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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1939
Page
6
Local residents and relatives from Stamford and nearby towns gather during Christmas break. University of Texas students Minnie Musil and Lillian Yates return home with siblings and friends visiting from Austin, Missouri City, Longview, Corpus Christi, Hobbs, and Dallas. Family guests include Brice Crow and others from Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico as many travel between Stamford and relatives for holidays.
Mr and Mrs S J Ror and their son S J Dr spent the trial holidays in Dallas visiting relatives and enjoying time with family.
Mr and Mrs J H Weldon hosted holiday visitors led by their daughter Mrs A C Tabb and husband Mr Tabb. The snippet notes additional unnamed guests in a family gathering recounted in the society note.
Mayfield Kothman of Mason County Texas won the blue ribbon for the grand champion beef animal at the International Live stock exposition in Chicago. He is the first Texas boy to win this premier national livestock award, for 1939. He was congratulated by S G McAllister of the International Harvester Company and Gertrude L. Warren of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Wichita Falls residents hosted friends and relatives over the holidays. Dewane Elliott from Arlington studied at NTAC while Miss Sue Kinney taught at Sudan visited home for Christmas. Several UT Austin and Texas Tech students, including Bob Strauss and Claude Earl Jarrett, returned for the holidays with their families and hometowns.
Little daughter Winifred, of Waco and Mr. and Mrs. D. 8. Weldon, Colorado City, welcomed by her siblings.
Guy Cannon of Odessa visited for Christmas with his mother Mrs Florence Cannon and Stamford friends, sharing holiday time in town.
Mr and Mrs Percy Jeffries of Bie Lake visited relatives Saturday. Mrs Jeffries is the daughter of Mrs J J Upshaw and sister of F E Upshaw of this city. They stayed until Monday and returned home after short visits in Holland and with local relatives.
Local families travel to Abilene for holidays including Mr and Mrs Bill Terry and children, Mr and Mrs David Bennett with relatives, Hardin Simmons students Doris Wayne O Brien and Doris Jackson, and others visiting relatives in Abilene and nearby towns.
Miss Helen Meyer, a teacher at Ralls, arrived last Friday night to spend Christmas with her father, sharing holiday time and family reunion moments amid the season.
John Meyer hosts relatives including Mr and Mrs Thos Hill of Ballinger. Mrs Hill is Dena Meyer. Dorothy Lillian and Vivian Lamb visit with their parents O W Lamb and sister Mildred. Lillian and Vivian study at Texas Tech and Dorothy works in Lubbock.
Miss Tessica Martin, a wood student, spends Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs W L Martin and family. Bob Watson from Howard Payne College Brownwood visits his parents Mr and Mrs A R Watson. Miles Locke of John Tarleton College Stephenville is home for the holidays. Hubert Bounds of Pampa comes home with his mother Mrs Annie Bounds and his brother John Earl Bounds.
A list of residents and students returning home for holidays includes Lene Gambill at his parents’ house and Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene. LaDelle Macon from NTSTC at Denton. Stamford and Bryan area students visiting families in Leeders and Leeders area. and teachers like Miss Sarah Upshaw returning to Temple for Christmas.
The text notes several individuals returning home for the holidays. Thomas Agad Jr and Iris Phillips attend a wedding. William Whittington visits parents in Texas. Dorothy May Buster from Abilene Christian College stays with family. C. E. Bunkley visits from the University of Texas. R. W. Bounds Jr teaches in Megargel. Tony Selmon from Texas Tech returns for Christmas. Charlotte Larche from Howard Payne College visits. Charles Brownfield and John Tarleton College students also home. Raymond Austin, a University of Indiana graduate student, is spending time with family in Bloomington.
Jim Jones, a student at Howard Payne College in Brownwood, is mentioned in a holiday family context with his mother Mrs. Jewel Austin and his grandfather J. F. Guillet.
Bob Bryan a University of Texas student spends the holidays with his parents Mr and Mrs Henry Bryan in their home.
An item listing wallpaper canvas associated with C D Shamburger Lumber Co. appears in the notice. Details show a lumber company context and a 26-tfs reference. The fragment provides limited readable facts about the listing.
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