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STAMFORD. JONES COUNTY. TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 25, J958
1?50 Per Year-SINGLE COPY, TEN CENTS ' . * * f
Johnson Says School Needs $18,(KM)
More To Compete in Teacher Market
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Tuxedo Cat Is'Right on Joh;
Kills 495 Rats in 49 Days --
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Seven Eagles From One Troop—
Seven boys in Boy Scoot Troop 42 became Eagle scouts in the1 court of honor
Monday night at the high school auditorium, making history for the Chisholm
Trail Council! With them is I. A. Ruksejl, assistant scoutmaster, who tobk over
the advancement training for them in January, 1957, The boys are: Front row,
- Jonefr^.Oavkl Grissom, BiH Watts ;-back roVr, Jeff HorrnerrTgtt
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By 'IKS. JOE CAKI/TON '
Four hundred- and .ninety-
five rats in forty-nine days is
'****-Arffytlng ot h jnOther cat
named Nigger to his ' owner,
Mrs. I). ,1. Meads of Tuxedo.
Hath morning on hut trout
porch or. front walk is the
light's kill.
The number has ranged
from ■ two to twenty-eight
which was the largest amount
that Nigger has chalked up in
any one night.
Airs.. Meads puts the rats
in a paper sack and takes*
them some distance* and digs
a hole and buries them and
scrubs the porch and front
walk here they have been.
-| have my work cut out
for me every morning.” she
said.
But each morning she has
written down the numia-r and
she has not counted the mice.
At first The ruts were reul
lai'ge ones, she said, hut- now
they are smaller and she
liojH-s that Nigger is cleaning
them out.
The cat has five kittens, but
they are iust now beginning to
eat so Mrs. Meads does not
think . they can be helping
their mother.
'•• I'd be ashamed to mention
it, oidy everyone else is having
the same trouble,1'- - Mrs.;
Meads said.
'To compete- in the open’
market for first class teachers,
the Stamford school district
■’oultl need an addition d $18
000 in local funds, L. VV. John
son. superintendent, said Tues
day.
Mr. Johnson, speaking lie-
fore Tire Rotary club, said that
it is growing more difficult to
(lured to $52,000 a loss qj
$15,000. .
Mr. Jihnson had predicted
a deficit of $20,000 but be-
cause {some in \> undents
were transferred from Has-
kell $4.1,00 more was obtained
from the state.
Overall tax valuation qf the
, I district is down and the dis
get teachers. ''We can't-cumj triet wiU have. $2,00 less Ix»
pete. We can't pay the going ! cause of this. Mr. Johnson ex
price,” he explained, adding plained that this mainly was
that most district's now are
paying at least $200 above the
Gilmer Atkin minimum
"This district is well Able to
due to reduction of oil values.
i^ist year the district em
ployed two ’’excess” teachers
teachers paid for wholly out
pay more. We now have a 90 1 of local funds. This year there
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ade to Seven Boys
K [Tough Sweetwater
Seven Boy Scouts of Troop
12. sponsored ' by. the First
ptist.......Church Brotherhood,
ecelved, the rank of Eagle
flout Monday at the high
ichool auditorium, according
o Ernest Cpwger, troop com-
ittee chairman.
The seven hoys receiving
the "Cagle Shout .awards
were Allan Jonas, Ernie
CoWgeev David Grissom,
Mike Eastland. BUI Watts,
Jeff Hooper and Ted Basie
ker.
The awards were presented
the mothers of the scouts
St with each mother pinnlnglhe
f award on her son. This was
V«the first time in the .history pf
the Chisholm Trail Council
Jit hat seven Eagle scout awards
“have been presented to mem-
rs or a scoot rreop sT one
jH time, according to Renneth
- I,affcrty, district scout execu-
tive^ .
Mr. Lafferty presented John
lAnicr, scoutmaster of Troop
13, Abilene, and. also Chief
Thunder Cloud of the Tonka-
wn Trfhe, who was In charge
of the Eagle scout presenta-
tion. Lanier and his assist-
ants were dressed In impres-
sive Indian costumes.
