The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. [50], Ed. 1 Friday, September 13, 1940 Page: 6 of 8
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WICHITA FALLA
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> PARTY HOSORER' Jon,* a**i*to<l
Riley Steven*
Hr ftjirrr Orwee McKinley
wa» complimented at a
•t the Central Prewby-
eburrh Mr*. W. M. Ram*
«erv*»r
of Wichita I prsented gif
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C. Johnson. Fuford Wilisduoto. BuMc Motor pirklati
tha koMtitn hi;Tobe.Kuenstlef; Ol trer Smith, Dr. Flint, Mich., $a}»t. 10.—Mew
Mr*. |L. S. Furth Beulah Could and French Broom, streamlined bodies, wider eren than
to the honoree. Gift* Kvalina .Lay. Mary Elisabeth | the popular 'Torpedo*' models, wiH
from Mme* F. C. B unde, Jean Morey, Etta McKin- t*. f»Und in the 1941 Buick line.
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mi BliCK OK DISPLAY
by Hamby motor co.
wa* aaieted by Mr*. H. S. Blankenbeckler, Tn. F.
.and Mr*. Perry Smith| Frank Heflin. Alvin Jone*. 1
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Keen, Arthur Bu*hell, H. T. Ma*-,ley and the hoateaae*. jit was disclosed today by offtciala
aey. Dick Rowland, L. 8. Furrh, H.I Mr. and Mm. Stevena orrne mar-'of the Fiaher body diviaion of
C. Halbert, David Bennett, .Annie Tied September 1, at the home of j^egt Motor*, coincidentally with
Bogan, the Re* Wm. F. Rogan. The bride the announcement of the new cart.
P.' wore a black crepe jacket frock Outstanding among the new de*
ming. McKinney, Chester Yeatt*, George ami coraage of orchid*. signs i* the “Sedanet,” an entire-
perry.,. Smith read The \ yra.v. Tommy Aaron, John Cook.I Mr*. Steven* ia a daughter of iy new body type that combines
a poem written fnr fRe hon-. A'char Yarbro. C. L. Rogers, Bill Mr*. J.-P. McKinley of thi* city and features of the sport coupe and 2-
1 Adam*, L. M. Y. rk. John .Hudson,( i* a graduate of the Stamford high door Sedan, and supplants these
Bart HallaWd. R. W. Bound*. R. H. school. Mr. Steven* i* a graduate models in the special and century.
Sounds, C. H. Yates, I-ee Roger*./of Teague high school. He ia cm.|,r 40 *nd eo ^e*.
nlnv«Hl by the Humble OU cl>m-| prom the side, tbiT
1' viru- ia " l.’hit*- stPeT* turFet top body by Fiaher
looks exactly like an' airfoil; sec-
itton. Gone completely 1* the break
in line between the body proper
and trunk of coach models; gone,
too, is an semblance of„ the rear
deck to which the public has be-
come so accustomed m coupes. The
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YOUR NEW
metOAiRE
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Chevrolet 1.000.009 Contest CWmea
' M dnight Saturday. August 31,
' marked the close of the nation-
5 wide eontest sponsored by Chsvro-
i let Motor Division to locate the
j owner of the one-millionth Chevro-
' lej produced after Chevrolet’s in-
troduction c*f the valuo-in-head i\n
in 1929. Announcement of the win-
ner, who will receive the millionth
1940 Chevrolet, will be made aft^r
company official* have clucked the
entries with1 pioduction i records.
p- Cwemonics-.attendant on the
presentation of the new 1940 car
to the owner of the first millionth
''Chevrolet *ix will be staged at the
New York Worlds’ Fair, the owr-
ier driving his old car to Now York
jas Chevrolet’* guest to receive h;*
award.
The award—a 1940 sedan pro-
Just a* Buick said several years
•go, -When Batter Cars Are Built.
Buick Will Build Them,” Buick ia
still saying.
This year the company ia rather
bearing down on
harder than ever.
A* a matter of fact, the Cara are
simply beautiful, carrying all prov-
en impiovements and there ia rib
doubt about them being proven,
for that Company never lets up un-
til «he improvement ha* doubly
proved itself in tvsty known way
that teats can be made—from the
most rigid to the test that seem*
to amount to luttle in volume at
present, fault wH|i years of usage
may prove a big test to any car* .
