Wheat harvest progress and crop conditions near Stamford
The Stamford area wheat harvest is about 90 percent complete despite rain delays. Grain buyers report lighter yields overall due to dry weather and hail, with the south and west hit hardest and the east noting best returns from five to 29.5 bushels per acre. Maize and cotton show promise but face harvest obstacles as rains accumulate. June rainfall totals reach 0.85 inch, with year-to-date 13.21 inches.
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Stamford
Gonzales Rites Held Tuesday At Saint Ann's
Alfredo Gonzales age 20 died after a one car accident near San Angelo. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 4:00 p m in St Ann's Catholic Church with Rev. William Cadigan officiating. Burial was in Highland Memorial Cemetery under Kinney Funeral Home direction. Survivors include his parents four brothers and one sister of Stamford.
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Alfredo Gonzales
St Ann's Catholic Church
William Cadigan
Highland Memorial Cemetery
Kinney Funeral Home
Gonzales
San Angelo
Guadalupe Gonzales
Lupe
Richard
Johnny
Ray
Connie
Stamford
Swan Chapel School Holds Homecoming
Ex students and teachers gathered at Roundup Hall Texas Cowboy Reunion Grounds to mark Swan Chapel School's first homecoming since consolidating with Avoca in 1939. About 193 ex students and visitors registered. honors went to John J. Bugg and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shelton.
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Swan's Chapel
Texas Cowboy
Avoca
John J. Bugg
Florence
Ariz
Paul Shelton
Mary Agee
Biloxi
Pearl Swan Powell
San Angelo
Maude Swan Olinger
Abilene
Bugg
Cora Sample Turner
Reubie Rowland Carlson
Stamford
Lonnie Swan
Lueders
Fula Jackson Ferrell
Garnet Breland Taylor
Milton Harrell
Frank Rogers
Navy Gemini recovery unit sailor tied to mission
Seaman Dale G Stoner USN, son of Edward C Stoner of Davenport Texas, serves aboard the destroyer USS Rupertus as alternate recovery ship for NASA Project Gemini GT 4. Rupertus, part of Navy Task Force 130, trained for recovery and communications to support the four day, 17 million mile space mission. The unit operated in the Western Pacific along the Gemini flight path with 10 300 Navy personnel, 22 ships, and 41 aircraft plus other services coordinating the worldwide sea recovery.
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Dale G Stoner
USN
Edward C Stoner
Davenport
Stamford
Tex
Rupertus
Navy
Pacific
Atlantic
Army
Air Force
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
Jacob Schritt Funeral Service Held in Abilene
Funeral services for Jacob Schritt 53 of Haskell were held in Abilene at Filiett's Chapel of Memories with Rev Oscar H Horn officiating Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery He died Sunday at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene He was born March 18 1912 in Lincoln Nebraska Survivors include three sisters and four brothers from Nebraska Montana and Minnesota Nearly 100 billion pounds of salt water fish are caught annually.
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Jacob Schritt
Haskell
Stamford Paint and Body Shop
Filiett
Chapel of Memories
Abilene
Oscar H. Horn
Our Saviour Lutheran Church
Cedar Hill
Schritt
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Lincoln
Neb
Jack Roark
Grand Island
Clara Behel
Butte, Mont
W. L Wilkinson
John
Fred
Martin
Gus
Minneapolis, Minn
Pat Prewit Wins Final WeekHoliday Contest
Pat Prewit of 608 S Orient becomes the tenth and final winner in Stamford American’s Free Holiday in Texas contest. Her family will receive a free weekend vacation to any Ramada Inn city with meals and accommodations provided, transportation to and from their chosen city to be arranged by contestants two weeks prior to departure. Other winners include Mrs. Raymond Melton of Haskell and several Stamford residents such as Mrs. Clovis Gray and J F Foster, with a list of preliminary winners named from Huston Hardware to May Jewelers.
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Stamford
Texas
Pat Prewit
S. Orient
Prewit
Raymond
E. L. Cowger
Lee Cornelius
H. FE
Lett
Betty Smith
Huston Hardware
Homer Scott
Cashway Food Store
L. R. Wise
the Fabrice Shop
Jack Webber
City Grocery and Market
Byron Lewis
M System Supermarket
Emelia Olson
Hinds Shoes and
Apparrel
Irvin Overton
Dobbins Pharmacy
J. M. McDonald
Harkins Furniture
Geraldine Denson
J. C. Penney Co
N. M. Phy
Wofford Motor Co
G. W. Hansen
May Jewelers
Bill to authorise pooling of oil and gas interests
The Texas Senate Oil and Gas Committee has cleared a bill authorising the State Railroad Commission to order pooling of separately owned oil and gas interests in standard proration units.
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Texas Senate Oil and Gas Committee
Social Security Average Disability Check in December 1964
The average disability payment under Social Security in December 1964 was $91.12, reflecting typical benefits for retirees and disabled workers during that period.
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Social Security
Dorothy Reed to Attend UT Drama Workshop
Dorothy Naomi Reed of Stamford High School is among 35 high school students enrolled in the University of Texas Drama Department's third annual theater workshop. The program runs from Tuesday, June 15, through July 7 and features top juniors and seniors with prior UIL drama experience. It covers acting makeup stagecraft costume design directing theater history lighting scene design and playwriting.
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Dorothy Naomi Reed
Stamford High School
University of Texas Drama Department
Susan Henderson Voice Recital In Austin
Susan Mc Clellan Henderson, pupil of Mrs. Robert Downer, presented a voice recital in Austin indicating her vocal training progress and performance in a formal recital setting.
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Susan Henderson
Austin
Susan McClellan Henderson
Robert Downer
Recital at First Baptist Church Austin Saturday
Friday at 8 p m in the First Baptist Church in Austin for a student from the University of Texas. A reception followed at the McClellans home. Out of town guests included Mrs J B McAllister, Mrs John Graham of Stamford and Mrs Thelma Davis of Perryton.
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Alton McClellan
Henderson
J. B. McAllister
John Graham
Stamford
Thelma Davis
Perryton
Suits Filed and Dismissals Include Family and Insurance Actions
Suits filed in Houston for title involving Wright and Jimenez families against Eligio Jimenez and Jilia Jimenez. Horn v Horn custody case dismissed on motion. Lewis v Lewis divorce action dismissed. Hodges v Combined American Insurance seeks policy collection and settlement.
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Houston Wright Et Ax
Eligio Jimenez
Jilia Jimenez
Billy D. Horn
Donna Sue Horn
L. A. Lewis
Nathalee
Vivian Lewis
S. J. Hodges
Combined American Insurance Co
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Saint Ann’s
Accutron
Accutron Spaceview
Durat
Wyler
Prince Gardner
Swan Chapel School
Dale Stoner
Gemini
Igreen
Artes
Shurfine
Elberta
Gladiola Lour
Libby
Soflin
Chuck
Morton
Shurfini
City Grocery & Market
Kenney Davis
Zana Bristow
Rule
Dan Hill
Swenson
H. E. Culwell
Stella Marshall
W. A. Sylvester
Louis Kohout
Terry Stremmel
Ralph Hooks
Amarillo
Eugene Watts
J. F. Patton
Aspermont
Salvador Gonzales
Freddy Perez
Sara Wilson
Kyle
T. N. Beall
C. FE. Bryson
KE Ll. Moore
F. R. Escobeco
John L. Guillet
J. D. Boren
Staveford
W. EK. Burlesen
Aspermon
H. D. Robinson
Harold Truedeke
Dorothy Reed
UT Drama Workshop
Eager Feed Mill
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