The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, November 21, 1947 Page: 1 of 8
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tonight by heating the Throck- good.
TOOrton Greyhounds, 20 19, in one Po*. Stamford Throckmorton
ot the most thrilling games In |LE Sit ton.........J.............. Putnam
the history of this city. |LT Appling ...................... Halbert
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MRU. GEORGE MOOD
NOMINATED WSC8
[PRESIDENT FOR 1948
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Uir(i Since 1913—Formerly the Newe-Tribune, Established With the Town of Stamford in 1900
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try tor extra point failed. Stam- RE
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Wills .....................d. Cook
R. Hinson ............ Boyd
T. Hinson Whitaker
Billington ........... Ingram
Minims ...... Denham
Wilson ......*..................... Rice
Rainfall Gauged
yard line and kicked the extra
point to make the score 130.
Throckmorton’s C. Ingram _
took the kick-off on his own 20-, A 4 9 (U) fn Data
•yard mark and scampered 80 j***' IrcHc
yards for the first Greyhound Cloudiness and wet weather
counter. His try for extra point for Pv.ei a week bas now cpntrib-
failed. uted 2.60 .inches of rain to this
On the first play after trie kick ' afe* according to the Swenson
off, .Hinson circled left end and Range. Stock ponds are abund
drove 70 yards down the left ant with water now and grains
Ane to go over standing up. are ‘‘going to town."
agton’s conversion was good Cotton pulling has been slowed
fthe Bulldogs led 20 6 as the to a minimum and the yteld,
( half ehded. , which bids fair to almost quad
Starting a sustained drive on ‘tipie last y*uu4. of some
their. Own 20, the Greyhounds 7000 ba|pR in «he County, will be
marched down the field ending, delayed Jqst that much which
the drive m Terry Rice hit center doesn’t hurt the local business
for the final 10 yards and the ' situation one iota,
score. Throckmorton missed the Continued cloudiness Thursday
conversion and the third quarter i throughout as we. go to press.
ended. Stamford 20, Throckmor
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ton 12.
It was again Terry Rice who
scored the last marker of the Pi.Hifitript
game late in the fourth quarter i*'*1 u,OWI''1 *
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Crowell . and Chillicothe next
I riCC Lilt Oil week will determine whether
a « ff —they will be Stamford Bulldogs’
Amber rlllTI opponents for the distrief^hamp-
mi ‘ A ionshln-QUy-y is in District 12-
When tl» film, "Forever Am |A. Stamford 11 A.
ber, ’ comep to the Grand next Carl Coleman, Stamford coach,
week the prices for admission on js keeping is squad in ship-shape
y those particular dates will be against the day of the bidistrict
advanced. By way of apology meeting which, if precedent is
thg Grand management has ask an indication, will be decided for
fd The Leader to explain to the location by the flip of a coin. Bu-
gtre patrons that these price ad ford McCauley is assistant coach.
vances have been set by owners ___________
,- ot the film, and that said ad STAMFORD FANS TO
vances do not represent the pol TCU-SMU GAME NOV. 29
Centre. Some Stamford football fans
Because of the exceptional at- are already proudly displaying
trattlbn, however, it is consider- ducats to the TCU -SMU game in
ed to be well-worth the prices*Fort Worth Saturday. Nov. 29.
asked by many critics who have)The game probably will bo a sell-
viewed the film. j out if SMU gets past Baylor this
—■- . week-end. Many will want to see
RO\ DUKgl GRANDPARENTS Southern Methodist in action
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Truvis Hop-
aa one of She nation’s lop-ranking
college teams. In fact, George
While of thq Dallas News sports
department can show you that
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GEORGE SANDERS
FINDS ROYAL NICHE
IN “FOREVER AMBER’'
George Sanders, who turned
freelance actor because he
thought he was miscast in many
Of his screen assignments, says
his role of King Charles 11 in
Darryl . Zanuck’s presentation of
"Forever Amber," which opens
Tuesday at the Grand Theatre.,
is the first in his ten years in the
film capital that he ever request-
ed.
Sanders, like eighty million
other Americans read the. pro-
vocative Kathleen Winsor novel.
