Revival Meeting Ends Sunday Night at Presbyterian Church
Revival meetings led by Rev. M. B. Harris and Rev. Fred S. Rogers conclude with a Sunday evening service at the Presbyterian church on November 3. Morning sessions at Central Christian Church, led by Rev. Rogers, focus on the Christian Life. The event prompts greater church involvement and letters of members joining other churches. A notable Monday service honored World War veterans from the American Legion.
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M. B. Harris
Central Christian Church
Fred S. Rogers
Central Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Rogers
Mr. Harris
Stamford
American Legion
Harris
Stamford Film Begins Today With Local Cast
The Alcove Theatre manager S J Hodge teams with Victor Shuler to film a Stamford story titled The Story of Stamford. Local churches schools clubs and city landmarks will appear. Shooting starts today with Stamford versus Roby footage and continues through the weekend with street and church scenes.
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S. J. Hodge
Alcove Theatre
Victor Shuler
Photo Art Productions
Stamford
Shuler
Roby
Stamford Roby Game Shapes District Standings in Class B
Six teams in Section A District No 9 Class B football compete for the title as Sylvester drops out. Haskell and Merkel lead with two wins, one loss each, while Stamford sits mid table. Merkel hosts Anson, Haskell faces Hamlin, and Roby travels to Stamford in the final day to settle standings.
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Anson
Hamlin
Haskell
Merkel
Roby
Stamford
Sylvester
Anson Tigers
Methodist Church Plans Finances Before Pastor Leaves
St Johns Methodist church board of stewards met to arrange finalization of church finances and pursue collection of all unpaid assessments for the fiscal year. Rev R A Stewart will depart November 11 for the Northwest Texas Conference at Pampa, ending four years as pastor and awaiting episcopal appointment.
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Board of Stewards
St. John’s
Stamford
New Stamford Chamber of Commerce Secretary Takes Post
J C Watson new secretary of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce will assume duties today after a meeting with President T A Upshaw in Stamford. He has rented the Barney Johnson home on Wells Avenue and will move his family from Abilene soon, while Mr and Mrs Johnson relocate to Abilene. Watson has served three years as assistant secretary of the Abilene Chamber of Commerce.
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J. C. Watson
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Watson
Stamford
T. A. Upshaw
Watson
Barney Johnson
Wells Avenue
Abilene
Mrs. Johnson
J G Morrow Moved by Air to Army Hospital
J G Morrow former Abilene youth was found unconscious beside highway No 30 north of Stamford on October 21. He was taken to Stamford Sanitarium then airlifted by a Douglas Army transport to Fort Sill Oklahoma. Morrow a West Point Preparatory School student was on pass at the time and will remain in the army hospital until fully recovered. His father W M Morrow said the cause of the injury remains unsolved.
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J. G. Morrow
Abilene
Stamford
Stamford Sanitarium
Army Hospital
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Morrow
West Point Preparatory School
Young Morrow
W. M. Morrow
Stamford Improves 36 Blocks Of Streets And 12 Alleys
Stamford completes paving on about 36 blocks plus 11 blocks of downtown alleys bringing total hard surfaced streets to nearly 100 blocks or six miles. Brick on caliche or concrete bases are used. caliche blocks add long lasting surface. Streets improved include Anson Campbell Hobart McClendon Orient Reynolds Wells South Swenson Vanderbilt Trinity.
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Stamford
Powell & Puckett
Anson Street
McHarg Avenue
Hamilton Street
Campbell Street
Webb Street
Wichita Valley Railway
Hobart Street
McClendon Street
Ferguson
McKinley Street
McKinley
Orient Street
Reynolds Street
Reynolds
Vanderbilt Street
Trinity Street
Wells Avenue
Swenson Avenue
McClendon
Vanderbilt
New Braunfels Street
Orient
Trinity
East College Street
Wells
Directors of WTCC to elect new manager in Stamford
West Texas Chamber of Commerce directors meet in Stamford on Saturday November 9 to elect a manager to fill the vacancy from Homer D Wade's resignation. A M Bourland serves as temporary head. W B Hamilton who was elected president at El Paso convention will issue the call and lead discussions with new VPs C E Coombes and Houston Harte. They plan a San Angelo conference to split WTCC into 10 regions and nominate a treasurer and ten regional executive members. The El Paso meeting restored the organization's finances by wiping out indebtedness.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Stamford
Homer D. Wade
A. M. Bourland
W. B. Hamilton
Wichita Falls
el Paso
Hamilton
C. E. Coombes
Judge Coombes
Houston Harte
San Angelo
West Texas Chamber
Cotton Receipts Total 2912 Bales This Season
Rain slows ginning. 262 bales were ginned in the past week, bringing season total to 2912. Fred Taylor, public weigher, weighed 2452 bales, while W B Harrison at his round bale gin ginned 460 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Taylor
W. B. Harrison
Revival at West Side Baptist to Start November 3
A revival meeting will open at the West Side Baptist Church on Sunday November 3 at 11 a.m. and continue through the following week. Services are planned each evening at 7 30 p.m. according to Rev. G O Summers, pastor.
