Traffic accident total ahead of last year says chief
Police Chief B. Q. Cooper reports 57 auto mishaps through June 14, higher than 1965’s pace, with one traffic fatality in city limits. He notes five incidents this week including two Sunday collisions, a two-vehicle crash Monday at Fast Hamilton and Orient, and a Thursday crash at West 277 and Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Q. Cooper
Mollie Williams
Bunkley Street
John Potts
Abilene
North Swenson
Ford
Danny Carl Ivy
Margarete Wingo
W 277
Porter
Arron Cain
Bobby Leon Ratliff
Ratliff
Voc Ag Challenges Highlight Stamford High Talk
Weldon Holbrooks outlined hurdles facing Stamford High School's vocational agriculture department before the Rotary Club. He noted 91 anticipated next fall would justify a second teacher only if a new part time program is created, with a well equipped shop and a feeding pen for student projects. He favored a summer work-study plan akin to distributive education and urged greater parent involvement and stronger school collaboration to support students.
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Vocational Agriculture Department of Stamford High School
Weldon Holbrooks
Rotary Club
Holbrooks
Small Stamford Re-Gin Fire Under Control
A brief flareup at the Stamford Re-Gin Co. occurred at 3 02 p m Monday causing light damage. Fire officials warned residents about burning trash in high winds after two grass fires and a garage blaze later in the week.
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Ford Re-Gin Co
The
Stamford Fire Department
Orbie
Stamford
Fish yields vs land beef debated at Exchange Club banquet
At the Exchange Club ladies night, Mrs. Bill Decker won a floral centerpiece for a guess on how many people could be fed by fish from Lake Stamford. A. C. Humphrey calculated 5,000 acres of lake could yield 120 pounds of beef for 1,031 people or 6,880 fed by 120 pounds of fish if the lake was fertilized and fished.
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Lake Stamford
Bill Decker
Exchange Club
A. C. Humphrey
Humphrey
Royal Ford Owner Wins Hawaiian Trip
Roy Mathison owner of Royal Ford Inc led 100 Texas Ford dealers in a sales contest and will travel to Hawaii in August as the prize winner.
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Royal Ford
Hawaiian
Roy Mathison
Royal Ford, Inc
Hawaii
Ford Motor Co
Mathison
Texas
Commissioners Delay Bids to Buy 1967 Model Trucks
Jones County Commissioners postponed opening bids for five new two tone trucks as bidders cannot supply 1967 models yet. They will re advertise to buy 1967 models with two trucks for Precinct 2, two for Precinct 1 and one for Precinct 4.
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Jones County Commissioners Court
Precinct 2
Precinct 1
Precinct 4
Blue Cross
Medicare
Mrs. L. G. Moore Named Lioness of Year at Stamford Club
Mrs. L. G. Moore was named Lioness of the Year by the Stamford Lioness Club at a new officer installation banquet in Cliff House. D. L. Ligon of Wichita Falls served as installing officer, stressing the value of people over machines and Lionism as service. New officers include Norris Bailey president and Grady Baldwin vice president.
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Stamford Club
Cliff House
D. L
Cindy Loop
Martha Rollins
Lisa Andrews
Karen Rainer
Molly Boles
Lioness Club
Norris Bailey
Grady Baldwin
W. H. Holt
Moore
Homer Lett
Warren Miller
H. H. Corley
Mrs. Huffaker To Return To Stamford High
Mrs. Geneva Huffaker, English teacher at Stamford High School, will be able to teach next year. A letter to school superintendent H. S. FitzGerald states her physician confirms health allows return to work.
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Geneva Huffaker
Stamford High School
H. S. FitzGerald
Spot Treatment Recommended For Boll Weevils
Jones County Agent Kirby Clayton advises a spot treatment plan for overwintered boll weevils in planted cotton. Treat the first rows near hibernation sites at the right time to control weevils before egg laying, avoid spraying whole fields, and preserve beneficial insects while preventing bollworm buildup. Begin before squares reach the 1 3 grown stage.
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Jones County
Kirby Clayton
Clayton
Othe
Stamford Girls Attend Girls State in Austin
Martha Rollins and Lisa Andrews of Stamford High School left for Austin to join about 50 Texas girls at the American Legion Blue Bonnet State. The 10-day session at the Texas School for the Blind will cover political parties state and local government with talks by top officials. Rollins is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary and Andrews by the Rotary Club.
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Stamford
Martha Rollins
Lisa Andrews
Austin
American Legion
Blue Bonnet State
Texas School For the Blind
Martha
American Legion Auxiliary
Lisa
Rotary Club
Gena Lynne Middlebrook 4 Dies After Surgery
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Gena Lynne Middlebrook 4 of Paint Creek who died Monday morning during a tonsillectomy at Stamford Memorial Hospital. Survivors include her parents and two grandparents. pallbearers named. Burial at Willow Cemetery.
