Stamford American and The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 26, 1962 Page: 1 of 12
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WHEEL ALIGNMENT
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leader Volume 60, Number 46—American Volume 3.1. Number 22
STAMFORD AMERICAN
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There la No Substitute '
For Life Insurance
see j. h Asuciiorr
Southwestern Life Ins. Co.
AND THE STAMFORD LEADER
STAMFORD, JONES COUNTY, TEXAS, JULY 26, 1962
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$3.00 Per Year—SINGLE COPY, TEN CENTS
Wheat Referendum
Is Postponed
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The schedule j national wheat
referendum which had been set
for Tuesday, July 24, Was post-
poned until further notice.
Afcrad Rowland, county ASC
manager, received a , telegram
from the state office stating.
"Wheat referendum postponed
on 'basis- of joint resolution
passed by Congress July 13
| Exact date of referendum will
be determined and announced
later."
Congress defeated President
Possibility of Flood Control Work
ahtornia Creek to Be Checked
Possibility of a flood control
program on California Creek is
being investigated by'a number
of land owners in the watershed
and a meeting to discuss the
problem has been set for Thurs-
day night, Aug. 16, inv the city
hall. y.-
A series of small retention
Kennedy's farm bill and a re-1 reservoirs In the upstream wu-
vised version is still pending. I Wished are being talked.
_____ M. C. Pennington of Abilene,
area conservationist with the U.
S. Soil Conservation Service,
and W. A. Pool, local conser-
vationist, outlined the possibili-
ties at a meeting here Monday.
Roy Duke. O A. Kinney arql
Nels Hansen met with the board
of supervisors -of California
Creek Soil Conservation District! federal funds are available for
In the district office, and asked the work.
out, floods almost every year,
damaging cropland.
The speakers brought out that
watershed protection has been
practiced by the conservation
service for a number of years
and after the plan has the ap-
proval of proper authorities.
that steps be taken looking to-
ward some type of flood control.
California Creek, it was pointed
Mr. Pool suggested that as
many as 20 to 23 small lakes
would need be created to catch
the flood water*, more detailed
information la to be obtained
before the August meeting and
invitation to attend wlU be mt»
tended to all who own property
affected by the creek's flood
waters.
Lambert Stenholm. cnairman
of the board of supervisors, pro*
sided at the meeting which also
was attended by Gene Overton,
D B. Sauls, Elmer Boedefcer,
and John R. Brown, Jr.
School Equalization Hoard
,V Hears35to40Protestors
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New Ag Building Is Started
Between 35 and 40 persons ap-
peared before the equalization
of the Stamford County
It
^Wne Tf1de|>endent School rtrM^rff' uerff ancTtSer? reduced the tax!'
rate from $1.50 per $100-valua-
tion to $1.30.
New home for the __
bcttsii to this W^eintVwork me
raisinK the uteel superstructure. The LuildinK is located ju^t south of jthe home wb‘,,v 11 in ’ffsaswsfay
84 *« f»*D» **•» '^uwgsnS'w ...* ^
(»^S2gS3SS£,
-f-rt-r--—- -w„ * and Henry Osmcnt. were con-'
fused to the amount- (heir ,
Taxes would hc Tncroasad ansfl l
when this was explained fully to'
Neiv Telephone~Relay Station ^werton Man
Dies Tuesday
Being Built South of Stamford
Four Western Electric Com-
pany workmen are Installing! Company.
Siiutliw^^ffr^^Bctf** 'l¥ole if Id In g
At Big Sprinjf
WWv ™ 30 a. in
|-thf.’ station will be-p/aced in $U,-■ W^ans— AdmNM'ration
effort to gain more funds to
operate the school next , year,
Increased valuations by 25 per
'A-r
BXi^x
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miles -southeast of Stamford, porting antennas have been tom
Investigation Continues
them, there was little protest.
ljd.iUVp, a few- ditXiculi
cases.” one of the board mem-
bers said.
