Stamford American and The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1964 Page: 1 of 14
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Action Is Taken
On Herbicide Law
Petitioner* for making the were
state herbicide law effective in cuicens
Jonea County failed to put in
an appearance at the public
hearing Thursday before Jones
County CominlatiOM*** Court.1
lOn the other hand, petition*
Dale Wofford, Stamford Rambler dealer, was in Dallas last week for a show-
ing: of the new models. He is shown here (left to right) with his wife, his rnoth-
■ er, Mrs. L. E. Wofford, and American Motors Corporation chairman, Richard E.
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County Commissioners Adopt
Tight Budget After -Hearing
A pruned budget for the corn-
lag year was adopted by Joaea
County Commissioners Court
last Thursday following a public
faring.
The new budget calls far ex-
said. Monday that the budget
w. v—— ,v. had been cut to thq bare min-
giendilures Of Tsa.OOO ss^rom- 'mum with reductions in many
pared to 8834.000 last year, departments.
However, about S20QgXX) <ft the A meeting of taxpayers was
1961 budget was for .right* of held ip the dhitrict court room
Way purchase.
About three dosen taxpayers
were present for the
and various aspects
hearing county .are having to be beme
JavceesTo Honor
Teachers Here At
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Bar-B-Q Monday
A barbeque in ^fionor of tfce
teachers in the Starpford Public
Schools will be held Monday
night at the Stamford Country
Club under the Sponsorship of 4
U^SaemfU!fl Junior Chamber
of Commerce. The barbeque is
presented and several
of the county ware
present to oppose adoption of
the optional law. Judge Leon
Thurman said no aetton was
taken and that before anything
further would be done, a new
petition would be needed.
The law, V adopted,,. would
license* all sellers of herbicides
(chemical weed killers 1, would
license ail custom appUers ang
scheduled 4p begin at T:00 p. m.
The purpoke of the barbeque
Is to accord some recognition
to the teachers in our school
system and to welcome them
back after the summer vaca-
tion. The barbeque will also
present an opportunity for
ter chert new to the system to paiMblc around ^ (rmory.
meet their fellow teachers, and
to meet some of the local
people. ’ . ' P ;■ ;:a
'Approximately 125 people are1
expected to attend the function,
to which all teachers and their
wives,Slid husband# have been „„1 *pread the ba.r material
of the
budget were explained to them.
County Judge Leon Thurmln f As the result of the Ux val-
I.jfke Concession
Operator Talked
. Selection of a concession oty
era tor a/Lake Stamford was
discussed bv members of' the
city council Friday but no de-
finite decision* was reached. It
was suggested that invitations
to bid on rights at the take
could be sought, with notice be-
ing run in the Lubbock newspa-
pers as weR as in this area. *
Concessionaire would have the
right tat build cabins for rent,
operate a trailer park, rent
boats and oversee a large area
get aside for business purposes
at the lake. *
Council men discussed briefly
what charge would be made but
nothing concrete developed. It
being the consensus that this
Might be less the first year and
increase, as the business is to-
night prior to the public
and County Auditor Carl
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Monday ni;
hearing ai
Savage explained how the bud-
get was. Mfrttad
swered questions about the
valuation .survey. -
The new tax rate 'for the
county will be 70. cents a re-
duction of four cents.’
The rate is made up as fol-
lows: General fund, 40 cents;
Jury fund. 2 cents; road, and
bridge fund, 28 cents. The roajd
and bridge fund was reduced
2 cents.
. It was explained that Jones
County alieady has reached the
point where automobile registra-
tion fees which come to the
county has reached the peak.
Added coats of running the
almost, entirely out of tax
money'.
uation survey, valuations to the
county have been increased
from $24,500,000 to $31,000,000.
However, because of the drouth,
commissioners expect tan col-
lections to drop to poaajfeiy as
tow as 15 per cent. *
In,pa*» years, coltecRoas have
run well over 00 percent—tom
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; It must be remembered, how-
ever, Mr. Savage »atd, that the
county allows three pef cent
cash discount on taxes paid In
October, two per cent In No*
Member and one per cent in De-
j cember. In addition, four per,
I cent of all taxes collected go
into the officers salary fund,
with two of this being charged
up to assessing add twq for
lecting. .
This money; Mr. Savage ex-
plained cannot be considered
when drafting a budget.
tnvited. ' Also present will be
members of ’ the Jaycees and
their wives, aqd members of
the school board.
