Lueders church hosts Saturday breakfast and summer youth drive
Community notes from Lueders recount visitors in Amarillo for grandson Russell Kelly's graduation. Alaska visitors Kimberly and Wendy Groves join Tuscola kin for summer, and Hamlin Abilene O'Brien Nugent Dumas youths head to Lueders Baptist Encampment. Church services feature messages on Good News and Signs of the Times with new Hendrick Ranch workers and musical accompaniments. Tod and Tab Felts visit grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly
Wendy Groves
Bethel
Alaska
R.S. Felts
Lee Groves
Tuscola
Leroy Groves
Don Hooker
Lueders Baptist
Trinity Baptist Church
Rudy Famorough
Abilene
Larry
Shirley Maddox
The
Baptist Church
Kay Gann
Sandi Clifton
Brenda Stewart
Ple
Retiring teacher honored at Oliver School party
Sue Vanderworth, longtime local teacher, retires after 34 years in Stamford schools. She received gifts from the school administration, Oliver PTO, and Classroom Teachers Association. The May 27 event featured district officials and faculty, with graduates and staff participating in prayers, processions, and awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Vanderworth
Oliver School
Oliver Pto
Vanderworth
North Texas State University
Hardin-Simmons University
Stamford
Lagerton
Classroom Teachers Association
First Saturday Fellowship Breakfast at Baptist Church
Community notices announce the First Saturday Fellowship Breakfast at 7 30 a.m. in the Baptist Church fellowship hall with hot biscuits sausage bacon eggs and country gravy plus coffee. Vacation Bible School starts Monday at 8 30 a.m. with 23 pupils and 15 faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship
The
Baptist Church
Larry Maddox
Children’s Church
City pool to offer swim lessons this June
Stamford City Pool will offer swimming lessons beginning June 9 for two weeks. Private lessons cost 25 dollars for a single student, small classes (four or fewer) 15 dollars per student, and larger classes (five or more) 10 dollars per student. Lifesaving classes at the pool cost 15 dollars per student for 16-year-olds who can swim. Call Dede Jones at 773-3582 or the Stamford City Pool for enrollment and info. contact Mrs. Dorman Xan Holub at 773-5402 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford City Pool
Dede Jones
Dorman (Xan) Holub
Lueders Avoca FFA Honors Members At Banquet
Lueders Avoca FFA Chapter honored members at its annual banquet. Wendell Wood won the Star Greenhand Award and Leslie Lofton received the Star Chapter Farmer Award. Honorary Chapter Farmers were Bruce Ford and Tommy Fulgham. 1980 81 officers are Ted Ford president Charlie Seals vice president Jerry Williams secretary Wendall Wood treasurer Jeff Agee reporter and Roger Raines sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lueders-Avoca
FFA
Wendell Wood
Leslie Lofton
Bruce Ford
Tommy Fulgham
Ted Ford
Charlie Seals
Jerry Williams
Wendall Wood
Jeff Agee
Roger Raines
City States Swim Meet Planned for June 21
Stamford officials announce a city swim meet on June 21 at the Municipal Swimming Pool. Four events per age group freestyle backstroke butterfly and breaststroke. age groups eight and under through 15 to 18. Entry fee is $1 with no event limit. For information call 773-3532 or Stamford City Pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Charlemagne’s Spirit Crosses Rhine on Golden Bridge
A German tradition says Charlemagne’s spirit crosses the Rhine on a shining golden bridge during abundant seasons to bless vineyards and cornfields, linking royal legacy with agricultural plenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlemagne
Rhine
Area residents grandson tops at Rule High School
The grandson of Stamford area residents was named honor graduate at Rule High School with a 96.70 average. Petty, son of Gilbert and Mrs. Petty, plans Texas Tech University and earned citizenship awards in junior and senior years. Salutatorian James Cloud posted a 96.13 average and will attend St. Marys University in San Antonio. The first wagon train arrived in California in 1841.
