The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 29, Ed. 1 Monday, March 26, 1951 Page: 1 of 6
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ot the Hon. John C WmSTt^uu'
OfOMWlMr of Aprtculturr, In
Huanford Friday night. May U,
lfSt far tht purpoaa of iMrm
lng ttw Stamloru High School
chapter of tho Future Faimara
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sational campaign last spring to
win tho State Office as a Mid-
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VoL XXVIII STAMF1RD, TEXAS, MONDAY. MARCH 26,
1951 Number 29
Stamford REA Pays Off $158,000 Note
Not Due Until 1964, Re-Elects Officers
if v . 1 * ‘ i :•* ■ a.- <
Stamford Voters Approve
Water Bond Issue, 520-7
rosentetlve
in
tha
• of tha F. F. A-’s
In which they
their tethers and rep
of the
flhpt L- W. Johnson completed
arrangements of White*! appear
heraWediievday via a telephone
conversation. Place and time of
the banquet will be announced
Ufkr, Jahnaon said.
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Mrs. Strauss’
Mother Dies
In Fort Worth
A milestone In the history of
the Stamford Electrical Coopera
tic#, Inc., waa ranched March 13,
1161, when final payment
made on a *158.000 |
loan, the first the Stamford group
it of the note pay-
fit Thursday highlighted the
«wl membership meeting of
the Stamford group In the Bunk
house on the Trims Cowboy Reun-
ion grounds. C. M. Lester, mans
ger announced the event and said
“This is still greater in the view
of the fact tha note wasn’t due
until 1964." Some 450 peraoi
were present. ,< ;
Other speakers during the
meeting presided over by the
500 Children Hunt 6,000
Easter Eggs in Annual
Exchange Club Hunt Here <
Lao Schwars. §
Mrs. Charirn trauas of this city.
IS Fart Worth
=c maam*t -Wtawpr
hate Friday at jo «
Six thousand Easter eggs dot-
ted Harmon Park Friday after-
« before the 500 children of
the first lour grades of tha Bey-
neUs. Oliver and Boomt Haights
sehsoh started their hunt. There
d «m lefe
m. st Robert- they get through the country -
• by Rabbi
beam and burial %
In Beth R1
rat known to a
of Stamford people dur-
ing her Welts with her da ugh ten.
unworner while that
here. She owe ben In
teeth, Germany. January IR 1161,
end moved to Hempstead Taxes,
ban aha was a
event waa the
for Stamford
by the Exchange club and
the club member* went out to *ee
that the children had a good time.
In addition to the 4.000 egg*,
there were four prize egg*, one
for each group, which entitled
kids test got those dollars.’* Jaek »we atUl owe a let of money
president Rev. Huge B. Hateriu*
pastor of the Erickadahl Lutheran
church, were Elmo Osborne end
E. R Ammons. REA ofUtisla.
Members of the board of dir-
ectors were reelected during the
afternoon. They art John H. Ac
new, E. W. Carlson. Ed F.-
Hugo B Hateriu*. W. A.
gomery. H. L. Oament,
Smith. R. P. Nunpetay and E-
ISbnpeon. *
Director* re-elected
Dr. Hateriu* as
merit, vice president;
Smith, ■ecretary-treesurmv
Andrew* and Andrew*.
•Stamford’* REA unit
zed in 1939. la one of tha
■Und in America and la
growing." Presidant IRV.
Hateriua praised In hi* r*po>
Lestar, as manager, pointed out
the work of hi* group and steam
ed the growth of the unit ami Its
aarvic* to member* *0 h*
his annu
Of JtM
at ill g
Senior Plays To
Be Presented Here
For Two Nights
Dress rehearsals were held
Friday night for the throe one
act plays which will be presented
by tha senior etas*.
Student production Is being
given at the newly re-decorated
high school auditorium on Mon-
day night. All aaats are reserved
for Tuesday night, though some
tickets will be available at the
daor. Price* of admission will be
*0 and 80 cents.
Picture* were made Tuesday
casing for use in the High
School annual.
The three plays that will be
resented are of a varied nature
ltd win furnish a full everting’*
entertainment Specialty acts nn
Monday evening will be cowboy
songs with guitar accompaniment
by Raymond Maxwell Snd Gar-
land Cos. On Tuesday night tha
City To Start Negotiations
Immediately To Purchase
Land tor Paint Creek Lake
Voting 580 to 7 in favor of the
revenue bond election for f1.300,-
000 to finance the proposed water
supply. Stamford voters express-
ed a decided Interest in solving
the city** water problem for s
long time to come.
