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STAMFORD. TONES COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY. JAN. 18. 1966.
Bank Increases
Capital, Surplus
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Capital and surplus of First
National Bank of Stamford
was increased by $300,000 In
action taken by stockholders
at the annual meeting held
at the bank Tuesday. This will
mean that the bank will have
$200,000 in capital stock *1*1
$300,000 in surplus.
W. T. Stovall, president, said
Wednesday that this was ae-
A rtaH famp Fire
Leaders Elect
Officers, Board
. Adult leaders of the Stam
ford Camp Fire
new officers and courtcil mem
bers - Monday at the Cliff
House,
Heading the slate of pew
.officers is Harvey .Penny of
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Gregory Is vice president. Mrs.
Andrew Byrd, secretary, and
Bill Gregory, treaaurer.
compllshed by declaring a 33
and a third per cent stock
dividend, thus reducing the
undivided profits from $675,-1
000 to $475,000.
Statement of condition of
the bpftk as of Dec. 31 showed
total assets orf $8,908,030, with
$7,866,523.41 on deposit.
Stockholders also voted to
Split the stock, issuing new
eertlficetes on the basis of 10
for one. Par value of the old
stock was $100 and that of &e
new will be $10, Stovall ex-
plained, .adding that this ac-
tion has been approved by the
U. S. controller of currency.
All officers of the bank
were elected for another year.
Stovall, these
are: Earl Smith, vice presi-
dent; W. G. Swenson, inactive
vice preildent; John R. Rice,
Jr., cashier;»James L. Wag-
goner, and Loretta Connally,
rab TWiaktufi'iin11
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Outstanding Speakers Due
For Farm and Ranch Day
Jones County's second Farm social ion since March of 1965.1 L. V ooncentralns will he dis-
and Ranch Day, to-be held at Dr. Jack D.'Price of Texas (ilssed by f>on Hummel, area
'Stamf«H,<i“M«iiulay will feature A&N1 Extension Service will entomologist of the Extension
a slate of seven* outstanding. talk; on “Pesticide Safety," | Service ‘ •'
speakers from over the state starting at 11:10 a. m I "Soil Fertility - Fertilizers
—each a recognize si authority Resuming th^j' progfam at [ a'nd Their Uses,’*- will be tho
in his field Planning lias been 1 o’clock after lunch, the let ' topic of a talk to be given by
under the Joint chairmanship. est development in boll weevil' another Extension' Service
of County Agent Kirby ("lay- control, including the use of specialist, Jim Valentine. 1
Directors are Stovall, Swen-
son, Smith,
W. B: Harrison, W. B. Harrl-
rbanu>iop.,fcftomsfciai iteet
■anwitir ' r ■■ i»i
showed
ton and Birger Hater! us, ehair.-
man of the Extension Pro-1
gram Committee.
The sessions will be field at}
the Roundup llall at Rk' Texas
f Cowboy Reunion Ormindy and}
I will get underway at It a m., |
pausing at noon for a free
barbecue lunch Farmers,
ranchers and business men
are invited.
The speakers Will cover
series of subjects such as' salt
water pollution, ■-'-href—rn
feeding, boll weevil control;
and several other .siihh-rfs re-
lating to agriculture and eeO-
the ...
Bill Jones Is retiring pr«d- j:“J 'jC*rothe«? Jr“
dent.
Elected ,to the council were
Bill Jones, regional represen-
tative; ■ James High, camp
chairman: Mrs. L. F. Perry,
adult training chairman; Heal
Oliver, finance chairman; Mrs.
Johnny Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry .Miller of Stamford,
grand champion commercial beef steer Saturday at the Stamford-Avoca Fu-
ture Farmers of American Livestock Show held at the Stamford FFA feeding
center. Larry Mueller, also of Stamford FFA; showed the reserve champion.
bership chairman; Mrs. Jack
Denson, registrar; Mia. Wel-
don Holbrooks, publicity chafr-
jnani_Mli T. iL KollOUt. pro- . f . »I,r*Snrrt tr.
gram rhairman; Mrs.' Curtis ,__A ,u_ ___
Johnny Miller Shows Top Steer
! At Stamford-Avoca S tock Show
i* Mrs Tnrlr
Johnny Miller showed the in the breeding beef division:
grand champion commercial
Cox, group organizer;___
W. C. Taylor, camp director;
Mrs. Jerry Gamer,* leaders,
representative.
