Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1939 Page: 1 of 10
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SAIT*-
Hook!
•lour will
ine Value.
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ii ta an
will be
gusran-
furniture
Value
iir prieeu
other*.
Store
8Mr Square
$2.70
_____2.7$
_____2.26
_____2.90
_____2.60
[pM. bill.
lNY .
TEXAS
Oil Development
Result of Rains
NO. S MUENZLKR G1VE8 GRIF-
FIN POOL ANOTHER
EAST EXTENSION
Rain and muddy roads . have
caused delay in- moving in several
new oil rigs, but failed to slow
down drilling in the Stamford
area. —
Lewis Production Company No.
3 Muensler gave the Griffin pool
in the Immediate vicinity of Atpca
an east extension as time satura-
tion wan cored 8324-28 V. feet.
Pipe was cemented 8224 fept and
the teat is expected to be drilled in
■ Friday.
. Jarrett Smith et al No. 1 Cox
T' Hamilton estate, Avoca townsite
test, was completed 3270 feet and
gauged 102 barrels oil on a one-
hour gauge after a 500-gallon acid
treatment. Jarrett Smith et al No.
w 2 Cox Hamilton, one location north-
" eaat, is drilling at 8030 feet.
Be. Fields No. 2-B Humphrey
responded to 500-gallon acid and
gauged 246 tmrrels oil on a two-
hour gauge. - ~
Bert Fields Nd. 4 Taylor topped
Palo Pinto lime at 3210 feet and
■ ■ ... — ...... ■.« ■ ■■■ ■ ■" 1 — ■— ...— . ... yj . , ■ saw, waiwi -
Rain Here Nearly 4 Inches
■■»■*■ ww -- ~*~-i — - " W i i In * 1 —-
Funds ore Being Roised to
Build Airport Hangar to
House Half-Dozen Planes
IB
| An effort to raise funds to build
an airplane hangar fur Stamford
is being made this week by the
aviation committee of the Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Roy Arledge, chairman, is soli-
citing funds from business men
and said Wednesday afternoon that
about half of the subscriptions
that he has received have been
paid in cash. He expects to raise
several hundred dollars.
When the donations have been
completed the committee will ask
the City of Stamford for an ap-
propriation toward the cortipietiea
of the fund for the building. Total
cost is estimated at |700. -v'
By the plan of the aviation com-
mittee, a sheet iron hangar about
40 by 60 feet would bo constructed
and would be operated through the
Chamber of Commerce. A gasoline
pump would be placed at the han-
gar and a man owning • plan*
cored saturation 3223-28 feet. Pipe would operate the airport. The
was demented 3222 feet. This testi hangar would be large enough to
house five “or six small planes, or
±
WTCC PRESIDENT
KMRe-Vr
is the northwest offset to the No. 1
Jiamulmr.
Iron Mountain No. 1 Cockrell,
oast aide test, was abandoned at
3314 foot. ~--T—
locations north of the wo.
IW WHpjg fa*.-
No. 6 Ortfftn is
r « j
* i5 i
Bowen-Bradstroet No. 1 Richard-
son has spudded and cemented sur-
face pipe
Bert Fields No. C-l Humphrey
1850 ieet.
No. 1 San
fewer larger planes.
The aviation committee, working:
on the project, is composed ol Mr.;
ArUdge, chairman. Bill Bra;
Stamford Woman is
Training for Walk
Covering 330 Miles
Drouth Broken
.'With Downpour
. Monday Night
STAMFORD AREA IS SOAKED;
- BY FIRST RAIN SINCE |
- JAM ARY —a.—~^-l
Rainfall here this week totalled
3.35 inches, giving Stamford the
first rain of any consequence since
early January, and a total of 6.40
inches rainfall so far t.his year.
~ The average rainfall for Stem-
ford from January 1 to May 1 <s
5,70 and for May Is 3-21 Inches
While rainfall before May 1 this
year totalled only * 45 inches, the
fain this week is bringing the to-
tal up to more nearly normal. .
