Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1970 Page: 1 of 12
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Stamford Area Newspaper Collection and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Stamford Carnegie Library.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
STAMFORD, JONES COUNTY, TEXAS 79553, THURSDAY, MARCH 1^9, 1970
Leader Volume 66, No. 38
American Volume 46, No. 48
Annual Meeting
Absentee
Man Indicted
Mrs. Clara West
Winners in UIL Band Contest—
was
For Center
A horn quartet
Easter egg hunt sponsored
by the .Stamford Exchange
F. J.Clark, 86,
Former Tinner
Graveside Rites
Held Here for /
Mrs. H. Westfall
Stores Sponsor
Egg Hunt Here
On March 26
Exchangeites
Plan Egg
Hunt March 25
March 'S, in Harmon Park,
providing the weather is satis-
factory, according to Dr. C. L.
Cromwell, club president.
The hunt, staged for several
years by the club, is for pre-
school and children through
the first three grades will
start at 3 p. m.
School children will be taken
by* bus to the park then re-
turned to the school.
Lions Sponsor
Benefit Show
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. uapp.s
are* here visiting her mother,
Mrs. J. P. Orr'They brought
Mrs. Orr back to Stamford
from Houlton wheft she has
been visiting with the Capps.
BAKE SALE
Members of the-; Stamford
Lioness Club wll have a bake
sale starting at 10 o'c'Cck
Saluray morning in front Of
McDonald’s,
Stamford Electric' Coopera-
tive, Inc. will- hold their 31st
annual meeting, Saturday,
March 21, at the Stamford
High School Auditorium. Reg-
istration and entertainment
will begin at 9:00 a. m. with
drawing for prizes beginning
at 9:30.
paid at this time.
A check for >1,300 was
mailed to West Texas Re-
habilitation Center last week
to help them meet their
emergency. '
Here are the ten members of the Stamford High
School Band which won firsts at the University In-
terscholastic League contest in Abilene last Satur-
day. Top row, left to right, are Kayla Whittemore,
Debbie Holbrooks, Cathy. Pritchard, Jennifer High,
Diane Andrews and Lezli Brownfield Lower pic-
ture, left to right, are Rick Longley, Pam Griffin,
kay Perry and Christi Lundgren.
The Christmas Seal Mobile
Cftcst X-Ray Unit of North-
Texas TB Respiratory Dis-
ease Association .will be in
Haskell March 21 at tlx; court-
ho»we square , between the
hours of 12 noon and ft p. rh:
The Stamford Lions Club is
st aging-Uhe “Tony Douglas
Stage Show” for the benefit of
Jthc West Texas Rehabilitation
Center on Monday, March 30.
The show* will feature Tony
Douglas and his band, “The
Shrimpers,” who are enter-
tainers in their own right.
The program will begin at
7:30 p.m. and will be held in
the High School auditorium in
Stamford. . ’
“The Stamford Lions select-
ed Tony Douglas for this bene-
fit because of his combination
of talent and character. He
has collected untold numbers
of fans across the country be-
came, as an entertainer, he
possesses a tremendous talent
and is truly devoted to coun-
try music, and as a'lhan, he
is respected by everyone who
knows hm and has truly
earned the reputation' of be-
ing ‘Mr. Nice Guy’ through
his belief, pride and humble-
ness,” a spokesman for the
Lions Club said.
Admission to the show will,
be adults >1.25 in advance or
>1.50 at the door, and children
75 cents 'advance or >1.00 at<
I Ik uoor.
Charles Coody
To Speak to
Exchange Club
The Stamford Exchange
Club will' have Charles Coody,
touring golf pro from Abilene
Country Club, as guest speak-
er Friday, March 20, al (he
regular noon luncheoh. r
He will ’ speak
fessional golf:
Coody, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Coody, is a graduate
of.Stamford High School.
Graveside services __were
held at 3 p m. Monday for
Mrs. Hubert C. Westfall, 51, of
Paris, Texas, after .regular
services had been held at a
Paris funeral home on Sun-
computer of this information.
Daily activity recorded one
day and sent in is retimed
the next morning,” Hill con-
tinued.
The Rolling Plains Produc-
tion Credit Association is an
agricultural credit cooperative
serving Donley, Collingsworth,
Hall, Childress, Hardeman,
Foard, Cottle, Motley, Dick-
ens, King. Knox, Kent, Stone-
Numerous prizes of money
and merchandise will be given
away, with a Westinghouse
Frost-free Ice-Maker Refriger-
ator-Freezer being the grand
prize.
Directors will be elected and
at noon a free barbecue will
be served.
This year’s program will fea-
ture Ken Loyd, who is coordin-,
atnr from the Austin head-
quarters of Texas Electric Co-
operatives. He will cover a.
few of the main points that7
will interest consumers about
the change to data processing,
which will take place this year.
Carolyn Reed of Stamford
and Russell Letz from Old
Glory, winners of the coopera-
tive sponsored Govemment-in-
Action Youth Tour to Wash-
ington, . D. C., will give their
winning speeches on “My Fu-
ture in Rural Texas.”