Scoutmaster H. L Prewit
and Assistant scoutmaster
I. A. Russell were each pre-
sented with a framed letter
Of commendation Tor their
outstanding work hy Johnny
Grissom, institutional repre>
sentattve. T1»e letters were J;
signed by each Eagle scout
and his parents.
Awards., were, printed to
tifher
court of honor including Nib
Shaw ot . AbUene, Council
president; Otle Cannon. Coun-
-Kelth Munnerlyn, Junior
High school coach, entered the
fpamford Sanitarium for medt
fltt ireulfnenl Wistn esday
morning.
Mrs. Dale Middlebrook of
paint Creek entered the Stam
ford Sanitarium early Wednes-
day for examination add treat-
ment. :-
cil commissioner. laHenry Me-
Ginty, Council executive;
Wade Watts, organization and
extensipn, and Rae Eastland,
camping activities. .
-Awards presented were
Rusty Kelley, tenderfoot rank;
BHly White, • second class;
Ronhie Rice, Bobby Rice,
Roger Bunkley and Wi^yne
Raley, star rank r David Gen-
try, Mfe rank. Merit badges
ware received by David Gen-
try, Alvis Young, Kimbell
Cox, Jasper Spraherry, Roger
Bunkley and Wayne Raley.
Scoutmaster Pre wit and
W. A. Zanders, Troop 28,
Wrlnert - were given troop
enrollment awards. The
Honor unit award was pre-
sented to Rev. Dave Bar-
field, scoutmaster of Rule.
Out-of-town scout troops
attending the event were
scouts from Weinert and RulA
The court of honor followed
a supper at the high school
cafeteria.
Draws Warning
Double parking and pulling
over to the leftMFid side of.
the street' to let children out
of cars or pick them up at the
Reynolds street school is
dangerous, B. Q. Cooper, chief
of police, warns.
“Start early enough and ob-
serve regular precautions,”
Cooper said. “Someone is go-
ing to get hurt if care is not
exercised.” — *
• . .,r iiwwgy: ~ >r*> . lynmuTs*!
The Sweetwater Mustangs,' fheir win laxt week against
the A AAA Eaglek.
County dancer
Group to Meet
Regular quarterly meeting
of the Jqnes County Chapter.
American Cancer Society will
be held Monday night at 7:30
o’clock in the directors room of
Stamford Production Credit
Association.
......Charles - Tayman.'_chapter.
probably one of the most-talk-
ed about football teams ’ In
Texas this week . fitter their
19-D upset of the favored Abi-
lene Eagles, will be gunning
for another scalp this week
when they play host to the
Stamford Bulldogs.
The Elwood Turner-coached
Mustangs broke the Bulldog
33-game winning streak last
year. This year they are rated
even better.-than ever. Al-
though they dropped the sea- out.
son opener to Breekent Idge,
35-20, they were superb In
president, said that planning
would be started on the annual
crusade which is held early
-in the year. All interested per-
sons-are invited to the meet
ing.
Rev. Bill Crafton
To Take Church
In Corpus Christi
Rev. Rill Crafton resigned
Sunday morning us pastor -of
Cotton-Picking Resu med
Following Heavy Rains
Cotton harvest and ginning
has been practically at a stand:
still for about ten days, but a
few bales were being ginned
in Stamford Tuesday and Wed-
nesday.
“Pullers” who esme
through here during the wet
weather went on north and
’then Is a scarcity of work-
era to tafcc ehre of the -fields
that are ready, several of
the farmers said.
