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STAMFORD. JONES COUNTY. TEXAS. 79533. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1979
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Roscoo man
named artist
for September
A 35 year old Roscoe livestock
supply salesman will be featured as
the Stamford Chamber . of
Commerce's September artist of
the month
Larry Comoyer, a Roscoe native,
works with pencil, felt tip pen and
bronze in hix western art The felt tip
pen is used (pr *' dot alls m, ” a form of
creating pictures using no drawn or
preliminary lines, but utilizing only
dots ol varied size and space to
create a picture
Comoyer has been drawing all his
life, but began seriously pursuing
his art career some three years ago.
and has since taken up bronze
sculpture, which he began doing
one and one half years ago
He is a self-taught artist, having
studied art only during a nine week
night course Shows to his credit
include one each in Snyder. Roscoe
and Sweetwater
A 1962 graduate of Roscoe High
School, Comoyer is married and he
and his wife. Carol Ann. have two
sons. Larry and Cody, ages 10 and 5
Comoyer is not a professional
artist, he says, though he has sold
Some works His kitchen table
serves as his "studio When he
began sculpting, a friend brought
him some modeling wax from
Dallas, and for tools he used a beer
can for a base, two popside sticks
whittled into tools, and a
straightened paperclip for detail
work, plus "these ten tools God
gave me," referring to his fingers,
as his implements He still uses
Bulldogs wiser,
slightly injured
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LARRY CORNOYfR
ond Rooster
these makeshift tools, because, he
says, they work better for him than
professional tools .
The artist’s works will be on
display in ttie Chamber offices
{throughout the month of
■September
Youth Board
sets meeting
There will be a meeting of the
Stamford Youth Hoard on
Thursday. Sept 13. at 7 30 p m in
the Community Room of the
Stamford Electric Cooperative
The 12 representatives of Slam
ford Junior and Senior High will be
present to elect their officers for the
new year
Various committees will be
elected to handle! the future
activities of the Dog House
The Stamford Bulldogs emerged
from their opening game of the
season much wiser of areas in which
they are weak and with one major
iniury, according to Head Coach
Jerry Taylor
Out of action for several weeks is
Kevin Wade, senior, who sustained
a broken jaw during action, Friday
night. Wade had just caught a short
pass when Jie was hit from his blind
side. Taylor said
Wade managed to hold onto the
completed pais His tackier was
also taken from the game due to
being shaken upon the play
Taylor said Wade has "done an
outstandingly good job and has tried
to do what is asked " He praised
Wade's leadership, too
Wade's was the only major injury
during the game which Stamford
won. 22-14 t*
Coach Taylor said. “We can use
the open date this coming Friday to
get the kinks out and work on areas
needing improvement "
The coach said that after looking
at the game films on Monday he
concluded that the Bulldogs played
well enough at times to win, both
offensively and defensively .
However, he said the coaching
staff is concerned that the Bulldogs
were not able to stop several time-
consuming drives "Anytime you
allow the opponent to keep the ball
for 10 ot; more plays, there's cause
for concern,” he concluded
He said he was disappointed in the
numbers of fumbles. and
interceptions that occurred early
in the game "That puts undue
pressure on ourdefense,” he added
Coach Taylor said he felt the
Bulldogs had some first game
jitters at costly times which "we
hope to straighten out. ”
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Lions, Lionesses honor VIP's—
Members of the Stamford Lions and Lioness clubs were on hand
Wednesday at noon to honor the Very Important Persons of Stamford,
otherwise known as the VIP's of the Stamford Nutrition Project. The
Lion's club presented the organization with a check for $500, and the
Lionessess gave a check for an additional $300 to the group. The
money will be used to purchase equipment for the program. Shown
during the presentation are, left to right, Sarge Bailey; Lee Dickerson,
Lions president; Mrs. Cyril Stone, director of the Stamford Nutrition
Project; Kyra Carson, Lioness president; Jane Miller; Hazel Trice;
Gertie Bailey; and Ovie May Corley.
A Sagerton girl has been named
Haskell County's Gold StarGirl: see
Page 2.
Local ministers will be lying to the VIP
Club; see Page 7.
Lapidary has been discovered in
Stamford, see Page 10.
Stamford Young Homemakers will be
discovering more about stress soon;
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, see Page 14.
Camp at Lueders
due new building
Improvements welcome
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Bulldog fans at game
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Picnic goers—
Among almost 700 people attending the Charles Stenholm ,'UNDay
Saturday at Ericksdahl were, left to right, Marvin Phemister of
Haskell, State Sen. Ray Farabee of Wichita Falls and Sam Clounts of
Austin, former Knox County Judge and presently head of the County
Commissioners and Judges Association. The trio visits with Cong.
