New Officials Of Rotary Club Are Installed
J. L. Hill Jr was installed as president of the Stamford Rotary Club succeeding R C Thomas who served the past year John Reese became vice president and C T Dodson secretary A new board includes R C Thomas K K Francis Sol Sanders Sanford Hodge I H Terry and A M G Swenson R B Bryant district governor served as installing officer Hill announced committees and the list will be published next week The club will not meet next week during the Cowboy Reunion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Hill, Jr
Stamford Rotary Club
R. C. Thomas
John Reese
C. T. Dodson
K. K. Francis
Sol Sanders
Sanford Hodge
I. H. Terry
A. M. G. Swenson
R. B. Bryant
Hill
Axreek
the American
Thomas
Cleburne Huston
Dodson
D. Hassen
Seminole
Okla
Mr. Thomas
Exchange Club
City Cafe
Roland Kelley
Richard Lane
West Texas Utilities Company
Lloyd Browne
R. N. Eastus
Charles G. Inglish
Board of Control
Luccille Rucker
Jackie Anderson
Mary Mut
Sara Moore
Large Number of Cowboy Reunion Sponsors Named
Appointment of a large number of sponsors to the Texas Cowboy Reunion has been received with expected SLIT otin. Sponsor list includes many names from Stamford to Seymour with premier sponsors from Fort Worth and San Angelo. Appointments must be accepted by 4 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Cewt Reunior
Flow Stamford
Dorothy Yat
Hermleigh
Jacquelyn Choa Sagert
Lenore Fuqua
B Spring
Louise Ann Butt Spur
Murl Bacot
Snyder
Billy Lou Thompson
Pampa
Alice Cockrell
Wici
Manganet Bridwell
Ghanam
Dorothy Stephens
Guthrie
Vern Lee Myers
Wet
Mae Jackson
Colorado City
Mary Jo Gregory
Andrews
Earlene Dffreys
Vernon
Georgia Sullivan
Benjamin
Joan Galloway
Hap Graham Ranch
Gibbs Brown
Matley County
Mise Dood Banton
Young County
Ann Carlton
Old Glory
Mise Lou Jean Jasper
Jack Worthington
Regeo City
Mary Worthington
Pitchfork Ranch
Ann McGuire
San Angelo
Pearl Berry
Edsell Ranch
A. B. Edsell
Sweetwater
Iris Dorsett
Anson
Helen Rae Cox
Lazy X Ranch
Mattie Loyce Wright
Farr Ranch
Thena Mae Farr
Seymour
Trash Drive Sparks Clean City Effort in Stamford
Stamford residents rally for a city clean-up with yards trimmed and ready for company. A special Friday morning pickup will haul away rubbish in addition to regular curbside service, aiming for a markedly improved appearance by Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Paper collection on Stamford south side Saturday
Paper pickup will be held on the south side of Stamford from Hamilton Street south Saturday morning. Papers should be stacked and tied and placed at the curb by a.m. Walker-Smith Grocer Company will furnish a truck and driver and the Boy Scouts under the direction of Joe Rickard will conduct the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Hamilton Street
Pvt Schoenerstedt Visits Relatives After Camp Roberts Training
Pvt Paul Schoenerstedt arrived last Saturday for a brief visit with relatives after completing basic infantry training at Camp Roberts in California.
Annual Baptist Encampment Opens Monday
The Leeders Baptist Encampment will open Monday, July 2, and run through July 7 with Dr. Julian Atwood of Highland Baptist Church Dallas as camp pastor. Stamford attendees include Rev. Miles B. Hays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Atwood
Highland Church
Dallas
Leeders Baptist
Highland Baptist Church
Atwood
First Baptist Church
Stamford
Miles B. Hays
Jamie Short
Abilene
J. D. Riddie
State Secretary of Music
C. A. Powell
Rule
Hob Smith
Rowter
Myers
H Melain
Rev C. Young
Y.W.A
P. McBeth
Anso “Heroes of Home Missions
Rev V Beats
O'Brien
S. Tieree of
Roche
You
The
Sabeans
Hassen Buys Store At Seminole Family Moves There
D Hassen a Stamford merchant and prominent business man for 21 years has bought a ladies ready to wear store in Seminole Oklahoma and will take charge immediately. He and Mrs Hassen and children Fareed Nadia and Huda left Thursday for Seminole to make their home. They are selling their Wells avenue residence but will keep their business building on the square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Hassen
Stamford
Seminole
Okla
Young Folk to Hold Presbyterian Service
Central Presbyterian Church youths who entered camp at Buffalo Gap last week will lead Sunday school morning worship at 11 a.m. Rev A. G. Fitzgerald announced the event and their charge of the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Presbyterian Church
Buffalo Gap
A. G. Fitzgerald
Oldtime Cowboys Plan Meetings During Texas Cowboy Reunion
The Texas Cowboy Reunion Association will hold two meetings during the event. Judge E. Coombes says one gathering is aimed for July 2 and the other for July 4 mornings. Officers may be elected on the closing day. Life memberships at $25 have been offered since February 1, with 23 taken by Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Cowboy Reunion Association
Texas Cowboy Reunion
E. Coombes
