Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1985 Page: 5 of 42
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Play cast is tops on our ballots—
Cast members of the-One Act Play "The Imaginary Invalid" by Moliere returned from Austin
with a second place ranking in the state In Class AA. Cast members also took top individual
honors with Tom Thompson earning the Samuel French Award, the highest award for best per-
formance given at the state level. Barbie McGaughey was named to the All Star Cast. Cast
members in addition to Thompson and McGaughey are Sharon Rhea, Joe Betts, Doug Bryan,
Kim Ford and Bryan McDougal. The play will be presented Monday, May 6, at 7:30 at the Stam-
ford High School Auditorium. Tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for K 12.
Photo by John lope/
LETTER TO THE EDITOR-----------
(Continued from page 4)
The Cemetery Board will
hold their next meeting May
20 at City Hall Meetings begin
at 5 p.m and are held on the
third Monday of each month at
this same time. The public is
invited to attend these meet-
ings Any questions you have
concerning the cemetery may
be directed to the members
listed below.
Sincerely yours,
Highland Memorial
Cemetery Board
Grady Cozby, Chairman
Mrs Oliver (Juliette)
Smith
O.K. (Buddy) Jones
Rev. Randall Stewart
I<arry Moreno . .
Bill I^twson,
Superintendent
Dear Editor,
I have a couple of quizes)for
you. .4
Question: What colorful
Stamford citizen was nick-
named (but not to his face)
Step and a half9
Answer: Geroge Flaurnoy,
Chief of Police in Stamford in
the 20s, 30s and 40s.
He had a deformed right leg
that caused him to take a step,
bend down, take s short step
then straighten up and take a
long step. Hence step and a
half
I have been knocking anoth
er one around in my head for
several months and wish I had
completed it before Johnny
Dobyns died a few weeks ago
I was living in Ft. Worth in
1950 I bumped into Johnny
one day on Main Street. After
inquiring about the old home
town, I asked Him about Slim
Haley’s trip to the World Fair.
Slim Haley was an old time
drinker and gambler, who sel-
dom lost. (I found out the hard
way.)
He had a idea that he could
sell Homed Toads at the 1933
World Fair in Chicago for $1
>ach so he gave the local kids 1
cent each for a few hundred
and stored them in the old J.E
Jackson vacant home on Fer-
guson St. by the store building
(I saw them one day)
Slim had a son named Ford
who was a good friend of
Johnny's. (Johnny and I were
school mates )
Slim bought an old car, a
model A or T, and fixed some
cages on it to pen his frogs in.
Slim, Ford and Johnny left for
Chicago in the spring. On their
way they showed the frogs to
the local people in the towns
they stopped in. They would
sell one or two there.
Finally, they got to the Fair,
“The Century of Progress”
and set up to sell their frogs.
PREWIT REALTY
576-2240
APARTMENT BU1LDING-
North'part of town, good
location Also some city
lots
HAMLIN-Price reduced.
$16,250. 3 bedroom, 1 bath,
large den & patio Attrac-
tive mobile home Very
nice location.
368 ACRES near Hamlin-
cultivated and pasture
land, water available, some
minerals available, not
leased.
j LAKE STAMFORD Earl s
Camp Nice 24’ trailer,
storage, 8 x16’, fenced, ex-
tra shower, fishing dock.
HE WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD
I GOD’S Five MINUTES
To fine either one or nine
peas in a pod is considered
purchased half interest in the
News Tribune He changed
the paper's name to The
Leader of which he became
publisher and editor
About J916. I guess, three
brothers named Dearing
came to Stamford and set up
shop on the north side of the
square and commenced pub-
lishing the Observer The
publication was short lived
About 1920 a man named
Kilgore moved a printing
plant into a building on the
south side of the square He
and the plant came from Co-
lumbus, N M A daily paper
called The American began to
be published This venture
was also suspended for lack of
financial support
Congratulations on extricat
ing yourself from the ordeal
and confinment of publishing
a newspaper I’ll forever be
grateful to Roy for buying The
Leader in the summer of 1948
I was only too happy at finding
a source for the, money that
was needed
Sincerely
Charles Inglish
Business was lousy Only a
sale now and then,
An old Jewish man had a
stand near by, and one day he
came by and offered Slim 50
cents each for his frogs Slim,
as usual, was drinking and got
mad at the old man and ran
him off When he sobbered up,
he thought the deal over and
decided to sell him the frogs
for 50 cents each.