When he completed it, he sent
telegrams to Twentieth Century
Fox’s Producer William Perlberg.
and Otto Preminger, director of
the Technicolor opus, askidfc thrm
to consider him for the part of
the mnnsTctr —**
“I had always wanted to play
25,200 Bales
Ccnaus report shown that
25,200 bales of cotton were
ginned in Jones County, Tex-
as from the crop of 1947
prior to Nov. | as compared
with 7,451 bales for the crop
of 1946.
This information was re-
leased Nov.* 18 by Bowen
Pope of. Hamlin, special
agent.
Reynolds PTA Has
103 Attendance
At the Reynolds Parent-Teacher
Association meeting on- Wednes-
day afternoon there were 1U3 in
attendance.
Mrs. Joe Dick Giddens, presi-
dent, introduced Mrs. Milton
Payne, art chairman and Mrs. F
E. Upshaw music chairman and
fourth grades who presented a
most unusual art and musical pro-
gram. — —-—- —V*—
Pupils wctc from Mi’s. Reeds
SOIL CONSERVATION
MEETING HELD AT
LUEDERS THURSDAY
'Three*of Local Schools Chosen to Try
In Four Year Scholarship Competition
Three sen-iocs ,„fvpm Stamford
I high school have been elected .by
their classmates to compete with
• s , ."-students from other high schools
The Woman’s Society of .Chris- throughout the United States anil
tian Service met Monday after territories for rhp 119 PepsiCola
_____ noon at St. John's Methodist Four-Year College - Scholarships
Vr _ i jn Church for the December year- arid more, than 5j$Q JiUy-dotiai
«umoei J.u1book program T|i1iagregfe, , College Entrance Awards taeing
Mrs. Garth McCalUtm played [offered ttgain this year by the
"O Come All Ye Faithful’ as a PepsiCola Scholarship Board,
call to worship., Mrs. Wclhy Cal- The contestants chosen were;
licoatte directed the devotional, j Geneva Jo . Brown, Victor Buie.
"No East or West." utlng a Lit- and Alvin Rush.
•any and a poem, “Other Sheep^Ij According to Mr. Tinsley, prin
Have.” The group sang. “There’s ctpal of Stamford high school, it
a Song in the Air" and "O Little is both a scholastic and personal
Town pf Bethlehem.".'--.. ** |honor to tie selected as a con-
Mrs. W. J. Bryant -eomluotod testant for one of' these scholar-
ion of his classmates "most like-
ly to make an important eontri-
biftion to human piugress." The
election, which was held dt a
senior class meeting near the
first of October, was in itself ant
exercise in practical American
demon arv. ,
Awards heing If -one of the students from
Stamford wins a........Pgpsi-Cola
Scholarship, he or she vviU have
full tuition and ^certain incident-
ill fees paid for four' years at any
accredited academic college he
wishes to attend in the United
States, its territories, or Canada.
In addition, he wilf receive an al-
lowance of $25 a month during
the four academic years, plus
A. soil conservation application
*'•* **• »». « • •>*■ J MII4 X Wl IVi MV'VM test cam IUI I ir Ul 1 IIX *TV OVIIV/KII ! m» MX »*MX ••••X J x- xa • •-» I |/IMr<
and planntng meeting was heklj the program: "For Unto Us a | ships, sine* a student so e»ecte*dj traveling exju-nses at the rate of
‘ “ M...... Child s Born.” She gave a fitting must lie pro.yyJ)j» is in the opiry-13c a mile for one round trip be-
at the Lueders school on Thurs-
day night of lasr week. The meet
ing wax called hy A t. Mullins,
leader of a new Soil Conserva
tlon Group located southwest of
Lueders.
