Stamford American and The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. [54], Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1964 Page: 1 of 10
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. of Anson with Rev.
Mtum of Abilene offtciat-
IU Rev. Robert Evans,
of North Hide Baptist
. assisting. Burial was In
Hope Cemetery
Reeves who lived at
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WHEEL ALIGNMENT
_ JW®?yer_MeflUn Bra Co.
STAMFORD AMER
AND THE STAMFORD LEADER
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Expansion Is Possible—
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:xCM^^W4ithr*enmng plant means a
$190,000 annual payroll for this
community with 71 employees
currently working.
This and other information
factory, manager, to members
of the Junior Chamber, of Com-
merce last Thursday.
“Last week, our plant pro-
ducted 1,04# dozen 'garments,
and we are very well pleased
with the rate of production in
Stamford.” Mr. Coin said.
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sent building to house a no her
120 operators if the Company’s
management should decide to
expand .that much here, ami if
\yc could locate enough qualified
machine operators here."
He said the Stamford plant
has been running smoothly and
producing well s'nce it was open-
ed here in November, 1963.
“Our operation here is pro-
ducing more garments per ope-
rator than Carhartt's , Dallas
plant,” he said.
The f*et«ry. chief “laid It tf
possible that another blouse as-
sembly Una 'may be stalled in
Stamford within the next two or
three man hs. The labor situa-
tion usually get? extremely criti-
cal in Dallas during the spring
months and this sltuaUon could
be responsible for the new line
being added here
If the new line develops, an-
other 30-35 workers would be
employed. _
'The libor supply In the Stem-
ford area, has been very s.tis-
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Co-op Meeting
Set March IS
For Membership
► Stamford
#, Inc. will
sun has applications from .40 to
50 persons who are ready to
start work in the factory if need-
have some previous sewing fac-
Operators who -gained sewing
factory" experience when Fekit
or Davis manufacturing compan-
ies were operating here, make
up a large portion of the cur-
rent work force.at Carhartt.
Some . inexperienced workers
have also been trained and are
part of the present work force.
Un
it costs approximately $800 to
train a good machine operator
and get her into full production
Clean-up Project
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one of the assembly lines
The Stamford factory has two
lines -producing ladies blouses
and shorts. Each operators does
About three-fSurfhs of them only one operation and there are -end has bad a clothing factory
particular part of the operation
and then passes the garment on
to the next-machine.
Practically every thing about
the Stamford factory has been
very satisfactory, "according to
the man responsible for keeping
ine man tesponsioie lor act-pin v producp<i through COntrgt*a_Jtt -
the finished garments moving off other rtottitogTat lories. Manage-
the gfffnmhlv line*.--•---
There have been Some frans-
portation difficulties since the
factory sometime* needs one-
day service out-of Stamford-to
lismtaou of the
Electric Cooperative,
conduct their annual stock-
holders meeting on Wednesday,
March 18 at Roundup Hall be-
ginning at 10 a.m. •
Major items of business will
include reports of officers, di-
rectors and committees and
election of nine directors. »
A nominating committee ap-
pointed by the current board
of directors has nominated nine
Co-op members for the posi-
tions. They are Z. Edgar Boaz.
E. W,.. Carlson, Ed F. Fouls.
Hugo B. Haterius, O. G. Lewis.
R. P. Nunnelcy, H. L. Osment,
M. E. Overton and G. J. Smith.
Add'tional nominations for di-
rectors may be made at the
March 18 meeting.
A large group of attendance
prizes .will be given, and a bar-
becue lunch will be served at
the conclusion of the meeting.
C. M. Lester, manager of the
cooperative, has asked member*
to attend so that thev mav par-
achute in the election, keep up
with what is new in the field
of rural electrification and enjoy
the barbecue and prizes.
Special trash collection trucks
will be pressed into service from
March 10-21 to haul away the
mountains of trash expcctixmo
be produced by Stamford citizens
participating in the "clean-up"
portion- of the "Clean-up, Paint-
up. Fix-up" Campaign initiated
by the Chamber of Commerce. \
All possible methods for mak-
ing citizens aware of the clean-
up project are being pursued bv
a Chamber committee headed
bv James High.
Cooperation ot City 6f St'aM.
ford has been secured and three
extra vehicles will be assigned
to the garbage collection detail.
These will work with Uie one
garbage truck regularly in
operation, making it possible
for every household to receive
rubbish pickup service every
other day during the two-week
period. The regular garbage,
truck makes one run each week.
The special pickup service
will begin Tuesday morning.
The Chamber committee fn
charge of the pnojeat has urged
that ‘ families conducting a
clean-up project at their home
keep the rubbish either in con-
tainers or in bundles so that it
Will be easy to load on the
trucks.