Major Slingerland Listed as Dead in Germany
Maj. A. Slingerland age 29 was killed near Greisheim Germany during an armed reconnaissance raid his 85th mission. He rose from first lieutenant to major in ten months overseas and is survived by wife Halcyon Stagner parents Earl and Mrs Stagner Chicago and brother Capt Johnny Slingerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Slingerland
Greisheim
Germany
Halcyon Stagner
Nell Stagner
Dallas
Vernon
Earl Stagner
Major Slingerland
Chicago
Slingerland
St. John’s Methodist Church
Johnny Slingerland
Pacific
Pendleton Funeral Held in Cisco for 71 Year Old Resident
Funeral service for Jack Pendleton of Cisco was conducted Tuesday afternoon. Pendleton died Monday at age 71. Attending from Stamford were his son Ed Pendleton and his wife plus Edwina Jerald Barbara and others including George Campbell Theo Bell and Doc Wilson. He is survived by his wife five sons three daughters 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Pendleton
Cisco
Pendleton
Stamford
Ed Pendleton
Edwina
Jerald
Barbara
George Campbell
Theo Bell
Doc Wilson
Stamford Youth Named Escort at Texas Cowboy Reunion
Miss Dorothy Yates selects Stanley Keese, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Keese, as escort for the Texas Cowboy Reunion in Stamford. Keese is a spring graduate of Stamford High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Yates
Stamford
Stanley Keese
Earl Keese
Stanley
Stamford High School
Fifteenth Annual Texas Cowboy Reunion Daily Program
The schedule details a two day event with morning matinees, horse shows, rodeo contests, parades, square dances, and multiple chuck wagon dinners. Key happenings include American Quarter Horse Show events, Grand Entries, a meeting of the Texas Cowboy Reunion Association, and prize awards for champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuckhouse
Bunkhouse
Camp Grounds
Grr
Chuck-house
Reunion Grounds
Farmers Use Hopper Poison Across County Causing Losses
Over 125000 pounds of grasshopper poison has been spread in 20 days by county agent Bill L Coalson. Leading farmers estimate more than 20000 sacks of cotton are ruined by hoppers as poison sales at Rowland gin Anson continue. Names of farmers calling for poison include Driskill East erling Johnson Luedecke Valiant Muehlstein Nix Campbell Byrd Conner Hammitt Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill L. Coalson
Coalon
Rowland Gin
Anson
Albert Driskill
Avoca
J. N. Easterling
M. O. Johnson
Lueders
W. M. Luedecke
Hamlin
D L. Valiant
Frankie Muehlstein
J. E. Nix
Stamford
H. C. Campbell
N. W. Byrd
Tuxedo
A. L. Conner
D. E. Hammitt
Okey Richards
Townwide Fourth of July Holiday in Stamford
Stamford to observe a citywide Fourth of July holiday with all businesses and offices closed except drug stores and cafes, urged to stay open to serve crowds. Banks and post office to be closed all day. some firms may keep operations if necessary. A. C. Bishop, C. of C. manager, reports the plan after meetings with merchants and cafe and drug store owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
A. C. Bishop
C. of C
Pvt Billie Jack Bases Home on 30 Day Furlough
Pvt Billie Jack Bases stationed at Camp Shelby Mississippi is home on a 30 day furlough to visit his father H. E. Bass and sister Miss Oleta Bass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Billie Jack Bases
Camp Shelby
Miss
H. E. Bass
Miss Oleta Bass
Quarter Horse Judging Set for Monday Morning
The American Quarter Horse Association show linked with the Texas Cowboy Reunion will award about 600 dollars in prizes and six grand champion cups. Judging starts Monday at 8 30, with six classes for stallions and mares based on foaling years, and entries remain on exhibit for the three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Quarter Horse Association
Texas Cowboy Reunion
R . Underwood
Wichita Falls
R. A. Brown
Throckmoerten
Robert Denhardt
College Station
Helen Michaleis
Earle Pa
Michaelis
California
Wild Bill” Elliott
Fiddling Contest Set for Tuesday at Reunion Hall
The old fiddlers contest will be held July 2 at the Coombes Roundup hall during the Texas Cowboy Reunion. Admission is free. J T Stell says 18 entries already received. contestants must be 50 or older. Cash prizes total 52.50 with 15, 10, 5 and 2.56 prizes. Postmaster RoC Thomas opens the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coombes
J. T. Stell
Roc. Thomas
County Agent Resigns for New School Post
County agricultural agent Bill S. Coatson resigned effective July 1 to become vocational agricultural director at the Wylie Consolidated School. Lieut. Chas. Griffin, Jones county agent in 1942, is on leave in the Army. The Commissioners Court has not yet employed a replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill S. Coatson
Wylie Consolidated School
Chas. Griffin
Jones County
Commissioners Court
Certificates Issued To 51 at Close of Daily Bible School
