Some New Hope Farmers Plant Cotton Third Time
Weather baffling New Hope farmers with repeated rain and drought. Many have not begun planting or are attempting a third planting while ground remains too wet. Maize crops look encouraging but moisture scarce ends in postponed cultivation. Local social notes mention Page Massment of Turnersville visiting and Whitaker Reunion at Breckenridge Park.
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New Hope
Gerald Vasek
Coryell County
Page Massingill
Whitaker
Breckenridge
Breckenridge Park
Gerald Varek
New Hope Cemetery gets a fresh look from local volunteers
Community members including Joe Romas and helpers cleaned New Hope Cemetery starting Friday, taking pride in the updated grounds. Nearby, Fatz Vasek continues a strong month at Anson Lake with catches of 40, 46, 9, 10, and 15 pounds while families visit Stamford and nearby towns for gatherings, church events, and birthdays.
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New Hope Cemetery
Joe Romas
New Hope
Fatz Vasek
Anson Lake
Cold Turkey film features townwide smoking ban pledge
A 4 000 resident town vows to quit smoking for a month to win a 25 million grant from a tobacco company in a Norman Lear comedy starring Dick Van Dyke. Filmed in Iowa with Winterset Greenfield Orient Des Moines, the cast includes Pippa Scott Tom Poston Edward Everett Horton and Bob Newhart. Also notes East Texas State University spring honor rolls with over 900 students.
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Norman Lear
Dick van Dyke
Pippa Scott
Tom Poston
Edward Everett Horton
Bob & Ray
Bob Newhart
Grand Theatre
DeLuxe
United Artists
Iowa
Winterset
Greenfield
Orient
Des Moines
Jargest City
First
Filmore
van Dyke
Miss Scott
Third Man Gets Prison Term in Local Theft Case
Jimmy Jordan, 21, Lubbock Negro, was sentenced to seven years by Judge J. Neil Daniel in 104th District Court after pleading guilty to felony theft. He was part of a trio stealing a 22-gallon garbage can from Carpenter Tire Co and filling it with suits at Hinds Men's Store on December 9, 1969. Zack Johnson fled but was later captured, and Joe Dora Jr. was arrested and later killed by his wife in Lubbock. Jordan had escaped from Lubbock County Jail at the time. Assistant District Attorney Britt Thurman prosecuted. Raymond Hollabaugh of Stamford served as court-appointed attorney.
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Jimmy Jordan
Lubbock
J. Neil Daniel
Jordan
Carpenter Tire Co
Hinds Men’s
Joe Dora Jr
Zack Johnson
Dora
Johnson
Asst Criminal District
Britt Thurman
Raymond Hollabaugh
Stamford
Former Sagerton Resident Flora Pockrus Retires
Flora Fulbright Pockrus, once of Sagerton and a Parkdale Elementary special education teacher in Corpus Christi, received the Paul Caplan B nai B rith Award at a CCTA Public Relations banquet. A Stamford HS 1925 graduate, she taught 34 years, 18 with retarded students, and retired in May after 26 years in Corpus Christi.
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Flora’ Pockrus
Flora Fulbright
Sagerton
Parkdale
Corpus Christi
Paul Caplan
CCTA
Pockrus
Stamford High School
Texas Tornado Rate Ranking 11th in 1951 1967
Texas ranked 11th among states for tornadoes per square mile in 1951 to 1967. The state recorded 3.4 tornadoes yearly per 10 000 square miles during the period.
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Texas
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Berta Mae Vasek
Page Massment
Turnersville
Josie Reed
Mrs. Cecil Bean
Dallas
Mrs
Hl. C. Tilleman
Michelle
Alford Adams
Donna
Freddie
David
Houston
Bessie Adams
Tom Hensel
T. C
Kendi
Hurst
Brady
Hardins
Ford Bogdan
Debra
Fl Paso
George Gregory
Bob Harris
Stamford Memorial Hospital
Wayne Mayfield
Mrs. Mayfield
Edd Bogdan
Daughers
el Paso
Boys
Jerry Manske
Lagerton Faith Lutheran Church
Jim Vasek
Janie Vasek
Stamford Inn
Raymond Maxwell
Abilene
Bill Goree
J. D. Spraberry
Gerald ~T
Spraberry
Fatie
Saint Ann Catholic
Teddy Seay
Amarillo
Louise Seay
Jimmy Seay
Dana
Floydada
Carl Bearden
Bearden
Eugene Lyckman
Teddy Daniel
Dee Dee
Denis
Annie Mae Lyckmar
Fort Worth
Bertha Goree
Sundy
Youing Cummings
Rockdale
Hazel Granthram
Buck Hughes
Jinx Goree
Harry Lavender
Jack Goree
Jimmy Cockburn
Teresa
Rotan
Dan Ross
Ron
Brad
Midland
C. R. Taylor
Jackie Pingle
Karen Prichard
East Texas State University
Renee Btamford
Callus
Oeos
Thompson
Eagle Rock
DeLuce
Pollifa
CIA
Carrie Snodgress
Ir Technicolor
A 'Imad
Urs
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