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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1957
Page
8
Tests after April and May rains show soil type, slope, and cover govern moisture penetration. Rooted pastures held 12.25 inches rainfall while bare areas stored far less with high runoff. terraced land improved absorption. Leave crop stubble to boost moisture intake and reduce runoff. For The Lands Sake Keep It Covered.
The article details a new one step cold pack method for canning vegetables using a pressure canner. It covers jar preparation, selecting fresh beans, packing raw beans to 1 2 inch from top, adding salt, processing times, and cooling. It notes the method applies to beans, lima beans, carrots, corn, peas, and squash and references a Home Canning guide. Ann Pryor, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George Pryor Jr., returns from Randolph Macon College in Lynchburg Virginia.
Mrs E F Pace of Stamford district secretary of District 19 of Christian Churches will attend the quadrennial Assembly of Christian Women's Fellowship at Purdue University Lafayette Indiana in June 1925. She travels with a Wichita Falls group by train and serves on the state study and international planning committees.
Mr and Mrs B Boone and their two daughters hosted relatives from Seminole and Kermit. J C Holden and daughter Elizabeth Ann, nine months, joined the visit with Holden’s parents in Hamlin. George Boring and daughter Shayna Lou traveled from Kermit. Boring works for Oil Well Supply and recently moved from Odessa. Betty Lou Boone and Jo Ann Boone are both Mrs Holden and Mrs Boring respectively.
Dr E S James editor of the Baptist Standard will be inspirational speaker for District 17 Rally Day at Leuders Baptist Encampment Grounds Monday June 17. He speaks at 1130 a m and 5 p m with Bible study by Dr Lindell Harris at 10 a m and 4 p m official pool opening at 2 p m. other events include devotional by Rev Ed Laux and music by Gare Bowen.
A rain postponed small fry fishing tourney was held Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Col lege Lake with a light turnout. George Kinney sounded the starting siren as Earl Kiser Glenn Hooper supervised the event and Mrs Lee Walker kept records. Marvin Purcell received a glass rod for largest perch with Bobby Isbell placing second and third. prizes from a grab bag went to James Holland Alvis Young Tommie Jo Williams and Mike Graham. Mike Hooper slept late yet showed enthusiasm per his mother Mrs G Hooper.
Huston Hardware, a Maytag dealer, received a split car shipment on Tuesday to replenish stock depleted by recent sales. The load includes some of the new Snow White washers, the newest and lowest priced model in the Maytag line.
Alton McClellan hosts his longtime friend Buddy Maddox of Orlando Florida and Maddox family for a reunion during a Florida vacation stop. The pair trained together at Sheppard Field Wichita Falls and Scott Field ill fifteen years ago and last met in 1944 at a Hot Springs Arkansas hospital where Maddox visited McClellan recovering from polio contracted in Africa.
Christ Lutheran Church names Rev. Elmer Sprecher as pastor and sets Sunday school at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m at the American Legion Hall. Vacation Bible school plans to be announced. Members may contact the pastor for details. Sharon Lane works in Spur for West Texas Utilities this summer while attending North Texas State College. Jackie Mills visits from Norman Oklahoma and is son of Mr and Mrs A J Mills.
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