A Call to War Service in Home Front Campaign
A 1920s Stamford American editorial urges civilians to collect scrap rubber to support war production. It explains that rubber shortages risk gasoline rationing and notes most world rubber is Japanese controlled. The piece profiles Floyd, a cub reporter with a risky early career.
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United States
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch East Indies
MacArthur
Floyd
Denison Herald
Sherman
Nat
Correct This Sentence About Charity And Life
Anonymous paragraphs contrast authority wealth and humor with sayings on chairmanship cheerfulness and living costs. The collection notes income versus outgo and jokes about mother-in-law and one-way streets. It ends with a remark on truth and marketability.
New Hope Pays Appointment Visit by Stamford Pastor
The Rev J H Skilew of Stamford filled his Baptist Church appointments on Sunday. Mrs Ledbetter and children Jo Anne and Jerry of Donna visit for a month with Mrs Ledbetter's parents Mr and Mrs Owell High. Red Cross Sewing and Knitting met at the school house Tuesday with Mmes Goree Grantham White Rogers Wood Benton Bean Jenkins Pierce Portwood Lindsey and others assisting.
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J. H. Skilew
Stamford
The
Baptist Church
Sunde Mre
Bill Ledbeter
Jo Anne
Jerry
Donna
Owell High
Kted Cross
Red Cross
Mmes. W. T. Goree
Mark Grantham
A. G. White
Henry Rogers
C. W Wood
Joe Benton
Cecil Bean
J. D. Jenkins
Essie Pierce
Earl Portwood
Barron Lindsey
Charley
Local social rounds and weather in Stamford area
Mary Elizabeth and Lorene White attend next meeting on Tuesday June 23 at the school house. Local visits include Miss Mary Skiles of Stamford with the Skiles family, and Irene Hughes of McAllen visiting her parents. Rain fell Sunday with hail and no damage. A. W. Bean remains bedridden with no improvement.
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Cecil Bean
Creed Portwood
Mr. Davis
Bean
Portwood
Harrell McDuff
Jessie Bean
San Antonio
W. F. Bean
Morris and
Raymond
Irene Hughes
McAllen
Ozell Hughes
Gilbert Hill
Lubbock
J. D. Jenkins
L. J. Hager
Yvonne Joyce
Stamford
Wedne
J. J. Seay
A. C. Tidwell
Lamoine Skiles
George Pierce
Frank Seay
Baby
Jimmy Seay
A. W. Bean
Rockdale Community Notes Include Visits and Travel
Rockdale residents hosted and visited many relatives this week. Rockdale S G Cobb spent time in Fort Stockton and Houston with Miller Bunkley, while Dolphas Patterson visited from Midland. Various families gathered at picnics and homes, and several locals joined military moves and travel, including Clifton Cobb leaving for the army.
Fiddlers Contest Wins $50 Prize in Stamford
The June 20 1924 Stamford report notes the Alcove Theater fiddlers contest drew a big crowd with ten entries. Joe Roberts of Avoca won the $50 fiddle by popular vote. Other items highlight local marriages, travels, business and education news from Stamford and nearby towns.
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Alcove Theater
Stamford
Joe Roberts
Avoca
Lena Mae Harlan
John T. Wallace
J. H. Edmons
Hamlin
Wallace
Stamford Steam Laundry
Messrs
Bunkley Drug Store
Texas Pharmaceutical Association
Austin
J. P. Donalson
Cecile
Francis
Fort Worth
Dallas
Ladonia
Georgia
Southern Methodist University
F. C. Keen
Keen
Marcella Gay
Louis Vaughn
Swenson
Longhorn
Texas Memorial Stadium
University of Texas, Austin
Ralph Rountree
China
Faye Humphrey
Simmons College
Abilene
Sarah Flournoy
Baylor University
W. A. Simpson
Hamilton
Texas
Lucille Wallace
Wichita Falls
Waco
Avoca News
Mary Terry
I. H. Terry
Moran Street
McMurry College
West Point Appointment For Wilburn Jensen
Wilburn Jensen son of Mr and Mrs P M Jensen was appointed to West Point by Congressman Sam Russell and was to travel to Abilene last Saturday for entrance exams. He previously attended Texas Tech as a freshman and graduated Avoca High School in 1941 as saluatorian. In other local items, birth announcements, school promotions, and family visits are noted along with farm work and rain delaying fieldwork.