Some of the pullers have
complained that the rain has
made the stalks too leafy, but
farmers and glnners, ho*h. are
of the opinion that a few days
-of—good weather and soma
'wlfvT Wtir ary SOT .ffic TOMs
start the haiwest
Stamford has had1 a total
ot 1.19 rainfall since the a-
mount reported last, week,
with .85 inch falling od Friday,
Light showers here Monday
afternoon amounted to Ifj Inch
while Lucders was getting
1.70' *
Rainfall through Septem-
ber has reached .VXT> Inches,
according to Cleburne Hus-
ton. official weathe'r obser-
ver. -Total for tfu* year, so
far. has rea'-hed 24.29
JnebWNorfnST for the year
the Trinity Baptist Church to
accept the pastorate of the
Raptitff Temple Church at
Corpus Christi. •
He will complete three and
a half years of ministry with
the Trinity Baptist Church
..with, the services this coming
Sunday, September 28. and he
and his family will move the
first of next wek. He will
preach at the church where hp
has been calk'd on October 5.
The new church building at
the corner of Trinity and Van-
derbilt streets has been built
while he has been here, a par-
sonage has been purchased,
the membership of the church
and the Sunday schdoT attend^
anee hns doubled during the
Mime he has been -pnstor The
church has made, steady and
consls’ent growth.
Crafton 'Is
Although the Stamford Bull-
dogs boast a three-win. no-
loss record this, year they
•dkfinlately are the underdogs
in this contest, .to be played
at Mustang bowl starting at
8 p.m. The Bulldogs will be
below par In that End Duane
Lindsey and Center Wendell
Robinson will be out of the
lineup. Cotton Thompson, re-
serve quarterback, also will be
cent maintenance tax and a 35
-cent tax for bonds.” the super-
intendent said. Upon question
ing. he said that lb provide
the necessary $18,000, an ad-
ditional 18 rents on the tax
rate would be necessary.
“You’ll be in real trouble
If you ever have to replace
teachers you now have,” he
warned. '- .
Mr. Johnson reviewed the
financial condition of the
last September he had told
the Rotary club the school
wuuJU JlQt be. able to operate
mt ~“
end of August. Ifli^.'TfiFscHodl
district had in all funds $67,-
000.. At the same time this
year, this amount had tteen re-
are three such teachers.
, A big problem facing the
district is a shifting of popula-
tion to the south and east*
’I>kme.-iuw less than 250 pupils
now In Oliver Street elemen-
tary school. Reynolds street
has 337V Mr. Johnson said
that likely the school board
would have to redefine boun-
darUss'heroic next year First
of all. he said, he would rec-
ommend that alT bus pupils rrvon
he. sent to Oliver. Xttfr ~wfll afternapft. 4
cause unhappy popUs and pp.
happy parents but it can’t be
helpe<L he «aid-^_ ”
;j5ncou raging factor, an in
crease in enrollmenl this year.
At the end’ of the third week
33 more students were enroll-
Don l Display Merchandise
On Sidewalksi Council Says
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Lindsey hurt his ankle in
the Raliinger game and In
practice Tuesday afternoon.
Robinson hurt his knre. Carl
Carlile will likely start at cen-
ter and Delton Jones probably
Wtli be art Lindsey’s post.
The Bulldogs have been dril-
ling hard this week after hear-
ing scouting reports from
Sweetwater. Darkness has
found the boys still working,
trying to cooR“Tip something
to compete with the Mustang
power.
The Sweetwater boys will
be • lying In wait for Donald
Davis and Charlie Helmer,
Stamford’s ace hall raniers
who have dealt misery to op-
ponents this year.
Outstanding for Sweetwater
Stamford merchant* wen*
temjnded this Week that- a
city ordinance prohibits dis-
play of merchandise on Mde-
wi^lks. Members of the counci
Friday adopted a motion re
questing business m**u ♦<> a-
bide by the ordinance. ^
City Manager Harry. Steen-
son reported on -a meeting he
attended at Anson on raf con-
trol programs for cities and
the council asked the Chamber
of Commerce to poll mer
chants to see If they felt this
program was necessary. Of
the .17 merchants called, only
five or six thought the. pro-
gram necessary it was learned
Wednesday. “V*.
ancrc passed on Aug. 15 which
required public utilities
companies to obtain, a permit
before setting poles or before
of>enlng streets or alleys for
last week in their game^wtthT repairs or extensions. The
Abilene were End Pat Fraley,
Center Eugene Creech, Guard
Don Bishop and Tackle Billy
Belew on defense. Offensive
standouts were James’ Parker
<FB), Ardis Gaither VHB),
Eddie Scott <HB) and. John
Bryant (QBt.
started the
18.97.
