Grain Harvest Underway After Wet Start
Grain harvest gains momentum as dry warm spell returns. Cotton planting resumes, maize plowed, oats and wheat cut in spots. Wheat harvest hindered by wet ground. oats load brought in. yields expected 15 to 35 bushels per acre in parts. Weather observer notes 21 inches of rain. if no rain, harvest to be in full swing early next week.
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Stamford
Louis’ Manske
Corinth
Tuxedo
Print Creek
M. D. Thompson
Lajuanann Little Tops Stamford High School DE Honors
Lajuanann Little of Stamford High School is named Outstanding DE Student for the year. She led the marching band and stage band, served as Pep Squad president and DECA secretary, joined Prep Teen Club, and earned National Honor Society membership. She has worked at First National Bank and became a full time employee after graduation.
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Stamford High School
Lajuanann Little
W. B
Bill) Little
Lajuanann
DECA
Prep
Trinity Baptist Church
Lajuanana
First National Bank
Rotarians Hear of Farm Organization Work in Cotton Economy
Stamford Rotarians learned the cotton sector drives the area economy and heard Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Inc. RPCG executive VP Charles Bragg described the group founded in 1964 at Knox City. The organization funds from farmer and ginner contributions, spends about 3500 dollars monthly, seeks congressional support to extend the farm bill beyond 1969, and aims to broaden farmer influence in national cotton policy.
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Stamford
Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Inc
Charles Bragg
RPCG
Knox City
Bragg
Congress
St John’s Plans Summer Session For Youth
St John’s Methodist Church outlines summer activities for children from Kindergarten to sixth grade. Sessions run Tuesdays 9 to 11 am starting June 1 and include groups Kindergarten Elementary I II IV V VI with dates adjusted in June.
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St. John’s Plans
St. John's Methodist Church
Graveside Rites Held May 22 For Mrs Bounds
Graveside rites for Mrs. Myra P Bounds were held May 22 at Arlington National Cemetery. She died May 17 in Huntington Beach California after a long illness. Survived by husband Col John Earl Bounds a son Gary Bounds UCLA and a daughter Lora Ann Bounds at home. Col Bounds and family met in Washington DC by his brother Hubert Bounds and son Jim Bounds with cousins Captain Sandy Oliver and Mrs Oliver and many Pentagon colleagues. Col and Mrs Bounds had served two Pentagon tours. Stamford relatives include Harry Bounds Byron Lewis and Mrs Ben Loop.
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Myra P. Bounds
Arlington National Cemetery
Bounds
Huntington Beach
Calif
California
John Earl Bounds
Stamford
Gary Bounds
Ucla
Lora Ann Bounds
Pentagon
Harry Bounds
Byron Lewis
Ben Loop
Stamford Senior Wins Four Year West Texas State Scholarship
Dwain Nauert son of Mr and Mrs Ross Gentry earns a four year scholarship to West Texas State He is a 1968 Stamford High School graduate and will begin college next fall at the university.
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Dwain Nauert
Ross Gentry
West Texas State
Stamford High School
Rev M Rhew Named District Superintendent
Rev. Marshall Rhew, former pastor of St John’s in Stamford and former district superintendent, is named district superintendent for the Stamford area district. He will reside in Seymour and succeeds Rev. Duane Bruce who moves to the Lubbock district as conference director. Rev Jerrell Sharp at St John’s Stamford is renewed for another year.
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Marshall Rhew
St. John’s Methodist Church
Stamford
Seymour
Rhew
Duane Bruce
Lubbock
First Methodist Church
Plainview
Jerrell Sharp
St. John’s of
Bailey Pleads Guilty as Judge Imposes Four Year Term
Judge Owen Thomas sentenced William R. Bailey of Orange to four years in prison after Bailey pleaded guilty in 104th District Court at Anson to attempting to pass a forged instrument. The offense involved a check for 81.75 at First National Bank in Anson.
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Owen Thomas
William R. Bailey
Orange
Bailey
Anson
First National Bank
Torrid Governor's Race To Be Decided Saturday
Voters head to the polls Saturday in Texas to choose between Preston Smith and Don Yarborough for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. The race in Jones County includes two commissioner runoffs in Precincts 1 and 3 with polling locations merged and polls open 8 am to 7 pm. Absentee voting remains high with 136 ballots by Monday noon.
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Preston Smith
Don Yarborough
Houston
Texas
Smith
Lubbock
House
Senate
Yarborough
Jones County
Johnie Agnew
Hamlin
Burnia Reid
Agnew
Hawley
Lem Ruark
W. A. McGee
Stamford
Richard Lane
R. C. Cobb
Avoca
Lueders
Stith
Stamford Electric Cooperative to Mail $315,484 in Capital Credits
Stamford Electric Cooperative will mail 3300 capital credit checks totaling 315484.51 on June 1 to members. The retirement covers credits from 1954 and 1955 as part of the cooperative's non profit policy, noting 95.3 percent of the electric plant is owned by members and that refunds total over 652000 since 1939.
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Stamford Electric Cooperative
C. M. Lester
Board of Directors
SEC
Stamford Electric
Pre School English Class to Begin Monday at Oliver Street
The Stamford school system will start a preschool program for children needing English language help this Monday at Oliver Street School. Mrs. Gene Burnett will teach, aided by prior teachers, using audio-visual aids to develop speaking and comprehension. Classes run 8:00 to 11:15 with midmorning milk, bus pickup from Bomar Heights, and return to school at 11:15.
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Gene Burnett
Oliver Street
Stamford
Bomar Heights
Crazy Days Bring Fun Ridiculous Sales in Stamford
Stamford merchants observe a mad circus of values on Wednesday as first of the month sales begin. Clerks wear crazy costumes matched by store decorations. Items appear on sidewalks with special price tags showing fraction of original costs.
