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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1978
Page
8
A Massachusetts YWCA instructor created volleyball in 1895, a distinctly American sport that grew quickly from gym classes into a global team game. The invention bridged gym activities and organized play, shaping later national and international competitions.
Three local teams the Spades, the Left-Overs and the Over the Fence Gang join three out-of-town squads the Outlaws from Rule West Texas Utilities from Haskell and Lawrence Hall Chevrolet from Anson to form a men's slow pitch league. Each team plays 15 games with three contests weekly on Tuesday and Friday at 7 30 p m at Wendeborn Field in Stamford. No admission charged and local residents are invited to attend. Officers Jerry Smith president Jerry Hill vice president Ringo Bolin secretary John Wendeborn treasurer all based in Stamford.
Lelia Goree of Teakwood Manor near New Hope was struck behind the ear during Flag Camp at Texas Christian University Fort Worth and suffered a fractured bone. She received X rays and is now home recovering. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Gary Goree and will attend Jacksonville church camp with an Assembly of God group from Stamford.
Local area families welcomed holiday guests including Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Payne of Houston and Mr. and Mrs Alton Carlton and sons Charlie and Keith of Pasadena with Lynn and Wayne Carlton of Stamford. Lavish gatherings at the Carltons lake home on Stamford Lake featured a July 4 hamburger supper for relatives and friends including Travis Carlton and family, Wayne Carlton Jr and Philip and Randall, Laura Jane Carlton, and Everett and Wayne Carlton. Mrs Alma Markley of Titusville visited Hawley grandchildren and friends in Leeders. Mrs Searcy Orr of Lamesa spent time with Bert Carlton.
Cicadas emerge at night from soil across Jones County causing holes in lawns. Adults shed nymph skins while males call loudly and females lay eggs in twigs. Cicada damage is usually limited but carbary control can reduce activity for about a week.
Carlton II of Hawley and friend Russell Scott of Anson join Mrs Alma Markley of Titusville Florida in a family roster including Mr and Mrs Kevin Allman and Mr and Mrs J W Howard and Leonard of Haskell. Kenneth Carlton and Debbie and Kevin with Mrs L L Chapman and Lynn Carlton plus grandsons Shane and Ronnie Sluga of Albuquerque New Mexico noted. Frances Reason nutritionist advises关注 fat on labels to help weight conscious readers.
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