Smith Named New Carrier on Rural Route 2
Otto Smith began his first trip Wednesday morning as the new rural carrier for Route 2 out of Stamford. The 56.59 mile route follows the retirement of J. S. Joan after 11 years in Stamford. Smith started at the Stamford post office May 16 18 and previously served as city carrier and clerk. Clyde Sims will be interim clerk until a regular appointment is made, says postmistress Mrs R V Col rt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Smith
Mford
Iles
Smith
Joan
Stamror
Mr. Smith
Thest
Stamford
Clyde Sims
R. V. Colrt
Charity Funds Running Short Revealed At City Meeting
United Charities reports show 247.61 dollars paid for charity since January 1 with ample work among the sick. Churches report on special efforts including St John’s Methodist milk for Moran Street students and distribution of food and clothing. The meeting at Central Christian Church opened with hymn Wonderful Words of Life and featured prayers and remarks from Mrs Rogan and Mrs Fleming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Charities Treasury
Nited Charities Organization
Central Christian Church
St. John's Methodist Church
Moran Street
Wm. F. Rogan
George Flournoy
S. L. Fleming
J. R. Sledge
Finanga
Thomas
Iron Mountain Oilers Baseball Club Organized
The Iron Mountain Oilers baseball club is organized with P. R. Johnson as manager. Donations from firms and individuals fund equipment. Tentative games planned for early season with Haliburton Cementing Company of Duncan. Field likely near the viaduct in west Stamford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Mountain Oilers
P. R. Johnson
Haliburton Cementing Company
Duncan
West
Stamford
Marguerite McGregor Makes Fine Record at Denton College
Marguerite McGregor of Texas State College for Women at Denton will arrive Saturday to spend the summer with her parents, Mr and Mrs J McGregor. She has made a splendid home economics record, earning the only A in sewing in her third year class and contributing to the annual teachers banquet menu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guerite McGregor
Texas State College For Women
Denton
J. McGregor
MissGregor
Anmenu Manual
Marjor
Tw Truck Lines Opens New Terminal on South Ferguson
Tw Truck Lines and Plunkett Motor Lines establish a terminal at 401 South Ferguson in Stamford in the same building as the Waden Planing Mill. The facility sits a half block west of the C. F. Williams warehouse and Transfer, a former ration base for both lines. Boody Hammet heads the new office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johndn Truck Lines
Stamford
Plunkett Motor Lines
South
Ferguson
Waden Planing Mill
C. F. Williams Warehouse and Transfer
Johnson and Plunkett Lines
Critically Burned As Man Tests Gasoline With Match
Jack Kelly of Wichita Falls suffered critical burns at Aspermont last Friday night when he lit a match to check gasoline flow into a car’s tank during fueling in dim light. A bystander dropped a gasoline bucket and fled on seeing the flame, splashing fluid on Kelly’s arms. He was moved to Stamford Sanitarium and then transported to Wichita Falls on Sunday. The other man involved marked his 20th birthday that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Kelly
Wichita Falls
Aspermont
Kelly
Stamford Sanitarium
Kinney
Locke Withdraws From Campaign for Representative
Frank M. Locke of Stamford has withdrawn from the race for state representative due to a business commitment that requires extensive travel selling road machinery. He notes his territory extends to the New Mexico line and offers thanks while hoping to serve the citizens of West Texas in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Locke
Stamford
West Texas
Legion Band to stage Merchants Carnival on June 17
American Legion band to stage a merchants carnival at the city auditorium Friday night June 17. C M Watson band director says minstrel acts a band concert a cake walk and other carnival style entertainment are planned. Merchants will display attractively arranged booths with no admission charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
City Auditorium
C. M. Watson
Bonita Shipman to Graduate at NTST Denton
Miss Bonita Lucille Shipman daughter of Mrs Etta Shipman is in the June graduating class of North Texas State Teachers College at Denton She majored in art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonita Lucille Shipman
Etta Shipman
City
North Texas ‘State Teachers College
Denton
Life of a Mail Carrier J S Sloan Retired at 65
J S Sloan long serving rural carrier from Stamford Route 2 retires May 31 after 11 years in that post and 23 years civil service. He began in 1912 with buggy and four horses then learned Model T driving in 1915 and faced hardships delivering mail through mud and weather, recalling lifelong friendships with patrons on his route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Stamford
Mr. Sloan
Sam
Deek
Maud
Mother Bitten by Rattler While Checking Sleeping Children
Mrs. A. L. Smith of Jayton was bitten on the foot by a rattlesnake coiled by her children's bed in their Stamford area home. She received first aid, was taken to Stamford Sanitarium, and recovered enough to go home the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Smith
Jayton
Stamford
Oil field notes new wildcat tests near Stamford Texas
Spudded No 1 Donehoo wildcat 1.5 miles east of Stamford with surface casing set. Forest Development No 2 Purdue flowed 62 barrels per hour on test. J. W and A. E. McMillen No 1 Purdue moving in storage. expected 50 to 75 barrels daily. Iron Mountain No 4 Beck drilling past 2740 feet. Hammonds No 1 Maniker drilling past 2100 feet. Ivy pool activity includes No 3 Ivy location and No 6 Ivy offshore offset. Avoca pool rigs in progress. multiple tests in BRB&C and BBB&C surveys near Stamford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farris and
