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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1971
Page
11
Former Old Glory Minister returns for a surprise visit as Bernice White and many relatives gather at the Letz home in Abilene and nearby towns. The report notes visits by Mathews to Guatemala mission plans, Austin trip, and several family updates plus club meetings and hospital stays.
Funeral for Anna McGhee 94 was Friday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Jack Southerland officiating. Burial followed at Highland Memorial Cemetery under Kinney Funeral Home direction. She died Wednesday at Stamford Memorial Hospital after a 17 day illness. Born Anna Meador May 14 1879 in Wayne County Missouri, she married F A McGhee who died February 9 1951 en route to Stamford from Fisher Louisiana. Survivors include daughter Mrs C M Lester of Stamford son C A McGhee of Shreveport grandson Dr Max Lester of Abilene and four great grandchildren. Pallbearers named Coy Upshaw Howard Price Bart Holland R E Hall Vernon Lovvorn and W A Thompson.
Cecil Roy Sanders and Lee Sharon Creager from Breckenridge are marriage license recipients along with Walter Francis Creason and Lana Jean Blanton of Hamlin. Leroy Tarwater of Odessa and Carol Louise Newman Masters of Monahans also wed. William Raymond Luna and Mary Oracie Martinez of Stamford. Freddie Kenneth Leonard of Anson and Cady Gaye Allen of Wingate. Roy Leon Kelso of Merkel and Carolyn Kay Whiteside of Breckenridge received licenses.
The Junior G A Camp for girls ages 9 through 11 from the Double Mountain Area and Sweetwater Association will run June 14 through June 17 at Lueders Baptist Encampment. Camp staff includes Charles Bush Buddy Sipe Carolyn Sipe Carolyn Weathersbee and Annie Weems with R D Williams Tom Hiser and Buddy Sipe as Bible teachers. Dr Rod Cannedy will lead Question Time. Mrs Virgil Weems is camp director and W A Solesbee missionary. Registration opens Monday at 2 00 p m with theme Happiness is knowing God. The camp cost 12 includes registration meals lodging and insurance.
Stamford police logged seven traffic accidents last month and 45 for the year as of June 1. May saw 10 traffic citations and 24 arrests, with 13 disturbance calls and eight vandalism reports. Burglaries two, larceny thefts seven, prowler calls four. Four juvenile arrests for possession of alcohol. two adults arrested for drunk in public. 17 emergency messages sent and two funerals assisted. Chief B. Q. Cooper calls May one of the quietest months in memory.
Felix Thomas of Abilene conducted services at Lindsay Chapel Church of Christ Sunday. Dozens attended the Marr family reunion in Haskell with McKeever and Raughton among the musicians, plus many relatives from Abilene, Corsicana, Arlington, Odessa, Stamford and beyond visiting and staying with local residents.
Congressman Omar Burleson announces that the U S Department of Transportation will revise commercial driver qualification rules for farm vehicles. The plan includes exemptions for farmers under 10 000 pounds, age lowered to 18, 150 mile radius for single vehicles, and exemptions for custom harvest operations, reflecting his view that state laws should suffice.
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