Board; members p<iintod i
slightly less than 11 per cent. J
Aa. example, having*’*
a tax value under the old Schc-
-
wi’
bci. along with other stations he*Kad b<-«*n a patient for thej
preparatory to putting It Into' pie ted, and the antennas have!'on ,h<‘ route from DWaST w days. He was a reftredj ^ ^ woulifcarry a* tax'oMdS 00
service late this year, according; been hoisted, Strickland said j Sweater. I “X^Meier was Wn-DecemberTender the ehange. the tax valual
to Manager G. G. Strickland of After the relay j.-«uiprncnt has) p*n ui ,he new . relay route] ^ lm ,lt rameron On Janu-' “<*n' would become. *12 50 This
I ah cads has lain plated in sit- ary r |te married Misal Bgnre times the new rate of
Other •.ccilon.2. Stricifimd: VHn simmona of VeRon. Texas.- '
JJ""L In' 1927 they moved to Sagcrlon
-T^weeTwriTer To TT Paso and! fr4(fTl Tay1or CorntTv ~ ~ ~
SwTao.wiilCr.Jtt_MidIand.wcre put:. ifl. w>s Veteran of World War
into service about July 1 and!mrmhrr ^ ,he ‘ Stamford
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Housing Authority Makes.Payment-
Station Attendant Is
In Robbery Saturday Night
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the section from El Paso u» A>
Phoemx, - Arizona,
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American legion Post 100. and
ftkt-. Itg.tfllpj, member of Zion Lutheran
Rasketi County Sheriff Garth' Texas Ranger. Homer T. Mel-| 'The station here,is part of. a.1
Garrett said Wednesday there!ton and ThembiCrs of the Stam-| I.no-mite route linking nsn«s
Church la Kagyi ton.
Stiimfonl school district .and the City of Stamford received checks Mondav in ......^2
$130. would make’a new tax of lieu of taxes from the Stamford Housing Authority. The cheeks totaled $96J.tO •• ■
fest^ear 0nJy *125 rn<ire ,h?n an<* represented 10 per cent of the rent charged after the*utilities were deducted.
The new increase will yield the
district slightly more lhan $13,000
for the coming* year.
The money waa distributed 60-40 per cent with the city getting the larger amount!
Seated at Tefl is K. E. Hall, tax aaaesaor-culWtor of the School district, hnd at
right in City Manager Harry Steenaon. Looking on are Herschel.Keiley, chairman
-of tfrg Hgpaing Authority (left) and Mayor R. R. Kefley. + f ;.........:
Area Baptists Hope
be held
DSTtns' at the 7,ion Lutheran Church T’jj HaVP 1000 Mptl
was "nothing new" on the rob-. ford police department. j and Phoenix, and connects with Thursday at 3 p. m. with the j . # VW ITIcll
bery of a service station on the j shanafelK said this week |,r' & new a.vst.-m c.bhnecting Dallas Rev ErrieVt Rflug , of Albany.! At District Meeting
northern edge of the Stamford j,ad "enough" of the night work-3,1,1 S1 • E"ius, which also, will officiating,
city limits Saturday night. "Wej at the station by himself and *° into<opi ration aix.ut Deceiu-i Burial
are still investigating," he said, took a new job on the ag budd-! U'r L I Cemeter
Eddie Shariafelt of Stamford, ing at the high school.
the night operator at the Reed| ------
Service Station, was preparing
to close up for the
before midnight when
bery occurred. He had jjrfhe to »\ , ,>
the back of the station to turn UCSlTOyS liOUSC
off a light when the robber or
as preparing;
night shortly p,re MOIKiay
hen the rob- J
robbers pulled a sack over his
head and wrapped a rope around
it.
