Sagerton Homecoming Draws Large Local Crowd
About 600 people attended Sagerton School Homecoming over May 30 and 31 with unusually cool weather. The Class of 1947 and the 1924 graduates were well represented, and Elmer Davis, the oldest teacher present, recalled Tanner Joint School days. J N Wilson, Sagerton High School alumnus and Peters burg superintendent, spoke of community spirit. Irene Stewart, current principal, was praised for organizing the event and a 1969 homecoming was planned.
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Sagerton School
J. D. Kupatt
Mata Kainer Kupatt
Rule
Clancey Lehbrmann
Stamford
Pecos
Margaret Wendeborn Richards
Ernestine Beene Hargrove
Marcus Mahis
Sagerton
Elmer Davis
Tanner Jaint
John Clark
Tanner
Petersburg
Sagerton High School
Irene Stewart
Delbert LeFevre
Swimming Course Slated at Stamford Pool
Beginners and intermediates can join a 10 lesson Red Cross swimming course at Stamford Municipal Pool next week. Don Edwards, pool manager and Stamford High School coach, will tailor instruction to student needs with classes limited to six pupils. Registration via the pool or by calling PR3-4322.
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Stamford Municipal Swimming Pool
Don Edwards
Edwards
Stamford High School
Red Cross
Baseball Opens 64 Season Across Three Leagues
Opening games of the 64 season show varied scores across Junior Rotary and Exchange leagues. Notable results include Rotary 19 Vets 7, Baptists 0 and Baptists 13 Exchange 1, Rotary 6 Vets 2. Freshmen League saw Pirates 19 Colts 1 and Rotary Vets 2. Pee Wee League featured Yankees 6 Tigers 2 and Orioles 9 Red Sox 7.
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Rotary
Exchange
Vets
Baptists
Pirates
Colts
Rotary Vets
Yankees
Tigers
Orioles
Red Sox
Camp Fire Camp Opens Monday At Lueders
Camp Fire Camp O D a K o opens Monday morning at Lueders Baptist Encampment Grounds with 89 girls from Stamford Hamlin Haskell and Las Cruces N M. Registration starts at 7 a m and activities begin around 9. Sunrise ceremony Friday morning and family supper Friday night cap the week.
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Lueders
W. C.taylor
James High
New Car Wash Opens at East Hamilton Street Station
The Standard Coin Operated Car Wash at Standard Service Station on East Hamilton Street opens under owner Howard Price. It offers car wash service with warm water under pressure and mild detergent for quick, thorough cleaning.
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Standard
Hamilton Street
Howard Price, Offere & Car Wash
May Rain Totals Weaken Wheat Harvest Amid Heavy Showers
May rainfall reached 2.63 inches, with 1.19 inches in the final two days, lifting the monthly total and slowing the wheat harvest. Normal May precipitation is 3.89 inches, with 7.66 inches recorded year to date. Observers note patterns linking dry Aprils to wetter years, citing 1961 and earlier years as examples.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Cleburne Huston
U.S. Weather Bureau
Shorter Ballots Set for Jones County Runoffs
Democratic and Republican voters in Jones County head to polls Saturday for statewide runoffs. Democrats in most precincts vote on one issue with Joe Pool facing Robert Baker for congressman at large. Lem Ruark and James D Beasley contest a county commissioner seat in Precinct 3. Republicans choose between Jack Cox and George Bush in the race to face Senator Ralph Yarborough. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Stamford Leeders Hamlin Anson Olive School serves Stamford. Avoca Bricksdahl voters use Olive School location.
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Jones County
Joe Pool
Robert Baker
Houston
Lem Ruark
James D. Beasley
Lynn Gillespie
GOP
Stamford
Leeders
Hamlin
Anson
Jack Cox
George Bush
Ralph Yarborough
Ronald Links Open Heart Surgery Set in Houston
Ronald Link an 11 year old from Stamford prepared for open heart surgery at Texas Children's Hospital Houston with parents Eldred and Mrs Link and a fund started by the Stamford Lions Club raising 563 for medical costs Donations came from as far as Federal Way Washington The boy is a fourth grader at Oliver Elementary School and entered the hospital Wednesday
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Ronald Link
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston
Stamford Lions Club
Eldred Link
Ronald
Federal Way
Wash
Oliver
Houston Hospital
Beard Growing Contest Set for Western Week
The Stamford Chamber of Commerce plans a second Western Week from June 29 to July 5 with a beard growing contest on June 8. A talent contest on June 29 features under 50 and over 50 divisions, with three prizes per category, and judges will select the best entries on the downtown square.
