Local Christmas Greetings Fill New Hope
Snow falls on Christmas Day boosting grain prospects as Rev J H Skiles preaches on the Birth of Christ. Community members attend a large Christmas tree program while visits span Stamford Abilene and Sherman.
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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1939
Page
7
Snow falls on Christmas Day boosting grain prospects as Rev J H Skiles preaches on the Birth of Christ. Community members attend a large Christmas tree program while visits span Stamford Abilene and Sherman.
Readers are urged to attend Sunday school and church services this week. Community faith leaders call for participation across denominations and ages to strengthen spiritual life and fellowship.
The Gillespie couple was honored at a schoolhouse party hosted by Mrs. N Gillespie and Mrs. J D Gillespie. A dialogue by Merle Ivy and Doris Bunkley opened the event with music by Louis Hatfield, Kenneth Ivy, Leo McKeever, and Maxine McKeever as 130 guests from several communities attended.
The Stamford Red Cross drive reports 651 members raising 826.54 with 517 from Stamford city and others from Tuxedo Humble Camp Avoca Lueders and Bethel Lutheran Swenson School. Rollcall chairmen Mrs. Steve Bennett announced the totals and partial member list.
Mentho-Mulsion promises rapid relief from cold symptoms and coughing. It touts soothing oils vitamins A and D and beech wood creosote with California fig syrup for flavor and membrane adhesion. The ad claims fast action and a money back guarantee, endorsed by a drug company representative.
Fort Worth pastor Rev. Almon Norris filled services from Saturday night to Sunday night receiving a warm reception. Numerous families from Merkel, Hamlin, Graham, Leuders, Goree, Howard, and Sayles visited others in the area. An approximate four inches of new snow fell Monday night.
A fragment notes wallpaper canvas by C D Shamburger for the Vumber Company. Details are incomplete but indicate a product or job submission in the wallpaper industry.
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