Captain Locke Assigned to Benning School Training
Captain Frank M. Locke, com mai officer of Company K, 142nd Infantry, leaves for Fort Benning Georgia for a three month battalion commanders course after receiving leave. Company K remains under First Lieutenant Bluford W. Feris with travel to Brownwood canceled. departure now set for December 27. New winter uniforms issued to the unit this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Locke
142Nd Infantry
Fort Benning
Bluford W. Feris
Brownwood
Anson County appoints new judge and county attorney
New County Judge Gilbert Smith of Anson was installed to fill the remainder of Judge Omar Burleson’s term after Burleson resigned to join the federal service. Smith will start his regular term January 1. The commissioners also named George P. Hudson as county attorney to fill Smith’s unexpired term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Smith
Anson
Omar Burleson
Burleson
Smith
Commissioner’s Court
George P. Hudson
Football Banquet Honors Local Youth Teams
A community pep squad hosted a Friday banquet for the football team with a patriotic table setting, flags, and helmet place cards. Coach Walker and assistant were presented gifts. Mrs Walker received a check and golf clubs. Several school staff and players attended, with post event dancing and a welcome from local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Nacy Harrison
Nancy
Billy Jo Beaver
Annette Carothers
Billie Rose
Kathie Spencer
Jerry Williams
Mary Bryan
Doc” McDonald
D.N
Edwina Pendleton
Walter Daugherity
Doris Rosenwasser
Dorothy Howse
Bill Engler
Barbara Ricks
Jane Alexander
Jeanne Braun
Kenneth Williams
Beefus Bryans
Halcyon Stagner
James T. Stell
Fitzgerald
Julian Elliott
Peasy Gray
Jane Duke
Dan Langford
I H Terry Home Damaged by Christmas Eve Fire
The home of Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Terry at 710 East Moran Street suffered heavy damage after a fire discovered around 12 30 a m Wednesday. Three upstairs rooms burned and water damage spread through the lower level as firefighters battled the stubborn blaze likely started by an overloaded frayed electric wire in a second floor store room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. H. Terry
East Moran Street
Dick Rowland
Mee Terry
Bosses Banquet By B&PWC Set For December 19
The Business and Professional Women's Club plans its annual Bosses Banquet at the Stamford Inn on Thursday night December 19. About 100 members are expected. Club president Mrs Swenson Davis will preside. The event will weave a patriotic Christmas theme with two divisions of the Christmas message. Albany member Mrs Ethel Hale speaks on First, With Neighbors, followed by Rev W F Rogan with In Our Democracy. Special music and group singing are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Inn
Swenson Davis
Ethel Hale
Albany
W. F. Rogan
Arledge Joins Stamford Credit Association as Field Man
Horace Arledge accepted a new role as field man for Stamford Credit Association set to begin Friday December 20. He will cover Jones county, supplementing the current setup as heavy work in the area has been shared with Haskell county. Arledge previously served seven years as sales manager of Arledge Ice Company and studied at Abilene Christian College after growing up on his father's ranches in Nolan and Coke counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Arledge
Stamford Production Credit Association
J. L. Hill, Jr
Mr. Arledge
Jones County
Haskell County
Hill
Arledge
Arledge Ice Company
Stamford Schools Dismiss Friday for Christmas Holidays
Stamford Public Schools will dismiss Friday afternoon December 20 for the Christmas holidays. Classes will resume January 2, 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Public Schools
Claude Young Elected County AAA Chairman in Anson
Claude H. Young of Route 3 Stamford was elected chairman of the county agricultural conservation association by the county convention in Anson. John W. Griffith and William H. Eason were elected vice chairmen and third member respectively, with alternates named for other positions. The new county committee will oversee the AAA program in Jones County with support from six community committees and delegates elected across six communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude H. Young
Route 3
Stamford
County Agricultural Conservation Association
Anson
Mr. Young
G. E. Ashburn
Tuxedo
John W. Griffith
Swan Chapel
William H. Eason
Frank L. Wood
Hamlin
John H. Doty
Avoca
J. H. Fletcher Jones
Merkel
N. A. Bagley
Hawley
Allen K. Killough
William I. Burton
Borden B. Manley
Abilene
W. H. Cook Merkel
Eason
Nath Maxwell
Four Babies Born in Local Hospital on Friday
