Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1983 Page: 4 of 32
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to the teachers in our school
notice being run in the Lub-
give a short welcoming ad-
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Dora E. Hffrrison
Build up home town economy.
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See Carl Cooper
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Texas Attorney General Jim
We were glad to see the large number of
entries we received for the flag contest.
Thanks to the interest, support and actions
of you, Stamford will have a flag of its own.
Choosing a design for a banner, which we
hope will be here for decades to come, was
not any easy task We looked at all aspects
of Stamford: its history, economy, heritage.
We tried to incorporate them all.
A preliminary sketch is now in the works.
Some rough edges still need to be smoothed
out before we give the go ahead to start
work on the original piece.
We’re proud to be associated with this
project When it’s completed, we hope you
will be as proud of it as we are.
West Texas
Proas
Association
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TRADE IN STAMFORD
Patronize your local merchants.
students. “Plans for making be caliched, thanks to a
this occasion one of the most cooperative venture. Efforts
New Christmas decorations ,
been received and are being ? for downtown Stamford have
Mrs. Lee Walker,
secretary in the Chamber of
Commerce, said this week.
The new material is stored in
the Davenport Building on
McHarg and Ferguson
The pair is talking about million a year, and the Corpus enhances Hispanics’ chances
i Christi deal could save con- of winning a senator from the
Valley and from Houston.
The plan must be approved
■ tiality of loan documents didn’t miss any chances to dig
Records revealed last week under Washington law. at the Reagan Administration
that Mattox’s top aide has ob- last week: “Reagan's idea of a changes in the Texas state
tained financial disclosure
reports from 1973-76 for then-
Senate Rep. Ronnie Earle,
senators in the past session.
The approval almost makes
it two down and one to go in
the redistricting package.
Land Commissioner Garry Three weeks ago the feds ap-
Mauro, who two weeks ago proved the House plan, and
closed an historic deal to sell they still must rule whether to
ing the Soviet grain embargo gas from state lands directly accept the congressional plan.
of Commerce (Jaycees). The was discussed by members of
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p.m. The purpose of the meal definite decision was reached,
is to accord some recognition it was suggested that invita-
to the teachers in our school tions to bid on rights at the
2 22 " __2 ‘ *22 ‘ 2222. program wnich was intended
His voluntary action came to reduce crop yield
on the heels of a similar plea
and fine by Speaker Gib
Lewis.
The probe seeks to find
reported an ‘83 primary cam- gram will stabilize the farm
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Ealarod as second class matter August 11, 1464, at the peat office at Stamford,
Texas, under the Act of March 1, 1470
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“Your Complete
Drug Store”
Yours faithfully , ;
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loan to Mattox’s brother and
sister during that period is
questionable in the jury’s
Embattled eyes.
“ ' “ i Green appeared before the
Mattox, himself the target of a grand jury last week, the
grand jury investigation, is eighth Mattox staffer to do so,
Now for a tale: a snake story. It seems a
wife came to the kitchen late one night to
get a drink. As she turned on the light, what
do you think she saw in the middle of the
floor but a snake.
The woman, who like moat people is no
lover of reptiles, proceeded to jump on the
nearest object, the kitchen table, and
started screaming for help. Her husband —
who had just fallen asleep after a long
struggle — heard the yelling and came run-
ning.
“Snake! ” screamed the wife.
The husband looked from his wife to the
large reptile on the floor. “Nothing but a
bull snake,” he mumbled as he picked it up
and threw it into the yard.
Before he dozed off again after all the
commotion, he started thinking. “On the
other hand, that looked a lot like a cop-
perhead.” That thought still lingered early
next morning when he entered the kitchen
to get himself a drink. He didn’t bother to
turn on a light when he went to the sink.
That’s when he felt it.
That soft, cylindrical shape that set off a
thousand alarms in his brain. “Snake!” he
said, hysterically stepping off of the shape
in the darkness, running for the light
switch.
And there, coiled in front of the sink,
guess what he found.