^hanafelt said he did not see
A fire about six o'clock Mon-
Dr Herschel Hobbs, president
of the Southern Baptist Conven-
tion width has nine and a half
will be in Fairview
Cemetery at Sagerton with Kin-
The new route is the first' nev Funeral Home in charge of! million members, will 1m* speak-
microwave radio relay system, arrangements. | er at the District 17 Brotherhtrod
to span West Texas, and when1 Survivors include his wife, two' Rally to be held August 3 at Rose
completed will beam telephone daughters, Mrs. Harry Koehler, Field House,
calls and TV programs through of Haskell. Mrs. Eugene Vahlen-
this area. Eventually the mule kamp, of Old Glory; two sons.
Council Gives Company Option
On Hanger for Delinting Plant
1 (I
An option on the north hanger | per month, the
Field House. Hardln-Simmona *l fi<‘ld Wa» anted to,l>een paid in previous years for
University. three Stamford and one Fort' storage They were granted an
Brotherhood members of the Wor,h man hy ,h<> cl,y council option on live yeara at thla rate,
will lx- extended to lais Angeles Luther and Allen, both of Old HaskclLKnox, Stonewall-Kentj 1‘r,<lav 11 ls •be plan of the mr-i^wdh the right to.renew
and jvill.Jjy^ptTjy one of iho m;*-;Glory, eight grandchildren, two-and Jones Associations have1 1o build a cottonseed delinting Paul- Brockman, representing
Jor systems in the Hell System! sisters. Mis Annie LudCckc. been making plans to have 1000 Rlanl al ,lu‘ airport and to us-.* (j,e Portland Cement Associa-
day afternoon did considerable! network, Strickland said. O'Donnell; Mrs. Mary Hager-, men present at the meeting. A | l*'t‘ banger for storage. | lion, also appeared before the
damage to a residence al 617 K. The system is licing installed roister. Cameron; a brother, j caravan will form on the south) Speaking for the group, Ger- coanctl and asked that cement
Campbell Street The residents,! "jointly by the Americ an Tele-! Arnold Meier of Holland. Texas.! side of Anson, just outside of ald Proctor, vocational agr icul- be considered in the proposed
the man or men but did hettr Mr and Mrs Bob MeGaty. we*e ph,Tnc and Telr^rkph t'omphny's] l*aUb»'»ie«s will be Nebmn town at 5 30 p m. and will then; iur* teacher at Avoca Nadi the' street paving program No «c-
them drive away. He worked not at home at the time. j L-ong Lines Dcparintent. South- Soter. Clarence Meier. Bob Lu- proceed to Abilene and the meet-j eoinpgpy would use the cheml- lion was taken, it l>eing re-
hls way loose and called Stam-j The hpuse is4 sometimes known I western Bell and Mountain' dec*te- Bono F.rdman. I^*o Mon- ing. All men are Invited to at-1,?**1 process and would build an'ported that specifications have
ford police, who in turn called as the Mattie B Davis place states Telephone and Telegraph s’r- an<1 1>al -Sellcis. I tend,
the Haskell sheriff's department ! but now is owned by 1. E. Ma- Company. | ** '
The station is located Just a few con.
hundred feet north of t^te county ' -—-----
line and outside the city limits. /-\ c-«.
The robbers took-Jihanafelts On Farm Storagft*
1956 Oldsmobile and It was Qf (Jj-jjjp XODIC*
found abandoned later at the -
Stamford Washateria on North Of TOUng1 Farmers
Wether bee Street Hoad blocks Doyle Jordan of Lubbock pill .telephone manager staled
were set up Immediately after, dlktmss on the farm storage of , ______
the robbery. j grain at the regular monthly)
J. C. Holland, manager of the meeting of the Stamford Young;
station checked up and reported Farmers- The meeting will be| received a life sentence
that $319 and some change had held Thursday night at the agri-' burglary U; Kralh County
same as had of three more mercury vapor
lights to be placed on the cam-
pus and to ojyerate with the
street lights. The school would
pay its pro rata cost for the
lights. Already there is one such
light near the -band hall.