Since the voting waa limited to
’resident, qualified elector* of i Creek.
fhe City of TVxaa who own tax-
able property hi said city and who
have duly rendered the tame far
taxation", the vote was considered
exceptionally good.
The bonds are to provide funds
for a new water supply on Paint
build a
pipeline I
dam.
and
purajlnft
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New Wildcat Spotted One
Mile Northwest of Stamford
Holds Local Oil Interest
Local Men's Brother
Hurt in
Accident
Seriounh
Oil Field.
bride of A Uter tee
teuid went to Lockhart t
WM S drygoods Stervar
JflHRU te 1838 rite want
-vorth ta Urn
D E (Ttenpe) White waa srr
iswaty injured ta an oil field ac-
TVsaday which coat him
Ms left tag. Ht ta in Shannon
Hospital in San Angelo.
White was rough-oaridag on a
M near Eden when the tongs
thedrin
as H wna coming out *f the
tag was
Fuqua, president of the Huh,
said, “but r kart the list and I
remember. All the kids
to have a Mg time in
spite of tbs high wind and tho
sand and of course tha
dub member* enjoyed
ten have a good ten*.”
After tea hunt at Harmon Park
at Iris o'clock, tha Exchange club
members went on to Washington
■ far the Easter egg hunt
Sofas 130 children from
the Washington school ware dtv
Mstf into two groups sad they
ipeded over the countryside
to bring is moat af 1800 eggs
that had been hidden. Prise eggs
in than* groups were found by
Arvsila Harris and Walter Cats*.
out In his
SmmSTrmn
a Itassdsr <6 Carpus
M Davis af thuds, Dr. R. r
Levtes of Laa J Sgries, OHi- and
^WSJC5T,“'n'
he WS* traveling In Europe ....
•tepnsr snd II drifto s hoapitai
in Houston
Council Approves
New Budget
TW* I* Mr*. fMrauas were M at Bde* about a monti
N^^Stf^beceusd pf Mrs. wite and two son* had J
febWsta’k (On*** **d ctmtfr., <|ah*vt twa waaks ago.
1 *» ■■■ ■
Friday to dot
ar not team art The proposed budget far tha
City of Stamford for the fiscal
yoar beginning April 1. 1*61. and
inrin March 91. 1563. waa adopt
It a brother of Guy and Aulton j ad in all points by the city court
White of this rity and "Doc" ril to a * pedal meeting
AMtene. They and their afternoon
<Bi Rril af teste other I The hearing on the
lo Baa which Is always open to the pub-
y. White had boon He and prevtoualy announced. was
Reynolds Street School Contract Awarded
Thursday Night to Stamford Builder
(jgHt Jonas
of
22
te* board Thursday.
-.•Muon Chris
Anson To Vote Friday on
$250,000 School Bond Issue
L W.
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Last-Minute Rush
Expected Here for
Auto Registering
•Don’t wait uatfl ttte lari mlt
triF*—that was tha cry
af
>U o, to
Chy P-TA Group*
Select District
KWFT Radio Stan
To Appear Soon ’
At Ssgerton School
but we are paying It
00
HNMt
Lester also pointed
report that each
cooperative actually c
la property, to call his
the cooperative *
1939 a total of 6338JD1.14 has
been paid to* government an
loans. Lesser related, ST a 1*4*1
of 4140i75 a’day Including *03 W)
Mrs. John Dyer Is directing the
productions. "Everything Nice,"
"Spring Formal" and Twelve
OTlock Murder."
Members af the senior class not
in tea costs will perform other
wtth the
plays.
Final Rites Held
Representing
Texas REA
boms, a
" .-Jr Thursday for
Thor* ore «, leuxhnaMty
■■■■ In the Stamford 1
rical Cooperative.
Osborns is i
hsavUte, la field
applications and loan
Rural Eisctricflcatlon
ration. '
Stamford Elsctrir
Inc. is no
with 131314 mite* af
•hows a steady growth sine* rite
work was started In IMR 3toW-
ever, there war* start* time* dur-
ing the war year* wkn the wark
was halted bscauas of shortage
materials.
It waa fitet planned that 6150-
000 would b* spent tq cover »
round 1M mites |
Who wore fostering the plan at
that tiros
aids Tuxedo. Plain view.