Wrong. It was a pair of rolled up stock-
ings, left by the wife, who later vehemently
denied doing it on purpose. So we come to
the moral. Two of them actually. One: He or
she who laughs last, laughs best. And two:
Never get ahead of the storyteller.
By Chino Chapa
Last week’s circumstances surrounding
this water business are about as muddy as
Lake Stamford. Who started the rumor and
why?
Now, I’ll be the first to admit the water
tastes ugly and I don’t like it. I dislike see-
ing a tub filled with dirty water, especially
before I’ve had a chance to bathe.
However, bad taste and smell are far dif-
ferent from water that is dangerous and
unhealthy. I don’t care for rumors. And
vicious rumors are the worst.
Phsycologist indicate rumors are started
when someone feels insecure or inferior
towards someone or something. Rumors
tend to flourish in small towns. But in a
small town, we have to live with and see the
same people everyday. It would be nice if
we could all get along.
Of course, the remedy for all this would
be to have our water back in old form. The
city says its in mother nature’s hands.
Hopefully, the city will think of something it
can do to clear the mess up before too long.
I’d like to see this whole episode go down
the drain.
Wedgeco
Hinged Tool Ban
Wedgeco Built
Sub-Soil Plow
Wedgeco Built Hoeme
Style Chisel Plow
Also Spacers, Shanks,
and Foot Pieces
Wedgeco
Monufocturing
Corp,
Stanford
Notice to ths Public: Any arroneota reflection upon the character, reputation
ot standing of any firm, Individual ar corporation will ba gladly corrected
upon bated called to the attention of the publisher.
At this time every year I
find myself feeling deeply
grateful. As a muscular
dystrophy patient, the money
that is raised on the Jerry
Lewis Telethon has a direct ef-
fect on my life.
During the past ten yean
alone, the Muscularwho isbthe'creator'of maintained an aver,8e <*
all things, both great and tient services for me personal-
small, and that® who you 11 iv And I am hmt nne nf many
answer to. Our house was sad- i^e patient service, arato-
dened Aug. 30, 1983 because deed important. I am provided
bur world needs less of people
like you. May you sleep good
at night knowing what you did,
because we won’t be able to.
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State Capitol Highlights—
Mark White asks White House
to release deteriorating grain
The probe seeks to find The White House has some
whether Mattox properly valid hopes that the PIK pro-
reported an ‘83 primary cam- gram will stabilize the farm ,
paign loan. A Seattle bank and ranch, and the gamble on poodle. He only had one bad
habit. He liked to get out and
roam in the early morning
J when no one was out much.
But someone was out getting
their thrills, because they
would almost have to hit a
curb to run over our baby.
Most decent and caring people
are home where they should
be unless they are working,
but then there are some people
who are always looking for
kicks and thrills, and so our
baby was the victim. ..... ... ........
Nf>7^ d?n Dystrophy Association has
"God" who is the Creator of
However, the senate plan
White said he and Sims may last week he is considering of- was passed by the Texas
fering a similar deal to Corpus Senate but was never acted on
Christi. by the House, and the
Mauro expects the San An- Associated Republicans of
tonio arrangement to save Texas intend to keep challeng-
ratepayers there about $3.6 ing it in the courts. The plan
Published every Tbunday at the Stamford American office at IM E.
Hamilton Street, Stamford, Tenet 7NU.
convention will be divided in
begin with a luncheon on Oct. 1 redistricting plan for the coun- Young Homemakers and
ty which will place approx- Young Farmers,
imately the same number of I’
call that began Tuesday voters in each precinct and Stamford
homecoming. The complete been allotted two dump trucks
nounced shortly after all plans County Commissioner-Tom
Boyd has offered the use of his system and to welcome them lake could be sought, with
back after the summer vaca- l_2_- - -- 1—
tie- tion. Mayor Roland Kelley will bock newspaper as well as in
give a short welcoming ad- this area.
quidating herds for some days make more money for the Per-
now, i ‘ ’ . - - -
that liquidation is eating more the gas instead of taking cash.
and more into their equity.
apparently conducting his own and denied he ordered state Ever-humorous Texas Ag
probe of the panel’s district at- staff to research the confiden- Commissioner Jim Hightower
torney.
sumers thousands of dollars.