Ten ^ ear membership pins
were awarded to Xlsa. An-
drews. Martha Rollins. Edle
Hudson. Betsy Walker, Paula
Fuqua and Lynn Short
Plans were also made for
the Camp' Fire candy sale
slated Feb. 7. which wlU be
house-to-house sale.
Sunday 16
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Shorty WinklealT^r
Asks Term as Jones
County Treasurer^
L. R. (Shorty) Winkles.
Anson, service station opera-
tor, announced this week that
W would be a candidate for
Jonea County treasurer.
Formal statement for the
candidate appears elsewhere
in this issue.
Fri. 7-9
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Hood Announces
For Another Term
Roscoe Hood of Stamford,
hasauthoribad.The American
candidate for rejection as
justice of the peace, Prednct
2, Jonas County.
An official statement wfl!
be Issued at a later date, Hood
said. '
head the list of. winners Sat-
urday of the Stamford-Avoca
Future Farmers of American
Livestock Show at the Stam-
fCrd FFA feeding center.
-sen,- -«lso-of- Avoea; won re- “vlST0h7 were:
finished a close second in
Judging to claim the reserve
championship In the commer-
cial beat stepr division.
The show, which was weR
attended on a perfect day.
weatherwise, featured 56 boys
from the Stamford and Avoca
FFA chapters with 119 entries
fdiltotam .division*
yV^fgmford’s and Avoca’s live-
stock show was a primer far
Ihlbjiioncs County Stamford showed second
Show slated tHkvfcftekendTto
Judged at 2 p. m. Friday at
the Stamford FFA feeding
canter hare, while all other
animals will be Judged Satur-
day in Anson.
The grand champion exhibi-
tor, a Stamford High School
freshman, did not witness the
final judging of commercial
calves by T. C. Blanklnship,
Hamlin High School vocation-
al agriculture teacher. In-
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animal and left the show
grounds
He did not learn of his win-
ning until after he returned.
Denis Olson of Avoca show-
ed the grand champion animal
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uing m-ei uivuuon. j PTacings in the breeding
It was an Angus. Jerry Jen- swine, under eight mnnthN di-
serve champion -in the breed-
ing beef class by also showing
an Angus.---------r— ------—ri
A Hereford show by Randy
the
tgrbtaf
class. . -------
Grand champion- of the faf
twine division was a Chester
White shown by Manuel Oli-
vares of Avoca, and David
Pearson, also of Avoca. was
reserve champion with, a
Hampshire.
Paul Boedeker, Stamford,
placed ffrrt and fourth in the! 3" Alan
lightweight Dui-oc. fit swine AHre — 1.
cflHb. and Mike Powell of
and
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second in heavyweight Duroc,
f*t swine'division, and James
Fudge of Avoca ptaeed third.
~ Placing In the fat swine di-
vision, Chester White, was
Manuel OMyares, first; Mike
Jordon. Avoca, Kcond; and
.Jackie Norrpd, Avoca, third.
In the Berkshire class Bruce
Baker of Avoca was first and
second and James Fudge,
third.”®; «
David Pearson was first
and second in Hampshlres, fat
swine, aril Jerry Wledman of
Stamford won the Poland
China class.
Grand champion breeding
swine, a Duroc, Was shown
by Bruce Baker of Avoca. and
Paul Boedeker showed the re-
serve champion, also a Duroc.
Duroc— 1. Bruce Baker, Avo-
ca, 2. Paul Boedeker, Stam-
ford. 3. Earl Ncatheriln, Avo-
ca; Poland China—1. Ray Don
Hansen; .Hampshire -L and 2.
David Pearson. J,
Weems, Stamford, Berkshire
—$. James Fudgp. 2. Manuel
Olivares^ 3. Karl Neatherlin;
Chester-—t. ■ Larry Avarits,
Avoca. 2, Mike Jordan, Avoca.
3. Jackie Norred, Avoca.
Results of breeding swine,
over eight months, were; Dur-
OtS—t. and 2. Paul Boedeker.
