Ritz Theater Leased for American Cooking School in Stamford
The Ritz Theatre on North Swenson Avenue will host a three day cooking school sponsored by the Stamford American from March 17 to 19 led by home economist Mrs. Cora Wilson. Sessions start March 17 at 2 p.m. daily with demonstrations, recipes, kitchen setup tips, and marketing discussions. Local businesses support with products and gifts while enumerators prepare a scholastic census across Jones County for the 1941-42 school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. T. Beaver
Jones County
Mr. Beaver
Stamford American
Ritz Theatre
North Swenson Avenue
Stamford
Cora Wilson
Wilson
New Kitchen Completed at Baptist Church
A series of improvements at First Baptist Church includes a complete new kitchen with cabinets on three walls, off white finish, and a large cafe type gas stove. Exterior woodwork repainted, baptistry remodeling planned, and interior redecorating to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Vaden Planing Mill
J. D. Curd
Harvester
Church
School Night Blackout Closes Romford High Event
Romford High School experienced a blackout during its School Night event as a transformer failed and plunged the plant into darkness. Hundreds of students and visitors calmly left in the friendly dark, continuing to chat and laugh about displays from cellar to dome while hoping for more time to view exhibits.
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Romford High School
Parand
License Plates Available For Automobiles In Stamford
Upshaw and Upshaw on West McHarg avenue offer 1941 automobile licenses for passenger cars and commercial use. Passenger plates show orange figures on black. commercial plates invert colors. First passenger car numbers start at 810-101 with 2,000 assigned to this area. Stamford range ends at 812-100. Commercial plates begin at 434-751 and run to 455-250. License purchase deadline is April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upshaw and Upshaw
West McHarg Avenue
F. E. Upshaw
Jores
Stamford
Sanitation Plans Discussed At City Public Meeting
City officials drug store owners cafe operators and barbers attended a public meeting in the city auditorium Monday night. Dr. Max Diamond flight surgeon Dr. Fred Hudson acting city health officer an advisory council from the State Health Department and others spoke. Discussion covered methods for supervised sanitation inspections and examinations with no action taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Diamond
Lou Foote Flying School
Fred Hudson
State Health Department
Football Practice To Begin April 1
Spring football practice at Stamford High School will open about April 1, Coach Lee Walker announced. Only four letter men will be available for next season's squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford High School
Lee Walker
Students Prepare Entries for County Interscholastic Meet
Stamford Public Schools ready a large slate of entries for the County Interscholastic League meet to be held in Anson March 20 22. Teachers supervise events across junior and senior high stages with eliminations in many contests and tryouts in others.
Colton Says Germany Cannot Be Broken By Blockade
Dr. Ethan Colton told Rotary Club listeners that Germany cannot be broken by blockade, noting Germans are not starving though lacking diet variety. He praised Nazi employment gains but said war funds come from conquest. He warned the U S must pay for defense and that Britain faces four war phases including sea lane danger.
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Colton
Germany
Ethan Colton
Rotary Club
Institute of Understanding
America
Britain
Europe
Mediterranean
Abilene
D. Hopkins
A. J. Swenson
L. W. Johnson
R. B. Bryant
Warren B. Teyman
C. T. Dodson
Cleburne Huston
SMS
Swenson
Supt
L. W Johnson
Stamford Day Plans Highlight Fort Worth Fat Stock Show Talk
The Fort Worth breakfast discussion centered on Stamford Now observing Stamford Day at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show next Thursday March 15. Judge Chas E Coombes urged a large Stamford delegation to Fort Worth in appreciation of favors from Fort Worth institutions and the Cowboy Reunion. Charley Green C of C manager outlined Stamford Day program as Dick Rowland led singing with G L Inglish on piano. Roy Arledge reported progress on the flying school construction with Cleburne Huston presiding.