Mayor Roland Kelley will give
a short welcoming address to
the teachers, and
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The Stamford Bulldogs will seriously tSr^(ffi^ h'^lrtrfHPi"*OrtChxiTefy.
open their home stand of tholetta. • '
iwm footbalt season Tl^nrfTJaapUe the talk which ie eur-
Bulldog Stadium* Friday night
whan they meet the Iowa* Park
Hawks to a non-conferem. * tUt.
Both tatma will bring a record
as yet unblemished this season
into the game, which will be
the drat football action before
Rave them bonded, and would Stamford (#ns here this year.
require farmers or ranchers to
abtain perjnita before the her-
bicides oan be uaotL ,..,4
Armory Roads
To Be Improved
In Joint Effort
The Bulldogs won their sea-
sop jpener last week over the
(juanah Indians, slipping past
the faster team by
18-12. The game wan marked
by the usual early season mis-
takes. and the Bulldogs found
themselves in trquWtt
-fttmvK miring the game.
In contrast, the Iowa Park
Hnwka won an eaay victory over
the Henrietta Bearcata to open
rent in football circlet about the
large site of the Iowa Park
team, they are for the most
part gpOd, avesaged -aided boys,
'with only two real haavywelghts
arming their starter*, .g" 206-
pound fqllback, end a' 230-
pound defensive. guard.
Roads around the Stamford
National Guard armory wilt be
caliched. thanks to a coopera-
tive venture. Efforts have been
made for some time to get this
project completed because fol-
lowing s' rain. It ia all put im-
The local guard unit has been
allotted two dump trucks to
use hauling the caliche. County
Commissioner Tom Boyd has
offered the services of hla. men
and equipment. They will load
president of the Jayeeel, will
also speak.1' 1
After the meal sad the pro-
The Stamford city council Fri-
day approved an expenditure
"not to exceed 8806" to covqr
costs of the material it 10 cents
per cubic yard, and 15 centa for
stockpiling the caliche for the
Lynn Young, loader
gram, those
be Invited to
bridge. .
who wish to will
remain for 42 or
iKUAMker
Tells About ‘
Crop Loans
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creased).
T
Lark Rorie, daughter of Mr.
and Ml**. E. F. Rorie of De-
catur, and granddaughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Marshal
and Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Terrell,
la a majorette for the Dtcatur
Eagles football team ttys year
and she was awarded a trophy
at, twirling school to
Texas this summer.
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Emergency crop loans
farmers and ranchers in drouth- Survivors
stricken counties may be used
to continue normal operations
but not tor expansion, according
to J. C. tfays .of the Anson
Farmers Home Adihtaietratkm
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Government To j.
Ask Bids on
Post Office Work
^ , „ . , . ■ serving as forman of the grand
TTae general Servtees Admlnls- ,mp.n>led to 104th District
Anson Woman Is
Foreman of New
Grand Juty
Pitman of Anson is
tration will Issue invitations to
bltf on Sept. 11 for' air condi-
tioning and lighting the Stam-
ford post office, y(•
.This Information was contain-
ed in a /telegram from Ceng.
Omar Burleson Wednesday.
The; project has been set aside
. fqr small businesses. Estimated
Paris, I cost Is 883,000 with bids to be
opened Oct. 13. g||j*
Court Tuesday. p •
Serving with her are Mrs. Joe
League,- Hamlin; Torliff Han-
sen. Merkel; Mrs. Cleo Jones.
Stamford; Raymond ''Adkins.
Mary Holland. Hawley; Law-
rence Spurgto, Anson; Bill
Pritchard, Stamford; “Weldort
Hansen. Lueders; Will W. Her-
bert. Hamlin, and Doyle Jacobs,
Anson.*
Jones County is Included In
the area certified as eligible for
the loans which bear Interest
at three per cent.
These loans are conditioned
on the exhaustion of present
credit and referral of the po-
tential borrower of credit. The
qualifying borrower -then would
be carried on an emergency
basis until he Is able to return
to regular credit sources.
The relief is expected to be
of value to a number of farmers
and stock raisers hit by short
crod* and low cattle prices,
Hays said.
Mrs. Eric Greigoleit returned
to her home here last week. She
was a surgical patient at St.
Joseph's Hospital to Fort Worth
tor 13 days and Is now feeling
some better. ' ,..
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Ben T. Ray Dies,
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Once Lived Here
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Ben T. Ray, a resident of
Stamford for a number of years,
dl#d last week to Mineral Wells.
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon Hrt Reatland
Wildwood Chapel, Dallas.