The rain has been fine' on
The Mustangs
year off in fine shape with the
only worry the renter of the
line. Regular center Eugene
Creech returned hut lost were
serving on tire Whfi tackles and jjtirrdir X
great newcomer Is Belew who
goes-at left tackle. He is'a 6 2,
215-pound sophomore and is
the fastest lineman on ther
squad.
One other guard. Don Bis-
____1 - ...................... - | hoa. (Son of A. C. Bishop for-1
. J years OM. Jg was there' Tor CofC manager here* was
Ix»ne Star Gas Co. had pro-
tested the ordinanee and repre
sentatlves of the various tMilU
ties-Companies were asked to
be present at the Friday meet
ing
Couell members have asked
the utilities companies to
submit a sample ordinance so
that main objections could be
overcome.
Dave Dillard of South-
western Bell Telephone Co. re-
-ported to the chuncll that ad-
justments were being made
upward in charges for some
types of. service.
The, Goodwill Committee of
the Chamber of Comnutre
was told that the city woul<
cooperate with A and A Con-
tractors who will' build tht
highway to Hamlin. A special
rate of 25 cents per 1000 gal
Torts Tor water was offered
hy the council If the company
rryidg Its headquarters in
Stamford during the period of
ed than were at the same time
last year. ,.A total of 1162
pupils were enrolled in the
white schools of the city vylth
an increase of probably 50 to
60 more Latin Americans
when thy harvest season is
over. » •
“You do have a good-school
program in Stamford,”' Mr
Johnson said. ‘‘Public school)
are not miradp workers. We
can't do anything with your
child if you can’t,” he remind*
ed.
Flyer Slightly
Hurt When
Plane Crashes
A spray plane belonging to
Aerial Sprayers was a com-
plete loss and its pilot.
Love, sustained minor In-
juries hen the plane fell intb
Northw-esHstTSt^mford Thur»-
'-I
—The left .wing caught a fete*..
phone wire aa the pilot was
The council rescinded ordlm' j^ons.D'uctlon.
tnr>n niisuiH r,n Ant/ IV \jL-hli*h ' TnOimyHllff Of AhllenO.
was designated to auflit the
city books for the fiscal year.
G. C. McCown of Lucders is
.a medical patient at the Stam
ford Sanitarium
Open house will be held Sun;
day, September 28, honoring
Mr and Mrs. Will Little of
Avoca on their golden wedding
anniversary. 'F'h)1 couple was
married on September 30. 1!H)H
in Stamford
was only 15 feet, off the
ground and was traveling 75
to 80 miles, an hour, he s*ld. -
He was spraying the cotton,
working, beneath the high
lines and did not see the tele-
phone wire. The gas tank
broke hy the impact and’ gas
ran over him, but there was
no fire. —:—;---
M. D. Thompson, who was a
short dlsjanre away, reached
the plane within soconds and
helped Lifve to get out of the
wreckage and brought him to
the hospital. ,
Love was being followed by
Frederick fFrltt) Dolph In a
second plane and they were
going to work the field to-
gether: Dolph returned to thfe'
company • headquarters to re-
port the accident after he
flew over and saw Thompson
with the pilot.
Love suffered minor cuts on
his face and cuts and bruises
on his-leg. He fell forward a-
gainst the control panel, which
broke His helmet’ offered pro-
tection. ’ - *
(The Thomason notion field
was sprayed Saturday).
Charles Coody has resumed
his work at Texas Christian
University, Fort Worth, where
he is majoring in business. He
Is on the college golf team
and has been throuch his
three preyipys vears. He Is in
the Aii- Force ROTC.’and be-
sides being in camp this sum
mer, he played a lot of golf In
different tournaments. He is.
the son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Dii k
Coody.