The organization and functions
of the California Creek Soil Con-
servation District, was briefly
oufllned . by Soil Conservation
Service technicians attached to
the—District.' Thr- procedure of
planning a farm under, the dis
triet piogram was explained to
the group. The more important
tween home and college each
school year. There will he five
runneisup for -every Scholarship -
to be given, and. each will receive -
a College Entrance Award which
carries a grant of $50 payable if
close in this tdplCv to tlv year’s
study of chCdi-enyLsii-essiiig the. { . _«
early life of ChTist. Mrs. Calli rJl6nry LtliriTlSinS
matte closed with prayer. ''itAxl k •
The nominating committee 5Uttl AnniVerSarV
composed of Mmes. J. 8. Dodson,j - _______________ ... ____ ,..._____
G. E. Hanson, and Byron l^wis, I ^r- anf* Mrs. Henry Lermann j (bp winner enters college by the
gave the report of the offices observed tohir 50th wedding . fa|l of 1948.
for 19-18: Prerident, Mrs. George nivorsary on Wednesday, Noy. 111 These scholarship awaros are
Mood; vice president, Mrs. G.,lat *heh' home in Sagcrton.Mm,-b:)an(,e(| by (bl, Popsi-Cola Com-
1. TI'hsotT; -recording secretai y, j ?ntA Otto Lehrmann. Mi - •’"’I ;pany as a part of its public set’-.
Ah :;. Welby Callicoatte; promo . Mrs. Otto^guter. Mr. %nd Mrs. j vjco program. --
tio:i:rI secretary, Mrs. N. M. Phy;.^u8ust Ender. Mr. and Mrs. Herd test will-be taken Friday,
treasurer, • Mrs. C. T. Dodson; *.MM t _ L e tX.T m a n n entertained I jsjov, 2>l. at 9 a.m.. and will be
the old boy," says Sanders, "and combination room and Mrs. Bill
I knew the scenarists would set
him down as he was in real life."
The noted screen star was so
enthusiastic about playing King
Charles 11. (hat he supplemented
the .activities of the Twentieth
Century-Fox research department
to compile his own data on the
famous mona/ch of the Restora.-
tion Fr.a. As a result, he came
upon the set every day wilh his
dialogue letter perfect.
Sanders looks perfect in the
Terry’s fourth grade pupils. Chalk
talks were given to a musical
background furnished by pupils
of the fourth grade s
"The Circus” was the first
number with Janet Terry, Nancy
Martin, Melvin Stevenson and
Rickie Giles at the easels. This
was followed by a reading by
Jakie. Westfall.
Cowboy numbers were next
with Linda "Magill, Mary Morris
Hammer, Mary Tom Rainwater
taking -put t in it.
Members of the. Southwest
Lueders Conservation G l- o u p
present were A. L. fjullins, E. B.'
Vaughn, L. II. Thomas, and Dave
Roves. In addition to the regular
members of the group prese.-t
the Lueders—Veteran Agriculture
class conducted by G. C. Caroth
ers Jr. attended the meeting.
soli and moisture conservation^ , o| CS.R., Mrs. P. C. f,io,uls and "‘latlves k’om two to SW1( to ,he college Entrant Ex-
P«f'TVV° discussod', Co,n' Owen; secretary of spiritual life. P”1- ,
siderable intei-est was taken in< MrS Garth McCallum; siTretary Flowers of golden hue, prlnci
this discussion with the farmers 0i eduction and sei vice, Mrs. VV.i Pa,,y chrysanthemums, decorat- _____ ^ .......
J. Bryant; secretary of strtdenf cd-1he homee. Cantering the.lace|,bpn take a seeoad examination
work Mrs Byron L*'wis. s>'crc- covered table was a thieee-tieied ((, jannai-v 24 The i-ontpstantx
tary of youth work. Mrs. K. E. R°ld a"d white cake with "Hap-
Upshaw; secretary of children’s py 50th Anniversary» inscription,
work, Mrs. Travis Bouchetr sec I Sandwiches, pie and i#mch were
retary ot.Uterature and publica-l ■*"«> ul,h <h«* *■ak1‘* ,n aPProxi'
tlon. Mrs. Jack McClendon; sec-| mato|y «ne,hundred guests,
rotary of supplies, Mrs. Joe pick Rev.
animation Board for scoring.
