Annual Meeting of C. of C. to Be Held in January
Anson dispatch notes four Jones County offices changing hands in January including County Attorney Otis Miller Assessor Bill Griffith and Clerk W F Wright. Also listed are new County Superintendent B T Beavers and cleanup of offices and holiday courthouse decorations with a Christmas tree planned for jail inmates.
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Anson
Otis Miller
Hagens
J. M. Putnam
Putnam
W. F. Wright
M. H. Francis
Wright
Francis
B. T. Beavers
Hamlin
Luella Hank
W T U Employees Hold Meeting And Christmas Party
District C of West Texas Utilities held an afternoon safety session and a wheel barrow race for washing machine contest losers. 146 guests attended a turkey dinner at Central Christian church followed by a Country Club party with lights, gifts, and readings. Several long service awards were presented and Santa distributed gifts as an Ranger orchestra provided music for dancing.
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District C
West Texas Utilities Company
Central Christian Church
Mack Wilson
Stamford
Campbell
Abilene
W. G. Owsley
Mitt Adams
John H. Baker
Cantata by Baptist Girls Sunday Evening at First Baptist
Three Baptist groups Fidelis Amama and Y W A Girls join for a cantata Sunday December 23 at 7 30 p m at the First Baptist Church directed by Mrs L B Howard featuring The Birth of The Messiah with quartets duets solos and scripture readings by Sarah Upshaw. Public invited.
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Fidelis
Y. W. A. Girls of the
Baptist Church
The
L. B. Howard
Sarah Upshaw
Woodman Circle Christmas Tree Friday Night
Preparations are complete for the Woodman Circle Christmas tree event to be held at the W O W Hall Friday evening. All lodge members and families are invited and asked to bring a small gift. After Santa visits, games will follow with candy nuts and apples served. Mrs A Crow will entertain the Wednesday Bridge Club Thursday afternoon. Mr and Mrs John E Fouts and sons of Haskell were guests in the W C Pratt home Sunday to celebrate the joint birthdays of Dorothy Mae Pratt and George William Fouts.
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Jones County “Hall of Justice
Anson High School
Court House
Jones County
Woodman Circle
W. O. W. Hall
Santa Claus
John E. Fouts
Haskell
W. C. Pratt
Dorothy Mae Pratt
George William Fouts
Woodman Circle Drill Team Visits Breckenridge Meeting
Stamford National Drill Team of the Woodman Circle traveled to Breckenridge for an all day meeting and initiation. Attendees included 25 new members, a juvenile flag drill, and talks for the good of the society. Visitors came from multiple Texas towns and Oklahoma, with fruit cake and punch served. Mrs. A. H. Goldaucker won a funded Miami trip for January 1929.
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Stamford
Woodman Circle
Breckenridge
the Guardian
Lois Harden
Elizabeth Moody
Virginia McKinney
Texas Harrisons
Abilene
Albany
Moran
Cleburne
Caddo
Graham
Altus
Oklahoma
A. H. Goldaucker
Miami
Fla
Presbyterian Banquet At Central Church Celebrates Evening
Friday night event at Central Presbyterian Church featured an attendance contest between men and women, with the men losing. R E McDonald organized a turkey dinner and program headlined by Mary Louise McDonald, Earline and Sarah Jo Daniel, Mia W Clark, and Maxine Rowland with a saxophone duo. Rev E B Surface from Abilene gave the address. an orchestra performed. About two hundred guests attended.
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Central Presbyterian Church
R. FE. McDonald
R. E. McDonald
Mary Louise McDonald
Earline
Sarah Jo Daniel
Mia. W. Z. Clark
Maxine Rowland
Josephine Pinson
Rev. E. B. Surface
Abilene
Dick Rowland
Shirley Lindsey
Mr and Mrs Chester Yeatts Visit Anson Sunday
Mr and Mrs Chester Yeatts were seen visiting in Anson on Sunday, with local residents noting their presence and interactions around town activities.
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Mrs
Chester Yeatts
Anson
White Christmas Service at Central Christian Church
A Christmas service titled White Gifts for the King will be held at Central Christian Church Sunday evening December 25 at 7 40 p m The program includes hymns readings solos and the presentation of gifts by church departments concluding with benediction
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Central Christian Church
M. B. Harris
Cathy
Mre
Harry Fuller
Virginia Fuller
Royal David's
Margie Harrie
Mary Fleming
Inez Meeker
Vielin
Bennie Burrow
Herald Ang
Texas Odd Fellows hold Fort Worth session
Ray Rector H F Jackson and F M Locke attended a special session of the Grand Lodge of Texas Odd Fellows in Fort Worth Monday Rector grand warden of Texas Odd Fellows will become deputy grand master at the Beaumont grand lodge meeting in March.
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Ray Rector
H. F. Jackson
F M. Locke
Grand Lodge of Texas Odd Fellows
Fort Worth
Mr Rector
Texas Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge
Beaumont
Christmas American to Appear Monday Issue
The Christmas edition of The American will publish Monday instead of Thursday featuring special Christmas articles and Stamford merchants greetings. All ads and news must reach the office by tomorrow or by Saturday morning at the latest, as final pages go to press Saturday afternoon.
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Stamford
Miss Thompson Wins in Contest at Aldersons
Miss Verlyne Thompson won first prize a bedroom suite in a sale contest at Aldersons. Ruth Tunnell took second prize a chest of silverware and Avo Sylvester third a wrist watch. Faye Campbell fourth an overnight bag, Mrs Heasie Jones fifth a linen luncheon set, Fuqua sixth a pair of silk hose. Votes: Thompson 3 567 215 Tunnell 4 276 000 Sylvester 4 112 760 Campbell 2 201 200 Jones 2 150 041 Fuqua 1 AKO ATO.
