Mrs. Budley Raines Wins City Women’s Golf Championship
Budley Raines defeats Lloyd Browne 3-2 in the finals at the Country Club to win the city women’s championship. The event features multiple flights with Raines advancing in the first flight and several close matches in both women's and men's city tournaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budley Raines
Lloyd Browne
Charles Markham
Cash Wiseman
R. C.qua
Dean Culp
Raines
Nat Wash
Shanty Hogan
Warren Cantrell
Sanford Hodge
Clay Markham
Culp
Browne
Markham
Peckham
Norman Huston
A .V. Kemlett
J. H
D. A. Bandeen
George Zachary
Dixie Bennett
James R. Neely
Grady Bowdry
Henry Andrews
W. B. Harrison
Bill Braymer
Bob Fleming
Joel Johnson
Waren Cantrell
W. W. Scott
George Rollins
A. V. Kemletz
F. E. Hudson
Deault
Frank Morrow
Harry Bounds
C. C. Westfall
Social Security Official to Visit Stamford Next Wednesday
Jacob G. James of the Dallas Social Security Board will visit Stamford next Wednesday to provide information and advice on the Social Security Act. He will address a mass meeting of employers and employees at the City Auditorium at 8. Office space will be provided at the Auditorium, and he will hold personal conferences from arrival around 10:30 a.m. through the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob G. James
Dallas
Social Security Board
Stamford
Mr. James
City Auditorium
Kinney Furniture Expands Floor Space in Odd Fellows Area
Kinney Furniture Company gains 10,000 square feet at its site beside Odd Fellows hall near the Texas Cafe. The expansion adds display space for furniture including a furnished model five room cottage open for inspection at all times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinney Furniture Company
Odd Fellows Hall
Texas Cafe
Resent
Texas Cowboy Reunion Readies Eight Annual Rodeo Stock
Cleburne Huston reports 25 new bucking horses in five stock cars for the eighth Texas Cowboy Reunion rodeo on July 1 2 and 3. New Brahma steers 10 head join 3 cars 75 head cows for wild cow milking and 50 roping calves. Prizes total 2300 dollars with saddles for champions in bronc riding calf roping milking cutting and more. Local cow hands from Texas and nearby states provide competitors. professional rodeo performers are barred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleburne Huston
Texas Cowboy Reunion
Dr. Blackwell
Pitchfork Bay
Throckmorton
Jack M. Little
Dallas
Texas
Sponsors Chosen by Eight Towns for Texas Cow Boy Reunion
Eight towns have selected cowgirl sponsors for the Texas Cow Boy Reunion at Stamford on July 1 to 3. Sponsors include Miss Caroline Bateman from Old Glory, Miss Mildred Davis from Aspermont, Miss Ann Elizabeth Smith from Graham, Miss Ann Carlton from Coleman, Mrs Patsy Morris Blair from Tahoka, Miss Majorie Wells from Waco, Miss Ida Marie Crews, and Miss Margaret Upshaw from Stamford. Mrs Hugh Astin is hostess to the sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Benjamin
Caroline Bateman
Old Glory
Mildred Davis
Aspermont
Ann Elizabeth Smith
Graham
Ann Carlton
Coleman
Patsy Morris Blair
Tahoka
Majorie Wells
Waco
Ida Marie Crews
Margaret Upshaw
Hugh Astin
District Legion Convention Set For Abilene June 12 13
The 17th District American Legion convention will meet in Abilene Saturday and Sunday June 12 and 13. Registration starts at noon at the Hilton hotel or the Veterans club house. Delegates will enjoy amusement features including a new swimming pool and a dance at night. Stamford delegates to the emeranimes have not yet been elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion
Abilene
Roy Duke
Legion
Hilton Hotel
Veterans Club House
Baptist Ministers Attend Conference in Fort Worth
Rev. Dick OBrien Rev. P. C. Williams Rev. J. H. Skiles and Rev. W. L. Daniel traveled to Fort Worth this week for an evangelistic conference at the Southwestern Theological Seminary. The meeting gathers Baptist pastors and evangelists from the state with Skiles recently named evangelistic leader of Jones County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick O’brien
P. C. Williams
J. H. Skiles
W. L. Daniel