Tiie students in each state who
receive the highest scores will
of January 24. The contestants
in each state who receive the
highest scores on this final' test
and who have financial need will
win the Pepsl-Cola Four-Yeat
College Scholarships set aside
role. too. His make-up, costumes and Bobby Jo Calhoun at the eas:
and curls were patterned after els. Special singing .was by Gay-
portraits of the King painted by Ion Gilieou. Marjorie Williams,
the famous English artist. Sir Farcne Summers, Merlcne Skiles
Peter Lely. He was also present-
ed with a lavish palaee set. and
with 400 “subjects" to pay hom-
age -whenever he appeared. Co-
starred with Sanders are Linda
Darnell. Cornel Wilde and Rich-
ard Greene.
third.
Calif. Paternal grandmother is;schedule this season than either
Mra. Bessie Hopkins, maternal (Notre Dame or Michigan, rated
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. top* respectively for national
Roy Duke of this city, great-, iauie|s with Southern Methodist
grandparents being Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Hager and great great
grandmother, is Mrs. L. J. Wil-
laoa.who reildfji Jaghe New Hope
community with her daughter,
Mrs. Hager and family.
Since Nov. 7 Mrs. Duke has
riteen with her daughter, the
former Jane Duke, in Oceanside.
Roy Duke, grandfather of Miss
Hopkins, is on a' deer t|unt in
the Davis Mountains.
Nimrods Abroad
For Big Game. v
Although, some of Stamford’s
SMU has hurdled a tougher hunters are afield seeking small-
and Shirley Bounds.
Mrs. Upshaw introduced the
junior high school music teacher,
Mrs. Buford McCauley, who talk-
ed on "Music for Children in Ele-
mentary Grades."
Mrs. Giddens presided at a busi-
ness when Mrs. Travis Bouchett.
With the recent rains supply-
ing nipple moisture over most of
;he District farmers will be able
to sow their winter legumes such
as Vetch and Austrian Winter
peas, however they cannot expect
mucji grazing before late spring.
New Area Camp
Fire Executive
Katherine Crawford, daughter
of. J. M..-Crawford of Haskell, is
now Camp Fire Girls area execu-
tive. She replaces Mrs. Fred
chairman of the uominatirtg com- “Stockdale who served in that
mittee gave her report. Mrs. Mil-
ton Payne was elected vke-presf
ATTEND CONFERENCE
MEETING IN I.UBBOCKi
Rev. Marshall Rhew. pastor <
St. John’s Methodist Church u
Rev. Crawford, district ‘superin-
tendent. Mrs. J. H. Rutherford
and Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Bryant
were In Lubbock Wednesday and
ter game, most of them are in
search of bigger game. The lo-
cals are contributing a generous
portion of the estimated 70,000
out for deer in Texas.
Hardly a day passes that you
can’t find a small group prepar-
ing to leave, or another group
capacity for several years. The
family now refutes in
"Crawford received -her de-
gree at Texas Tech as a music
major and did graduate work at
N T. S. T. C.. A. C. C. and the
returning, either with or without Tug with- prays* ■?
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Mayor A. C. Humphrey, Cedi
Eager, A. C. Bishop and O. A,
Kinney are deer hunting in thp
Van Horn, country. Bishop got a
man.
A definite decision was made
to have the May Program in 1948
with Mrs. Sam Baize as chairman
to work with the executive com-
mittee.
Mrs. Bill Terpys room was
awarded the attendance prize for church youth work,
their ropm view master.
Mr?. Bouchett closed the meet-
riHHon« Ir • asstciant Mis B w I,his occasion from II Sam. 7
““tCJ "«» ol'l" a |*W . ........