E The first downpour of rain came
Monday night anil amounted to
3.53 inches. The rain was accom-
panied by considerable wind and
hail Rain Tuesday afternoon and
Tuesday night fell slowly and
amounted to .42 inch. The-rains
were more or less general over this
■ area, varying from half an tnah to
| two and three inches, The Ward
community north of Stamford re-
j ported a six-inch rain Monday I
I night, accompanied by a hard hail |
storm of several minutes. sical
Reunion Improvements with;Baccalaureate
N#W Recreational Building, Service is to
Cost Around $10,000
Will
Russell and Ot
Gillean.
jFuneral Service
Held Monday for
j “Froggy” Lovvorn
lit Drake Relays Psdttrn ^rm*| liumtud pi i iiiiniT
|nTor”ml!nv vX«rs h. 1m. b-wwJ T* ***
L/^v T > h •“• »» "Froggy." Who graduate* from
1irgeat ,WP rmnch °Per«- the Stamford High School in 1835.
as anchor man of the George
sssa sgcfss
a K. FAWCETT
iwpw
| praafdaal irf IheW
ber of Commerce, is a typical pio-<
neer W>st Texan.
,V MRS. CECIL CRAY
Mrs. Cecil Gray, an anient phy
••“‘Ittf w+U- take port
■ Tn TIuT ss-cund half of the 11*38 Mac
Fadden Health Walk of 14 days be
tween Daasvlll*. N. Y., and the
Improvements costing around
SI0.000 are now ip progress at the
Texas Cowboy' Reunion grounds
jus! outside thr city and will be
completed in udvanCv of the Tenth
AmnwiT Reunion, which will meet1
Julv a, 4 and 5.
Major ttem on the construction
program is a recreational building
to bo known as “The Roundup"
which is being built by the oldtime
cowboys assiH'iatton. , The. building
will he used for the square dances
wbVh in the paaf have been held
in the *v *w hoy bunk house The new
arrangement will leave the hunk-
house free for the purpose for
which it was originally intended -
a meeting place for the pioneer
cowboys and their friend*.
The Roundup I* being built 200
feet southwest of the hunkhouae.
The walls will be of native stone
veneer, similar to the hunkhouae,
and the roof will be of iron, sup-
ported by steel trusses. Floor space
will be 60 by UK) feet.
Besiiles this structure costing
$5,500; the Reunion proper is
spending ft,Mm* for improvements
at the rodeo arena and at other'
points on the grounds, A large
shed na- ---*■-
RAINS CAUSE RIVER
RISE; STAMFORD TO
HAVE SOFT WATER
With good rise* coming
down the Clear Fork of the
Braids rlVer since the raips
the first of this week, Stam-
ford will have soft water
-’again in a week or 10 days,
Pity Manager Grady . Now-
dry said Wednesday morn-
ing. -
* The large water basin «
being filled, but it will be
sometime near the middle of
next week before the soft
water will reach the ponsum-
•re.
New Officers
Are Installed
H|H|| By Music Qua
shed has been built own the rhnt.7. -—- , „ r
pen* 'IHS HOWBRV TAKER riFFKK
m>x ha* been built ■dtoinmv tr>* A® I’HESIDENT AT TEA
tW'V ha* been built ndjOinmr the
judges’ stand,—Three new hams
with stahleS for horses are being
tors in Ttxas.
Mr. Fawcett has represented
K» and Val Verde county on
If I n A L -"d Val Verde county o.,
Mrs r Astm of d»r*«tor» w**t
- j! " “ -IT***# Chamber of Commerce for
AS FJ
COUNTRY
HOME
ill ^
v it- *- p i e * ,de n rnf the re-
i was m|
1»38. He was elevated
*ftm itagwiiBnaf iection.”
mmm aoM
r et al No. 2
[ £Xchni
m
lb. Hr
doz.
ears
Jb - >
Faln-MoGaha No. 8 Swedish Utejg* had been in frad health since
Owens-Green No. 1
Is waiting
____wrier wg* held from
the town residence of the family
otr orders ;«< Cast Campbell etreett-MomUi!
il:I« «dack, with
F.. E6ggirT»«tgr of-th*1
south-!Central Preabyterian church, of-
In W'
JU
ttsalsri
will Join tin*
In I
Icaittaa. and Mr* Tronit
hiker* on
ti a son of Mr.
asa.-r-
who Bra
dtr tmtthrm
them ami ge to New York for
Several Stamford * 8Liri&2f'“ IS
tour ClmKi Altf.
