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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1939
Page
4
The report notes brighter business sentiment with upticks in security prices and commodity markets. Construction of private dwellings is 83 percent higher than a year ago, industrial output up 24 percent from early 1978, and retail sales 5 percent higher than last year’s first quarter.
Rockdale residents visited kin in Amherst Dallas and Post communities on Sunday and during the week. Families including the McKeevers Cobb West Gillespie Scott and others shared meals and drive trips while local teachers and students prepared for Berryhill school work and summer sessions.
The article lists girls from the bus line: Ruby Fox, Doris Bunkley, Pearl Newcomb, Lucille Patterson, Neo wl Reyes, Mary Bell Willoughy. J D Gillespie, Sam Cobb, and John Ivy attend a farm program in Haskell. Mrs Cobb and Mrs Gillespie visit friends in Haskell. Wm F Bunkley works on the farm program and serves as committee man. Farmers busy in fields with planting and plowing. Grasshoppers abundant but not harming crops, likely to stay if rains keep grass green.
Graduation exercises for the final class of the Stamford School of Nursing will be held Friday evening, June 29, at Central Presbyterian Church. The public is invited to attend. Class members include Miss Lenke Ledbetter, Miss Jerry Ledbetter, Miss Henrietta Olson, Miss Dorothy Ekenstam, and Mrs. Inez McClish. Olson and Ekenstam return soon from San Antonio where they trained at Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital.
Travis Bouchett of Southwestern Life Insurance Company left Wichita Falls for the annual convention in Colorado Springs Colorado. The trip is expense paid and he will stay at the Broadmoor Hotel June 15 to 17. He plans to return Sunday. His wife and son will visit relatives in Seymour during his absence.
Mrs Bill Maddox of Stamford will be the towns sponsor at the Spur Roundup this weekend and competes for a fine saddle prize. Maddox previously represented the Flat Top S M 8S ranch at the Stonewall County Jubilee in Aspermont last week.
Frank Morrow Jr accompanied by his parents departs Saturday on a relaxed automobile trip to Montreal Canada with a return planned in a few months. He holds a four month leave of absence from the Wichita Falls Record News.
The Home Ec group plans a June 15 cottage outing with a theater trip, a slumber party, and ice cream. Peggy Bagby chairs a program on Beautifying the Home with Katherine Gibson as speaker, plus discussions on tie-dying crochet and more.
Mrs Lee Walker and Mrs Sol Sanders plan to travel to Chicago for pre-nuptial parties for Dorothy Gately the Chicago debutante and bride elect of Seaman Squyres of Cucuta Colombia The wedding is set for June 20 with Mrs Walker as a wedding attendant Wilbur Squyres of Houston accompanies the pair
Mr. and Mrs. Warren B. Tayman depart for Cleveland Ohio where Tayman will represent the Stamford Rotary Club at the International Rotary convention. He is president elect and official delegate. En route they stop in Dallas to visit daughter Virginia and will later attend the World's Fair in New York before returning to Stamford around July 1.
Mrs Ola Bolls pastors the Church of the Nazarene with Sunday School at 10 am. Preaching at 11 am and 7 30 pm. Young people meet with special music at 7 pm. Prayer meeting Wednesday night at 7 30 o'clock. Everyone is invited.
Albert Jones minister at Central Christian invites the public to morning worship at 10 a m and evening service at 8 p m in the church school program. The notice urges attendance and participation in both sessions.
The Church of Christ led by H. Tabor invites members and friends to a basket supper at the park for a get together on Thursday, June 15 at 8 15 p.m. Frank Cawyer will speak. A second meeting starts June 18 at the Avoca tabernacle with O H Tabor conducting services at 8 15 p.m. todas the church extends a cordial invitation to all.
The Church School at St. Johns Methodist, led by Pastor Thos Barcus, meets at 9 45 a m for a welcoming session. Observing Father’s Day, the pastor will deliver a special message to all attendees.
A 10:50 a m service uses the theme There Was a Man in the Land inviting men without a church home to attend. An 8 o'clock evening service features A Dialogue with the Devil with Epworth Leagues at 7 15 p m. The notice promises a comfortable place and a cordial welcome.
Wm F Rogan minister announces Children Day services at 11 o'clock in the morning with classes from Juniors to Beginners in the lower auditorium. Mrs Bart Holland leads Primary. Parents urged to keep children for an 11 minute program at 11 o'clock, approx thirty minutes. Certificates to Vacation School pupils. Pastor to be in Breckenridge for morning service and back for 8 o'clock evening sermon.
Readable lines indicate a note about Shamburger Lumber Co and a 26 ton freight unit, with reference to RAL and FARTS ent canes as ancillary terms. The fragment lacks clear action or date but identifies the companies and tonnage in a brief notice style.
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