Stamford American and The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1959 Page: 1 of 18
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AND THE STAMFORD LEADER
STAMFORD. JONES COUNTY, TEXAS, APRIL 2. 1959
SAVE UP TO 9fK<. on New
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lates for the post of chief of
police of Stamlord/This is the
only contest In, the city c’.tc
- lion which comes up Tuesday,
April ?. /"
Preelection 'activity is ex-
"tremefy quiet, but the fact
At Rotary Farmers NigkfMeeSn^
Pictured is h group of business men and farmers
who attended the Stamford Rotary club’s farmer’s
night meeting Tuesday at the Texas Cowboy Retin-
served, after which Cong. Burleson was tre speaker.
In the picture, left to right, are Giles Viers, Reuben
Nance (in background), Wade Watts,; Cong. Burle-
son, Gene Lyckniutn, W. I* Boedeker and Jack Mer-
Burleson Says He Sees Little Chance
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en by Cong. Omar Burleson
Tuesday night, speaking St the
farmers meeting of Stamford
Rotary Club. The farm bloc
isn't as strong as It used to be
and there la a growing sus-
UT The faftoerTit W
north and east, the Anson man
declar'd.
A barbecue chuck wagon sup*
per was served to 170 dub
members and farmers at the
Chuck House of the Texas
Cowboy Reunion Ground*.
Following the meal. County
Judge»H. C. Antilews, Jr., was
master of ceremonies for the
meeting in the Buukhouse. Roy
Ciaig, club president, welcom-
ed the guests on behalf of the
Rotary club.
A question and answer
period followed the address
and many pertinent topics of
the day were brought up, with
Cong. Burleson seeking to fur-
. nish the answers
The Congressman recalled
that when he was a boy on the
faim Just north of Anspn.
there was a feeling of suspi-
cion on the part of the farmer
for the city folks.
-This feeling now Is rath-
er general up north btit It Is
- the city folks who are suspl-
elous of the farmer,” the
speaker said. “A lot of peo-
ple think that all the money
appropriated by Congreaa
fdr the farm program goea
to the farmer”, Then " he
added, *Tt doesn’t make any
difference what you get for
cotton. It l* what It will
buy that count*.”
Mr. Burleson went on to dis-
cuss the whole question of sub-
sidies. “A lot of people think
only farmers get subsidies.
Shipbuilding is subsidized, the
ship owners are subsidized
and when those ships bring
goods to this country, competi-
tors of those goods are sub-
sidized by tariffs."
He suggested that guaranteed
wages are in reality a subsidy
that freight rate differential
which protects the New Eng-
land manufacturer also is a
subsidy. "Who*gets the subsl
dy —is that counts.” he de-
— Specking on the matter of
increasing demand! on the fe-
deral government he said, "We
don’t want too much tor-nath- | farm, labor under
■tegr^wmsin beluga we wi
the Fair
all we can get.” Then he told
of the time when, as a boy, he
answered an ad In a magazine ere would have to be paid a
'ijatwTr- 't&tarrdarvlA Actr
gressman Burleson said. 'This
would mean that farm labor-
tor a FREE air rifle. He re-
ceived 48 boxes of Cloverine
salve to sell and it Wasn’t
long before he learned that hm
air rifle was not free but, on
the contrary, he paid a high
price for it.
"We In Congress can hear
real well. When you ask (or
things, fwe try to give them
to you. But, to do this we must
take more and more away
from you.”
The one bright spot on the
farm horizon ia the high
birth rate, Mr. Borieson said.
Right now, he expained, the
birth rate is running In ex-
cess of the farm production
rate. "We are toM that Jhm
eventually will solve the
farm problems.”
Biggest threat to the farmer-
in the current session of Con-
gress is the demands of the
so-called liberals for placing
Welcome Rain
Falls Slowly
Here Saturday
Little more than half an
Inch of rainfall soaked into the
thirsty grounds in this area
Saturday morning.
Stamford rainfall measured
.56 Inch. Hamlin reported .40;
minimum of $1.00 per hour
with price and a half after 40 , ing
hours—and there la an At-
tempt being made to raise
this minimum wage to $1.25
per hour.
In the question and answer
period, Mr. Burleson said he
looked for new labor legisla-
tion to <<»rVect some of the
wrongs as found by the Mc*
t na
Clctlan committee Mft Hud
felt an effort a Bo wot! Id be
made to put retail merchants
under the wage-hour law.
