Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, December 28, 1934 Page: 1 of 8
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Our Subscription Records
Ope o'to Advertisers for
jBTAMfORD, JONE8 COUNTY. TEXAS. fcRLLAi. DKCEMU'ER 28,’ 1$34
VOLUME XL
None Overlooked
At White Cross
Mission, Christmas
APPROXIMATELY 500 fed at
— WEST giOE MIHSION ON-
- CHRISTMAS
Fund Of $3,000 T
Stamford Public
Schools Not To^—
Reopen Till Jan. 2
A happy Christmas for every'
Be Spent Only F'
oife arid Ao oHe overlooked*
the report at "the Christ&ps ac- !
tivities at the White Cross Mission
as outlined by Rev. W. C. Oollins. i
“A beautifui Christmas program
1 The Stamford Public Schools
will open on Wednesday, Janu-
ary 2, instead of Monday, De-
cember 31, as previously an-
APPROX IM.ATEL Y *3.0*0 TO “BE
SPENT FOR LABOR. CITY
wsa presented'on Saturday night
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to tTKMSIi m A i ERTATTS
Mhfrsftft,mi]
mU'mli'iit, *iud Wednesday, The
ch!
Johnson said,
cil was approved as a work relief
project by the state relief admin*
istratloir-and yvord was received
Wednesday by Grady Bowdryr, city
manager, for the Work- to start im-
‘Man Who Played-
Fool’Subject At
Baptist Church
mediately.
Approximately &5.000 wilL be ex-
pended. the entire amount to be
spent for labor. The pool will be
constructed entirely )jy manual
labor in order to employ the great-
est number of men. Materials will
be supplied by the city.
Excavation is expected' to begin
Monday. The pool will be located
on a two-acre plot of ground just
west of the Rule-Jayton Cotton Oil
Company office buildihg on high-
way 30 in the western part of the
city. The size will be 60 by 120
feet and'it will be constructed of
BAPTISMAL SERVICE TO BE
HELD FIRST SUNDAY NIGHT
IN JANUARY
By Sam Morris, Pastor ' ‘
Despite the fact that it was the
Sunday before Christmas and many I
people were away to spend the
holidays with their loved ones, we
had a good day last Sunday. The
evening servijjfe «
concrete
the church by baptism. We have
ueno
several
Tflu'JOl OH)
MPIPWBUI, fcw Joined far;
baptism but have nbt yet been bap-
tizedprepare lobe *t church that
at th“:.sUhat
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budget envelopes
dlstribut
:t Sunday so every
NG PEOPLE’S FIFTH SUN
[yMKETffWPTO WWIEfefr 4?®®^
m the AETEPvnnw «ng the*
mg the* very first Sundiay in the
-year. We want every person to
take a package next Sunday. We
,1 want the fathers and mothers to
. talk this matter over with the
£ children and advise them so they
L will be prepared next Sunday to
, take the envelopes and leave their
^ subscription ’with the teacher. The
s morning Bible study, will be on II
‘ Corinthians, chapters 8 and 9. Let
* every teacher be here and be on'
} time. Be much in prayer this week
f about it. *^**m*j
"The man who played the fool 1
j by not taking his wife’s advice,"
will be the subject discussed next
, Sunday night-in the First Baptist
■votional. Gordi
ClIlWlL- WMfl are a ToT
luction
Abilehe; 3:45 p. m.
and Welcome, Miss Ruby Gould,
Stamford; 1—Twelfth chapter of
Ecclesiastes, Miss. Emma D. Mer-
Yilt, Stamford; 2—Reading, Mrs.
Tony Goble, Stamford; 3—Talk,
Miss Dorothy Bunkley, Stamford;
4—Getting Them To Church', Miss <
Maxene Merritt. Stamford; 5—
Solo, Mr. Earl Russell, Stamford;
Special Musical Number, Misses
Josephine Pinson and Maxine
bands in Stamford, that I wish
would be here next Sunday night
and hear this message. It might
do them some good. There are
some husbands in Stamford that
I. am afraid are beyond hope. They
take nobody’s advice except the
tiavUls.
------ On KGKO Monday
Don’t forget that next Monday
at 1 p. m. if you will tune in on
radio station KGKO of Wichita
Falls you mav hear us in our first
broadcast The text will be: “Y*
have not passed this way .hereto-
fore." Joshua 8:4. The subject:
"Headed on the Untraveled Way."
Time has been engaged for every
Monday at 1 p. m. through the
months of January, February* end
March. Tell your friends and be
listening.
