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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1957
Page
9
A rural bulletin lists cotton growth timelines from emergence to harvest, including leaf appearance, square formation, bloom to open boll intervals, and peak bloom periods. It notes averages, ranges, seed counts per bushel, and plant densities for 40 inch rows, with dates focusing on June 20 to August 1 as optimal fruiting.
A flurry of oil exploration reports spans multiple counties around Stamford and Haskell, with wildcats planned or drilled by firms such as Jim B. Curry Abilene and Rhodes Drilling Co. Details include depths from 1,735 to 3,600 feet, locations in W. Walker, J. Gray, BBB&C, and H&TC surveys, and a Stonewall County Corsica field completion by Skelly Oil Co. Also noted are social visits to the H. L. Terrell home in Stamford.
Irene Stewart returns from Andrews where she visited her sister Mrs J M Flemins and Mr Flemins during a short trip.
Rev. Marshall Rhew will return as Methodist district superintendent in Stamford for his fifth year. Several appointments were shuffled including W A Appling to St John’s, Henry Salley to Avoca, Luther Walker to Lueders, Rex Mauldin to Aspermont, and Vernon Mayfield to Lagerton and Tuxedo. The district spans nine counties with 34 charges and 68 members. A $295,391 conference year total was reported plus a new nurses home project for Northwest Texas Conference.
Mrs Henry Cook of Stamford and her daughter Mrs Wallace Tosh of Breckenridge travel to Childress after word of the sudden death of George Robertson on Tuesday night. Robertson long served Fort Worth and Denver Railroad as Motor Power appointive. Funeral held Thursday with Mrs Robertson attending.
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