Stamford American and The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1954 Page: 1 of 10
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'or State Representative,
absentee Voting Starts
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ANI) THE STAMFORD LEADER,
STAMFORD, JONES UOUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY. DK(r ■'«). 1951
People Brajr ...
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mrn' arteol Site tor and farmer |
has. «nvo1 as sutsr’irtenfpnr -,P
surf <4 th* larjeesr
“ s4mJi Mr West Tes is irut S»ntr
HVtts he was supdrtn»e**>*Mo; iC
^ jfhate ikuhars K>'ne ir s~*r
m Mrma In 1SR V (w i*r .*&
*t* first eterjtnXilirr sir »r *fte
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ajsc <4>*>-ia] S.diox»ls ir tusmr.
ft He |*esfTiih is a Mscher tn me
xi■ ^am<«r S*irin«s ««-h%>ul unt as
y* sers -nf *s p-»«>*iene af rftpe Dlok
n “t» Firm Rureuu
1ft»e f s*T «an>t hires will *niw»-
iy nnh a shor* ’une »«• preserrr *fte»»r
tene* nttMues !« the "s«rf**r* if H*
Atm dnrn*^** oswrnrerd "f bar* *=Ti me
aod aw?' Kmf ind Pnkons ‘"inflies
IVn. Atuer.Ve vnttng in s* *»»irnr
tow «■ must he kme reir
toap* Thar. T-jenhi Th»>* 'tos.-*rr* it
mmi s*»#p etwett'er hail t mas /jwm*- Si
Snow Blankets ,
Slows Highway Travel
Mantled with snow, tho oit\ warmth after k;* soli no supply ban od oit tho New Hope road,
| uukod Tuesidtiy morning to a' been exhausted ’in keeping the the persons made their way
1 v.hite I'YfflMsse and snow eontin. heatbr going for a party of three ;.nd le/t the cars,
tied falling throughout the day, persons stranded on the New
topping about !0‘p m. ’Hope road Xupsday night. The
Sleet about l_> 30 n m Tuesday car stalled m Mie deep snow, pos
vtartisl the wintry weather and sihlv two and a half miles south
ol Stamford ,*
So>,oral other ears were strand
District Youth Rally Set
Jan. 4 at Methodist C hurch
IVBMNJBX; REPUTATION OF AVO( A TEAMS—
T%n JlCU-iS version of the Avma MirstangS are living: up to the reputation set l>y
>n»nrrs <xf the"past. They copjied the McMurry tournament, defeating the Stamford
liulidug*' in the finals. In the back r.ow, left to tight, are Kondal Nauert. manager;
laeioor Kalman, Glendo Hughes, Kertneth King, Bud Shelton, Bobby (Jordon Granville
Bastingewh; middle row, Donald Dix m, manager: Curtis Williamson; Keith Dnnk-
lm, SUMiley Foster. Johnny Muehlstein, Don Whitworth: first row. Milton Martin, Jake
fian^xb. Tony Ham. Jimmy Lackey, Max Williams.and Barkely Edwards.
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P airh Sight Services Planneil Funeral Service
4f First Baptist Church Friday For Mrs. Archer
Set Thursdav
I in w billowed, measuring five
■ inches tn 8 a. m Total measur"
rnent rea hed seven inches with
i moisture -totaling 1.17 inches, ac
i i or ling to the government gauge,
j Fa'rmvis were pleased over pro
[mist*‘ol good undergroud season
L , Tempetaur** tpped to 21 degrees
fbovermg uuund 28 to .30 degrees
i Tuesile, and slipptvi dow n to 10
I degrees wenneytlay lljoi ning.- ^<nitTT
| Traveling was hazardous and) ]['"„■* Meth.slist., hi.n h Tuesday
highways were closet! to iruffte[ ^ J;|n , at 7:30 ,, m.
I uesday night Man; people were
i. stranded here and some who
were away have not been able to
repirti
Buses were ^topped Tuesday
( night and Wednesday morning. I
j'hut were i'XfM*eted to resume tra i
Mr and Mrs. A. H Lindsev.
en their way to Stamford about
0:45 a. m were stallfti and after
they wefe rmtcuerl by w.passer-
by, Lindsey hplped to rescue the
stranded gyoup.
Stamford District Methodist, president.
will piesiile and
mate ‘quartet of
Some 300 young people from over
the district are expected to rally
Irene Stewart, disrict director
has announced.
Nancy Ashcroft, district youth
\el Wislnesr’aj afternoon.