L and will join Mr*. t;»av
Fair about July 8.
tba asreunt
tint* ■
Iron Mountain No. * Beck, south- ! Centra! Fresbyt
east outpost in the Ivy pool, as- ncwtlng. Burial
southeast extension after
picking qp M
Pipe will be
Fortaon-Po
saturation at 3224 feet, directed the funeral.
cemented to 3217 feet.
!‘ort*on-Pofk No. 1 McCowan
to the No.
ling past 2W5TT feet.
auth offset
r, G drimn]
cemetery. Kinney
Funeral
tended the WTCC convention in ’
for production of the thrills that
Flower bearers
_______White, Mra, F. W.
I McKeev- Mami^e YaUs Orr^Mrs ^rady
Tavman, Mra.
S. D. Gar. Mra
M
Hca— ■ .
ton 15c
kg. lie
olla 14c
wx 19c
Billy .Bryant,
Mra. A. R. Watson and Miaa Betty
RtiMi.
Pallbearers were Zack White,
Harry Yates, Budley Raines, W. B.
T'«!Sw£ti»
Foster
town,
was formerly NThk
and was born in George-
March 16, 1875. 8he was
on October
Owen-Snebold No. 1 McCowan is
drilling past 2190 feet.
Algord Oil Company No. 1 E. P.
‘ Swenson is attempting to puu col-
* lapsed pipe: Total depth is 1965
1
Ungren-Frssier No. 3 McCowan
Is drilling at 2000 feet after log-
' ging g»od show of oil and gas
from 1627-36 feet.
Danciger Oil and Refining Com-
pany No. 3 McCowan it drilling at
Owen-Snebold operators are dig-
ging slush pits for spudder teat
on the No. 4 Haterius, west loca-----
tion from the No. 1 Haterius, and [married te Mr. Astin
•hish pita are dug for the No. 2<8. 1896, at Heame
McKeever, rotary teat, due west og Jones county M
the quarter-mile extensioner. The
same company has staked location
> for a rotary teat, a diagonal north-
west offset to Ungren-Frasier No.
3 McCowan.
Valley Osage Oil Company is
due to move in rotary equipment
for the No. 1 McKeever. a farm-
oat from the Texas Company.
Grisham-Hunter No. 1 8. K. Os-
ment, west effaet to the No. 1 Ap-
pling. pool opener five miles west
«t Stamford, is drilling past 2590
feet.
George Callihan No. 1 H. L. Os»
ment, north offset to the No. 1
Appling, U drilling past 2676 feet.
C. M. Francis, Stamford’s director, I race for collegea. In this number,
mwrw Mr„ Jot'Mrs. Stove Bennett, secretary ofjthe runners from Kansas Nortnal
Feckkam, Mrs.! the Chamber of Commerce, Otho!"f
Ellis Lusk, representative in
W, B.|,r**y Home Town” speaking , , .
test. Col. R. L. Penick arxl daugh-• .h®?*
distance each afUmbon Tn prepara
Uerr for the walk and expects to
W? -UV WTi5r« ihe lemvrx
Sha hs* hern a consistent walker
Re HelcTStnday
RFV t)JCK O BRIKN TO PREACH
SIHMON AT FIRST
MtPTIBT CHURCH
The beech laureate f serviea fwr
the graduating class of the Htaaa-
ford High School 5B4HJ
day night nt *he FtrfT
Church beginning at • o’clack.