Fort Worth
Southwestern Theological Seminary
Mr. Skiles
Jones County
Lamb Hardware Keeps Lead In Muddy Week Softball
Rain and a muddy field disrupted two games last week. New Hope, sponsored by Lamb Hardware, leads the Stamford league with 3–0, while Bunker Hill, sponsored by B E Needles, is second at 2–1. Bryant-Link Reds stand 1–2, and Tuxedo, backed by the Rotary Club, is winless. Lamb Hardware beat Rotary Thursday. Bryant-Link beat Rotary 5–1. Lamb Hardware beat Red Shirts 2–1 in 11 innings. Needles beat Rotary 6–5 Tuesday. Remaining schedule includes Bryant-Link against Rotary Thursday, Lamb Hardware against Needles Friday, and a possible Bryant-Link versus Spur Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant-Link Reds
Hanlon Oilers
Breckenridge
Jays
New Hope
Lamb Hardware Company
Stamford
Bunker Hill
B. E. Needles
Rotary Club
Lamb Hardware
Rotary
Red Shirts
Needles
Bryant Link
Hollis Atkerson Opens Clover Farm Store in Stamford
Hollis Atkerson, a noted Haskell food merchant, leases the Larche building on the square in Stamford and renovates it into a Clover Farm Store. The shop will feature modern fixtures, lighting, refrigeration, meat handling equipment, and a new merchandise selection. Opening date to be announced after interior completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Atkerson
Haskell Food Merchant
Mr. Atkerson
Atkerson
Clover Farm
Stamford
Plan for Providing Rooms for Reunion Visitors Announced
The Cowboy Reunion will use last year’s approach to house visitors in private homes. People with rooms can obtain a printed sign from the Chamber of Commerce listing capacity and display it until rented. Visitors may drive around to choose rooms, with a daily rate of $1 per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Hudson Voices Views On State Medicine At Exchange Meet
Dr. Fred E. Hudson spoke on the Socialization of Medicine at the Exchange Club gathering last Friday at the Stamford Inn. He opposed state control of medicine and offered numerous reasons for his position while W. Roe announced a new Goodyear tire store opening. A. Humphrey led the brief business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Hudson
Exchange Club
Stamford Inn
Rainfall Tops Six Inches in Stamford Area This Year
Rainfall since May reaches 6.15 inches for Stamford region, with 2.43 inches in May and 1.38 inches since last Friday. Rain totals vary across towns from none at Hamlin to four to five inches near Peacock and Swenson, aiding about seventy-five percent of the season's cotton crop planted and lifting prospects for a good yield as acreage rises about ten percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Peacock and
Swenson
Hamlin
Lueders
Old Glory
Aspermont
Hat incident ends in drowning at College Lake
Jesse Adams a Texas born Black man in his early years drowned at College Lake last Friday afternoon about one o clock while trying to recover his hat blown into the water. Two Negroes recovered the body about four hours later. Police and deputies assisted. Adams’s hat floated to shore. Funeral directed by Kinney Funeral Home Saturday at 2 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Adams
Texas
College Lake
Willie Hamond
Robert Harris
Stamford Police Department
Sanders
Adams
Fannie Johnson
W Mangrum
Stamford
Kinney Funeral Home
Graves Decorated for 53 Civil, Spanish-American and World War Veterans
Members of the local American Legion post and Legion Auxiliary decorated 53 veterans graves last Sunday. Flags and floral wreaths were placed at each grave across Highland New Hope Spring Creek Swedish Lutheran Rockdale and Capron cemeteries. Roy Duke Roscoe Hood Sterling Dodgen and R. E. McNabb led the effort. Mrs. Dudley Duncan supervised wreaths. Duke asks anyone with missing grave markers to inform him so all veterans are honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Highland
New Hope
Spring Creek
Swedish
Roy Duke
Legion
Mrs Henry Cook Installed as Head Eastern Star Lodge
