Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1965 Page: 1 of 16
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County Adopts $608,128 Budget,
Will Keep Samp 7 OrCent Tax Rate
Jones Courtly CtommissioMrs! Tjhg^ounty I
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W low TTch totalled $608.- improvement fu
19B w ««« » l* new bolter for the courthouse -sad- <4.000 foe-oapltol thittay.
128.38#— up some $36,000 from r
this year but down about $50.- "V pUrch*‘ed
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_ ^ r I will need to be spent this year
The court Act the tax rate at
70 cents on the $100 valuation
which ts the same as this
This will be broken up
'lows: Jury fund, 2 cents; road
and hr»dKc 13 cent.; road and j#ounty u w.SM.000. or $500,000
Wttdge special. licmW. and gea. .]e#g Iagt ytar ,g
mainly due, It was explained, to
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STAMFORD, JONES COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPT- 16. 1966
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Group Presents
Plea for Funds-
For Hospital
rejjresentlng the
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Presently has a,,
i the permanent
_ improvement fund and last year
• . - -—"**—«•— *— dn courthouse
It was brought
at the meeting that money
Precinct 4-budget caH* for a * Wfsrges. 32,000 for right of way ;^t*Tn,wrt l+ospl’nl District ap-
total of 900.650 with $26,000 tor and $4,000 for equipment pur- .peared before the Hill-Burton
Wages. $1,000 for right of way chase
Precinct 4 will have $57,700
available with $26,000 going for
EieH precinct ifclno wHl receivelOffalir *'
funds from the" Lateral Road
that the district be. granted !
t'
fund.
$500,000 in funds.
In the group were J. F. West
needs
side and out and the brick stone
needs to be pointed.
Current tax valuation of the
assessment this year
nianent improvement.
City To Make
Park of Botnar
The Stamford
has assigned title
decrease In oil activity and
shrinkage of oil and gat valua-
tions. Some adjustments were
made In land vkluea at tlte pub-
lic hearings this summer.
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The new budget Id
of test year rather closely but
does provide for salary Increas-
es for elected officers and em-
budgets Also have had similar
school-board provisions and unless the com-
missioner vote the increases at
and A. C. Ifumphrey of the dls-
trtet hoard of directors;. Dr. Ike
l^udson, of the* medical staff,
and Jack Luther, architect.
Mr. West said the committee
appeared to be familiar with
our situation, that the present j
hospital is 46 years old and that j
it is not practical to rejnodCl
the structure. __~S‘ -
He said that there are ap-
plications on file for more than
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block upon which It is located trf po, gr^o^j •
j twice as much as will be avail-
able: Many hospital districts
were represented at the Sunday
luting and all were told that
’ be weighed and the decisions
reached announced as soon as
upon
to the City of Stamford, Mayor
H. G. Andrews Jr. announced
this* week.v- i
The school will ____
use the building for storage for
the time being. The land will be
used lor park purposes and at
the present time Includes a
TJjtfe league bn
The proposed salary increases
amount to 5 per cent “across
the board.” tills will meanjlhat
continue „ln the salary of commtaaioners
would become $5,2000, that of
Ux assessor-collector, $6,-
the district clerk, county
fheriff, county attorney
Clarence W. Cox
Services Held
Here Sunday
Services for Clarence Wards
Cox. 64, long-time Stamford
resident, were held Sunday at
Kinney Funeral Chapel with the
Rev. Jack Southerland, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of-
..Relating.
Cox died Saturday at hia home
at 508 S. Anson of an apparent
and tile contractor
Burial was In Highland Ceme^
tery under direction of Kinney
Funeral Home.
Born July 2. 1901 at Bagota.
Tex., Cox was married to Jewel
Strickland Aug. ».
Bagota. They moved to Stam-
ford from Bagota in 19X9.
. Survivor* include the wife;
two toait Elmer Cox, Fort
Worth, and Elbert Cox, Lub-
bock: seven grandchildren; two
brothers, B. W. Cox, Lockney,
and B. J Cox. Elkvtew. Calif.;
one slater Mrs. Mable Adams,
De Kalb, Tex., and me mother,
Mrs. O. P. Welch, Stamford.
Pallbearers were Lawrence
Critter, Henry Skiles, Jimmie
Dlppel. Murry Schroder, Bogan
Rea aad David Joans.-
Lions light Sale
To Start Tuesday
The annual Stamford Lions
Gub light bulb sale- will begin
with a downtown aale in the
morning and * door-to-door sale
4T7 p. m. next.-Tuesday.
Profits from the sate will be
used to purchase glasses far Id-
eal under privileged children.
Gyde McMahen is chairman,
of the Lions Gub sale. .
