Southwest farm markets show unsettled week across region
USDA reports indicate varied swing across cotton to wheat and corn. Cotton rose from 75 cents to 82.75 a bale while spot middling 15 16 inch ranged 32.30 to 32.80 per hundredweight. Wheat rebounded 15 to 17 cents a bushel with No 1 hard wheat near 2.06 to 2.14. Cattle and hog markets weakened with dressed steer prices down 8 to 8.50 and hogs up only modestly in some areas.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Oklahoma City
Houston
Denver
Oklahoma
New York
Southwest
Fuqua Receives B S Degree from Texas A and M College
G W Fuqua earned a Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering at Texas A and M College on Friday June 3. He will work in Fort Worth at Montgomery Ware and Co in the industrial engineering department starting June 6. Fuqua, son of Mr and Mrs R G Fuqua, is a former Stamford High School and North Texas Agricultural College student who served nearly three years in the Air Force, including six months in Italy.
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G. W. Fuqua
Texas A. and
M. College
R. G. Fuqua
College Station
Fuqua
Fort Worth
Montgomery Ware and Co
Stamford High School
North Texas Agricultural College
Airlington
Air Forces
Air Force
Italy
Texas A
M. College Nd
Tacoma Couple Visits Hewses In New York
Lieut and Mrs C Y Norman of Tacoma Washington are visiting Mrs Norman s parents Mr and Mrs W L Hewse Mrs Norman is the former Dorothy Fowse
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C. Y. Norman
Tacoma, Wash
Mrs. Norman
W. L. Hewse
Borothy Fiowse
Ten Stamford and Two Avoca Students Attend HSU Summer School
Stamford sends ten students to HSU for the summer term through July 9 with a second term starting July 12. Avoca contributes two students, Wayne Preston and Bill Humphrey, both seniors and active in campus groups. Preston is a four year starter for the Cowboy Quin tet.
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Stamford
Avoca
HSU Summer School
Sorrell
H. FE. Sorrell
Terry
I. H.terry
Ministerial Council
ardin-Simmons University
Wayne Preston
Bill Humphrey
Preston
O. H. Preston
Hiardin-Simmons
N. Preston
HSU
Humphrey
Funeral Held for Mrs. Tinsley 83 Fort Worth Native
Mrs. Mattie Tinsley age 83 native of Tarrant county died Friday at her Fort Worth home after a long illness. She was mother of Y T R Tinsley principal of Stanford High School. Funeral Saturday at Shannon Memorial chapel with Rev. Warren Johnston officiating and burial in Thompson Cemetery White Settlement. She taught at White Settlement in the 1900s and was married to William Thomas Tinsley. Surviving: four sons including Bob, a daughter, five grandchildren and three sisters.
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Mattie Tinsley
Tarrant County
Fort Worth
R. Tinsley
Stamford Hligh School
Shannon Memorial Chapel
Warren Johnston
Thompson Cemetery
White Settlement
Mr.Tinsley
Thers
Mes
Tinsley
Bob
4 H Club Members To Attend Round Up
Loreta Allen and Bill Lehimberg report Anson Stamford and Hamlin chambers fund an all expenses paid trip for 4H members to the College Station Round Up June 14 and 15. Eloise Barker Hawley Senior 4H will model in the State 4H Dress Revue. Nellie Huddleston and Doorethy Bumpass are selected as delegates to represent Jones County girls. Bobby Wedeking and Joe Glen Levens named to represent Jones County boys. Demonstrations and group discussions on current events plus recreational activities are planned.
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Chamber of Commerce
Anson
Stamford
Hamlin
College Station
Eloise Barker
Hawley
Nellie Huddleston
Hawley Sr
Doorethy Bumpass Noodle
Jones Counts
M. E. Barker
Bobby Wedeking
Anson 411
Joe Glen Levens
Avoca Club
Jones County
Jon
Former Pastor Joins National Temperance Board
Dr. Caradine Ray Hooton former pastor of St. John's Methodist Church is named executive secretary of the National Board of Temperance of the Methodist Church. He previously led First Methodist in Oklahoma City and ends May 31 to begin the new post. Bishop Martin notes Hooton daughters Mary Lila and Annabel in school and memorial funds support a Japanese mission wife and husband in his name. Bo Rose underwent brief hospitalization at Stamford Sanitarium for examination and treatment.
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Caradine Ray Hooton
St. John's Methodist Church
National Board of ‘Temperance
The
Methodist Church
Hooton
First Methodist Church
Oklahoma City
Paul B. Martin
Board of Temperance
Martin
Hootens
Mary Lila
Annabel
First
Japan
William Eberhart
Naval Air Corps
Elder Emma Shirmer Still Active at Eighty in This Area
Mrs Emma Shirmer who arrived here before Stamford was founded remains spry at eighty. She visits the sick, attends church, walks to town, shops, does housework, grows flowers, quilts, and stretches her pension to meet needs. Born in Missouri as Emma Bollinger she later married in Jackson Missouri and lived on the George Brockett place near Anson before settling here. Her extended family gathered for a lively visit from January to June with daughters granddaughters and in laws arriving from Tucumcari and beyond.
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Emma Shirmer
Stamford
Shirmer
Missouri
Anna Upchurch
Perry County
Henry Bollinger
Cape Jurdo
Mr. and Mrs. Sorrell Visit Hoopers in California and Mexico
Mr and Mrs Ed Sorrell traveled to Santa Rosa to visit Mrs and Mrs Horace Hooper and their sons returning Sunday. They toured Old Mexico at Reynosa and Bora Chica Reatel on the Gulf of Mexico Saturday. The Hoopers plan to return to Stamford in August.
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Ed Sorrell
Santa Rosa
Horace Hooper and Sons
Old Mexico
Reynosa
Bora Chica Reatel
Gulf of Mexico
Hoopers
Stamford
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H Club
Loreta Allen
Bill Lehimberg
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Stamford Sanitarium
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