Stamford High School 1959 60 Honors Seniors
Valedictorian Ben Buie with a 95.14 average tops Stamford High School's 1959 60 graduating class at First Baptist Church. Salutatorian Martha Holland followed with 94.22 as the best all around junior and other honors went to Judy Scurlock Delton Jones Patricia Miller Jane Smith Tom Lovvorn and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Buie
Bernard Buie
Stamford High School
First Baptist Church
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Judy Scurlock
Stamford Rotary Club
Delton Jones
N. D
Doc) Jones
Patricia Miller
Warren Mille
Strauss
Jane Smith
Dan Smith
Exchange Club
Tom Lovvorn
Mel Vernon Lovvorn
Ray Scurlock
Tommy Dodd
W. O. Dold, Jr
Betty Wisener
C. FE. Wisener
Celeste Craig
Roy Craig
Scottie Pryor
George KE. Pryor
Cecil's Fire Loss Could Reach Forty Thousand Dollars
A Saturday evening fire destroyed or damaged Cecil's men and boys wear store at Stamford's downtown square. Owner Cecil Gregory estimated losses between 35,000 and 40,000 with full extent to be known after inventory. Insurance status unclear. neighboring buildings spared and Roy Arledge owns the building. Fire crews contained the blaze quickly.
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Cecil's
Stamford
Cecil Gregory
Roy Arledge
Gregory
Fire mostly confines to Cecil's Men Store blaze
Smoke damage extended to several offices on the second floor of the two story building after Cecil's Men's store burned Saturday afternoon. Ambrose Brown's Downtown News Stand at the rear also suffered smoke smell and heat. Second floor tenants C B Anderson, Bill Colvin, and Will H Grimes escaped actual fire damage. Ground floor tenants including Dobbins Pharmacy Stamford Life Insurance and Dr Harry Lee Haynes reported no fire damage beyond smoke and heat exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil's Men's
Ambrose Brown
Cecil's
C B. Anderson
State Theatre
Bill Colvin
Anderson-Clayton Cotton Co
Will H. Grimes
Dobbins Pharmacy
Stamford Life Insurance Co
Harry Lee Haynes
Major Power Breakdown Hits West Texas Cities
A widespread outage traced to a Permian Basin plant at Monahans cut power across West Texas including San Angelo, Stamford, La Mesa, Seymour, and Abilene. Additional outages affected Paint Creek Quanah and downtown Dallas hospitals. Officials said the cause was under investigation and the event marked the broadest blackout in over 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Permain Basin
Monahans
Paint Creek
Quanah
Abilene
WTA
Wbout
San Angelo
Stamford
Lamesa
Seymour
North Andrews
Roscoe
Lorraine
Colorado City
Snyder
Legion Auxiliary Joint Meeting Set
A joint meeting of the American Legion and Auxiliary is scheduled for Monday at 7 30 pm at the Legion Hall. The event includes a business session and a covered dish luncheon. All members are urged to attend.
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American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
12 Beauties to Compete for Stamford Honors at Grand Theatre
The Stamford Junior Chamber will stage a Miss Stamford pageant on Thursday night June 16 at the Grand Theatre. Twelve applicants will compete in evening dress bathing suit and talent tests with pictures in a souvenir program. Local winner advances to Miss Texas and on to national, with a $1 ticket price and a cash scholarship awarded.
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Chamber of Commerce
Stamford
Grand Theatre
Jay Thompson
Bill Cole
Beaumont
Fareed W Hassen
Johnny Brown
Saint John’s pastor moves to Canyon post in Texas
Rev. Newton Starnes leaves Stamford after three years to serve as Canyon Methodist pastor. Rev. David W. Brinkley from Pampa will lead the first sermon here, as remodeling plans for the sanctuary are discussed at a Sunday meeting. Appointed by the Northwest Texas Conference in Amarillo last week, Starnes will take over the Canyon post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Starnes
St. John's Methodist Church
Stamford
Canyon Sunday
Ang
David W. Brinkley
Starres
Starnes
Northwest
Two Stamford Boxes to Operate in Saturday Election
Two Stamford polling boxes will operate for the second primary Saturday with the same judges and locations. Mrs. Dave Walker returns as election judge at Box 10 Buie’s Implement Co. and Buster Upshaw at Box 25 in the high school auditorium. Polls open 8 a.m. and close 7 p.m. reminder from Bland Harper, county Democrat chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Walker
Buie's Implement Co
Buster Upshaw
Polis
Bland Harper
City Council Approves Water Upgrade Plan With 60000 Budgets
The city council approved a water improvement project estimated at 60 000 to 85 000 dollars to replace two way hydrants with three way units and add hydrants in residential areas. Bid openings are set for June 17 and work will include laying 19 000 feet of six inch cast iron mains and related valves. Aimed at reducing insurance rates for policyholders, the plan is funded from a long set aside fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freese and Nichols Engineering
Mercantile District
Harry Steenson
Year's Rain Far Short Of Normal
Stamford's May rainfall reached 1.76 inches, keeping the year’s total at 5.31 inches versus a normal 9.45. January, February and March were below normal. March had a trace and April recorded 1 inch though 2.20 was expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Cleburne Huston
Louisiana woman visits parents with daughter from Natchitoches
Mrs. Alton Lambre of Natchitoches Louisiana formerly Mary Lee Anderson and her daughter Ann age 13 arrived Monday for a visit with Mrs. Lambre's parents Mr. and Mrs. C Anderson.
Hailstorm Devastates Stamford Crops and Property
A severe hailstorm with high winds struck late Tuesday, tearing young wheat and cotton, uprooting trees, and breaking windows. Reported losses include hundreds of acres of wheat, cotton, and oats across New Hope and Stamford areas, with 75 mph gusts and over an inch of rain. Several farms such as C. W. Bean, Gene Carrell, and John Bean suffered extensive damage including 30 acres of wheat loss and 50 acres of cotton, while a hangar roof and multiple structures were damaged near the old airport.
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C. W. Bean
New Hope
Combine
Gene Carrell
John Bean
Clarence
Stamford
Leroy Schubert
J. T. Brown, Jr
Arledge Field
Lewis Byrd
Tax Post Only Question In Saturday's Election
Jones County voters go to the polls Saturday on one issue tax assessor collector. In the runoff Larry Holmes and A J French, who led the first primary, vie for the county job. Holmes 1386 votes to French 1344, with Mrs Charles Scott 1109 and L B McNeil 463 in the field.
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Larry Holmes
A. J French
Burglars Target White Auto Store in Memorial Day Break-In
Police report burglars broke into White's Auto Store on the west side of the square between Saturday closing and Tuesday morning reopening. Owner Jack May estimates about 30 dollars in cash, two shotguns, two automobile batteries, and five tires stolen through a rear upstairs window.
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White
Q. Cooper
Jack May
Nunnallee Receives Animal Science Baccalaureate at Texas A&M
Roger C. Nunnallee of Stamford earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science at Texas A&M College’s May 28 graduation exercises. He is the son of Mrs. Milton Nunnallee of Stamford.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Martha Holland
L. W. Johnson
Buie
Bartlett Holland
Ward Hinds
Marvin Hinds
Bernadette Craig
Cecil
Mr. Gregory
Dick Rowland
Rev. Starnes
Canyon Post
Sharon Brown
J. T. Brown
Jones County
Louisiana
Avoca
Gene Lyckman
Sheriff's Post
Dave Reyes
Johnny Agnew
Lem Ruark
McNeil
French
Holmes
Anson
Hamlin
Mrs. Scott
White Auto
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