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Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Chamber 4 Commerce
Stamford Industrial Foundation elects eight new directors
Eight of nine original directors were reelected by stockholders at the foundation's first annual meeting. KF B Harkins was chosen to replace Mayor Roland Kelley, who declined a full term. Directors will draw straws for three, two and one year terms, and officers will be elected from among board members. Stock certificates were issued for the $26 000 nonprofit corporation aiding new industry in Stamford.
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Stamford Industrial Development Foundation
KF. B. Harkins
Roland Kelley
Kelley
A. M. G. Swenson
Swenson Land and Cattle Co
W. T Stovall
First National Bank
H. G. Andrews Jr
Herschel
Stamford
Abilene
Austin
Stamford Men at 70th Texas Cotton Seed Crushers Meet
Stamford delegates will play prominent roles at the 70th annual Texas Cotton Seed Crushers Association convention in Corpus Christi at the Robert Driscoll Hotel on June 8 and 9. R. R. Kelley of Stamford serves as vice president. A. J. Mills chairs a standing committee and is a past president of the organization.
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Bill Gregory
Tony Selmon
W. P. Trice
Haskell
Don Howard
Jack Denson
J. C. Schroeder
James H West
Joan Blackstock
Carla Swenson
Sheila Youngquist
Anne Boedeker
Jackie Southerland
Beth Haynes
Jan Hodges
Paula Fuqua
Stamford
Texas Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Robert Driscoll
Corpu Christi
R. R. Kelley
A. J. Mills
Crushing Mills
Methodists Announce Two Clerical Moves in Stamford
Northwest Texas Conference results assign Rev. F Eugene Matthews to St John s Methodist Church and Dr Hubert Bratcher to district superintendent roles in Stamford. Dr Burgin Watkins leaves for Childress and Rev C A Holcomb Sr moves to Means Memorial Andrews as five years of Stamford district service conclude.
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St. John's Methodist Church
Northwest
Pampa
Perkins School of Theology
McMurry College
Bratcher
St. John’s Church
Lubbock
St. John’s
Burgin Watkins
First Methodist Church
Childress
Watkins
Stamford
C. A. Holcomb
Means Memorial Methodist Church
Andrews
Helcomb
Stamford Distict
F. Eugene Matthews
Hubert Bratcher
Neal Oliver Named Penney Store Manager in Stamford
Neal Oliver promoted to manager of J C Penney Co department store in Stamford replacing the resigned Dean Robertson. Oliver, a Brownwood native, joined Penney in 1953 as a shoe salesman and held prior posts in Odessa and Midland. He and his wife Ina will reside in Stamford. appointment effective May 29.
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Neal Oliver
Midland
J. C. Penney Co
Stamford
Oliver
Dean Robertson
Robertson
Brownwood
Odessa
Ina
Ann
Jane
Wil
Penney Company
New Aug 15 Plowup Date for Excess Cotton
A new cotton plowup rule sets August 15 as the disposal date for excess cotton acreage. Brad Rowland of the Jones County ASC Office says the date gives growers more time to decide which cotton to destroy, with a 15 day extension if measurement is not completed by August 15.
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Brad Rowland
Jones County
ASC
Stamford To Open English Language School June 8
Summer program for Latin American children in Stamford runs June through July 31 at Oliver Primary School with transport from Bomar Heights. Mary Loughmiller returns as teacher guiding a fast moving classroom focus on English structure vocabulary and speaking through music and varied activities.
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Stamford
H S. FitzGerald
Mary Loughmiller
Bilene
Oliver
Bomar Heights
Texas
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