, Rrv. Dlrk—tVBncn, - pastor, MU
i preach the two rsUwreata sersaew,
| <lris.bu.tion exercises will bo Wd
at St John’s Methialist Chunk Fir»-
• day night. May . frontiers far
' ' ■ ' C fh* tMMkJB
I the program, which wiflH
jaented by member* uf MU
I 'j Economic frontier* will
cussed hy Pete Andrew*;
frontiers by Charles B
anil social frontier* by
Lamb Musical numbers
given by Mary Charlotte
Caroline Hoch and Cecil Gray,
and Mary Gwendolyn Rucker
give a reading.
Valedictorian, salutatorian
'’best-all-around'’ member af
class will be announced at i
time. .
Seventh grade graduating-
errts** win ke held next ThuradaF
night.
GIVEN BY MRS. I’ll A
DistrictScoui
Hwiry Ford to bive
♦ Dance Records for I
Cowboy liunkhouse
jxllhc
Henry Ford,
Interest In
f _
Ptaihford
en for the
Mu vie Club at a
hey home Tuesday a.ftem.>on.
Other new officer* for the rtub
are Mrs. Bart- Holland, vice ptvak-
NtenM-Mee* 4Mha GtBaaa. rcvonUag{
secretory; Mr*. ,H. C. Michael.'
crrsxpondiag .
ca-u
kBETHHek-k^haa-terti>»-d
-iil.ji-rt, will* donate square dan
s.kfittiilT, received a tetter fliff
Saturday from Fnrrt** seeretorv.
B.
R. A. Fuqua, Mra.
H. A. Carter, Mr*.
hiker and he atde to com*, through
,h.„. Emporia and (ieorgia *•
*th" dine college of Los Angeles waged ™*' *“rt
x, *’-7 “£tels"*•
i,. * “
to the pg*t Id year* tod haa Rt _ . ______ . .
doubt that she will make a good Judge < onmhr* had recently writ-ir"*""'Bl
and didn’t end until
ter, Miss Lilias Penick, Mr. and
arry Yates. Mrs. Budley Raines, ‘■DirL. M- Hardy, Mr. and Mr*. R.
ra. Henry Andrews, Mrs. jC .C. F. Hall, Mr*. R. H. Bounds, lJavid
Westfall, Mr*. Earl Keese. Mr*. Bennett, G. L. Inglish. Bill Bray-
iwr, J. C: Rainer ana daughter.
Mis* Betty Raines, Mr. and Mrs. T.
J, Boston and Mrs. L. F. Met*.
k. Lai I arrng.
Mrs. Charles inglish
Harry xitrii tfuaiey tvAinei, w. d. c%a. ** ■ ••
Harrison. Robert Harrison, Earl Stamford PupilS HI
Ktoto, Uhto Roaenw.aaer and D p.ano Tournanient
Win Hi«:h Rating
The 14 pupils of Mr* C M. Les-
They moved to!who took part in the National
which is
Jones county 38 gears ago shortly J
after the beginning of the town}
of Stamford, and have lived either | r®***1 ^ nonl' wW<
in Stamford or on their farm home ^ , rM»«r«n -*____• •
since that time. Mra. A*tin waa a C?hr?-U> ^“Kbter
Abi-
“na-
high rat-
member of the Preabyterian church.
Survivors include her husband,
J. P. Astin, two sons, Raymond As-
tin and Hugh Astin, both of Stam-
ford, and » grandson, Joe William
Aston, who is a student in New
Mexico Military InatitOte at Ros-
well, New Mexico.
d
Miss Hybemia Grace I
Undergoes Operation
Miss Hybemia Grace ef Anson
underwent an operation for appen-
dicitis at the Stamford Sanitarium
last Friday night and is getting
X nicely
Two Brothers and
Sister Meet Firsts
Time in 38 Years
| k The operation ca
1 talas the second s
Texas Historical
Two Brother* of Mrs. J.- M.
Ametson of Tuxedo met last week
for the first time In 88 years and
one of the brothers and a sister
met this week for the first time
within that period.
■' 8. R. Green, one of the brothers,
and his wife from lake Charles,
T*s, visited Mr. and Mrs. Ajperson
_J.