The snow fluffy and moist. [
covered'the 'round until it was.
difficult to tell where highways,
left off and bar ditches began }
r i
Mrs. Reed Dies
Sunday After
Heart Attack
I ridges-and overpasses iced over Heart AttaCK ^T^TTTTiedTngy at Dallas. ha^
Downtown Stamford present j M “ j served as pastor of an English
eil a scene of unusual beauty as Mrs. M V. Reed, age 64, resi (leaking church in llavanna.
colorett Christmas liglits were t«* 1 dent of tin* Ericksdahl community I he youth rally will is* pro
fleeted m the gleaming snow since. 1907, died at the Stamford’ ceetieS’ by-an all day routing of
though few ptsiple were down-• Sanitarium Sunday at 3: B a. jn Ltnlnlaera
t< wn to enjoy it Tuesday night, j Mrs. R.*e«i had heen- Mrfekfn
Snowmen were built in man.vj
yards and spow bailing was al
popular (tastime Merchants, Oliver Reetl in Stamford, and* dud youth activities will
b und sale for galoshes and boots. was t(lk,.n to the hospital at 5 07 fussed. Rev. Marshall Rhew nf-
Typical of those who were'
Murry College. Ai)tierie,:tvt1l sing -
Jimmy Terry of Stamford is a
! member of the (juartet this year
Speaker will he Rev Irving L
Smith pastyr of the University
Mefhodist church of Tulsa. OkJa.,
who will be s|a*aktng at a series
‘ of youth ralies in this area. He
will speak at Abilene on Monday
| i.ight and will later be at Big
! Spring, Lubbock and Brownfield,
j Re\ Mr Smith is a gradual
of Northwestern State College of
Alva. Ok la., and Perkins srh<&f
kCmrft' night service will be and a review and preview of
■hrkt *tv- Firsct Baptist Church | < hureh life will be given.
*''ni-*<r T>tpht. the pastor.
[remain in IVfttv*! |r a bra -tow v^*f'
*n<e
T>tpht. the pastor. Rev.
SXsxtti Etnaru, has announced
"ft** uKuai tXedncsaday night ser-
*•«*• ail! be combined with this
to* im! arrx ice .
,Tl*e <-trur<*h wide affair will be
-.!•»«»*<c**t tn the Training Union
%<'tenia>*k-deerr«*nt of the Anni
a!rs«.-j <if the church, which
with the calendar year.
»fl be *naAe
The first jiart of the program
wfh hr i» pr-^ram planning of
Th* TTeitimg Union f«»r the month
t.e Jiirtuary j
k -sooTid trim will be shown
Mrs. Mildred Anna Archer. C6,
died Wednesday at- 12:15 p m. at
the Stamford Sanitarium. SJ:e
had successfully undergone sur-
( cry tun suflered a stroke Mon
«ntt to to
Vrk in "tlnr *<r
i f r i*pfr thurr
this* «i)n
h r V. be o*«*
ky a r»:r*tor of pr-mr »V ir*
iT *» wto are B*r*t»fc» axi "an-
sx* go te the p«4S rw n -mtw to
,'hsr'ife tva’l**'
The Anmv will .v*wn nun,
arte *w h*r»put iM in h».
tairang a toi.«-< Telephone k
far vi«” name anrf ,rher
un information ami a aoiltrr mwi
mfTMaxit will he pniviitet to liar
an atom tee ballot may to wr
Th*e »h-» .s-ulii vonr .flirrmr
TH>4 are the <ines who u*eflmhiV- Ewnanl nf Wnn
to x-ote in thk to-uw Wnt-ir. rlflOdl Ol » Oil
stouse n mas --alleU toftirw He
deadline f,r poll taxes ate ~fhr
nrm vemr.
In other »oc* aft “him* mfto
patd poll Ui Mur* ft* ->*nr ,f
Jaruarx ISR4. amt were edigtMe
to xx*e in the H64 irie-nim* u*
eligitxJe to vote m tftik tge”*
eiertioe
f? Tbt» Men l^jwH
Wkfn(ar(Hntm
to a awn
’>v
Edmarrf N Ritbmnorr. CT and
bis sew Raymond. 22. were ~ia4
«■ tn the StanJtoi Simtarimi
tn Kinney anliuiaraa Ihby
iIpt.IV
1_ <n
J The mm were irrjurwt wn>m "fh:
, :ar an which they wnr nrirnj
overturned on l“S EBgtmrtn *W’
- : about 161 miles rrorrmwesr rC
x Stamped at •* SO p rrr.
