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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1961
Page
3
The area received heavy rains last Tuesday night and Wednesday morning with 4 inches to an inch or more, aiding replants south of town for cotton and maize. Wheat yields averaged 15 to 35 bushels per acre after a dry spell, and farmers have been harvesting, planting, and cultivating.
News from Stamford Texas notes Jana Sue Offi and family visiting relatives in the area, Rex Flowers visiting his mother and sister, and several local residents visiting kin. G. L. Nehring recovers at home after a brain hemorrhage, Jeff Pumphrey returns from Waco, and Tom Ed Davis graduates from Abilene High School. Janet Druesedow Compton earns a B A in business administration at Texas Tech in Lubbock.
Central Christian Church hosted a week long Vacation Bible School opening Monday and ending Friday with high attendance. Four departments served various age groups under directors and volunteers including Mrs L L Perry and Mrs Jerry Garner. Amelia Hickman, daughter of Mrs L L Loop, is stationed at Amarillo Air Base.
William Martin Blackburn Jr., son of Mr and Mrs W M Blackburn of Stamford and a spring graduate at Texas Tech, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the U S Army Reserve.
Twenty Stonewall County 4 Hers will travel to Texas A M College for the annual 4 H Roundup. County Agent Truett Hennig and four adult leaders accompany the group. Events include Land Judging Poultry Judging Plant Identification Vegetable Preparation Demostration and Public Speaking. Expenses are paid by area firms and individuals including Don Tractor Driving and Stamford Wooldridge.
All Texas Senate and House members are now honorary members of the Stamford Board of City Development and Chamber of Commerce. President Vernon Lovvorn signed the membership cards. Keith Wheatley delivered them in Austin. Legislators will receive a complimentary Texas Cowboy Reunion ticket for one show.
From 1954 to 1959 the number of turkey farms declined while total production rose. Hatchings through most of the year hint the trend may continue, says extension poultry marketing specialist F Z Beanblossom. If hatchings don’t approach last year, price declines could widen in fall 1961.
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