____.JH second of the West
Takas Historical Society which she
ha* missed since the society wfta
organised 11 years ago. The socie-
ty met in annual session In Lub-
bock Saturday. On the other occa-
sion Mis* Grace waa in New York
City doing graduate work.
Mias Grace, daughter of Joe
Grace of Anson is teacher of his-
tory in the Anson High School.
She was made chapter president of
the Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority
_________ „ AfmH
used Miss Grace to last week and while here they went
to Sweetwater where they visited
L. M. Green and his family. The
trip brought together the brothers
who had been separated in child-
hood kftcr the death of their
ents. Mr*. Amersofi had seen
Green nine years ago.
Children of Mr. and Mrs. AmsP ____
son, Mr*. Andv French and Melvinfhonor
Amerson of Tux* do and J.’. H.
Ameraon of Munday and their
families joined the visitors at the
Amerson horn, during the week
rn-yw JEiA^i. _• KiRicri, ^ ***«.....** ------*
MUilS Mattle-Cal—te Widney Green Bad not seen «tte «4 the **► Gray aad Jean Glut,
id Ethel Rowell attended the ter*. Mr*. Ed Cannon of Sham- The other pupil*, Caroline-Hoch,
and Founder's rock, in 88 year*. The other sister, Regenia Dennis, Lois Marie Rica.
Mu Chapter of Mrs. Della Apperson of Woodward.
and flthel
tenth aimi
Day meeting of
Delta Kaypa
Sweetwater but weak.
recently.
, evaf-sl - ,y .*
_______of Mr.
and Mra. L. H. Culwell, achieved
the national honor roll this year
for the sixth consecutive year.
Last year she was on* of the 18
in the United State* who had wen
national honors for five consecu-
tive years. She played 16 selections
in the tournament Saturday.
Ann Bunkley, daughter of Dr.
and Mra. E. P. Bunkley, and Mary
Jean Yates, daughter of Mr. and
Mra. E. E. Yates, achieved the na-
tional honor roll thia year for the
fourth consecutive year.
An* received high honors In the
Preparatory B division, which
would entitle her to compete tor
the Mlchwits Memorial Awards,
but she is only 14 years of age in-
stoad of the 17 years required for
entry. '_____ .
Two other of Mrs. Lester's pu-
pils, Jean Glass of Rule and faro-
iins - Hoch met the requirements
necessary to enter the competition
for the Award and may taka part
in the contest in June if they de-
sire to do sc. ’
Doris Rosenwasser, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rosenwasser,
and Katheryn Fens, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Feris, will he
placed on the roll of distinguished
students by making the national
roll for the third
we through the day wftV 10-min-
ut# rest pr-riod* out .of earh hour.
HikCr* Will to '-xl&tfMt to walk
three mile* each 60 minutes. Ap
hour and a half lunch ^period will
be allowed The first half <>f the
walk will be between Philadephia,
Meeting Here
- - n
NKXTMKftftlOK WILL BK
AT HAMLIN ON
Jl’NE 15
Bey Scout
Stamford district
<-h.afc«i»
Barrett, chairman nf
presided frir the It
ft, win" donate square dance la sccsiapsriit
£ £*jfsjjjrJtasiJSi-njv
r,IWgmHip8jT)| III........ £rM^!^yuy\Mrftc e^mmlHe-mew
h-r * A --- ^twstr tor the to
" I tiJL ^^^wUh special
'■ ««fhr'irr^Ttoa. Cowboy
meeting.
appointed 4ww earn-
season the year-
Mrs. Jlart Holla ad. chair-
h.. ,
Strict activities
JU».4tsa r,siuuaUUa
"The
r ph ~1
.t—r ww ___
Stamford dMrtc! 1#
posed j f Jin in I in,
‘he
atm Ins
June 3. The walk will be broken by
a four da> stay at the Physical
Culture Hotel in Dansvllle.