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West Point
Wilburn Jensen
P. M. Jensen
Sam Russell
West Point Military Academy
Abilene
Wilburn
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Avoca High School
Vernon Lyckman
Nancy Carrol
Stamford Sanitarium
Doris Peterson
Jennie Pauline Armstrong
Stamford High School
Carl Nelson
Clinton Breland
Brownwood
Nelson
Henry Etta Breland
Howard Payne College
Philip, Jr
Warren Olson
Henry Rankin
Wichita
Kansas
H. E. Olson
Mmnes
Okey Richards
Oliver Smith
Rankin
Bryson
Florence Rankin
Catherine
Helena Almquist
Almquist
Rair
Navy Enlistment of Homer Harris from West Texas Utilities
Homer Harris resigns from West Texas Utilities and leaves Wednesday to serve in the United States Navy. He travels to Dallas and then to the Naval Training Station at Norfolk Virginia to join the electrical service.
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Navy
Homer Harris
West Texas Utilities Company
Wuesday
United States Navy
Dallas
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Misread Caption Mentions Miss P and Sister
Fragmentary OCR note references Miss P and her sister Misa Pe Matthews in a caption.
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Ays
Miss P
Misa Pe Matthews
Billie R Cearley Seeks District Clerk Post Promises Service
Billie R Cearley announces unemployment after the Jones County Food Stamp office closure and campaigns again for District Clerk. He cites limited campaign reach due to a rubber shortage, notes a past defeat by 150 votes, seeks 76 new supporters, and pledges faithful service if elected.
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Jones County
Billie R. Cearley
Sunday church and community visits noted in Tuxedo area
Local residents attended Baptist Church services with Rev. Charles Torrence and special readings by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Smith. Numerous names appear visiting relatives, working farms, or staying with relatives in Tuxedo and nearby hamlets, including San Diego illness news and Camp Blanding travel mentions.
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Baptist Church
Charles Torrence
Abilene
Alvin Smith
Frances Euban
Hamlin
The
Delbert Lane
Anson
Dan Meads
A. J. French
Naval Air Base
San Diego
California
Paul Galey
Arnold Glenn
Allen Carlton
New Hope
W. C. Carlton
St. George Rivers
Blanche
Harvey Allen
Milburn Rivers
T. Brady
C. T. Copenhaver
Palestine
Adi Glenn
Royston
C. T. Levens
Bill Hardy
Rotan
O. Bo
el Paso
Bert Apperson
Tuxedo
Joe Carlton
Judy
Harry Allen
Milburn
Sgt
George Rivers
Camp Blanning
Florida
Lenora Brandenberger
Bunker Hill
Bernadet Bush
Lubbock
Cleve Bush
Don Baize
J. O. Baize
J. H. Rivers
Ben Ashburn
Bernadell Bush
June England
Gene Bush
Fort Clark
R. C. Bush
Bobby Derr
R. C. Stephens
Stamford
Clyde Pritchard
Leonard Sanders
Sanders
Cox
Cecil
Toy J. Henson
Sunnyside
Buck Whitehead
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Albany
Olen Stephens
Cleve Harwell
Vada Lee
Priscilla
Jim
Sam Baize
Spencer
Jerry Ann
Olen Amerson
Sue
Lou
Odessa
Waco
Brandt Baize
George Merete
Camp Blanding
Milburn Piors
Stamford Area Residents In Lake Outing And Visits
Paul Galey of Hamlin joined by Edw in Rivers Bill Pritchard Craig Stephens and others from near Stamford swan and swim at Anson Lake Monday. Stamford residents Bill Houston Sam Baize family and H M Phillips were in town for business and visiting relatives.
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Paul Galey
Hamlin
Aoll Glenn
Harvey Allen
Milburn Rivers
Edwin
Bill Pritchard
Craig Stephens
Near Stamford
Anson Lake
Bill Houston
Stamford
Sam Baize
Andy French
H. M. Phillips
Arnold Glenn
Weekend visits and church time shift noted in Avoca area
A roundup lists residents and visitors across Brownfield, Brownwood, Abilene, and surrounding towns. It records weekend travels by the Fielder, Swenson, Hines, Eller, McAda, Rial, and Burke families, a church time change to 11 A M, a Busy Bee Club meeting, and social visits with nephews, grandparents, and friends in multiple households.