Just now Louis Hardy Iff display-
ing a *’41-411" which seems to get
the eye of every 'expert in the
automobile line of user and many
dtamffrd Fine Art* Club . Berp»aa IrUa .
A councilor* coffee war given Th* mamaga n{ Miss Dorothy, yrs. Cha*. Jkrau** gave a Buffet
‘Saturday moping fee Stamford Fine Faye Saott, daughter of Hr. and gupp#r OR Sunday night honoring
Arta Chib, factoring now officers Mra. «.D. 3841 Harlan Road, htf Bobby Strauss, who loaves
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with Mra. C. E. Brownfield and
Mrs. Reginald (Baird co-hoatasse*
with Janice Baird, Betty Blackwell
and Halcyon SUgner of the year
that statement (book committee at the Baird home.
r ,| Club colors of yellow and white
weye featured in (Mcorptbns, Mari-
Izolda in crystal holders ware ar-
to Q. 0. Gahwllar took plate Satur- Friday ta continue his studies at
day night in. Abilana at 740 Ross
Ave. home sf the officiating minis-
ter, Mr. E. 9. Mead of South aide
Church of Christ. A black faille
jacket dress with black and nava
State tlnkveralty, Austin.
Guests were John and Walter
Pope Jr- of Anson, Roger Nealy at
Fort Worth, Dr. Joo Rutherford,
Maxine Rowland, Tony Salmon,
solid steel roof flow* in a single,
gently sweeping curve from the’ dealers of other cars have paused
windshield to the rear bumper.
Ranged through the home. White j wore a love chacm worn by her
clematis in low bowls adorned each mother at her wedding. Mra. Loyce
end of the lace covered dining table j Luclcle was her touains only at-
which waa centered with the punch tendant. She wore a black snipe
jo aoceaoriea waa choaen for the. gentlce and Helen Rosenwaaecr and
brides wedding costume, Tsnd she ■{),.. mnd Mra. Tom Bunkloy.
howl. Open sandwiches and wafers dres. With Hack accoaaorie^ Mr.
were served with punch. ! Luckie waa beat man. The bride waa
The years study course on, a graduate from tho Stamford
' high school.. class of ’88, and at~
to look, examine and -wonder at the
curved in two directions to conform
to the bijdfr contours, and that all
J hinges, as'well as the running
boards, are fully concealed.
Accomodations for t ear-seat pas-
sengers are all that could be de-
t , . , , _• ■, laired. The rear seat i* full-siaed,
Iduced July 12—M a major, mile-1 . ... ..
. • , . . _ with the cushion placed above the
stone in Chevrolet production re- . ..... , .
, , ., . i . level of that in front, as in sedan
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Sides are curved similarly from' pretty lines and thoroughly modem-’
the widefront end to the tkpering | i*ed chr
rear. To show the extent t:i which
the streamlining of the serianet*
| has been carried, tFisher offieiuhr
[point, tp the fact that the safety
plate .glass in the rear window is
Respite this, head room in the
regy Ti 2 in* inches grantor Utan
in spor^ coupes of last year’s cor-
responding series. There is also 7
duced at an average rate in excess
of 190,000 per month, The 1.090.-
000 unit was built exactly one
month after No. 900,000
The 400,000 units culminating in
No. 1,000,000 were completed in
three and two-thirds months, and
the millionth came off the assembly
line on a date when the- previous
year’s production stood at 798.348.!*" ««"P?»*ment measure, a
8/10 inches more knee room. Fur-
ther evidence o?1 the remarkable
roominess that has been attained
There are. so many new points,
such as Torpedo bodies that to
FhVntTeriatp them here would- take-}^
too much of your time; Use that
time to a better advantage by hay-
ing Ix>ui* give you a demonstra-
tion. You’ll at once see that Buick
is really out with a fine car for
1941. with the ”41-41.”
On Their Way Ta Arisons
Mr. and Mis. D. R. Alexander,
of Bonham, and Mr. and Mra. Pope
P. Lawrence, of Sherman arrived
in .Stamford Sunday afternoon, on
their way to Arisona, where they
will visit the daughter of Mr, and Colwell, Gwyneth Flemins,
Mrs. Alexander.^who, with her hus-
band, is teaching school in that
state. Mrs. Alexander and Mr.
