Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1976 Page: 16 of 18
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ON REQUEST
Tadlock exhibit set up at the' Savings and loan
association through Jan 16. Tadlock and Harrell were
classmates in high school and the sculptor accepted an
xording to schedule and barring bad weathir.
ewing thebarn are, left to right, Ralph Robertson,
jint Creek FFA president; Becky Medford, Paint
-eek FFA president, Gary Miller, Stamford FFA
esident; Keith Clifton, Lueders-Avoca FFA presi-
•nt, and Lori Schoonmaker, Stamford 4-H president;
$FULL BED SIZE
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TWIN SIZES
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•k, the building
ill be located
to^frameUork
»up on Tuesday
nmg part of th?
it in place as a
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nder way at 10
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1 break, other
it I p-.m , with
iding off Com-
-—• at under way at '
. proposed Hamlin Hospital District?
A- ■ At the time of the passage of
Bill No. 448 authorizing the
cotton at gin
Successful efforts by the Stamfgrd
Fire Department prevented, a one-cot-
ton trailer fire from becoming a blaze
involving hundreds of bales at Farm-
er’s Co-op Gin Tuesday night
A fire was reported about 9:30 p.m.
with sub-freezing temperatures in a
r cotton trailer standing amid a large
number of trailers The blaze was
contailfed .to the one trailer. ■ \ «■
Most Precious" BEDSPREAD
Delieate long stem roses on o pale bone background
crecttns p romonttc, nostalgic mood for any bedroom
Colors Bone
COORDINATED ENSEMBLES
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Residents of the Stamford Hospital
District are aw aiting-a ruling by 104th
District Judge J Neil Daniel expected
Jan 22 in connection with a suit
involving the Hamlin Hospital District
A jury deliberated 40-minutes Tues- •
day before returning ’a unanimous
verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in
lawsuit against the Hamlin district. A
second similar suit has been filed
against the Stamford Hospital DiArict.
JudgC Daniel* has indicated he will
entered ar judgement in the Hamlin case
on Jan 22 in the Anson district court-
right is VLast Look," a Tadlodrbronze of a mule deer
in a typical stance the deer walks away from
hunter. . .. .
ed show iri. Fort Worth, too
Tadlock originated the idea
■Created a series of 20 North Americar
wildlife animals, all to the same scali
and detail<Out*50Tull sets originate!}
intended, only eight full’sets remain
intact and available Twelve collectors
have full sets Pieces of the other sets
have been sold as individuals. A full set
sells for $18,550
Amopg tne 20 animals in the series,
prices range from $800 to $1100 per
figure Tadlock estimated that the
sculpture on display in Stamford is
valued at between $11,000 and $12,000.
Tadlock has made application to, room
show in the. art show and sale held in
Stamford in July and also for the show
and sale in Lost
A native of Houston, Tadlock moved*
to Pallas when he was 12 and grew up
there He and his wife, SyN»». have two
children, Larry’, a dental student and
football player at Baylor University;
and Melinda, a junior ip high school.
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The Tadlocks also have a second
daughter until summer, an exchange
student from Norway, Jenneckjt Wil-
antelope
Tadlock explains that he had be,en big
game hunting since 1959 and had hunted
mountain goats, elk. mule deer, big
horn sheep and others in several states,
including Alaska, and in Canada
Thus, the sportsman was familiar
with the composition of numerous
wildlife and has supplimented this With
considerable research -of the subjects
he had recreated in sculpture He
explains that he first creates the
animals without Jtff or covering and ’
goes into the details of their muscle
make up He then follows up with hair
and other details ’ ’ .
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MOST'PRECIOUS
SHEETS
suit is underway at this time
No date has been announce
hearing in the second suiV
In the Hamlin case, -jurors’ .were I
asked to answer four questions '‘yes” •.1
or "no” before hearing closing argu- '-j-J
ments for both sides. The jury answer- |
ed "yes" to each question.
The four questions asked by Judge
Daniel were: ' -
At the time of the passage of Senate
Bill No. 448 authorizing the creation of
the Hamlin Hospital District, were the, M
people in such proposed hospital dis-"-" j
trict who resided south Of tT. S. 180 using I
trade centers other than HSfnlirtx as
their principal trade center? ' J
At the time of the passage of Senate i
Bill No 448 authorizing the creation of
the 'lamllft Hospital District, were the — 4
people in such proposed hospital dis-
trict who resided south of U. S. 180using,
hospitals and medical services Mher
December 28, 1975
108 S. Swenson
Stamford, Texas
trday morning-,
- ixifig exhibitors
ers-Avoca and
[ unfold in fresh
,^MkWiOn workers
ring the week to
T 'ock showbarn
Tliree years ago^’aul Tadlock was a
business executive with big game Hunt
ing as a hobby Today. Tadlock is in.the
a new career, taking advant
age of his wildlife knowledge as a
sculptor .
A (jveup of his w'orks on display this .
week and all of next wesjk in Stamford
at First Federal Savings and Loan
Association, upon invitation of John
Harrell, association president and a
former high school classmate of Tad-
lock’s.