A memorial service and annual installation of officers were held by the Eastern Star lodge Monday night. Mrs Henry Cook succeeded Mrs Jack Booth of Goree as worthy matron, with other officers serving, followed by a social hour with angel food cake ice cream and mints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star Lodge
Henry Cook
Jack Booth
Goree
Booth
Doris Jackson Tops Stamford High Valedictorian List
Doris Jackson, daughter of Mr and Mrs I L Jackson, is valedictorian at Stamford High School with a 194.75 average. Ray Lundgren is second honors with 01.62. Albert Ivy Jr is named best all around as class president and MC. Commencement by T K Tinsley at St John’s Methodist with 64 diplomas. diplomas presented by L W Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Jackson
I. L. Jackson
Stamford High School
Ray Lundgren
Ray
T. K. Tinsley
St. John’s Methodist Church
L. W. Johnson
Albert Ivy, Jr
Albert
Mary Tom Boston
Lucy Bohannon
Clarice Olson
Opal Faye Parnell
Dor Williams
Helen Pusterovsky
Margaret Harris
Mildred Hood
United States
Dorie Jackson
Helen Rosenwasser
Charles Bandeen
Wayne Hargrove
Tessica Martin
Frances Prewit to Enter Fiesta Beauty Contest
Frances Prewit daughter of Mr and Mrs D E Prewit will travel to Fort Worth for the Fort Worth fiesta to vie for Texas Sweetheart No 1. Mine Prewit previously placed third in Stamford and will represent Stamford after illness sidelined the top contenders. Miss LaNelle Austin who won first honors had been hospitalized for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Prewit
D E. Prewit
Fort Worth
Texas
Mine Prewit
Stamford
Grand Theater
LaNelle Austin
Rosaline Danie
Grade School Pupils Achieve Attendance and Scholarship Records
Stamford grade schools report perfect attendance among 25 possible pupils last year, but illness reduced totals. Eighteen students from Moran Street and Reynolds Street earned A scholarship cards. 121 earned B cards. The Moran Street roster lists several A and B recipients across grades, with the largest A group in seventh grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Moran Street
Reynolds Street
C. M. Lester
Moran Street School
Willa V. Lyon
Celia Aiken
Margaret McKay
Buster Fuqua
Odell Anders
Dorothy Fay Samuels
Mary Juanita Griggs
Marisa Roy
S A Knowles 80 Avoca Man Dies After Illness
Samuel Alexander Knowles 80 of Avoca dies at home after a five month illness. Funeral held at Kinney Chapel with Rev N B Daniela and Rev J H Skiles officiating. Survivors include two sons L C Knowles and K C Knowles, three daughters, 24 grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Alexander Knowles
Avoca
Kinney
Knowles
Jones County
Daniela
J. H. Skiles
Highland Cemetery
C. D. Holloway
D .M. Black
F. Plumlee
C. A. Williams
R. T. Taylor
A. R. Bean
Ethelene Skiles
Jewel Tidwell
Cecil Bean
Earl Portwood
Lois Skiles
Iyka
Mias
Texas
Narcissa Maria Harrison
Stamford
Jo Busby
Tonese
Vai
L. C. Knowles
K. C. Knowles
Donna
I. O. Hughes
Stamfor
G. J. Newtherlin
Silverton
Julia Burleson
Campo
Colorado
A Sliner
Matie Walker
Weir
George Knowles
Goldthwaite
Raymond Knowles
Grady
Xico
Lee
Pee Es
Kitty Holly
Oakweed
Stamford seventh grade honors list valedictorian named
Ann Bunkley led a large seventh grade class at Stamford Public Schools with a 95.46 average as valedictorian. George Connell Jr took second with 93.51 and Mary Bryan followed at 94.42 among 26 honor roll members of the 117 pupils in the class announced at the First Baptist Church exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Public Schools
First Baptist Church
Ann Bunkley
George Connell, Jr
Mary Bryan
Carl Deaton
Nancy Ruth Harrison
Bobble Lou Smith
Margie Hood
Ruth Williams
Betty Jo Summers
Tom Wiley, Jr
Julia Fuqua
Jane McDonald
Wilfred Batley
Leontine Curry
Doris Adair
Alta Ray Johnaga
Martha Louise McClellan
Jene Cora Lee Connor
Janice Baird
Halycon Stayer
Nancy Lou Langan
G.W. Fuqua
Teddy Strauss
Gweneth Fleming
Dorothy McCleakey
Crady Jones
Bob Kinard
Joe Latimore
Cecil Massey
Willis McGregor
Glenn Milles
Robert Motes
I Gordon Mott
Edward Marshall
Everett Million
Harold Mass
Paria Park
Dallas Prince
Ralph Shanafelt
Teddy Mack Smith
Eugene Swenson
W. R K. Simpson
Burdon Smith
James T. Stell
W A. Sledge
