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Four Assurance of TV
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STAMFORD AMERICAN
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L< u*l< r \ illume 63 Number 21—American Volume 40, Num&er 50
AND THE STAMFORD LEADER
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STAMFORD, TEXAS, JONES C oUn^7t^DJRSDAY FEB. 4, T988T
■hS*‘"Jrn alMMnViiR!
mbs l*«**®S3
TSI.SSI.HU to date, according to
local chairman Mra!’Jack i Wat
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SINGLE COPY, TEN CENTS
March of Dimes Campaign
g ls Nearing SKcesshil End
15 March of Dime* : city. Contributions were aa fol- Mrs. Walton expressed her
Stamford has netted lows: Washington School. $10 00. thanks to all the workers In the
>n ti • tin noonrrUnn lo * I; ' ftjfTII 4*k *
Hey holds School, "KKIK and
Oliver Street School, *38.84.
Mother's March, the talent
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The canisters for collecting *how- *nd other^ projects,, wha
total will reach approximated ' edit)* which ware placed In have contributed to the sUceeae
$1,800 before all contribution.', business establishments through- of this year’s campaign. "I what
•re in. * out the city brought a total- uf to thank each person who made
U(g.eM gi-wp,^.!, 1 iflSS?£,«w’or10ktedRBfe*
through the Mothers' March Bon received by th?-March of Wataan said. “I waa greatly
which was held here Jnn 21. ! DlmeXg came from Ihe local pest pleased by the hard work and
Members of the Parent-Teacher °* the Veterans of .Foreign generosity displayed la caoaee-
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Looking Forward to Hunting Season—
J he Stamfoiil.,Uitfh School football, boys presented the coaches with shotguns
at the annual Football Banquet which wUs held Saturday night at the Cliff
Ihftise. Pictured left to right are Coaches Keith Munnerlyn, BiH Anderson, Don
Edward*; and Larry VVartes. ,
Football King and Queen
Docket Is Set This Month
Pep Squad Hosts
An attempt, will la* made this said Monday that he probably rule, cohnty and district court
immlb to clear up tie county would set Monday. Feb 15 for does not meet at the same time j
court docket which has a back hearing on some 30 cases. The because often attorneys have1
log of w (II o\ «,-» loo untried crim- 1 date previously u.id been set 1 conflicts.
kuU-va-.es, Kmnc uf these, date ‘ as Feb. 8. but Judge Owen County Attorney Ben Nledeck- a 1 T>
•'«ck to i'.t*>2. Thmna.s w ill he conducting din- , n Sil„i he has gone over the i Alintlctl I ><H1C| IIt
County Judge Leon Thurman 1 trieJ court that day as a general many cases on file and has I “
' I weeded out those which he be; L\,t. RiilIrlntrL'
1 llcves can be tried. Others, lie " Uf OUllClU^S
! said, are incomplete insofar as
I records are concerned. This; . ®v **°*e Terrell
| group for the most part repre-! ''eorRt' was crowned
| sents cases that have been ap king and Debhy High, quern at
j pealed from ■ justice or corpora- * annual foothall banquet .pro
“ "wflff'n WasneuTSaTImiay nigliT qn The Off
House was the crowning of the king ancL-queen.
I his. year thfc football boys chose as their queen
Debby High, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph'High
and t)ie Pep Squad girls choose George Smith, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith as their king.
^ I rffrurtowWiAb'r' to
*4—a . w mil uyyi ■
participated in the march
brought' in a ' total of $61179
from the-one evening's wo4. ~'
Solicitation (if business houses
for. contributions to the March
of Dimes, .which has not been
completed yet, has brought in
$421.33 so far —'L..—...'
Another large contribution to
the success of the local drive
j was made by the student coun- ^
cil of Stamford High School, who
I sponsored a talejqjv show to
j benefit the March of Dimes Net
j proceeds from ticket sales at
| the door were $129 24 The total
amount earned for Ihe March
_ by the show will be boosted'even v
higher, when the proceeds from i
advance sales have been tabu-! ,
Another spw^^?y?nM^?^T;
benefit of the March, benefit;
bowling at Stamford Lanes,
brought In a net of $21.00.