Wcdckingi 1 Hemp-
Pearson;
Rosales,
David
Berkshire-1. Ted
Avoca
Steve Rogers of Stamford
Boedeker also won first and claimed both the grand Cham-
Livestock Show
Slated Saturday
At Lufeders
The program is b,-lng spon-
sored jointly by the Extension,
service of Texas A&M Uni-
versity and the' Fort Worth
and Denver Railroad.
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Getting underway at 9
ja’,clock with the Invocation.!
the program will-move rapid-
ly, Hi G. Andrews Jr., Siam-
fpi-d mayor, . will welcome |
those in attendance, and at
9:05. the first sneaker will be
The Lueders community
livestock show will be held
Saturday, at the agriculture
building at the high school.
Judging will start at 12 noon
with Darryl Schoonmaker of
Stamford as judge.
There will be classes of beef
rattle, dairy cattle, swine,
, sheep, rabbits and poultry A
showmanship sward* wiR be
presented ih each division.
A premier awrird, furnished
by Terry's Gulf Station will
be awarded to the outstanding
overall exhibitor. , .•
The show is sponsored by
the Lueders FFA and financed
fey local businessmen, Isadt-
sdars Lions
heard
Norman Brints, area farm
management specialist n f
Texas AAM^ Urrivciwlty wRiv- £
office in Vem6n, will present )
“Outlook Information." Paul
Marion of the Spur experi-
ment station, will discuss “Ec-
onomics of Steer Feeding
Operations in the Rolling
Plains Area. _
~ As featured speaker of inv
day, the program will present
Raymond R. Nojpp, secretary-
-treasurer of the Texas Grain
and Feed Association of Fort
Worth. His topic will be "The
Vanishing Farmer."
victuals, mul thv Lue<
tl
It is ojjen to any fetudent of
Lueders High Sdtool. . r
pion and. reserveTbamplon in
breeding sheep, while Rusa^
Rog«»rs twon first and second
place in Hampshire ewes un-
der one year.
Larry Avanf* ,of Avoca
showed both grand and re-
serve champion capons and
Bill Coe of Avoca placed one
shd two 'In -the lightweight
Capon . class.- Avants 'show
ed first and second tn the
heavyweight class, and took
first In the pen of three.
Nolan Morion of Stamfnrd
was first and second InThe
Broiler class and also grand
champion and reserve cham-
pion. '
Alan Wedeklng showed the
grand champion and reserve
champion rabbits.
Boys Want Recognition, Founder
Of Famous Boys Ranch Declares
Recognition of a boy a* an
individual and recognition of
his accomplishments was given
by Cal Farley as the secret of
the success which has marked
the history of the original
Boys
mm
history of ti
. Ranch at Old
•r*y %ta. pal speak
intercity meeting of
ry Club.
•e
er at an
five Rotary
Stamford school
Present
nor and Mrs. Robert King of
Fort Wo0h and Mrs. Theo
Sellers, widow of a former
Rotary International vice
president, also Of. Fort Worth,
five boys off the streets
m d. ; *ne of Amarillo, using an aban-
doned courthouse ee a dormi-
tory. “We teamed a lot ee We
and
Hamlin,
and
Special guests Included Ro-
tary bistrict Governor Walter
Riley and Mr*. Rtley of Burk-
bumett. Past District Cover- you cou)4 say that these older
bojm-ttHedy have separated
themselves from their mothers
and have started to stand on
thair own two feet.”
In all the 36 years of operu-
went along and we learned
most It from the boys,” hi de-
sman beginning
the Ranch now
boys. Taking a
wives of clqbs from Ha
Haskell, Rule, Rochester
Stamford. . |
*" Rev. Byron Bryant,of Ham-
lin was master of ceremonies.
.Nevis Oualey of Rule, led
group singing, and J. F.
culloch of Stamford toll
the growth of Rotary In the
area starting wtth formation
of the Stamford dub In 1921.
Entertainment was
nished by thi Nine Teens
Haskell under the direction of
Mr. and Mrs Hubert Bell. The
girls sang several numbers. IHtay nan taU you what to do."i Boy*
Farley said older hoy* fto
not praient as much a. prob-
lem as young one*. “I suppose
tton Hurt rig which lime more
than 2,000 hoy* have been at
the Ranch, only 48 have bi-en
loot. ‘T believe with what we
know now, we could have
saved about half of these
boys,” the founder said,
the bqys all have jobs and
f8 get an allowance.
