Changes in Northwest Texas Methodist Conference reassignments
The Northwest Texas Methodist Conference in Lubbock announced continued posts for Rev. Charles E. Fike and Rev. J. H. Crawford. The Spur area moved to the Lubbock district, while Moran Albany Hamlin Sylvester McCaulley Longworth Roby and Rotan joined Stamford district with numerous assigned pastors including J. H. Crawford Albany and Oran Lewis Haskell Paint Creek J. B. Thompson Jayton and Oscar Bruce Longworth among others. Pastor changes also placed D W Bunkley in Anson with Evans Bryan on the Anson circuit and Oran D. Smith transferring from Lueders to Sanford in the Pampa district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Fike
St. John’s
Stamford
Lubbock
Moran
Albany
Hamlin
Sylvester
McCaulley
Longworth
Roby
Rotan
Fike
Crawford
Travis Bouchett
R. B. Bryant
C. P. Amerson
J. M. Ashcroft
Knox City
Oscar Bruce
Fred S. Cox
Lueders
Roy Shillings
Virgil Smith
Melvin Mathis
Munday
Doyle Ragle
O'Brien
J. B. Johnson
Rochester
James Price
Roy Patterson
P. BE. Yarborough
Homer Salley
Layerton-Tuxedo
R. L. Kirk, Jr
Seymour
Rolio Davidson
St. Johns
Charles E. Fike, Jr
C. R. de Good
Sanford
Pampa
Stamford Area Misses Wheat Harvest This Year
Stamford area failed to harvest wheat again as planting suffered from drought and poor moisture. What little crop exists will likely be kept. Cecil Eager notes negligible sales and very light yields. Nearby Hamlin reports early wheat arrivals with about 15 rail cars expected to be bought by area producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Cecil Eager
Hamlin
Mrs Allie Bridges Buried In Aransas Pass
Mrs Allie B Bridges aged 91 a former Stamford resident died last week at the home of a daughter in Aransas Pass Funeral services were held at Cage Funeral chapel with burial in Prairie View cemetery Surviving are two sons John W Williams Cole and Robert Williams a step son G T Bridges two daughters Eula White and J L Remmel thirty two grandchildren and three great great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allie B. Bridges
Stamford
Aransas Pass
Exam to Fill Stamford Post Office Vacancy
The Civil Service Commission announces an examination to fill a Substitute Clerk Carrier position at Stamford Post Office with pay of $1.6112 per hour. Applicants must reside within the Stamford delivery area or be bona fide patrons. Applications available at the post office or Regional Director in Dallas Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Stamford Post Office
U. S. Civil Service Region
South Harwood St
Dallas
Texas
County Brotherhood Meeting to Be Held June 9 at Hamlin
Quarterly meeting of the Jones County Baptist Associational Brotherhood will meet at the Hamlin First Baptist Church on Monday June 9. A supper will be served at 7 30 p m and a program directed by Weaver Medlin will feature Rev Trouston Walker pastor of the First Baptist Church at Rule Willard Jones president of the Hamlin Brotherhood appointed as committee in charge of arrangements Paul Gentry Edgar Duncan and W L Boyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Baptist Associational Brotherhood
Hamlin First Baptist Church
Weaver Medlin
Trouston Walker
First Baptist Church
Rule
Willard Jones
Hamlin Brotherhood
Paul Gentry
Edgar Duncan
W. L. Boyd
Aaron Webb Named Second Lieutenant at Fort Sill
Aaron Webb was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery Officer's Corps at a ceremony in Theater No. 1 Fort Sill Oklahoma. He is the son of Mr and Mrs B R Webb of 5065S Orient. Webb belonged to the sixteenth graduating class of the Artillery Officer Candidate School which reopened in February 1951 after a 1946 closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Okla
Aaron Webb
B. R. Webb
Orient
Field Artillery Officer’s Corps
U. S. Army
Webb
Artillery Officer Candidate School
Local Western Union Office Reopens After Strike
Stamford resumes Western Union service as the local office returns to operation. Manager Bobbie Fancher, previously in Fort Worth during the closure period, oversees the reactivated office and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Stamford
Bobbie Fancher
Fort Worth
Anna Ruth Smith to Represent City at Wheat Harvest Festival
