Town and Country Together unit renamed and officers elected
Brazos West Economic Development Corporation adopts new name with a public meeting set for Lagerton on June 27. Rev. Joe Aalbue is elected president. Bill Koon chairs the board. Dr. Troy Culpepper is executive vice president. E H Diers vice president. Nevis Owsley secretary treasurer. Three directors at large include Charles Stenholm Morris Neal and Oscar Dickenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos West Economic Development Corporation
Town and Country Together
Joe Aalbue
Lagerton
Bill Koon
Stamford Board of City Development and Chamber of Commerce
Troy Culpepper
Haskell
E. H. Diers
Old Glory
Nevis Owsley
Rule
Charles Stenholm
Stamford
Morris Neal
Oscar Dickenson
Aspermont
Hamlin School
Koon
Ericksdahl
Stanley Leaf
Anson
Borris Bean
Goree
Jim Coulston
Hamlin
Kenneth Hertel
Bill Bowles
Clifford Gholson
Lions Club installs new Stamford president Don Rose
Don Rose told Stamford Lions they can do anything as he began his term replacing Paul Burk. He outlined goals to grow membership finish the community meeting building increase attendance and expand projects to fund the new building. Lioness president Mrs Glen McCandless vowed a year of hard work and progress. Awards recognized Lee Dickerson Jan Vanzandt and retiring president Burk plus plaques for secretary treasurer tail twister and lion tamer roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Lions Club
Don Rose
Lions
Rose
Paul Burk
Lions Club
Glen McCandless
Clinton Rogers
Lioness
Lioness Club
Lee Dickerson
Stamford
Jan Vanzandt
Jeveass
Burk
Roby and Stamford Lions Clubs
Buell
B. Trice
Tail Twister
Ross Gentry
Stanley Morris
Red Cross Blood Mobile Visits Stamford on July 6
The Red Cross Blood Mobile will visit Stamford on Thursday July 6 at St. John's United Methodist Church from 2 15 to 7 p m. The quota for this visit is 115 pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Blood Mobile
Stamford
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Bragg Accepts New Job With Cotton Council
Charles G. Bragg 43 resigned as Rolling Plains Cotton Growers executive secretary in Stamford to join the National Cotton Council as Memphis based staff representative. Tom Bragg will assume duties June 15. Bragg and daughter Brenda will move to Memphis for school opening. Herman Propst said no successor hired yet and the Stamford office will remain. He served since 1967 and previously worked with USDA ASCS in Washington. Mrs Bragg works for Swenson Land and Cattle Co. and hosted the Texas Cowboy Reunion last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G
Buddy) Bragg
Rolling Plains Cotton Growers
Stamford
National Cotton Council
Memphis
Tom
Bragg
Dallas
Brenda
Herman Propst
Anson
Cotton Growers
Propst
Charley
Charles Stenholm
Cotton Board
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
US Department of Agriculture
Washington
USDA
ASCS
Lynn
Lubbock
Texas
Texas Tech University
Frank Phillips College
Borger
University of Santa Clara
Swenson Land and Cattle Co
Texas Cowboy
Bible School at First Baptist Church this June
Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church runs June 19 to 23 from 8 30 to 11 30 a m for birth through grade six. A parade on the big red firetruck kicks off June 17 at 8 30 a m with the theme Learning at Home and Church. Students will sing craft and art activities study the life of Christ and enjoy games and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Showers Bring Minimal Rain This Week
Cloudy conditions have persisted with little moisture over the past week. Farmers say a good rain would help crops. Sunday night recorded .08 inches, Tuesday night brought .05 inches. Yearly rainfall remains well below normal.
New wire chief appointed for Southwestern Bell in Stamford
Joe Bethancourt becomes the new wire chief for Southwestern Bell in Stamford succeeding Charles Wood who moved to Lubbock as service foreman. Bethancourt returns from two years military duty and previously joined the company as plant foreman in Hereford in 1969 after Texas A&M graduation. He and wife Mary Alice are parents of one son William David aged two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bethancourt
Southwestern Bell
Stamford
Charles Wood
Lubbock
Bethancourt
Hereford
Texas A&m
Pampa
Local Youth Golf winner named at Knox City Country Club
Bryan Tabor won first place in the 13 year old division of the Youth Golf Tournament at Knox City Country Club. Arlen Alexander, Stamford High School coach 1966 1969, was hired as assistant coach at Jayton after coaching at Crane. Jerry English, a former Stamford coach, is now athletic director at Jayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Tabor
Darlene Bosse
J. B. Tabor
Knox City Country Club
Arlen Alexander
Stamford High School
Jayton
Alexander
Crane
Jerry English
Stamford
First Entry in Cowboy Reunion Sponsor Contest
Susan Kay Cade, daughter of 1952 saddle winner Tennie Cade, signs as Rotan’s sponsor entrant in the Texas Cowboy Reunion. Organizers expect 200 sponsors and note last year had about 100 entrants with early rounds and final times determining the saddle prize. The rodeo runs July 1 to 2 with a big street parade and two performances. Jo ann Whitehead, Morton, won last year with 19.83 seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Kay Cade
Rotan
Susan
Tennie Cade
Carl Jared
Jack Mills
Joann Whitehead
Morton
Stamford
Stamford Council Sets Friday Hearing on Gas Rate Increase
Stamford city council schedules a Friday public hearing on Lone Star Gas Co rate hikes across all rate steps. Local Manager Larry MeeGraw had presented the request in April and was asked to supply more data. The meeting also considers a two stage telephone rate rise linked to toll free long distance service between Jones County towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Lone Star Gas Co
Larry Mee-Graw
Jones County
Ruth Ann Rinn Rites Held After Long Illness