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West Side Baptist Church
G. O. Summers
November rainfall in Stamford nears three inches
Rain last Sunday added .74 inch to Stamford totals, reaching 2.99 inches for October. The month included .62 inch on Sunday morning and .12 inch Sunday night, with earlier rains on October 13 and 16. Rains boosted winter grains and wheat prospects, while an early freeze destroyed cotton stalks and damaged late feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
W. P. Lyles
Rotary Club program led by Dr E P Bunkley
Dr E P Bunkley chaired the vocational service program at the Rotary Club meeting. W P McDonald sang Songs Mother Used to Sing and When Irish Eyes Are Smiling. Judge K E Hardwick spoke on ethics in business and noted changes away from the motto Business is business. J A Elliott announced his departure from Stamford to Abilene. John J Carton of Flint, Michigan missed attendance at the Michigan Masons grand meeting due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Bunkley
Vocational Service Committee
Rotary Club
W. P. McDonald
J. C. Pinson
KE. V. Hardwick
J. A. Elliott
Stamford
Abilene
John J. Carton
Flint
Mich
Grand of Masons
Michigan
American Legion Hall Undergoing Extensive Repairs
The interior of the American Legion Hall is being remodeled this week. A partition is being removed to add 300 square feet to the main hall, which will be repapered and its woodwork painted. The enlarged room will host all Legion gatherings including this year’s Armistice Day Banquet. The group also plans larger Christmas trees and selling trees proceeds. J J Fitzpatrick and son Joe of Anaheim visit Stamford after attending Tombstone reunion events.
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American Legion Hall
Legion
Legion Home
American Legion
Geo. W. Connell
List of Rural Teachers of Jones County 1929 1930
The office of County Superintendent B. T. Beavers releases a list of teachers chosen to staff rural schools in Jones County for 1929 1930. The roster includes district numbers and school names with principal and assistant teachers, such as Pleasant Hill District 1 led by Mrs G C Russell and Mrs McCargo Anson, and several others across Antelope New Light Lakota Tuxedo Sinclair Oak Grove Elliott Swan Chapel New Hope Goodman Delk Compere Hollis Hill Midway Cross Roads Nugent Nevada Willow Creek Stith, with staff names and positions.
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Jones County
B. T. Beavers
Pleasant Hill
G. C. Russell
McCargo
Anson
Antelope
H. T. Copeland
Bessie Fish
Ethel Smith
New Light
R. J. McLeroy
Gale Erwin
Elliott
F. A. Pope
Swan Chapel
A. C. Sharp
M. B. Chisenhall
Fon Westbrook
Eloise Lindmy
New Hope
O. E. Bowman
C. E. Bowman
Ewel Baize
Ruth Barnard Phillips
Lenna Taylor
Stamford
R. H. McAdams
W. S. Cunningham
Ira D. Waters
Chloe Nixon
Ethel Cooke
Trent
Delk
O. P. Ellis
Hazel Walker
Hawley
Compere
J. M. Taylor
M. K. Milner
Nina McAninch
Ruby Evans
Merkel
Hollis Hill
Ruthy Faye Miles
Frances Wagley
Midway
J. A. Fanning
Rincipal
Annie Lou Shine
Abiene
Cross Roads
D. Rattan
S. D. Rattan
R. Williams
Brooksie Justice
Odell Sloan
Nugent
W. B. Griffith
Mary Gammill
Erma Sanders
Mary Hatchett
Nevada
Fred Kimmins
Stith
M. A. Wadsworth
Sunday Sunday Schools Tie In Stamford Haskell Contest
The Sunday school contest between St. John’s Methodist of Stamford and First Methodist of Haskell ended in a 200 200 tie. A rerun is set for next Sunday per superintendent agreement. Rain reduced attendance. Stamford led in total attendance while Haskell gained in remaining members for church service.
