War Notes and Rural News From the Stamford American
Local editor recalls Private Hargrove humor and war reader’s note. Commentary on France's decline, American unity, and policy. Texas road safety gains, 665 lives saved in 1942, with county-by-county death tallies and observations for rural readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Jones County
Jones
Haskell
Fisher
Haskell County
Taylor
Stonewall
Shackelford
Stamford Chautauqua Renewal Pledges Drive Future Program
Seventy firms and individuals pledged eight dollars each to fund next summer's free chautauqua in Stamford. I H Terry and Miss Johnson led the drive as audiences filled seven programs over the weekend despite rain on the final night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
I. H. Terry
Miss Johnson
Chautauqua
College Station
Texas A & M College
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Flat Top
Swenson Brothers
Col
R. V. Colbert
William P. Erwin
The
International Airways, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
el Paso
Abilene
Lubbock
Roswell
Seaman
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
North
Texas
R. L. Haynie
Aspermont
Forthe
Stamord
Margaret McLean
Fort Worth
American Red Cross
Harmon Park
East
Hamilton Street
Claude A. Easterling
Harmon Foundation
W. G. Swenson
R. B. Bryant
A. D. Mc Reynolds
J. K. Brady
Rafalia Wright
Eiljah W. Turner, Jr
Houston
H. T. White
W. H. Wright
Sullins College
Bristol
Turner
Tennessee
Robert Smith Ragsdale
Jones County
Lenore
Ragsdale
South
Califor Markets
T. A. Upshaw
Lilly Ragsdale
John Hudson
Local Motor Vehicle Tax Stamps on Sale June 10
Mrs. John L. Guinn postmaster announces motor vehicle tax stamps will go on sale at $5 starting June 10 with sales closing July. The item row lists numerous local residents and visitors including military families, camp attendances, and travel between Sagerton Stamford and Whiteface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Guinn
Blessing of Youthful Study Over Army Augustan Rhetoric
A narrator mocks First Sergeant Clar Ence A Goldsmith and Private Edward Thomas Marion Lawton Hargrove as learning to advise recruits. He quotes George Bernard Shaw on teachers and doers, then urges the sergeant to let the young study without distraction, praising youth over army training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence A. Goldsmith
Edward Thomas Marion Lawton Hargrove
Goldsmith
George Bernard Shaw
We Are Going to the Army The Hardening Process Ahead
A veteran narrator counsels soon-to-be draftees to embrace Army life as a hardening, hazing process. He warns of three weeks of confusion and pain, then gradual adjustment through drills, inspections, and chores. The piece ends with two friends departing by bus, one hopeful for the South Pole assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Hargrove
Mediterranean
Sicily
Rome
Mussolini
War Department
Brodie Griffith
Charlotte News
Garinger
Belmont Abbey
Washington
Fate
Siva
Piedmont Grill
Piel
Melvin Piel
South Carolina
Fayetteville
Four Flowers of
Brother Piel
Alaska
South Pole
Ericksdahl Memorial Service and church notices
Sunday services and Sunday School held at Bethel Lutheran with 114 in Sunday School. Hugo B Haterius spoke after returning from Minnesota. Special numbers included vocal solos by Mrs Alfred Shurley and Mrs Henry Peterson. Memorial service for Fingal Ekenstam set for 4 pm with Rev Hugo B Haterius in charge. Buffet supper program by the Young Woman's Missionary Society raised funds. Confirmation class resumes with schedule changes. Soldiers honored with a home gathering for Pvt Ray Lundgren and Pvt Leroy Lundgren. Several local families and visitors noted in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Lutheran Church
Sas
Hugo B. Haterius
Minn
God
Alfred Shurley
Henry Peterson
Hugoe Haterias
Fingal Ekenstam
Consmperpiont
Young Woman's Missionary Society
Jesus
Monte Smart
Stanle Newquist
Philip Olson
Haterius
America
Luther League
A. W. Stenholm
Round Rock
Minneapolis
Ruth Frances Olson
Devine
Winfred Stenholm
Joliet
Illinois
Mmes
Eric Rosenquist
H. E. Olson
C. A. Lundgren
Helena Almquist
Houston
Sam Almquist
Helena Pearl
Sam, Jr
H. E. Almquist
Grover Howell, Jr
Elizabeth Ann
Johnny
Dallas
Hjalmar Carlson
Carlson
Fin Ekenstam
Howell
J. M. 0. Johnson
Mary Lou
J. D. Phipps
Phipps
Des Moines
Iowa
Stamford Flying Field
Gladys Nelson
Fort Worth
Harold Hokanson
Fred L. Nelson
Nelson
Harris Memorial Hostaloe of
Fort
Mary Lou Johnson
Austin
Virginia Johnson
Eunice
Imogene
Eric Forsell
Victory Union First Baptist Church June Evening Program
Victory Union First Baptist Church schedules a June 20 evening program at 7 15 featuring a series of “Marks” topics. Mrs W H Wright leads discussion on The Mark of a New Nature with other speakers including Mrs Annie Hamilton Lilias Penick Mrs J H Weldon and Mrs C D Blanton plus a Bible Quiz on I Samuel chapters 16 17 and 20 I Samuel 5 1 10 I Chronicles 22 and Psalms 40 by Lilias Penick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Union First Baptist Church
W. H. Wright
Vital Fellowship
Annie Hamilton
Lilias Penick
J. H. Weldon
C. D. Blanton
Safer Driving Cuts Deaths Amid War On Roads
Traffic deaths on highways fell 38 percent, towns 36 percent, cities 28 percent, and county roads 21 percent. The wartime shift to safer driving shows clear gains, with the hope the lesson endures after the war.
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Stamford American
Cleburne Huston
East Hamilton Street
France
Africa
Joan of Arc
John L. Lewis
G. L. Inglish
California
Inglish
Swenson Davis
Iss
Lou Crockett
St. John’s Methodist Church
R. A. Stewart
N. M. Phy
Schumann
Nile Shaw
R. M. Kinard
Ne Elliott
Patsy Kinard
Dr. Davis
J. D. Crockett
Sagerton
Clyde Ray
J. R. Green
Florida
David Lee Gibson
Johnnye Lee Guinn
Douglas Wayne Weinke
Lueders
Richard Gibson
Roy Weinke
Fritz Kupatt
Stockdale
Bruno Kupatt
Bobby Ruth Spradlin
Melvin Lewis
Sgt
Mission
Canada
Oscar Kainer
Emil A. Kainer
G. W. LaFevre
Galena Park
Ira la Fevre
Bill Martin
J. W. Burrow
Quant Caudle
Gloria
August E. Hahn
Ray Elliott
Elliott
Joyce Stegemoeller
W. P. Caudle
Whiteface
X. R. Banks R. Williams
Charles Clark
J. A. Clark
Hoffman, N. C
Private Hargrove
Marion Hargrove
Kitchen Police
United Brotherhood of Plumbers
Mr. Griffith
New York
Selective Service System
Mecklenburg County Board Number Three
United States
Ericksdahl
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