Petite Wanda Childress Crowned Miss Stamford in 1901 Pageant
Wanda Childress, daughter of Mr and Mrs D r Childress, won Miss Stamford at the 1901 Stamford pageant held Thursday night. Runners up were Elsie Medlin and Judy Mills, with others advancing including Judy Cowger and Madeline Swenson. The sponsor was Stamford Jaycees. top three received trophies and a $100 scholarship plus a trip to the Texas pageant in Beau mont to compete for Miss Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Theater
Stamford
Wanda Childress
Dr. Childress
Elsie Medlin
Weaver Medlin
Judy Mills
A. J. Mills
Judy Cowger
Ernest Cowger
Madeline
Tommy Hammer
Johnny Brown
Clayton Childress
Jim Ward
Bill Cole
Jay Thompson
Herschel Kelley
Gilbert Brandenberger
Charles Lankford
Orb Lovvorn
B. F. Ashburn
Chrissie Kendricks
Nancy Kennedy
Judy Carlton
Norma True
Nancy Wash
Jayne Smith
Carlotta Sigler
Abilene
Wendell Riggins
Hubert Bell
Haskell
Chuck Spicer
Albany Jaycees
Jerry Howard
Harlin Jaycees
Miss Childress
Beaumont
Hospital Notes Surgery Roster List
A hospital notes list records patients and staff across Stamford Avoca Lueders Abi lene Stamford Old Glory Abilene Haskell San Antonio Leeders and other Texas towns. Names include George W. Scott Jr Sr Mary Ann Nauert Mrs W C Cox Floyd Joiner Larry Blackwell Drew Childress Mrs M B Watson and several others listed with initials and locations.
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George W. Scott Jr
Hamftin
George W. Scott Sr
Hamiin
Mary Ann Nauert
Avoca
W. C. Cox
Stamford
Floyd Joiner
R. F E. Sanders
Leeders
Tommy Freeman
Abilene
J. W. Gray
Larry Blackwell
Swenson Davis
C. Becker
San Antonio
Drew Childress
M. B&b. Watson
Haskell
KR. L. Howard
S. J. Hodge
Hilly Joe McKeever
N. M. Summers
Otto Harmbright
I. S. Woodridge
Old Glory
Mee Tienry Lieb
Lueders
Bobby Jeffrey
Miss Stamford Title Earned by Two Stamford Girls
Wanda Childress named Miss Stamford and the Stamford records show two winners in 1933. Sue Morrow won at the Alcove theater in 1933 and Theresa White was chosen later that year at the same venue, both Stamford honor recipients.
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Stamford
Wanda Childress
Stamford American Files
Miss Starmnfords
Alcove Theater
Sue Morrow
John B. Coulter
Midland
Theresa White
Nat Wash
Roswell
N. M
Stamford American Briefs June 23 1960
Local page presents brief items from Stamford Texas including civic notes and community happenings. Short summaries describe events, schedules, and notices affecting residents.
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Stamford
Texas
Thuracay
Avoca Exes Plan Reunion on July 2
About five to six hundred alumni are expected for Avoca High School’s third homecoming on July 2. Activities begin with 2 p.m. registration, a 6 p.m. barbecue, and a memorial service after a brief business session. The school was established in 1900. prior reunions occurred in 1956 and 1957, drawing the largest crowd.
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Avoca High School
Avoca FFA fundraiser aids trip to state meet in Houston
Avoca PTA raises funds for the FFA trip to the state meet in Houston. A Tuesday ice cream supper at the school brought in part of the needed $200 expense estimate. Attendees include Kenneth Lindsey, Bobby Whitworth, and Joyce Warrick with potential other members and chaperons. A July pancake supper may follow as a second fundraiser.
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FFA
Avocaites
Houston
Avoca
PTA
Byron Lewis
Kenneth Lindsey
Bobby Whitworth
Theron McNair
Joyce Warrick
June Swenson
Gerald Proctor
City Allows Specific Firearms to Target Pouter Population
City council grants permission to use 410 gauge shotguns within limits to address feathered nuisance at St John’s Methodist Church. Authorized training on birds in a section of the church building near the square’s southeast corner.
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St. John's Methodist Church
Nimrods
Rites Held Monday for Ex-Resident Earnest M. Mims
Funeral services for Earnest M. Mims were held Monday at Orient Street Church of Christ. The former Stamford resident died Saturday in Artesia New Mexico after a stroke. He was born September 20 1894 at Phantom Hill Texas and lived in Stamford area most of his life. Survivors include his wife one daughter Frances two sons Joe and Gene his mother Clyde Billy sisters and several grandchildren. Eugene Brewer minister officiated with Burgin Watkins. Burial followed at Highland Memorial Cemetery Kinney Funeral Home directed.
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Orient Street Church of Christ
Earnest M. Mims
Mims
Artesia
N. M
Phantom Hill
Tex
Stamford
Frances Mims
Joe
Gene
Lubbock
Local Girls Serve at Encampment in Leeders
Stamford residents Southerland and Lynnora Ratliff return as lifeguards for the Junior G A Girls Camp at Leeders. The camp runs June 27 to June 30 and serves girls from Abilene Haskell Knox Callahan and Fisher Baptist Associations with Rev. Harold Watson as pastor and John Paylor directing music. Becky Baird is pianist and Mrs Ralph Bowlin serves as camp missionary.
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Southerland
Lynnora Ratliff
Stamford
Leeders
G. A
Abilene
Haskell-Knox Callahan
Fisher Baptist
Harold Watson
First Baptist Church
Clyde
John Paylor
Becky Baird
Cross Plains
Ralph Bowlin
Southern Rhodesia
Bowlin
East Texas Baptist College
Southwestern Theological Seminary
Foreign Mission Board
Donald Baird
Jesus Our
Light
Jones, Stonewall
Heskell-Knox
C. A
Jones, Sweetwater
Stonewall
Cisco
Rev James Smith Installs Officers At CWF Meeting
The W. E. Mayes home hosted the Central Christian Church Women’s Fellowship installation on June 6. Rev James Smith installed officers including President Mines Keith Munnerlyn and Jack Garner in multiple roles. The group reported 100 percent attendance for 1959 60.
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James Smith
CWF
W. E. Mayes
The
Central Christian Church
Keith Munnerlyn
Jack Garner
L. S. Perry Jr
Jess Vaden
Fannie Meeker
Gladys Nunnelly
E. B. Harkins
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Miss Stamford
Avoca Exes
Huston Hardware
Briggs
H.p. Briggs & Stretton
Briggs & Stratton
Beck
DeLux Plastic
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
University of Virginia
North Dakota
South Dakota
Lip Teiddt EN Crowe
Westpak
Aia
Bama
Oleo
Veal
Chuck
Eleberta
Coz
Golden Bantam
Bespart
City Grocery & Market
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