M6tr Bus Ptaaaaat MM
MU All that territory la
and the sendee has been <
to the 1A2H miles of Ur
6 tetefiy hi Junta and
counties, and
Mr. Campbell, 73
Funeral aarvtes for Evan Bates
Campbell, who died Wednesday
at 11-J6 af a heart attack, on his
seventy-third birthday, was held
Thursday at 4160 p. an.
TV* service was heM a* Kinney
and Ban Funeral Haas*. Bra. l.
D Hull, paster of the EM Me
Harg Baptist riiunk. conducted
Burial was In High
with Bill Kinney
ut
Mr. Campbell was a native of
Mhtug deihse, The family Uvsd
there until about 1516 taken they
te this arm. Mr Campbell
far a number of year*
in nssre recent year* h* has
far Archie Perdue lie
a saamker of the
Me la survived by hie wile, the
White, two eon*
J. C. Campbell and E. W. Camp
af Houston two dsugh
Opal Campbell of team
Mrs. Osrdaa O'pry af
Archer Chy; two granddaughter*.
Mr* D E. Smith of Hamlin, the
termor Dorothy Ann Ceaqteeli
of rite rity. and Patsy Ann O'pry
af Archer City, snd a greet
of Jones County
picked up this past week.
Also of interest to Stamford
area observers was the starting
of a 3.000 foot rotary wildcat one
mile northwest of Stamford In
Haskell County.
The Haskell project will be The
TVxaa Company No. 1 Swenaon
Land 6 Cattle Co^ which waa to
start lari week. Location will be
1.466 feet from the north and aaat
line* of Sect ion 13'. BBBAC Bur
vty.
A. M. How*ley, et el. No. I T.
R. Putnam, et si, will be a 2.300
foot cable tools wildcat throe
mltea southwest of Luedera.
Location wiU be 3S0 fori from
the north end west lines of Lot
C L Matthews Survey T.
Completion of • Bluff Creek
well throe mites iwrth-
af Nugent was anneunoed
by West Oenral Drilling Co.
Tlte No. I J M Alex.' -
lion 1 Stark 14. TAP Bbrvey,
guagod 50 barista of 40 garvity
oil in 34 hours pumping from the
span hole at IJOO-S fast. Caring
teas set at 1, 58T tori.
TWo and a half mttee north wool
of Nugent Woodley Petroleum
Obl has completed a second Muff
Crook dternvery trail on the tele
Dr. M. F Lewie’ tend.
It was tee Na. 1 A H. F. Lrwta,
Lot 1. Catherine Alien Survey 16
which guaged 118 barrote af oil
In 34 heurs pumping from tlte
spec note at JJTO-T6 fori
Woodley hoe also spotted two
offset projects lo that discovery.
Both will ta 2J00 fori coble tools
Operator ■ No. 1 J. A. Wyatt
will ho 6*0 lest from the north
and IjOPO feet from the aori Haas
of D C Fields Survey
No f Wyatt wfll ta 330 tori
from the north and 1.73d leri
from the east Has* of D. C. Field*
Survey I. Beth ore south offsets.
In the arm three mltea south
sari of Nugent. Latimer Brothers
A Knight have completed the
No. c T Myett. Section 13. Block
|pUnt.|
The election was®
Ftutiy a f ter noon at a called m«t*
inf of the rity council. A prom
Ipcrtu* will now be prrpofJBd far
the bowling < <jmpanle« arid a date
will heM
anon wfB
Manager Grady Rowdry71H^|
In the meantime, negotiations
wlH be started towtsg buvteri
more of the needed lagR:
Markham, mayor said Ssti
The laigeal block of tendfl
Sd, a trai t of U933S a. r*g
Se^^^^rogpwh• raasment on
r Craily B»»wdry. Said.
negrilat
..•nf buj
to production five mile* north of fpoooo
Merkel In the Ball Kuehn field, bum on
It will be 145. DeWItt A C8L !tuf could be
mediate
Woodley Petroleum A Kirby 1 la ml
Petroleum Corp- No. 64 Tlnah The city
Bumps**, offset to production .
two mltea wrat of Truby. Alten IL pn^burot«
Jonee Survey 386. has been guag-
ed.
On a 34 hour potential test It
flowed 54.51 barrel* of 43 gravity
oil In 34 hours through 3644
choke with packer on easing and
100 pounds pressure on tubing.