In answer to Billy Bryant’s
question as to hoW American
cotton compared on the foreign
market, Mr. Burleson said
that we couldn’t give our pro-
duct away and compete with
foreign lands. However, there
is not much cotton other than
that grown in Mexico, which
is like that grown in our area.
"We have a dependable market
and that is in our favor. We
can guarantee delivery." he
said.
One young farmer who ex-
plained that when he got out
or for $2800. Now that same
tractor is $5,000. ‘‘Our re-
venue Is going down, every-
thing’we hnye to buy bt go-
up. What Incentive U
naer?”
Congressman Burleson ad-
, ^pitted he didn't know the an-
swer. "The small farmer Is
disappearing. They are turning
to the cities or to corporate
fgrtSd. incentive Tor the young
m.un to stay on the .farm la
not (1WTA man Just haMfc*f\he
love farming," he concluded.
The question of employing
children in the cotton fields
was brought up and the con
gressman said that the law
had not been changed and that
although the administrator of
the law in Dallas was sympa-
thetic to the farther, his super-
iors insist that the law be en-
forced. '
Judge Andrews here put in
that there is no law which
gives him the right to issue
permits for using children for
cotton picking during school
hours. “I have had many of
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Two Men Seek Police Chief Post
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In City Election Here Tuesday
B. Q. Cooper, chief of police,!
i ntl Ct* *~* t; Cri iggs are candi-l
there is a contest will likely f Ryland Gleaton Is candidate
bring out u very good vote, d j-fnr welection for pin-r on the
is expected. Icitv council.
lA/urio UL'u tic ig u n oil/ pun/ii- I
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has no opposition, lie is can i *‘le unopposed for that
didate for the place now held Place, __
by John Reese, who is hot | Holdover members of the
seeking re-election. city council are Dr. George
Pryor, Steve Bennetrand O. A.
Kinney, -
The city election will be held
in the city council room of,the
city hall. Reginald .Baird will
be election judge. ,
_ Four absentee ballots had
been cast prior to Wednesday
afternoon. *
Three Fires
Damage Houses
- During Week
Three fires, all residences,
caused damage in Stamford
within the past week.
~ A fire Just At noon Sunday
was fought by the best-dressed
firemen with while shirts and
Easter suits Just coming from
church services.''
re,, at the Cleo Macon
home at 406 South Columbia,
was at 12:10 p.m. The place
waschadly damaged from fire,
smoke and u>ater. The loss was
£*fc4»»Ke*
School Districts Will Elect
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Trustees in Saturday Voting
Trustee elections will be
held over the area Saturday,
April 4.
Four men are candidates to
serve on the board of educa-
tion for the Stamford Indepen
dent Schopl district. There will
be three places to fill.
Hudson and Roy Moriu, for re-1 Jones as election judge.
election, G. C. Carothers and
I. O. Hughes. Oliver Smith
who ha* been -serving on the
board is not a candidate for
re-election.
- The election will be held
irt the city council room of
with Mrs. Jack
Stamford Homecoming
It. Ford, Hatvil Putty and L.
dtolHg room
st-gutted
ill rough
Ahd W fire burned
the attic, Pick Rowland, fire
33*1?. ~C>('nT
E. Wilhite.
- Mrwr-Mary
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ter and smoke.
The Macons were in Waco
at the tlmeandno one was at
home wh^n the\fire was dis-
covered. -V ^ --
A homecoming for Stamford
parto-or-lKif f Wfch -ttenoct
and April 8 has been.^et
preliminary meeting to dis-
cuss it.
nesday. April 8, at 4 pm. at
“We hope a number of Bull-
dog -lettermfti. ex-students In
general and faculty members
Ex-students themselves are
responsible for winging up
the matter asking "Why don’t
we have a Homecoming?"
In Lueders three board
members are to be elected.
The three who:,** terms expire
have announced for re-elecHon.
They arc G. C. Newsom, C. W.
Mullins and Robert Reeves.
Other candidates are Terry
L. Lankford, Leo Roy Lund-
«nsTT“wnr
Hection judge. Voting
city nan,
h srhnnl with Mrs. C. R.
^1 5imiKfr jongtr
O.K. Thompson, whose term of
office expires, is not a can-
didate for re-election.
The two other men, R. E.
- Saturday at 2^:10 a m. fire a-
larm came about fire at the
old Walter Cardell home on
Clark street. This place burned
to the ground. The house,
which belongs to Morgan WU
liams. was unoccupied, buT an
elckrly couple had moved out
the day beWre.
he had been inforimed
Thursday morning, the place
belonging to Solomon Torres,
.109 South McMillan wa3'prac-
tically burned up and nothing
was taken from the building.