By W. G. Bailey, Pastor
Let one of your new year reso-
lutions be this: By the help of God
this next year I am resolved to at-
tend some church service at least
once each Sunday.
We extend to each of you a
hearty welcome to come and wor-
-ship-with us iiv ow church—end-
make it your church. Sunday
school 9:45 a. m. Morning preach-
ing service begins at 10:50 o’clock
and we promise to dismiss before
J.F. Reece Of „
nfdrd Dies After
nded Illness
Breckenridge.
H p, m. Coi
twelve o’clock. Our measi
ri o mArnlnv.»tvi 11 Ftn n'
Mrs. J. F. Reece
Jay morning-will be
immuraon ■ Anri. Conse.
Funeral'•Services
Community Out) Of
morn-"
cration—The Rev. E. B. Surface, D.
D., Abilene. .
Bread, Rev. J. A. Owen, Albany. •
Hardships." Our young people will
v meet in the leagues at 6 o’clock
Sunday evening with interesting
' programs.
Sunday night the pastor has a
special message for you on the sub-
ject "What Is The Matter With
Tuxedo Has First
. Meeting Of Year
Held Last Week For
D. J. Meads of Tuxedo
Wine, Rev. S. P. Collins, Cross
Plains.
Splendid services were held
morning and evening at our church,
Sunday, despite the Christmas
visitation that always prevails at
this time of year. The spirit of
Christmas prevailed throughout
the two morning Services—and at
the evening hour some hundred and
fifty people enjoyed a well paper-
ed and well rendered Christmas
■plaint; put on byugBftw^flfty of
The Tuxedo Community Club
held its first meeting of the year
at the Tuxedo school auditorium.
Frank M. Locke of Stamford was
principal speaker, bringing an in-
teresting message on “Relations
Between Home Community and the
Injured Boy’s
.Father DiesHere
Christmas morning without being
charge. Mr.
£------Thsffltcrto the chrir f*n the wen-
derfullV sweeFmusic on last Sun-
openedwfth music by a string ISP-
chestrft composed of John Bras-
well, Bently. Lester and Gail Baize,
Henry and Humpy Deal and Arlene
Amerson. Following Mr. Locke’s
talk, 25 minutes were spent in a
program of music and songs. Old
and new songs were sung by the
audience and instrumental numbers
were given at intervals.
A short business meeting was
■Seymour "and
twp sons;
Xmas Morning
FATHER DIED WITHOUT
KNOWING SON WAS INJURED
AND ALSO IN SANITARIUM
■' r_”-' ' .V V*:____
,* Two Rotan youths were fatally
injured and a third is in a serious
day. Happy New Year to airwho
read this:
our -Young' People,' after which
Santa Claus in all his bewhiskered
glory frisked into the scene and di-
rected the distribution of presents,'
as Masters. Bunkley. Carotherx,
Harrison, McKinley,. Williams and
others waited on the congregation
in a lovely wav. It was a splendid
service. Carrying with it a thank-
ful, reverent and youthful spirit of
utniNikln a wt A PKvIatmae ' I a it
E. of Tuxedo; a daughter, Mrs. M.
V.. Jackson of Hamlin -i-a broth-
er, Henry Meeds of Arbuckle,
Calif., and, two sisters, Mrs. E. B.
Green of Stamford and Mrs. W. L.
Thornton of Abilene. J. H. Braswell
of Tuxedo is nephew. Pallbearers
for the funeral were’ Floyd Long,
Walter Appleton, Ed Gardner, El-
mo Link, T. L. White and Paul
her father, L. D. Jones, three sis-
ters, Mrs. D. F. Beard of Hunt
county; Mrs. J. F. McLaughlin of
Dublin and Mrs: R. H. Talley of
Gustiae, and one brother, A. J.
Jones. 6t Florida.
Pallbearers for the service were
Tom Chgtwell, J. R.- Chatwell. Cur-
tis Si '
James W. Walker Of v
Stamford Buried
At Rotan Monday
Ed Neyrton,
I n snurit UUBlllVBn W»n
(held, announcements were made
condition in the Stamford Sanltar-
FuneraJ services were held In
Worship and Christmas; Joy
Galery.
the highway- between Rotan and
And one brother, Doyle. .
Funeral services for Patterson,
were held at.the Baptist church in
Rotan Wednesday afMftVOun. Rev.
Sam Morris, pastor of the First
Baptist church, Stamford, was as-
sisted .by two Rotan ministers in
412 National Banks
Reopened In 11
Stamps Quartette
To Present Program
At Avoca Sunday
home on West Oliver street Sun-
'day mornhtgr'k.Gr W. Ashley, lay-
plan in the Church of Christ at Ro-
tan, had charge of the service and
Kinney Funaral * Hcfme supervised
burial arrangements in Rotan
cemetery,
Mr. Walker moved to Stamford
from Rotan 12 years ago -when he
retired from farming. He was born
in Tennessee, December 11, 1849.
