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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1925
Page
6
A collection of small items notes business ads and resident movements around Stamford Texas including new shipments at Lyles Economy Store changes in staff at Penick-Vhughes and Brazelton Lumber Company moves of families and visits from Dallas Moran and Dublin residents plus illness update for Cecil Jones and cotton buying plans in Knox City.
Wayne Bryant of J. T. Bryant Goods returns from a marketing trip to Dallas. Ellen Johnston, nurse at Stamford Sanitarium, is in Albany as a special nurse. Jack Corley of Lamesa visited the A Y Chas and E B Corley homes in the city the past week. P. W. Nelson of Ericksdahl attended to business there Tuesday.
Roy Cantrell of Van Alstyne an old friend of Mrs. Frank Adams and family is visiting in Stamford.
FE Moore of Cisco visits his son and daughter Mr and Mrs E Howard for a few weeks. Joyland advertises 10e for the whole family every Tuesday night with Hiumburgers five cents at Jack's Cafe.
J L Herman and Harrison Dyer depart this week to enroll at the University of Texas. The move marks the next step in their academic careers.
Company. 2-tf J. T. Hoy of Aspermont has enrolled as a student in Stamford High School for the term. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Link of Tuxedo are the happy parents of a son born September 9. Mrs. W. N. Owen and two little girls of Electra have been visiting her parents, J. A. Elliott and wife, in College Addition. C. M. Morgan and daughters, Sallie, Leila and Ruby, and son Marvin of Center Point were meeting old friends in Stamford Saturday. You can get oils, gas, tires, tubes and parts for your car at Reed Bros. Garage on North Swenson. nang Pe tfc
Mrs Almus of Blackwell and her young daughter Betty Jane have come back home after visiting relatives in Sweetwater.
Mr and Mrs K P Sheppard and their son Charles came back from a trip to visit her parents in San Antonio Texas city.
Mr and Mrs Henry Osment have returned from a visit with relatives at Hillsboro and were mingling with friends here Saturday.
P A Womble relocates his skating rink from the east side of the square to Memphis Texas, shifting operations away from his former site. The move updates local entertainment options and business location for patrons and residents.
Mrs Victor Nelson and her daughter Sophia Ann are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J K Boady in the city.
Mr and Mrs Mine Corley and their daughter Dorothy have returned to Stamford after a short residence in Breckenridge. Stamford welcomes these fine folks home. Yes they always come back.
Dr. G. W. McDonald president of Wayland College Plainview Texas and wife were guests at the G. W. Bennett home. Dr. McDonald is a brother of Mrs. Bennett.
Mrs C P Yates and her daughter Miss Bessie Louise of McCauley visited W L Martin in the city on Wednesday.
Miss Ruthy Faye Miles returns from North Texas State Teachers College Denton to teach near Anson this year. She brings training from the Denton college and will join local schooling efforts.
Mrs J IL Miller of Rochester visits for an operation at the Stamford Sanitarium. She is the sister in law of Mrs Frank Adams. Mr and Mrs A P Hajek and daughter Marjorie Anna of West are visiting their parents, Mr and Mrs Jake Muchlestin. Miss Beatrice Burrow goes to Mercedes Texas to stay with a sister and attend high school this winter.
Little Miss Clara Mae Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs E D Jones is recovering nicely after an operation to remove her tonsils at Stamford Sanitarium.
Miss Cora Belle Meyers and Miss Eve lyn Perkins will entertain with a bridge game at Meyers home on Friday evening.
Mr and Mrs Chas A Corley receive Mrs J Roy Watson sister of the hostess and her children from Amarillo as guests at their east of town residence.
Rev. D. B. Doak and family hosted Mrs. E. G. Martin and Mrs. Rountree for dinner north of town Tuesday. Tuesday night Prof. W. E Doak of Murchison Henderson County visited his brother Rev. D. B. Doak and family.
Mrs Jack Townsend has come back from a visit with her sister in Abi lene and is convalescing after a siege of fever during the trip.
Messrs and Mesdames C. W. May and R. T. Harvick of Tuxedo were Stamford visitors and made an appreciated call in our sanctum.
President O. P. Harlan his wife Rose Mary and son O. P. Jr return to the capital after a two week vacation in Galveston Oleander city.