The city’s request for the state
to place signs on the stop lights
reminding motorists that they
can make a right turn an red
tight after coming to a stop was
rejected by the state.
District «highway engineer
Additional building for the do-* already been prepared
linting Seed, fertilizer, and in- |( js th*- contention of the cem- Jake Roberts of Abilene wrote
,.L rrirr:!.. ir: Carneme Library Adds Many XZ ZiCSZX.
West Toxics foi several years. ~ * ■ ' Clyde Westfall of Fort Worth, j cement in the long run is cheap-
arid the new i.’dio relay route | f V fill |/>r*C /{/>■ n rr I? /)ii/) le/w/ Boy Arledge and Frank Morrow \ r r because of maintenance. r
will supp lenient' this cable, pro-' *-*””•*'*') B LJLlll^ f ICfll Ilf (I <>f Stamford. | The council approved request
viding additional flexibility and | The group will pay rent of $150 of the local school for „erection
capacity lm future growth, the) BV Marianne. Green ,10 books will be returned and . — tt
Thanks largely to the enthus- j exchanged for new IxHiks. keep Sll(‘IU‘Y Tolls R<)t9Fi&nS_
iasm. stirred up by the remodel-j ing 100 Ixxiks in circulation a't j ..
James Hugh Lcggell. who has ,,T tho old Carnegie Library* times. The books will rent
"State law requires vehicles to
stop at a red light and remain
standing until the light turns
green. This does not permit any
movement on a l-ed light."
for
and
building, the library is begin- (( r 2r>f; a
ning to take on a new look in-
side loo.
By using this service, the li-
been taken. .1culture building, starting at 8, several 'sentences for similar ,
Assisting Sheriff Garrett In^o clotkT j , I charges in Taylor County also Library board members, with brary rMn n'alt0 n*‘w and j
the investigation are Deputy Don Walker, president, will is .charged wiili robberies in 'be help of other volunteers. I»r l*ooks available without Midi
Fete MefccF~of Haskell. Con- preside. Rereshments will be Jones County, im hiding two or have spent many hours in or great expense and..without the)
New Rehabilitation Center Program
Will Help Those Who Read Poorly
stable Raymond Denson of Rule,! served.
three in Stamford
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A new program of aid will be 3,000 since that time anti cur-1 The speaker showed f short
West Texas lently there are more than 500, film taken at Dale Robertson’s
though popular at the time, will Rehabilitation Center in Abilene In-ing treated." | horse ranch in Oklahoma, where
be forgotten within a few years shortly, dealing with helping| \jr smith said that whereas! Smith and Ed Heller, chairman
Since this work has begun, those who have difficulty in n,,, fjrs( wo,g wa, done with «f the horie division of the Cat-
gaYii/ing. ordering ikaiks «c- risk of investing in books which.! inaugurated al the
ranging the-new arrivals, or im--
proving equipment. At the pres-
ent, one group is spending,
die'old b^ks * **Ck reP*,lint< ‘n’«*rc-Mt An the library has great- reading. Shelley Smith, phvsm- vtt t,ms. scope of the treal-
ly inc reased More lhan HH) new therapist of the center, told Ro- ment has broadened conslder-
Approximately 900 new tanks, l((>ok ( ard* have been sold and Una,is Tuesday | ably .JJ now 111( ,udes occupa-
have lx>en added to the library an- average of about 30 laaiks Mr. Smith explained that tional therapy, speech, audio,
some o *‘m on ,,an a day have been checked -out. j many people with normal intelll-1.psychiatry and many other re-
10m l e sta e. *. oan a<r‘| — ------ | genre have . difficulty in read- j hahilitatlon * practices. Much
ing. They have some little work, lie said, is done wHli'lliese*.
that makes) who have* suffered with strokes.
