Accidental shooting ruled in Stamford man death
Justice of the Peace Mozelle Nance ruled the December 23 shooting death of 23 year old Johnny Lynn Schwettman at 303 Handlan as accidental. An autopsy was ordered and the body sent to Hendrick Medical Center. Two juvenile witnesses reported the incident, with one pistol found at the scene. Schwettman, an oilfield worker, had been drinking earlier that morning. Funeral services were held at Temple Baptist Church in Stamford with burial in Willow Cemetery in Haskell. He is survived by a son, mother, father, two brothers, and a step sister. Pallbearers were Marshall McNeely, Dale Pritchard, Johnny Petty, L H Simpson, Hollis Bosse, and Mike McBay.
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Jones County Justice of the Peace
Mozelle Nance
Johnny Lynn Schwettman
Schwettman
Stamford
Cheff Duayne Medford
303 Handlan
Medford
Nance
Hendrick Medical Center
Abilene
Kenneth Blair
Willow Cemetery
Haskell
U.S. Army
Temple Baptist Church
Johnny Jr
Houston
Reba Simpson
Steven Schwettman
David Dearing
Lubbock
Tommy Schwettman
Cotton farmers reap benefits of dry spell and gins
Area farmers used the dry weather to strip fields as gins report totals: Bricksdale 1340 bales, Denson 1152, Stamford 1044, Smith 936, Avoca 400, Paymaster 570. 1979 totals ranged higher, and Farmer's Co-op noted 73 cents a pound as locals hope for a bumper 1941 similar to 1979.
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Bricksdale
Denson
Lagerton
Farmer's Co-op
Stamford
Smith
Hughes
Avoca
Paymaster
Corinth
Jack Young
Lonn Wendeborn
Tri County Livestock Show set for Saturday at Showbarn
The Tri County Livestock Show, sponsored by Paint Creek Lueders Avoca and Stamford, will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday January 10 at the Tri-Area Livestock Association Showbarn on the Texas Cowboy Reunion Grounds. A total of 326 entries are listed with judging for swine rabbits broilers beef cattle and sheep, plus halter show steers commercial calves capons dairy cattle and breeding sheep. The Tri Area Livestock Association meeting follows at 11:15 with a financial report and two two year board terms up for election.
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Tri-County
Tri-Area Livestock Association
Paint Creek
Lueders-Avoca
Stamford
Dick Vestal
Clyde High School
T.C. Blankenship
Hamlin
Weldon Holbrooks
Stamford High
Stenholm travels to Europe for conference in Bavaria
Congressman Charles W. Stenholm joined 17 lawmakers on a four day conference with German leaders in Bavaria after Congress adjourned. The bipartisan group met with Bundestag members from the Christian Social Union and Bavarian officials to discuss defense SALT NATO East West relations and economic issues such as inflation unemployment and energy. Stenholm said the exchanges provided useful information and offered a candid assessment of shared interests between the nations.
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Charles Ww. Stenholm
Federal Republic of Germany
Bavaria
Stenholm
House
Senate
The
Heritage Foundation
Washingen
Bundestag
Christian Social Union Party
Germany
NATO
Europe
Early Morning Fire Destroys Home in Stamford
Fire at 206 North Hobart at 4 56 a m on December 26 damaged the dining room after a candle left overnight ignited a curtain. Linda Massik and her baby escaped with no injuries as Stamford fire units responded. Fire chief Bill Lawson noted extensive dining room damage from the blaze.
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Linda Massik
North
Hobart
Stamford
Bill Lawson
Stamford American Closed Thursday for New Year Holiday
The Stamford American will be closed Thursday in observance of the New Year’s holiday. Offices reopen Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stamford City Hall Jones County courthouse and the local post office are closed. Big Country Savings and First National Bank of Stamford also closed. Happy New Year.
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Stamford
Jones County
U.S Post Office
Big Country Savings
First National Bank of Stamford
West Texas Weather Year 1980 Ends in Floods and Heat
A Stamford area weather summary details a brutal 1980 with drought early year drought rainfall at 9.75 inches through August, prolonged 100 plus degree heat for 42 days, and a mid year surge of 14 inches in September. A week of heavy rain flooded Hamlin, raised Lake Stamford, and worsened cotton and winter wheat prospects.
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Hamlin
Lake Stamford
KDWT
Stamford
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the United Way
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United Way
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