Hinty judge
attorney would reccjvgi
99,000 and the county treasurer,
15.900.
The court adopted a tax rate
of 25 cents for Road District
No. 1 which Is approximately
the northern half of the county.
It was brought out thlT It taay -
be possible to retire all the
bonds of this district in 1968 —
two years ahead of time. This
would mean the end of the tax
assessment.
TKO budget shows that the
county Is on a cash basis with
no funds overdrawn. Road and
Bridge District No. 2, which is
Commissioner Tom Boyd’s pre-
ig—JKAHint#
In Baptist Revival—
Dr. Brooks Wester, left. Is preaching at a revival
service being held this week at^Fixst Baptist
Church. Frank MoDon&ld, right, religious and edu-
cation director of the local churrh, is directing the
music. A breakfast session for men is being held
each morning. Services are held twiee daily, at 4ft-
a. m. and TnRO-pHw. They wall be continued through
Sunday.
The local district has voted
$500,000 in bonds to match the
anticipated grant. ’The bonds
will not be sold until the grant
is received.
Plans call for building an en-
tirely new 50-bed hospital on a
site close to the present build-
ing. Negotiations on prelim-
man basis hav’e 'been
on with the Kstv TUBri—1 flT
tract of land lying just south
of the present hospital.
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Stamford Lake Just About Holds
Own During Summer Season
Although rainfall this summer^ and September and water usage i However. because of the lack of,
has been extremely light, level dropped severelv to 33,997,000. | rain and the extreme hot weath-
-•-atf'j
at Lake Stamford shows little
drop over that at the beginning
of spring. For the most part,
water consumption has run be-
outstanding. These are to be re- tew that of last
tired over f period of five years.
Jhe money was used to pur-
chased a loader.
In addition to taxes, the coun-
ty >111 receive funds from sev.
i<»2 hi eral othcr sources, oil Of which
is fees Of Office, another sal* of
automobile license plates and
other state funds.
The officer's salary fund has
been supplemented for the last
two years from the general
fund. Because of the decline in
oil activity there are fewer In-
struments to be filed and less
fees in the county clerk's office.
Since Impact started sale of
liquor, there have been fewer
arrests and fines in Jones Coun-
ty sod this too has reduced in-
, The Stamford Garden Gub
ne.ni <b.l «■ tb. p™™. Um, wU1 <* ■*«
the take'is down about four and spa80n today with a 8plce and
a half feet. . I Herb luncheon at the homp of
Heavy rains in May increased ! Mrs. M. J. Sublett. chib pfesi-
the catch In the lake and this dent. *
just about carried through the q** ^ honor will be Mrs.
summer. High point was on Reaves Hickman of Albany,
June 7 when the elevation stood governor of District VIII, Texas
The new criminal code elimi-
nated attorney's fee In justice
of peace court soil this will cost
the county about $10,000 next
year, reducing the fees from an
ssBmated 912.000 in 1964 to 92,-
550 next yedr. -. ...
Precinct 1 will operate on i
budget of 962,700, with £6.000
of this going for wages, and
91.000 far right ef way. Only
94.000 Is budgeted for new equip-
ment ■,%*
Precinct 2 will have a budget
of 997,150 with $28,000 for wages.
$jU>00 for right of way and 99,-
far capital outlay.''
Reading at the West .Texas
Utilities Co. power plant on the
lake stood at 1409.42 on Kept. 1.
This compares with 1409.80 on
April 30. Spillway level, or
Figures for this year will not be ler. consumption is expected to
available until next Monday. I reach a high point for the year.
Garden Club To Host
District Governor
‘Night Entrance’ Being Closed
Tuesday’s break-in at the First National Bank here called for replacing the
broken glass at the window where the intruders entered with glass brick.
Workman Simon Deice completes the job. The building was entered through
the window at the side of the buildifig and escape was made through a fear
door. No money was taken from the bank, but some bookkeeping machinery
Ifal—MiliaMBffaMmBM it.1 ‘ i111' Dii sv ■■ -v. SaL-v:
at 1411.50
A comparison of water usage
by the City of .Stamford shows
that, month by month, lens
water hgs been uifiT thla year
than last. >~~~
For the period April 20 until
May 20 water use was 28,508,-
900 galkins In I964; while for Hie
current year it waa 21,207,000.
May through June, the usage
waa 26,972,000 for 1964, and 23,-
833.100 for 1965.
Far June through July of
1964,! the figure Increase^ to
48,443,000 and this year It reach-
ed. 43,7*0,20©. High point for all
time was reached'Iapt year dur-
ing the month July 20 to Aug.
20, with 52,819,300 gallons pump-
ed. Tor the current year, this
figure reached 45.909.200.
