Stamford summer fun program aids Tri County children
A six day pilot Summer Fun Program in Stamford serves 23 Tri County Education Cooperative children with music stories crafts and refreshments. Teenage volunteers guide activities led by Arlene Teichelman with Donna Hooten Denise Dennis and Lesvna Cantu assisting. police bicycle safety and visits to the Stamford Fire Department and Nelson Park Zoo are planned.
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Stamford
Woodie Beene
Tri-County Education Cooperative
Joe Aalbue
Stamford Area
Tri-County
Arlene Teichelman
Donna Hooten
Denise Dennis
Lesvna Cantu
Sandra Smith
Becky Eastland
Lisa Dillard
Dorothy Brooks
Katy Sanders
Anson
Stamford Police Department
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Stamford Fire Department
Nelson Park Zoo
Abilene
District judge attends jurists school in Reno Nev
J Neal Daniel judge of the 104th District Court is in Reno attending a four week jurists school. The session ends July 4 and he is not expected back in Anson before July 1. In the interim other area judges fill in. Wednesday Judge Weldon Kirk of Sweet Water was to hear a sanity case and any other ready trials.
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J. Neal Daniel
104Th District Court
Reno
Nev
Anson
Weldon Kirk
Sweetwater
County bond sales top $88,750 in four months
Sales of Series E and H United States Savings Bonds in Jones County totaled $8,049. County Bond Chairman A C Humphrey reported that four months of sales reached $88,754, achieving 23 percent of the 1974 $380,000 goal.
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United States Savings
Jones County
A C. Humphrey
Stamford CofC Opposes Highway 277 Bypass Plan
The Stamford Chamber of Commerce opposes rerouting Highway 277 that would bypass Stamford. Petitions against the plan circulated among about 100 residents while city leaders asked for state aid to pursue the project. The chamber asks a study to relieve truck traffic but rejects bypass routing that would bypass the town.
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Stamford
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
Willing Workers Class Holds Backyard Picnic
Fifteen members of the Willing Workers Class of First Baptist Church gathered at Mrs. T. R. Tinsley’s home Thursday night June 14 for a back yard picnic. Mrs. C. M. Lester gave the devotional and Mrs Duff presided.
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First Baptist Church
T. R. Tinsley
C. M. Lester
Duff
Stamford Bloodmobile Surpasses Quota Amid Strong Donor Turnout
Stamford exceeded its blood drive quota with 95 productive units from 109 potential donors at the Red River Regional Blood Bank visit in Wichita Falls. First time donors numbered 36, with A positive and C positive the majority. Local groups Lions Club and Stamford Young Farmers led donor participation, and a long volunteer list backed the effort.
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Stamford
Red River
Wichta Falls
American Association of Retired Persons
Lions Club
Lions
Rotary and Exchange Clubs
Housewives to operate Paint Pot opens in Stamford
Three Stamford housewives plan an open house for The Paint Pot at 1221 Park Sis McCown with Gwen Osment and Jan White. They offer hobby and craft materials and lessons in painting making box purses and decoupage. The shop will be open 9 to 5 six days weekly starting Monday.
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Stamford
Park
Sis McCown
Gwen Osment
Jan White
McCown
Oll
W. W. McCown
Larry White
Joe Osment
Cotton insect office opens in Anson for early season program
The Jones County Boll Weevil office in Anson opened June 17 to enroll participants in the early cotton insect control plan. supervised by Mrs. Peggy Propst, the office runs one month from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on North Commercial Street, with state funds again available on a matching basis.
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Jones County Bollweevil
Anson
Tommy Brown
Peggy Propst
Brown
Commercial Street
Local firm to open branch office in Haskell
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Stamford wins approval to open a full service branch on the east side of the square in Haskell. Gary Mathews says the office will handle all savings transactions and likely open in about 60 days with an open house after the debut. Manager applications are being taken and two jobs may follow. hours will mirror the main office from 9 to 4, five days a week.
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First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Stamford
Haskell
Gary Mathews
Mathews
Pavillion at rodeo grounds gets complete face lift
Carpentry electrical and plumbing crews work this week on the Texas Cowboy Reunion pavillion at the rodeo grounds. The structure once split stalls now houses an air conditioned ground floor gallery with rough cedar walls and special lighting to spotlight artworks. Pedestals built by Stamford Mayor I F Hudson stand ready as the Stamford Art Foundation sponsors the show.
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Texas Cowboy Reunion Rodeo Grounds
Stamford
I. F Hudson
Stamford Art Foundation
Optometrist Introduces Noncontact Eye Pressure Test
Stamford resident Dr. C. L. Cromwell offers a none contact electronic tonometer to measure intraocular pressure for glaucoma screening. The painless test uses air pressure and requires no anesthetic, with about 20 patients tested and no cases of dangerously high pressure found.