Rev. Charles Flke, former
pastor, of St. John's Methodist
Church J»ert, officiated. Burial
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was to Restland Abbey.
are his wife; a
slater, Mrs. Hattie Wallace of
Lufkin; two brothers. Edwin
ay of Jasper, and Roy Ray of
ew Mexico, and several nieces
and nephew*.
Mr. RaK*?** associated with
the Stamford Inn for a nmnber
of years. Mrs. Ray ia a sister of
the late Mrs. A. C. Cooper who.
along with her husband, owned
the Inn.
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New Christmtfs
Decorations Here
New Christmas decorations
for downtown Staintord have
arrived. Mrs. Lee Walker, sec-
retary in the Chamber of Com-
merce office, said this week.
The new material Is stored to
the Davenport building ton Me-
Harg and Ferguson afreets. •
Mrs. Walker said a drive for
their season laat week. ’ The
Hawks, who are the coaches'
pick to emerge Si champions
Of District 2-AA. were never
Used Clothing
Being Donated
Stamford citizens already
have started responding to the
call tor old clothing for the
neady. Several bodes have been
received and are .‘being stored
to th old city auditorium build-
tog/until calls *■*« made for
Mtik
Last waek. Mrs. Lee Walker,
secretary to the Chamber of
Commerce office, suggested that-
raany mothers may havs gath-
ered clothing their children no
longer could use as school
clothing was prepared for the
new year.
-JIiokc who have clothing they
no Mur need are asked to call
a. Walker at PR 3-34U. She
donor at the old
building and1 Store
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Zoning Change
Not Considered
No action was taken by 'the
Stamford city council Friday
on an amendment to the zon-
ing ordinance which would
tjtoke. an area on East Hamil-
ton Street into an industrial or
C son*.
- Afcert Ivy, representing prop-
erty, owners ip,the neighborhood,
appeared before the council did
not have all members present,
thdp-wdbld not be able to conai-
der the change.
Councilman M. D. Thompson
waa not present...........
HE.NRY A. (HANK)
LaRowe Joins The
American Staff.
Henry A. (Hank) I .a Rowe. 28.
has .been named assistant to
(Me publisher of the Stamford
American, succeeding Vernon
Stewart gho resigned to accept
M position with the adver
department y f Southwestern
Petroleiyiv ...Company, F4»rt
Worth. ,
LaRowe an alumnus' of the
Uniafgum of Texaswas for-
merly editor of the Seminole
Sentinel, in Seminole. Texas
Prior to Joining the Sentinel to
IMS. he waa employed as a
reporter to the Dallas ndwa
buregu of Fairchild Publica-
tions; Inc., one of the nation's
largmt publishers of trade
papers.
He has also worked as #
technical editor for a Dallas
Mectrenics firm, and has ex-
tensive background In public
relations work. He Is a veteran
wtth more than •three years
service In the U 8. Army Midst
of which was r;ent in public
Information wo,k.
He Is stogie, and a member
of. the Metbodlat church.
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Set Nov. 6,7— ....... ;
Chairman Sends Open Letter
To Exes About Homecoming
An open letter to all former
students and faculty members
of Stamford High School waa.
released this week by the com-.
funds for the Christmas sgason mittee an arrangements for the
likely will be conducted next homecoming, set Nov. f and 7
week. EA-i balance of 8790
mains On the new equipr
total cost of which was $2375.
football game with Anson will
played on the first‘night,
mea High of Stamford la
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Spot Check Shows—
County Valuation Survey Uncovers Many Inequities
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Just how badly a tax,valua-
tion survey waa needed to Jonea
County was '(tototed dp this
week with a comparison of some
valuations as .they were carried
last year and as they were
determined by an appraisal
firm.
McMorries and Company of
Amarillo have Just concluded
a Job that never had been done
previously to the history of the
county—examine every piece of
property on the tax roll with
the purpose of setting a fair
present-day market value on
that property. - . j . "
For a number of ykari the
county has employed Pritchett
and Abbott of Fort Worth to
set values on utilities and oil
roperty but all previous efforts
contract for an overall aur-
vey met With rebuffs.
As oil valuations ia the county
illmliiMItotl it became necessary
to obtain iribre~tftoney from real
estate- The tax rate waa raised
slightly but this waa not the
r Jp U»e problem.
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"the railroads threatened to die ,
suit, claiming they were paying
more than tneir Just share of
taxes._ _ .
