Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1973 Page: 1 of 12
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STAMFORD, JONES COUNTY, TEXAS 79553, THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1973
Hospital district expansion approved
Goodfellow
funds far
rails
Christmas services
care meet
services will
Two Bulldogs Included
kindergarten
HUTCH WILL BE SOLO, TOO-
Basketball
second place
Stamford Inn, contents
to Santa Claus from children
"Unto (Ji-* Ktag,” ip the
church sanctuary. The program
starts at 7 p.m. and ja being
directed by Mrs Charles Sttn-
holm and Mrs. Jerry Schuchert.
Abilene Reporter-News All-
Area football squad, ala
ten other District 6-AA
mind residents that the UW
drive remains about 32000 short
of the established goal. '
Danny Blain, drive chairman.
However, the next night the
Bulldogs fell to Coleman tn a
71-52 battle Pat Gillespie was
high point for the Stamford
teafti with 13. ?.
drapes, air conditioners, steam
heaters and a dish washer,
While the present Stamford
Inn building, constructed of
. Gillespie, a senior and three
year varsity veteran, and Earl,
■Stamford's freshman sensation,
were both chosen on the defen-
Special ChrjstmAs services
will be held in some of the area
churches.
St. John's Methodist Church
. Christmas Eve Communion
On Wednesday, Dec. 26, the
children of. Bethel Lutheran
Sunday School will present their
annual Christmas program,
The£oles. however, the tea
ture said, did have some college
experience.
With Christina* only five days
away, the Stamford Goodfel-
lows remain short of needed
funds to provide Christmas food
and fop8-*to needy Stamford
families.
With 3185 contributed to
. - alao hauance of 350X900fo
nated by residents from outside bonds. , ,
However they Say what they want,
youngsters writing letters to Santa Claus
to be published in a Christmas edition of
the Stamford American always say it with
love for the white-bearded man in the red
suit.
day at the monthly immuniza-
tion clinic.
Officiate of the clinic said they
expected numbers to be down
right before Christmas and
holidays but remind parents
that the clinic te every third
Tuesday of the mont*r
The next clinic at the Com-
munity Kindergarten will be on
Jan. IS.
Jones and Scifres of Hamlin
were named Back of the Year
and Lineman of the Year,
respectively.
Kindergarten classes at Lue-
ders-Avoca will begin Jan 7 in
Lueders-Avoca .. - j!lementary
School in Lueders '
CENTER m.C
45436
Another milestone will arrive tures
Saturday for a longtime Stam-
ford landmark.
Stamford Inn, once a gracious
lodging for travelers and " a
home for aged persons, will be
placed on the auction block by
its current owners, Teakwood
rrifcnt, with a 55-36 margin over
Rotan. Ronnie Mueller .and
Stephen Harrell paced thr
scoring with il points each. *
In the Merkel game in which
Stamford won, 25-24, Dillard
was the leading scorer with 14
pointe, and then scored eight in
the championship game with
Jim Ned as the Stamford team
day season near and Oar* Mathews, UW presi-
odby tbe wiritqf dent, reported Tuesday, that
tng.offiCiils of aboijt 812.200 has been counted
United Way re-.'* in the UW treasury, close to 90
percent of the 314,275 goal set
by UW.. , / '
Blain said there will be some
carryover funds from last
year's drive but not enough to
make up the difference that
exists now between the goal and
what has been collected
He said the carryover funds
are not sufficient to make up the
difference this year because
they had to be tapped heavily
lakt year to cover the failure to
meet last year's goal.
’He Mid the 1772 goal was
312,100 — less than the amount
collected to date this year — but
only 310,726.65 was realized
from the drive last year. .?
The shortage of more than
31300 severely drained UW
He said the 68 degree thermo
stat settings recommended for
school buildings by the gov
emor only apply to about two
buildings at the school
them being the auditorium. The
steel, mortar and concrete, is
about 48 years old. the Inn in
name has existed sinced shortly
after Stamford was founded
more than 70 years ago.
E. P. and S. A. Swenson were
builders of the original Inn A.
C. Cooper acquired the building
in late 1019 and was planning to
expand the hotel when fire
deatcpyed it on Christmas Day,
Chapel, - St. John's Methodist
Church Dec. 24 at 11 p.m. 7*
Centtal Presbyterian Vhsrch
The story of Christ’s birth in
music and song will be pre-
sented at Central Presbyterian
Church at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 22. Director is Mrs. Tony
Sei mon. , ...
Bethel Lutheran Church
The annual midnight Christ-
- Several old items are among
the collect ion, including a hutch
and couch and chains. There
will also be an upright piano on
the auction block.