I
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Is 25.03 Inches and through , j nf f)jstrict 17, was elect
the month of September, j ^ j0 (he -Lueders Encanip
ment bo»ird and Is -Association
, ail Vacation Bible school lead
pastureland and ranchers1^
have not been complaiping. | - ,,p sf)rrl0fl preaehing ■ af
Many of the cq 1oil farmci s. when he was 21
would like ----------- - 1 '
back from the cbttnn that has, brof1 hrrr
been glnne<l. it is no* Inflicted
that the cotton has been hurt
nAich so far hy the tmnUnuod
wet weather.
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Stamford Groups Make Strung Bid
For Road Building ^Headquarters
rnrr
A. and A. Contractors of 01-
nty, who received the contract
for highway construction be-
tween Stamford and Hamlin,
are being Invited to make
Stamford their headquarters
while they are operating, in
. this area.
—The work In not expected to
atari for 45 to <0 day* and la
expected to' take about eight
rhonth*.
-The contract was awarded
.to tho Olney contractdrs by
with their low Md at $843,065.
Stamford men, both Infflvl
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dually and officially represent-j fered raw water at 15 cents a
three nnd a half vears. St Gir
ard for s vear and n half and"
three and a
half years. -
The family is romposed of
he and his wife and two rhll
dren. a k«n. Kerrv, age five
and a half, and a daughter.
Christi. age twh and a half.
Children Warned
* ^ninst Piding
Bikes on Sidewalk
Youngsters afe cautioned
about riding bicycles on the
downtown sidewalks, Chief of
ing the . Chamber of Com-1 thousand,
marce. have been trying to do j A lot from which to operate
what they can to make the in 1 has been offered by W. <i.
vttatlon attractive to the com- j Swenaon.A building is needed i Police B- Q. Cooper said Wed
pany owner*, Paul and Willis for . overnight storage of nexday morning.
Ashley. *. „ L _ , 1 truck*, the Chamber of Com ! Some of fhe youngsters
Letters have been written : merce office indicated I have been riding bicycles near
from Chamber -of Gommerre A targe group of men will1 the store entrance* around the
president* Roland Kelley, and need rooms only on. a five square,’which is dangerous to
others and trips have ■ been. night a week basis and will j them and to , people coming
made to Olney to Qnd out! go back and forth to Otney at out of the stores as tveir.ai
what might be needed and week-ends when the work Is! getting in the way of people
how the needs can be met. Ifctartpd.’ A number of famlUes a* they walk
offered water at 35 rents
thousand and Swensons
a; bephrought in. according to the' gainst the practice, Cooper re-
of'Criamtx
iber of Commerce Office. | minfisd
a regular end. last ^ycar TiuLr
was injurefl about the middle
of the season and two other
hoys came along so well that
he was shifted to" ’guard and j
has done well. The other guard l
post baa been filled bv Beverly j
Herndon. a-Junior lettermnn.
At right tackle, Jarvis
Hayes! ,i B tram’graduate, has |
been working well. Pat F'raP*y
on the right end, is a tough de-
fender nnd Jackie Fielder on
the left side Is a tierpendous
receiver.
In the back field the Mus
tangs have four experienced
performers James Parker
(191) is art,all-state selection!
at fullback, and the two
halves, Eddie Scott.and Ardijn
Gaither, are both dependable
men Tjhe quarterback U John
Bryant. He Is a good ball
handler, a fair passer and
bdtter-t h a n average runner.
'Pafkcr Is rated the team’s best
passer
181 pound* with thg bsrkfleld
’ Stacking up at 164.
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Swenson On Area zldvisory Gommittee—
W. t». Swchson. right, is one of the newly appointed Riembers of the Ar£a Advi-
sory committee tjf the West Texas.Rehabilitation t.'enter. Abilene. BiH Braymer,
left', immediate past president,-formerly lived here. Up is jjointing out how the
loom works in the occupational-therapy department. Others are Walter J. Tay-
br, i'olemaiK nnd Hugh Ross, Baird. Qf the Center’s near-200 patients bwiaa
treated at present- time, 50 per cent come fr^m outside of Abilene. Several go to,
the Center,regukirly from Stamford.
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