Stamford area notes includes health, travel, and social updates
Mrs. Buster Hager underwent a mastoid operation at Stamford Sanitarium Wednesday morning. Syd Russell has returned to Stamford after a trip to Washington to enter the TWA airline service and awaits a call. His wife and baby plan to remain here for a time. They had been living in Sweetwater where Mr. Russell worked at Avenger Field. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Macon plan to leave for Long Beach California later this week after three weeks with Mrs. Macon’s relatives in the area. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kutach of Avoca hosted dinner for relatives including Mrs. Johnny Kolar and Mrs. Eugene Sulak and her daughter Sandra Ann Sulak of West Hamlin. Phil Rush recently...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetwater
Russell
Avenger Field
Mrs
Roy Macon
Long Beach
Calif
Mr. Macon
Alice Macon
Frank Kutach
Avoca
Johnny Kolar
Eugene Sulak
Sandra Ann Sulak
West
Tom Kutach
Hamlin
Stamford area residents gather for holidays
A long list of Stamford residents and relatives are noted visiting or staying with families over Christmas. Names include Mr. Rush at Vance Drug, Jeanne Braun and Elsie Mercer in Ft. Worth, Annette Carothers in Dallas, N. F. McDonald in Galveston, and many others from Stamford and surrounding towns visiting parents and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Braun
Elsie June Mercer
City-County Hospital
Ft. Worth
Miss Braun
Mrs
A. C. Braun
Lieutenant Byrd Completes European Tour Returns Home
Lieut. Andrew Franklin Byrd Jr. of Camden Ark is due home from his second European tour after flying 75 missions as a B 26 Marauder pilot. He earned the Air Medal with 14 oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He married Kathryn Feris during home leave in 1944. He entered service in 1941 and trained at Stamford Brady and Ellington Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Franklin Byrd, Jr
Kathryn Feris
England
France
Byrd
A. F. Byrd
Camden
Ark
United States
B. W. Feris
Paris
Lieut
Stamford
Brady
Ellington Field
Houston
Christmas visits bring kin from across states
Mrs Sykora’s parents Mr and Mrs Jacob Muehlstein host the gathering. J J Sykora, a seaman second class, is somewhere in the South Pacific. Baylor University students Sue Humphrey Freda Culwell Edwina Pendleton Peggy Tinsley spend Christmas at home. Wanda Fay Bush a Texas Tech student visits Tuxedo with family. Marie Bettis attends Hardin Simmons University with grandparents. Jamie Chandler and Bob Halverson visit Miss Chandler’s parents. Mr and Mrs J T Medlin of Temple, former Stamford residents, spend Christmas with daughter-in-law Mrs Weaver Medlin and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baylor University
Waco
Sue Humphrey
Freda Culwell
Edwina Pendleton
Peggy Tinsley
Wanda Fay Bush
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Tuxedo
Marie Bettis
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Mrs. P. R. Bettis
Jamie Chandler
Bob Halverson
Miss Chandler
J. W. Chandler
Union College
Lincoln
Neb
Mr. Halverson
University of Nebraska Dental School
Pasadena
Calif
J. T. Medlin
Temple
Stamford
Weaver Medlin
Christmas Visits Across New Mexico and Texas
Weaver Medlin of the United States Navy serves in the Pacific. Hobbs couples W L Boedeker and family holiday here with relatives. Mountainaire residents T H Flemins and sons spent Christmas with kin in the area. George Zachars and family visited Dallas relatives, Ina Belle Ludecke and George Ludecke also present. Alex Capps family shared Christmas with James Capps in Weatherford. Roy Scott and son Jimmy from Waco kept Christmas with J W Chandler's family. Henrietta Haynes, stationed at Lubbock Army Air Field, spent Christmas with her parents A L Davis and spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Flemins
Donald and
Jimmy
Mountainaire
N. Mex
Alvin Ludecke
Ina Belle
Mountainaire, N. Mex
George Ludecke
Alex Capps
Patsy Sue
James Capps
Weatherford
Mrs. Roy Scott
Waco
Mrs Scott
Mrs. J. W Chandler
Henrietta Haynes
Lubbock Army Air Field
A. L. Davis
Home Bargain Store Changes Hands in North Swenson Ave
Buy s store owner Buys Home Bargain Guy R King takes over the Home Bargain Store on North Swenson Avenue from Mr and Mrs H L Hasha and plans to move his plumbing business there. Hashas will stay a few weeks before relocating. Mary Jean Yates and Richard Yates visit with their parents during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. King
Swenson Avenue
H. L. Hasha
Mrs. King
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buster Hager
Stamford Sanitarium
Syd Russell
Washington, D. C
TWA
Con
M. D. Ross
Lagerton
Phil Rush
Texas
Sinclair Motion
Ethyl’s
MacDonald
Goodyear Frolics
H. D. Price
Sinclair Refining Company
Stamford, Texas
Feali
Plamen Cleanser
Rush
Vance Drug Store
Annette Carothers
S.M.A. Dallas
Dallas
Mrs. G. C. Carothers
N. F. McDonald
Galveston
Plainview
W. C. Cannon
C. R. Carson
A. M. Ottinger
Jerry
Marshall Stalls
Kyra
Billie Carson
Joe Stalls
Merkel
Jim Clark
Corpus Christi
Frank Moore
Ed Dodson
Kirk Gregory
Dodson
Betty Jo and
Dorotha Paul Summers
Paul Summers
Vince Buttner
Pvt
Louis Martin
Sheppard Field
Stamford Flying School
Cpl
George Buttner
Eagle Mountain Lake
Bettie Gray
O. H. Graves of
Miss Gray
George Gray
E. L. Hinson
Jack Fuqua
Robert McNabb
R. E. McNabb
Ted Lavender
John Tarleton College
Stephenville
Harry Lavender
Everett Patterson
Gweneth Flemins
Bert Flemins
Patricia Flemins
Stanley Swenson
W. G. Swenson
Dale Muse
K. W. Muse
Bourdon Smith
Mrs. C. B. Smith
Hollis Haynes
Haynes
R. L. Ferguson
Charles Thompson
Mrs. M. D. Thompson
Curtis Elliott
Joe Elliott
Susanne Russell
S. S. Russell
Exas State College For Women
Jean Parker
Pampa
J. M. McDonald
Patty
McDonald
H. H. Robinson
Mr. Mc- Donald
W. M. Mc Donald
Chico
Europe
Old
W. L. Askew
Fort Worth
Betty Anderson
Dorothy Jean Askew
Eagle Pass
Carl Rogers
Happy
Mr. Rogers
H. C. Rogers
Nelle Austin of
Austin
Mrs H. P. Austin
J. W. Newsome
J. F. Taylor
Dallas and
Branham Payne
Oklahoma City
Munday
Mrs. Payne
Mr. Payne
Dolly Payne
Clay Herring
Granbury
W. L. Dent
May Belle McCafferty
Decatur Baptist College
Decatur
L. S. Waddington
New Mexico
Mingus
DR. Howe
John Sykera
Donald
National Raci Institute
Conner
Elzie A. Conner
Swenson Ave
Baptist Church
Kinney Burial Assn
United States Navy
Pacific
W. L. Boedeker
Hobbs, N. Mex
George Zachars
Mrs. Zachary
Charles Brewington
Mary Jean Yates
Abb _Jene
Richard Yates
University of Texas
E. E. Yates
Lone Star
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