Contributions were also re-
ceived from the children at each
of the elementary schools in the
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Sen. David Ratliff To Have
Important legislative Rosts
At Hitfh School—
Credit and Collection
Course To Open Monday
With almost all the major btisi- j tor,' said at least. 25 ' owners. ’
Preston of the Committee of Counties, j tion courts
(>n Jan. 13. Lt (lov
Smith annoifhct'd the appoint .Cities atitl Towns and vice j Where. In Ms Judgment, the
merit ol standing committees chairman of the Oil & (las Com- state does not have a case. Mr.
for the Texas Senate and Sen. ; mitte*1. Nicdecken said he would ask for
firms, service organtra-! collection managers j c ‘ . /X,’ ' „ „
. __. , . ... and staff members were ex-i VV ICrlltU rails.
David Kfitliir qf Stamford, rep- Thj, (.orm)littee in past years , * fll*,nl*sal
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Illl.'
24tti Seuatoriat
has been the clearing house for Included*
sented Saturday . night at the
Cliff House with the Pep Sqttttd “<*"* and professional office.. k><1 lMin(, Ior thrl
as hosts J iu Stamford expected to he rep 1 four clas,Pk. Mld the course -
GeorgrwflK crounMhv Pfliilayfaentea, a four ni«hl. toit-hour I would hr valuable to not. only*
Ilurk, Pep,Squad president »hd c.re<ji( anq eotlectton course will experienced personnel, but also
toaslmistrexs, and Dehbv hy the
Buys Auto Agency—
Clyde McM&hen hatt purchased Roundup Motors,
the Cadillac, Ohisniobile and Pontiac agency here.
McNJahen was formerly associated with Joe Mayo.
Motor Co. in Henrietta, and is part net. with Mayo
in the new enterprise. The name of the dealership
will he changed to McMahen Motor Co. McMahen
is married, and he and his wifei Margaret, have two
sons. Kicky, 17, and Tgrry, 13. They attend the
Baptist Church. He is a graduate of Shannon High
School, and attended Midwestern University in
the backlog are tri-eaptains, Mare Lovvorn.
begin Monday night, Feb. 8, at! beginners in cred't end collet'-
To Be Friday
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(>oyne Funeral Four Candidates
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County ^T€>tin^
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Strength Down
From Last Year
File for Office
In Stamford
IHsipcf wa^na^-^^ ■ second larges, ^nun Iter f^' ^ Sh’SS. ^ZSt^win he held for fw«C a. w j
- IoIIh introduced ni the .v*n»lf. w wncn *ne f)oini s\sum was in Gomez Jr .. . . ... ... „ , | ' lasse* win r$e nnn ior two A a ¥ ai^w
Only the State Affairs Commit-i‘ ffect for automobile Insurance Ea(.h of tho (.oa<.hos w.i* tire | wl11 ** conducted^ by Wayne Hoi. and a K»lf hours each niabt -«•*- AHJICQUB
1 tee, of which the.senator Is also ■ At 1hat time there were many ,pnt^.a ,i,nttf„n hv the fnnthMl T°mb’,.rft*^tt. tralnln8 /P^^b^out^-tdghttrTlwlng the lecture, j , . | ‘ ‘
As chairman bf this commit- check chaiges. child desertion. Munnerlyn and Don Kdwards *P«nsort-j by Stamforfl DIMrjbu- view. Investigate and accept or be held at the First Baptist | the jrlly «MM1> **' h«M
tee Senator Ratliff will be aq , first offense driving while intoxl-, Gold inegaphon.es were ore- tiOR Edi.cation Chapter and is j reject customers seeking credit. Church of Lueders at 3:10 p. m (Tueaday. April «. three of tbeto
; Ifterensingly Important person In rated and other misdemeanors | sented to each of the new cheer- made available by the Distrlbu-. Increase credit volume, control j 1 i idav, Feb. 5, with Rev. LeWls : seeking re-election. .