Rowland was on an invest!
gation of a grass fire in the
vicinity, looked up and saw the
house afire and got there in
advance of the fire truck. He
said it was a helpless feeling.
This was a concrete block
masonry building with family
quarters in the back. It had
been built for a barber shop
in the front, but was riot used
for that at this time.
will b® at.
meeting which
,_ Anyong-wfag agwld like to nughes *nd Ho>d Fudge;
the -preliminary fUtaL.A linnyi .dUlng Arid Will agreed lo Stand ***-»
■h wtlnFWed- assist In making the plans for, election. The third will have
Movie Made at Rodeo Last Year So Real
Reporter Finds Herself Tqnse, Squirming
By VIOLETA MAHOOD
Texas Cowbdy Reunion in
beautiful technicolor Just as it
was last summer will have
Lueders, half an Inch; New! world premiere showing , la
Hope .80 inch, and varying a-! Stamford next week.
mounts at other places.
The rainfall was light, but
it was general and fell slowly
so that full benefit was receiv-
ed from it.
The rain started here aboilt 4
a.m. Saturday and continued
rather steadily until about 8
a.m. The flnAl .10 Inch fell in-
termittently during the day.
The moisture was not
enough to completely allay the
dust and the wind TuesdAy
was able to bring in a fine
powder which fogged in and
le?t a coat of dust and sand
over everything.
The dust was light compared
the past few weeks.
The 35-minute foatui
filmed during the 1958 s*
is authentic to the final fli^ of
the brahma’s horns. It is called
Bronco Fury and the name
fits.
Thrilling as the Reunion.Is
every year, the showing was
so exciting I found myself
tensing for the saddle bronc
rides and squirming through
the wild mare races just JHte I
did not know what was Coming
next. /-•*'
That was Monday night at
the early showing at the
Drlve-ln theatre when a couple
Everyone will have the
chance at the Grand Theater
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
and at the Drive-In Theater
Wednesday ancf Thursday.
Bronco Fury is as thrilling
and exciting as the show it-
9W i self and if you remember the
of dozen or so folks hsd the- wiricdLdiaa ,tlirilled. me al
matinee last July 4 when the
rodeo action was filmed, you
remember the stock was really
going wild.
Actually, Die contestants Aid
the stock did not seem affcctVl
by the atmosphere unless It
was to put on one of the best
performances of the show.
One of the sponsors lost her
horse and had difficulty get-
ting back on, but that was as
natural as it was shown.
The grand entry scene.
cowboy's and sponsors ... who
have met at the Reunion.. +■
The little'kids were Cathy
Murray, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Pos Murray of Throck-
morton, and Billy Smith, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ab Smith of
Spur.
Among the impressive
things about the film is all
that beautiful blue water 4n
WCfct Texas and those white-
faced cattle over on the SMS
Throckmorton ranch.
'- In fact, the whole thing is
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Newt Stevenson
Dies Following
eart Attack
Newt Stevenson, retired gtn-
ner and carpenter age 78, who
had lived in Jones county since
he was two years old, died
Wednesday at 6:30 a m. at the
Stamford Sanitarium.
He suffered a heart attack
Sunday afternoon and was tak-
en to the Hospital by Kinney
ambulance.
The Service will be Thurs-
day at 2 p.m. at the First Bap-
tist Church of yhlch )ie was
a member. Rev. Jack Souther
land will conduct it. Burial
will be in New Hope cemetery
with Kinney Funeral Home in
charge.
Mr. Stevenson’s wife, the
former Nannie Jared, is dead.
He is survived by four sons,
Alvie, Archie and Charley of
Fort Worth and R. C. (Cosi of
Stamford. Three sisters, Mrs.
T. J. Jared of Abilene, Mrs.
W. H. Jones and Mrs. Katie
one is asked to attend the ini
tial meeting. Place is Room 15
(Mrs. Jewel Austin’s room).
The homecoming might be
held in the fall sometime, say
At the Aneon Stamjprd foot-
fS'..e is playedT^p Shun-
to be a write-in candidate,
Only two named were filed
for the two vacancies to Be 00*
ed in election at Rule.
Thi%’ are Joe B. Cloud fnd
•mur
anc
candidates for re-electio^’
Achocri^CutT andJre'
Lions Club Broom Sale
WUI Be Held April 7, 8
Crippled children’s camp at
JKerrville and other youth pro-
jects of the Stamford Lions
club will profit from the pro-
ceeds of the broom sale .which
will .be held In Stamford April
7 8.
