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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1978
Page
4
The article explains how $500 billion compares to daily, hourly, and yearly government outlays and projects. It traces the rising federal budget from $100 billion in 1962 to a current near $500 billion, notes a growing national debt, and cites welfare costs as major contributors while urging promises to balance the budget.
Public hearings before the Public Utility Commission hear demands for relief from soaring electrical bills. ACORN urged lifeline rates while criticizing high charges for small users and conservation barriers. The commission will study rate mechanisms and report to the legislature.
Myrtle May Smart age 69 of Haskell died 5 20 p m Tuesday June 27 in Stamford Memorial Hospital Funeral held Friday June 30 at Desert Lawn Memorial Park Yuma Ariz Local arrangements by Kinney Funeral Home Survivors include five sons and six daughters with many grandchildren and great grandchildren
Historic July 4 page notes 1968 Cowgirl Sponsor contest drew a record eighty entrants while the official Quarter Horse show opened after rain delays. HSU’s Six White Horses led the Texas Cowboy Reunion parade as rain-soaked arenas dried. Stamford shifts noted with Larry W. McCraw named manager of Lone Star Gas Stamford district. Abi lene grain feed forecast referenced amid early heavy rainfall. City bids for paving and airport work exceeded engineer estimates by substantial margins.
Mary Robertson 56, former Lueders resident, died at home in Haskell. Funeral held 10 a.m. Saturday at East Side Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmy Griffith officiating. Burial in Lueders Cemetery. Born November 17 1921 in Orient she lived in Leeders 1939 to 1973 before moving to Haskell. Survivors include son Dewayne Davis and daughter Charlene Kelly, five sisters, one brother, three grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Pallbearers Kennth Jarred Jack Jarred Wallace Bird J B Dunham W Q Elmere Carl Anderson.
Local man training as the Texas Cowboy Reunion honors W G Swenson as president and Gene Swenson as vice president since Stamford began the event in 1930. Sponsor William Blakley, former U S Senator, rode in the parade but missed the rodeo. Jerry Ann Baize active sponsor. Also notes grain storage insect risk in Jones County and Billy C Coody at Webb Air Force Base for ROTC training.
The Texas Department of Health Region 4 will hold a Multiphasic Nursing Clinic at the Experienced Citizens Center in Haskell on July 6 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Services include diabetes, high blood pressure, tuberculosis skin tests, and anemia screening. If follow-up is needed, individuals are referred to their private physicians. The public is invited and no charge will be made. Clinics will occur monthly at the same time and location.
John McGaughey announces that the Stamford Salvation Army Service Unit will send four boys to Hoblitzelle Camp in Midlothian from July to July 16. The boys Rob Jarrell Chad Wright Ray Moon and Jesse Sanchez reside at 732 E Vanderbilt 1000S Anson 310 W Moran and 315 E Moran. The Midlothian camp operates every summer for Texas youth with about 225 boys attending weekly from the Service Unit towns.
J A notes a personal piece on his Paint Creek farm about a buckled concrete floor and a screen door that cannot be altered because Grand Central Station is a historic landmark. He jokes about authority and says the door stays as is to avoid defying the Supreme Court. Dear editor signed a reader.
The Young family reunion for descendants of Lee and Sarah Young will be held at the Lions Club building in Stamford. Visitation and refreshments begin Saturday evening with coffee Cokes cakes and sandwiches and dominoes. a luncheon is set for Sunday at noon. Friends are invited.
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