Ihe eyes of his follow legislators | Judge Thurman said he had j eladers from the old ones A "'«* Education (‘rognwo J{f the j accounts effectively, decrease j Mark wood, former pastor. ofH ; B. Q. Cooper, who has served
Jones whose bills concerning local nf requests irom lawyers for a football was presented to the Eniversiiy anti the Texas Kdu- collection problems, conduct dating. Burial will he in Luc the city as chief of police sine*
County drqpped more than fiflv fairs must come before this Luting 0f county court for hear new Pep Squad officers froqt j calton Agency,
per cent this year over last, ae- j committee , * ; jng cjy|j rises and this likely this year's president and tin- The course is designed to give
cording to A J French *t»x ns- Xetratnr Rarftff will gtvo W-.a J\v,(j lie railed fet some time in ' phles were given to ^arii of this advanced and refresher train-
se.sxor lolld'lor Even the ex-‘ kev figme In the (ate oL’-Renale J March or Apt it. ♦ - • * ‘ **’ ----- -—*----
. I* mil ■> u-itk nnrn ni.lcnrt. 1
Qualified voters
emi'tions issued to those at “Rill 2 dealing with eommilsorvl
tsitting voting age this yqar pooling of oil.and gas The Htll'
shows a decided diop was’ lntrodured by_ Senator.Cal-1 rPpj)|>l|P|*G V'lppf
Jicadline for paying ivjII taxes houn of i’yler, chairman of the 4C<avIlva.S
was Sunday and when the final on am| Gas Committee. Senator
count was made only 1)85 re Calhoun, as is the custom in
celpts hart been issued Kxentp 1 shett ' cases, will relinquish his
lions totalled but 23 and only i chairmanship to the vice chair-
four persons rcuhden'd under man. Senator Ratliff, while the
the new law which permits ybt- * committee debates this im(wr-
ing in national elections without tant measure,
payment of a poll tax. j |n addition, the senator was
l.asl year, 3,825 poll tax re- appointed to the committees on
celpts were'issued 103 obtained i Banking, Contingent Expense,
exemptloirs and 53 registered. Insurance, Labor and Manage- School library. Miss Yvonne
In Jones County and counties j ment Relations, Water and Con-1 Petertoo is retiring president,
of similar si/.e there is no record srrvation. Public l.fealth and j Mr*. Prewit is a sixth grade
ol overage exemptions qs these [ Transportation. | teacher in Reynolds Klsmen-
'cltl/ens are not required lo ob-: Senator Ratliff will also Serve! tary School. Serving with her.
Officers, Discuss
New Program
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Mrs. H. L. Prewlt was elected
president of the Stamford Class-
room Teachers at a meeting
Monday night In the Reynolds sheila Youngquisl j
sales piomotlons and use the ders Cf met cry under Ihe direr
small claims courts. jtlon of Lawrence Funeral Home,'
The only expense for (hose at- i Anson
year's cheerleaders by the fool- Uni In credtr and-rolldctlon pro- ■ tending will lie $.1.00 tugistia (»ovne diet! at 11:45 p. m.
ball team. ■ ccdures lor la.th large an<l small lion fee Further In/Qgmt-lion^ Tuesday at Stamford Memorial
A gold charm bracelet w a s i business and professional or j bout the course can be ohtalnTvt | Hospital 3*ftcr an illness o(!man d.
given the Pep Squad sponsor.! ganlxatlon$ and firms. by contacting Don Hrtmard at sevent months He was born! |n„ his first term in place 5,
Oct. 14. 1883 at Iredell. have filed for re-election.
He married Mamie Philley in |j. G Andrews Jr. (Pete), la
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1957. has filed for another two-
year term. ' :__I .
J. Ixuds Black stock, who ia
completing hia second term as '
alderman, place 4, and aldcf- 1
I Don Howard, DK administra-
Miss Libby Johnson.
Following the presentation, a
selection of songs was presented
by the Senior Tonets. These
girls are Diane Rider. F.mily
Bell, Linda TdrttKi>r. tnnrtrt Tts
terius. Debhy High. Jan Me
Cow.n, I.inda Miekler, Judith
Taylor, Joy Westfall. Kay l.ynnj Tax collections for the City of
Edwards', Janice Mrtfltjff and j Stamford have been better than
^ | usual. City Manager Harry
Dr. Paul Faulkner;-, assistant ! Stecnson said Monday. Deadline
professor of Bilile at Abilene for paving without penally and
Tax Collections
In Stamford
Reported Higher
Christian
speaker.
College.
was t It e
ei r j *| ,,,
interest was Saturday.
Tax valuations lor Ihe city
lain un exemption
John W. Harrell
Joins Stamford
Federal Staff
Also distributed at the banquet ' for 4he tax year T1H44 were up
on the Committee on Legtsla will be Mr*. E. L CoW’ger, first were Ihe quarter finalist patches almost a quarter million dollars
live. Congressional and Judicial vice president; Mrs. R. L. H*rv and' the boys football number*, j over- the previous year but
Districts which will be con |risoe. second vice president; The patches will be worn on the despite this, the percentage of
ccrned with the rontroversial Don Howard,- third vice presl- i«.ft sleeve and the numbers | tax collections was higher,
question relating to legislative | dent; Mrs F.dgar Quade. sccre- Will be worn on the right sleeve Valuatton figure for 1963 was
ment.