Jennings
Port Worth
Stamford
Brb&c
Haskell County
Forest Development Company
Purdue
Railroad Commission
J. W
A. E. McMillen
Fain McGaha
T. G. Hendricks
Ivy Pool
Iron Mountain Oil Company
Prbr&c
Danciger Oil and
McCown
Berac
Owen Snebold Nots Ivy
BRRAC
Iron Mountain
Owen-Snebold No
H&tc
Forrest Development Company
Swimming Pool Opens as Heat Wave Arrives
The municipal pool opened Sunday and drew many swimmers for the first swim of the season. Manager Gordon Haynes and guards Gordon Haynes Jr and Harry Lee Haynes supervise the day. Little Miss Mary Joe Medley of Abilene visits grandparents Mr and Mrs J A Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Haynes
Gordon Haynes, Jr
Harry Lee Haynes
Mary Joe Medley
Abilene
J. A. Smith
Stamford High School honors students in graduation
Wayne Hargrove tops Stamford High School as valedictorian with 0.66 average and Bob Bryan as salutatorian while 75 graduates receive diplomas at the First Baptist Church. Mary Charlotte Larche wins DAR award for highest history grade. several students named for top averages in various classes and activities are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Hargrove
Bob Bryan
Stamford
Wayne
Bob
First Baptist Church
L. W. Johnson
Janice Buie
T. R. Tinsley
Mr. Johnson
Mary Charlotte Larche
Nior
Lwas
Tr. J. Boston
Christopher H. Freeman
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mary Charlotte
Hamlin
Anson
Heasie Joiner
Dorothy Claire Isbill
Boston
C. BK. Coombes
John Edwards
Regent
Margaret Boston
San Antonio
Bobbie Jean Carson
W. G. Pritchett
Mary Jim Mason
Ann Bunkley
Home Making Club Formed by Stamford High Students
Summer class home making group at Stamford High School organized a Home Making Club with Doris Jackson as president Evelyn Osment as vice president Marie Hargrove as secretary Imogene Huddleston as treasurer and Enid Young as reporter. Mixa Ethel Rowell and Mrs. H K Langford supervise. Meetings set for Tuesday and Thursday at 2 40 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford High School
Doris Jackson
Evelyn Osment
Marie Hargrove
Imogene Huddleston
Enid Young
Mixa Ethel Rowell
H. K. Langford
Grain Too Green to Thresh Now in Stamford Area
Grain in the Stamford region remains too green to thresh as buyers report slow sales and cautious bids. Farmers expect higher yields with increased acreage, though losses from recent hail cloud the outlook. Wheat is around 55 cents, oats 15, barley 20, with prices likely affecting storage decisions. Dealers note some fields proved and prospects vary by farm as harvest approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Jones County
Oata
C. BE. Brownfield
Haskell
Clark Brothers
J. H. Beott
Stamford Mill
Plewater ‘Company
Adams Family Gathering Honors May 22 Newlyweds At Rural Texas Home
A Sunday gathering at J. E. Adams and wife east of Stamford celebrated the Edwards couple’s Lubbock wedding on May 22 before they head to North Texas State Teachers College for summer school. Attendees included Adame family members from Dexter New Mexico Carthage Beckville and Dallas while longtime Adams family friends recall youth in Font Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Adams
Stamford
Lon Adame
Kotan
WC. Adame
Hobbie Nell
Reba
Dexter
New Mexico
Edward Adams
Jim Adams
Ray Adame
Adrian Marshall
Adams
Ed Gentery
Grady Johnson
Tom Wood
Jent Brooks
Joyce
Henry Kelly
Carthage
Beckville
Adama
Font Texas
Mrs. Adame
Oklahoma
East
Texas
Bowie County
Marietta
Edward
Pete
Fay
Lauine
Marrie
W. M. Weddell
Albuquerque J
Edwear Adame
Hale Center
Johnny Smith
Calveston
J. P. Gentry
Dallas
Mayor Outlines Stamford Needs at Rotary Luncheon
Mayor RB C Thomas spoke on Stamford's needs and growth traits at a Rotary Club luncheon. Nashville visitor Dr George Pryor Jr. discussed what makes towns desirable to live in and how they grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Rotary Club
RB. C. Thomas
George Pryor, Jr
Nashville, Tenn
Waa
Cooling systems installed in Stamford business houses
Installations of evaporative cooling units were completed in Stamford. Weat Texas Utilities Co. reports two 7,000 cubic unit systems at the Bunkley op Store and a similar unit at its own offices, plus a unit at Casey Jones pool hall. More units are going in across Hamlin Spar Stepton Reby and Haskell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Stamford
Weat Texas Utilities C Ompany
Ccordite
Heb McCleskey
District Ee Dise
West Teane Utilities
Bunkley
Weat Texae Utilities Company
Casey Jones
Pool Hall
Swenson Avenue
McCloskey
Dstrict
Hamlin
Spar
Stepton, Reby
Haskell
Mrs. Tom Bunkley to Graduate June Sth
Mrs Tom Bunkley will graduate from Newcombe College in Orcleana I jietana on June 8 earning a Bachelor of Arts with a Master in Education. Her husband Tom Bunkley, son of Dr and Mrs EK P Bunkley, completed his junior work at Medien College this year. The Bryors travel to New Orleans for the graduation ceremony while relatives stay home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Bounkley
Newcombe College
Orcleana
I Jietana
Alpha Chi Omega
Pacchelor
Tor Bunkley
EK. P. Bunkley
Ne Medien College
E . Bunkley
Ann
Ind
George Pryor, Jr
Nubile
Tenn
New Orleans
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Iclair
Rone
Locke
Legion Band
Merchants Carnival
Bonita Shipman
NTST
J.S. Sloan
Uncle Sam
Sweetwater
Roscoe
Gaither
Dungan Bros
Hyer
Cook
Dunigan Bros. and
Stanton and Miller
Bbr&c
Iron Mountain No
W. H. Hargrove
Hon Bryan
Janior
Salutatorian
Bob Regan
Henry Bryan
Rotary
Tom Bunkley
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