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Stamford
Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce
Chas. E. Coombes
Charley Green
America
Texas
Dick Rowland
G. L. Inglish
Roy Arledge
Cleburne Huston
Hurrey to Speak on The New World and the Whole World
Charles D Hurrey delivers the second Rotary Institute lecture at the High School Auditorium next Wednesday night on Western Hemisphere problems. He has lived in South America and traveled widely, with 30 years studying international affairs. Admission is 50 cents. season-ticket holders pay 1 dollar. The remaining talks feature Dr Allen Sibert and Manoah Leide-Tedesco on March 19 and 26.
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Charles D. Hurrey
Rotary Institute of Understanding
Western Hemisphere
Hurvey
South America
Latin America
Europe
Australia
New Zealand
Montclair
New Jersey
University of Michigan
Allen D. Sibert
Chicago
Stamford
Rotary Institute
Manoah Leide-Tedesco
Local School Teams Drafted for Junior Sports
Adair Betty Jo Summers announces junior high boys playground ball team including Dan Miller Joe Dick Crockett Billy Ray McCann Carroll Taylor Dee Witt Meil Roy McClung Lemoin Skiles Melton Pierce Buddy McCann Cotton Harvey Oran Dean Reid. The volleybell squad lists Margaret McKay Frances Clark Farrell Faye Fare Tylene Hardin Floden Wheat Jean Parker Daphene Harding Evelyn McClintock Margaret Griggs. Senior high junior track entries include Dave Ruff Ralph Crawford D H McDonald Dan Langford Melton Pierce Eldon Tidwell Harold Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adair
Betty Jo Summers
Annie Pustejovsky
Dan Miller
Joe Dick Crockett
Billy Ray McCann
Carroll Taylor
Dee Witt Meil
Roy McClung
Lemoin Skiles
Melton Pierce
Buddy McCann
Cotton Harvey
Oran Dean Reid
Margaret McKay
Frances Clark
Farrell Faye Fare
Tylene Hardin
Floden Wheat
Jean Parker
Daphene Harding
Evelyn McClintock
Margaret Griggs
Dave Ruff
Ralph Crawford
D. H. McDonald
Dan Langford
Eldon Tidwell
Harold Hughes
Cafeteria Opening Planned at High School
The new school cafeteria will open in the north half of the former manual training building at the high school. Superintendent L. W. Johnson said the project includes refrigerators stoves dishes and other equipment with cabinets tables and built-ins either completed or under construction and could be ready by March 10.
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L. W. Johnson
Merchants Prepare for Dollar Day in Stamford
Merchants in Stamford gear up for Dollar Day next Monday March 10, the second Monday of the month. Local ads in The American show a range of special bargains tied to the event.
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Stamford
the American
First Cadets to Be Received on 22nd of March
The first class of about 50 to 58 cadets will arrive March 22 at the Lou Foote Flying field, with construction moving on schedule. If rain delays occur, plans exist to keep the class on time. Sixty workers pursue foundations and utilities as carpenters advance wood framing and hangar work.
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Lou Foote
Bob Arnold
Arnold
O. H. Drumheller
Drumheller
Lone Star Construction Company
Carson Plumbing and Heating Company
City of Stamford
Community Natural Gas Company
West Texas Utilities
Air Corps
Walter McMurry
Randolph Field
W. H. Bishop
Moon
Morman
Tessier
Army
Abilene Grows Noted by Elderly Traveler Visit
W Ransone, possibly Stamford's oldest citizen, reports Abilene has grown since his last visit 40 years ago. He plans to celebrate his second birthday on April 2 and recalls trips to Washington D C Trinidad Colorado and Georgia, noting Abilene's changes.
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W. Ransone
Stamford
Abilene
Mr. Ransone
Washington, D.C
Trinidad
Coloraco
Georgia
Reiss Named New Manager for Moses Football Club
Fred Reiss named new manager for Moses team succeeding Bill Vick who declined another position. Reiss arrives from Dallas and will be joined by wife and five year old son Junior Paul in Duncan Oklahoma this summer.