Although the legislature has
oiflJOwfB in session simre Jetj
12.’Senator Ratliff Jta* already
John W! Harrell. 30. haH "'^‘ved a large amount of cor-
Jomrd Stamford Federal Savings . Pr°‘
and Loan Associatk n here. 11>0sed !e«,8l«,‘‘>n Parn
Harrell, who had been a*»o-
nnd congressional re apportion-1 tary; Mrs,?R. L. Stokes, treas-
urer,- and O. N. Smith, parlia-
mentarian.
The program for tho evening
was a i-ancl discussion on the
cauke* and probable solutions
for the student dropout problem.
Acting as moderator for the dis-
1 mutual netting and Senate Bi'l
8, popularly known as the “open
of their foothat! jackets The $10,267,000 while for the year
cheerleaders and Pep Squad; of-f Ju*t closed it was J430.S14.fl00,
fleers also reefived the quarter-
finalist patches. >'
To close the banquet, the
school's fight song and the
school song were'sung by every-
one. As the benediction, every-
cusslqn waa Mrs. Ben Cok.. «te recited the Lord's Prayer
WUnia*.***
c.aled with Hardware MtrtuU, | ^ ^tthtg aato of I ^ ^mtier. ol the panel
Insurance Co aV an adjustei ],„uor tj,e Consistent were H. S. JFltxQeraH. Mr.
^kmt‘wHh" al?Sasrs tor i 1,lf Sen.to, , “oward »nd „M,»8 lvlaur,n‘)
tss K!fi2Lr*“* ^ •» ■?*
’ cniployment was rn expansion '
njove by the Orm. , * ', ’
He is married, and he and his GCOr&fC HlUXlphrOV
ito. * Norma Jean have three! . , . g”* * ^
Joins I ah'a I
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w ife, * Norma Jean have three
children, two sons, Sfeven and
Kill, arid a daughter. Paris. The
family attends fhe Methodist
Church. They moved to Stain-
lord from- Bedford. Texas. J
The firm has Also hired Judy
Medford; formerly of Haskell,
.. J.n a secretarial ^ostt4ou. Mt*»
Insurance Firm
, George Humphrey a Stamford
native; Has Affiliated with the
, Mr. FttzGeraid pointed out
that under President Johnson>
Jtooverty program Texas was
the first state to .qualify for
educational funds for dropouts.
San Marcos Is serving as ,1
regional center for the re-traln.; hi Iperl by surplus food contmodl
Ing ol dropouts. *.■ He* I if Jones County In January,
1485 Persons
Let Surplus
Food in January ,
A total of. 1485 persom. were
Working independently |n the.
y ivi 1144*.
Lpshaw and Upehavv instancej ,(H al Junlor h,*h *cho°' ° M-
agency here.
He waa formerlv employed^ hv
^J^ljell. high school principjft. ,
figure's kept by County Judge
laton Thurman show This is a,
The Incteaxe was due to newj
construction plus Carhartt of
Texas. ■-. I;-* *
place 4, and aldef-
Thompson,, complet-
PR 3 2201 or night PR 3-4106.
Mississippi in 1913. and they a ,amfldate for mayor. R. R.
moved to I.uedcrs follow ng the Kelley, incumbent, to not asking
wedding. She died in 1950 anoQicr term Mr
On September 23.. 1956, Goyhe ! former Jones County Judge, is
married Kalitj Box in McKtn- associated with his father In the
ney. and tlte couple relumed to [practice of law.
his home In Luedcis. Bartlett Holland and Richard
He is survived by his wife. Lane will be judges fer Jhe
Katie; thre? sons. P. A. Goyne election, and Je:ry Boles and
of Bcllth'ld, N. D. R o b e r 11 Norris Russell, cleiks.
Goyne of Brewster, Wash., and
Sidney Gpyne of Wyoming; one
daughter, Mrs. Elic Spicer "o!
San Antonio; one brother, seven
sisters, and 17 grandchildren
WAYNE HOLCOMB
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Building Hermits
FeW in January
Only one/bilUdllle permit was
Issued during .January for con-
struction in Stamford. This was
an addition to the home of M. C.
McKinley.
Ladies Night Set
Annual ladles night banquet of
the Stamford Rotary Club will
he held Thursday nfgh* Feb. 11,
at the Cliff House. The meeting
will start at 7 p. m.