As Land Commissioner,'
disclosure on time,"and he fin- of the federal payment-in-kind Mauro has the option of taking by a three-judge federal court
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
of outstanding young men of
America.
I had a son chosen for this
honor in 1968.1 am still just as
proud of him today. He is wim
the Stamford Chamber of
Commerce, Joe F. Harrision-
know him? Of course, I’m his
mother.
' Editor’s note: The Old
Philosopher on hie Johnson
grass farm on Paint Creek
epeculatee on some Russian
goale this week, in his own
x way. _
t Dear editor:
f The way it looks from out
« here, if the Russian leaders’
goal is to become an outlaw
nation, shooting down
passenger planes is one sure
way to do it.
And judging from the way
they handled their account of
the slaughter, they must have
another goal: becoming the
world’s most asinine govern-
ment. As you know, at first
they said it didn’t happen;
then if it did they didn’t have
anything to do with it; then
that it was just a lot of hoopla
over nothing; then that its in-
tercepter fighter plane
warned the airliner and it flew
off and disappeared.
Finally, after six days and
clear proof they’d deliberately
shot it down, the Russians said
“yeah, we did it and further-
more we’ll do it again if a
passenger plane strays into
our air space.” They added
that the plane carrying 269
men, women, children and
babies from 16 different coun-
tries was a spy plane sent out
by President Reagan. This
would be the first time in
history spies have been
disguised as one-year-old
babies.
The more you think about it
the more insane it becomes. I
don’t suppose there’s a coun-
try on earth whose air space
hasn’t been flown over by
airliners off course. Russian
planes have flown over U.S.
air space frequently un-shot-
at.
To bring this down to earth,
if my neighbors shot every one
of my cows that strayed into
their pastures and I shot every
one of theirs getting into mine,
and if the practice was fol-
lowed all over the country,
we’d have the biggest shor-
tage of beef in history. -
Moreover, I should add that
any neighbor sending a spy
plane over my place to
photograph my cattle opera-
tion would be wasting his film. ’
I do have one thing I’d like to ?
keep secret, but not for
•military reasons. It’s my ;
system of fence maintenance, ;
, where the wires hold up the
Don t throw out overripe instead the posts the ;
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Pogtmaster Send change of address notices
t° Stamford American, Box 1207, Stamford,
Taken from the filet of additional Hill-Burtnn funds at possible boundaries allow.
the Stamford American, a hearing Sunday in Austin but The area II Young Farmers-
received little encourage- Young Homemakers Conven-
ment. J.R. West, hospital tion will be held in Stamford
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“Wull, Wilbur, look on the bright side, I got rid
of all them wasps nests.”
PIONEERS ON PARADE—10 years ago
Barber shop gets minor fire damage
The patient services are in-
you had to have your thrillB.
not otherwise afford.
But it’s not ao much the -i
money that toucheo my heart;
it’s the people. People like
Scott and Deanna Johncon
who operated the Stamford
telephone pledge center for
the duration of the telethon. I
Let me say that I enjoy Proud to have them ao
reading the Stamford Manda. and 1 would like to
American. thanks
Not Iona aao I noticed the ^*7 deeerve for making mine
names of 5 local men being and m«7 other Uvea easier
choeen for the “Outstanding and happier.
Young Men of America ” This p^w J?
to such an honor to be chosen Eldon (Pwwea) Mickler
A host of Texas officials, in-
now theDAinvestigatingMat- eluding Gov. Mark White and
tox. West Texas State Sen. Bill
Mattox said the aide, Tom Sims are asking the federal
Green ordered the financial government to release
statements on his own. Green deteriorating corn stored dur-
did not comment. I ‘ ’
“When somebody’s being in- to feed drought stricken herds,
vestigated, the first thing they T
do is investigate the in- take some West Texas ran-
vestigator,” Earle said, ad- chers to Washington, D.C. to
ding he has been the subject of explain that even if rains
such close scrutiny since tak- come to parched ranges, it is
ing office. too late to help grow grass.