In1 November qf last lear. the
county commissioners adver-
tised for bids for a complete
survey of all real ggtate When
Bids were opened on Dec. 3, “
McMorries and Co. was the
low bidder. Tbeir offer wae-$4i.-
900 with the work to be com-,,,
pleted in time for use this year.
.phe county rented the < o>mty
court mom to the firm for 31SD0. ^
This was used as office apace
while the survey was underway.
For an additional 31200 a year,
the Amarillo firm has agreed to
keep all survey figures up to
date,
The commtsMuners offered
the new valuation figures to
other tax-gathering agencies in
the county a pro rata part of
"th* total coat of the survey So
far. only tha Anson Independent
School District has availed
themselves of the offer. 1
Before the new valuations
necessary to notify every per-
son whose valuation had been
Increased. Mbre than 8,000 cards
were mailed. Of that number,
but slightly more than III per-
sona appeared before the hoard
of equalization. Adjustments
were made Where mistakes or
. oversights had keen made, hut
fbr the meat part, valuations
remained as set. ■ - *
After the work was com-
• J , pleted, the commissioners court
1 decided to set the Ux value at
20 oer cent of the true value.
When the budget was prepared,
it was found that the fWRlcr
rate of 74 cant* could ho re-
duced to 70 cento. • ■_____r* *
All of thto work has not come
witbobt complaint and criticism.
There have been plenty of both
but commissioners point out
.*■jhdt (be number of changes to
,value bans as. sot by the Ama-
rillo firm waa small compared
to the total number at pieces
,*; Of property involvctft’ ’ .
to point out some of the many
inequities which have existed.
Here are some typical ex-
amples;
A house and lot to Block 88.
Anson, waa valued at $2,500 laat
year whereas the new figure la
$1,290. In Block 6$. Anson. SU*
other piece of property was re-
duced from $7,500 to $1,378. On
the other hand, to Block 38.
Asaon, property on the roll at
8800 waa Increased to' llJOO.
Ia Stamford, the asm* degree
of ineqpity has existed.. _
in Block 3 a residence waa
on the old roll at B4.200 but the
new value wae set at 88,450. In
Block I, a residence waa re-
duced from MAM to $1.88$ A
business location was reduced
from $40,500 to $80.28$ *
la Hamlin, toipitar changes
were mdtr to residential value*.
A business location to Block 84
The moot
Oil companies, utilities and . could
into fores, tt wag of stuuhg
aottof artery
opposition lu
method
was redu<
-w $12,880. Ai
tioo. to Block ».
from $18,880 to MJ
Zhr But all property
from $20,000 u»
Sri
duced In fact, some which had
never been 00 the tax roll, such
M C a bias on Lake Fort Phantom
Hill, will appear on the tax roll
for the first time this--yea* i
One residence In Block 4 of
Hamlin Had been rendered at
$10,000 but after the survey the
valuation was raised to $2$,710.
Probably the greatest Increase
has cbme to farm land. Number
1 farm bud was set as worth
$1M per acrS and improvements
were assessed separately. One
piece of property c<-mpr(«M of
8S8 acres piuS ImprovemenU
waa onr'lha rad at $24.0t0 New
value to 118.478. Another piece
waa increased from $7 J80 - to
$20.1x10 *] -p ? :V 7
Much of the Increase on rural
property waa due to the fact that
valuations had not been in-
creased , a a improvements,
home*, barns, etc., were added.
v The overall valuation hhs la.
creased, from $25 508400 to»$Jl.-
000.088. hut the ux load wiU be
distributed mar* eveuly over the
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caaion one of the most cnjnvnblc
for all' Yxes are bring form-
ulated by officer*,'' the open
letter says. ”* ' '
"Mrs. Hardin. Mrs AI Beery.
Charles Browafleld and Mr. and
Mrs. James High with the as-
sistance of Mr. Qill, have act
tentative arrangement! and are
pursuing all ends for a suc-
cessful homecoming. - >
All local exes are en-
couraged. even urged, to assist
in securing the utmost toward
home atmosphere for those who
return this year.
‘ I.et’4 open our hearts and
home to these good people re-
membering that a school and
town are only ax genuine and
friendly as we show ourselves
to be.
‘'Those of'our local exes who
can and want to assist or host
the reunion your class or
1 group. pleaW notify anv of- the
't^Minmfttoe. This fellowship
should be the most cherlshod of
all. the events sod with your
Interest it can be. ......- ..