Program PreHented
*it'romiShere ‘ m By K iiider^art o ii for
Mothers of Pupils
Kindergarten pupils of Mr*. An-
na Dial presented * pregram for
their mothers last KViday.
the program, Mrs. Dial served
pumpkin pie topped with whipped
cream to the visitor*. The school
will close on May 26.
The program follows! The Lord’s
Prayer; scripture reading, 28th
chapter Matthew; song, “Blue
Daisies;” group reading, “Jerusa-
lem”; song; "Jesus Loves Me";
reading, 'T»e*r Mother of* Mine”;
song, “Mother’s Beautiful Hands";
aplUr. “Nobody Know* the Trouble
I’ve Seen," by Douglas Scott, Jr.;
groqp reading, “The Wild Flow-
era”; song, “I Saw a Bird,” by
Jane Hardwick; reading, “The End
of the Day," by (Charlene Williams;
■owgt "Aunt Dinah’s Quilting
Party.” by Jane Hardwick and
ten to him telling him how th»*
old toto- «,««*- dance t# bemg
olanzed ami perpelualed In the
annual sessions of the Trias Cow-
boy Reunion, and asking if Mr
Ford, knew where recordings could
be procured which would l^e of suf-
ficient length tor n dance set.
Judge < oombes also sent Mr. Ford
an honorary badge fff membership*
for 14139 in Ih# Texas Cowboy He-
Pa., and Dansville, and will open union Association and complimen
tary chuck wagon tickets.
Mrs. ('. M. l^eHtur in!
PreHentintf PupilH
High Schcxil piano pupils of Mrs'
C. M. Letter will be presented
tlvr year. Doda Played 20 pl«cea la
the tournament Saturday amt Rath-
er.m played 10
our pupils achieved the national
Peppefdine's toivvorn ami Em-
poria’s R. Lihy were bearing mad*
ly down upon-tha-judges.And tim-
,ers. :
"During most of their furlong
stint, lovvorn and Llby ran stndf-
for-stride. Then at the last turn
Liby edged slightly to tKe fore
"The orator over the public ad-
dress system remarkinl that if the
tram lost, the Lo* Angeles Cham-
ber of CommsVce threatened to
move
which
Oregon or Mexico
“Matter Lovvorn must have
heard him. He added one more
spurt to hi* half dosen previous
spurts and broke the tape.
“First to congratulate Ma'ter
Lovvorn was an unidentified com
petitor in the sweat dud* of the
University of Kansas. The Jay-
hawker ailQjut kissed him. Em-
poria boys, standing nearby, glar-
ed.
“The Pepperdine boys’ clocking
waa 7 minutes 43.4 second*; the
previous fastest ws* 7 minutes
47.6 second* by Kansas Normal of
Pittsburg In 1938.”
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Increase Noticed in
Subscription Paying
Several new and renewal sub-
T^e^Ameriean* tince” tke^aat list PartY ” ky Jane Hardwick and'Jeannme Kranc.la, Peggy Van Mar
wa. published. Some of them were D™* -u. Soott with B^y^inlaf | b^d, Richard O’Brien Uemore
in combination with the RemU 'n chorua; group r>«tfi,^After Fuqua. Joy Christine ur.ngto"
Weekly Farm News for |1.60 and A *-ife of Seryice Jaon Russell, Mac Usler. Anna
some with the Texas Almanac of-' The program consisted of mem- Paul Jackson, Robert o often,
fer for 11.36 for the two, and oth- ory WMW and era* well rendered. I Mary Frances l^wb»n. Arol Glen,
er* for The American alone. Those of the class
tive part on the pi
Christine Terry< Ray
Cantrell, Douglas Scott, Otbo Gil-! Ruth F rancis
lean, Charlene Williams, Jerry I
inesting,
all Man, M»». BraiuLw. Cu«>,| n.
be held June 16 *t Habiltn
A. J. , Smith, Jr., Mr*.
8im* and Mrs. L. L. John*.