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Stamford
Trinity Baptist VRS Starts Monday June 3
Vacation Bible School at Trinity Baptist Church will start Monday June 3 with a preparation day Saturday June 1 at 9 a.m. The school runs Monday through Friday from 8 30 to 11 30 a.m. for children ages three through sixteen.
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Trinity Baptist Church
Summer School Faces Low Enrollment at Stamford High
Not enough pupils appeared Wednesday morning to start summer classes at Stamford High School. Mrs. Bill Gay was scheduled to teach Algebra I and II. A second check will be made Thursday to gauge interest while Bill Anderson teaches driver education.
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Stamford High School
Bill Gay
Algerbra I
Bill Anderson
Connallys Attend Rotan Funeral of D J Smith
Mr and Mrs B H Connally were in Rotan on Friday for the funeral of D J Smith. Mrs Connally was employed by Mr Smith for several years.
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B.H. Connally
Rotan
D. J. Smith
Permits Issued For Two Houses In Country Club Area
Two residential building permits were issued this week for homes in the Country Club addition near the Presbyterian Church. Carl Lunn will construct an 80 by 50 foot house at 1409 Bartley Street with Jimmy Dippel as contractor and Davis Electric and Weaks Plumbing and Heating as subs. Dr Hugo B Haterius will build an 83 by 28 foot house at 1407 London Street with Brazelton Lumber Co as general contractor, Weaks Plumbing, and Enis Bishop Electric.
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Country Club
Presbyterian Church
Carl Lunn
Bartley Street
Jimmy Dippel
Davis Electric
Weaks
Hugo B. Haterius
London Street
Brazelton Lumber Co
Enis Bishop
Date Set Pending Murder Trial for Stamford Man
Date for murder trial not yet set for Philip Segura of Stamford charged with murder with malice in the Feb 17 1968 shooting death of Felipe Gomez. A 104th District Court grand jury returned the indictment late February as relatives and friends visited from Dallas Grand Prairie Brownfield Arlington and local areas.
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Philip Segura
Stamford
Felipe Gomez
104Th District Court
Stroud Services Held Saturday In Chapel
Funeral for J. M. Stroud, 80, was conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday in Kinney Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jacks Sunderland presiding. Burial followed in Highland Memorial Cemetery. Stroud, a retired clothing salesman, died Friday in Stamford Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born December 1, 1887, in East Texas, he moved to this area in 1942 from San Angelo and married Dora Thames the same year. He resided at 614 East Moran Street and was a Baptist Church member. Survivors include his wife Dora.
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J. M. Stroud
Kinney
Jack Southerland
First Baptist Churen
Highland Memorial Cemetery
Kinney Funeral Home
Stroud
Stamford Memorial Hospital
East Texas
San Angelo
Dora Thames
The
Baptist Church
Moran Street
Dora
Vacation Bible School at Christ Lutheran Opens Monday
Christ Lutheran Church invites children to a free Vacation Bible School from June 3 to 7, 9 to 11:50 a.m. daily at 1020 E Vanderbilt. No registration, daily programs include study periods songs crafts and refreshments. a closing service June 9 at Lake Stamford Marina pavilion with a joint church picnic.
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Christ Lutheran
Christ Lutheran Church
E. Vanderbilt
Bible School
Vacation Bible School
Lake Stamford Marina
Christ Lutheran of
Stamford
Trinity Lutheran of Haskell
Fielding Cochran Pursues University of Texas Law Degree
Otis Fielding Cochran of Stamford is a candidate for a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Texas. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. O F Cochran, will attend the Austin commencement Saturday. Fielding, a Stamford High School graduate, plans to enter the Marines in September.
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Otis Fielding Cochran
O. F .Cochran
Stamford
University of Texas
Austin
Fielding
Stamford High School
Marines
Funeral held for Mrs Hassie Carradine McLanahan in Childress
Mr and Mrs Byron Lewis attended the funeral of Mrs Hassie Carradine McLanahan in Childress on Saturday. She was the sister of Mrs Wayne Middleton of Amarillo.
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Byron Lewis
Childress
Hassie Carradine McLanahan
Wayne Middleton
Amarillo
Two Safe Burglaries Hit Stamford Thursday Night
Stamford police investigated two break ins Friday morning after burglars gained entry to a safe at Harrison Automotive and Brazelton Lumover Co. A third site failed to yield entry. A car theft and a fleeing suspect were linked to the night’s activity. police recovered tools left at Harrison and did not recover the stolen vehicle.
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Stamford
Harrison Automotive
W. B. Harrison
Brazelton Lumover Co
Stamford Insurance Agency
Norris Russell
Paul Carlan
Joe Hudspeth
North Swenson
Alton Byrd
Lueders
B. Q. Cooper
Harrison
West Texas COG meet in Abilene with city leaders
Mayor H G Andrews Jr and City Manager Kerry Sweatt attended the monthly meeting of the West Texas Council of Governments in Abilene on Wednesday.
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H. G. Andrews Jr
Kerry Sweatt
West Texas Council of Governments
Abilene
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Bobby Jo Watson
Rotary
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Cindy Loop
Strauss
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Music Club
Eajuanann Little
Mrs. Bounds
Rev. M. Rhew
Lester
Burnett
Mary
Loughmiller
Trinity Baptist Vrs
W. Z. Vaden
Walter Vaden
Holly and
Zane
Dallas
Charles Vaden
Grand Prairie
Ray Anderson
Ann
Brownfield
Bill Howard
Arlington
Fielding Cochran
Glenda Woodard
Denise Dennis
Lions Club
Kerrville
Bill Longley
Glenda
Essie Woodard
Denise
Bill Dennis
Farris Dickerson
Dee Dawn Moore
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