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Verlyne Thompson
Alderson
Ruth Tunnell
Mra Avo Sylvester
Faye Campbell
Heasie Jones
Mre. . A. Fuqua
Vertyn Thompson
Mise
Avo Sylvester
Misa
Bessie Jones
R.A. Fuqua
Nursing class graduation set for January first
Graduation exercises for Stamford Sanitarium nurses will be held at Central Presbyterian Church on January 1 at 7 p.m. Among the graduates are Bertha Schubert Fannie Blacketock Maud Denson Annie Bell Pennington and Florence Carter. Schubert Blacketock and Denson passed state exams in Dallas last October. Pennington and Carter will take theirs in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Sanitarium
Central Presbyterian Church
At & P.m
Bertha Schubert
Fannie Ma ¢ Hlacketockh
Maud Denson
Annie Bell Pennington
Florence Carter
Kehubert
Blagketeck
Denson
Dallas
Octeter
Pennington
Carter
Birthday and wedding dinner at A J Hin home
A birthday and wedding dinner was hosted at the A J Hin home with Mr and Mrs H T King and extended families. The table featured a birthday cake and a bride cake with candles, a large turkey centerpiece, and seating arranged for all relatives. Attendees included H T King, W Upton and family, W T King and family, Lawton Bates, A J King, and Miss Freda King.
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A.J Hin
Mr. W
Lawton Bates
A. J. King
Freda King
King and Mise Eva Collins Wed in Sweetwater Ceremony
King and Mise Eva Collins were quietly married last Thursday at Sweetwater. The bride works as bookkeeper for F W Woolworth's Sweetwater store and the groom is an employee of H O Wooten Grocery, formerly living in Stamford. They plan to reside in Sweetwater and friends wish them happiness.
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HT. King
Mise Eva Collins
Sweetwater
F W. Woolworth
H. O. Wooten Grocery Company
Stamford
Straight A Student Highlighted in Junior High Report
A Stamford junior high notes one student with a flawless A record in the second period. The report lists numerous seventh and sixth grade pupils with high marks and confirms several fourth and second grade students also achieved top records.
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Charlie Frank Willian
Dghter High School
Eixth
Stamford
Nehowla
Hoare Pew Elliott
Frederick Stewart
Margaret Friveetl
Venta — Carson
Willie Cleotte White
Minnie Wenetelager
Ane
Mary Zinn
Bare
Dorothy Baker
Mildred Cope
Jane Smith
Towena Caldwell
Clea Walton
John Herpeche
John Blocker
Mary Alice Abbott
Theresa White
Tony Selmon
Dorothy Carew
Dorothy McChristine
Olene Fleming
Martha Jane Bryant
Lillian Yates
Arlene Emerson
Andrew Griggs
Paul Dotine
Dronehne
Wilbur Rucker
Max Astin
Glen Dodson Ladell Macon
Lucille Irwin
Dorothy Husby
Erelyn Chapman
Margaret Anderson
Herman Hileher
Andrew Stone
Tellus Miller
Forrest Gambill
Joan Bailey
Dorothy Mae Buster
Martha Hell Denerson
Rose Mary Harlan
Carlos Lewis
Mary Lourne McDonald
Jack Pauckett
Sydney Russell
Willy Warwick
Evelyn Wiley
Central Ward
Diena Hridges
Orbyrne Doran
Mott Cope, Jr
Margaret Hille
Teasieoa Martin
Evelyn Young
Ira Bramsett
Alice Cook
Helen Loulee McAliater
Doe Astin
Damine Buli
Bobbie Bryan
Billie Crump
Dorothy Rath Fleming
Jewewlee Helton Lhonethy Kilpatrick
Probthy Jarcett
Jones County Ginned Cotton Totals Reported
The Bureau of Census released Texas county figures on cotton ginned through December 1. Central West Texas counties are listed with totals such as SEA70 bales for Jones County. A daughter was born Tuesday to Mr and Mrs Harry Bounds.
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Jones County
Bureau of Census
Texas
West
Mrs
Harry Bounds
New Directors and Officers for 1929 to Be Elected
Stamford Chamber of Commerce prepares for the annual meeting with election of twelve directors a president and two vice presidents for the new year. The program features brief speeches on local needs and farmer attendance with a banquet and a $1 minimum membership for farmers joining the chamber.
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Fiala Lana T. Tas
Stamford
Commeree
Thor
FM. Locke
Board of Directors
Chamber
Farmore
Chamber of Commerce
Junior class presents play At the End of the Rainbow
The High School junior class will present the play At the End of the Rainbow at City Auditorium Friday evening. The production follows college rivalry themes with clean American student characters and a villain role. The plot includes romance and mistaken loyalties amid an interval with an orchestra.
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City Auditorium
T Dee
Mand
Butler
Seventh Grade Pupils Host Christmas Feast at School
Seventh grade pupils with teachers Mine Leiter Lothar Miss Verity Thomason and FW Pianking will hold an annual Christmas feast in the history room of the intermediate wheel building Friday at noon. Committees have been appointed to plan the event, aiming to be the grandest celebration the school has seen.
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Leiter Lothar
Verity
Thomason
Pianking
Anl
Presbyterian Church Christmas Services Told
The Presbyterian church will observe Christmas with special music and sermons. On Sunday December 25 the morning service will feature a choir and a Christmas sermon. In the evening a full hour of Christmas singing and a program will close with "The Story that Never Grows Old" in song and story.
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Presbyterian Church
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