jC The men were toxuntfir at Sanr
joed, by a pusef to mt wet
-i-fttom to the boeptfai to unfhUUrr
ce Irmn thetr home*
todk toward Rohtrs<m. nd field trailer- mftvu
Vnuitani was <hrxmg a tftSo fbirt wtbr*
•C Sns pip * pot off »m he shuttlttor ,c he
khe pKtap r.xad Inst safnil mf utitUr-
CS y, m across the harttwxs mdwMi tinw*t
hi »a Shaen the embankment lumper a Tunft*
wire fence pAxt x«*r in* enfl a
ha*** and he. half times, bndbtg orr *t»«, Tftt*
Swti nr was a toil Iiwh
treat j Pysmni BUW Poxes .mxes*tjc»-
ted the amlnt
The service will close out the
I year with a .worship service.
Annual student night was held
1 at the church Sunday night
This servii'c recognizes and hon
*>rs college students who was
I omt* for the holidays.
The first of a series of three s;)-,,
sermons from the b«Mik of H_eb
tews was p.teaehed by the past
~Ve*~1» w'orning 'l*b * U[)mlng
sermon was on "God's Voice.”
These sermons wdll hr* in con
nection with Bible Study Week
t Jan.. 3^ 4 and 5, at 7:30 p. m.
i at the church, when the book of
Hebrews will lx* studied.
"Studies' In Hebrews" by Dr.
H 11 Hobbs, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Oklahoma City,
will be used* in the study
The class will be taught by
the pastor. "Enrich your power
in witnessing for Christ by at-
tending the 'Studies in Hebrew's,”
Rev Mr. Bryant said.
For the student night service,
the pastor preached from the
seepnd chapter of the book of He-
brews on "An Appropriate Ad
monition." George Humphrey led
the singing. Jackie Mills and L<*-
tiad fSTXTau six been in for medi r°-' MfAneat offtml prayetl .it I ^ ^ sister. Mrs Ella’Taylor j 1
n^at’TuTi: for four days
Tftw fatner. stationed at Trio
y\ II
denis and men of'the armed for
res were recognized. Scripture
was read by Jerry Prewit.
Georgia Bohannon, accompanied
Iv Bobby Dal fern at the org.r
tang -The Love of God. ' Becky
Hclmcr, who served as pianist
spoke on Devotional Life in tit”
Secret • of BSU. Edgbort Smith
spoke on Christian Studentship,
Dan Hamby on C’hurch_.Iziyhlty
and Jan Hallman on World Vis
tart * ____-
” An organ and piano duo was
played for the offertory
*of the district at St
Mrs Ri*e.l had' been itrlCkrn I John's chttrch between 10 a m
1 id a heart attack on a ChrimpH*Ii!n<1 5 P m. This will he a youth
visit a* the home of her arm ' aemlnar in which youth problems
be dl3*
day and a second one Wednesday.! Xyirt<.aj „f those who were I p.~m. Saturday. j Stamford, district superintendent
had entered the hospital [ s.franded here were Mr ami Mrs 1 Funeral for Mrs Reed was will preside and Rev. Charles Lut-
De. 13. John Graff and daughters, Mary1 held Tuesday at 10:30 a, fin. at trick of Lubbock. Conferne«*e ex-
Funeral for Mrs. Archer will Ann and Lee. who wi re foupd.ithe Bethel . Lutheran church of cctitive secretary of the board of
cuing breakfast Wednesday at j which she was a member Dr.; education will Ik* the .resourse
77aT k Cafe:—-j^r-----j.Hnpn r jfaterius. pastor, con person.
The Graffs, who live in Kansas ducted the service. Uuriil W.'lk In '"—Ghttrchcs uv Iha_district lrt*
Father Flies Home
FVm Tripoli for
fU*\ Eugene Hill, the 15-month
aid -*or. <d A 2-C and Mrs. Jack
5H1U died »t the Stamford Sani
uauitr of a virus infection on
Pt-istuns eve at 3:55 p m
The tohy-ftiad been taken to
The hospital for the second time
tine two days tielore he died. He
T^ntTrfttftrt ,||„ I I.mlnr, Uhnri ti of
Christ Thursday at 2 p. m Jesse
C, Eubanks of Brown wood anf!
Harold Mobley uf .Luederi.
Church of Christ ministers, will
1 conduct tho servh-e. Burial will
be in Lueders cemetery with
Kinney Funeral Home in charge.
