Stamford schools face larger unit and building plan
Superintendent N S Holland urges trustees to raise local tax valuation to 5 million, expand district with new highways, and adopt a definite building program. He predicts bankruptcy without funding and calls for free transport within ten miles to a central high school and junior college, with modernized facilities at Bomar Heights and East Moran buildings.
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Stamford Public Schools
Supt
N. S. Holland
Board of Trustees
Holland
Columbia University
Teachers College
New York City
Board OF Equalization
Stamford
County Board of Education
Bomar Heigh!t
East Moran Street
Free Chautauqua To Be Repeated Here Next Year
The free chautauqua will be repeated in Stamford next summer after pledges of seventy firms and individuals. I H Terry and Miss Johnson secured the pledges to fund next year’s contract. Seven programs were held over the weekend despite rain that reduced crowds. attendance at the Saturday program was about 1,100.
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Stamford
I. H. Terry
Miss Johnson
Chautauqua
City Auditorium
Elias
Tumburites
Jugo- Slavia
W. R. McCulloch
Clev
McCulloch
Band Seeks $145 More for West Texas Trip
The Firemen's Band is $145 short of $800 needed for its trip to the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Convention next Monday. They began the week with $41.00 in the treasury, about $97.5 raised by the carnival, with $145 still to raise as of Wednesday morning.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Air Mail Route for Stamford to Be Discussed
William P. Erwin of International Airways plans a visit to Stamford to confer with Chamber officials about an air mail route from Dallas to El Paso via Abilene Stamford Lubbock and Roswell. The plan could allow a Dallas paper printed at 5 am to reach Stamford before breakfast with help from M D Dice of the local flying school.
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William P. Erwin
International Airways
Sta Im
Chamber of Commerce
Aeria
Stamford
Dallas
el Paso
Abilene
Lubbock
Roswell
Erwin
Preent
Dice
Bishop Seaman to Preach at St Luke's Church
Bishop Seaman will hold services and preach at Saint Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church on Sunday night June 20 at 8 15. He has many friends in Stamford and was former pastor here for four years before becoming bishop.
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Seaman
Saint Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Stamford
North
Texas
Club Boys of Ten Counties To Meet Here
Club boys from eight or ten counties in this area converge in Stamford for a two day elimination contest to select district representatives for the state livestock judging contest in College Station. Sixty to seventy boys with county farm agents and Texas A M College experts attend a chuck wagon feed at Swenson Brothers Flatlop Ranch and camp overnight in Stamford. The program includes tours of Colbert ranch and local Holstein and Jersey cattle as part of livestock studies.
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Stamford
College Station
Texas A. & M. College
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Swenson Brothers Wenson Brothers
Chamber of Commerce
EFL
R. V. Colbert
Improvements on Harmon Park to Start Soon
Harmon Park on Fast Hamilton Street, turned over to the Stamford Chamber of Commerce by the City Council, was formally accepted by the chamber’s executive board. About $2500 is available for immediate improvements, and a special Harmon Foundation Park Committee was appointed to plan the work, consisting of W. G. Swenson, R. B. Bryant, Dr. A. D. McReynolds, and J. K. Brady.
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Harmon Park
Hamilton Street
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
A. Claude Easterling
Harmon Foundation
W. G. Swenson
R. B. Bryant
A. D. McReynolds
J. K. Brady
Revival Opens in Aspermont by Rev. M. B. Harris
Rev. M. B. Harris of Central Christian Church will start a revival in Aspermont next Sunday. The local church will have no services that Sunday except Sunday school.
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M. B. Harris
Central Christian Church
Aspermont
Oil Test Set 11 Miles East of Stamford
A new oil test is planned 11 miles east of Stamford near the Zeigler gas well on the W D Martin farm. The leaseholders and contractors agree to spud within 30 days from Friday with materials moving immediately. Promoters expect gas and oil prospects to be strong, aided by nearby finds and a Standard rig to be used.
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Stamford
Zeigler
W D. Martin
W DD. Martin
Addier Edmondson
Bob Rainey
Breckenridge
Mr. Martin
Galveston to Denver highway proposed via Stamford and Waco
A plan to build a hard surfaced Galveston Denver Highway through Waco Cis co Stamford Spur Ralls Plainvein Amarillo and Dalhart is pushed by Hamilton Wright and the Texas Transcontinental Trail with Galveston to Waco ready to begin and the second division Waco to Amarillo under active organization. Stamford and the Chamber of Commerce pledge aid. RL Haynie leads the TT Trail promotion efforts.
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Interstate
Galveston
Denver
Waco
Cisco
Stamford
Spur
Ralls
Plainvein
Amarillo
Dalhart
Rocky Mountain
A. Claude Easterling
Chamber of Commerce
Galveston-Denver
Albany
Kalie
Col
RL Haynie
West
Contract Set For Marking New Highway Trail
The advertising committee of the transcontinental Trail, led by R L Haynie of Stamford, was authorized to mark the route from Fort Worth to Lubbock via Stamford. Goggar of Stamford won the contract for 250 dollars to mark the Trail, and signs and slides will be installed to promote Route TTT.
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R L. Haynie
Stamford
Aspermont
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Goggar
Idalou
Ralls
Crosbyton
Spur
Girard
Jayton
Azpermont
Swenson
Peacock
Lagerton
Breckenridge
R. L. Penick
Lynch Davidson to Speak in Stamford Today
Davidson, candidate for governor, arrives in Stamford to address supporters at the city auditorium at 2.30 p.m. Reece Pratt will introduce him amid a broader caucus effort to secure a good hearing for all visiting candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch Davidson
Davidson
Reece Pratt
West Texas Chamber of Commerce Convention Opens in Amarillo
The WTCC convention starts next Monday in Amarillo for three days. Stamford should send a large delegation. many will travel by auto as no special train was arranged. Contact Stamford Chamber of Commerce at telephone 44 to register and receive insignia for attendance.
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Amarillo
Big West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Stamford
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
Cota
Time extended for reinstating war insurance
Fort Worth veterans agency announces extension of the deadline to July 2 1927 for reinstating averting or continuing yearly renewable term war risk insurance. The amendment allows five year level premium policies exchangeable within five years. Those current on payments must convert by July 2. lapsed payers may gain another chance under the amendment.
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World War Veterans
Misa Margaret McLean
Fort Worth
American Red Cross
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Dallas
Central
Washington
Bureau
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W. R. Cady
Knox
Chas A Horr
Dietrica
ST. Luke’s Church
By Hamilton Wright
CTTY
WTCC
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