Dr. T. R. HavIns at Howard
Payne College. Brownwood. will
be the speaker. Jack WjUagf)^
and members of the ftolarvann
committee are In charge of ar-
rangements. .
Sale of New Style Auto License Tags Started
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New,automobile license plates fat Nail Insurance agency. cial and miscellaneous vehicles in even vears, it’s Just the op. S
;qn sale lr. Jones CDunty Monday ,enl registration receipt. rHalri their wm special regia^ poaite^^^ It's also more enmomtea! '
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Texas Highway Department Irarisactlbn.
officials sav that a good many; I*ost receipts or Ownership ‘ujrattod. _ [building and maintaining roads.
the Department baa decided.
able* the Department to cope I Speaking of economy, plalea
wiiii the increasing vehicle reg (provide a mvenue wwirce lor
Medford is a graduate o! Paint Harnett and Proctor, insurance j t^>u”**,or, !**v? l,fV. " prrt; have a number.certified as qu#^
bout 150 lev* lhan were certlflcrl b“<d MOtofajj that up to poon
as eligible for Ihe help ***[ r,^d 8()ld ^ «« P**4*’8
people rush to buy«.plales the pstiers may Ik- replaced eisllv; "Worfc| War ,, aimrn_, They alaoJSwtt.juwther primary
first week qf sales, but the hlg. enough by sending 45 centi* 4er f- J • i*P ' purpillMP.; identification Became
gest flurry falls during the last each duplicate desired to the 0 tl>l*r<[pr*fl>*”'ol> m<fr* of the latter, the DepartmaBA
week eg March. County)''>rpk,44. Departnient'a. Motor Vehicle; v*'hh ies have been- regtaterrd slrtvea for simplicity lit plate
scssor Collector A. J., French blvlsion in Ausfln <40th and t•vt’***1 ,,IP Mato This ,rpnrt dfsign,' Therefore, plates hi
Jaicksoti Streets i But remem,ber ; 'onbnue. hut th®, I Tex a a contain only the
* aueutn. u» ,Mry ,nlorm„to
irlMKNlf „ ; ' • ‘ 1 »w'Xt a|g|, twe( M
r .mttm*.
Creek High School, and attends
the Church of Christ. v.
Reporting on the progress of
tor.structlon on the company's
new building. Curtis Johnson
saUf that it should be completed
ground the first of March, and
the company offices will be
moved shortly thereafter.
adjusters, in Abilene. ^ ■ .* tgram to help students who ne«-d
He js married to the former ,fo rl,»e <*»4i» »«vel of achicVe
B»tty4)p«haw of Stamford. They x,
Thes# -'‘ opportunity aiasses"
have brought about a notable
increase In the average- fl«44y
attendance cf junior high school.
The classes are taught . by
faculty members' • -
have two daughters, Martha, 5.
and April.,1. The family attends
the Baptist Church.,.
Humphrey Is a graduate of
Stamford High School, and of
Baylor university.
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jJ
ifled fpr the lood Items.
January (be total was 1633 but
for February th> number' whs
reduced to 153$.
* The bommoditles are dUtriTfut
ed each fit at and (bird Wednes-
day and Thursday Roman Htl
mer Is employed to handle dis-
tribution. - " /*
vehicle,»«
ter. slate, and
deciddU we could Lt Car own *l><’ ^ obtained from the Mack inters on white Con- 1>sall p-^ep- AsaocVsttmf
ers hsve the tags ^s easily , county hrwhtqh the Vehicle was vinced that black and while pro-
we could explain (hat they were ■ («gtotor«d. [vide ihe tbosl readable com
French said Texas libenke prates have a j biratmn under both day and
not on sale yfet.
„,ip addition to the tax office “new long" this vcai Each qight conditions.' the Highway
in Anson, the plates also are passeuget plate has *,;4 h r e Department altesnates the c«hii:
available in Stamford Sat Enis lettered prefix followed by two pattern. In odd years, plates
Bishop Electric, aoj in Hamlin or three numerala: (Commer- have black lettering on white.
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The Texak fiaHce Assoclattoh
lias announced that an iutnme' J
bile Is involved In 90 pfer tmnf }
ol major cqimes i ommttled la
the state. It Is moat important 1
that plates he readkble front a 1
reasonable distance. Vf- fra??
Taxaa Uga are. .....1 m
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