Lueders Baptist Encampment Opens With Texas Cowboy Parade
Stamford merchants urged to enter decorated floats for the grand parade of the Texas Cowboy Reunion on July 3 at 11 o clock. Mrs Margery Bailey, parade committee member, noted parade includes pioneer cattlemen, rodeo contestants, chuck wagons, cowgirl sponsors, and bands directed by Dick Rowland. Prizes of 10 dollars for best commercial, best individual, and best out-of-town entries, plus 5 dollars for best juvenile. Details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Margery Bailey
Texas
Texas Cowboy
Dick Rowland
Clever horse to be at rodeo at Texas Cowboy Reunion
The Sixth Annual Texas Cowboy Reunion in Stamford features a wild-horse race with four riders per performance. Contests include a cutting-horse event won last year by Claude Jeffers and his cowpony Highpower, and a calf-roping contest for cowboys over 55. Performances run July 2 to 4 with 10,000-seat arena, daytime and evening shows, and modest admission prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleburne Huston
Claude Jeffers
Matador Ranch
Matador
Highpower
Ed Powers
Breckenridge
Texas
Stamford
Ross Kinchloe in Hospital After Stroke at Stamford
Ross Kinchloe, longtime S.M.S. ranch wagon cook, is hospitalized at Stamford Sanitarium after a stroke suffered on a Seymour area farm. He is improving and can sit up part of the time, with nurses reporting gradual recovery. Kinchloe retired on pension years ago due to blindness and began with the S.M.S. ranches over 40 years ago, notably on the Throckmorton ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Kinchloe
S.M.S
Stamford
Seymour
Kinchloe
S.M.S. Throckmorton
Frank Hastings
Swenson
Ross
Frank Reeves
Mr. Reeves
Nig Clary
Clary
Joe
Ericson
Swensons
Adjutant General and Rangers to Camp at Cowboy Reunion
Adjutant General Nesbitt and a detach ment of Texas Rangers will attend the Texas Cowboy Reunion. Tom Hickman of Headquarters Company Austin will bring Ranger Stanley and two other men to Stamford for the event. Ranger camp with four tents will be on the Reunion grounds and Hickman will judge the rodeo along with Frank Rhoades and Jess Slaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Nesbit
Texas
Texas Rangers
G. G. Flournoy
Tom Hickman
Ostin
Hickman
Stamford
Nesbitt
Fred McDaniel
North Texas
Fort Worth
Ranger Stanley
Austin
Frank Rhoades
Throckmorton
Jess Slaughter
Big Spring
Duncan Improves After Fall From Stamford Home
J. E. Duncan, pioneer grocer of Stamford, slowly recovers from March roof fall injuries. Cast removed from his leg Friday. he must stay in bed for some time longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. EK. Duncan
J. E. Duncan
Stamford
Parlor Cars Placed In White Star Bus Line Service
Parlor cars are placed in service on the White Star Bus Line operated by Johnny Aaron this week. The ream-lined cars have uncomfortable individual seats. The line serves Spur Stamford Sweet Water Rotan Roby and connects east to Fort Worth.
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White Star
Johnny Aaron
Spur
Stamford
Sweetwater
Rotan
Roby
Fort Worth
County Wardrobe Contest Set for Saturday Judging
Miss Jewell Faulkner and Miss Lida Cooper will judge the Jones county dress contest in Anson on Saturday June 22. Contestants must bring their dresses on hangers with foundation patterns pressed and folded by 10 a.m. Prizes will be awarded after an afternoon style review and general criticism.
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Jewell Faulkner
Oie
Lida Cooper
District 2
Anson
Jones County
Young Stamford Musicians Perform at Rotary Luncheon
A Stamford group directed by Dick Rowland presented a musical program at the Rotary Club luncheon Tuesday. The lineup included orchestra numbers and instrumental solos and duets by Misses Peggy Knutson, Mary Tom Boston, Jeanette Boston, Maxine Rowland, Lillian Yates, and For rest Gambill.
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Stamford
Dick Rowland
Otary Club
Peggy Knutson
Mary Tom Boston
Jeanette Boston
Maxine Rowland
Lillian Yates
Forrest Gambill
Marvin Leech to Preach Sunday at West Side Church
Rev. Marvin Leech of Hardin Simmons University Abilene will preach at the West Side Baptist Church Sunday at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. All other services will be held at the usual hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Leech
West Side Church
Hardin- Simmons University
Abilene
West Side Baptist Church
Stamford youth makes first parachute leap in air circus
Stamford youth Joe Benson recalls his Sunday parachute jump from a wing of an airplane at Haskell. He credits pilot L Holden and riders Raymond Fitzgerald and Johnny Holden for support and notes the thrill of the leap and chute opening.