The Daily Vacation Bible School at Calvary Baptist Church closed on June 22 with a public program and handwork exhibit. Enrollment reached 51 boys and girls. 51 certificates were awarded. Six of seven converts joined by baptism. mission and school expenses received $21 in offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Church
Garland Mongingo
W. M. Monzingo
Joel Grimes
M. 8. Larche
Burrell West
O. R. Johnson
Clarence Bohannon
Thompson
Jim Barnes
North Side Baptist Church to Host Sunday Singing
Sunday afternoon singing at North Side Baptist Church begins at 9 p.m. Everyone is welcome and singers are especially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Side Baptist Church
Record Number Of Contestants Entering Rodeo In Stamford
Crowds are expected for the Texas Cowboy Reunion July 2 3 and 4 with a record entry of rodeo contestants. More than 90 rodeo entrants and 20 cutting horse entries have registered amid prize money totaling 2330. Swenson and Sanders lead the rodeo office with timekeepers and stock staff named. The grand parade on Monday features the Abilene High band and hundreds of mounted cowboys and cowgirls with multiple prize categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Texas Cowboy Reunion
A. M. G. Swenson
Texas Cowboy Reunion Association
FE. O. Wedgeworth
Chamber of Commerce
Pampa
H. S. Fitzgerald
Lamesa
Alton McClellan, Jr
John Selm
Abilene High School
R. T. Bynum
Warren B. Tayman
Joe E. Smith
R. G. Bowdry
Training Union to Start Attendance Contest Sunday
The Training Union of First Baptist Church will run an attendance contest from Sunday through July and August under general director Mrs. W. T. Gambill. The executive board adopted the plan dividing unions into B-2 adults and youth and P-51 seniors and primaries. The losers will entertain the winners at month’s council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
W. T. Gambill
Rodeo Skit Presented At Auxiliary Meeting
Mrs Dudley Duncan and Mrs E Jeanes performed Py and Ma Goes to the Rodeo for the Legion and Auxiliary Monday night. Delegates to the Breckenridge convention filed reports. The Auxiliary plans to aid the Legion with check room duties for rodeo dances. A regular meeting drew a large attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Duncan
Final Push Under Way to Meet War Loan Series E Quota
Stamford area presses final campaign for the Seventh War Loan Series E. R B Bryant reports Stamford sales at 230600 toward a 312500 quota with 20476475 logged last Saturday and the county overall oversold at 1 27455950 on a 9950000 target. Anson and Hamlin quotas noted near completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
R. B. Bryant
City Cafe
T. A. Upshaw
Anson
Hamlin
Stamford Public Schools name teachers for next year
Supt L W Johnson announced the board of education approved the teaching roster for next year across Stamford Public Schools. High School leaders include T R Tinsley as principal and a staff of named teachers across Junior High Oliver Reynolds and state colored Washington School with Rosa L Wynn as principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Public
Board of Education
L. W. Johnson
T. R. Tinsley
M. D. Carlton
Stella Doak
Allie Kine
Ethel Rowell
Mary Wilson
Jewel Austin
Mizaret Crockett
Bert Flemins
H. K. Langford
Geraldyne Stephenso
Mary Gay
Iris
Propp's Fiddle Band to Play for Square Dances
Propp's Fiddle Band from Seymour will play for square dances at Coombes Roundup Hall during the Texas Cowboy Reunion. Prizes will be awarded July 4 and July with contests for best team and best couple, reviving classic range era entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Propp
Texas Cowboy
Coombes
Propps
Seymour
Texas Cowboy Reunion Association
Stamford Group Attends District Methodist Camp
Rev J O Queattlebaum of St Johns leads worship at the camp with the Stamford district sending more than 100 intermediates. Miss Irene Stewart aids as young people's director. Rev B H Young is a business manager. Camp closes Friday at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Queattlebaum
St. John'’s Methodist Church
Ly Lermediity
Lueders
F. E. Rs Hua’ Horving
Cabin Stineele
Fred
Allene McNabb
Jo House
Weeton
Walter le Cox
Joe Wayn Waleh
Irene Stewart
Drst
Stamford
H. Young
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Rotary Club
Irey Hearne
Clara May
B. J Martin
Thurma Dean Miller
Fort Wortlementary
Ewell
Guy Newman
Denisa
W. W. Melton
R. N. Richardson
Hardin-Simmons Universy
E. M. Collier
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
David M. Gardner
Baptist Standard
Walter McKenzie
United Texas Days
Roy Young
Marion Riddle
Merle Weathers
Merkel
W. H. Clark
Ranger
Strauss Atkinson
L. D. Ball
Hassen
Lane
President Exchange Club
Maj
Chas
Featherston
Billie Jack Bass
North Side Church
Training Union
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