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C. L. Cromwell
Stamford
Cromwell
A C Ross to be buried in New Hope Cemetery
A C Ross 74 retired farmer died Tuesday evening at Stamford Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Funeral 2 30 p m Thursday at Assembly of God Church with burial in New Hope Cemetery under Kinney Funeral Home. Born January 3 1900 in Eunice Louisiana he moved to Texas in 1903 and to Jones County in 1912. He married Ida Dean Hawley November 17 1941 at Walters Ohio. She died January 22 19. Nephews will be pallbearers. Survivors include three sisters Mrs Jess Mickler Mrs Zephyr Brown both of Stamford and Mrs Corrine Adams of Hamlin and 16 nieces and nephews.
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A. C. Ross
Stamford Memorial Hospital
Assembly of God Church
New Hope Cemetery
Kinney Funeral Home
Mr. Ross
Eunice
Texas
Jones County
Ida Dean Hawley
Walters, Ohlo
Jess Mickler
Zephyr Brown
Stamford
Corrine Adams
Hamlin
Hospital district expansion hearing set in Anson
A hearing on the Stamford Hospital District expansion is scheduled for Friday morning June 1 in Anson. Dist Judge C V Milburn will preside, over a suit filed in December by taxpayers challenging the district's expansion.
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Stamford Hospital
Anson
Little Leaguer SeventH Home Run Sparks Braves Narrow Win
Friday May 14 the Braves beat the Dodgers 1 to 0 as the Braves score in the fifth inning and Dodgers fail to score in the sixth. Mike Cox and Mike Moreno pitched for the Braves with Moreno contributing two singles. For the Dodgers Gross and Raymond Moreno had hits.
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Braves
Dodgers
Mike Cox
Mike Moreno
Moreno
Paul Gomez
Cox
Wayne Seay
Ty Gross
Jeremy Gomez
Gross
Raymond Moreno
Cardinals
Red Sox
Cards
Richard Johnson
Bart Rosenquist
Mark McNair
Rosenquist
Trussell Thane
David Hagler
Mark Acosta
Johnson
Julian Guzman
Tim Liles
Ken Pierce
Kevin Wade
Benito Perez
Guzman
Kyle Whittemore
Tony Caraway
Paul Rosenquist
Granslam
Marty Gomez
Eugene Cedillo
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Beene
Aallene
Reno, Nev
Stamford Cofc
Fareed Hassen
Hassen
Jones County Commissioners Court
Highway Department
Jones County Implement Co
Haskell Highway
Tive
B_ positive
Beatrice Plumlee
Thomas Kohout
Shirley Medford
Leland Nauert
John W. Harrell
Vernon Lovvorn
Oliver Swenson
Max Davenport
Juanita Smith
Darwin Rorie
W. G Ludecke
Clyde Jerry Arendall
Gary Muehlstein
J. C. Teague
Bob Stephens
Lester Craig
Patsy Stephens
J. W. Golden
Dianna Muehlstein
Lonnie R. Pounds
Tommie Jo Weaver
Winifred Lee Dodds
Tommy Reed
Suzie Denson
Delilah Torres
Phyllis Richards
Lionel Foster
Peggy Clark
Jo Rimmer
Raymond D. Kohout
Joe Newell
Terri Phillips
Janis Walsch
Jimmie L. McGary
Weldon Walker
Cletus Gray
Dwain Wardwell
Mark A Greene
Donna Jean Hughes
R.N. Bunkley
Jerry Terrell
Dickie Chambers
Wiley B Harrison
Tommye Leavitt
Gaye Norman
Margaret Bolding
Cindy Stenholm
Jimmy T. Dean
Jimmy Woolf
Bill Baldowski
George Gray
Billie Ed Phillips
Edgar Boedeker
Carolyn Reed
James Gray
Dan Schuette
William S. Casady
Robert McLellan
M L. Massey
Pat Prewit
A. C Reed
Jimmie Dear
J.C. Morton
David C Ballard
Neil Newsom
Patti Walton
Bernice Rhoads
Jack Young
Milton McKinley
Vickie Wilhite
Gary D. Mathews
Gabie Hawkins
Alan Plumlee
Jack Crockett
Gerald Cheek
Billy Koon
E W. Mickler
Eugene Olson
Randall McGary
L D. Regeon
Jerry Larance
Keith Rainer
Joe W. Davis
Hershel Thompson
Judy Waggoner
Patricia Gray
John B. Martin
James Wiley
Harold Ludecke
Barbara Medford
J. C. New
Charlsie Vasek
Wayland J. Fuqua
Norris Russell
John Harrell
A. C Robinson
Jimmy Burleson
C.O. Richards
Dorothy Teague
Jean Boggs
Gary Walker
Roger Bell
Federal Home Loan Bank
Rodeo Grounds
New Hope
C. V Milburn
Cial District
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