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Stamford
Joe Benson
Haskell
Joe
Benson
Raymond Fitzgerald
Johnny Holden
L. Holden
Johnny
O.K
Raymond
O. L. Holden
A. D. Hatch
Aunt Samantha Rules the Roost at Tuxedo Play
The Young People's Class of the Tuxedo Methodist Church presents a three act play Aunt Samantha Rules the Roost at the Tuxedo school auditorium Wednesday night June 26. Mrs Novel Baize directs. Cast includes Aunt Samantha Simpkins Mrs Andy French. Serena Simpkins Mrs Olin Amerson. Louise Harwell Sophie Simpkins Polly Paine Lila Lee Gardner Blanche Bowers and many others. Admission 10 and 15 cents.
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Samantha
Tuxedo School
Tuxedo Methodist Church
Novel Baize
Andy French
Samantha Simpkins
the Simpkins
Elizabeth Harwell
Annie Ambrose
Lila Lee Gardner
Blanche Bowers
Lucien Littlefield
Charles Gardner
Blair Boswell
Serena
Olin Amerson
Frank Fairfield
Sophie
Oliver Meadswrence Lovewell
Maxwell Rutherford
Ruy Baskins
Baptist Leaders Weeklong Encampment Officered by Region
Leed ers Baptist Encampment opens June 24 and runs through June 30 with speakers Rev. H E Fowler Rev C E Hereford Dr J B Tidwell of Waco Dr J Howard Williams of Dallas and musicians led by Mrs W M Morrow and her Abilene orchestra. Directors cover recreation sports music and Sunday school study. Regular services and a Hardin Simmons University program close the event with regional churches presenting programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeders Baptist
H. E. Fowler
C. E. Hereford
J. B. Tidwell
Waco
J. Howard Williams
Dallas
W. M. Morrow
Abilene
J. E. Reynolds
Fred Forester
Lela Rounsaville
Lowell Ponder
Rochester
Fred McPhearson
Jayton
Katrina Moore
Forester
Covington
Roy Clayton
Leeders
John P. Hardesty
McCaulley
Big Spring
Baptist Training Union
T. C. Gardner
B.T.U
Helen Gardner
Maurine Black
W. M. Joslin
Albany
Woman’s Missionary Union
Whittington Injured After Fall From Elevator Shaft
W E Whittington, an employee of Smith Caffee Hardware, suffered a fractured skull and severe scalp wound after a fall down an elevator shaft last Saturday. He remained unconscious Thursday morning with grave but stable condition, attended by hospital staff. A bystander alerted staff when the accident occurred on the first floor during retrieval of pipe for a customer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Whittington
Smith- Caffee Hardware Company
Whittington
Smith-Caffee
Mr. Whittington
Beer election planned in Haskell Precinct 2 on June 29
The Commissioners' Court called a beer election in Haskell County Precinct 2 for Saturday June 29 at the request of 52 qualified voters. Voters have previously supported beer sales in two elections. Precinct 2 runs from six miles south of Haskell to the Jones County line at Stamford and west to Sagerton.
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Haskell
Precinct 2
Commissioners’ Court
Jones County
Stamford
Sagerton
Stranger saves Chicago man then robs him of watch
A stranger who rescued Frank Y. Loring of Chicago from hoodlums walked home with him and stole his watch, leaving Loring to report the incident after the return home.
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Frank Y. Loring
Chicago
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RODEO
Prince
Homer Rumsey
Miles
SMS
Ween
Cook
Swenson Chuck Wagon
Adjutant General
Munday
Troy Stallings
J. Hollis
Beatty
Couch
Raymond Day
Bartlett
Day
Stalling
Stallings
Pitman
Stamford AB Hoa
Weeks
Bradford
Hollis
M’keever
IRS
Schae
Rayburn
Burton
L. Wilde
C. Wilde
W. Hollis
Hauser
Jackson
Mrs. Hodges
Hanna Home
R. G. Grogan
Truby Home
Rotary
Clara Mae Jones
Chamber of Commerce
E. D. Jones
Stamford High School
McMurry College
Miss Jones
Carlsbad Cavern
Gerald M. Porter
Carlsbad
N. M
Hollywood
Nature
Jonah
Tuxedo
Baptist Leaders Program
W.E. Whittington
Haskell Co
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