* ' "The complete schedule of
events will he announced short-
ly. Address all correspondence
] concerning the homecoming to
; Homecoming. Box 721, Stsm-
4 ford. Texas.f*
on a wtag-T formation, sod are
able to' pass or' run wall from ^
this formation.! 'They have a-
good quartefEack, Robert Daw-
son. who is able to pass well,,
and who also likes to run.
Their greatest power to the f"
backfiald lies to their Mg full- .
back. Terry May, who U a slow
starter from his set position,
but who is a tough atiing rum
ner when he gels past the
Putting the real speed
Hawk backfteld Is Larry Thomp-
son. a wingback who does a
very respectable Job as a hur-
dler to the spring.
Defensively, the Hawks rely t
primarily on a 4-5-2 formation,
which has some real strength-
through the center linebackers.
Defensive standouts for the *
Hawks Include Ronnie Wats**,
big defensive guard, who Is very
quick on tys feet despite Ms
230 pounds, and frequently
charges into the backfteld where
he causes trouble for the quar-
terback trying to handle tha
ball.
The Hawks' other* top de-
fensive man la Dennis Hill, who
plays defensive cornerback. and
is a starting end for the Hawk*.
LaRQWE 1M offense as well. He is a
'good open field runner, having
gone for tWo touchdowns against
Harrietts, and is a -fnfrir
threat as a pa** intercaptor.
“"Probable backfteld starters
for the Iowa Park Hawks her*
Friday night are; Robert Daw-
aon. 178 pounds, quarterback;
Bill Jackaon, 170-pounds, half-
back: Larry Thompaoa. 148
wingback. and Terry
pounds, fullback.
In Mr line, probable starter*
fqr tttol Hawks are Danny Tar-
bet. 117 .pounds, right end;
Gordon .Parkey, 178 poumlv
right tacfle: Phillip Green. Ill
4 gfcwr
\fike Patuaek. 188 pounds, left
guard; Donald Rauackubtr.'
184 pounds, left taehlr*' and
Dennis Hill, 170 pounds, toft
end.
The starting lineup tor tg*
Hawks on defense shows only
three changes to personnel from
the offensive starters. New to
the lineup on defense are:
Ronnie Waters, 280 pounds,
guard: Carlton Walla. 144
pounds, guard, and John Huff.
157 pounds, cornerback.
Among those who are llgaly
to find a slot In the starting
backflrld for the Stamford Bull-
dog* this week . are: Rusty
Kelley, 147 pounds, and Roonto
Jones, 148 ppqnd*. quarter-
backs; Danny Cook. 141 pounds,
and. K*«h Ksiner, 1*5 pounds,
fullbacks; Bob I s b a 11, rlM
pounds, and Jimmy Doan, 148
pounds, wingback*. Ronnie Jen-
kins. 175 pound*, and Harrison
Cole. 182 pounds, tailbacks.
Likely starter* to the line are:
Buddy Box. 1M pounds, center;
184 pounds,
and Eddie Jenktos. 172 pounds, J
guards,; B. J. Barnett. 178
pounds. Roland Acosta. 888
pounds, and Johnny Massey. 1M
pounds, tackles: Marc I-ovvora,
1M pound*, and Don Taylor,
185 pounds, sods. - -
I-arry Wartes. head coach for
the Stamford Bulldogs, eald,
"We have ope of th* finest
souads we'vr had in a real tong
time. Their work hard and hart
good spfnt.“ f
He -also said he believes the
Bulldogs will m tke fewer mis-
take* in this week's game. aad|.
that they am not llkelv to get
caught napping aa thev did
against (Juanah last week-
The Bulldogs should have a
’light weight advantage over
the Hawk*, with the weight of
the forward wall being the de-
termining factor. The Hawks
average about three pound*
heavier In the backfteld. (be
Bulldogs have the edge by about
two popnds per man in the Un*.
and th*' overall team avnrsgo
weights give the Bulldogs th*
edge by two jxHinda. “ "*
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president of the organizition of
weXX^".? STJ
Mrs. Leo Hardin, secretary, and
John R. .Rice Is treasurer.
Plans for making this
was not re-
property
county.
The B-teaqi game with Cole-
man. scheduled for this - week
hqs been cancelled. As a result
of the caacellatiog, th* sche-
duled freshman game haa boon
moved to 7.48 p. m.'’
Club Will Sell
Me^aphonefl
ptastto
sold bv
Blue and* whits
megaphones wIM be __
members c/f the* igsmtord
Quertorback Club at the
gam* Friday night
¥n# megaphone* have the
schedules printed an th* ltd*
and will sell tor 8141.
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