To promote interest In the
claan-up project, the Chamber
is contacting the schools with
plans for conducting an essay
up campaign and its value to
the city. --—— -
Mrs. C. T. Dodson was ap-
pointed to contact the schools
and ask their aid ip advertis-
ing the clean-up campaign when
the committee met laht Thurs-
day morning.
Horace Arledge w»s named
to notify churches and their
ministers and ask their help in
telling church members about
the effort.
The clean-up phase of the
?rVT6'tHlJSroverneni program will
continue through March. In
April, the Chamber will turn
its sights to paint-up activities
and the May work will be of the
"flx-up” variety.'
Bulldogs Slate
at
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Graham Contest
Dallas. One-day service from
Dallas to Stamford ts available.
"Carhartt has been In the gar-
ment business for about 50 years
to. but it could be made a part
of the Stamford factory, since
the .firm baa a large enough
building Jiere to absorb the
operator D*llaa ofiera'ion.
“When the plaht was started
in Stamford, one of their Dallas
plants was shut down."
In addition to the firm's plants
in Stamford and Dallas, Car-
hartt has many of its garments
produced
Sagerton Boy, L
Crushed Under
Tractor’s Wheels
ment qf the firm has expressed
a desire to make more of its
own garments in its own factor-
ies. The management has also
indicated It will probably- move
the Dallas operation out, of that
city sometime in the near 1j-
ture.
Mr. Coin said no indication
has been given concerning Ahere
the Dallas plant might be moved
Lueders Funeral
Held for Victim —
t
Of Auto Collision
Funeral services will be con-
ducted Thursday at 2:30 p m.
in Lueders Church of Christ for
Tommy D. Frazier, 5, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Frazier,
who was fatally injured Mon-
day night in a car-truck accident
near Paducah.
. ..MC- and. Mrs. Frazier now
reside in Enid. Okla. They are
former Lueders residents.
Bob Bbrgess, minister of the1
Lueders Church of Christ, will
officiate -at the services. Burial
will be in Lueders Cemetery.
of Kinney()|dtimers Head,
The boy was pronounced dead rv yv _
arrival at Richard Memorial ifeDlirSTCOIl K66V6S)
ospttal In Paducah following1
«. n yenr-oid Shi?: ft* Monday
Mrs. Billie Jean Frazier.
Funeral services were con-
ducted at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday
in St. John's Methodist Church
for Monty Dale Teichelman. ,4.
who was killed in xtractor ac-
cident Monday afternoon near
Sagerton.
The youngster was brushed
under the wheels of a tractor
operated by his father, who
didn't know the victim was
Around the machine.
The mishap occurred about
3:45 p.tn. Monday at the Johnny
Teichelman farm west of Stam-
ford near Sagerton. He was
rushed to Sta/nford Memorial
Hospital by private car and
died at 5:45 p.m.
Rev. Vernon Mayfield, pastor
of Sagerton Methodist Church,
officiated at the services. Dr.
Burgin Watkins, pastor of St.
John's Methodist Church, as-,
listed.
• Burial was in Highland Me-
morial Cemetery under di-
rection oLKinney Funeral Home
Survivors In.lude his
Mr: IKB air»r Johnny"
man of Sagerton, one sister
Vickie of the home and grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
Thorp Abilene.
parents,
Teicliel-
From New Brochure—
The picturesque home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Gr Swenson, is one of the attractive
photographs in the new brochure released th's week by the Stamford Chamber
of Conjmerce. “Stamford, Texas—A Fine Place to Call Home," is theme of the
brochure, which points,to assets of the community and gives facts and figures
that should be of interest^Hjrms or individuals considering moving,here.
—Photo by Blackstock Studio
$25,000 IF Goal May
Be Reached This Week
Thirty-five men selling stock
to the Stamford Industrial De-
velopment Foundation, hope ti
have . sold $25,000
8tamford High School will
have entries in practicallv everv
event at the Possum Kingdom
Relays Saturday at Graham.
This will be the Prst full-scale
meet participation for the Bull-
dog trackmen. *
Only one senior will make the
trio to Graham. Rand” SamueW.'
an outstanding 220 and 440 com-
contest Esaays would be' writton p<‘1tl,‘°lr trom 1963 8eMOn'
on the Importance of the clean-
January. February
Rainfall Hits 3.45
A combination of rainfall and
snow supplied Stamford with
2.16 inches of moisture during
February and boosted the total
for 1964 to 3.45 Inches.
The two-month total is well
ahead of the average. Nortnal
rainfall for January and Feb-
ruary is 2.08.