Those Uho suffer with Parkin-
son’s disease also are treated
; vice is c arried on by the Texas
State Library in Austin at no Stamford Youth
cost to the libraries partuipat- ,, _
i ing. I he library can keep the*fe)si(?t8 I-jOIIC StHT
rSrSLTM!.1" "" "" Farmer Degree
something wrong
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Will Hold Formal Opening-
City Grocery and Market, owned hy Rill Williams, will hold a formal opening
this week in the new location on SouthvSwensAn near Kotivn Street. A number of
free prizes and special attractions have been -planned, -____*______ _____
- ryading difficult, although they
may. bo good students in every-
, ,» ,„vi „V|)IVV thing else" after they have1 had surgery
° ,c ,on ! A pilot progarm is being set At the present time, 28 or 29
The' other 300 new books have'1 C laylKjufne Clarke seen of Mr up and screenings are now tie- ffom Stamford are receiving
i b*'*’rl bought hy the library and and Mrs ( . F. Clarke and a, |ng made to select 25 students treatm/n* for one reason or, an-
1 will remain here permanently spring graduate of Stafford as patients. Fifteen of thitte will i other Others come, from as far
Included in thi«cniinjf>er are the High ScRSoTT was awarded a |M' under studv and will lx\iven east as Fort Worth, as far west
j new Encyclopedia Britgnnica., Lone Star Farmer degree at treatment while the other ten i as some New Mexico point*, and
! Ihe Bnlnnoica Junior, the lllus-^ the state F F A convention in will N- on a standby basis ' j some from biit id Oklahoma.
I trated Encyclopedia of Animal Fort Worth last w>eek He wigs “ Aft^r we have tj»c> program1 The tc'nter has never accepted
i Life, and Weljstefs Third Inter- not able to he present for the worked out. we will train tegeK-* any tax money—city, county,
National Dictionary _ ! presentation’ and will t>e picked pi s and we c an visualize the , slate or national All funds are
A room has been act aside for ,JP ln •alan Antonio at a lain date time when every school has a donated The area Faster Seal
studv and contains all the refer-! by Weldon Holbrooks when he teacher working with children sale helps the renter as does
• ence lx>oks Most of the diction! attends a (raining session (or so affected," Mr Smith said, also the annual March M Dimes
ordered is for young people and' teacher* of agriculture. The speaker/ who was intro- drive Some money cqmes from
children. | Claybourne carried out num- duced hy Dr Hugo B llaterius, j the Abilene United Fund. Each
The library board is now plan-.! erods projects in qualifying for pastor of Bethel Lutheran year the Cattleman’s Roundup
ning lo institute a new service ihe high honor He raised range Church, told of the formation of .adds much to the financing.
- book rental According to the cows for calf crop, had beef tlye center .ind its growth. "I However, more than $40,000 of
I present plan. J00 books will heifers for development, had went to work there in August of Ihe $111,000-plus budget come*
| rome from a -book rental ser- range calves for beef production 1953. W>' had 17 patients at the ( in.the form of gifts of $5 or lease.
J vice in Dallas, add each month , and had some .goats. ' "'■J-lime. We haVe~trc*ted more than, Mr Smith salt*.
tleman’s Roundup, went to get
a horse donated for the sale.
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July Rainfall '
Below Normal
Although clouds have threa-
tened several afternoon* during
the past Week, actual rainfall
In Stamford ha* been light, a
check with official weather ob-
server Cleburne Huston reveala.
Total rainfall, to date thla month
Is below normal.
Mr. Huston measures the pre-
cipitation at 8 o'clock each morn-
ing so dates listed cover rain- |,.
fall for the previous 24 hours.
A trace was receives! the last
day of June and then no rain
fell until July IS when the total
was but .03 of an Inch. July U,
the fall waa .18 and a like
amount waa measured July fl. '
Tuesday night, although there
was much thupder and lightning, A
rainfall was but .11 of an Inch.
Normal for July la 1.71 inches.
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Craig, Roy M. Stamford American and The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 26, 1962, newspaper, July 26, 1962; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth975737/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.