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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
5
A reflective note on neighborly kindness and good will within a close community. The author praises cheerful greetings, mutual support, and the joy of friendship while lamenting enmity and loss as people move between towns and find new neighbors. Windehfelde Heaselton Lumber 248 Company.
A Sunday rain aids farmers while New Hope baseball beats Funston 10 to 7. The column tallies visits, family gatherings, birthday dinners, and upcoming church singing events with many Dunn and Stamford connections named.
Rain aids local farming as visitors travel through Nugent for church services and family visits. Rev. Jim Black from Putman and Rev. J. C. McKenzie from Abilene lead services. Mrs. Denton and children visit from Anson, and McMurray College volunteers perform at the Methodist church.
Edna Moore notes that rains were welcome and many locals were glad to see them. The column lists visits by Carl Christian family to Pulltight relatives and brief calls by J. N. Rush from Holliday to the Moore and Rush households.
The town records frequent visits and gatherings as residents like Mrs. Baxter, Mrs. Plumlee, Tommie King, Ed Baxter, Annie McLoughlin, and others travel between homes in Sunnyside and nearby Stamford. Multiple calls, visits, and small group events mark a busy week, with remarks on rain and local comings and goings.
A large Sunday crowd attended worship and Sunday school. Rev. Tucker delivered an engaging sermon. A party at J. P. McIntyre home honored Mrs Ed Campbell as she leaves for Wichita Falls. Rural line workers repair damaged phone lines after a recent storm. The Bunker Hill school received a gift picture of Interscholastic League delegates from players Norbert and Elmer Boedeker Clinton Fourqureau Herman Knipling and coach W C McKenzie. Local tennis courts praised for backstops funded by P H Martin. courts near readiness. The Bunker Hill club meets Friday night June 10. all members urged to attend.
City council passes a 1927 ordinance granting C O Moore and assigns a 40 year franchise to lay conduct and operate natural gas mains in Stamford Texas. It sets depths depths of lines minimums for restoration and requires bonds and a 10 dollar annual payment with a per thousand rate and a monthly minimum charge. The ordinance outlines rights and duties for construction maintenance and customer contracts.
Mrs Henry D Linzen of the American Refrigeration Co will address Jones county women at the Auditorum at 3 40 pm on June 8 Sponsored by the Federated Women’s Clubs of Texas Home Making Department assisted by the Women’s Committee of West Texas Utilities Co Mrs W H Barnett Abilene is chairwoman A model kitchen wash room and bath will be installed by West Texas Utilities Co and a local plumbing company Special invitation to women outside the city The program promotes labor saving sanitation devices and includes the playset “Let’s Stay Married” showing American homes with and without labor saving devices
Two large furnished rooms for rent at four dollars seven tenths per week. Includes five windows two doors screened porch near East Moran fast public schools. Also a chick and year old hens sale advertised by W J Bale. Farm for rent 200 acres with about 60 acres oats and 100 more ready to break. Contact E G Martin at phone 554.
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