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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1956
Page
3
The Grand Theatre hosted its annual Christmas show for Stamford children with S. J. Hodge as host. About 400 boys and girls attended Saturday morning enjoying cartoons and slapstick while receiving free candy at the door. Hodge called the event a real success and thanked the turnout.
Mr and Mrs Robert F Huston and sons Gary and Paul of Lake Jackson arrived Friday night for a Christmas visit with Mr and Mrs Cleburne Huston, the latter's parents.
Twentieth Century-Fox wartime drama stars Robert Wagner Terry Moore and Broderick Crawford. The film depicts Southern National Guard troops in the Pacific, including a Sam Gifford hero moment earning the Silver Star, with scenes filmed in Hawaii. Richard Fleischer directs from a Harry Brown screenplay with an ensemble supporting cast.
Universal-International presents Four Girls in Town in Technicolor and CinemaScope opening Sunday for three days. The film follows four world final girls’ talent hunt and personal lives with romance, featuring George Nader Julie Adams Marianne Cook Elsa Martinelli and Gia Scala. Nader and Adams receive standout turns while Cook debuts in American film and Scala emerges as a rising star under AI contract.
Mrs Lilla Heflin and H E Bailey visited in Bangs and Lorena with the Sikes and Carroll families before planning a Stamford return. Bob Miller and Mrs Miller from Pampa joined local kin including Mrs John Blackstock. Zach Coombes from Corpus Christi spent Christmas Week returning from Abiline. Lt and Mrs Raymond Medford arrived from Charleston for six week stay with family, after Bermuda trip, Lt to be stationed in Florida.
Ariel Barsela of Tel Aviv Israel spent Christmas with Glen Lewis at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Byron Lewis in Stamford. Both are sophomores in Baylor University College of Medicine Houston. Barsela 27 has been in the United States seven years and speaks four languages. He is a lieutenant in the Israeli army reserves.
The Sam Crawford family and relatives gather on Christmas Day. Rev Earl Crawford and family visit from San Diego with Carolyn John Janet and others. Abilene Merkel Fort Worth Calhoun and Pacific Beach ties noted as kin join for the holiday.
Hubert Watson, who had surgery in a Dallas hospital, was able to return Sunday. He and Mrs. Watson reached Stamford in time for Christmas with the children.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Carpenter of Lubbock spent several days over the holidays in the area. He is a journalism major at Texas Tech and she works in the Public Relations department.
Mr and Mrs C K Campbell of Las Cruces New Mexico spend the Christmas season in Stamford at the Sanitarium as Mrs Campbell remains hospitalized after a highway wreck. They were en route to Jacksboro early Saturday when the accident occurred six miles east of Aspermont on Highway 380.
Billy Joe Woolsey age 20 left December 21 to report to Bremerton Washington for his new duty aboard the USS Kersarge. He recently finished boat training at the United States Naval Training Center San Diego and was on pre Christmas leave.
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary announce a New Year’s Eve watch party on Monday December 31. A covered dish supper at 7 30 p m opens the event. Games follow after supper. Commander Stanley Hall invites Legion and Auxiliary members.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Hodge hosted a Christmas party for H and H Theatres employees and their families on December 19. The three and a half hour event at the Hodge home featured turkey dinner, a decorated Christmas tree, gift exchanges, jokes, and Christmas bonuses distributed by Mr. Hodge.
Norretta Lovvorn a UT student spends holidays with brother Dan Lovvorn and his family. Mr and Mrs E R Tankursley of Dallas joined the Lovvorns last weekend, as Mrs Lovvorn's parents.
A Christmas Eve birth at Samford Sanitarium welcomed a seven pound one ounce girl named Hope to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Martinez, a Latin American family. No babies were born on Christmas Day.
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