Mrs Archer, horn Feh. 13. lHSb,
in Robinson county, had come to
Jones county front Mart about 30
years ago. VShe was 'married to
G. Clark Archer on June 17. 1941.
at Anson. She was a member of
!h( <‘hureh of Christ.
Survivors include her husband,
a son. W. C. Dilleshaw of Hou-
ston; five daughters. Mrs. Wayne
Thomas of Mart. Mis. R C. Gib-
son of Waco, Mrs, Ralph Shrjock
if Kansas City, Mrs J. M Tucker
of Houston and Mrs. June Sed
City, 80o., had been to Ft Stock | (he church yard cemetkry with i lufte( 5tamt»rd, Seymour,
ten tttr Ckristmas, v Lsiing her Kinney Funeral Home im fharg*.«-j«mtn, Munday, Goree, 01
parents, Mr and Mrs ; S, A. Ol
son, and got back as ftrr as Stam-
lord Tuesday at 8 p. in.
They had run Into heavy snow
ell the way from Fort Stockton from F|Kin in 1907 She was mar
and battled a snow piled wind j rjP(| to ^jr R,H*d in the pfastor's
shield, so decided fo stop hemi gtudy in the fiiricksdahl cojmmun-
for the night. With roads tn rhe| j(v on February 16, 1910. She and
torch still closed Wednesday, they i^'r Keevl have made their home
were staying tin. jr, that community sin<e that
"We ought to be back by Mon- time,
dav.” Mrs Graff said. Her hus- Survivors .nclude her husband,
land is a student in Kansas City, (wo ^,nSi Oliver of Stamford and
College of Osteopathy and Surg Raymond of Lueders; , three
the little girls attend-
Ben-
ch Brien,
Mrs. Ree<l. the former Anna: Rochester. Rule, Haskell, Weln-
Emelie Burkman. was born attirf, Elbert, Throckmorton, West-
Elgin on Jan 18 1890 She camim cvoMjWorxlson, Sylveater, Long
to Jones county with the family worth, Rotan, Roby .Harrtlin,
ver*'
lOrtn.
Jayton, Asnermont. Lueders,
Avoca, Albany, Tuxetio and Sag
erton.
Badly Damages Marian
Sear Ciiy Monday
TV-rr.p*e. tucktol rthmr IQ
p to
«4 SkMBMrt brought them to fttetr torrm
bw tmr Mo-n \(r \|<*ra,rr .uut ftto girh. tok*
•* Mr. Fekk jM?»r t» pt m itor ibex
could get m Htar Ihrnw W kns*
* irg anything Mwnr "ft** lac
*** TNrxr g-.r wsto unft <m*4W
to ,hr
«ls Africa arrived here Monday
tug+n arid lunera 1 was hold Tues
fii-x at 3 p m at the chapel of
Kirm Funeral Home
Hex Bvron Bryant. (Wistor of
;*v First Riptist church, and
Hn Mr Jemigan pastor of the
AstrmbH of (Tod Church at Al..
Iac*y. conducted the service. Bur
t*; was in Highland cemeterx-
xvirh Kmnex Funeral Home in
charge
-Tb iit*y was born at Bryan,
cm Se|«t 7. 195.3. when (he rattier
w»s stationed there. The mother
is the former Joyce Terrell,
daughter <»g Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Itonrll of Stamford.
Besides the parents, the baby
!*■ surxivexl by a brother, James
Tax and the grandparents. Mr
’<T*d Mrs Terrell and Mr. apd
Mrs O R Hill of Albany.
Tftw* fa'hcr - came from Tripoli
*tr. W~axbmgton. LL C. by cargo
plan* leaving Tripoli at 7 a. m
Sunday and reaching Washington
at 7 a m Monday. He made th<*
• trtp <*n to Fort Worth by 4rnt’r*
ram Airlines and came from J^ort
aVortti by bus.
Pallbearer > were Abadcen
xTreen, Melvin Brush. Albert
Jackson and Arnold Ix*e Hill of
Albany.
Clinton Carrol of Crane gave the
betjedi<i ion.
