Air Force Officer Grows Three-Foot Cotton In Pentagon Office
Lt Col John Van Duyn of the U S Air Force and his family are visiting Stamford for Christmas while his three-foot cotton plant thrives in his Pentagon office. The plant has endured pests and heat in a bid to bring a southern touch to the East Coast. The Van Duyns credit favorable weather and a seeds gift from Gerald Proctor for the crop’s progress amid earlier peanut attempts and current crop losses.
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Stamford
John of
van Duyn
U.S. Air Force
Pentagon
Washington, D.C
Donna
Michelle
Renee
Pentagoan News
Gerald Proctor
Bronco Seed
Donna Lynn Proctor
Col. van Duyn
John van Duyn
VIPs Celebrate Season With Monday Activities
VIPs celebrated an early Christmas Monday with gift exchange and carol singing. Ruby Galloway was honored as Volunteer of the Month for December, and VIP activities pause for Christmas with resumes next Monday a blood pressure clinic at 11 30 a m. New Year Eve surprises and VIP December birthday celebration planned. Menu includes baked ham scalloped potatoes seven minute cabbage fruited jello and beverages meat loaf served Wednesday with black eyed peas broccoli birthday cake and beverages.
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Mth
Ruby Galloway
Bece's Inc seeks wine only package store permit in Stamford
Bece's Inc has applied to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a Wine only Package Store Permit D B A as Bede's to be located 800 feet north of the Haskell Jones County line on the east side of Highway 277 in Stamford Haskell County Texas. Officers listed are Bernice Robbins President Lindley Allen Moore Jr Vice President and William D Robbins Jr Sec Treasurer. 38-2¢
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Bece’s Inc
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Bede’s
Haskell
Jones County
Hwy 277
Stamford
Haskell County
Texas
Bede’s, Inc
Bernice Robbins
Lindley Allen Moore, Jr
William D. Robbins, Jr
Committeemen named for Jones County ASCS
Jones County ASCS named its 1981 committee with John Ed Youngquist as chairman. The slate includes Edward J. Cooley as vice chairman and Tony D. Jones as a member, plus alternates Billy H. DeBusk and Billy Vinson. Group A is chaired by Billy H. DeBusk with E. L. Jenkins Jr. as vice chairman and J. Spencer Ford as first alternate. Group B is led by W. Ferdie Walker with Carl W. Marugg as vice chairman and A. Wayland Shurley as a member. Group C lists Billy Vinson as chairman and Vonny David as vice chairman. Group D is chaired by Harold D. Sloan with Leon Blankenship as vice chairman and Larry McLaren Sr. as a member.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Jones County
John Ed Youngquist
Edward J. Cooley
Tony D. Jones
Billy H. DeBusk
Billy Vinson
E.L. Jenkins, Jr
Jerry A. Neuman
J. Spencer Ford
F. Berry More
W. Ferdie Walker
Carl W. Marugg
A. Wayland Shurley
Gary Muehlstein
Marc W. Lovvorn
C’’ Group
Vonny David
Bob J. Keesee
Thomas H. Caton
Calvin W. Cooley
Harold D. Sloan
Average U S wages rise 8 percent in 1979
U S labor data shows average annual pay for unemployment insurance covered workers at 13 137 in 1979, up 8.1 percent from 1978. Alaska leads at 20 973 and District of Columbia at 17 055, while Mississippi at 10 410 and South Dakota at 10 176 are lowest. Wyoming and Louisiana post the largest gains driven by energy sectors.
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Alaska
District of Columbia
Mississippi
South Dakota
Wyoming
Louisiana
Mike Cochran Day Proclamation in Stamford Texas
The City of Stamford proclaims Saturday December 27 1980 as Mike Cochran Day honoring the journalist author of Texas vs Davis. Mayor W M Blackburn declares the day and invites citizens to visit the Stamford American to obtain autographs at the book signing. City Secretary Ken Roberson witnesses the proclamation.
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Stamford
Mike Cochran
Texas
Davis
I. W.M. Blackburn
Stamford American
W.M. Blackburn
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ASCS
U. S
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ken Roberson
M.C. Stinson
Earl Smith
Jimmy E. Parker
James L. Waggoner
Doris Boedeker
John R. Rice
Loretta Connally
Bobby Nell Goodman
Carolene Stovall
L.M. Bayouth
Fareed Hassen
Eugene Olson
Gerald L. Proctor
Bill J. Reed
James H. West
Charles W. Stenholm
West Texas Rehabilitation Center Joint Venture
N. Swenson
Upshaw
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