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Stamford Area
Rule High School
Rock Petty
Gilbert Petty
Roy Watts
Rt. 3
Stamford
van Petty
Leeders
Petty
Texas Tech University
James Cloud
Marilyn Cloud
Joe W. Cloud
Cloud
St. Mary’s University
San Antonio
Suits Filed Including Divorces and Bank Action
Samuel C Ferguson and Linda B Ferguson divorce. Fred H Brockett et al vs Doyle Bently et al. Car roll B Laing doing business as Bently and Laing damages. Patsy Sue Byers and Charles Byers divorce. John Wilton Stewart and Linda Joe Stewart divorce. First National Bank of Stamford Tex vs Bryan Lee Whitehead and Billy G Whitehead to collect. Rebecca Vae Washburn and Henry Lee Washburn divorce. Barbara Elizabeth Vinson and Bruce Edward Vinson divorce. The first airline to establish passenger service was the St Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line carrying passengers 20 miles across Tampa Bay for 5 in 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel C. Ferguson
Linda B. Ferguson
Fred H. Brockett
Doyle Bently
Carroll B. Laing
Bently
St. Petersburg
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Lueders Church
G. W. Penix
G. W. Stanford
Amarillo
Russell Kelly
Rayford Kelly
Ishmeal Dodgens
Mae Dodens
M. E. Dodgens
Alpany
Mae Dodgens
Glen Wyatt
Abilene Hospital
Adrian Mitchell
Longview
Mary E. Fite
Sauill
Mae Dodgen
R. S. Felts
Mitchell
Mrs. Fite
Dodgens
Tony Dendy
Arizona
Mike Schaffer
Hendrick Ranch
Buck Turner
Chuck
Freddie
Robbin
Eddie
Linda
Vacona
Mrs. Turner
Butch
Jodi Patterson
Neal Shepherd
Signs of the Times
Robert Wingrove
Rugged Cross
Kathy Gollihar
Keith Clifton
Jesus
Tod and
Tab Felts
Mr. and
Mrs. Carrol Felts
Anson
Lonnie Bennett
Daleka
McHarg
Othe
Dean Allen
Paul Foster
Kyle Freeman
William Holden
Pam Ivy
Laura McLendon
Mark McNair
Myra Olson
Marion Shelton
Lueders
Charles Gafford
Avoca Baptist Church
Brian Burgess
Holden
Freeman
Miss Olson
Alan Beale
Kyle Clifton
Robert Hurlbut
Jon Lackey
Letitia Lofton
Gary Rogers
Terry Seals
Donny Seymour
Misty Wilson
Lueders- Avoca
Jimmy Freeman
Louis Lechuga
Anita Blair
Richie Wills
Kim Nix
David McCarter
Emily Olson
Rocky Moore
Beth Williams
William Rhodes
Buster Crowson
Don Stone
Maria de la Cruz
Steve Alston
Tina Black
Paul Patterson
Amanda Martin
Allan Wood
Jerry Keen
Milton Martin
Kenny Boykin
Kevin Alston
Paula Jordan
Mindy Watts
Maddox
Lueder- Avoca School
Russell Moore
Leslie Nichols
Sean Staley
Jeanne Gafford
Cinnamon Dues
Tammy Hill
Marian Shelton
Dirk Martin
Billy Joe Garcia
David Lofton
Tony Love
Janie Dela Cruz
Lynn Nichols
Boyd Gafford
Joel Rister
Dotty Crowson
Casey Boggs
Rosie Boggs
Jimmy Rose
Sheila Stone
Amy Lofton
Lemuel Gollihar
Letitia Wills
Lueders-Avoca High School
Luedes
Ron Meador
Assembly of God
Tamra Whitworth
Alicia Blair
Haskell’s Annual
Giant Sidewalk Sale & Flea Market
Haskell
City Pool
Lueders-Avoca Ffa
Rule
California
Haskell, Texas
Joy Chapman
Krusade
Christ
Temple Baptist Church
E. Campbell
Federal
C.D
First Federal Savings & Loan of
Quanah
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