Last year, rains fell In August
Garden Clubs. Inc.
The theme or course of study
for the year will be “A Pocket
Full of Miracles,'’ with each
program being the study of
some particular. gardening
miracle. At the meeting today,
Mrs. J. B. Puntphrey will
cuas “There's Made iif
and Herbe.” ",■
Mrs. Hickman will
her aims and goals In district
Work during her administration
The Stamford club plans tq
initiate a civic beautification
campaign ths season when each
member wll be urged to main-
tain a compost heap to be used
in replenishing garden soils.
The-comprehgnsive study this
year will be conservation, an
Oliver P-TA
Plans Meeting
The first meeting of the Oliver
Street P-TA will be Tuesday,
8ept. 21st., TiSO^-P. M. at the
Oliver Street School cafetorium.j
The meeting will consist of
an outline'of the coming year,
introduction of the teachers,-re-
marks by Bill Gregory, presl-
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Rash of Break-Ins
Reported to Police
outstanding objective of National deftr and O, N/Smilh, principal. _____ . .
Council of Garden Guba, Inc. M[ ™renU ~ ^.ily to- ^
vited and urged to attend in or-
U> better acquaint them-
selves with their chiMrenk
teachers and their P-TA.
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FM Construction
Underway Here
M. E. Ruby Jr., Inc., of Aus-
tin has begun work on two high,
way construction projects in this
area on FM 2746 and FM 3834
consisting of 1I.T miles and to-
taling $202,326.34.
The project on fM 2834 Is 8.1
mitea In length and begins at-
FM 1861 approximately two
miles north of Tuxedo and ex-
tends to U. 8. 277 In Stamford.
• Construction on FM 2748 la
3J miles in length and begins
at the Intersection of FM 1*6,
approximately 16 miles south of
Hamlin and extends northeast
of Anaon.
project
Absentee Voting
To Start Sept 23
In City Election
Absentee voting In the special
election to name a city covncll-
man' will open SepL 23 In Stam-
and will continue until
days before the elec
has been set for Oct.
la but oq*
A rash dTMireak-los that have rear window and about 813 taken
netted little «ash has plagued
Stafford peaee officers this
week, it Is surmised that the
vandalism is the work of
juveniles.
MRS. REAVES HICKMAN
n Walker Named
Area Treasurer
Of Young Farmers
Members of the Young Home-
makers and the Young Farmers
discussed the area convention
at a joint meeting held Sept. 7
at the Ag building. — .
I The area meeting, held In
Ranwnfl slil on Sept. U wu at- bended,
tended by Mr. and Mrs. Weldon
Holbrooks, Mr. and Mrs. Hobby
Jones, presidents of the Young
Farmers ..and Young Home-
makers, aad Don Walker, who
was stected as area treasurer
at the meeting. •
at First National aBnk w.
broken but apparently the build
log was not entered. t
A rear door glass was broken
at the bonding formerly occu-
pied by Moore Hardware.
A window was broken out at
tom's Restaurimt and an esti-
mated 910 was taken from a
pin ball machine and* the cash
register was damaged.
That aame night, the lavatory
In the public rest room at the
city hull was torn loose from the
wsD. 4
Saturday night, a youngster
who already has beeo appro-
MS broke k Urge- plate
glass window at Huston Hard-
wire. He la reported to have
■aid he did it because he waa
^ad at his father.” Replace
ment cost was set at about 1215.
L Motiday night, Longley’a food
More was entered through a
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from the cash register. A
door pass waa broken at (he
Stamford American hot nothing
appeared to be missing.V'. .
Three small windows were,
broken at May's Jewriry but
iron bars prevented the intrud-
ers from getting Into the build-
’Dogs To Seek First Season Win
!n Snyder Tikiforj
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/A' small budding at the rear
isgesmaers
token. "t-qiiMbs
the south aide of the bunk was
broken and this time the bank
Yvan entered Some ef Em
keeping machinery was dam
Uged. The vandals left by a rear
door which waa dtscov*
about
fleer Louis Jc
a Urge rock was
There's"! song for every
cation, even when the Snyder
Tigers wnndor in'o the Stamford trie
can produce halfbacks;
more power than Oeperal Dice- fullback.
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Bulldog's own backyard
p. m. Friday In
The Bullddgs, who have yet
to win after two starts, may bn
playing fa "Our Day. WUl
Come;” white Snyder, without
the 21 starters Worn 1994 who
departed with diplomas, will be
jof .■•Mt«tafnrou-,y,. ,
Snyder opened the -1996 earn-
Led by sen^r tackle-lineback-
er David Holt, the Tiger forward
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ford win fact thto* ’
Sparking '
is Jackie Rice, a 160-pound
still
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