Before new officers were install-
ed a business meeting was con-
ducted hy Mrs. 1’hy in which sev-
eral matters- -were wnhsleit Tbe
club Voted to. donate |2A . toward
the furnishings for the- living
room of the home economics, cot-
The club Is fostering a move-
ment to furnish th* room. The Par-
ent Teachers Association made a
donation of I4U and the Exchange
Club ami Rotary Club wdl givoaub-
stantlal donations. The Music Club,
assisted by tosrher* of lh« horn*
economics department of the
m h.H.I, wflll purchase the
In Two Recitals ^
furnish ,tbry
tare
in a
public recital Thursday night,
May IN "i at the First Baptist
A ftoc| Church, firammar seh<K>l pupils
will appear in a recital at the
chnrrh on F riday, night Flach re-
cital Will open at N p. m.
The following pupils will lie pre
si-nted Thurwlay night: Caroline
Red carnations decorated the
Phy home for the meeting Tuesday.
Mr*. Phy served a a*Ud course to
the club members as they arrived.
W. R. Keeton Buy*
; --—...............- r—*4
Junior Shakespeare
Club to be Fomedt.
The National Junior. Khakespeapo
Club through the cooperation of W»
cal teacher* an I club women Will
be formed here.
Mis* Vera Mteily has been «#l*e4-
ed as supervisor because of bar
special qualifications as a grad-
uate of Tessa State College far
W<mven with major in primary ado-
ration which included a'cnure* In
telling ami children’s litem*
The club is durational in
p«>*e_ and is designed to giva g
amt junior high school children A
combination course in •peach, dnu
mattes and story telling baaed ask
the works of the famoua hard. In
.. ... .a . simplified form sml in such a nag
Home on Welta Ave. that u win *pp.ir itk* piag i*
_— I them. At the tame lime It prepare*
W R, Keeton, who owns the them for thefr high school Engliali
F.Co'nomy Motor Company, ha*| studies
Club me'mberihip isL limited In
J.. Eligible gandulnti -Will be an-
tha
Hoch, Ixhs Mane Rtra, tiuoia Fay* purr hosed a home at HUN .Weils
Gray, Martha Louise McClellan, avenue from R. 11 Kpyncer and 30.
Jimmie Ruth Sltiles, Mary Jim Ma-'Company His wife snd son, Ken-Jlectad ampng children' from
a«*n, Jean Brownfield, Mary Jean neth, will-Join him here about June third to the ninth graites.
Yates, Nancy Ruth Harrison. Jarnie I. Kenneth ia a Junior in the Over-' Prixes will he offered at variolas
Chandler, Mary Lou Johnson, ton High Heh<KiI and *hey are wait- *t*gg" and diplomas in elemepteurv
Gweneth F'Jemln*, Ann ’Bunkley, mg’ until the cloae of school there1 dramatic arts will he awarstesf isdl4
and Jean Glass i before moving to Htamford.' I child who has finished the praaegfr-
I Oi Friday night, the following During the summer Mr. and Mr*, ed epurs#
pupils will be prueeritod: k rsdaI Keeton will bw Joined, by two oth-| Thu gVaml finale will be a homa-
Culwell, Doris Rosenwasser,. Pag- er sons, Morris Keeton, who is a talent Shakespearean play in tias-
gy Tinsley, Billie Mane Russell,1 teacher i!t pblloeoph^r ih H M U, plifted form or pageant having th*
i 1 rhi f
Regenia Dennis, Loia
< aidwell, at Dalla*, and Bob Keeton, a itu [children portray the Shakespaggw
dent , in the'L’niverwty of Texas..ean characters.
Another son is a teacher in th# | • , —— ■ —............ ' .....-
law department of the Usiirrirtf, I^ovga \ llflipncp iu
of Tessa, but he makef his home -lUUltfnte IH
ia Auniut
Tha list follows:
Mrs. E. G. Boss#. Stamford. Rt 1.
Mra. R. E. Bunion, Wellington,
Kansas.
Mias Nellie
Hi. , ^ i !
Jimmie Muehl*t#ln, Avoca, Rt. t.
