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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1952
Page
1
The city council named Jack Watson as city attorney and Rev. Sam Young as city recorder at a regular Friday meeting. They will assume duties June 1, with Watson resigning city attorney duties previously handled by Henry G. Andrews since 1928.
The City of Stamford bought a Todd Insecticide Fogging Machine and expects delivery next week. City Manager Grady Bowdry said the City Council authorized the trade, noting the new unit has improvements over the 1947 model and a single test trip covered the city recently.
Stamford Rotary club will be represented at the Rotary International convention in Mexico City. Delegates include Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McCulloch Mrs. J. F. West Mrs. W. B. Tayman and Mr. and Mrs. A B Cummings of Olney. The Wests and Taymans travel together, with the McCullochs joined by the Cummings Tuesday night. The Cummings are district governor and past district governor respectively. The Pleasant Valley Home Demonstration club will meet in Mrs. Jimmy Muehlstein on June 6.
The Reynolds Street PTA held its final season meeting May 14 in the high school auditorium with president Mrs. Vernon Lovvorn presiding. First grade performances, a Mother Goose story, and songs highlighted the program. Treasurer Mrs. A. J. Mills reported a May Festival gross of 341.35 and net 287.13 after expenses, plus 147.92 from a book bazaar. The PTA plans library purchases and revenue allocations to finish an accredited library, plus a welfare fund of 50. Delegates reported at Brownfield convention with blue and red ribbons for yearbooks and scrapbook.
Rainfall in Stamford last week totalled .84 inch but varied up to three inches in parts east of Stamford. Avoca Bricksdahl reported two to three inches while Tuxedo southwest of Stamford saw three quarters to an inch. Measured readings cited by official observer Cleburne Huston show Saturday 14 inch, Sunday .67 inch and Monday .05 inch.
The Stamford audit by A. M. Higgs & Company notes assets totaling 5 381 591 67 across general and water sewer funds. Liabilities include deferred developer funded facilities and 3 056 57 taxes delinquent before 1919 still on the books. Bonded debt stands at 1 918 000 with 418 000 in 1946 refinancing bonds and a 1 500 000 revenue bond for Paint Creek. The general fund balance is 1 415 382 99, 1951 assessments rose to 97 637 46, with 88 142 74 in current taxes collected and 9 494 72 delinquent.
Parents Enis Bishop and Alton McClellan Jr. learn their sons Shannon Bishop and Bill McClellan will be admitted to Warm Springs Foundation at Gonzales on May 26 for polio treatment. The boys, ages 15 and 14 months, are currently in Hendrick Memorial hospital Abilene since May 9 and 10 and are responding to therapy.
Mrs. C G Raughton of the Rockdale community underwent major surgery at Stamford Sanitarium on Monday and is making favorable progress toward recovery.
Mr and Mrs John Dyer named presidents for Stamford organizations. Mrs Dyer heads Stam ford Business and Professional Women's club while Mr Dyer presides over Methodist Men at St Johns Methodist church. Both teachers, choir members, and long time residents with deep local ties.
Stamford fire department responded to a 2:30 a.m. Tuesday call in Anson to aid efforts against a Market Poultry and Egg Company fire. The blaze was controlled with an estimated loss around $50,000.
Haskell voters Friday rejected a $100,000 bond issue intended to build and equip a city auditorium as the centerpiece of an improvement program for the municipal park. The funds would also cover other park and grounds improvements. the election was ordered by the city council at civic leaders and organizations' request.
Patricia Ray Craft five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Craft of Hamilton is under treatment in Waco for a light case of polio the first reported in Hamilton this year. The Crafts formerly lived in Stamford and Mr Craft is with the Texas Highway Patrol.
Avoca high school's top scholars are J. C. Williams valedictorian and Lou Etta Hardy salutatorian. Glenna Thomas ranks third. J. C. Williams is class president, editor of the paper and FFA reporter. Lou Etta Hardy is art editor of the annual, secretary of FILA, and former editor of the school paper.
