Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1983 Page: 1 of 15
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Construction at the Mabee Clinic is moving at a fast pace. The new
space for four doctors, is located next to the Memorial Hospital.
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Stamford residents got
another dose of Mother Nature
this week.
afternoon.
The low was 23’ last Thurs-
day. ,
The District 7-AAA basket-
ball showdown will pit Blue
against Wylie at 7:30 p.m. at
Bulldog Gym.
Stamford is 0-1 in loop play.
Wylie is 7-0.
Bulldogs to
host Wylie
afternoon. The National
Weather Service officially
measured more than half an
inch by Wednesday.
The snow total for this year is
now more than 12 inches, unof-
ficially.
Another Arctic front was ex-
pected to pass the area Wednes-
day night providing the lowest
temperature^ of the season.
The low was supposed to be IS*.
The high this week was 07*
recorded on a mild Sunday
Snow, rain come down once more
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The season, which is fast
becoming a very hard winter,
blew in another cold front Mon-
day, with another on its tracks.
Rain fell all day Monday.
Business was slow as the
steady downpour left two
inches of rain. The moisture
turned to flurries on Tuesday.
The morning flurries then
turned to snow flakes by late
Architect meets
with store owners
about renovation
' Restoration architect Dick
Ryan completed a successful
tour of most downtown
buildings in Stamford during
his visit Tuesday.
Ryan, the Main Street ar-
chitectual consultant, met with
more than a dozen building
owners. He visited with each
owner for about half an hour,
discussing the history of the
building, its architectual style
and possibilities for restora-
tion.
“The people of this communi-
ty are very receptive,’’ Ryan
said. “We accomplished much
during our first meetings. I’ll
now work with the information
I have gathered.”
Upon his return to Austin,
Ryan said he would begin work
on sketches. He took pictures of
every building on the square.
“Because of the limited time,
Dick was unable to meet with
all the owners,” said James
Butts, Main Street coordinator.
“But he will be back. He took
pictures of all the buildings so
he can become familiar with
them, maybe even do some
drawings.”
During the busy day, Ryan
didn’t even take a break for
lunch. Instead he walked
around the square with his
cameras snapping pictures of
the smallest detail: doors, light
fixtures, brick trim and win-
dows.
Ryan did meet with 15
businesses. They were Joe
Smith Upshaw and Glade Reed,
Marvin Hinds, Ray Kinney,
Chris Jones, Larry Loftin, W.C.
Thompson and James Elam,
T.O Upshaw. L.H. and Hazel
Strand. Alvin Sconce, Dorothy
Craig and Robert and Danny
Duggan.
“He (Ryan) was really im-
pressed by the response,’’ said
Butts. “Some people have
already committed to do work,
it is now a matter of what to^lo.
He’ll make some suggestions
for color schemes and design
changes and send back some
drawings.”
Main Street’s primary goal is
to restore the building to its
original store front, or as
similar as possible Most
buildings around the square
have a stucco or masonary
front, which were popular in
the late 40s and 50s, or a metal
front, which were in style in the
60s.
“Much of the brick buildings
were originally done in
elaborate trimming or color
schemes,” Ryan said. “But
that has been covered up. We
would like to see that beauty
and detail again.”
If the brick behind the front
has corroded, a neater
maSonary job or differrent col-
or scheme would improve the
look of the building,” he said.
K-TAB, Channel 32 of
Abilene, was in town Tuesday
to do a story on the project and
the architect. Video Reporter
Bruce Jordan interviewed
Ryan, Butts and Stamford
American publisher Dorothy
Craig. Mrs. Craig has agreed to
dp some renovation to her
buildings.
No final plans for any
building are ready, yet. But the
wheels for a “facelift on the
square” are now in motion.
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the right of
New Route—
City officials were recently notified that this is the route chosen for U.S. 277 reconstruction. Con-
struction on the bypass will begin sometime next year. Appraisals of the land on
way are now being conducted.
may now file for election.
The filing date began
Wednesday. The joint election
will be Saturday, April 2.
In the city election, residents
will choose a mayor, council
representatives for places 4
and 5 and a chief of police.
To file, residents must go to
Persons interested in running the office of Olive Casady, city
for city or school board posts - secretary, at City Hall.
Three places are up for elec-
tion on the school board. Only
Jimmie Sue Thompson has
filed for re-election so far. To
file, residents should see Jo
Ann Denson at the Superinten-
dent’s Office.
The filing deadline is March
2.
Candidates can
file for elections
A highway patrol or police
escort will bring her to’ the
square. She will probably walk
around the square meeting
local residents and owners par-
ticipating in the program.
At about 10 a m., she will
make a speech at a podium,
which will also seat city
dignataries. After the program
a reception in her honor will be
scheduled. She will leave StamQ
ford about 11 a m.
A host committee will be
formed for the visit. Final ar-
rangements are still pending.
Butts said the city would
organize a clean-up campaign
before the visit.
The governor’s office is one
of the primary supporters of
the downtown revitalization
program. The office assists the
Texas Historical Commission,
which administers Main Street.
Also supporting Main Street
are the Texas Industrial Com-
mission and the Texas Depart-
ment of Community Affairs.
Mrs. White will also visit
Brenham, Lufkin, Harlingen
and Waxahachie on the trip.
The four cities are the other
participants in the 1983 pro-
gram.
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Linda Gail White will help of-
ficially kick off the Main Street
program when she comes to
Stamford on Tuesday, March 8.
The announcement came at a
press conference at the Texas
Histprical Commission in
Austin early Tuesday morning.
The wife of Gov. Mark White,
she will visit all five of the 19894
Main Street cities during a two-
day trip.
James Butts, Main Street
coordinator, has begun working
on tentative plans for the visit.
He said the state’s first lady
will fly into the Stamford Air-
port at 9:30 a.m.
PIK forms
, should be
filled out
Farm Operators are now
signing applications to par-
ticipate in the new Payment-In-
Kind (PIK) at the local ASCS
office.
Brad Rowland, executive
director of the Jones County
ASCS, will be the speaker at a
PIK meeting today at 7 p.m. the
Avoca High School cafeteria.
All are farmers and in-
terested parties are invited to
hear Rowland explain the pro-
gram.
The program is a new con-
cept in farm programs. The
government says the benefit
received for reducing produc-
tion will be in the form of crops
already produced and now in
storage.
; An example of how the pro-
gram works is a Jones County
wheat farmer with wheat in
storage. Under government
loan, he receives the wheat
back at no cost rather than pro-
ducing more wheat to add to the
bulging surplus and create ad-
ditional storage costs.
\ There are two ways pro-
ducers can participate in PIK.
They may reduce 10-30 percent
of the applicable crop base with
a guaranteed crop return or
they may bid the crop return
for a whole crop base.
Sign-up for PIK as well as
regular programs will end
March 11. COC will open bids on
March 18 in a public place to be
announced later.
’ Farmers who find the
calculations of the various pro-
grams can find aid in a
worksheet devised by the Roll-
ing Plains PCA.
< R.C. Cobb, president said the
Worksheet simplifies the
calculations.
:■ The form will be ready for
general distribution this week.
• It can be obtained by any
farmer wishing to use it. Just
i call or write the nearest PCA
office. Offices are located in
Stamford, Munday, Spur,
Matador and Childress.
The form has been devised
for use on cotton, wheat, grain,
sorghum, corn or any other
crop. Cobb emphasized that the
Worksheet is available to any
farmer, where or not he is a
PCA stockholder.
The local PCA office is
located at 303 E. Hamilton.
The office is open from 8
a.m-5 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
to visit Stamford
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