Production waa through 41 per-
forations at 4340-64. Operator
set coring ot 4386 feet Gaa~>*
ratio teas 475-1.
Woodley Petroleum Co. A Ktr
cent I y employed by the City at
prire of 53000 plus ex
handle ail detail* of the
preparation of the bond*
neermary legal woefc In
lion with the issue.
With the voting af
lo finance the project, tho
posed 80JWO acre leri hte
Another step In the
of this lake. Just a Mttlri
by Petroleum Co have piugg <d
and abandoned the No. 1-A J. D.
Poland ofAet txeo and a half
mltea south West af Truby, ( at
4.180 fbet ft was in Alton B.
Jon
A
American
Corp No 2 Mr*
Stanley field failure ri .ta
......-'S'
inm Mill LaMf I
any »ther lata ^
lor that company to
► •ter from Htamfnrd.
than Fort
and larger
in thte are
Phantom
than
water
The ritjrfl
rod to build tta mono
lake, whirh had ate*
a let to the West Texas 1 (U trite
Mr and Mrs Bill Morrow and 'Our future Is linked
family have as guest* Mrs Mar- futura of the towns we on
row’s parent*. Mr. and Mrs. C tenhsomon tar VVest Trim
L Knohr. of Dra Molne* Iowa. | «*•* Cwnpsny *akl "A#
They tad previously boon »row an* too, u
Bvorett. Week. where they visit ! grow..’
• e«n and hi* family, and than 1 Stamford pas
ram# on lo Ptwnnl*. Arts, and' water to the
Denver before coming her# Mr* The
T. J. MrQuIiirn »trier of Mr*
Unfair, and eon Mike Of At IprmdmMrty
tat*. Ga., who havf been visiting thnoo the preaem. averagi
with them, left Tuesday from eumptlun of jjxejjty of Btaa
Abilene by pion* t# ta tame far Bands amouoiu* te
suftarited In alert lo*
-- July IS. IPft ami ora
Mra M £ Bailey la te Itaj
there alie 1
V-** 8
UUI.
Triu/TT
pro«1m*trU '*eteti an
nation af * leg*voters
Local Police Nab Colored
Max wtth
Matt fiUgstta
Porch Light Drive Monday
Night; lor Red Cross Could
Top City, County Quotas
' «BLS
It trill revlh was arrewed about S p m
he the No- 2 EM Boot irk. 330 Tuesday • fir moon Jn connect ton
feet from the south sod wrat the TVxaa Cora Cola Com
line* of the north tall of Section P*"7 Eager Feci Store bur
117, Block L BBBAC Survey Per iterie* by Stamford prore of hr
mH depth is 3390 test with ro- *f*
•ary rig. ; Walter Morrto. l.V *igned a
A new teootton in the Bullard ronfewtan foHowtnf hie arrest
field throe mltea southwest of admitting serving a*
Anson wgl he the DaAotn Oil |--------
Ob No. 5 O N Cos. Bart ten 5.
Bfark 3 TANG Survey, a 3«M
eauntv’* ** R8 rotary offset It will he .136
xwxiniy 6 88 a____ .0. _---o__-X IWW' f,
__ri^*----a--- HVI IltaW Irim INI BfWl VW Is neves
thtf north Mm oi fh# J Mr* J. % Groiwr hn h^n
of tee aoetten. j here vtefttng Mr* G C Flour
Cb. ha* tp ■ any end former Stamford frtenda
riWJ a 2J00 teat rotary effari Abe a* the wife of the late Dr
te production Is the Maoris field | (leaner who woe pastor of the
Mrs. F. 8. (kroner
Visit* Friends Here
•f whlrh are sow I tv tag hi
tens and the other in East Trine,
Stamford Police Chief Wish Clta
ment Mated this u
Chief Clement aald the )*riA1|
• rreat < lima ted an eat*
lengthfy warrh for local offii O*
A piexter parts east was mods 1
• foot print found at the sot
the Cora Cota plant r.kb**T1
matched that of the Morahf tag.
Me t* In Aneon Jala at Ike
oent time waiting
of an acrompltee In East
Stamford nffleer*, health
In the • creel j
of Morrte wvra Patrolman 3 B. 1
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The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 29, Ed. 1 Monday, March 26, 1951, newspaper, March 26, 1951; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth972474/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.