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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1955
Page
11
The Vacation Bible school began at the Baptist Church with 46 enrollees and runs through Friday with commencement on Sunday night. Local families and friends from Stamford and surrounding areas joined, visiting relatives and attending activities across the week.undefined
Pfc Jack Clements son of Mrs G W Clements of Stamford has arrived in Germany and joined the 9th Infantry Division in the U S Seventh Army. He enlisted in the Army in February 1954 and completed basic training at Fort Bliss El Paso.
Mr and Mrs T R Tinsley and Miss Edna Cullum depart for a two week Fullerton California vacation with the Tinsleys daughter Mrs Bill Harvey and family and their son Bob Tinsley. Mrs W T Gambill spent last weekend in Amarillo for a private piano recital and visit.
Jerry Thane, son of Mr and Mrs E W Thane, graduates from Texas Lutheran College Seguin with a bachelor of arts in biology on May 29. He plans to study this fall at Capital University Theological Seminary Columbus Ohio. Also, Bobby Joe Daffern home from the University of Texas will report to New Orleans June 19 for a two week Naval Reserve training cruise. he is son of Mr and Mrs Harmon Daffern.
Henry Record 83 and Bert Weir 71, longtime Lea County and Monument residents, headline the Silver Anniversary Texas Cowboy Reunion. The event July 1 2 and 4 features chuck wagon feeds, square dancing, fiddlers contest, formal programs, and story swapping as hundreds of old-time cowboys gather in Monument. Weir served as Montment mayor for nearly 50 years and won the 1910 steer roping world title. both are native Texans.
Jones County Week at Glorieta Baptist Assembly in Glorieta New Mexico will run June 16 22. A caravan of cars will depart Anson together with Joe Breed of Anson in charge of this trip phase.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Abbott travel by train to St. Louis Missouri to visit daughter Mrs. W. 9. Smith Jr. with their children Stephen and Celia. Mrs. Abbott’s sister Mrs. Grover Yeatts accompanies them from Abilene. Mrs. Abbott and Mr. Abbott plan two week vacations from J. M. McDonald Co. store and Auto Spring and Supply. Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Hudson return to the Hudson ranch in Branson Colorado after wintering locally.
The piece notes that eleven Stamford families had two graduates this year: some had one graduate in high school and another in junior high, including Anne and Faye Alke the Uike twins and Joe and Nena Moreno. Other families feature one member in each class with various siblings. It also mentions visiting guests Nancy Franks and Shelby Unruh, and Bettyna Johnson’s family, with Bettyla returning to North Texas State College for summer.
Mrs. Lucille Smith of Lubbock visited her mother Mrs. W T McCulloch and attended the marriage of her niece Anna Ruth Smith to Robert Somerwell.
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