All college and university sti.
gry and
school
A number of service men, home
or the holidays, were able to,
tiaughters Mrs. Claude Thomp
son of Avoca. Mrs. Albert Patter
son ot Stamford and Mrs Ray
____^ _ mond Gerloff of Tuiia; two grand
of Madisons ilie. 12 grandchildren , secure extension cm their leaves , hildren and six brothers and a
and two great-grandchildren also I because «f the weather. I sister.
survive. A spare tire was burned for i The brothers ate Oscar. Adolph
—:------------- -------------------..... Rudolph and Carl Burkman. all
of Lueders, W A. of Cisco and
Theodore of Hobbs, N. M. .The*
( sister is Mr*. Stanley Gifford of
Fort VVoi;th
Pallbearers for the
Were Okey Richard;*, Ed
lie*rt Johnson, Ernest Segerstrorrr.
Alfred Sburl'*y and Adolph Olson
Oil Test Staked on
Plaee Sort Incest of Stamford
1955 W ork Discussed
At Haskell 4H Meet
Vlte Senior 4 H of Haskell coun
tv met on December 20 (or its
siecond meeting . with members
present from Rule, Paint Creek
and Weinert.
The meeting was held , at the
Haskell county courthouse.
Christmas gifts were exchanged.
Work expected to be accomplish-
ed in 1935 was discussed and
this,will be continued at the next
meeting on January 22 at horn**
of Doris Huchison gf Weinert.
That meeting will is* a luncheon
and each giri will take a covered
Old New Hope
School Burns
Tiie bid New Hope school
building was completely destroy V)>sf of Stamford
J. W., King. Jr., of Abilene(
staked No. ,1 Lov v ern Estate as
a .3,800 foot rotary wildcat two
miles northeast of Stamford, and
about three miles northeast of
production hi the Stamford West
~Tit.id- --- ---- _ : '
No. 1 Lovvcrn spots 2J71-1 feet
wist and 2(>0 feet north of the
northeast corner ot Section ti,
Block 1. BBBAC Survey. but i*
in WCRR Survey,
i One new producer has been
completed anti two more were
nearing completion in the BB
(Swastika* Field 12 miles south
location three, miles northwest
ol Lueders lor the No. 8 Munson
It will he a South Lueders £fteld
project slated for 2.10*) feet with
cable tools
Drillsite spots 990 feet front
the south and 1.650 feet from
Um west tint's of the. norheast
We’re Overwhelmed
With News
Christmas was real visiting
(matter of Section 237TrTSrB Sur-‘ ,;m<, Rjy* Stamford -and The
vey. . ! American was overwhelmed with
( ompieted as a producer in tht nrws more than could be gotten
South Lueders Field was the
funeral dish The program in January
Patton, will he on parliamentary proce-
dure
Present for the December
meeting were Ives Casey. Rob
l ye Norn)an and Myrtle Murrav
of Rule; Polly Tipton, Clara
Fisher, Emilee Griffith and San-
dra Russell "of Paint Cr«x*k. (and
Doris Huchison and Chrstine Hue
bison of W'etnert,.
dw.Tire Wednesday afternixm,
Dec 29. ’ ' 7—
Stamford fire department .went
out but was unable to do anything
because of lack of water.
The building*has been in use
for a eommunify center since it
was no longer used for school.
The new oiler i» M. D. St.
.TiTfm ot—at—ot llailinciT No. ,3
Chittenden Estate, in Block 27. L.
Kratz Survey 355.
Texas Company. No 1 Mrs. Sop
liia Munson. Section 23, HT&B
Survey.
Dai:> potential was 192 75 bar
re Is of 11 gravity oil, pumping
from open hole at 2.031-2.034 feet
Pay was topped at 2,03.3 feet
Shackolfprd - A, A. Smith, et
of San Angeln «m,H»unced
jjians *<» re-enter an old hole and
ready for this issue of the paper.
Next week s American will be
carrying more about who has
been hero and elsewhere during
the holidays and more of this
news w ill he welcomed
Just call No. 6.
Prep Teen Club Annual'New
Years's eve dance which will lx*
Friday night, has .been change'!
from the pavilion to the Siam
-ford Country Club and will be
gin at S j), m. Wanda White will
he crowned-as Prep Teen queen.
New Patrolman
Assigned Here
Fire Destroys
Vacant House in
West Stamford
Alfred Chambers has been as
pried tore as new highway pa
mrfclng with
Dvson.
A fire at 11:45 p. ni. Monday
completely destroyed a House In
W'est Stamford on the corner of
Arthur Hanna and McLendon streets
--—cph^-dmuag—helonging to D. C.
Chambers and .— ----- ,
.1*041*01. Alfreda Lynn. Phillip. about 10 days earlier The Her
Irvin and Donna Denise, have peche family had been living
TTmed tore and are living at 1312 there at that time.
