Nat's Cafe Rebuilt After Major Fire Destroys Building
Fire destroyed Nat's Cafe on the Nat building along the square early Thursday, causing estimated losses of 35 000 to 56 000 dollars and 8 000 damage to the adjoining building. Owner Nat Wash, uninsured, plans a new modern seating spot with Morgan Ray funding reconstruction as soon as possible.
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Nat
Morgan Ray
Ray
Wash
Fire Department
Stamford American
Roy Craig
The
Cleburne Huston
Stamford
Craig
American Force
Planesman
Dyess Air Base
W. J
Dad) Harris
Kinneys
Lone Star Gas Company
Stamford Parts and Machine Shop
Theresa White
Christmas Music and Programs In Local Churches
Churches across the city invite worship during the Christmas season with special music and programs. Highlights include New Hope Baptist Church presenting Lottie Moon This is Your Life on December 23 at 7 30 p m with youth participation and foreign missions offering. St John’s Methodist holds a candlelight service Christ the Hope of the World with carols and an anthem by the youth choir and a Christmas message. Gordon Henry Haynes baptized. Christmas musical programs were conducted December 16 with multiple choirs and narrated Song of Bethlehem and Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Moon
China
New Hope Baptist Church
James Brandon
Yoka's Methodist
St. John’s Methodist Church
W. A. Appling
Three Divisions Will Receive Decoration Prizes
Stamford residents compete for Christmas decoration prizes in three divisions Best decorated window best decorated doorway and best outdoor scene Prizes of 6 and 4 dollars are funded by Stamford Garden Club and Stamford Chamber of Commerce Judging occurs December 20 to 22 from 6 to 10 p.m with point criteria including artistic effect conformity to Christmas spirit originality ingenuity and size
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Dea
Stamford Garden Club
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
The
Garden Club
Earl Stagner
Grady Bowdry
Steve Bennett
Pierian Club Sends Cookies to Girlstown
The Pierian Club mailed a box of cookies as a Christmas treat for Girlstown USA. The box included favorite club recipes and was delivered to the Christmas party Thursday night under the Public Affairs committee led by Mrs Crockett Appling with Mrs Alton McClellan and Mrs Joe Hudspeth in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girlstown
USA
Pierian Club
Crockett Appling
Alton McClellan
Joe Hudspeth
Voters Reject $60,000 Bond for Highway 92 Right-of-Way
In a special election Road District No 1 voters rejected a 60000 road bond. total 230 in favor 135 against. Lueders Avoca Tuxedo Stamford Hamlin Bricksdale cast varied votes, with overall low turnout. Bond would fund right-of-way for State Highway 92 from Stamford to Hamlin and new funds earmarked for 92 and US 83 projects though county lacked funds to acquire extra right-of-way. County Judge H G Andrews Jr commented Tuesday night.
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Lueders
Avoca
Tuxedo
Swenson
Bricksdale
Stamford
Commissioners Court
Hamlin
Tuxedo East
FM 1661
H. G. Andrews, Jr
Christmas Rain Lifts Spirits and Wheat in West Texas
A slow, steady Christmas rain drenched West Texas through Tuesday to Wednesday, with Stamford reporting 1.47 inches and towns like Hamlin Lueders Tuxedo Anson New Hope Sagerton and Ericksdahl also receiving substantial rainfall. The moisture boosts wheat and future oats and pasture grazing while light ice and brief snow flurries appeared as temperatures cooled. The year to date rainfall reached 7.90 inches.
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West Texas
Stamford
Anson
New Hope
Cecil Bean
Sagerton
Ericksdahl
Philip Olson
Bulldogs Clash With Brady For Texas Class AA Title
Stamford meets Brady at Fair Park Abilene for the Texas AA high school football championship. Star players include Stamford’s Mike McClellan and Brady’s Max Cox Fletcher Fields. Kickoff is 2 PM. several Stamford businesses will close and no school that day.
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Fair Park Stadium
Abilene
Stamford
Brady
Bulldog
Arcie Pardue
Royce West
Dale Robinson
T. C. Rice
Rufino Escobedo
Joe Cole
Dorman Riddle
Norris Wright
Gary Bryson
Calvin Fitzgerald
Larry Smith
Max Cox Fletcher Fields
Fields
Mike McClellan
McClellan
Bulldogs
Tony Sanders
Johnny Bradshaw
Charles Ortiz
Lueders Merchant Dies at Anson Hospital
Ralph Howard Herrick 65, Lueders hardware merchant and owner of Herrick Hardware, died Saturday at 8 a.m. after two weeks as a patient at Anson hospital. Born June 16 1891 near Groesbeck, he moved to Lueders in 1903 and married Leola Compton in 1915. Funeral Sunday at Avoca Methodist Church. burial Highland cemetery Stamford. Survived by his wife, brother Frank Herrick of Lubbock, and several nieces and nephews.