Included with other items are
wardrobes, light fixtures,
. were per- Stamford's portion is 00 the
mitted to cast their ballots. east side, running from ibe
The StaYnford Chamber of north to the south boundarimof
Commerce, which endorsed the the county Hamlin s district is
flection, sponsored a get-out- the west one-third, while that
ihaunto camnaian and with Cam ae—»-
cooperation of many citizens, and to the south.
all voters were called and Stamford hospital authorities
My that with the rrpnnrfed
Billy Vinson, leader of the district, the tax rate likely can
group which has opposed the be cut from 20 cents to 10 cents
election. Mid Tuesday night but this cap not bg determine!
that Item, were not done until tax roils ran he mnfte im
Registration will be on Jan. 7
at the school in Lueders or in the
school superintendent's office
prior to Jan. 7. Youngsters are
asked to bring immunization
records and birth certificates.
Teachpr will be Martha Rol-
lins of Stamford, a graduate of
Texas Tech University,
fighting, —
"You have not heard the last
of us,” he Mid.
dozen children Ballinger, runners-up in the
wwmw.se awes w»es <,1,^ three players
on the All-Area squad — senior
Fermin Rodriquez and junior
Any child in the Lueders-
Avoca School District who is.
five-years-old on or before Sept.
1, 1773 is eligible for classes.
watched the voting proceedings ture this year permitted elee-
while Alvin Jeffries observed tions for Stamford, Hamlin and
the vote counting. Richard Lane Anson. Thus far, no election has
of Stamford was election judge, been called at Anson.
Voting was steady all day Roughly speaking, each hos-
long and people were still on pi tai district would occupy one-
I.. Directors of the district plan hand when the polls were closed third of the county.
-tomeet Thursday morning at 10 at 7p.m,The doors were closed _ J________...
o'clock to make the official and these
t; canvass of the returns/’-
Shots given
to an even
Mrs Cole, whose father
helped found Kress in 1907,
began attending Seth Ward
College in Plainview and when
that institution burned in 1914
she moved to Clarendon Metho-
dist College where she gradu-
ated in 1918.
between she also taught
school — '
Shorter school days not scheduled
for Stamford students; coach quits
and I always wanted to go to
school, and didn't get to, so we
decided we'd help somebody
eise"^ .---
The election was bitterly con-
tested by residents of the
Lueders area arttf those from
■•■odthernpartat fife
near Fort Phantom Hill lake.
These Mme groups fought in the ♦^mixied to vote
legislature the bill which made
the election-possible.
— Opposition was. intensified
>£MtotfM»<eCKKtoa wlten, upon
advice ofattorneys, district
directors set just one voting
box, in Stamford, for - the
election.
Chartered busses were run in
intervals from the south part of
the county during the day
A mooting on pruning and
cart of shade trees will be held Stamford school children will
in the Jones County Extension no’ be attending classes fewer
Agent s office at 9aJ». Friday. houre for the time being, at
Dec. 21, according to an aa> feast.» according to Woodie
nouncement this week by Coun-
ty Agent Kirby Clayton
The dtereosien will include
imformation on pruning, ferti-
lizing, and general manage-
ment of shade trees in the West
Among signatures on
hotel’s register when it
among the finest hotels in the
Southwest was Will Rogers',
who stayed at the Inn during his
visit to the Texas Cowboy
Reunion in 1935. " —
The Inn remained in the
Cooper family until 1963 when faltoMd,
Dr I. F. Hudson and the late
Rev. Jack Southerland bought The Stamford boys also won
the Inn and converted it into a their first game in the tourna-
residence for retired persons.
The last ownership change for
the Inn came in June 1970 when
the present owners obtained it
and continued nursing home
operations from it.
The Inn was closed this fall
because its owners felt a more
feasible business could be con-
ducted if operations were com-
bined with Teakwood Manor,
1935. . which the owners also own.
Cooper rebuilt the near-fire- The last residents of Stamford
proof structure that will be sold Inn were transferred to Teak
Saturday wood Manor in September
answered, they continue to come.
Some with painstaking printing of their
author and some through the borrowed pen
of a parent, they continue to come
, However they differ, they're alike
Letters to Santa Claus have that common
ground - a child’s faith that his requests
will be read and fulfilled.
The Stamford Bulldog girls’
basketball team won the second
place trophy last week in the
Merkel Tournament by de-
feating Rotan and Merkel, and
then falling to Jim Ned
Downing Rotan in a dose
44-42 battle, the Stamford team
was paced by Vivian Dillard
with 21 points and Amy Petty
with 17.
linemen, and senior Randy
Hutchins as a member of the
defensive secondary.
Tim Pringle,a Haskell senior, .. .
wm given the quarterback spot conbnued to grow since in
and Randy Ivy, also a senior VMF*;' ' ■
from Haskell, was chosen as a The feature quoted the Rev
Cole as saying, “We just want
the scholarship money to go to
somebody that needs it and is
worthy of it.” He and his wife
did not enmesh their gift with
the restrictions which often
1913 and retired 46 years Mter in
1959.
The couple has many ties with
McMurry, including three chil-
dren who graduated from the
Abilene college,
Wilson Cole graduated from
MrViitfu in 1Q41 Monzt Pnln
nivwim ■ jr nt i^ti, nvyt witt
graduated in 1949 and Mary
Cole Eidson graduated in 1950
Another son, the Rev. Hardy
Cole, recently left the Anson
United Methodist Church to
become pastor it Cooper. —
Also a granddaughter, Mary,
daughter of the Rev. and Mrs.