There will be varied musical
entertainment including, the
Round-up Boys, “Highlights”
from Anson, and “Amoretti”
group from Stamford.
The Stamford Electric Co-
operative serves more than
4,(>C0 customers scattered over
more than 2,000 square miles
of rural territory. Several hun-
dred persons are expected
here for the meeting.
An Easter Egg Hunt will be
held Thursday, March 2ft, at
6:00 p.m. on the Post Office,
lawn in Stamford fot* boys and
girls under 12 years of age.
Children under 4 years old
.will hunt eggs on the north-
east comer and children from
4 to 8 years of age will hunt
on the northwest center of the
post offleeTawn
Boys and girls from 8 to 12
years will hunt eggs on the
south side of the lawn. The
hunt is sponsored by the Re-
tail Trade Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Stores win remain open un-
til 8 p.m. on this date.
Ten members of the Stam-
ford High School Band won
first division ratings in ’ the
University Interscholastic
League solo and ensemble con-
test held Saturday in Abilene.
Tbd Jennings is band instruc-
Voting "
Underway
‘•fry .
Absentee voting is now un-
der way in three elections In
Stamford: city, school district
and hospital district, with the
city hall, school office and
hospital business office, in
that order, serving as polling
places.
The school election is Satur-
day, April 4, with Bob Prich-
ard and Jim West as candi-
dates for Place 2, and W. E.
(Sonny) Lyckman, N. D.
(Doe) Jones, and Lynn Gil-
espie as candidates for Place
Total collected and pledged
last year was >11,961.95. On
hand this week, after the
check was mailed to the Re-
habilitation center,
>1,134.72 in the bank
>10 000 deposited at Stamford
Federal Savings and Loan As-
sociation. Approximately >240
a month is being obtained in
pledges.
Another meeting of the
board win be held probably'in
late May or June for the
purpose of organizing for the
new year. Representatives to
the board will be sought from
each of the service dubs.
Present Tuesday were
Charles Stenholm board
chairman; - Lynn Gillespie,
drive chairman; Mrs. Bobby
Baize, secretary, and Bob
Prichard and Roy Craig.
The body was at First Bap-
tist Church Monday afternoon.
Rev. Jack Southerland,, pas-
tor, officiated. Burial was hr
Highland Memorial Cemetery.
Mrs. Westfall was bom Juner
27, 1918, in Jones County, a
daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs, J. F. Compton. Her hus-
band was formerly associated
with Lone Star Gas Co. • in
Stamford, Eastland and Abi-
lene. She died at 12:15 a.mT
Saturday in her Paris home.
Survivors include her hus-
band of Paris; one daughter,
Mrs. Stanley Blevins of Lub-
bock; two grandchildren; one
sister, Mrs. Guy White of Sey-
mour; several nieces1 and
nephews.
Pallbearers were Jesse
White, Jimmy White, H. G.
Andrews Jr., M., D. Thomp-
son, James Waggoner, Jody
Ford, Dr. C. L. Cromwell and’
Walden Walker. ’
Creek Being Polluted, State Says—
This is Sewer Creek (sometimes called “S^tink
Creek)—where water from the Stamford sewage
disposal plant is released just to the left of the
large tree. About 400,000 gallons of'water which
does not meet the state requirements in bacteria
count flow into this stream in a 24-hour period.
The State Water Board has told, the city something ■
must be done. See story and other pictures on.
Page 1, Section B. < « 1
United Fund to Pay
Participants in Full
Although the Stamford
United Fund raised only 92
per cent of the 1969 quota of
>13,000, directors Tuesday
morning voted to pay the full
amount of pledges to the dif-
ferent participating organiza-
tions.
This was made possible by
a carryO'.ef from the pre-
vious year'
Last year’s drive included
a >500 aliuiment for a blood
bank provided similar
amounts were forthcoming
from other communities in the
county. This has not taken
Mop, Broom Sale
Set by Lions *
Annhijl mop and broom sale
of the Stanaford Lions Club
has been set for Friday and
Saturday, April 3 and 4. Pro-
ceeds are used for the club’s
children’s programs. Lawrence
Crider will be general chair-
man. •••*».-
MRS. JOE FORD AT TELETYPE
connecting Stamford office with computer center
bookkeeping information from
the Production Credit Associa-
tion to the computer. Daily
activity is coded on a paper
tape through tlfe teletype
equipment at the office. This
data information is then trans-
con ferred to the computer at the
time rate of one hundred words per
minute. • : _
sys- * ’’This method of trans-
mitting data reduces the time
between the actual transac-
Dies Monday,
Rites Tuesday
Mrs. Clara West, 84, died
at 2 a. m. Monday in Stam-
ford Memorial Hospital where
she was taken Sunday night.
Funeral was held at 2 p. m.
Tuesday at First Baptist
Church with the pastor, the
Rev. Jack Southerland, offici-
ating. Burial was in Highland
Memorial Cemetery under di-
rection of Kinney Funeral
home.
