W. C. Pratt of Stamford were held at the First Baptist Church. Graveside rites followed at EastView Cemetery in Burnet with Kinney Funeral Home in charge. She died at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene after illness that began Thursday afternoon.
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W .C. Pratt
Stamford
First Baptist Church
Eastview
Burnet
Kinney Funeral Home
Convicted for Forged Check Case In Stamford
Rob ert McGinnis of Haskell was convicted of passing a forged 37 check at Cashway Foods in Stamford. He was alleged to have passed bad checks at several Stamford stores but faced charges for the single offense.
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Robert McGinnis
Haskell
Ekdahl Services Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Oscar L. Ekdahl 76 a Leuders blacksmith were held at 2 30 p m at Bethal Lutheran Church with Pastor H T Haterius officiating Burial was in the Church yard Cemetery under Kinney Funeral Home direction He died at 2 15 a m Monday in Anson Care Home where he had lived 14 months Born December 23 1888 in Sweden he came to the United States at age seven He moved to Jones County in 1906 and married Winnie Schuquist on April 2 1919 at Bethal Lutheran Church He was a World War I veteran Survivors include his wife three brothers Carl Avoca Walter Stamford and Gus Oregon two sisters Alma Carlson Stamford and Albert Nelson Dallas Pallbearers were John Nelson Adolph Olson John Ed Youngquist O K Richardson C A Terry and W E Winkle.
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Oscar L. Ekdahl
Lueders
Bethal Lutheran Church
H. B. Haterius
Kinney Funeral Home
Mr. Ekdahl
Anson
Sweden
United States
Jones County
Elgin
Tex
Winnie Schuquist
Leeders
Carl
Avoca
Walter
Stamford
Gus
Oregon
Alma Carlson
Albert Nelson
Dallas
John Nelson
Adolph Olson
John Ed Youngquist
O. K. Richardson
C. A. Terry
W. E. Winkle
Stamford Avoca FFA Show Slated Jan 8
The Stamford Avoca Future Farmers of America local project show will be held January 8 at the FFA Project Center in Stamford. Vocational agricultural teacher T. C. Blankenship at Hamlin will judge, according to vo-age instructor Charles Stenholm at Avoca.
Forger Given Two-Year Term
A jury in 104th District Court at Anson sentenced a forger to two years in prison after deliberation last Wednesday. The case details reflect a criminal act prosecuted locally with the defendant facing standard penalties for forgery.
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104Th District Court
Anson
Delib
Construction Down For Past Two Months
City Judge R. K. Rowland reports no building permits issued in Stamford during October, November, or December. Only small residential addition permits were issued in those months, with total construction from January through October totaling 204,600 dollars for the year to date.
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Stamford
R. K. Rowland
Rowland
Births Dee Reveals Daughter Veronica Guadalupe
Veronica Guadalupe born to Mr. and Mrs. Pete Rios of Avoca. The infant is welcomed as a daughter for Dee and family supports the new arrival with congratulations and best wishes.
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Dee
Veronica Guadalupe
Pete Rios
Avoca
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L. A. Wilke
Hamilton
Wilke
Princess
Texas Almanac
Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning News Communications
Mary Louise Trovillion
Fairbanks
Alaska
E. B Kinard
Bob Kinard
Bobby
Dayton
Ohio
Kinard
E. B. Britton
W. C. Pratt
Abilene
Western Choir Boys
Lillian Lloyd
Wichita Falls
Glen Bower
Pittsburg
Dick Bowers
Dalhart
Vern Bowers
Arris Thompson
Oklahoma City
Jess Woolf
Lee Erwin
R. C. Pratt
Midland
Barber Hockersmith
Waco
T. L. Holland
Floydada
J. I. Moody
Holt Lloyd
Vernon
Arthur Lloyd
San Angelo
M. L. Kizziar
Altus
Okla
Fred Yates
Sand Springs
Horace Belew
Bart Holland
Breckenridge Boys Choir
White House
John F. Kennedy
Firestone
Wilt Andrews
Vic Damone
Dorothy Kirsten
West Teflon
Featuring Julie
James Mecracken
Atic
West Bend
Sunbeam
Mercury
Lure Grandfather
Dominion
Jack Nicklaus
Philco
Jackson Tire CO
Ekdahl
Carhartt
Madras
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