On Friday the thirteenth four babies arrived at Stamford Sanitarium two boys and two girls Daughters are to Dr I F Hudson and Mr Jack Young while two sons are born to Mr J I Moody and Mr R H Dickenson Names include Anne Barrett Hudson Janice Lynn Barret Hudson Janice Lynn Young James Max Moody and Richard Henry Dickenson Jr Mrs Young and daughter occupy Room 13 A later birth on December 12 adds Ann to Mr and Mrs O M Wilson December 14 brings two more girls Nancy Elizabeth Holland and Lela Jane Giles both residents formerly of Stamford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Sanitarium
I. F. Hudson
Stamford
Jack Young
J. I. Moody
R. H. Dickenson
Anne Barrett Hudson
Janice Lynn Barret Hudson
Janice Lynn Young
Young
James Max Moody
Richard Henry Dickenson
Ann
O. M. Wilson
Nancy Elizabeth Holland
Fred Holland
Graham
Lela Jane Giles
R. C. Giles
Christmas Number of The American to Be Printed Monday
Next week’s issue of The American will be a Christmas number printed on Monday to reach subscribers before Christmas. All news and advertising must be received by Friday and Saturday this week, with Monday noon as the final deadline. The Christmas number is the only issue next week. the paper resumes January 3. The office closes Christmas Day but operates otherwise through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Roy Cochran Named School Tax Collector
Roy Cochran has been appointed school tax collector effective February 1, 1941, by George Smith, chairman of the board of education. He succeeds H. G. Andrews who resigned, and the post will be on regular salary rather than commission. Cochran is employed at Barrow Furniture Company and will continue there through January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Cochran
George Smith
Board of Education
Cochran
H. G. Andrews
Barrow Furniture Company
Funeral rites held Friday for Rev. D. B. Doak
Rev. D. B. Doak district superintendent of Elk City died after an 11 day illness at 57. A short service was held at St. John's Methodist Church with burial at Highland cemetery. Kinney Funeral Home led arrangements. Survived by wife, son Rev. D. W. Doak, three daughters, and several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Methodist Church
D. B. Doak
Elk City
Mr. Doak
Highland Cemetery
Kinney Funeral Home
Tom Johnston
W. Y. Switzer
Carnegie
Oklahoma
R. B. Bryant
L. W. Johnson
George E. Pryor
J. A. Smith
Jim McCulloch
Byron Lewis
W. C. Tunnell
Clif Dodson
Burl McClellan
C. M. Francis
Milan
Missouri
Johnson County
Texas
Claire Teague
Clarendon
Vernon
Northwest Texas
Clarendon College
McMurry College
Rev
D. W
Wesley) Doak
Wapanucka
Miss Evelyn Doak
Polytechnic Methodist Church
Fort Worth
Claire Marie
Stella Ethel Doak
D. W. Doak
Bascom Park
C. H. Doak
Charles Ruth
Hazleton
E. C. Rainey
Amherst
Howard Gafford
Bob
Alice
John Lundy
San Marcos
R. L. Jones
Pampa
Woodsons Return From Oregon Trip Across the West
Mr and Mrs L W Woodson and Mr and Mrs J L Woodson returned Monday night from a trip to Cottage Grove Oregon and other points They visited L W Woodsons parents in Cottage Grove and brothers in Toledo and Newport Oregon They left November 24 by a southern route through New Mexico Arizona and California and returned via Reno Salt Lake City Pueblo northern New Mexico and Amarillo They encountered snow storms from Utah to Amarillo Texas Oilmen drilled 1200 will cat oil and gas tests in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
L. W. Woodson
J. L. Woodson
Cottage Grove
Stamford
Toledo
Newport
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Reno
Nevada
Salt Lake City
Utah
Pueblo
Colorado
Amarillo
Letters to Santa Claus from Stamford Texas 1940
A collection of child Christmas requests from Stamford and Avoca Texas dated December 1940. Each note asks Santa for dolls, toy trains, bicycles, dishes, rockers, fruit, nuts, candy, and clothing, with pleas to remember other children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Tex
Santa
Jo Ann Boone
Santa Claus
Paint ‘Creek School
Rose Joan Pinett
Rt. 1
Jimmy Glynn
Edward Ike
Jimmy
Richard Wayne
Jimmy Glynn Middlebrooks
Darrell Mae McWilliams
Washington Approves Site for Stamford Flying School
Preparations for a flying school five miles southeast of Stamford proceed rapidly with a 400 acre site approved by army officials. A hangar contract to a St. Louis firm is let, a second building program follows, and local labor is to be avoided per Chamber of Commerce. City funds await transfer for warrants to purchase the site and lease it to Foote for pilot training under national defense plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stamford
W.B. Harrison
Army
Morgan
Randolph Field
Lou Foote
Grand Prairie
Foote
St. Louis
Frank Harris
Dallas
Charlie Green
Chamber of Commerce
National Defense Program
Grady Bowdry
W. J. Bryant
SHS Students Give Varied Program at Rotary Luncheon
Stamford High School students performed a Christmas program at the Rotary Club luncheon. L. W Johnson led the event with Gweneth Flemins on violin and Janice Baird on piano. Five Junior High singers under Miss Maxine Rowland and Annette Carothers reading complemented the program. President C D Hopkins noted no meeting next Tuesday due to Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford High School