. Hardy Cole, is a freshman
McMurry student.
operate with energy programs varsity basketball action this nationsand replacements in the Replacements for the two
as outlined by Gov. Dolph year to save energy. ■ x Tri-County Educational Co- women are Mrs. Debra Sue
Briscoe. -> Hratldbfl lntaini» operative. Mrs. Hope Sellers Holland for Mrs Sellers and
may be some changes in sub- ...... ~ ,
varsity games, mainly to Mve • Hamlin and Mrs. Idanell Me- Craw,
mileage He also indicated Craw resigned in Stamford to - The board also voted to pay
there may be.other extracurri- move to Ballinger where her one more 31900 time warrant
one of cuter travel curtailment and' Husband is Lom Star Gas Co. out of delinquent taxes, leaving
“ : cutting back of light and bus manager. 355.000 outstanding,
remainder of the buildings are usage next spring, too.
heated by boilers that are off or At, the board meeting last
on. “ Thursday, the board accepted
Beene Mid the. school will try the resignation of Jerry Speck,
To exercise “good house assistant coach, effective Jan.
keeping," cutting off tights and 4- ' , ■ " ’
beat in rooms not being used. Speck, who joined the Stam-
f°rd school system in Septem-
The superintendent reported Ih i when accompanying Coach
that (he District 6-AA executive Bo Wilson here from, Granbury,
committee of the University will go into private business, he
. . .. „__. . „ Interscholastic League agreed told the board.
™ il” last week to no curtail any - The board also reported resig-
game oy Alpine, nac nve -
players chosen for the All-Area
THEY FLOCKED TO THE POLLS- . W1 ‘
Jones County residents in the eastern third of the county came by car, bus and foot to
agencies on the list for the first the Stamford High School auditorium to vote on the Stamford hospital district
S«maxpan»i04h —7-- ... ------,.
Expansion of the Stamfort^piJW hf™ £ private approved
Hospital District was approved 1"
in a-special election Tuesday,
an expansion which will more
than tripto the-pn, .ZWrfflF the’ distort. • .Bernie Newton
the-distil ict."
, Property owners voted 707 for
to 473 against expansion, while
non-property owners voted 9 for
ana 6 against? -»■
L-A classes
*
scheduled for
Tucker Newland, administrator for Teakwood Manor, looks at a large hutch that will
be »n the auctipp block Saturday a Iona with other contents of the Stamford Irin. The • . .
massive hutch is one of the older pieces of furniture of unknown history. The auction - y I FIS Will
Will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Inn.
For Salo: Ono 66-room usod hotol
Senior David*. Willis was ‘.J . ■ • - f*
featured in story
senior, made the tackle spot on *
both units, and Albert McAfee,
still another graduating senior,
sive team as the finest among wm picked as a naming back
the area linebackers. and linebacker
The Hamlin Pied Piners
district winner* who wenmS- Johnny Jones
who scored 27 touchdowns and
two extra potato for M4 points to
lead the area scoring, made the
team at running. back, and
senior Alfred McAfee was
chosen m an offensive guard
The Rev. and Mrs. John P, encumber scholarships
Cole’, retired Stamford couple - .
who art liberal supporters of - "The good Lords been
the local Goodfellows and mi«h,y
United Way. were festered test. Quotes Mrs Cole "We re just so
Sunday...—in.. The Abitene. thrilled we could help some
Reporter-News for their en- j
downment of a McMurry Col T** Cole “id- Mother
lege scholarship v
Established in 1989, the John
and Ruth Cole scholarship fund
now exceeds 822,000 in value
and is still growing, the feature
story Mid?
The scholarship began when
the Coles gave McMurry the
mineral rights on some prop-
erty in Dawson County with oil
production on it. The principal
scrap of stationary or Mommie's writing
tablet, they are much the Mme in the
beginning and ending, although the con-
tents sandwiched in between may differ
Almost always they begin: “Dear
Santa,” and they end:'"Love,” love
you,” or some other expression of
affection. ' ----------
mas Service will be held at
Bethel Lutheran Church on
Monday, Dec. 24, at 11 p.m. the
pastor. Rev. Stan Leaf, will
conduct the service and l'm
wvn W ' Special , Christmas
rrftisic~——-
The Rev. Cole attended Seth
Ward , two years and added a
year at West “ Texas State
College and a year kt Southern
Methodist Univerpity.
His father had moved the
family to the Kress area in 1996.
He was licensed to preach in
Manor, Inc. ——
With the auction scheduled
for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the
Inn’s location, 207 E. McHarg, a
host of furnishings along with
the property itself will be
offered to bidders.
The Inn, with Ito 96 rooms,
lobby, penthouse and basement
occupying three-fourths of a
city block just northeast of the
square, will be auctioned by
Col. Tex Herring, auctioneer,
of I^wn.
' Among the long list of items
remaining- inside the white
walled structure that will be
sold are dressers, beds, night
stands, chairs, tables and pic-
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