Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1950 Page: 4 of 14
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STAMFORD fTEXAA) AMERICAN, Friday. January 27, 1M# ,„ „■■■ ■ -
_ I ujp--an(j Mrs J J Wofford Will Be Honored
nr . With Open House Sunday for Golden
Wedding Anniversary Celebration at Home
Mr. and Mr* J J. Wolford will
4«y hr honored at <>pe* houfir Sun-
iriay afternoon between 2 and 5
r ®ta/n . o'clock at the family home north
Trading | VH| of Stamford.
[ f”v Vrtenda of the touple are lnvi!
, 1 U*-’! ed to rail ar aay time during the
{afternoon and vialt with them on
rivenU* l*hto ^castor.
'To. :' ™ four rtrttrtr
Needle and Thimble
Chib Meet* With
Mrs. B. W. Fens
The Needle and Thimble 'Rub
met Thursday night. January 36.
with Mr*. E- C Jeanea.
The previous meeting of the
month was held with Mr*. B. W.
4 Family Dinner Sunday Celebrates-
: Eightieth Birthday of H. E. Bailey
Who Came toThis Area 46 Years Ago
The righttsth birthday of H E.1 Jcnuary. 1904. and lie ti
Hailey, who has liv^l aim oat In < hased it in December,
the atemtew of Stamford since At the dinner Sunday a
1900. was celebrated Sunday with end Mr*. Bailey and tiv
a family party dtrn. Mr and Mr*. Carrol
The birthday dinner wa* aar- ad Lorena. Mr. and Mr*.
I wd at the family home at .211 St He* and daughter. Mai
Ea«t Oliver street. That is the of Bang*. Mr. and Mrs
: fieee rturt Wt ftaiiey got in tra* BeHsy and Mm. D**k h
Peris, the opening meeting for
1980. The new president, Mr*. A.
N. Newell, wa* in charge of the
1 lor his farm last fall. The farm
narth of Stamford In nssHtft
county, hid been hi* home since
Fresh apple pie. iee cream, oli-
ve*. coffee and cheese crackers
were served. — -
Guests were Mrs. R- W. Rog-
ers of Rockway Beach. Mo., a
former member of the dub.
Mines. E. R. Clark, R. P Small.
W. J. Buie, D. E. Prewit. W. W.
Miller, and Georg* Campbell.
Alao with them for the day was
an old friend. A- Q. Stanford who
vclll be 80 year* old on March iJ.
Mr. Bailey’* initials stand for
Herbert Ernest, though few peo-
ple here would recognise him that
way. He was born in Holmes co-
unty. Miss , an January 22. 1870.
Hi came to Texas in the fall of
1900 and settled in Brown coun-
make the trip to CowTown for
the annual affair on what ha.'
Ken desigipated ' at Stamfor l
Cay. > ■ .
About 80 baslnrssmen will
make the trip by car-caravan.
THVMgherr party Saturday mom
inr according to Lee Walker,
president of the Chamber of
Commerce
Also making the trip will be
Marda Carlllr, who represents
Mr. and Mr*. Wofford have 14
grandrhltaren and three great
grandchildren.
Games, Supper and
Theater Party Are
Birthday Event
Mlir Merrill celebrated his
teeth birthday ,Fnday. January
ty. where he stayed until he bou-
ght the Haskell county farm in
1903. He and Mrs. Bailey were
n i.Tried in 1903.
LYDICK-HOOKS
Hr thn opened hta gifts, and cut
htebmhuM i ah* E»i h child su
«aw- * »o \ b; Of. t'nmp FirJ
Girts' candy mbit*, and ehew:ng
Itm. they then want to Nai’a
Bridge Luncheon
buiUiuiiLJ^ygMit«.m^
ursdSy
without charge. We use
genuine Ruberoid roof-
ing materials. All work
guaranteed.
The January Golf and Bridge
«“ *»
tt course BU <*»>• January at 1 F. M. at
Merrill and tht Stamford Country Club,
Tended- tlD Mr*. W. B. TaVman Is chairman
it did not go of the hostess committee. Other
Mr*: Rollins will suceeed Mrs.
thl* time. New officer* will he
T. Dodaon, who Is president at
• j BRIBE OF CECIL MAS- k
• 8EY -Mr. and Mr* Cecil *
. Massey are now at Tin Top ^
1 community near Weather.
■ ford. They yrr** Ftpn-iud St ^
TITmIh —I l*f -«% Mri.
Massey is the former Mary “*-,“»v»‘t *u"rj£y~M~thT
Ann Burton. iSeOtartmfc:
HouseTla ntyDish Gardens,
•$tfeetk>hs Are Brought to Attention
Of Garden Club Members at Meeting
How to be stirressful with Ing Thursday. January it. at the
house Plants was discussed for Legion Hall,
the Stamford Garden Club by Mrs. Russell CrownoVer tok!
rs. Ike Hudson,
v ho 1* out of town.
of designing and making
r>u? ft Many dlafi gar-
Program Tuesday
Feats of magic provided the
mtertalnment at the Rotary
meeting Turadsy. Mrs. MeKbmey.
The revival will continue for
10 day* to two week*. The pw*
tor. Rev. Zeaii Amburn, Is invit-
ing everyone to attend.
for children, fn.iy tTTost;*te a rer [
tain thsme which will be fun for |
c child who la ill and enjoyco I
a* well by- a well child.
“ Mrs. Q. A. Kinney showed p»c
tures of the All America floral i
F. M Kirkpatrick of Baytown.
State president of the Jayce**.
MQiply an official visit to the
wiu» pay an uukimi >u nr
Tfeamford organization Tucsdav.
asgulsr-weeUng d*r*-ol iiw J*y-
rtr> will be moved up to Tuesday
“Briiuse nf n.e visit ThMUnrWn
will be held at the Chuck Wagon
Accompanying Kirkpatrick will
be Harold Bennett of Colorado
City, regional rirr president.