Bom Clara King on Dec. 13,
1885, in Stonewall County, she
married H. M. West at Asper-
mont on Dec. 9, 1906. He died
Nov. 1, 1966. They had moved
to Stamford in 1965.
Survivors include three j f a > ♦ . *
Mrs. Lois Coleman and Mrs. Production Credit Association
Lena Ivy, all of Stamford; 14 ■ " " ‘ .* »
grandchildren. 13 E Ca‘ Using Electronic Equipment
The Rolling Plains Produc-
Credit now
to member serv-
ice by the addition elec-
tronic data processing in-.
stalled the Plains
The Association’s bookkeep- VMKBI
ing records were converted to
an electronic computer sys-
tern located at the Federal | ‘
Intermediate Credit Bank at
Wichita, Kan. MT > >
According to Production
Credit Association President
inc reasing
complexity of agricultural "SL. B|
lending has caused a demand
for more management infor-
mation which is reliable, sig-
nificant, and can be obtained
quickly. The installation of the
computer system is an effort
on ouc/part to h^lp answer
this need, and mote adequate-
ly serve our customers.”
Hill continues, “Besides
maintaining ‘bookkeeping rec-
ords, this system is designed
to provide services and
which previously Were
sidered too costly and
consuming to compile.”
Further explaining the
tern Hill stated, *'A unique
feature is The use of a tele-
type machine to transfer the tion and tie recordtag of the
High, and Lezli Brownfield
composed a flute trio that re-
ceived a first. Debbie Hol-
brooks Kayla Whittemore,
and Cathy Pritchard won first
on their clarinet trio perform-
ance, and Rick Longley re-
ceived a first for his trombone
solo.
A baritone trio composed of
Pam Griffin, Christi Lundgren,
and Kay Perry also won first.
Several other students won
second and third divisions for
their performances. A saxo-
phone quartet composed of
Tommie Denson, Sharon Rich-
ards, Jeane West,, and Jane
Gregory won a. second. Tam-
my Cox, Carla Plumice, and
Joy Mueller received a second
on their flute trio.
Molly Boles, Gall Prewit,
and Kathleen Brinell won a
second for their baritone trio.
Debbie Taylor, Milda Cedillo,
and Delilah Torres won sec-
ond for their cornetjrio.
Another comer trio com-
posed of Leah Hargrove, Dana
Manske, and Susan Young
won a second division.
Paul*a Carlan, . Arlene
Teicnelman, and Cherry
Nj,oore won third for their .bar-
itone. trio.
composHi of Jerry Pingle,
Vickie Nauert; Jackie Souther-
land, and Debbie Riddle won
third.
Diana Byrd. Pam Griffin,
and Carolyn Recd won third
for their clarinet trio.w;; “
One soloist, Sharon Rich-
ards, won a second division
for her solo tenor sax, and
pro- Caihy Pritchard won a third
division for. her clarinet colo.
A first division is superior,
a second Is excellent^ and
third , is good. .
Dies Saturday
F. J. (Bud) Clark, 86, oper-
ator of one of the oldest busi-
nesses in Stamford until his
retirement in 1965, died Satur-
day morning at his home here. J 1 O
clod^Sunda^in KinncvVhapcl BCHtCl StUCl£TltS CjCt
with Renter-Northern, minis- -
ter of Orient Street Church < za T”1 • !'JO| >
-<*«.»' 10 r irsts in Contest
Burial was in Highland Cem-
etery unfler direction of Kinney
Funeral Home.
Mr. Clark operated O. K.,
Tin Shop for a number of
years and his stock tanks were
on farms and ranches for miles
around. He was bom April 1,
1883, in Hood County and came
td Stamford In 1901. He was
"J,OricnPStredt. Dlane And Jennifer
Church of Christ.
There are no known surviv-
ors: _____
Pallbearers were Bill Goree,
Joseph nigh Durward Young,
W. T. Howe, Willie Ferguson
and Grady Cdzby.
Both the city and hospital
districts will vote at the city
hall on Tuesday, April 7 wih
Sam baize, A. C. Humphrey
4and Jack Mills having no op-
ponents for places on the hos-
pital board.
On the city baljjt appear
the names of E. B. (Johnie) Enr TrlPl t 51 f
Britton and Jack Merket for P
Place 1, Clements O. Rich- -
ards for Place 2 and Grady IVivI! S ^tOLv
Cozby for Place 3. _ . . ,
w — The grand jury in 104th Dis-
trict Court at Anson last week
returned two indictments one
of them against a Lubbock
man for shoplifting at Hinds
Men’s Store.
Zack Johnson was the third
man to be indicted for the
Dec. 9 theft of clothing at the
men’s store. The trio had a
plastic garbage can in which
they had stuffed several suits
when they were discovered by
Mr. Hinds: One of the men
fled and was not apprehended
until later.
Ine se cond indictment was
against George Russell El-
liott for second offense driving place so the >500 Will not be
while intoxicated.
Mucn time was spent in
hearing (vidence in the mat-
ter of lhe fire at the Stam-
ford city hall but no true bill
was returned.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View 12 places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Craig, Roy M. Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1970, newspaper, March 19, 1970; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1190532/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.