For the fourth year the
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Missionary Will
In Stamford at
Foursquare Church
Harold G. Chalfant, mission-
ary field representative for
the International Church of
the Foursquare Gospel, will
conduct a special series of
Parker of Stamford also sur-1 missionary^aerv^es _-in_ lhciJict full value for your money,
vive. Foursquare Church here April i Weldon Holbrooks, Lions club
Lions cluB will sponsor sale of
brooms, mops, clothes brushes,
door mats, ironing board co-
ver# and ether items provided
through’ the Caravan for the
Blind Lighthouse.^
I
lQUt
s in
state sponsor the sales In var-
ious cities and a percentage of
the proceeds goes to them.
The camp, which is free to
eligible handicapped boys and
girls in Texas between 7 and
16 years of age.’is provided
by the the Lions Clubs of Tex-
as and the Stamford cub has
a part in its support.
This is a good opportunity
to help :} worthy cause and
Brother Dies
Mrs. R. S. Walton will go
to Tahoka Thursday for the
funeral of her brother. Roy
Poer, who died in a Lubbock
hospital Tuesday at 11 a.m.
Mrs. Walton’s son, Pitt Wal-
ton of Cisco, will come by and
her to Tahoka for the
leral. ” - -
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fuller
Services will he held at the
church at 110 Bust Campbell
street each evening beginning
at 7 p.m., Rev. Kathryn Byrd,
pastor, announced. The public
is invited.
Rev. Mr, Chalfant. in more
,rthan 20 years of missionary
survey ’work has travelled ap
proximately 100.000 miles a
year for the past 20 years.
president, said.
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Lueders Church
Plans Revival
Revival services will be held
at the First Baptist Church in
Lueders April 12 19. the pastor.
Rev. Oscar Fanning, has an-
nounced.
Seivices will be held twice
daily, at 10 a.m. and at 8 p.rn.
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Organizations Promise Help
As City Launches Clean-Up
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Everyone \ In StAirrford is
urged to get busy and clean-up,
flx-up and pallnt-up Around his
premises In 6rder that the en-
tire tov^n may have ‘an ifpprov-
ed and cleaner appearance.
The annual improvement
campaign, sponsored by the
Chamber Of Commerce, is un-
derway during the flrlt three
weeks of Af>rll.
It is surprising what .a
moral booster an uncluttered
area can be. Try removing s
dilapidated fence, repair a fal
len-down porch, fix battered
screens and get rid of un-
sightly stacks of trash.
Mrs. H. L Bosso, president
of the .Garden Club, said this
organization has been work-
ing on a program all year to
get rid of lltterbuga and the
members are urging all th^
townspeople to Join forces In
helptng make Stamford more
attractive for visitors and new-
comers, as well as ourselves.
The Jsycees are working on
several projects that will be
most helpful In the clean up
campaign and all other clubs
are urged to insist on all
members doing something to-
ward the-overall program.
City Manager Harry Steen-
son has^ promised to put on
extra b£lp and trucks the week
of April 13 through 18 to car-
ry off debris and trash that ik
placed in containers or tied In
bundles, and put tn the alleys
or where your trash Is usually
plcjced up.
entry, was especially beautiful
as the arena filled that histo-
ric afternoon.
> If you are* alert, you could
pick yourself out of the crowd.
I picked out a’ number I knew.
The parade scenes Were
good, but I forgot to look and
see If wc were standing in
front of the American. I am
sure we were, but I’ll have <o
go back and sec about that.
Hnrdin-Simmons Cowb o y
Band did cow stopping that
you remember from previous
parades, b^t it really looked
good on film.
The boy and girl Interest
showed Andy Swenson and
Roulhac Bunkley. Andy was a
recent bridegroom at the time
and is in the University of
Texas and Roulhac is In Spain
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This ia the .wild scene which resulted when the
Metjnd graders were turned loose Friday afternoon
at the annual Easier ejgjr hunt sponaored by the •
Stamford Exchange club. Separate hunt* were held
for each grade through the fourth and for* pre-school „
children. Diane Corzine won the prize egg for the
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Remember—Vour exterior in the Unhrerstty of Madrid,
but they really looked the west
Texas counterpart of the many
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pre-school group; Jan Weaver that fotr the first;
Gene Ferrell.' the second; Derrell Smith, the third,
and D&nny McMillan, the fourth. At th* Waahktff-
ton school, winners were Gerry Jotiee1aecond grade,
and Fedora Paige, fourth r*de. (15oio%y Bob
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