women, Mrs. J. F. McCulloch, | for;he honored couple,
secretary of missionary person- a*>d Miu Leimuann wo>
nel, Mrs. C. D. Dickenson; Iwal born *»‘aV Bronham, »Ttexas. They
chairman. Mrs. R. G. Fuqua. were .baptized, confirmed and
Monday, Nov. 24. an officers’ ‘™ri;a‘d the Rtwham Luthei-
training day will be held for okUan (^!ur.c 1 KOV Str!f£ 1 ,
and new officers. the ceremony fifty yean
______^ __ ago. The bride, the former Emma
rr m | . j Helm, and her hugband were hon-
16XBS leacners to lorca with a reception following
.. ,• e* a a • the ceremony at the home of the
Meet in ©an Antonio I bride’s parents when about fifty
Fifteen thousand Texas teach-1 fanj'1**8 attended,
ers will meyt in San Antonio on Mr; and ,r,lIiannPn„RB,.,
Nov. 27 28 29 for the Sixty ninth farm,n8 in Washington County
Annual Meeting of the Texas|^ ’heir Mrr^e and
State Teachers Association. The!vontimied there urtll1 1903 when
three day program wilL'^>pen%oni,b<‘>' bought Ilaskc «un y ai <
Thanksgiving Day with services I n?®!'.. Sagerton. r,l‘>y '"m ,
held in conjunction with’the an-(.until spring oP tMs year^
uual comtenmity service of tho'Bien and ;no>od tof Sa,
San Antonio -Council of Chui-eh-1 gerton. They are the pat ents of
! four children and thirteen grand
F i Hr .ckcr snoke on' 1 RP OC,1QjalajllP8 SPl aS,ar!
F. t. Blacker spoke fop fhat state and
asion from II Sam. 7:18 |he flvJ highest runners-up for
each Scholarship yvill receive the
College Entrance* Awards.
The Winners will he announced
early in March.
Two scholarships will be
awarded in each of the 48 states.
The PepsiCola scholarship
program is the largest scholar-
ship program outside of govern-
ment subsidy. *»
Three general sessiohs for the children,
roup will present such speakers1
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WALTER LAWSON DIES
IN PORT WORTH
Walter Lawson died Sunday in
Fort Wprth and was buried there
Monday. He was, for a number
of years a resident of th4s city.
The father of Walter was one of
the first men to.move here after
the Swensons decided to build a
(fjm here.
•WYalter had a host of friends
in.vft>is town and county when he
lived here.
Thursday, Nov.. 19-20 for a cstll s1xiw>*rW~4»uck and Kinney bag-
meeting of the conference-’ by
Bishop Charles E. Selecman.
PEI* SQUAD SWEET SALE
The Pep Squad will have a
sweet sale beginning at 10 o'clock
In front of Bryant-Link’s Store
Saturday. Goodies for sale will
include homemade cakes, pies,
candy, cookies, etc.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Harri-
son and children. Boh and Sarah,
will visit Carlsbad Cavern this
week-end.
U. S. Air Forces Plan Expansion Move
For Training 2,000 Additional Officers
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The United Slates Air Force
will triple its pilot training pro-
gram by inerreasing aviation cadet
classes from the present 1,000 a
year to at least 3.000 during 1948.
The expansion is expected to add
approximately 2.000 newly-trained
flyring officers to the USAF each
year, Captain Wayne Hall of the
US Army and- US A»r Fore® Re-
cruiting Office in Atilenc announ-
ced here today.
The accelerated pilot training
program js required in the UsAf’s
70-group program. By mid-1948
tion.
The Pilot Training course is
divided into three phases. The
instruction lasting approximately
35 weeks, are given at Randolph
Field. The third, phase, speciali-
zation in fighter aircraft or bomb-
ers, will be undertaken at Barks-
dale Field (Shreveport), Louisiana
or Williams Field (Phoenix), Ari
zona. . ,.
While in training, aviation cadets
receive monthly pay of $75 plus
$1 a day ration allowance. Cadets
uniforms and equipment are
ged his deer .according to a re
port received here Thursday.
Ctty -Manager Grady Bowdry,
Cecil Shamburger, Webb Varten
and Jess Vaden are de?r hunt-
ing southwest of Mason.
W. B. Harrison. R. E. Hall. W.
J. Bryant and HenrY Osmont re-
turned Thursday, from a pheas-
ant hunt near Sterling. Colo. Oth-
er pheasant hunters returning
Wednesday were G. C. Carothers
and ,Huhci:L.Watson ot this city
with C. C. Phelps and Henry
AtchisonHaskell in one party.
Their hunt was near Stratton.
Colo.
L. M. Hardy, W. G. Swenson,
L. W. Johnson, Dr. Almu« Black-
well, Henry Andrews and George
Smith, pheasant’ hunters In
northern Colorado, report good
hunting.