Anna Ruth Smith will travel from Stamford to Wichita Falls Thursday through Saturday for the annual Wheat Time Festival where she competes as a queen candidate. Her escort is Johnny Webb, with parents George Smith and L. L. Webb accompanying her to the coronation Thursday night at the municipal auditorium. The event includes wardrobe plans, a luncheon, election of six finalists, a coronation, a Wheat ball, and a parade and fireworks across the festival weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Ruth Smith
Stamford
Wichita Falls
Johnny Webb
Miss Smith
Freddie Martin
Boys and Girls State Representatives Named For Austin
Students chosen to attend Boys State and Girls State in Austin include seniors next year. Paul Phy returns as junior counselor. Boys State starts Sunday with departure Saturday. Girls State starts a week later. Wayne Crawford is Rotary sponsored, Jody Foster American Legion, Dan Smith Exchange Club. Girls attendees include Carlene Terry American Legion Auxiliary, Lucy Kennedy Business and Professional Women's Club, Barbara Kay Flowers Rotary, Betty Ju Johnson Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Paul Phy
Wayne Crawford
Rotary Club
Jody Foster
The
American Legion
Dan Smith
Exchange Club
Carlene Terry
American Legion Auxiliary
Lucy Kennedy
Business and Professional Women's Club
Barbara Kay Flowers
Betty Ju Johnson
Bryant to Attend State Board Meetings in Dallas
Rev. Byron Bryant pastor of the First Baptist Church traveled to Dallas Tuesday for the state executive board and State Training Union board meetings of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. The new Baptist building in Dallas was opened and dedicated that day, with Bryant accompanied by his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Bryant
First Baptist Church
Dallas
State Executive Board
State Training Union Board
Baptist General Convention of Texas
New Baptist
Local Exes Attend Annual Homecoming At Texas State College
Mrs Byron Lewis and Mrs John M Bennett of Stamford attended the Ex Students annual homecoming at Texas State College for Women in Denton. The event ran May 30 to June 2. Mrs Lewis attended with Mrs George Smith while Mrs Bennett planned to study the first summer term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Lewis
John M. Bennett
Stamford
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Lewis
George Smith
Bennett
Local Group Attends Quarterly Meeting
Stamford men representing Servier Piplice Company attended the quarterly meeting of supervisors in Fort Worth. Attendees from Stamford included R. McAnear district superintendent W. A. Grimes Tommy Adams Jim Bird Worth Day and B. D. Arrant Mrs. McAnear accompanied Mr. McAnear to Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Servier Piplice Company
Heid
Fort West
R. McAnear
W. A. Grimes
Tommy Adams
Jim Bird
Worth Day
B. D. Arrant
McAnear
Fort Worth
Date Set for Haskell Spring Cleanup Week
Haskell has scheduled its annual spring cleanup week directed by Dr. William J. Kerop who appointed precinct leaders for each city section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell
William J. Kerop
Paint Creek FHA Girls Stage Play School For Preschoolers
The Paint Creek FHA girls under Mrs. R. L. Foote stage a supervised play school for about a dozen preschoolers in early June at the Home Economics Building. Sessions run Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings from nine to eleven, with juice served at ten. Names of enrolled children and supervising girls are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paint Creek
FHA
R. L. Foote
Contest Prizes To Be Displayed For May Model Air Show
Prizes for the model airplane contest to be held on May 22 will be displayed in the show window of 4. C. May development as soon as they arrive. The aviation committee of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event. Troop 41 Boy Scouts under Jack Prince will handle concessions at the field near the Texas Cowboy Reunion grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4. C
Develoy
Aviation Committee
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Troop 41
Boy Scouts
Jack Prince
Rain Totals and Flood Reports Along Stamford Area