Lawrerree are sister and brother
of Mrs. G. L. Inglish, and about
two hours were spent here visiting,
is seen in the fact that the paasen-<Wlith i^h and family. The
full
A brand now tig cubic
toot Frigidaird ol tha
Jpwnsf cost in history I
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Visit our showroom
today. Let us tell .
you about the easy terms and trade-
in allowance. Many other Frigidaire
models offer complete choice orf sues
and price to fft every home and purse.
WestToas Utilities
Company records *how that the
millionth Chevrolet six—the ca-
sought in the contest—left the' as-
sembly line in 1929, and. of course,
may not be in use today. If the
contest fail* to reveal the actual
Millionth Six, the owner of the
first Chevrolet passenger car
which was built after that, and
which is entered in the contest and
conforms to the conditions thereof,
‘will be adjudged the winner.
Lawhon Chevrolet Co., local
agent.
Hedy Asks Divorce
Los Angeles, Calif.—Hedy La-,
mar, black-haired film beauty, filed
suit for divorce from Gene Markey,
young film producer.
She charged “cruel and inhuman
treatment”, which sha declared
caused her “grievous mental and
physical suffering.” The brief com-
plaint supplied no details.
nine feet from the dash to the back
of the package shelf that is pro-
vided behind the rear seat.
A luggage compartment, with a
depth of more than 4Mi feet, is con-
tained in the streamlined back.
Hardy Motor Co.* local agenta,
Stamford.
Mrs. C. R. Howe, ha* just return-
ed from Colorado Springs, Colorn-.
do, she accompanied her sister, Mrs.
Gaston Dixop and husband and son,
of Ranger, and another sister, Mrs.
G. W. Penix and husband of Lue-
dera, and their mother, Mrs. H.
S. Duke of Mingus, Texas. Mr*.
Howe related it was snowing on
Pikes l*eak
party expects to visit The Grand
Canyon in Arisona, the Boulder
I)am, and on the way out we
scheduled to stop at the Carlsbad
Cav< rns. New Mexico.
Koionlal Kard Klub
Kolunial Kard Klub members
were guests of Mrs. H. G. An-
drews on Friday, when she enter-
tained with a bridge luncheon.
Crimson tinniaa in crystal bubble
bowls centered tables and bankets
of {summer flowers were decora-
tion for the bouse.
JKr*. Fred Hudson was awarded
high score prize. Others present
for this ftpst meeting of the seas*
lexasutu
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Queen
THE FAMOUS RADIO DETECTIVE
and author of the sensational best, seller
“The Adventures of Efl«ry Queen”
presents
The DUTCH SHOE
MYSTERY
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You Will lie hehl hreathletw by this startling, fast-
moving atory of murder in a moderh hospital. Da-
ing, clever, extraordinarily exciting, this is one Of
the most amazing ad vent t| res of the famous dfe-
tactive. \
Because we want you to know Mercury Books (|e-
lected and published by The American- Mercury),
we’ll send you this ope—The Dutch Shoe Mystffry,
by Ellery Queen—practically free. We’ll\upply the
hook if you w ill pay 10c for postage and handling.
Out of more than 60,000 copits printed we have
less than ’i.OOO left—and they’re going fast. Hur-
ry and send a dime for the complete copy of this'
intensely interesting book. (8orry—only one to a
customer.)
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Mr. and Mr*. Loui* Rosenwa»*er
left Tuesday for Dallas where they
bought more fall merchandise for
L. Schwarz A Co. Mr. Rosenwasser
just recently returned from New
York City markets.
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Returned To Houston
Mrs. R. R Bobertson and son,
Bobby, left Saturday for their home
in Houston after an extended visit
with iher mother, Mr*. E. B. Har-
rison. ^
Joe William Astin, non of Mr.
and Mr*. Hugh Astin, will leave
September 18, to continue hi* stud-
ies a: A A M College. College Sta-
tion.
Nrst i
on were Mates L F. Metz, Arnold
Douthit, Gordon Hayne*, Cha*. G.
Inglish, Tom Bunkley, Sarah In-
glish McDonald, Hugh Astin, H.
A. Carter, George Zachary, W. B.
Harrison and Ike Hudaon.