Powell SHyfles and Jim Owens
tfpent the week-end deer hunting
in Jack County.
Dan 0- McElveen
Dies Suddenly 4
1 pan O. McElveen, formerly of
this city, passed away, Sunday In
Dallas following, a stroke at his
home, 5414 Northwest Highway.
He had been In failing health for
several years. \ *
McElveen was a graduate of
old Stamford College.
Survivors include his wife. Mrs.
Beulah Mae McElveen, a son.
Dan O. .McElveen Jr., a daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. C. Ledyard Jr., a
grandchild; his parents,.Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. McElveen.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Sparkman-
Kor the past three years she
ha* been an engineers aid doing
adar, research work*, in Dayton
Ohio.
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70-group program. Hy trud-194H uniforms and equipment are
the USAF will have 337,000 enlist- supplied by the Air Force, and a
ed men, 64,000 officers, 55 fully-
manned rteady to fight groups and
15 skeletonized groups capable of pansc for all cadets in training.
rapid expansion in event of att
emergency.
The USAF is streamlining avia-
tion cadet procurement by replac-
ing costly psychomotor .examina-
tions, which measure an appli-
cant’s probable ability to absorb
flight instruction with intensified
qualifying aptitude teat, a morals-
and character interview by a
board of officers, and a rigid
physical examination. Captain
Hall stated that no flying sajfety
precautions would be lost with
the abandoned teats since they
had not, but merely gauged learn-
ing rapacity.
Tfie Air Force's latest develop
1(1 tridhlng techniques and sir-
craft, resulting from far-reaching
research conducted during World
War 11, arte beini
$10,000 life insurance policy is
underwritten at government ex
The Air ^Force aviation cadet
course, -often called “the world’s
best and safest pilot training pro-
gram", places equal emphasis on
military trailing, ground school
classes and flight instruction ex
perienced officer-instructors, who
applied aerial tactical principles
in all parts of the world, the
cadets receive "revitalized'’ train;
ing brought upto-date by the in-
tegration of new developments
and experiences in the same type
of course which successfully train
ed thousands of pilots during the
warr
Captain Hall has requested that
anyone desiring further informs-
lion iqiiardiub the pllutx training
program contact him at the Army
Rtecrulting Office located in room
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•Reintegrated iu M7jot Urn Post Office Building li
Jack Bunkley
In Who’s Who
Jack Newton Bunkley. Senior
student at the University of Kan-
sas City, was named as ope of
six students frpoi the school of
dentistry for the next edition of
tf\e annual publication, "Who's
Whq in American Colleges and
Universities.” There are 3,500 en-
rolled tn the four schools at the
university. Selection was made
on basis of scholarship, leader-
ship ami reputation among col-
leagues.
Jack Bunkley, son of Mrs. Cr
E. Bunkley of this city. Is presi-
dent of the senior class, repro
sentativc of the student council
and scribe for Delta Sigma Del-
ta. He will receive his degree next
year in May. *•
Mr. and Mrs. Bunkley reside
at 461*5 Fairmount Ave., Kansas
City. '
Brand Chapel, Dr. W. R. Criswell
offieiating. Interment was in
HillercSt Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs-. Hugh Astin of
this city attended funeral ser-
vices.
Mrs. Tom Elliott has been here
from Fort Worth visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Russell Crown-
over. • 7*
university <*«-. In»»Mother of Mrs.
For five years she taught inio( Minnesota. Mrs. Agnes E. Mey-
” onT 1 S"SiSSVphta; Douthit Succumbs
Dr.- L. D. Ilaskevv of the Univer-I Mrs. A. M- Woodwatd of Lti >
ilty of Texas, and Dr. Glenn E.'boek. mother of Mrs. Arnold
''a ^tirm; nmu i/4anl n f Ihr* KVntlnnal I DOUtHit, Of this City, pRS.HPQ
'^Sih9n4mrfatn>n—■fiilmtia^. itfjn nfllin 'Ja, 3. o'clock I Again we i^j^Lratfespond-
Fifty section meetings ».«'«t the Douthit. home here a/ler]*nts please TTavclFeir letters
Iaiu Poinac is area secretary. Flfty s^tlon"" meetings ate at lhc Douthit, home
v,£r<v&
is beig planned for the vlUtingjof her daughter slme Oct 5 af
educators by **the San 4*ntonlo'U^r-su^e,driK a stroki'Apiil _
teachers*. -BusineRs of the Asso ; A Kinney Tune ral "me umi
elation will be conducted by its with Mrs. Hehry Kinney and Mr.