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Gena Lynne Middlebrook
Dale Middlebrook
Paint Creek
First Baptist Church
Stamford Memorial Hospital
D. S. Moore
Cross Roads Baptist Church
Rotan
Truett Kuenstler
Kress First Baptist Church
Ken Neeley
E. L. Elmore
Burnell Gilleland
Twain Mickler
Roddy Kuenstler
Cotton Research Act meeting set for Stamford
A discussion and information meeting on the Cotton Research Act H. R. 12322 will be held in Stamford High School auditorium on Tuesday June 21 at 2 p m. Cotton producers and interested business men in the area are invited. The act would authorize a 1 per bale assessment for a national program to expand cotton research and promotion administered by a cotton board and beltwide producer organization. The meeting will feature Clifton Kirkpatrick Earl Younts Emmett Robinson and address four key questions about need payoffs administration and next steps.
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Stamford
Stamford High School
Busi
Congress
U. S
Secretary of Agriculture
CPI
Clifton Kirkpatrick
National Cotton Council of
Memphis
Charles W. Stenholm
Rolling Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Rolling Plains
Eastland Court Affirms Anson Jury Verdict
The Eastland Court of Appeals upholds the 104th District Court verdict in Anson noting no reversible error. Mrs Madge Yeatts was awarded $80 an acre totaling $17,064 for salt water pollution damages to land near Hodges community in the southeast part of the county. The trial occurred Sept 8, 1964 with the decision issued June 6 this year.
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William Crawford
Madge Yeatts
Anson
Eastland Court
Jones and Fisher Singers Plan Sunday Meeting
Jones and Fisher singers from Jones and Fisher counties will meet Sunday afternoon at 2 oclock at the Foursquare Church in Hamlin. Ollie Cohorn, president of the group, said the church is nearly finished and cool. He urged a large crowd of good singers and invited non singers to listen to the gospel performances.
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Jones and Fisher Counties
Foursquare
Hamlin
Ollie Cohorn
Johnson Grass Root Grows In Potato
Jones County official Lem Ruark shows a potato with a Johnson grass root growing through it near the courthouse. He found the vegetable while digging in his garden Monday.
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Johnson
Ruark
Dig
Oil Valuations In County Show $600,000 Drop
Jones County commissioners court, acting as a board of equalization for oil property, reported a $600000 reduction in oil valuations after assessments by Pritchett and Abbott. The court will hear real property appeals Thursday and Friday as 65 to 70 owners submitted renditions lower than last year.
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Jones County
Pritchett and Abbott
Two True Bills Returned By Grand Jury in Anson
In a one day session of the 104th District Court grand jury at Anson two felony indictments were returned. Mrs. C. L. Cromwell of Stamford served as jury foreman. The panel declined to pursue murder charges in the case involving Harry Frye in the May 1 stabbing at an Anson domino parlor. Indicted were Elza Roberson of Anson on a second offense driving while intoxicated and Jack Capps on forgery and passing charges, with Capps in custody at Stanton.
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104Th District Court
Anson
C. L. Cromwell
Stamford
Harry Frye
Harold Stone
Elza Robertson
Jack Capps
Capps
Stanton
Housing Authority Makes Payments In Lieu Of Taxes
W. J. Buie executive secretary of Stamford Housing Authority says 991.19 in payments in lieu of taxes were given to the City of Stamford and Stamford school district this week. The amount equals 10 percent of rentals after utility payments for 36 units, except two in the Negro section.
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Housing Authority
City of
Stamford
W. J. Buie
Stamford Housing Authority
Buie
Hamlin Votes on $750,000 Bond for New High School
Hamlin residents will vote Saturday June 18 on a $750,000 bond issue to fund a new high school building. Absentee voting ends June 14, and the election is called by the Hamlin Independent School District Board of Trustees.
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Hamlin
Hamlin Independent School District
Girls from Two Associations At Lueders Camp
Junior and intermediate girls from the Baptist Double Mountain Area and Sweetwater Association attend the Girls Auxiliary encampment at Lueders Baptist Encampment June 20 to 23 with the theme Stairway to the Stars. Leaders include Mrs L L Trott of Stamford and Miss Estelle Freeland, missionary to Nigeria, among others.
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Lueders Camp
Baptist Double Mountain Area
Sweetwater Association
Lueders Baptist
L. L. Trott
Stamford
Estelle Freeland
Southern Baptist
Nigeria
Baird
Miss Freeland
West Africa
Republic of the
Ivory Coast
Watch Found After Five Years by Roches ter Resident
Kenneth Benson of Rochester located the lost watch five years after it vanished and discovered the timepiece still runs.
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Kenneth Benson
Rochester
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