- Since 1928, University of Texas
debitor* have won firat place in
ten out of twelve debate tourna-
ments, and have captured 71 per
cent of the place* in 196 foresic*
cohtesta entered o^er tthe yanff*
periiod.
“Opera” waa introduced. Mrs.
Baird at the piano, played selec-
tion* from *everal opera* and gave
a word of explanation in connec-
tion with the year book. The com-
mittee very artistically decorated
covers in patriotic thefne for the
printed book* which were distribute
cd at this time.
Nancy Lou Langford, 1940-4941
club president was presented a
corsage on this occasion. Other new
officers are Jane McDonald, firtt
vice-president; Janice Baird, sec-
ond vice-president; Doris Rosen-
jvasser, secretary-treasurer; Gwyn-
eth Flemins, parliamentarian; Peg-
gy Tinsley, reporter. Mrs. Reginald
Baird and Mrs. C. <E. Brownfield,
counselors.
Mrs. C. M. Francis, president of
Stamford Music Club, and Mrs. Al-
ton McClellan, past counselors,
were special guests at the coffee.
Club membership cAwtfcta Janice
Baird, Betty Kay Barlow, Betty
Blackwell, Jean Brownfield, Ann
Bunkley, Annette Carothers, Freda
Ruth
Francis, Judy Fuqua, Nancy Har-
rison, Eunice Hatariua, Joy
Hughes, Martha Beth Larche,
Nancy Langford, Martha McClel-
lan, Jane McDonald, Sarah Mc-
Donald, Betty Pace, Doria Rosen-
wasser, Bobby Smith, Halcyon
Stagner, Nell -Stagner, Betty Sum-
mers, Dorothy Paul Summers, Vir-
ginia Tayman, Peggy Tinsley and
Mary Jean Yates.
Complimenting V initer
To compliment Miss Mary Treag-
er of Amarillo, Mrs. Bob Watson
entertained with bridge on Thurs-
day afternoon.
Colorful flowers decorated the
A. R. Watson home, acene of the
party. High score prise went to
Virginia Tayman and- the honor
guest was remembered srith a gift.
Guests were Misses Trcnger, Ann
Bunkley, Virginia Tayman, Jane
McDonald, Nancy Harrison, Hal-
cyon Stagner, Billie Bay. Wiley,
Wanda Britton, Janice Baird, Betty
Blackwell, Mme* W.' R. Simpson,
Jesse White and A. R. Wateon.
tended business college In Abilene.
She was vice president of the Hii
Onico Signa Sorority. ■
Mr. Gahwiler, who ia the son of
Mra. M. C. Stewart of Rockapringa,
Texas, is a graduate of the Rock-
springshlgh school, glass of *88, and
is employed’ at the South Western
Ball Telephone Co. Mr,, and Mra.
Gahwiler are making their home in
the Gould Apartmenta.-s-Reported.
The 649-foot San Jacinto monu-
ment near Houston has settled 2.8
mche* since it* con*truction three
years ago, hould ink anothar three
inches in the next five years, a
University of Texas foundation
enginearing expert says.
Loren# Cook, student .none at
Scott and White hospital, Tsmple,
has been visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Cook.
Arc yffa uhamed of your
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Special price* on old floor
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Only ten cents per pack here.-
The Leader office.
Norway’s royal family takes re-
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natural enough if you can over-
look a single letter in spelling.
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A KANSAS CITY bridge burst into flames one-
morning last spring. It twisted and writhed under
the terrific heat... then stout steel spans splashed
nto the Kansas River.
“Voice bridges” went out of service, too. For
attached to the bridge yvere two large telephone
was a four-alarm for the telephone repair crews—
the men in the blue-gray trucks. While flames atill
soared near by, the aoconstruction work began.
In a fire department rowboat they got a line
across the river. Emergency telephones were
rigged up at strategic locations.,
Then came a driving rain to mobs thr task
even harder. All night they worked again*
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a BAY TRUCKS
great odds. By midnight 00 telephones were/
ing. By breakfast time ti*eft*Jhmctlfe
silenced telephones could speak. That All
telephone sendee was back to normal.
Meeting—and whipping—emerWMirie* i»l part
of the telephone man’s job.
Your telephone service1 iff
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Inglish, George L. The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. [50], Ed. 1 Friday, September 13, 1940, newspaper, September 13, 1940; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth992661/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.