Executive Committee and its George Kinney'took he body ov
House of Delegates. erland.to Lubbock where funeral
Supt. Frank M. Jackson of Sun services were hel«l Sunday af'^i
noos from i to 5 o’clock.
Mrs. Haynie to
Review Book
Mrs. R. L. Haynie will review
the book, "Mr. Blanding Builds Angelo is president of the Texas noon a* plalns Funeral Home
**■ ~-----” — " ‘ **--* 1 Chaiiel. Burial was in a Lubbock
cemetery.
Survivors Include the husband,
six daughters, Mrs. Douthit, Mrs.
V. Maquire. Beverly Hills, Calif
His Dream House,” hy Eric Hod -, Stat cTcachers Association, and
gins, at the next meeting of thojB B Cobb of Forl Worth is ex-
Pierian Club to Jie held Tuesday, 0CU||ve secretary.
evening. Nov. 25, at 8 o'clock at I __ _______
th*> club room. Mra. F. H. Young |j 4’ . i
will give a few fact* about the ivCV. VzraWlf'iU
author.
Music will b*- under the direc-
tion of Mrs. II. J—Moreland, Jr.
Mrs. Tom Jennings, club pres-
ident, will preside at the busi-
ness session, at which lime Mrs.
E. R. Pace will give a report of
Federation news.
W. B. ARNOLD < ALLS
One of our long-titheisubscrib-
ers. W. B. Arnold, was in for a
visit Monday. He always looks
after his subscription promptly
so he was here to set up his date.
He is now 77 years of age. but.
in spite of several bodily ailments
keeps going.
KAN^ORD J. Honor Jit
PLEDGED TO ULI R AT TECH
LUBBOCK. Nov. 19.—Sanford
J Hodge Jr.„ son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. J. Hodge of Stamford, was re-
cently pledged to Centaur men’s
social club at Texas Technologi-
cal College.
I
WE W ANT THOSE
RURAL LETTERS
here Tuesday noon. If it is possi-
ble. It will certainly be a help, to .
us. also the correspondents.
RHEME BARONE JOHN
DEERE TERRITORY MAN
Mr. Reese Barone, formerly of'
Dallas, has come to Stamford to
make his headquarters. Mr. Ba-
rone is territory manager for i
John Deere Plow Co.
S-Sgt. and Mrs. C. R. Beers
and their twin dadglijyrs. Susie
and KiUhie. have been visiting,
Mrs. Edith Willets" Hendrix, Lon j Mrs. Beers' grandparents. Mr.
ris and Mrs. Charles Freeman,
both'of Lubbock, and Mrs. Mack
J. Lewis, Dallas ;three sons, B
C,
V.
Speaker at Club
About 30 aHendr l (he Exchange
Club regular luncheon at City ,
Cafe banquet-room Fr iday. Dale, Woodward. Waco, C.
Hewgley, member of the pro-] Woodward, Ntarlin, and S.
gram committee, introduced Rev. Woodward, Tahoka.
------------ ------- J. Howard Crawford. Methodist ”
Hostesses for the meeting will Distrlct Superintendent, who Bl IK8 »UtLD4NG LARGE
he Mrs. E. L. Martin and Mrs. gavc ih0 c|Ub a ia|k on Friend* WAREHOUSE STRUCTl RE
------------- - sh(p an(j thp wayg (n whirh’we- Bute's are constructing new
can make it effective in our com
Angeles. Calif ; Mrs. L. P Har an dMrs. J. J. laivelle The Beers
family were on route from Gulf-
port, Miss., to Denver, Colo. .