C. M. Francis, Stamford.
— George Pryor, Stamford
H. c Share*, Arson, Rt 2
Clyde Milas. Prinevlll*. Oregon.
Otto Lehrnian. Sagerton, Rt. 1.
v Jim Neuman, Tuxedo.
Mr*. W .H. Goodwin* Menden-
hull Mild
Mis* Theresia Newqui*t, Fort
WafW.- - '
Jo Ann Russell and
rating for the first Um#7
H. G. Klump. Old Glory. Rt 1.
A. Hagermen. Sagerton. —
lie** Erie Lundstrom, AMtjt-. >
Fa- Theodore Olson. Ft Worth
t ’
„ ____ “*•' * rt,
K. C. GUOS, Stamford
wfii r“iHjf*r^ci. i Miry rrinri’t i.awn«>nt a<ni turn, ----------------
taking an ac-; Dor^hy Paul Homme,. B,III. Flo, Stamford Bo> H Will
prorrim f Rrott, rw#, Kiiibryn l*rri»t . ^
y Kinney, Ann! Era do Upshaw, Peggy Gray, and DoilblCH ( OlltCHt' ll
Seastrom, Chleafy FixHl, Faala Daniaiiid*"* ilsisd
wick, Calvin Applewhite.
Senior FavoriteH are
Selected by StudentH
Senior clas* favorite*. with;th*
exception of “be * t-all around”
were announced at the High
Reboot Tuesday “B»*t-al|.around”
la always kept a secret until the
graduation
ftTaduation to be-
Abilene Tennin Meet
Pleaned with Opera*
‘The Bohemian (JirT
Enthusiastic praise of tha opera,
' The Bohemian Girl,” «|* griaa
by the large audience qi^tamford
* ~ | people and ^.ut of town vislwn M
«..!> Kiaard and Eugene Sw*n-,the city smtitorium last
III*IH at Ww Horn* ,on w,,n •#nt#r d<.Uhu. m ai'night
^*”l invitation tennis tournlment heid^ Th<- opera was presented nt
at Abilene last NaturdMjL^ribHjta^k^ta
Friday
invitation tennis tournlment heid^ op<*r* wa*
b-,-. J5J.W Mwflr“* '"”Um
exereine*.
Brownfield a* tbe most handsome
boy;- Marry tw. riayne* as the
it popular senior. Ocil Gray,
Jr., as the wittirtd: Jark Crockett
aq.hU.nu. aofl JiuW
the
T
■ ' r
**t ,,'.1 .yr»*
(By Mr*. Cecil Bean) ___ ^_
The New Hope sdhool will pr*-^^ rid^'Vn' thV LnalV/"
«ent play* Friday night at the B.II Swenson lost to the Ahilcne
•mhnol auditorium, Th# public is WlJf wh<> Wfnt to ^ fmaU m
invited 1»ingle*.
(»r«duMt i)jf *x*tnih** wi|| not b*. *-r- T.r„.r..r , ___
held thjs year, Diplomas will bej Mr Hraya.er . A«m Die-
awarded to tbe following seventh, MUs Mula William-, aunt of Bill
rrsile pupil*; Georr* Pierce, Eldon Braym-r trf this erty, dud oi
to detail by the Stamford Music
Club and th# McMurrv < hunters
under the directum of Mrs Gypay
Ted Sullivan Wylie, dean of fllip
•rt• of MyMurry ('..liege at AM- —
»• - n . f VattMdpW
Mu.ic Week. ;
The leadwig roles of the opani
were .an led by talented student*
;
rith the Rri*vm«r familv
Estqile Garaa, Armintm" RqMt*. Mjft Braypwr.was gtoariur up kiUl.maness.
Mary Llltn ilager and Uvn«y Ro-t wa* Imog wjjJi Mr. Bravmtx si
-— -----| mother at t^e time of her d<ath. " j
| *!■ look to the chnrnVe*.___
»h'le highly commended on^their pagftg
g*r«
Study' members of
Club served aa ushers.
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Huston, Cleburne. Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1939, newspaper, May 19, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth972766/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.