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Newspaper

Stamford American

Location

Stamford, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1952

Page

5

Avoca Club Marks National Home Demonstration Week With Tea

The Avoca Home Demonstration Club hosted a silver tea on April 28 at the home economics cottage in observance of National Home Demonstration Week. Attendance was limited by illness in several families. members and guests including Mrs J C Williams and others enjoyed The More We Get Together prayer and a brief meeting followed by a game and refreshments. Three Anson women, Mrs Etta Whaley Mrs F H Gleaton and Mrs Pete Pompa, were visiting Monday.

Avoca J. C. Williams A.s. Cc Foster Cub Anson Etta Whaley F. H. Gleaton Pete Pompa J. H. Howe G. G. Flowney Sam Crawford J. C. Foster Henry Osment H. C. McFlreath Sarah C. Fox Clarke Georgia Thornton Mmes W. H. Wright Guy Bates Clay Herring M. L. Hicks Johnny Griggs George Campbell George Gregory S. Hambright Lura Beauchamp

FHA Girls Present Spring Fashion Show at Stamford High

Stamford High School homemaking students put on a spring fashion show for the Pierian Club held in the school auditorium. Miss Ethel Rowell directed the skit Daisy Mae Comes to Town with Barbara Schoonmaker as Daisy Mae and Garland Cox as Lil Abner.

Stamford High School Pierian Club Ethel Rowell Raymond Astin Patricia Merriott Stamford Lindle Christian FHA June Botanon Lawan

Seven C Class Hold Annual Picnic At Abilene

The Seven C class from Stamford Junior High went on their annual picnic to Abilene visiting sites such as the Texas Coca-Cola Bottling Co and skating at Fairpark. Chaperones included Mmes Blackburn Lipe Baize Johnson and the homeroom mother Mrs Beauchamp. The Plerian Club Twilight Tea hosted by Mrs Astin will close the season with new officers to be installed.

Stamford Junior High School Abilene Texas Coca-Cola Bottling Co Fairpark Mmes. W. M. Blackburn Ha! Lipe Sam Baize Lynn Johnson Arthur Beauchamp Raymond Astin Plerian Club

Fire Belles Continue Textile Painting Project at Meetings

The Fire Belles met Monday night in the city hall club room to work on textile painting. Mrs. Guy Harvick hosted and served Cokes cheese sticks and cookies. Attendees included Mmes. Rupert Raley Bill Engler Dick Rowland A. J. McCann Wilburn Sorrell J. E. Lawson and Guy Harvick.

Guy Harvick Mmes Rupert Raley Bill Engler Dick Rowland A. J. McCann Wilburn Sorrell J. E. Lawson

New State Theatre Ad Promises Laughs and Beauty

An advertisement touts the New State Theatre with eager claims of beauty and humor, encouraging audiences to attend and enjoy a vibrant show.

New State Theatre

Royal Service Program Promised By First Baptist WMU

First Baptist WMU plans a royal service program at the church Tuesday at 9 30 am. Members are asked to bring eggs by Thursday morning May to Buckner's Orphans Home. Circles met earlier with lessons from Eve and Sarah. several members attended, including Mrs Floyd Pritchard Mrs W R Underwood and Mrs J C Foster.

First Baptist Wmu W.M.U First Baptist Church Buckner’s Women of Destiny B. A. Copass Ross Gentry Cynthia Miller Ruth Ford Floyd Pritchard W. R. Underwood Mmes Byron Bryant L. E. Million, Jr Weaver Medlin Ray Carlile Leonard Williams Elkin Lockett Circle W. C. Pratt J. W. Brady

Couple From Stamford Wed in Albuquerque

Mr and Mrs B F Taylor are living on a farm near Socorro New Mexico after their marriage in Albuquerque on April 6 The bride Dorothea Culwell is the daughter of Mrs L H Culwell and the late Mr Culwell She has worked in Lubbock for several years

B. F. Taylor Socorro N. M Albuquerque Dorothea Culwell L. H. Culwell Mr. Culwell Lubbock

Crickett Brothers And Sisters Hold Picnic Sunday

A Crockett family gathering held at Swenson Davis home in Stamford included most siblings and many relatives from Washington, Ephrata, Monday, Sweetwater, and Stamford. Attendees noted the late Rev J David Crockett and wife as parents of the group. W E Gladstone was Prime Minister of Britain four times.

Swenson Davis Davis J. David Crockett H. Crockett Washington, D. C

Hearing Authority Here for Clinic

Mr. R. C. Fischer a recognized authority on hearing will present the amazing tiny new BELTONE at the Stamford Inn on Thursday May 15 from 1 to 3 pm. He represents Fischer's Beltone Hearing Service of Abilene and San Angelo and will stock batteries for most makes. Have your hearing aid tested with no obligation.

R. C. Fischer Beltone Stamford Inn Fischer Abilene San Angelo

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