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St. John’s Methodist Church of
Stamford
First Methodist Church of Haskell
Haskell
St. John’s
Stamford Legion Post Wins Trophy For Third Time
Vernon D. Hart Post in Stamford won the 17th District American Legion attendance contest at Cisco on October 26 27 with 960 man miles to Brady 900. Stamford earns permanent possession of the loving cup. next convention in February. Local delegates included Cecil McDaniel Earl Rown tree George Ashburn Albert Hess F M Locke R S Daniels Raymond Astin H R Fuller Buddy Hansen Lucian Wilhite O D Beer and W B Steadman.
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Vernon D. Hart
The
American Legion
Cisco
Stamford
Brady
W. Earl Earp
Sweetwater
Earnest C. Cox
Corsicana
State Department
Reed Johnson
Veterans Bureau of Dallas
Cecil McDaniel
Earl Rowntree
George Ashburn
Albert Hess
F. M. Locke
R. 8. Daniels
T. J. Walker Appointed New Piggly Wiggly Manager
T J Walker formerly manager at Spur Piggly Wiggly is transferred to Stamford to replace J A Bozeman who resigns to take a Dallas post. He is joined by Mrs Walker and daughters Paula Mae and Leta Frances who reside at 307 East McHarg avenue.
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J. Walker
Spur
Stamford
J. A. Bozeman
Dallas
Walker
Paula Mae
Leta Frances
East McHarg Avenue
Chuck Wagon Feed To Be Big Feature Of Institute
The 350 teachers attending a cooperative institute in Stamford will arrive by train and automobile. Registration opens at 8 a.m. with sessions today and Saturday. A chuck wagon feed at noon Saturday on the High School campus, courtesy of West Texas Utilities, features two beef meals with beans potatoes and peach cobbler. Special speakers include J Thomas Davis dean John Tarleton Agricultural College and Hon Bert King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co-Operative Institute
Stamford
Jones, Shackelford
Kent
L. W. Johnson
West Texas Utilities Company
R. E. McDonald
Jess Allison
T. D. Brooks
Baylor University
Burl Bryant
Wichita County
Bonie K. Dysart
Texas Technological College
J. Thomas Davis
John Tarleston Agricultural College
Bert King
Wichita Falls
Richard H. McCarty
Albany
Theater magnate Pantages convicts face jail mop fate
Hag gard from a sleepless night on Sunday night after a jury convicted theater multimillionaire Pantages of a statutory offense against Eunice Pringle a 17 year old dancer He faced a county jail routine on Monday and lamented the verdict planning appeals He complained of the jury and questioned clemency while mopping his cell floor and receiving a sleeping potion from the jail hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
der Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Pantages
Yukon
Alaska
Youngblood Backs Efficient Butter Fat Boost at Low Cost
J H Youngblood of Mc Lennan County Cow Testing Association reports butter fat production at 6.6 cents per pound in one month and under 10 cents per pound over the past four months. His feeding system mixes cured hegari with cottonseed meal and pasture. Cows yielding over 20 pounds of milk daily receive ground oats, and 500 tons of hegari were harvested from 50 acres with a similar yield expected from a second cutting.
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J. H. Youngblood
McLennan County Cow Testing Association
Youngblood
Back From Austin Mr and Mrs R C Thomas Return
Mr and Mrs R C Thomas have returned from Austin where they attended a school of instruction for secretaries of state credit bureaus. In Austin they stayed with college friend B F Williams, head of the reclamation and engineering department. Fly paper is now made luminous to attract flies at night.
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Austin
R. C. Thomas
B. F. Williams
State Reclamation and Engineering Department
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Methodist Church
Abilene Chamber OF Commerce
J.G. Morrow
WTCC
West Side Baptist
DR. Bunkley
J. J. Fitzpatrick
Joe
Anaheim
California
P. P. Fitzpatrick
Tombstone
Arizona
Texas
Sunday Schools
Tie
Stamford Legion Post
Vernon D. Hart Post
T. J. Walker
Prince of Wales
Argentina
Italy
France
Spain