He sent Ford and Johnny
over to sell the old man the
frogs. The old man got mad
and changed his mind and ran
Ford and Johnny off
; In spite of no sales Johnny
and Ford were having the
time of their young lives
Sqon they had to leave for
home with a load of Horned
Frogs
Naturally I was curious to
know what became of the
frogs
Johnny said he bet the peo-
ple of Kansas always won-
dered where so many Horned
Frogs came from They
dumped them on the Kansas
prairies
Question: What trio of Stam
fordites took a car load of
animals to a World’s Fair to
sell for $1 each What were the
animals and what World Fair?
This Series Made Possible
By The Following:
Answer: Slim Haley, Ford
Haley and Johnny Dobyns,
Horned Toads at the 1933
Chicago World's Fair
Sincerely
Al Sawyer
(Editor's note): The Stamford
American appreciates infor
motion such as printed bielow
which provides historical
facts about our city.
Dear Dorothy:
Pardon my impudence but
the first motorized fire equip-
ment in Stamford was a Wichi
ta truck, trailing what was a
horse-drawn wagon With
front wheels removed, the
wagon front end was swiveled
to the bed of the truck a la to-
day’s 18-wheel semis. Charley
Meeker, fire chief, did a good
job of adapting himself to
driving the truck as opposed to
reining the stately white
horses which by now were
‘‘put out to pasture." so to
speak. This must have been
about 1915 when the fire sta-
tion was in city hall, located in
the center of the square.
In the March 7 issue of the
American, reference was
made to early day newspapers
in Stamford I can go back to
the year 1913, when my father,
the late George L. Inglish. good luck.
It was never said of Jesus that He went about being good. What He did was tq go about doing good.
When we are told to do the same, the question always arises, "Do what good? Attend church’ Study the
Bible? Attend committee meetings?” Is that "going about doing good?" The answer is NO! The
"doing" that imitates Jesus is much, much different.
He said, "You are salt, and should be mixed into the world's bread. You are seed, and seed must be
scattered into th,e world's fields. You are light, and light must radiate out into the world's darkness."
"Doing" and "being” are not self-exclusive, but the "doing” that counts is the doing that truly serves
God and man.
ATTEND CHURCH THIS WEEK
773-3248
STAMFORD ELECTRIC
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Stamford, Texas
COMMODORE
SAVINGS
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ON THE SQUAR-E
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ANDERS
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773-9024
773-3065
Get wisdom, get under-
standing: forget it not;
neither decline from the
words of my mouth.
rroveros 4:5
BUNKLEY DRUG
Prescription Pharmacy
Phone 773-3211
COX EQUIPMENT CO.
Herman Cox 773-3656
And he said unto them.
Render therefore unto
Caesar the things which be
Caesar’s, and unto God the
things which be God’s
Llto! 30:25
1-etz and
Moy 3, 1985
AB honor
Stanford,
A nice crowd attended the
OGISD Fun Festival held in
the school last Friday even
ing. The students did well with
their individual projects and
would like to express their ap
precialion to everyone who
helped make the evening a
time to remember
This was the final festival
for our school and has been an
event that everyone in the
community and surrounding
area looked forward to every
year
Drawings for prizes were
held and winners were as fol
lows: a box of groceries do
nated by Johnson's Fina Sta-
tion was won by Ricky
Ixtwack; box of groceries do-
nated by the school, Ronnie
Denson; box of groceries do-
nated by the students ot
grades 7 through 12. Stan l«d
better, lawn chairs donated
by Hight Back Hoe Service.
Angela Castro, two man in
Bated raft donated by Merle
ledbetter, Casey l<etz; 3rd
and 4th grade ice chest. Bobby
LotVack; kindergarten
through 2 lawn chairs, Wes
Pierce, smoker grill donated
by Mr. and Mrs John Jouett.
Donnice Jennings; bean jar
prize, Stuart Wilier, coffee
maker. Dusty Dunham; radio.
