Avoca Mustangs 1955 Class B State Champs Honored in Austin
Special honors Saturday at UT will recognize the 1955 Avoca Mustangs boys basketball team and coach G F Hastings. Captain Curtis Williamson Kenneth King Max Williams Milton Martin Jake Sanders Jimmy Lackey Don Whitworth Lester Putman Bobby Gordon Bud Shelton Glenda Hughes Barkley Edwards led Avoca to a 44 1 season and a 47 41 title win over Big Sandy before 8000 fans at Gregory Gym. King scored 21 in the final as Avoca repeated after a 52 46 semifinal win over Medina.
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Austin
Avoca Mustangs
Mustangs
Big Sandy
Gregory Gymnasium
Special
G. EF. Hastings
Sweeney
Curtis Williamson
Kenneth King
Max Williams
Milton Martin
Jake Sanders
Jimmy Lackey
Don Whitworth
Lester Putman
Bobby Gordon
Bud Shelton
Glenda Hughes
Barkley Edwards King
SMU
Avoca
Tme
Medina
Reunion Relays Highlight Stamford Community Life
The Rockdale News item recounts steady social activity around Stamford and Roscoe with many local families visiting, quilting events for Mrs. Townsend of Avoca, and attendance at school and church gatherings. It notes a rain event, basketball bi district games, and a smok e alarm tip from Linda McCormack of the Texas A&M system.
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Quilting Club
Bill Townsend
Avoca
Berryhill School
TC Ferrell
Howell Cobb
Stamford
C.G. Raughton
Leo McKeever
Lawrence Bicahl
Ellis Bean
WO McKeeve
Mer L
J.J. West
Odessa
L.V. Routen
Newcomb
Albany
Orient Street Church of Christ
Lorene Raughton
Rudy Roughton
Craig
Julie
Jill
Roscoe
Sterling City
Colorado City
Craig Roughton
Ruby
Sweetwater
Lorene Roughton
T.C. Ferrell
Roughton
James Merle Roughton
Paint Creek
Jim Roughton
Haskell
Brad Medford
Don Cobb
Stamford High School
Kevin
Andrea
R.C Cobb
Linda McCormack
Mrs. McCormack
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&M _ University System
VIPs dine at new Stamford center with record crowd
Stamford VIPs received a $500 donation from the Lions Club at noon for the new VIP Community Center, following a $100 gift from the Lioness Club and $144 for chairs. The event drew 206 attendees as the first meal served in the building, with thanks to kitchen staff and Round-Up Boys entertainment.
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Lions Club
Bill Hall
Mary Stone
Stamford
Greg Jaklewicz
Stamford Lions Club
Lioness Club
Oneida Weaver
Mae Stevenson
Ruby Price
Community baseball program needs help at next meeting
A letter from Stamford volunteers urges attendance at the West Texas Utilities Office at 7:30 PM on Monday March 23 to save a town baseball program. It notes a past five year decline in adult participation and asks parents and groups to assist with field cleanup concessions umpiring and other duties or the program will die. Contact Larry Nehring Teresa Sanders or Ethel Bounds to offer help.
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Stamford
West Texas Utilities Office
Larry Nehring
Teresa Sanders
Ethel Bounds
Wedehies
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UIL
Rockdale News
Cobb
SHS
8H. Cobb
Abilene
Doyle Dillard
Leeders
Misti Dillard
Raughton
Raymond Medford
Mike Stovall
Erin
Anne of
Arlington
R.C. Cobb Farm
Brooke Early
Paul Early
Amanda
Waco
Daniel Reich
Gene Shackelford
New York City
U.S. Department of Labor
America
Bill Martin
Stampord
Texas
So Foot
Ate Howe Industral
HP Corrider
TOOLS
Gargalns
Amanito
Tanchor
Amerigo “Fool Company
Paul Reed I
Aa Arulo Teras
Mitchell Turnbough
LA Poesta Lane
Awamy
Manford Turnbough
S Terco
Cliff House
Stamford Electric Cooperative, Inc
Stamford, Texas
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