Craig Stephens
Ray Dean Thompson
Daryl Touchstone
J. Hayden Thornton
Eugene Whit
Bureh Wright
James Warren Welson
William Brooke
Disse
Aatiy Dorie Adair
Alvenia Barton
Beverly Buje
Georgia Bushell
Dorothy Black
Doris Brown
Wanda Britton
Jamie Chandler
Hazel Cox
Elia Rider
Rudine Clark
Tillie Jean Dillard
Jane Duke
Beverly Fuqua
Mary Gatewood
Myrtle Griggs
Bertha Faye Henry
Mattie Leu Holloway
Rebecca Hughes
Peggy Jane Jeter
Bobbie Lawcon
Mavie McLemore
Loeille Metalloch
Ewtelle McReynolds
Sarah Miles
Florene Ray
Grace Reed
Mary Louise Reed
Lowise Royer
Henrietta Schoenestedt
Geraldine Siddens
Lillian Smith
Reba Talli Eon
Virginia Tayman
Hettie J. Thane
Violet Touchaton
Mary Wedeking
Stamford Man J N Wiley Celebrates 95th Birthday
Jasper Newton Wiley observed his fifth birthday Thursday June 4 with a quiet family dinner at his son Floyd Wiley’s home in Stamford. His wife, who would have turned 94 in August, died three months ago. Attending were KR H Wiley and T Ek band, plus children Mrs. A RK Jackson of Temple J D Wiley and Mrs. 8 W Bowen of Winslow Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Jasper Newton Wiley
Floyd Wiley
Mr. Wiley
KR. H. Wiley
T. Ekband
A, RK. Jackson
Temple
J. D. Wiley
8. W. Bowen
Winslow
Arizona
Vacation Bible School Opens at St. John's Methodist Church
Daily Vacation Bible School at St. John's Methodist Church opens Monday and runs through Friday. Classes run from 9 to 10:30 each morning for various age groups. Children ages six to fifteen are invited to attend the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
St. John's Methodist Church
Unford
Yield far exceeds expectations in Stamford wheat harvest
About 200000 bushels of wheat are expected to be handled in Stamford this season, a sharp rise from 75000 bushels last year. Yields average around 17 bushels per acre, with some cuttings affecting quality but most grain graded as new crop. No. 1 wheat price stands at cent per bushel as harvest accelerates amid short supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
C. E Brownfield
Teachers Plan Varied Summers Amid Vacation Studies
Stamford Public Schools teachers describe summer plans spanning study at universities to domestic travel. H K Langford will pursue a master's in Iowa State College Ames. Vera Steely and Louise Daugherity also seek graduate work in Colorado and Hardin-Simmons, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Public
Stamford
H. K. Langford
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Vera Steely
University of Colorado At
Boulder
Colo
Louise Daugherity
Abilene
Hardin-Simmons University
Annie Bounds
Abilene Christian College
Lpnet
Katharine Addis
Los Angeles
California
Kyron Lewis
Central
South Iven
Mattie V. McCuistron
Evelyn Carson
Simmer
Rowell
Anson
Bernie Caldwell
W. FE. Swanson
Lubbock
Sf M. Montgomery
Sanger
A Gardner
Mtamford
Nat
Goodyear Store Set for Two Day Formal Opening
The Goodyear Store in the K. of Building on West McHarg Avenue will hold a two day formal opening Friday and Saturday. The store, run by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s retail division, names Ree as manager with Raymond Mee of Stamford as gasstants and Mrs Ree and their young daughter relocating to Stamford. Previously in Sherman, the Rees lived in Abilene before moving. The shop will offer tires and tubes along with accessories and bicycles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Compay
K. of
West McHarg Aveenue
W. 3
Ree
Time and Sherman
Raymond Mee
Stamford
Gassetant
Abilene
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Cee
Dr. Hudson
Ian Albert Ivy, JR
Charles Brownfield
Pete Andrews
Mary Jim Mayon
Eilah Blan Elliott
Fiesta
J.C. Bledsoe
Bob Ladd
Peggy van Harbert
Iva Lee McKinley
Camila Morris
Peggy Litton
Lou Jean Bennett
Minnie Lou Crider
Betty Leen McCafferty
Paul Brewton
Leemore Fuqua
Bonnie Moore
Charlie Jean Capps
Royce Ferrell
Joseph Scott
Virginia Chapman
Frances Clark
Lavern Ferrell
Peggy Weldon
Joy Britt
May Bell McCafferty
Bobby Jean Sims
Johnny Cole
S. A. Knowles
J. N. Wiley
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