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Jack Fielder
Brownfield
Raymond Swenson
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Oliver
Swenson
Hiram Rusk
Carl Lynn
Breckenridge
George Campbell
M. J. Bain
Larry
Ft. Worth
Eula Muenzler
Neal Moore
Fort Worth
Grady McAda
Artesia
N. M
Travis Burke
Jerry Nora Mae
Viva Lee
Buddy Rial
Stamford
R. L. Daniels
R. S. Hines
Clyde Huffaker
Marion Humphrey
J. ©. Williams
Mary Francis
Frankie Eller
Olney
S. E Eller
W. L. MccAda
Sterley
FE. Jr
Jackie Leon
Fielder
Juanita Burke
Dallas
W. M. Burke
S. E. Eller
P. A. Shirley
Alvin Anna
Abilene
Busy Bee Club
W. C. Hughes
E. Eller
G. Z. Lawrence
T. B. McNair
J. H. Rial
Oliver Swenson
H. BE. Whitworth
N. L. Young
B. W. Young
Jimmie Fox
Baby
Eastland
Fox
Local visitors gather as families host returning service member
Sagerton and surrounding towns welcomed Cpl. Rector Guinn on a three day pass from Freeport. Families from Rule Midland Stamford and Houston shared meals and stories at the Guinn home while others visited relatives and noted Beulah Mae Summers remaining bedbound.
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Paul Banks
Houston
Rachel Banks
Mt. Pleasant
Irene Stewart
E. G. Ivy
R. C. Jones
Stamford
Rector Guinn
Freeport
D. M. Guinn
Visits and Moves Hit Small Texas Towns
A string of local visits and relocations spans Shallowater Stamford Cross Plains Aspermont Rochester and Los Angeles. Families including the Wienkes Webbers Summers Caudles Burrows and Sandefurs are noted visiting relatives moving homes leasing hotels and taking positions as Ira Dell Dobbins heads to a civil service post in Washington DC.
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Stamford
Texas
Stamford American
Cleburne Huston
East Hamilton Street
Roy Wienke
Douglas Wayne
Billy Raye
D. R. Webber
Shallowater
Bill Martin
Norma
Cross Plains
Washington
Ira Dell Dobbins
S. T. Dobbins
D. C
Paul L. Summers
Dorotha Paul
B. Hess
J. P. Caudle
W. P. Caudle
Caudle
Aspermont
J. M. Reising
Rochester
Alden Burrow
Jodeen and
Marylin
Los Angeles
California
Mr. Burrow
Jim Burrow
H. A. Sandefur
Sandefur
G. A. Lambert
Housewives Must Answer Questions For Canning Sugar
Homemakers canning fruit this year should prepare before applying for sugar certificates. Winifred Jones of the A and M Extension Service urges answers to three questions about last year’s and this year’s canning. Keep records of preserved fruit as boards may ask for them when granting more sugar.
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Winifred Jones
A. and M. Extension Service
Extension Service
Miss
Sugar Ration Rules For Home Canning Outlined
The specialist summarizes rationing rules for sugar used in canning. Each four quarts of finished fruit require one pound of sugar, with allowances based on family needs. A limited sugar pound is provided per person to make a small supply of jams and jellies, stressing home preservation.
Colored Youths Hear Program By Methodist Group
Young people from 11 Stamford colored churches attended a Young People meeting by the St John’s Methodist Church Youth Fellowship on Sunday evening June 7. Leader Joe Lattimore spoke and Monte Knutson sang I Came to the Garden Alone with Patricia Green giving a devotional. Reports from the McMurry College assembly in Abilene were read by Martha Jo Baird Joan Russell Patsy Bagby and Wayland Fuqua. Mr David Bennett and Mrs Bennett led the Worship and Rev Cal C Wright offered prayer.
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Stamford
Youth Fellowship
St. John’s
Joan Russell
Patsy Bagby
Wayland Fuqua
David Bennett
Wouth
Cal C. Wright
Lator
Mr. Wright
Missing in Action Flyer Captain Brundrette Named
Capt George Brundrette of Wichita Falls formerly with Fain McGaha Oil is reported missing in action. He was last heard from on Bataan and thought to have reached Corregidor as an Army Air Force flyer. Stamford friends relayed the word.
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George Brundrette
Wichita Falls
Fain-McGaha Oil Corporation
Stamford
Bataan
Corregidor
Brundrette
Army Air Force
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Ft. Stockton
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Carol Wayne
Jessie Dean Mullins
Hardy Childress
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M. M. Cobb
John Ivy
Merle
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Joe Harper
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T. N. Gillespie
R. A. Gillespie
Clinton Brown
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Gerald McLennan
United States Army Air Force
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Dolly) Garvin
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