-Missionary Society Will meet at
3:80 Monday; choir practice-pray-
er meeting will meet at 7 p. m.
Wednesday, the book of Deuteron-
omy will be. the Bible lesson.
~ "Bring ye all the tithes Into the
storehouse, that there may be meat
in mine house, and prove me now
herewith, saith the Lord of hosts,
if I will not open you.the windows
of Heaven, and our you out a bless-
Roby on Saturday night.
Odell Morton, 18-year-old sotj of
Mr. and Mrs. 0.-J. Morton of Bo-
tan, died at the*Stamford Sanitar-
ium Sunday morning and CUfl Pat-
terson, 20-year-old son Of Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Patterson, also q< Rotan,
died early Christmas jnorning.
June Colwell, the third member of
the group, received severe lacera-
mite found in the ro4d. The child | Mrs. Tom Colwell of Rotan. v |
i was prought to the sanitarium * ‘ “
i where portions oFtwo Of Ml finj
i era end hia thumb were amputate
He was resting nicely Thursday.
' WASHINGTON.—Nine nath
banks were Bernard in Novem
bringing the totJ) reopened dui
the year to 412. Jl F. T. O’Con
Controller o| the\Currency; a
al» .
'ITiese were bar**nSwhich fern
Otis and L. *• Echola and .his
Stamps Quf rtette will present a
program at the. -Avoca Baptist,
church on Sunday night at 7:30
o’clock, it has been announced. Rev.
Misses Vera and Dee Walker of
M. C. Merlbi of Et. Loula
Workhouaulofficials jk London
’ord and four
Walker of Rot
Walker of Yul
Ban Walker of
Paul B. Hastie of Cleveland tried
to live up to his name and was fin-
ed for speeding.
when the accident
at 9:80 o’clock
hadn’t had § hath in two years
aliir
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Devoted to the Best
Interests of Jorles
And-Haskell Counties
STAMFORD AMERICAN
MiMM
&
quest on Christmas rtight.
honntiifnl riinrifT
,.VU
Day; Childran-jaeraxe';
their hearts
glad. * • ' .
"We are indeed grateful to the
people of Stamford who so wonder-
fully rallied to this cause and de-
voted to much time, money and
.Effort tn making Hits a joyous-wau
* son for many people who would
'have otherwise had a‘very forlorn
Christmas. Many things were giv-
en by people too numerous to men-
tion, all joined hands*in making
this a perfect' Christmas. We
should Ryrely praise our holy; just-,
V , merciful God.” — ...
, "We did not serve as many in
the dinner at the church as we
had expected,” Rev. Collins said,
"There were less than 500 fed at
the church, so after dinner (Jeorge
Hudson gave the services of his
car and drove over and over the
___ Iftai-vdula- F#sicf Fae Brooks,
ThelYna~BrobksVNina Mae Motes
and Marion Cosby carried Christ-
, nosed
9 I
W-
Tt:'"XMlr dinner, find Christmas
lngs tu. thf Itorand afflict
were -nnable to eome.
were nqable-to eeme.
"Our Christmas dinner. Was com-
of barbecue, 472 pounds of
pare it, fnii
cream, nrariiwfTW
tUtses;-— Tf gsU
bles, chicken, gravy and cake. Mrs.
■^Stockton was in charge of the
serving with 22 women and nine
men assisting ber.
“It would be impossible to list
all who assisted us. in making this
Christmas possible. Some who
were not mentioned last week who
have helped in' particular
Stamford Produce Company,
and Jill Grocery, St. Luke’s ‘Epis-
copal church, the Christian church,
the Methodist Sunday' School, the
Ford Agency for the use of car,
the Smith Calfee Hardware Com-
pany who played Saiiia, ClauiTlb
142 children by giving all toys left
hand Monday night,- T. N.
Meadow, Sample
R. Sladga, nraaidi
Cullum,.Mrs. J.
nl i >f t hi* I T n if i<( 1
Charities. Mrs. Neal Adkins, presi-
dent of the American‘Legion. Mrs.
G. B. McLaughlin—we could name
them on and on, and we are truly
grateful to everyone.’’
Bailey’s Subject
To Be “Enduring
Our Hardships”
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Huston, Cleburne. Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, December 28, 1934, newspaper, December 28, 1934; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth975755/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.