Preeipetation during the first
two month8 of 1963 totaled only
.21 of an inch.
will be entered in those events
The collision occurred about
8 p.m. Monday 10 milef north
of Paducah on U. S. Highway
83. (
Two pasMngers in the Frazier
car escaped Injury. '
The truck driver was not in-
jureo. -
Bora Oct. 24, 1958 In Anson,
Tommy Dean Frazier W sur-
vived by his _parents, one^
brother. Fredd'e Cart. 7.
at Graham. The other three Mar,°" Janette. 6. both
seniors will not make the trip Enid. Okl*^ grandparents^
due to injuries and tests senior Mr. and Mrs F., C. Frazier of
■ lin.lxM.. KM#1 Mn m ~l Mwa \1
April 7 Election-
7 Candidates Vie
For Lueders Posts
T ^ \
Seven candidates have filed While there will be plenty of
students will be taking Satur-
day.
Coach Don Edwards expects
to bkve entries in the following
events:
Sprints—Lane Rasco and Jack
Kennedy.
220 and 440-vard dashes—
Randv Samuels, Max Jones and
Ronnie Jenkins.
Hurdles—Bobbv Isbell, Joe
Moreno and Jimmy Watson.
-1 880-yard run—Jimmy Wa«son,
Mark Harris and Jerry Burgess.
Mile run—JOT Sublett and
Stanley Thompson.
Broad Jump—Ronnie Jenkins.
Disctta—Mark Harris and
Ronnie Jenkins.
High Jump—Jimmy Watson
and Mark Harris.
Lueders. and Mr. and Mrs. W.
G. Singleton of Enid. Okla.
Twenty-One Persons
Register to Vote
Twenty-one persons in Jbnes
County have qualified to vote
for national candidates by
registeF'ng with |Coun»v Tex
Assessor-Collector A. J. French
Deadline for registering is Fri-
day. March 6.
Under terms of a new amend-
ment to the federal constitution,
no state may collect a poll tax
as a prerequisite to voting in
national elections. However, th*s
does not apply to elections
wholly within a state.
By Wednesday afternoon, ftoasis. That is, any land of
Kelley said the stink sales were building supplied through the
progressing rapidly and he feels j Foundation w'll be paid ft*' by
_____ ____worth <>f sun- the $25.flOQ wili lasralsad -jibe Industrtsl -eiwieegw - -a•
shares'.at 1166 pier share by the Then t|„. 35 mcn present were ! regular business-type basis,
end of this week. issued cards with names of | The ^on-profit status of the
Herschel Kelley, chairman of their prospects on them. The I Foundation does not mean it will
workers are divided into nine make gifts to any business or
tile stock subscription Airlve,
said 230 prosper^ will B? con- four-man teams, each team 1st Industry. As a non-profit cor-
tactvd by the men selling stock
Kelley aaid the financial cam-
paign, designed to give the in-
fant industrial group a sound
financial footing, has been pro-
gressing much better than ex-
pec ted.f
He .....* here that the
$25,000 goal will be reached or
J. Spurgeon Reeves; 78,
president of the Texas Cowboy
Reunion Association of Old-
timers, died at Big Spring Mon-
day while visiting a daughter.
Mr. Heeves served out an un-
expired term as bead of the
cowboy organization and was
elected to a full term here last
July.
JTuneral service was held
Wednesday First Rantiat
Church . of
Alfred Altum
ing, and Rev.
pastor of
Church.
Mount
Mr. Reeves who
Hawley vas formerly a direc-
tor of Stamford Production
Credit Association. He served
as Jones County deputy sheriff
for 11 years and as district clerk
for six.
A few hours before his death,
Mr. Reeves was Ynarr'ed to M-s. ™
Lillian Spicer at Littlefield. His |
first wife, the former Eula
Hagens, died Mav 16, 10R3.
Survivors include the widow;
a daughter. Mrs. Ninabeth New-
man Of Big Spring; two sons.
Homer of Abilene and Glenn
of I Jtt'efleld; a sister. Mrs.
Nannie Glasscock of Anson, and
six grandchildren.
surpassed by the weekend.
The stock sell'ng project was
launched at a breakfast meeting
Tuesday morning when the
workers gathered and witnessed
a skit that demonstrated the
correct method of approaching
a prospect.
Kelley and Curtis Johnson,
chairman of the board' ot the
industrial foundation, portrayed
a stock salesman and a prospect
poration. the Founitat'on will
merely keep all its funds for thp
disposal of the Foundation
Stockholders will receive no
direct dividends on their stock,
for purchasing stock in the non- therefore stock purchases will
divided into two-man squads
The list ot 230 names includes
businesses and Individuals the
Foundation's board of directors
consider to be good prospects
profij, organization.
