Stamford Park Plans Hinged on 1 Million Yearly State Aid
J Carter King, Albany, told Stamford Rotary that Texas State Park Board wants up to 1 million dollars annually for ten years to expand Stamford Park. Board operates 56 parks with 46 managers earning 2100 yearly plus housing. total park system cost 274 thousand last year.
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Texas State Park Board
Lake Stamford
J. Carter King
Albany
Stamford
Palo Duro Canyon
Longhorn Cavern
Stamford Park
King
David Ratliff
Park Board
Tom Whitehead
Texas Press Association
Texas
Baptist Youth Encampment Set July 6-8
Sunbeams of District 17 head to Leeders Baptist Encampment for a three day day camp July 6 7 and 8 for boys and girls ages 6 through 8 with sponsors. Registration at 8 30 each morning features a western themed program including Trail Blazing story hour and a Trail Scouts activity schedule with swimming in the afternoon. Leaders include Mrs George Graham and Mrs Dowdy with N S Williams and Mrs Williams as guides on the trail.
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Sunbeams
District 17
Leeders
Cisco
Sweetwater Baptist
Jones
Stonewall
Haskell- Knox
Abilene
Callahan and Fisher
Rodney C. Dowdy
Rule
Sunbeam
George Graham
Dowdy
Associational
N. S. Williams
Olney Rodeo to Open July 7 With Parade
Olney hosts its 13th annual rodeo July 7 to 9 featuring a street parade with Blondie and Charlie Hipp's pet lion. The amateur program includes novelty acts by John Routh with a trick mule and Marie Wayland with a kicking horse and offers prizes for best riding club and best float. A kid's parade is planned for July 8.
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Olney
Blondie
Charlie Hipp
John Routh
Marie Wayland
Local Pastor To Announce Rodeo Events
Rev. Jerry Boles, pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in Stamford, returns for a third year as rodeo announcer at the 1960 Texas Cowboy Reunion. A familiar voice at Stamford Bulldog games, he came to Stamford in 1953 from Neoga Illinois and has ties to Tulsa and Fort Worth.
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Stamford
Jerry Boles
Central Presbyterian Church
Boles
Bulldog
Neoga, Ill
Tulsa
Fort Worth
North Texas State College
Denton
NTS
St. Jo, Tex
Chicago Seminary
Neoga
Former Sponsor Attends Cowboy Reunion From California
Lois West Johnson, daughter of longtime county resident John J. West, travels from San Bernardino to join a family reunion at the bunkhouse. She represented S Pasadena at the 1938 rodeo, with sister and two brothers also visiting from San Saba Amarillo and Sulphur Springs. father remains in Hamlin.
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California
Lois West Johnson
John J. West
San Bernadino
Calif
S. Pasadena
Clara
San Saba
Louis
Amarillo
Harlan
Sulphur Springs
Hamlin
Parker to Furnish Stock for Rodeo
Adrian Parker of St. Jo will furnish the stock for the Texas Cowboy Reunion for the second straight year. Al Smith of Spur, who has led the chute and pin crews for the last four or five years, will return to ensure the stock is in the pins for reunion riders and ropers.
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Adrian Parker
St. Jo
al Smith
Spur
Stamford American page three note from June 30 1960
Brief Stamford Texas item notes a local event on Thursday June 30 1960 with phrases indicating a community update or notice on Page Three. No further readable details available.
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Stamford
Texas
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State Board
Baptist
Town and the Rodeo
Stamford Farm Equipment Co
Massey-Ferguson
Sam Houston
Santa Anna
San Jacinto
Houston
Star of Texas
Dobbins Pharmacy
S&h
Parker
Rodeo
Motor Parts Company
Pete Calhoun
Jimmy Ashcroft
N. Swenson
Howdy
Fort Worth Biscuit Co
Stamford PR
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