Poll Tax Drive Aims to Increase Eligible Voters in 1964
The Stamford Junior Chamber of Commerce plans a post holiday poll tax payment drive led by Vern Stewart to boost deible voters. Less than 500 Jones County residents had paid by early week, with Jan 3 as the deadline. Poll tax receipts are issued at Stamford City Hall in the Chamber office as 1964 elections loom including the presidential race and state offices.
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Texas
Stamford Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee Committee
Vern Stewart
Jones County
Stamford
Chamber of Commerce
Roy Arledge
David Railiff
Vrabs
Two Insurance Agencies Merge
Moreland Mutual Insurance and Warren B Tayman Insurance announce their merger. The merged entities will operate as Warren B Tayman Insurance Agency from 112 W McHarg with Joe Lancaster overseeing operations. The move aims to create broader facilities and service.
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Moreland Mutual Insurance
Warren B. Tayman Insurance
Jimmie Moreland
Warren B. Tayman
W. McHarg
Joe Lancaster
Tayman
Warren PB. Tayman Insurance Agency
Mereland
Mrs. Vera C. Carnes Dies in Stamford Hospital
Vera C. Carnes 68 a Stamford resident since 1925 died at 4 20 a m Thursday in Stamford Memorial Hospital Funeral services were held Friday at Calvary Baptist Church with Pastor K L A Sublett officiating Burial was at Bellview Cemetery Rotan under Kinney Funeral Home direction Survivors include two sisters Miss Mattie D Walker Mrs Nora McKee Plains one brother Rex Walker Stamford and numerous nieces and nephews Pallbearers were deacons at Calvary Baptist Church
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Vera C. Carnes
Stamford
Stamford Memorial Hospital
Calvary Baptist Church
Bellview Cemetery
Rotan
Kinney Funeral Home
Bangs
Vera C. Walker
Jim Carnes
Carnes
Mattie D. Walker
Nora McKee
Plains
Rex Walker
Ex-Jeweler J C May Grows Oversize Turnip
Retired Stamford jeweler J C May displays his home grown oversized turnips. One turnip weighs three pounds with an 18 inch circumference as he devotes time to gardening during retirement.
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J. C. May
Stamford
Mrs Culbreath Retires After 36 Years at Local Store
Stamford remembers Mrs. Re ta Culbreath who retired from J. M. McDonald Co after 36 years in the same Bryant-Link building. She started in 1927 in dry goods and will live in Fort Worth with daughter Mrs. Dorothy McElhaney and granddaughter Ann. Her husband died in 1918. a Christmas party honored her with a plaque of 13 Silver dollars and a new coat.
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Reta Culbreath
Bryant-Link Co
J. M. McDonald Co
McDonald's
Bryant-Link
Stamford
Norris Sellers
McDonald Company
Haterius Leads All Area Back Honors for Stamford
Stamford Bulldogs back Stephen Haterius named outstanding back in Abilene Reporter-News Class AA All Area selections. Teammate Kenneth Compton earns first team tackle and Larry Jones second team end. Winters' Johnny Mathis is outstanding lineman. Honors note Haterius’s unique running style and strong defense in key games.
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Stephen Haterius
Stamford Bulldogs
Abilene Reporter-News
Kenneth Compton
Larry Jones
Johnny Mathis
Winters
Haterius
Stamford
Bulldog
Bulldogs
Compton
Christmas Seal drive progress in Jones County
The Jones County Tuberculosis Association reports total Christmas Seal contributions of 1525.92 as of midweek. Stamford leads with 595.95, followed by Hamlin 481.50 and Ansonia 294.47. the drive aims to wrap by December 31, with last year totaling 1800.76.
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Jones County
Mildred Williams
Williams
Stamford
Hamlin
Anson i
Luedors
Presbyterians to review plans for new Central building
Central Presbyterian members will see preliminary drawings by Pitle and Luther of Abilene at a congregational meeting Sunday night Jan 5 at 7. The site on Rowland Drive includes parking and land between Bartley and Landon. The T shaped structure will seat 150 in the main auditorium with classrooms offices kitchen and fellowship space. The cost is estimated at 875000 to 1000000. Building committee is led by Dick Rowland with Detke Hudson G Carothers and others.
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Pitle and
Luther
Rowland Drive
Bartley
Landon
Elas
Dick Rowland
de Tke Hudson
G. Carothers
Norris Russell
Bill Williams
Bland Harrison
Janes Jolland
Margaret Brinell
Tony Setmon
Latimers’ 30-Hour Air Travel Misadventure from LA to Midland
Mr and Mrs Wayne Latimer former Stamford residents now in Los Angeles recount a 30 hour journey from Los Angeles to Midland Texas that fell far short of the planned 2 1 2 hour flight. Grounding fog flights icy roads and a misrouted final leg forced a taxi flight bus and long drive as relatives awaited in Midland.
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Wayne Latimer
Stamford
Los Angeles Calif
Los Angeles
Calif
Midland Texas
Latimers
Mires
Latimer
Los Angeles International
Tome
el Paco
San Antonio
San Angelo
Abilene
California
Texas
Mild Christmas Weather Brightens Chill For Stamford
Forecasters predict a mild Christmas day in Stamford as a three week cold snap eases. Snowfall measured about one inch with drizzle and a thin ice glaze affecting city streets. a local accident involved a broken arm at Central Christian Church. December precipitation totals reach 0.64 inches with annual rainfall around 25.03 inches.
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Cleburne Huston
Official
Weather Bureau
George Rollins
Mills Named Delegate To National Cotton Council Meeting
A. J. Mills of Stamford is appointed a delegate to the 26th annual National Cotton Council meeting in Kiloxi Mississippi January 27 28 1963. Delegates will review research and promotion programs and work to boost consumption of cotton cottonseed and related products. The council, founded in 1939, includes cotton producers ginners merchants warehousemen cottonseed crushers cooperatives and spinners from 18 cotton states.
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A. J. Mills
Stamford Crusher
National Cotton Council
Kiloxi
Miss
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Dallas
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Paul Jr
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Ruth Sims
Frankie Jackson
Celia Abbottl
Bryant- Link
McDonald Chain
McDonald’s
Cumpton
Jones
Iroland Ascosta
Gary Wofford
Jimmy Reid
Weldon Holbrooks
Stamford Young Farmers Chapter
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Presbyterians
Midland
el Paso
Fl Faso
Vernon Stewart
Jeanette Mullins
Eliseo Martinez Modelle Gamblin
Max Mendez
Paul Gonzales
Teddy Daniel
Kathy Anderson
Sara Bishop
Joe Walton
Bill Coe
Cecil Bean
J. W. Osment
Chester Oman
Glen Rennels
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Lynn Flowers
R. H. Cobb
Philip Olson
Toy Craig
Dorothy Craig
Celeste Craig
Central Christian Church
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