Mttrvin Hinds.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Dixon are
the parents oP a son, lanmard
(Clifton, born on Armistice Day
'at Stamford Sanitarium, (’.rand-
parents are Mr,, and Mrs. L. F.
Dixon and Mr. and ,Mrs. Clifton
G recti. ' --
Mrs. J. K. Ijrady has sold her
home 1012 Wells to J. E. Lovvorn.
e’s First on the Dotted line £§
Mrs. J. T. Purdy Is here from
Sweetwater visiting her daugh
4oc* «Mr*. Hbnry Kinney,
Warren B. Tayman is back in
his office following two weeks
Absence because of Hints*.
.. warehouse on half block behind
nTunlty."^rvlre ciuhs arid oher!^, facing North Wchb StreeL
organ I/.at ions were cited as i.ie-j structure will o n
dia for making acquaintaneivs and tdC| 70xS" ,
and teaming together for th^
good of a community.-
The club enjoyed Rev. Craw-I
ford's talk very much and invit-
ed him back at any time.
T. R. Tinsley, local high school
principal, urged that all go over
in size and
one-story. Actual work is slated
to begin next week. »
Miss Vera Meador had majbr’
surgery on Friday morning at
Stamford Sanitarium. Miss Mea-
dor is employed in Jhe office at
the Sanitarium.
Talks by Members, Introduction of
New Member, Guests Highlight Rotary .
arid vote in the Assumption Elec-j xta* regular mooting of the
lion, held Friday at City Hall, notary Club took place last Tiles*
The election climagqd a series ot ,|av iis u sp jt a *.. a " mn 111 r c < I
school consolidation elections! ,bo TucVdav meeting v,as to
affecting Stamfoi ' ' ’ *'
ing communities.
isviiuui luiimiiiuniiui* ^aj rniu inc lucsoiiy mecmig v.a*
affectiiig Stamford and surround- be a joint meeting—the wives and
ling communities. ———— ] lady friends of the members to be
i Joe Dick Giddens announced there. Thai was changed on ac-
•tliat Cal Farley will speak before cou„t 0f Ihe fact that Congress*
the club at a sjicctal meeting' man Omar Burleson was called
slated for Tuesday, January 20, t0 Washington to be be present at
19-18.
the called congressional meeting
There was more kidding than -
usual among trie' members: Jack
Mct’qy getting a great deal of it,
as he has a fine young fellow at
home who acts exactly like he
had come to stay with the Mc-
Coys.
Tom Boston, here as a visitor,
led the singing, and he did a
regular, jam-up job of it, show*
ing he was right "rtn the right
track, while his singing was •
freighted with -real merit. (Tom
works for the Katy Railroad:
lives in Fort Worth Came up
„ „v~ .........v —... fro\n the ranks of the railroad
ed to the list—Cojieh fart Col- business—then lived here for fif-
mau, of the High School “Bull I teen years, after which he wa%,
Dogs:" , I transferred to Wichita Fails Spq
There were several ’visitors from . there .to "The PantheT
from Abi|cnc. Rogers has bought present, some who come often, j City ")
half interest in the Ctty\ Pig R, B. Bryant represented when] The dining room was real cold, ,
where he is now helping J. Roy called pn tn discuss the funda- j owing to ^severat of ^the rights
mentals of Rotary, also its ‘ *""J
and intents.
Cliff Dodson followed
.Elmer Jeans was Introduced'as ‘Which President Truman made,
a new member by Mamin Hinds, thus taking Omar out- of play, as
—------— he was the principal speaker for
r’ltv Piv Now ,hc occasion
VzH>jr A AXX/vv There was a new member add
Partnership
Mr. and Mrs. Boots Rogers
have moved hack to Stamford
Jphn»oh fun the business.
Mrs Dtallas Southard has re
aims i being knocked- out so the norther
| could get in... but Jim Wort is
right after that testure and will
partly
turned fteom Pleasant Hill, Tenn. on the same linrt, adding acres-
td htef him* her* ___ socks in the iom ol stories.
have the glass ptrt in right away,
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Inglish, George L. The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, November 21, 1947, newspaper, November 21, 1947; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth972921/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.