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Fred Reiss
Dallas
MFE
Moses Stare
Bill Vick
East Texas
Mr. Reiss
Junior Paul
Duncan
Oklahoma
District Baptist Convention Opens in Stamford with 500+ Attendees
The District 17 Baptist convention meets Thursday at the First Baptist Church Stamford through Friday. Rev. Phillip C. McGahey presides with Rev. J. Henry Littleton as district missionary. Over 500 out of town guests register. seven associations and 177 churches are in the district.
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Baptist Convention of District 17
First Baptist
L. L. Trott
E. S. Cummings
Abilene Brotherhood
Tom Taylor
Baptist Brotherhood
Judge Cummings
District Brotherhood
First Baptist Church
Abilene
R. A. Springer
Dallas
State Brotherhood
Howard Payne
Will Rogers
Texas Baptists
J. D. Riddle
C. A Powell
Rule
E. C. Bone
Big Spring
Dick O’brien
Judson Prince
Cisco
T. C. Gardner
Cave
Jones Weathers
Eastland
W. J. Lights
Desociate State
H. R. Whatley
Haskell
City Aldermen Candidates Declared For April Election
W J Bryant announced for re election alderman place 4 and M D Smith announced for alderman place 5 extending field to at least one candidate for each office in the April 1 city election. C M Francis is a mayoral candidate. The chief of police race features G G Flournoy and Dick Rowland.
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W. J. Bryant
M. D. Smith
C. M. Francis
Faee
G. G. Flournoy
Dick Rowland
Kenneth Copeland Addresses Stamford Rotary Club
Rev. Kenneth Copeland, Methodist pastor at Haskell, spoke to the Stamford Rotary Club, presented by L. W. Johnson. He cited U.S. crime costs at 15 billion yearly versus 3 billion for education and 3 billion for churches, urging moral and spiritual community rebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Copeland
Methodist Church
Haskell
Stamford
Rogans Move to New Home in Nacogdoches
Rev. and Mrs. Wm F Rogan and sons Billy and Dickie left Monday for their new home in Nacogdoches. Rev Rogan has served as pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church for five and a half years and has accepted a call from the Nacogdoches church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. F. Rogan
Billy and
Dickie
Nacogdoches
Route Set For Stamford Caravan to Fort Worth Show
Stamford plans a private car caravan to the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and Southwestern Exposition on Thursday March 13. Departing at 6 am from the Chamber of Commerce, the group will meet at Lacy’s Cafe Casino Park at 10 am and travel via Haskell Throckmorton Olney and Jacksboro to avoid traffic. The Stamford program includes the West Texas Sodbusters Lowell Wofford Elzie Conner and Welburn Conner Monte Knutson will sing and a speaker may praise Stamford and the Texas Cowboy Reunion. The publicity committee led by Clyde Westfall and the goalwill committee chaired by Bill Braymer organize the effort. hats and badges will be available at the Chamber office.
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Stamford
Fort Worth
Ft. Worth
Liver Spur
Exposition Grounds
West Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Clyde Westfall
Bill Braymer
Schools Emphasize Citizenship Over Math at Stamford Night
Stamford High School held its annual school night focusing on citizenship. Supt. L W Johnson urged parents that education should forge responsibility and fuller life, not escape. The program featured band music, readings, a drama, and an exhibit as hundreds attended.
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L. W. Johnson
Stamford High School
Johnson
Jacon
Mr. Johnson
Walter Cherity
Halcyon Stagner
Gweneth Flemins
Janice Baird
Jo Upshaw
Dramatic Club
Beverly Buie
Nell Stagner
Edwina Pendleton
Joy Hughes
Ruthie Tabor
Doris RosenWasser
Dorothy Klown
Sarah McDonald
Ruth Francis
Chamber Quarters Remodel at Stamford City Site
Stamford Chamber of Commerce quarters at the City site are enlarged and altered. A new partition creates an extra room and the Chamber office will be accessed from the south double doors. Interior finish will be ivory.
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Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
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Joy Britt
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Janice Jackson
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