County Tax Office Faces Heavy Task On Tax Bills
Jones County tax assessor A J French Jr and staff prepare tax statements amid a countywide valuation survey and rate changes. A new Burroughs billing machine will print eight copies and run 48 hours weekly to speed county state road district and school district bills.
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Hagen
Dolly’ Eadmunds
Larry ‘Linda’ White
Olin
Alva Grace Potts
French
Jones County
A. J. French Jr
Dolly) Edmunds
Burroughs
Lueders Youth Recovering From Burns After Rural Fire
Don Davis a Lueders seventh grader remained in Stamford Memorial Hospital midweek recovering from burns suffered when the family home four miles north of Lueders burned Thursday morning The Davis family escaped in nightclothes Mr Davis cut on his head but treated and released Gene and Dwayne were unhurt The Leeders Volunteer Fire Department battled the blaze but rural telephone lines were out delaying the alarm and total loss ensued
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Don Davis
Lueders
Stamford Memorial Hospital
Leeders
Lake Cabins On Tax Roll Controversy In Bell County
Bell County Tax Assessor A J French rebutted claims that 500 lake houses near Fort Phantom Hill were added to the tax rolls by a hired appraisal firm. He said some fringe cabins near the lake may be listed, while many Abi lene city properties around the lake have long been on the rolls and the warning media misrepresented the facts.
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French
A. J. French
Mem and Co
Lake Fort Phantom Hill
City of Abilene
Mr. French
Soo Lake Houses
Lake Twral
Couple to Teach English at Colombian University
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Grossman Jr. have joined the Peace Corps for 21 months to teach English as a foreign language at a university in Bogota Colombia. They trained three months at Georgetown University after leaving Abilene by plane and were visiting Mrs. Grossman's parents Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Hudson over the weekend.
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T. A. Grossman Jr
J. F. Hudson
Grossman
Martha Hudson
Peace Corps
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Abilene
Bogota
Columbia
Abilene Firm Low Bid On Stamford Federal Savings Building
Dean Williams Company of Abilene was the low bidder at 80510 for the Stamford Federal Savings and Loan Association building to be completed by February 1. Bids from Stamford area firms included C L Moritz 91445 and Davis Jones 88828, with Shiflett Brothers of Atm Len the high bidder at 9797. The new structure will be at West McHarg and Webb with drive in access on the east side. Walnut paneling interiors and Arkansas ledge stone walls will front glass and landscaped spaces.
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Dean Williams Company of
Abilene
Stamford Federal Savings and Loan Association
Shiflett Brothers
Atmlen
West McHarg and
Webb Streets
Arkansas Ledge
Styder
Richard Wall
Albert Williams
David Holt
Buddy Shaw
Rey Taylor
Bulldogs
Rusty Kelley
Ronnie Jones
Keith Rainer
Ronnie Jenkins
Harrison Cole
Ruddy Box
Raymond Gomer
Eddie Jenkins
Presbyterians Break Ground for Central Church Building
Ground broken Sunday afternoon for the Central Presbyterian Church in Stamford with Rev. Jerry Boles, Dick Rowland, Dr. Ike Hudson, Mrs. Bill Williams, Lorehy Brinell, and Robbie Russell participating. The project, costing over 100000, will begin as rain delays move dirt. Roy Moritz was low bidder.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Jerry Boles
Dick Rowland
Ike Hudson
Bill Williams
Boles
Presbyterian Church
Stamford
Cool Weather And Rain Bring Hail Across Stamford Area
A cold front moved into Stamford this weekend bringing showers that totaled 95 inches through Tuesday morning. Rain fell across the region with four inches at Aspermont and over three inches at Haskell, while hail caused possible damage to cotton near Sager t on and Rule.
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Stamford
Aspermont
Haskell
Knox City
Rochester
Rule
Sagerton
Postponed Open House at Anson Farm Bureau Office
The open house for the new Farm Bureau office in Anson has been postponed. Harris Wright, manager of the county organization, died Monday afternoon in an Abilene hospital.
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Farm Bureau
Anson
Harris Wright
Abilene
Lightning Sparks Power Line Crash in Stamford
Firemen rushed to 1034 Symonds after a lightning strike cut a rear power line Tuesday night. The line broke and fell to the ground causing electrical fireworks, but only the line was damaged per fire chief K. K. Rowland.
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Stamford
Symonds
Ifire
K. K. Rowland
Agencies unite for Stamford United Fund Drive kickoff
The 1964 Stamford United Fund Drive opens October 19 two weeks after the national date due to cotton harvest delays. James H. West chairs the drive with Herschel Kelley as vice chair. plans mirror last year with expanded Employees division into eight subgroups. Budget keeps 1963 agency coverage plus Cerebral Palsy and Camp Sweeney. Key allocations include Salvation Army $900 and Boy Scouts $2,000.
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Stamford
Wade Watts
John Hodges
West Texas
United Charities
Campire Girls
Boy Scouts
Sweeney
United Fund Fuels Baseball Program For Boys
The United Fund financed a summer baseball program benefiting over 285 boys aged 7 to 18. Last year the effort faced funding gaps but this season the $2000 support funded 16 teams across Pee Wee to 16-18 divisions, with plans for a new lighted field and continued supervision by Al Perry, Bill Jones, and I QC Hughes Jr.
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United Fund
al Perry
Cofc
Bill Jones
I. QC. Hughes Jr
Bulldogs Face Snyder Tigers On Road This Weekend
The Stamford Bulldogs travel Friday to meet the Snyder Tigers in a clash of 1 1 records. Snyder touts its strongest team in school history with senior starters and notable all district players led by Leslie Brown and Tom Kincaid.
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Bulldogs
Snyder Tigers
AAA
Tigers
Andrews Mustangs
Andrews
Mustangs
Snyder
Leslie Brown
Tom Kincaid
Jay Williamson
Jerry Kinehetoe
Reed Robinson
Kennet Dower
J. N. Wall
Brown
Albert Williams
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Mr French
Pascal Harris
Miusic
First Baptist Church
Fast Dallas Christain Church
Garland
Don Is
Son
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Mrs
O. A. Pete’ Davis
the Family
Mr. Davis
Stamford Jaycees
Don Howard
Leland Nauert
Weldon Holbrooks
O. M. Isbell
Don Revell
Sondra Hickman
Vernelle Brooks
Linda Henry
Miss Hickman
Miss Henry
H. S. FitzGerald
FE. L. Cowyer
C. L. Moritz
Davis Jones
Lore Hy Brinell
Robbie Russell
Weatherbee
Oliver Street
Rowland
Roy Moritz
Stamford United Fund
W. T. Stovall
James H. West
Herschel Kelley
Nat's Restaurant
Salvation Army
Kelley
West
Bob Prichard
F. E. Upshaw
Roy Craig
Stamford Bulldogs
Tiger
Richard Filkins
Roy Miller
Jerry Kincheloe
Jerry Owens
J. B. Marshy
Kenneth Dower
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