But anyone wishing to pur-
chase shares whose name isn't
on the prospect Ust is urged and
Invited to contact any one of
the 35 workers and make his
wiahes known. .
• Kelley said that one woman,
whose name wasn't on the Ust
Of prospects, hss^ notified him
that she wishes to purchase one
share. He expressed the hope
that more such persons will
come forward.
The $25,000 In capital will en-
able the Stamford Industrial
be 100 per cent tax deductible.
Directors of the corporation
and those purchasing atock In
It are convinced stockholders
will receive Indirect returns on
their investments that will make
their stock produce a handsome
dividend. .
Senior Show Set
Thursday Niffht
Senior class of Stamford High
School will oe sponsors for the
„ . . _ . .. . _ | family film The LItMe Shep-
Development Foundation to pro- hrn( ^ Kln|{d<)m Come," at the
vide land and bulldtogs for GrJlnd Theatrc tonight,
dustrial prospects who waqt to (
establish a plant In Stamford. *^nlor "h°7 f '
The Foundation will *
stand ready to aid any estab Tickets will be sold at 65 cents
lished industry which asks It j I°r adults and 30 cents for
for aid in suppl'ng either land 1 children under 12.
or buildings. I There will be a matlne* at
All aid supplied by the. Foun- 4 p m. and (he second showing
dstlon will be on a pay back will be at 7 30 p.m.
Cedillo Given Two-Year
Term on Murder Charge
A two-year sentence In the 1 brought out that the alleged
state penitentiary was the ver-1 killing followed a drinking
diet in 104th District Court after party.
Monday Morning-
for two vacancies on the Lueders
City Council, promising an ex-
citing local election in that
Jones County' municipality an
April 7.
Deadline for filing for a place
com petition for the two council
poaitlons, only one candidate
has filed for the mayor's Job.
which will also be filled in the
election. W. E. Winkles, an oil
lease pumper and current coun-
PCA Managers of West Texas
Will Have Work Session Here
on the ballot will be mldn*ght *11 member has filed for the post
March 7.
No Contests Seen
In Local Elections
There apparently will be no
contested races in Stamford city
council and school trustee elec-
tions .in April for the second
donae^utlve year. ■»
Deadline for filing in the
school election was Wednesday
and only Incumbent* James H.
.West and Vernon Lovvorn had
of mayor, now held by Glenn
Odell, a retired businessman.
The c?i*r council member
whose term expires this vear is
G. W. Stanford, farmer. He hat
filed for re-election.
Other candidates for the
council are R. E. Sanders,
owner-operator of' a garage.
Roy Lee Bun tin, stone cutter.
Marshall Wyatt, gaVage and
grocery store owner; J. A*.
Hamm, welding shop operator;
filed for a place on the baUot E. B. Vaughan, farmer, and
Bedford Felts, grocer man •
Candidates may file for a
place on the ballot either at
Lueders City Call or at Shipp's
Drug Store la Lueders.
City of l ueders is governed
by five cooBcllmen and a
hMMpik——-—-r* ~~ r - - ■ ■ r*
Elect1 on wtfl be held at the
Lueders City Hall 00 April 7,
by Wednesday afternoon.
Deadline for fUlng in the city
election is Saturday and three
candidates have filed for three
vacancies that will occur this
year.
The announced candidates for
aldermen are Hershel Kelley,
B. P. Davenport, Sr. and P. E.
Upshaw.
General managers of 13 Pro-
ducRon Credit Associations,
representing a 104-county area
of West Texas and the Pan-
handle will gather at Stamford
Monday, for the semi-annual
meeting of officials of the agri-
cultural financing institutions.
Operatlon.il procedures and
current trends and problems in
agricultural financing, including
the latest developments in credit
life Hisu-ance programs will be
discussed at the meeting, to be
held at Cliff House, according
to Chairman Noel Woodley,
general manager of the Ptaln-
vlew Production Credit Associa-
tions
Special guests at the meeting
will include W. H. Calkins, vice
president of the Federal Inter
medlVve Credit Rank of Hous-
ton. discount and supervisory
agency for all 36 PCA groups
in Texas, and Paul. Frank-
term credit for the Farm Credit
Administration in Washington
D. C.
The Stamford Production
Credit Association will be host
for the meeting. J. L. Hill Jr.
is general manager. Hyland
Gleaton and R. C. Cobb are as-
sistant managers, and serving
on the association's board of
directors are President C. G.
Rurson of Haskell. Vice Presi-
dent J. F. McCulloch of Stam-
ford. Lata ter Henslev of Guthrie.