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Ralph Howard Herrick
Lueders
Anson Hospital
Mr. Herrick
Herrick Hardware
Hodges
Avoca Methodist Church
Guy McLain
Ralph Stanley Herrick
Okinawa
Highland Cemetery
Frank Herrick
Lubbock
Bill McCown
Delbert Moore
Lloyd Walls
Cap Terry
W. C. Storey
Arvil Barnes
Cowboys Christmas Ball Returns to Anson Pioneer Hall
The 22nd annual Cowboys Christmas Ball at Pioneer Hall Anson runs Thursday Friday and Saturday starting at 8 p m to reenact and folk celebrate 80s 90s era costumes Grand March led by descendants of pioneer settlers features.
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Pioneer Hall
Anson
Larry Chittenden
W. Bartlett
Texas Cowboys’ Christmas Ball Association, Inc
W. E. Mays
W. S. Mays
Z. Lindsey Encke
Stamford patient at Stamford Sanitarium
M. R. Thompson of Stamford is listed as a patient at the Stamford Sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Thompson
Stamford
The
Stamford Sanitarium
Funeral Service For Mrs. Hulsey Held At First Baptist
Mrs. Bertha Hulsey died of cancer at her mother’s home and a funeral was held Friday at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Byron Bryant presiding. Burial followed in Highland cemetery. Kinney Funeral Home assisted. Survived by husband C. J. Hulsey two sons Jimmy and Douglas of Abilene her parents A. L. and Luannah Whittington two brothers and four sisters provisions indicate extensive family attendance and support from Abilene Seminole and Phoenix among others.
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Bertha Hulsey
First Baptist Church
Hulsey
Luannah Whittington
Byron Bryant
Highland Cemetery
Kinney Funeral Home
Daryl Price
Abilene
Marvin Arness
Breckenridge
Mickey McKinley
Lawrence Crider
Eddie Tucker
Phoenix
Ariz
Donald Waits
Fort Worth
Frank Whittington
Dallas
Marion Whittington
Carolyn
Turkey
Jesse Couch
Gayland Couch
J. J. Cannon
Plainview
J. J. Cannon, Jr
Borger
Wayne Whittington
Quitaque
Howard Gould
Eddie Morris
Bobby Gould
R. V. Stegall
Fleming
Aspermont
Vernon Rash
Peacock
Mrs. C. B. Baggett Breaks Leg in Fall at Doorstep
Mrs. C. B. Baggett fractured her right leg just above the ankle after a fall at her back doorstep Saturday. She is receiving treatment at Stamford Sanitarium.
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C. B. Baggett
Stamford Sanitarium
Karen Williams Receives Treatment at Stamford Sanitarium
Karen Williams, a Stamford child, is under medical care at the Stamford Sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Williams
Stamford Child
Stamford Sanitarium
Stamford to Close Two Business Days for Christmas
The town will observe two holiday days for Christmas on December 25 and December 26 as designated by the Stamford Chamber of Commerce Retail Trade committee. Stamford Public Schools will dismiss Thursday and resume classes on January 2, with the break spanning the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Retail Trade Committee
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Stamford Public
L. W. Johnson
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New Hope Baptist
Mary Nelle Callicoatte
Marsha Rhew
Judy Zimmerman
Peachy Cole
Charlotte McCallum
L. E. Loveless
Marvin Stanford
West
East Box
Chester Oman
Nicky Jackson
Nicky
Ter
Rell
Gordon Wood
Kenneth Ivy
Stanley Hill
Larry Ivy
Donald Davis
Robert Hardin
Darryl Schoonmaker
Jackson
Perryton
Canyon
Crane
Terrell
Lueders Merchant
Cowboys
Mrs. Hulsey
Mrs
R. F. Mahood
Bob Craig
Johnie Rangton
June Hager
Mrs. Ray Kail
James Freeman
Betty Boedeker
Max Mendez
Woodrow Smithers
Don Welch
Eliseo Martinez
Sam Estrada
Leve
Philip Olson Ekikidahl
Vrs
Hester Oman Lueder
Lynn Ki Lowers
Old Glo
Delbert Lafevre Sagerton
Wor Carlson
Eubanks
Paint Creek
Glenna Easterling
Imary Lou and
Ann McClennan
Rockdale
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