Funeral services for Ruth Ann Rinn age 25 were held Tuesday at Kinney Chapel with Rev. Joe Aalbue officiating. Burial followed at Highland Memorial Cemetery. She was born January 1, 1947 in Stamford and survived by her parents Dan and an unnamed mother, a brother Ray Gene, and grandparents Albert Rinn and Frank Boedeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinney Chapel
Ruth Ann Rinn
Joe Aalbue
Faith Lutheran Church of
Acteen Camp Registration Opens at Lueders June 19
Registration starts 2 p m Monday June 19 for the Acteen Camp at Lueders Baptist Encampment. The program runs through Thursday noon June 22 with girls from six associations Callahan Cisco Sweetwater Haskell Knox West Central and Abilene. Buddy Sipe of Sweetwater is Camp Pastor. Bible study leaders are Rev Wayne Oglesby Rev H B Terry Rev Harold Scarbrough. Seminar leaders are Mrs Riley Fugitt Mrs Sue Gauthe Mrs Carolyn Sipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acteen
Lueders Baptist
Callahan
Cisco
Sweetwater
Haskell-Knox
West Central
Abilene Key
Buddy Sipe
Wayne Oglesby
H. B. Terry
Harold Scarbrough
Riley Fugitt
Sue Gauthe
Carolyn Sipe
Isbell resigns as local high school principal
Q O M Isbell of Stamford resigns after 41 years in the school system including nine years as high school principal. He will become Jones County school supervisor based in Anson starting mid August under Everett Beaver. The county outline includes 12 points to assist teachers and coordinate programs. Mrs. Lillie G. Gibson retires. Wortham Crow previously served as superintendent. Isbell joined Stamford in 1952 and has coached Bulldog teams to four state titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
QO. M. Isbell
Stamford
Jones County
Isbell
Anson
Everett Beaver
Lillie G. Gibson
Hamlin
Wortham Crow
Leeders
Stamford Board
Paducah
Gordon Wood
Larry Wartes
Bulldog
North Texas State University
McMurry
Isbells
Stamford Child Injured By Horse In Stamford
17 month old Travis Ake was kicked in the head by a horse Saturday afternoon and suffered critical injuries. He was taken to Stamford Memorial Hospital and then to Hendricks Hospital for emergency surgery Saturday night. He is the grandson of Clyde Aice and HL Gilliam Jr., both of Stamford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Ake
Byron Ake
Stamford Memorial Hospital
Hendricks Hospital
He Is
Clyde Aice
Stamford
HL. Gilliam, Jr
Stamford High hires two coaches as vacancies persist
Stamford High School announces two new coaches Raymond Hughes and Ronald Boyd Conner. Hughes, an Avoca and McMurry alumnus, returns as head basketball coach and assistant football coach with part time counseling duties. Conner, a Rice University English and history graduate, becomes assistant football coach and head track coach, coming from Divine and having worked in Wink and Midland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Booger) Hughes
Avoca High School
McMurry
Hardin-Simmon
Hughes
Girard
Jayton
Divine
Wink
Midland
LaPorte
Rice University
Fort Stockton High School
Ronald Boyd Conner
Rice
Conner
Midland Junior High
Stephen Radway
Stamford
Kenneth Hill
Albany
Moran
Robert Measen
Tex Pack Express
Ericksdahl seeks new FM road designation
A Jones County petition with over 30 signatures asks the county court to designate a three mile Ericksdahl road from the Ericksdahl gin to FM 600 as farm to market and pave it. The plan would place the new road at right angles to the existing paved link from FM 142 to the gin. County Judge Leon Thurman said the petition will be turned over to District Highway Engineer Jake Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Commissioners Court
Ericksdahl
Ericksdahl Gin
FM 600
Leon Thurman
Jake Roberts
Abilene
Equalization board named for Stamford school district
The Stamford school district formed an equalization board at a Thursday night school board meeting. Members named are Eugene Swenson Roland Kelley and R C Cobb. No date was set for the board's first meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Eugene Swenson
Roland Kelley
R. C. Cobb
Beef production course slated at Avoca school
A beef production short course for adult farmers and ranchers will be held June 19 through 22 in the Lueders-Avoca High School Cafeteria Avoca. Instructor Frank Litterst from the Texas Education Agency and Texas A&M University will teach methods to reduce costs and meet consumer demands. Topics include cattle reproduction pregnancy diagnosis bull selection calf crop and winter feeding. A $2 fee covers all four meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lueders-Avoca High School
Avoca
Frank Litterst
Vocational Agriculture Division
Texas Education Agency
Department of Animal Science
Texas A&m University
Litterst
Vocational Agriculture Department
Don Welch
Hill Retired After 37 Years With PCA in Stamford
J L Hill Jr longtime manager of Stamford Production Credit Association retires June 30 after guiding growth from 114000 in loans at start to 21 million after mergers forming Rolling Plains PCA. Colleagues praise his leadership as he plans real estate and private ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Hill, Jr
Stamford
Stamford Production Credit Association
Hill
Stamford Pca
Memphis Pca
Rolling Plains Pca
J.L. Hill Jr
Ryland Gleaton
Rolling Plains Production Credit Association
Gleaton
RC Cabl
Dairy Cream Changes Hands in Fort Worth
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Carlton, Mrs. Jean Weaver, and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Carlton of Fort Worth have purchased Lee's Dairy Cream from A. L. Carter. The new owners take possession July 17 and plan to begin operating the drive-in at that time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Carlton
Jean Weaver
J. L. Carlton
Fort Worth
Lee's
A. L. Carter
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Jam Vanzandt
Cliff House
Bloodmobile
Cotton Council
First Baptist
Tabor
Cowboy
Susan Kaycade
Ruth A. Rinn
Lueders
Woodie Beene
Avoca School
PCA
Dairy Cream
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