Gibing 4hem an incentive and
a responsibility does much to
rehabilitate them. Farley said,
explaining that the vocational
agriculture program is very
popular. Boys c*i« pigs or
other livestock and they enjoy
what they do and they like to
have something to do. Farley
salp, ®nd. because of this,
every boy has chores to <$o.
At the annual rodeo, they aft
want to take part one way or
another-even if St is Just to
sell ?oda pop or be an usher.
Farley, In giving an idea of
tha magnitude of the opera-
tion
Its own
school, and its. <»wn barber
shop with a boy getting a
hair cut every 15 minutes, five
days
Farl
Stam*
Amarillo, a director
Ranch.
Stamford
nJzed the Hamlin dub In
Otto Smith, 74,
Dies Monday
Otto Smith, 74, 806 S. Fer-
guson! longtime Stamford
resident, died at 10:20 p. m.
Monday at Stamford Memorial
Hospital following a heart
attack.
Funeral services were con-
ducted at 2:30 p. m. Wednes-
day at St John's Methodist
Church wkh the Rev. Eugene
Matthews, pastor, officiating.
Burial was In Highland Me-
morial Cemetery under direc-
tion of Kinney -Funeral Home.
A retired mall carrier. Mr.
Smith was with the Post Of-
fice Department in Stamford
j^taT^cr ItT*
Worth and reared in Lubbock
where his father was superin-
tendent of an elevator. Nolen
holds degrees from North
Texas State University and
from Taxa* Christian Univer-
sity. . '
Nolan has worked for Bur-
ma Mills Inc. in Dallas. .Gar-
vey Elevator • at Fort Worth
and for Texas tmd.New Or-
leans Railway. He tMCb been
with the grain and feed as-
Stamford In 1908.
Miss Avis Owens
1917 In Stamford. "Ha
member of St John's
dist Church,
Survivors Include thi wife;
a daughter,* Mlso Betty Ruth
‘of Seminole; four
Mrs. A. C. Ilatchel and
rs. Opal Smith, bath of
Mr*. H.
of Plainvtew and
Hendricks of M
were
Johnny Britton.
Sorrell,
Smith
ere BIB
Herbert
cui every 10 minutes, live ’
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R. NOLEN
Guest Speaker
To Vietnamese Children— "
Thoughtfu Woman Here
Makes Christmas Possible
Christmas. American
was made |x>HKlhU> for a group
of Vietnamese Childlfen this
year thanks to the t1
ness of Mi s. Huda Bragalone,
1304 E. Wells St., Stamford.
Texas, wife of MaJ. Raymond
A. Bragalone. U. S. Army.
Maj. Bragalone is an advis-
er to the DaNang Garrison
Headquarters, the Vletni
military group responsible for
protectin'? th city of DaNang
and its surround'ng territory.
In writing to his wife he had
mentioned that the dependent*
of the Vietnamese servicemen
whom he advised lacked
many thing*. l^tvE
Mrs. Bragalone collected
clothing and toys and mailed
them to her husband. The Ma-
jor arranged with hi* Vietna-
mese counterpart to distribute
the presents at the home* of
the dependents on Christmas
Eve. For some of the
it was their first American
toy. V .....
The children's fathers are
members of the Regional and
Popular
organization
*■
forces, a militia type
tion recruited from
OUle Cohom. president, in-
vltea everyone to attend.
County Officials and Employees
Qivieh 5 Per Cent Salary Increase
sS&ss
tog yenr as tha result of
•n Monday by
elected of-
emplpyees will
re in their
the cbm-
taken
•loners court. aged about flJJT bn hour.
Termed a "$tot of living in- Commiasioner Tom Boyd said,
crease” Ah* rgtoe wlfl be ap- .Several other first of the
proxlmsrtely five per cent. VPar choreu ^ro taken enre
• Pay of office employees In law provided pay
the court house has ranged ln
from a higli of $300 "dowtv "wlU
ward to $3)5 a month.
of the four commis-
sioners precincts have aver-
$1-35 " bn 'Wk
Several other filfl^H Bto
year chores were taken
were1" the
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Craig, Roy M. Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1966, newspaper, January 13, 1966; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth972918/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.