Mack T. Claburn of Anson and
J. C. Moorheuse of Benjamin
The 13 associations, owned
and operated in their entirety
by more than 10,000 farmers,
rsnehers and dairyman In their
market, Woodley pointed out.
Assets of all associations are
wholly operator-owned, he said.
Now observing their 30th an-
niversary the 30 Texas PCA
groups have loaned more than
$3 billion to the state's farmers
and ranchers in the past three
decades.
General Managers expected to
attend the Stamford meeting are
R. L. C6mb# of Amarillo. E. L:
Crowell of Canadian. J. C. Mar-
shall « Coleman, Alton Strick-
land of Lubbock. James Vftg
Pelt of Memphis. W. M. Irwin
of StephenviUe, H. G. Pitts ef
Sweetwater, David K Workman
194-couotv area, provide more coresident 1. Garland Eubaak of
than 17160.000.000 annuaRv in
short and intermediate term
loans.
All loan food* are obtained
through the gale of bonds on the
bauaer, deputy director of short- nation's commercial
Eldon B. Mahon
To Speak Sunday
At St John’s
*.«
Judge Eldon B. Mahon, for-
merly of Colorado Cltv, now
Vice President of Texas Electric
Service Company of Fort Worth,
wl’l speak Sunday at the even-
ing service of St. John’s
Method'st Church. His subject
will he “The Relation of Alcohol
and Crime." This will be the
fourth and last of a aeries of
sermons on alcohol, sponsored
by the Methodist Church
Judge Mahon la a graduate of
McMurry College In Abilene,
where he wag a member of the
national Honor Society and
Alpha Chi H* holds a Bachelor
of Law Degree from the Uni
verslty of Texas
of Stanton. J. D. G'llespl- of 1 A past president of the Dis
Pecos. <a former Stamford trlet and County Attorney*' Aa-
Wlrhita Falls, Cland Lite of
Marfa. Woodley of Plaiaview
and HUl of Stamford. Manager
Workman also serves as secre-
tary of the West Texaa man-
agers' group- ---• ' -4~
sociation of Texas. Judi<e Vahon
was named in 1367 by the
a Jury found Ramon Cedillo, 17.
guilty of murder without mMice.
A plea for a suspended set)toner
was denied.
OBlto was Indicted h’ong
with five other Stamford youths
for. the alleged murder of An-
tonio Meza. 55-year-old migran*
farm worker from Mart. Meza
was found dead in a barracks
building at Farmers Coop Gin.
Indicted for the crime we-«* I
Cedillo, h i s eous'n. Jessie
Cedillo, 17j Seledonlo R. Del-
gado. 18: Joe Lopez. 17 and two
Juveniles. Raymon Gallardo, 16.
and John Macias, 16.
Judge Owen Thomas dismissed
the complaint against Ixzoez
Monday Morning. No trial date
has been announced fof the
ofther del "jdanis. Dl»tr*ct At-
torney Tom Todd says he plans
to prosecute the two Juvenile*
on murder counts as soon as
they heroine 17 years o'd.
Much of Monday was taken
ttp vtifh Jury sele^'ion w7h
County A’tdrqey Charles Brown-
field assisting the prosecution
and Ben Nlcdccken of Anson
and Jim Robinson of Abilene
serving as court-appointed de-
fense attorneys
.The Jury received the charge
about 2:30 Monday afternoon
af er final testimony wa* com-
pleted at 10:30. Verdict wa* re-
turned after three hours.
Only one witness. Dr. Tom
Texas Blmklcy of-Stamford, was heard
Law Enforcement as one bf Monday. Dr. Bunkley. testified
the five outstanding prosecutors that Meta’s death was the
in the state of Texas '
The public is invited to attend
this service. -j;-
suit af beating. Tue«daV.
Blackie Vasques and Dario
Pardo were heard Test mony
County Spelling
Champ Will Be
Named March 14
- The best soetier in Jones
County Junior high schools will
be selected at the Jones County
Spelling Bee at Stamford High
School. Saturday March 14.
Spellers from th’-oughout the
county are expected to com-
pete for the championship, yhich
will entitle them to a trip to the
District Spelling Contest in
Wichita Falls in Anril.
The local contes. is sponsored
by Stamfu, d Jaycees in coopers,
tion with the WichitS falls
Record-News The newspaper
also sponsors the district con-
test.
Winners of the county con-
tests will compete at the district
level, and the winner of that
competition will earn a (rip to
Washington. D. C. *' vie for the
title of National Spelling Cham-
P*o« •
The three top contestants lit
the court;- t jotest .wtT receive
prises. ’ „ -v. -
money
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