An interesting twist to this *“
probe-counter-probe is that corn that to unfit for human
Earle charged himself last consumption. Meanwhile, the
March with failing to file a cost of grain has risen because
Augutt It, 1973.
Stamford United Way an-
nounced this week a budget board chairman, and John this Saturday, Sept. 15.
for the coming year of $14,275 Martin, administrator, told Registration will begin at 11
or $1600 higher than last members of the State Board of a.m. in the High School
year’s and encompassing two Health of plans to add 24 auditorium and continue
new agencies. New agenciers rooms to the hospital and cited through 12:45 p.m. The
on the UW list of recipients are that the hospital to running 90 general assembly will consist
to 95 percent capacity. The of invocation, given by Darrell
$1,200 and the mental health two men were told that there Richards of the Stamford
is at present no Hill-Burton Young Farmers Chapter and a
campaign chairman, explain- funds available that such welcome by Stamford Mayor
ed there were other changes in funds which were appropriate I F. ~
the list of agencies that by Congress had been frozen ceremony will be presented by
resulted in the $1,600 hike in- by President Nixon. members of the Stamford
stead of $1,700. The campaign Jones County commis- FFA chapter. From there the
for UW funds will officially sioners Monday approved a convention will be divided in
day morning with Jni”or about the same number of the highly-rated Breckenridge
Shop on the east side of the maintain. The plan adopted 7 p.m. The ’Dogs will be re-
thick smoke in the barber shop sidered previously. Remain-
hampered efforts to locate the ing to be decided to division of
blaze. J.D. Sprayberry is the the cities of Hamlin and Stam-
barber of the shop. ford and Lee Jacobs of sprinkle on a little lemon juice
Stamford Memorial Amarillo has been employed and freeze. Use later in cake
this occasion one of the most cooperative venture. Efforts
enjoyable for all exes are be- have been made for some time
to get this project completed Country Club under the spon-
arrangements are being pur- an but impassable to the ar-
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the Stamford American, Vernon Stewart who resigned already started responding to Young, president of the
An open letter to all former advertising department . of needy. Several boxes have
of Stamford High School was l 22
released this week by the com- University of Texas,
imately the same number of
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releasing the grain is whether its royalty payments for wells night and ended early Wednes- wiU give each commissioner Bulldogs The ‘Dogs will face
it will subvert the market. on state-owned land either in f ‘ ; . 2
Ranchers have been li- cash or in gas. He says he can damage to Sportsman Barber miles of unpaved roads to Buckaroos this Friday nightat
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and word from some is . manent School Fund by selling square. Chief Bill Lawson said was one which had been con- turning from a 2-8 year.
until calls are made for them.
Mothers are asked to gather
no
longer could use as school
clothes.
A barbecue in honor of the streets °Mrs Walker said a
teachers in the Stamford drive for funds for the
Public Schools will be held Christmas decorations will be
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ing formulated by officers” f - * **2i rL‘._2 ; ~ ; _
the open letter said. Tentative because following a rain, it is sorship' of th Junior Chamber
suing in hopes ofa successful mory local armory has ta^~to"s^d£5'fo^ STcT7^U^7^
schedule of events will be an- to use in hauling caliche.
have been set.
Henry A. (Hank) LaRowe,
28, has been named assistant
to the publisher of the Stan^
The U,S. Justice Depart- Stamford Memorial r-,--
ment last week_ approved Hospital renewed its plea for draw these lines as well as or bread batter.
good farm program is Hee senate district lines passed by pfONEERS ON PARADE—20 years ago
Uatv' 99 in fthn naai aAaainn " V
Jaycees to host barbecue for local teachers
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Stamford citizens have dress to the group and Lynn !
to accept a position with the the call for old clothing for the Jaycees, will also speak.
students and faculty members Southwestern Petroleum Co.
LaRowe, an aluminus of the stored in the old auditorium ’ arrived.
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mittee on arrangements for formerly editor of the
Seminole Sentinel, in clothing their children
Seminole, Texas.
Roads around the Stamford
the organization of former National Guard armory will
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