Rotary Club
L. W Johnson
Community Service Committee
Gweneth Flemins
Janice Baird
Maxine Rowland
Annette Carothers
C. D. Hopkins
Christmas Services Dominate Stamford Churches Sunday
Stamford churches plan special Christmas services across the day and night. Programs include choirs, readings, nativity scenes, and carols with a focus on aiding the orphanage and needy families through white Christmas gifts and baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
St. John’s Methodist Church
Gillette
Katherine Feris
Betty Pace
Joe Lattimore
Franz Schubert
Monte Knutson
Harkington
Ruth Francis
Bob Watson
Nancy Langford
Gweneth Flemins
Janice Baird
Betty Blackwell
Methodist
First Baptist Church
Fidelis
W. B. Tayman
T. R. Tinsley
Cc. M
Central Presbyterian Church
Church of Christ Sun Ov
Texas Cottonseed Payments Reach Record November Total
Texas cotton growers earned 4,146,625 from selling cottonseed to oil mills in November, per Bennette Wallin secretary of the Texas Cottonseed Crushers' Association. The figure, based on Census and AMs reports, shows November cash income about 1.2 million higher than 1989, with August 1 to November payments totaling 19,452,000, about 3.4 million more than last year, despite a crop rise of roughly 440,000 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Bennette Wallin
Texas Cottonseed Crushers’ Association
Bureau of the Census
Agricultural Marketing Service
Texas Oil Mills
Texas Mills
Stamford Armory Aligned for New Texas Facility
General C W Nimon said Stamford is among 50 Texas cities to receive new armories funded by WPA and supplemented by an armory board bond issue. Ground will be a site across from the municipal pool. original cost was about 30000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
142Nd Infantry
C. W. Nimon
Fort Worth
Armory Board
Stamford
Texas
WPA
General Nimon
Charlie Green
Chamber of Commercce
Clyde Westfall Nominated for Exchange Club Presidency
Clyde Westfall is nominated for president of the Exchange Club for the next six months. Election is Friday with duties starting January 3. Other officers proposed include J. M. Bird as first vice president Paul L. Summers as second vice president Richard Lane as secretary treasurer and Summers as reporter. Board nominees include W. G. Barrett Jack Fuqua and Hubert Watson. The meeting featured Grady Bowdry and A. C. Humphrey discussing airport prospects funding and taxes, noting 3% warrants for 20000 issued by the city with 2000 yearly due from Jan 1 1942, payroll estimates for the airport at 25000 to 40000 per month, and guest Fred Holland of Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Westfall
Exchange Club
Westfall
J. M. Bird
Paul L. Summers
Richard Lane
Mr. Summers
Board of Control
W. G. Barrett
Jack Fuqua
Hubert Watson
Grady Bowdry
A. C. Humphrey
Ike Hudson
Fred Holland
Graham
County Ginning Reaches 47383 in Jones County
Census reports 47383 bales of cotton ginned in Jones county for the 1940 crop before December 1, compared with 23087 bales for 1939. Bowen Pope, special agent, announced the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Bowen Pope
Bennett Family Relocates from Abilene to Stamford
John Bennett and his two boys John M. Jr. 12 and Richard Ed 5 moved this week from Abilene to live with his mother Mrs J M Bennett. Bennett, a Morton Salt salesman, will work from Stamford. His wife Ethel Rogers Bennett died in Abilene last Thursday after a year of ill health. Funeral at Riker Knight Abilene chapel Friday 2 pm with burial in Albany cemetery at 7 pm attended by Stamford residents including the Bennetts and Mrs Johnny Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bennett
John M., Jr
Richard Ed
Abilene
Bennett
J. M. Bennett
Morton Salt Company
Stamford
Ethel Rogers
Albany
Riker-Knight Funeral
David Bennett
Lou Jean
Virginia
Steve Bennett
Johnny Gray
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. M. Locke
Benning School
Lieut
Feris
Paul Corley
Mrs
Chas. Corley
B&pwc
Credit Association
Claude Young
County Aaa
Sidney E. Lawrence
John G. Whaley
Ira Treadwell
Mose T. Jones
John H. Agnew
Thomas W. Flenniken
George W. Smith
G. Ralph Riddle
Charlie E. Gregory
John L. Weaver
Wayne H. Hendrick
Dan W. Crumpler
Irvin F. Westmoreland
H. Clint Brannon
J. Spurgeon Reves
Manton H. Ely
Val P Byrom
Trent
A. D. McCain
Frank T. Swafford
Svora
Joe C. Nowlin
Elijah C. Tidwell
Clyde E. Huffaker
Euclid D. C. Appling
Community No. V
Victor L. Martin
Kenneth G. Martin
Grover W. Starks
Clifford B. Pope
Doak
Texas Oilmen
Betty Lou Boone
Nell Hanson
Buddy
Jodie Portwood
Mrs. Santa
Barbara Ann Bean
Mamma
Papa Davis
Wanda Fay Carmen
Wanda Fay
Sterling la Maurice Carmen
Mattie Dee Rial
SHS
Rotary
Armory
President
Bowdry
Stamford School For Pilots
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