A .23 inch shower Saturday barely dampened sidewalks in Stamford while rumors of heavier rain east of town were unverified. A downpour with wind and hail hit southwest Stamford causing brief road flooding near Corinth and a flash flood near Tuxedo. Total rainfall since May 1 reaches 14.09 inches in Stamford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Corinth
Tuxedo
Annual Ladies' Golf Tournament Opens at Star Country Club
The ladies city golf tournament begins at the Star for a Country Club Thursday evening and runs through Friday and Saturday. Driving putting and approach contests will be held Thursday evening. Mrs Walter Ellison is tournament chairman with Mrs Kittson as manager and Frances Bennett and Mrs Lee Walker as prize organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star For
Walter Ellison
Kittson
Frances Bennett
Lee Walker
Stamford Pool Opens for Season Under C C Toney
Stamford municipal swimming pool opened Sunday and is under the supervision of C. C. Toney. The facility opens daily at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
C. C. Toney
First Watermelons Seen In Stamford Market
First watermelons of the new season arrived in Stamford last week with good quality but high prices. Cold melons sold for seven cents a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Checks Delayed For Stamford Postal Employees
Eighteen Stamford post office employees missed their pay for the period May 1 to June. The delay affects post offices nationwide as a rider on a supplemental appropriation bill blocks funds to operate seized steel mills. Local postmaster Johnny Britton expects resolution within a few days as Congress considers removing the restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Johnny Britton
Post Treaster
Iruman
Congress
Britton
Sponsors Pictures To Appear In Souvenir Program
Pictures of sponsors for the Texas Cowboy Reunion will be used in the souvenir programs this year for the first time. Roy M. Craig chair man of the souvenir programs said this week that pictures must be received by sponsor chairman Hubert Watson by June 22 to appear in the programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy M. Craig
Hubert Watson
Craig
Charles Markham Elected Secretary of Bankers Group
Charles F. Markham vice president of the First National Bank in Stamford was elected secretary of the Seven County Bankers Association at a Haskell Friday meeting. The gathering hosted by Haskell National Bank Rule Farmers and Merchants Bank of Hamlin and Home State Bank Rochester heard Tate May of Hamlin named president. The convention will be in Jones County in 1953 with Baylor Haskell Jones Knox Shackelford Throckmorton and Young counties represented. The program focused on Agriculture in Relationship to Banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Markham
First National Bank
Stamford
Haskell
Stamford Bank
Haskell National Bank
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Rule
Home State Bank of Rochester
Tate May
Hamlin
Farmers and Merchants Bank
A. C. Pierson
Morris Neal
Rule
Jones County
Baylor
Jones
Knox
Shackelford
Throckmorton
Young Counties
Reverend O'Brien Shares Holy Land Visit At Club Banquet
Dr. Dick O'Brien pastor of First Baptist Big Spring spoke at Stamford FPacchange Club ladies night banquet in the Stamford high school cafeteria. Guests saw colored Holy Land slides while the O'Briens recalled travels. 70 attendees enjoyed a cafeteria meal and corsages for the women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick O’brien
Holy Land
Stamford Fpachange Club
Dick O O’ Brien
First Baptist Church of
Big Spring
Floyd Young
Gorman
Brian
Dr. O'Brien
McInturffs Attend Texas Chiropractic Convention in Dallas
Dr and Mrs C L MeInturff visit Dallas June 5 6 7 for Texas State Chiropractic Convention at the Baker Hotel. Three speakers Dr Vinton Logan of Logan Chiropractic College Robert W Disham and Dr Leo Wunceh are set as key speakers. They plan church in Fort Worth and to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. MeInturff
Dallas
Texas
Baker Hotel
McInturff
Vinton Logan
Logan Chiropractic College
St. Louis
Robert W. Disham
Los Anegies
Leo Wunceh
Denver, Colo
Melnturffs
Fort Worth
Stamford High Grad Anna Smith Attends Hardin-Simmons
Anna Huth Smith, member of Stamford High School’s spring graduating class, attends Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene during the summer term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Huth Smith