Graduation exercises for Sagerton eighth graders were held on a Wednesday evening. The program included processional, song, address by Rev. R B Kirk, diplomas and awards, school song, and recessional. Graduates listed include Sandra Ross Veeta Mathis Dale Hamby Willie D Lehrmann and Gene Ender. Seventh grade honorees Jeanette Helm Elizabeth LeFevre Billy Taylor and Winston Ulmer. Sagerton school closes May 22 noting Miss Irene Stewart as principal.
Stamford city offers two houses for sale to clear space for Paint Creek Lake. Bids open Friday June 6 at 3 pm. one three room and one four room house, formerly owned by Nettle Nelson and Jay Cox. 10 percent certified check required. winner must remove by July 1.
Sixty seniors will receive diplomas at Stamford High School during commencement exercises at the First Baptist Church on Tuesday evening May 27. The baccalaureate service occurs Sunday evening May 25 at St. John’s Methodist Church with Dr Rupert N Richardson of Hardin-Simmons University as speaker.
Stam ford Junior High will hold graduation Tuesday morning May 17 at 10 o'clock in the high school auditorium for 95 graduates. Principal William E. Mayes will give the invocation and John R. Dyer will present diplomas. The program features processional by Glenda Bates, recessional by Raylyn Flowers, and songs including Onward Christian Soldiers America the Beautiful and Goodbye Junior High.
U S Senate candidate Cong Lindley Beckworth visited Stamford after touring Haskell Hamlin and the Panhandle. He spoke with local supporters and relatives in Stamford and expressed interest in attending the Texas Cowboy Reunion if possible. He has served 14 years in Congress and chairs the Texas delegation.
Attendance nears 100 Tuesday night at a Grant revival in a big tent by the Texas Cowboy Reunion grounds. About half are from other towns joining Stamford residents as Rev. Pearl Amburn notes. Rev. W. W. Grant delivers dynamic sermons sparking faith and testimonies of salvation deliverance and healing emerge from workers.
Stamford County Line Independent School district trustees authorize suits against 91 delinquent taxpayers. Lambert Stenholm chairs a committee with O H Smith W F Walker and Sam Baize. Taxes range from 5 to 450 dollars per parcel with some delinquent seven years. Only parcels unpaid after 30 days following May 15 notices will proceed. Andrews and Andrews will handle litigation.
More than 100 white ceramic roses, made by Mrs. Prank Reyes, served as favors at the Stamford Music Club annual May breakfast. She said it did not take long and she kept on until the last rose was finished.
Stamford debates the legality of a new domino parlor opened on East Hamilton Street under a 1946 city ordinance. The ordinance requires a $500 bond, $20 per table annual license, and council approval for a permit. No bond, license, or permit has been issued and the council has yet to act.
Joan Anthony Brown 21 month old son of Rev and Mrs Johnny Brown was discharged from Stamford Sanitarium after a week of treatment for an infected stomach. He is returned to his grandparents Mr and Mrs Jim Freeman. The family, with father a Methodist pastor at Woodson, had lived in Abilene while he attended McMurry College and will move back to Woodson now that school is out. Mrs James E Connell, cashier bookkeeper, takes vacation from West Texas Utilities Co.
Bob Ricks of the Stamford Mill and Elevator Co. has been named president of the Texas Grain and Feed Dealers Association after serving last year as vice president. He was also elected director of the Texas Feed Manufacturers Association, with both groups meeting in Galveston where Mrs. Ricks accompanied him.
The Junior Women's Auxiliary of Central Presbyterian Church will hold a bake sale on Saturday May 4 starting at 10 a.m. in front of the J M McDonald store.
Lieut. James Frizell will go to the Atomic Proving grounds near Las Vegas Nevada for two weeks. He is stationed at Fort Hood and will return there after the two week stay in Nevada. Mrs. Frizell the former Patty McDonald will stay here while he is away.
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