Three Seats Up For Stamford School Board Race
The Stamford Independent School District sets April 3 for three board places three four and five. Don Starr seeks place three after being appointed when Dr Harry Haynes retired. Clayton Childress runs again for place four. Absentee voting runs March 15 to 30 with election judge Richard Lane in City Hall.
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Stamford Independent School District Board
Don Starr
Harry Haynes
Clayton Childress Wall
Beene
Richard Lane
Grand Jury Date Set By Jones County Court
Jones County grand jury of W4th District Court will meet Thursday to hear cases and consider indictments.
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Jones County
W4th
Boren Receives Plaque at Lions Annual Dinner
J D Boren a city street foreman in the sanitation dept received a plaque at the fourth annual Lions Club City Appreciation Dinner held February 16 at the Chiff House Restaurant. The event honored city employees with Raymond Hollabaugh city judge as guest speaker emphasizing youth recreation needs and departmental highlights.
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Boren
Stamford
Lions Club
John Martin
Lions
Lions Annual
J. D. Boren
Sanitation
Raymond Hollabaugh
Henry Osment Services Held Here Sunday
Henry L. Osment 79 retired farmer died Friday in Stamford Memorial Hospital after long illness. Funeral held Sunday at Firsch Baptist Church with Rev. Jack Southerland officiating. burial in Highland Memorial Cemetery. Osment, born Sept 16, 1891 in Cleveland Tennessee, moved to Jones County in 1906, married Inez Brewington in 1919, moved to Stamford in 1957. He was WWI veteran, first manager of Stamford Electric Cooperative, later a director. Survivors include wife, daughter J E Youngquist, three grandchildren, one great granddaughter, brothers Walter and Earl, sister Mrs. Frankie Jackson.
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Henry L. Osment
Stamford Memorial Hospital
Firsch Baptist Church
Jack Southerland
Highland Memoria Cemetery
Kinney
Mr Osment
Cleveland
Tenn
Jones County
Inez Brewington
Tuxedo
Stamford
First Baptist Church
Osment
Stamford Electric Cooperative
J. E. Youngquist
Walter
Earl
Houston
Frankie Jackson
Weldon Strong Named Chief Engineer at Stamford Memorial
Weldon Strong formerly of West Texas Hospital in Lubbock is named chief engineer at Stamford Memorial Hospital. He began duties February 15 and brings 14 years of hospital engineering experience. His family resides at 509 Hill Circle.
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Weldon Strong
West Texas Hospital
Lubbock
Stamford Memorial Hospital
Texas Association of Hospital Engineers
Hill Circle
Safeway to Open New Store by March 29
Safeway plans to open its new store on or near March 29 with floors finished and utilities connected. Assistant manager Larry Ashorn says inspectors will visit early next week, fixtures to be installed afterward, and staff to stock mid March. Old stock will move to Safeway warehouses and the old building cleared for parking before a formal Easter grand opening.
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Safeway
Larry Ashorn
Ashorn
Former Stamford Coach Named Graham Football Leader
Bill Anderson, former head football coach in Stamford, is named to the Graham coaching post and will assume duties immediately. He studied at Abilene Christian College during 1970-71 for a masters, serving as defensive line coach. Anderson spent 17 years in Stamford, 14 as an assistant and 3 as head coach, replacing Darrel Williams.
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Bill Anderson
Stamford
Graham
Anderson
Abilene Christian College
Darrel Willams
Sellers Manufacturing to Open Automatic Welding Shop Here
Sellers Manufacturing of Wakarusa Indiana will lease the Stamford Begin property for three years with option. The plant, an automatic welding shop, will build chassis for travel trailers and mobile homes and serve Holiday Industries and Coachman Industries. Local hiring of four or five workers is planned with expansion possible as operations start.
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Sellers Manufacturing
Wakarusa Ind
Stamford
Orb Lovvorn
John Harrell
Stamford Industrial Foundation
Harrell
Terry McDonald
James Johnson
Anthem Commove
Trailers Sellers Manufacturing
Sweetwater
Coachman Industries
Olney
Jerry Hill
Lone Star Gas Co
Bob Kimbrough
Vorrel
M System Food Store To Reopen Monday
M System Supermarket will reopen for business Monday February 22 at 7 30 a m with about the same staff as before the November fire owner John M Edwards says the remodeled facility retains S H Green Stamps and services Haliburton the manager notes the store will resume its pre fire schedule and employ six people five full time and one part time Seymour based chain operates stores in the area.
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M-System
Robert Haliburton
Haliburton
S&h
Seymour
A. T. Martin Dies Tuesday Funeral Today
Acie T. Martin 86 dies Tuesday after four day illness. Funeral at 3 p.m. today at Orient Street Church of Christ with Jimmie Wood of Dallas officiating. Burial in Highland Memorial Cemetery under Kinney Funeral Home. Survived by wife Mina Mae Tuggle Martin, son E. L. Martin of Albuquerque, N M, and granddaughter Mrs. Ron Trlica of Dallas.
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Acie T. Martin
Orient Street Church of Christ
Jimmie Wood
Dallas
Highland Memorial Cemetery
Kinney Funeral Home
Mr. Martin
Stamford Memorial Hospital
Madison County
Mina Mae Tuggle
Stamford
Throckmorton
E. L. Martin
Albuquerque
N. M
Ron Trlica
County to reopen 1971 budget for salary talks
Jones County commissioners announced plans to reopen the 1971 budget at their March meeting. Salaries had been discussed at the Feb 8 session with no action. If reopened, all salaries including elected officials and employees will be considered after required public notice.
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Jones County
Leon Thurman
ASC Manager to Speak at Young Farmers Meeting
Brack Rowland ASC office manager for Jones Counts will speak at the Young Farmers meeting on Feb 22 at 7 30 p m in the Vocational Agriculture Building on the high school campus. The Stamford group sponsors this regular monthly educational program for area farmers and interested persons. Rowland will discuss the new agricultural farm bill and its impact on farmers.
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Brack Rowland
ASC
Jones Counts
Rowland
Jerry Manske
Stamford Young Farmers
Varsity Singers to Perform Homecoming Show in Stamford
The University of Texas Varsity Singers visit Stamford for a homecoming concert at 8 p.m. on February 20. Edie Hudson Sherry Swenson and C F E Bunkley, all SHS graduates, will join the 18 member group directed by Bill White. Tickets are 125 for adults and 75 cents for students, available from seniors or at the door.
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University of Texas
Jan Jones
Sherry Swenson
Stamford
Edie Hudson
Terry Pierce
Pam Latimer
Su Meadows
Linda Massad
Paul Dupree
C. E. Bunkley
Keith Saxon
David Meeker
Jim Walker
Bob Wahrmund
Jim Balogh
Jim Atkinson
Mark Cass
C. FE. Bunkley
SHS
Bill White
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James Self
I. R. Macomber
Macomber
Lion
Henry Osment
Sweden
Bethel Lutherans
West Texas
M-System Food Store
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M-System Chain
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Varsity Singers
Young Farmers Meeting
Swenson
Eugene Swenson
Miss Hudson
I. F. Hudson
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Georgia
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C. E. Bunkley Jr
Southern Palace
Six Flags Over Texas
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Avoca
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Cherie Wills
Robbie Swenson
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