Family enrichment seminar at First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church hosts a three day family enrichment seminar with Dr. Robert Pinder of Texas Tech. Events include a Friday family banquet, Saturday men’s breakfast and women’s luncheon, a youth discussion, two marriage workshops, and a Sunday morning worship conclusion open to all.
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First Baptist Church
Lubbock
Robert Pinder
Texas Tech University
Southern Baptist
South America
Pinder
West Texas
Dr. Pinder
Dr Pinder
Stamford City Council Grants Non-Conforming Use for Funeral Home
Marvin and Gene Stanford earned council approval to site a funeral home at the Columbia Elizabeth street corner. The vote allows a non conforming use, permitting a funeral home but limiting other businesses without further approval. Groundbreaking eyed around March 1 with an opening planned July 1 and co ownership by the Stanfords.
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Marvin
Gene Stanford
Columbia and
Elizabeth Street
Stanfords
Stanford Funeral Home
Methodist fund drive kickoff set for Seymour district
McMurry Annual Fund chairmen Travis Hartgraves and Martha Kay Welch lead the Seymour District drive with kickoffs in Knox City Stamford and Quanah Feb 14 and 15. Builders from Munday Goree and other towns join church events to support Abilene college.
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McMurry College
McMurry
Seymour
Stamford
Travis Hartgraves
Aspermont
Martha Kay Welch
Crowell
Knox City
Quanah
Abilene College
Northwest Texas
New Mexico
United Methodist Church
We Cliff House
First
Vernon
Fargo
Chillicothe
Truscott
Margaret-Thalia
Childress
Goodlett
Estelline
Tell
Paducah
Cee Wee
Dumont
Hartgraves
Abilene High
Oklahoma City University
Commissioners to interview for job Monday
The Jones County commissioners court will interview seven applicants for county tax assessor-collector on Monday Feb 14. Roy L Lane resigned effective March 1 for health reasons. a court appointed successor will serve until the November 1978 general election.
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Jones County Commissioners’ Court
Roy L. Lane
Commissioners’ Court
Lane
Volleyball fundraiser to aid Cancer Society in Stamford
Volleyball teams from Munday Haskell Abilene Moran and eight other towns join local squads for a two day tournament at Stamford High School gym Friday 7 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. Donations accepted with prizes of T shirts and volleyballs for top teams.
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American Cancer Society
Stamford High School
Munday
Haskell
Abilene
Moran, Graham
Roscoe
Wichita Falls
Breckenridge
Parenting Seminar at Stamford School Values Mine and My Children
The Stamford Schools Learning To gether Program hosts a Parenting Seminar on February 17 at 7 p.m. in the Oliver School Cafeteria. Kyle Ethridge of Region XIV Education Service Center leads discussion on values and parent-child communication. Babysitting will be available. event targets parents of children of any age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Oliver School
Kyle Ethridge
Education Service Center
Region XIV
Abilene
Bicycle repairman quits work at 85 in Stamford move to Pasadena
B C Oman, long time bicycle repairman and former farmer, decides to quit working at age 85. He moved from Stamford to Pasadena in 1957 then back to Stamford two years later, finally relocating to Pasadena in 1976. He retires from shop at 2148 S Ferguson and plans to repurpose his former shop for a Day Care Center expansion.
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George Reese
B. C. Oman
Oman
Stamford
Pasadena
Bricksdahl
K. K. Fuqua
S. Ferguson
Abilene
Stanley Oman
Avoca
Hickory Lane
Tex
Fuqua
Reese
Earl
Phillip Oman
Chester Oman
Lueders
B. C
Young Farmers to Sponsor Second Annual Farm Equipment Auction
Stamford Young Farmers announce their second annual farm equipment sale set for Friday March 4. Consignments are accepted through February 21 via any local Young Farmer member. Auction conducted by Tex Herring with consignments arranged through Stamford High School Vocational Agriculture staff and local contacts Carl Marugg Glen Gilbreath and Craig Blackwell.
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Stamford Young Farmers
Young Farmer
Tex Herring
Vocational Agriculture Department
Stamford High School
Carl Marugg
Glen Gilbreath
Craig Blackwell
Stamford council considers expanding electrical board duties
The Stamford City Council discussed amending the electrical ordinance to require four years under a master electrician for testing and to expand the board from three to five members including a building contractor and a private citizen. The panel also set new test retake wait times by score and debated board makeup to curb anti competitive practices.
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Stamford
Electrical Board
Marvin Massey
Massey
Stamford Mayoral Race Takes Shape With Key Incumbents
Mayor F Hudson will not seek reelection in the April 2 city elections. Councilman Gary Mathews announces mayoral candidacy while Carlton Swenson and Police Chief Duayne Medford remain undecided about reelection. Polls at Youth Center open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Election judge Richard Lane with assistant L V McNeil.
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Stamford
F. Hudson
Hudson's
Mathews
Carl Swenson
Duayne Medford
Swenson
Medford
Electa
Richard Lane
L. V. McNeil
Stamford Hospital
Joseph High
Earl Smith
Eugene Swenson
Eugene Watts
Joe McKeever
Don Starr
Hiddle
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Baptist Church
Haskell, Paint Creek, Lagerton, Weinert, Aspermont, Rochester
Lueders-Avoca
Rule
Don
Mitzi
Mandi
Kay
Tiffany
Herman Reeves
Z. Lindsey Encke
Kenneth Neal
Anson
Birger Haterius
Edith Ham
Matt Chalmers
Margie Lucille Higgs
Hamlin
Cancer Society
Cashway
Bill Reed
Bill Lawson
I. F. Hudson
Lawson
Stamford Electric Cooperative, Inc
Lake Stamford
Darwin Breeding
West Texas Utilities
Breeding
H.R. Macomber
Dave Brown
Stephen White
St. Ann's Catholic Church
Marcello Gomez
Father White
Dorothy Pryor
Chamber of Commerce
Don Westfall
Westfall
Johnny Davis
James Rodger
CPA
C. R K. Bellamy
Lone Star Gas
Charles Herridge
N. Swenson
Texaco
Lake Stamford Park
Carlton Burrow
Melvin Clements
Dillard Smith
Rotan
Tom Lovvorn
Lovvorn
Gary Mathews
Hudson
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