Sub-I)iMtrict Youth
TffflbwiKipTlfcefing
To Be Held Sunday
A number of Stamford young
people will be in Aaprrmont Sun-
day afternoon for the Methodist
Sub-District Youth Fellowship
esses tor the meeting were
E. L Martin and Hubert
•Iso of Rule. ________________________________________
It wa* competitor day and most
Hot aria ns were accompanied by
one of their competitor*.
The meeting was held at the
Watson.
Kay Ulke, Age 5,
Celebrates With
Birthday Party
The fifth birthday of Kay Ulkc,
daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Jtm
l ike, was eeiebrated Tuesday af-
ternoon with a party for the
neighborhood children. Games
were played and the gifts dis-
played.
Tr> prrtty birthday cake waa
cut end served with ire cream.
Retioon* and Vak-nllnea.were fa-
vors. i_____2.. ,,
The guests were Bob and Sur»-
an Bennett. Mary CVIestr Mc-
Clellan, Sue ami Frank MUier.
Pat llumphrry. Beverly Bald.vin.
Jetty Dean ami Glemla Taylor.
Jfrry Wayne Hall, Jerry Conuel.
Chuck Wagon with Weaver Med
meeting nr TT M. Hobart Dirk- ][, a* program chairman.
ei.ton of this city I* nreaident.
Dr. Yoshlmune Abe, who will
be in this area for the week end
ami will proach Sunday momlnj:
at St. John'* church, will be the
siaaker. Young people from eight
cfnrrrftr* tn Jones and HaakHi
counlie* will attend. Bill Wolfe,
a distant pastor at St. Jnhn>.
will accompany the Stamford
Julian ElUoit. vice president, said
Thursday.
‘Journey Into Faith’
To Be Shown at Two
Local Churche«
The Veligum* film. “A Journqg
into Faith.’’ will be shown Sunday
night at the Central Chri»tlttii
church and St John’* Methodist
church at their reapcctlvo church-
F^lizabeth Martin
Optometrist ,
group.
Eye GlaHHes
far Visioa aad Comfort
IK West MrHarg Stamford
The Central Chrlatlan church
will show the film at the evening
hour.of worship. The St. John*
church wilt show the film jus'
fcMowing their evening hour of
worship. ’ ——h. ,
The public k cordially Invited
t ■ eee this fUm at either church.
St John’s to Have
Sunday Evening
Broadcast on KI)WT
”llow to Get What You Waul"
hi the subject of tkr rr4*aage t»,r
Sunday evening bg Rev. Chaiies
H I LLCR
Sunday School Class
Holds Weiner Roast
At Roy Craig Home
The Young Married Couple's
el*** of the Central ('hristian
church held a weiner roast Wed-
nesday ntght at the home of Mr.
Mr* Roy -Craig— ———"
Weiner* were roasted over tlte
fheplace in the den and were ser-
ved w|th buna, baked bean*, cof-
fee am) cake. Those present for
the informal evening were the
pastor. Rev. M. C. Turpin, anc.
hlr wife. Mr. and Mrs. Dk'k Squ>-
re*. Dr. and Mrs. David Ballard.
Mr. and Mr*. Jim Freeman. Mr.
ar.d Mr*. Dewane Elliot. Mr and
Mi*. William K...Mayes and Mr.
and Mr*. Craig.
E Flke, paalor of the St John’s
Methodist church, which will be
broadcast.
Thl* will be a part of the re
gular Sunday evening broadcast
from St. John’* church between
7 and M P. M over radio station
(’hurch Women to
Have Broadcast
Over KDWT
* "The Ptace of the Nur*t*r> in
the Religious IJfe of the t.’hlld."
trill be Ihe *ubj«-rt of the radio
bioadcaHt of The TlnlterT CouneiT
KDWT.
Izocal Men Return
From Air Races
A group of Stamford men. Jo-
hnnie Gray. Cecil Gray Ed Grav
ami W. B. Tayman and "Top
Non I* of Cisco returned Friday
from Miami. Fla., where they had
attended the Air Race* They
made the trip In* <%rll Gray*
plane.
From Miami the men Joined a
caravan of 175 plans* for a trip
tt Havana. Cun*, where they
*pmt t vo day* urn! then -return-
'd to Miami
On the way hack they were
grounded for a day In New Or-
leans berauae of the.weather. Nit
left New Orleans at 11:15 A M,
amt reached here, a little after
Wednesday Bridge
Club Meets With
Mrs. Blackwell
Mrs. AI mu* Hiackwetl enter-
tained tnr Wednesda> Bridge Club
Wednesday afternoon YarJ
bloom* In yellow and lavcrMter-
wwre used m deeoratKtn*.
Mrs. fieorge Prytw. Jr . won
high score prise In brioge games.
A dessert TOune wss served.
•Member* and rood* present
were -Mmes. - E. P Honk ley d. M.'
/•Khcrsft. L. M Hardy, tieotge
f’tyor, Jr.. Hugh Aaim. Edga-
OMf p*ofd-br*d chickl from Ik*
notion i best tgg bloodlin** cr
brad to l#y non eggi. Thof’i why
ovr oaiemri com* bock year
sdlsr y*or for mor* chicki.
Hilk-rest Hatchery
Come! Toke your choice!... Every
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fall and winter dress, including
half sizes, regular sizes, sub teens
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ond juniors* All types, colors and
MANY NEVER
SISPEGT CAUSE
OF BACKACHES
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Mrs. R- G Bull of Anson is a
suijzical patient at fho Staeiford
Srnitsrium.
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Craig, Roy M. Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1950, newspaper, January 27, 1950; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth973310/m1/4/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.