Ronnie Denson; camera. Mar
ibel Castro, ice cooler donated
by B & E Grain Company
Irene Jouett, set of cookware
donated by Dunhams Welding
Service. Claude l^dbetter
There were lots of beautiful,
delicious cakes for the cake
walk and many nice prizes for
bingo Everyone reported a
most enjoyable evening
Bernice White and Anita
Baidree were honored on Fri-
day morning with a surprise
party by the faculty and staff
of the OG school In obser
vance of National Secretary
Week they were presented
with a beautiful brass pot and
plant and a large, lovely pur-
ple and white cake inscribed
“Thank You Bernice and
Anita' This was greatly ap
predated and our co-workers
are the most beautiful people
in the world Thank you so
much, the pleasure is all ours
Happy Birthday wishes go
to Barbara Cox. Blain Hight,
Doug Vahlenkamp, Jami
Pierce. Tom lee Rhoads, Gus
Vahlenkamp, John let?, Vera
Beil, Aleisa Morrow and John
Jouett Wish you many more
Lowell and Eula Peters
were in Sweetwater to
welcome the arrival of a new
grandson Randon Bryan
Tenery was born in the Sweet
water Hospital at 2:45 pm
and weighed 7 lbs and II <2
ounces Randon has an older
sister, Amber Congratula
tions to this happy family
The Variety Club met in the
home of Mabie Sawyer Tues
day. April 23. for a quilting
Several ladies came in the
morning and Mabie treated
them to a delicious barbecue
chicken luncheon at the school
cafeteria prepared by Vera
Dugan and Potsy Cox Ten
members attended the quilt
mg and visitors present were
Ixtrene Johnson and Donnice
and Matt Jennings
Members decided lhey
would go to the Pizza'Barn in
Haskell on Wednesday. May 1,
when Adeline Ix*tz will be
hosting a community quilting
for Rice Springs Care Home in
Haskell
The next regular «meeting
will be Tuesday. May 14. in the
home of Odine Spitzer
Herbert l^immert and Vel-
ma Lou Hertel were in-New
Braunfels last week to attend
a wedding of a relative Before
returning home they went
sightseeing through the Natu
ral Bridge Cavern, rode the
glass bottom boats and attend
ed the underwater show in San
Marcos They also stopped in
Club
DONUT SALE
I<etz. Jani* Ixtwack. Mittie
Dunham and Daly a Hight
Ms Taylor received many
beautiful and useful gifts.
Anniversary greetings go to
Jimmy and Barbara Cox,
Johnny and Barbara Stuiir,
Rob and Jami Pierce, and
John and Olinda Allison.
Students making the A
honor roll this last six weeks
include Cheryl Butler, Wes
Pierce, Toney Ixxe. Crist!
Ix>tt, Jana I-etz. April ledbet
ter. Bridgett Butler. Janet
I^dbetter, Casey
Matt Jennings
Students on the
roll are Brenda
Thad Jennings, Andrea Epley,
David Martin. Bobby Ixrwack,
Maribel Castro, David Jouett,
Jeff Flowers, Angela Castro,
Jason Jouett, Stan ledbetler,
Ora Lott, Terry I-etz and
Darin Epley
Recent visitors in the home
of Ansil and Mabie Sawyers
were Derreil and Mary Saw-
yers and Mike of Hamlin and
Tim and Donnice Jennings,
Matt and Thad and Willie Flet-
cher
Stephen and Lynette Austin
of Abilene were dinner guests
of Mid and Ixtrene Johnson on
Sunday
John L. and Geraldine
Garner, Stephen and Lynette
Austin, Mabie Sawyers and
Ixtrene Johnson were all at the
Gibson Nursing Home in As-
permont for Sunday afternoon
worship services
tailing at 7:00
a.m. -10:00 a .m
San Angelo where they were
overnight guests of Herbert’s
sister and niece
Among those from around
here attending the Bob Wills
Festival in Turkey over the
weekend were Danny and
Phyllis 1 x*tz, Casey and Jana,
Anita and Marcerie Baidree,
Mr and Mrs Bobby Hunt.
Boots Hunt, Allen and Steve
!<etz Approximately 5000 peo-
ple attended the big celebra-
tion
Visiting the A B Coxes over
the weekend were Tim and
Kathy Cox and Beth, Boyce
and Shirley Cox, all of
Abilene, Edith Bradley of
Stamford. Paul and Susan Cox
and P C of Aspermont.
Weldon and Mona Gibson and
Jimmy and Barbara Cox.
James and Marilyn Martin
and David were in Albany on
Saturday to attend the cele-
bration honoring Ranch Her-
bage Membership from Texas
Tech in Lubbock The event
was held at the Matthews
Ranch where all enjoyed the
barbecue supper and a Fan-
dangle sampler
Charles and Earlene Dugan
of Odessa visited with his
mother. Vera Dugan, over the
weekend
Congratulations to Kim
Hunt of Roby who won first
place in state in Editorial
Writing She is the daughter of
Mr and Mrs Bobby Hunt and
the granddaughter of Boots
Hunt
Mrs Peggy McKee of South-
land was weekend guest of her
daughter and family, Martha
and Eddie Wolsch and Cole.
Taylor, bride-elect of
Jones, was honored
bridal shower in the
cafeteria Tuesday
Cindi
Jackie
with a
school
evening of last week Host-
esses for the evening were
Kay Hight Martha Wolsh,
Gail Baitz, Paula Bryant,
Helen Diers, Elda Bryant.
-Vera Dugan, Boots Hunt, Pot
sv Cox. Helen Pierce. Farris
PogeFive STAMFORD AMERICAN
Stamford Texas, Thursday, May 2, 1908
Last Old Glory School Fun Festival draws
crowd Friday and produces lots of winners
By ANITA BALDRgE
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