Mr and Mrs John Blackstock and daughters Mary and Jennie of Pleasant Valley mingle with friends and attend to business here Saturday.
FE D Appling of Sunnyside spent a day in Stamford this week and stopped at The American with a friendly visit. He renewed his subscription for another year.
Robert Hardeman formerly of Woodard Oklahoma arrives in Stamfo to lead the shoe department at the Layne-Yates Company department store.
Miss Sweetie Boguard of Fort Worth visited Miss Ruby Rowland last week. Rowland and Boguard teach together at Pleasant Hill this session.
Mr and Mrs L D Starkey of New Hope community visited Stamford on Saturday. Mr Starkey a disabled soldier and the couple travel from Fort Worth for his health, and he is improving nicely in the local climate.
Miss Wille Belle Wason returns to Fort Worth to resume charge of the Spanish department at Fort Worth High School after a vacation with residents of the city.
Mr and Mrs Jack Blake and two children return to Stamord from Dallas where they lived for several months. Mr Blake will represent the Abilene Reporter.
Mr and Mrs A W Stenholm and family of Ericksdahl visited Stamford on Saturday. Their son Lambert boarded the train that evening for Round Rock Texas where he will again study at Trinity College.
Mrs Wilhemina Walk of El Campo Wharton County plans a visit with her son Carl Wolf and daughter in law. She intends to travel to California with other children in a few weeks for a family gathering and reunion.
Mr and Mrs S R Osment of Sunnyside recently visited Mrs Mary London in Itasca Texas. The party also spent time in Stamford on Saturday and returned home with plans to visit again.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Osment and their daughters Helen and Virginia Earl returned from Waco where Mr. Osment sought cotton pickers for his farm south of town.
Miss Eula Haskew has returned to Brownwood after a vacation with her sister Mrs W L Martin and mother Mrs J H Haskew. She resumes charge of the Academy English department at Howard Payne.
Mrs. F. F. Cowsert welcomed her sister G. E. Luttrell and husband with family from Wetumka Oklahoma. The group traveled on to Goose Creek Texas for a visit after their stay.
Mr and Mrs A Ryberg of Eagle Pass become new Stamford residents living on East Reynolds street. Mr Ryberg is a civil engineer working on the street paving project in Stamford.
Miss Frances Adams daughter of Mr and Mrs L E Adams of east Stamford had an emergency appendicitis operation at Stamford Sanitarium Saturday and is doing nicely.
Bernice Morzingo resumes her post with Southwestern Bell Telephone Co in Wichita Falls after a two week visit with her parents Mr and Mrs E Monzingo in the city.
Mr and Mrs Lonnie Cornelius of Plainview welcome a daughter Beatrice born August 22. The family visited Mr and Mrs C H Johnson in the city on Saturday.
Mr and Mrs C C Field and their young daughter Virginia were seen visiting in Sweetwater on Saturday.
W. W. Brown owner of Texas Cash Grocery traveled to Lamesa to be with his wife after a fall that left her leg in a plaster cast. She was reported to be doing fairly well at the last update.
A. B. Barrow, owner of Barrow Furniture Company, long in ill health, is undergoing treatment at a sanitarium in Arkansas and is reported to be improving.
C. R. Chesnut of Wharton becomes manager of the Stamford Penick-Hughes retail furniture and undertaking department and will be at home at 205 East Oliver Street with Mrs. Chesnut arriving in Stamford this week.
Frank Walgren of the Bricksdahl community underwent a serious operation recently. The medical event prompted local concern and requests for well wishes from neighbors and relatives.
The report notes a patient at Stamford Sanitarium doing nicely as could be expected on Saturday afternoon. Mr Walgren lives with his sister Mrs Lottie Schubert and family in Stamford.
Louis Rosenwasser manager of L Schwarz & Company spends Saturday and Sunday in Fort Worth for the Jewish New Year. Mrs Rosenwasser will probably accompany him back to Sam ford and they will have rooms at the Stamford Inn.
J A Clary and his wife of Paducah visited their daughter Mrs Robert Weldon and family in town and stayed with his brother A R Clary south of town. The Clarys called at the American office on Saturday and Mr J A Clary reported good crops in his area.
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