Hudson road. I Cause of the fire is not known
OiamtoT*' Ojome is in Brown The fire department worked to ('discover^
wood but he has been working control the blaze, but (t had
for Merchants Motor^UnWTtTT CoP't made too much headway before it
-endo City for the past two years, was discovered
He graduated from Highway Pa
trol School on Dec. 17.
Dailv potential was 82.36 bar^iry completion as a wildcat two ,ialightcr Mrs George J
re is of 10 8 gravity oil, pump and one half miles southeast of pand
ing from open hole at 3.067-3.073 Luetlers . ' j —
f« et. Pay was topfMNi «it 3,0f'J 'wildcat is No. 1 Glen P
Vickers, spotting 2.7.39 feet from
In the same field, same opera _*Hc soiitii and 620,feet from he
tor’s No, ,3 Chittenden Estate, Tast lines of Seetion-212,, ETRR
Block 27, L Kratz Survey, was Survey. It is slat.xt for, 1,600 feet
with rotary. The hole orginallv
Was drilled J>v W. K* Clark and
plugged in, 1939.
In tiie Black-O Field, four miles
snutTieast of Lueders, Delphene
M. Hale of Cisco sttfked No, 1
Morris Estate as a 1,000-foot ro
(ary promt t. Drill t y spots 9x3
feet from the sbnLg—«in1 1.160
lion 14 miles south of Stamford feet frornlTteTTiftmli :iiitl1-.160 foot
for No. 2 Wash Jones as a 660 from the east lines of Section
foot south offset to' the Nofl JPB, -ETRR JiUrvey—
Jones , prospective Fllppen lirrtt*! , .'..Lx-.
Pfc. and Mrs Glenn Markham
Mr. and Mr*. Finest Segerstr-
(>tn are inviting llethel Lutheran
_ congregation, friends and tela
Corpus Christi with h1*r lives TO rrpcrr-(H**e*e lur UU'JJ_ ’Itll
Stein anniversary on ,S«turdu[v"iilt
family. * | January 1, from (i to 9:30 m.
Mrs Mollie Johnson came in
Friday after spending two mon
tits In
reported flowing 83 barrels of
eil daily with potential report
yet to In* filed.
Same operator’s No 5 Chitten-
i den, same block, was running
i casing to an unreported depth
lor completion attempt.
Robinson Puckett, Inc . and L
Olson Catches Foot in Cotton
Stripjwr, Injuries Slight
By ftlrs, Philip Olson
Hiram Olson suffered an in
jury to his right—foot Monday, 1/
I'tec 20 when it was caught nv.iji
cotton stripper as he atempted
to kick at a wetxl. caught in the
machine
sort as-he drove ■> the Ericksdahl*
gin, about a mile awav. vv lier *
blow torch was used f>\ the gin
row to cut the metal away after
III! other effol ts failed.
Olson w.ok bcc'. drtven_ to the
! Stamford Sanitarium. Although
bruised, no
1 ' , " -*„ ,’Ov. ,
Ti afl(M re*
rhe. tors were I»adlv
2—Ui-v vye[*e bl'iikl'n
PatroliVian Billy Davis has been
to Colorado'City.
Mrs. Tassle Fish spent th,*
Christmas holidays In Junction
with a son and daughter.
Olson instantly threw.the strip
per out bl- gear;'-Pailing B> catc.li
the attention of cotton pickers
ir* fate field, and a..farmer^in an animation ...............
otlter by calling for help, he man OTsbn believes the—fact that he
i aged at last to drive the tractor was wearing new shoes saved his
leet with rotary, spots 990 feet [ leaving late Christmas Day tor »he road between the field:,, root from further injury
teem the w»rth’««d.33aj£eL.from Lubbock where they spent part hts foot s,,!l ,n ,h‘’ ^n[,pf>r * "T‘ 7
the west lines of'the southwest, of the time with MIA MaiKliam’a Jjo™y Letz, the farmer, then Jacob Isiiae. student in the I n.
quaTtcr of Section 41, Block 41, parents. Markham, who is *ta came to KTY atd,..tn*’ | unablc. y aiiiit:. ^‘■ iv Home for the
Block 1. BBBAQ Survey. tioned at Ft. Hood, ta son of Mr. i to remove the foot Hopping up holiday^ fTc.i—s *»« ”f, Mn, V8
A. P Carr of Dallas announced! and Mrs. Clay Markham
No. 2 Jones slated for 2.990 came for Christmas
Mar
ftol
the tractor, he assisted 01 T Isaac.
I
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