Stamford High School
Hardin Simmons University
Abilene
Recreation program outlines summer activities for city youth
Pete Ragus leads a summer play plan with a schedule of crem t, softball, swimming, golf, volleyball and tennis for boys ages T to T1. About 45 to 50 boys attended a meeting, and more entries are urged by calling 1421-1-1. Tinsley to run tennis at the high school grounds and Kittson to instruct golf from 8:30 to 9:30 a m on Wednesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Ragus
Ragus
T. R. Tinsley
Walter Kittson
Schedule For The Week At High School Grounds
Weekly agenda lists croquet and softball workouts with free time or swim on the High School grounds. Ragus and Tagus mingle as Softball plays 11 games under Wendeborn in charge on the school field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragus High School
Tagus
National Guard unit trains at North Fort Hood camp
The Stamford based Company M 42nd Infantry National Guard joins the 86th Division camp rotating unit strength around 40 men under First Lieutenant James Jaindsey. The group traveled from Arledge Field by bus and will return June 15. Major J L Moreland notes infantry focus on squad and platoon problems during camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
North Fort Hood Camp
Stamford
Herbert McDaniel Dies Former Dallas Merchant
Herbert FE McDaniel 69 of Dallas retired Titche Goettinger salesman and former Stamford merchant died of a heart attack in a Dallas hospital. He was brother of Cecil and the late Walter McDaniel. Funeral held in Dallas with burial at Hillcrest Memorial Park. his wife Kesie Shapard McDaniel had died in 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert FE. McDaniel
Dallas
Titche-Goettinger Co
Mr. McDaniel
Stamford
Cecil McDaniel
Walter McDaniel
Hillcrest’ Memorial Park
Stamford High graduates head to Texas Tech in Lubbock
Billy Burl Eastland J E Cox and Gerald Clark members of Stamford High school class plan to leave this week for Lubbock to enter Texas Tech University likely pursuing higher education and careers in the coming term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Burl Eastland
J. E. Cox
Gerald Clark
Stamford High School
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Six 4 H Members to Attend State Round Up
Six 4 H members and the county ag agent will represent Jones County at the 4H Club Round Up in College Station on June 9 and 10. Boys Jimmy Roberts Anson Johnny Muehlstein Avoca Bobby Wedeking Anson and their crop judging team advance to the State Contest. Jane Griffith Hawley Connie Ruth Graham Lueders will attend as 4H girls delegates with Mrs. B L Griffith Hawley as leader. Expenses are paid by the Chambers of Commerce of Stamford Hamlin and Anson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
College Station
Jimmy and
A. H. Roberts
Anson
Johnny Muehlstein
Avoca
Bobby Wedeking
Ile
Biull Lehmberg
Jane Griffith
Hawley
Connie Ruth Graham
Lueders
B. L. Griffith
Chambers of Commerce
Stamford
Hamlin
Wreck Leaves J W Rye in Serious Condition
J W Rye remained unconscious at Baylor hospital in Dallas after a May 27 automobile wreck near Monday that injured five people. Also hurt were Mrs Rye, Mrs Adolph Johnson, George Kaiser, and Ailman Kaiser. The group was returning to Stamford from Wichita Falls. Rye's wife and sister-in-law were later moved to the Rye home for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Rye
Baylor Hospital
Dallas
Knox City Hospital
Rye
Adolph Johnson
Stamford
George Kaiser
Ailman Kaiser
Weatherford
Okla
Wichita Falls
Johnson
A. T. Sanders
Sirs Johnson
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Harmon Park
Blackstock Studio
Methodist
Allie Bridges
County Brotherhood
Bryant
Texas State
BY Sue Bouldin
Dubbie Howard
Larry Walton
Bob Earlesandra Jouldin
Linda Griffith
Arenda Griffith
Grenetta
Joy Lergstrom
Diane Summers
Danny Thane
Danny Isb
Jeanine Isbell
Diane Selby
Bonnie Luerger
Polly Tipton
Marlyn Green
Glenda Walton
Shirley Griffin
Sue Bouldin
Barbara Summers
Geraldine Petrich
Jean Griffith
Golda Hager
Charles Markham
Bankers Group
McInturffs
Chiropractic
Min
Soo
Wendeborn Rie
Tinsley
Wendeborn
Kitson
High School
Agus
Wendehorn
Herbert McDaniel
Jennie McDaniel
Hugh Astin
Henry Bell
Tulsa
4 H
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