< Tadlock and Harrell played football
together in Dallas and Sifter high schpol
each entered their own careers Tad-
lock in business and Harrell in finance
However, Tadlock's 18-year associa
tion with a company of which he was^
executive vice president and general
manager ended about two-and-a-half
years ago and the big Texan turned to
art. - n • • ,
Tadlock remembers that his interest
in sculpture wtis first ignited at a dinner
party m early 1973 when a dentist friend
who sculptured for a hobby told about
* his experiences. Ti
hobby in May 1973
A very short time later, AT terms of
normal development of aYtrsts. Tadlock
. , resigned as company vice president
andgbecame a professional sculptor in
' July 1973.
Wheg he first begah'sculpting, Tad-
lock started with wax and decided he
would use as subjects the wildlife of
North America with whidh he was
familiar Thus, his first work was an
Most Precious" TOWELS
Troditional bouquets of roses sweep across
background a beautious complement to any bath
room Color Bone
BATH TOWEL
24x44' Each
HAND TOWEL
16x24 ", Edch
HAND TOWEL
1 2x 1 2", Each
STANDARD SIZE PILLOW 1
CASES 42x36", pair 4
KING, QUEEN SIZE PILLOW £
CASES, 42x46", ptor
] new barn
Kniffen, manager of Allen Farms at
Abilene Christian College, and C T.
Blankenship, retired Hamlin vocational
agriculture teacher Blankenship will
judge rabbits and-poultry and Kniffen
will judge other entries v '
Appfoxknately 225 entries have been
counted for the show which -as *w|
superintendents members c. che Stanly I
ford Young Farmers The entries inyVr'j
elude 36 pens of broilers, 59 barrows, 45\ ■>l
breeding swine, 26 Commercial calves,
eight show steers, three breeding beef i '■
entries. 11 whethers, five breeding \ 1
sheep and 30 rabbits.
Secretaries for the show will be Rex V
Ford of Lueders. Charles Stenholm, 1
Jerry Terrell and Darryl Schoonmaker. .
all of Stamford.
Superintendents in the swine class
will be Darrell Richards, Ray Reves,
Gary Muehlstein and Mike Phillips. , ri
Hollis Muehlstein. Carl Marugg, JjmT ‘
Astin and Don Walker will be beef
cattle superintendents
In the poultry and rabbit show,
superintendents will be Craig Black-;
well, Gleh Gilbreath^md Gary Spitzer, x-g
"W. B. (Dub III) Harrison, Bobby Revet
and David White are sheep superin-
tendents
Hamlin hospital suit
draws local attention
No 448 and the creation of the Handin
Hospital District, could it reasonably be
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.Attorneys for the defendants, mem-
bers^ of the Hamhn Hospital District,
asked that Judge Daniel enter -a
■judgment for the defery&nts notwfth-
' standing the verdict of the jury The
plaintiffs’ attorney asked the judge to •
enter a judgment for .the plaintiffs in
accordance with the jury verdict •
Plaintiffs In the case are a group of
southwest Jones County taxpayers than thebotfftal si
opposing inclusion in the Hamlin dis- in Hamlin?
trict. '■ 1 ‘
A group of southeast Jones County
taxpayers filed a similar suit against
the Stamford Hospital District in a case
* which the Texas Supreme Court re-
fused to hear, saying there could be
found .no error in' a Civil Court of
Appeals ruling for the b
However, > second suit __
against the local hospital district by * the Hamlin Hospital District
different group of taxpayers and that
show will be
- . he commercial
at 2:30 pm ;
v steers will .be
.......
Judges tor tne snow will be Billy
4- *-
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National Building Centers as an in-
ternal! auditor,- traveling to various
locations to examine and report, on
inventory systems
In 1974. he became r
National Building Centers
City On Jan 1, 1976, he ac
appointment as manager of National’ '
Building Centers in Stamford *
The name Trachta may be familiar to
some Stamford area residents as his ,?
father. Richard, Iive<i and worked at "
Stamford back when the lumber yard
was known as C D Shamburger
Times have changed since then, and
realizing that the. Stamford area resi- ’
dents' needs have changed, remodeling
plans are underway for an expanded
National Building Centers
Trachta isexcitetiabout theYempdel
ing He said, “By expanding^mfrinside
displayarea and our outsidejyard area,
we will be able lb better. Serve the
do-it-yourselfer and the large volume
customer.”
Trachta is looking forward to getting
to know the members of the Stamford
Community, find to taking a part in the
development of this fine area
NBC indicated the future assignment
of John Duncan, former manager here,
was.undecided
sculpting as. a( hobby, making Wax •»
figures, melting tijem, making others
and so on, just for enjoyment
However, a New Yorl^artist saw his
first creation of an antelope and en-
couraged casting it. Tadlock then work
, ed on a elk figure and before it was
finished, he lad orders for TO
In the two-and-a-half years since
becoming a professional sculptor, Tad-
lock has completed \7 pieces of sculp-
ture: Among them are antelope, mule
deer, white-tail deer, cougars, elk. big ■ ’
horn sheep, mountain goats, bears, Tadlock admits that tys rapi
geese and ducks and others -} in worW ar,‘ ha8
His sculpture entitled “Bear Coun-. expiations He confesses
* try,” two black bears, won firet place in * n^d of art.Jiaving recei no formal
Texas Fine Arts Association regional'- education, he had much to learn. But,
competition in Fort Worth. His “Rocky > frlend pointed out to him. he ,
Mountain High” three big horn sheep pod&Csses a gift to capture minute
i running across rough terrain, won detail in wildlife that enables his
i special recognition at a TFFA-Sponsor sculptures to speak for themselves
his
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