Charles W. Stenholm.
Bulldog fans attending the
Stamford Hamlin football game
last Friday evening were greeted
with several changes in Bulldog
Stadium
A four-foot fence has been moved
six to eight feet for safety reasons
The moved fence leaves more space
between the playing field and the
fence
With the new location of the fence
closer to the stadium seats, it was '
necessary for a new exit ramp to be
constructed on the east side of the
stadium. The ramp that once exited
in front of the stands now exits
underneath the seats.
Another change in the stadium is
on the north end of the west side
stands where there is now a landing
for handicapped fans who might be
in wheelchairs
Some painting has been done on
Large crowd attends Stenholm
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function; announcement missing
Aproximately 6/5 persons turned
out Saturday evening at the Bethel
Lutheran Church picnic grounds in
Ericksdahl for the first annual
FUNDay celebration honoring
Cong. Charles Stenholm. An
estimated six- to seven-thousand
tickets were sold for the event at $10
per ticket. Some 242 “hosts" for the
occasion paid $100 or more each for
the affair, held beneath the
mesquite trees along the banks of
the California! Creek
Country-western music filled the
air for the picnic supper, provided
by the Carolyn Rogers Band of
Abilene. Fried chicken. Cole slaw
red beans and/watermelon were
served to the crowd
People attended the gala from all
overthe 17th district area, including'
some from as far away as Big
Spring, Gainsville - and
SteDhenville. Said Congressional
staff member Dale King, "This is
designed primarily for the home
folks here—just a folksey, down-
home kind of thing. The district is so
large; that’s what we designed it
for—for people to meet and visit
with (the Stenholms).’
Following the supper, the Rev
Stan Leaf of Bethel Lutheran
Church gave the invocation, fol
lowed by the introduction of disting
uished guests by the Master of
Ceremonies for the evening. Woody
Anderson of Colorado City.
Attending were State Sen Ray
Farabee, Wichita Falls; State Rep.
Gary Thompson and State Rep
Walter Grubbs, both of Abilene; and
State Rep Ed Mayes, Granbury
Letters and telegrams were sent
from, among others, U. S. Sen.
Lloyd Bentsen, and Cong Phil
Gramm.
Speaking from a podium
fashioned from hay bales, Stenholm
did not announce for re-election, as
some had anticipated he would do.
He did say, though, that "we are
testing the water, and it sure does
look good. As far as any official
announcement, we are going to
continue testing the water." Cong.
Stenholm said that his main
concern at present is to " fulfill a
twe^year contract,” before making
any decisions to run again.
Stenholm said that the 1980
elections will be, in his opinion, the
most crucial in recent history, due
to such serious situations as the U.
S.’s selling grain and importing oil
and gas technology to the Soviets at
prices below the U. S. production
price.
Other subjects the Congressman
touched on in his speech were
Congress’ attempts to balance the.
1980 budget, the SALT II treaties,
and the presence of Soviet combat
troops in Cuba.
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Stenholm also noted that his
voting record is 99.3 per cent, and
that he does not intend to have 100
percent, because someevents in the
home district are more important.
Stenholm also introduced his
Congressional staff They include
James Morgan of De .Leon,
administrative assistant; Bill
Longley, Stamford, district office
manager; Dale King district
representative; Beep Cain, field
representative; Elaine Talley,
Abilene office manager; and Laura
Oman and Fern Hansen,
secretaries of the Stamford district
office.
the stadium and more is planned
later
Commercial
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garbage rates
overstated
Due to a misinterpretation of
information appearing on a bid
sheet, incorrect figures appeared
last week in the Stamford American
in a story pertainingtocommercial
ized collection of city garbage
Last week's story gave erroneous
monthly costs for garbage
collection by Triple C Sanitation
Service of Idalou
Triple C's bid was submitted in
two proposals — one for collection
and one for landfill maintenance
On the sheet, figures were shown
for collection alone and a second
group of figures was shown for
collection and maintenance.
However, the figures were
misunderstood and were added
together to get a total cost figure.
Thereford, the figures appearing in
the newspaper were much higher
than actually bid
Stamford city council has not
established any charges for the
collection service. The council has
considered charging about $5
monthly for residential service but
it has not been voted on
Commercial charges will be
proportionately lower than
reported last week
A half million dollar dining hall is
on the drawing board for the Big
Country Baptist Assembly
Encampment-Grounds at Lueders
Five West Texas Baptist
associations will join together to
build the new dining hall which is
expected to cost $503,000
. D. J. Bennett, pastor of South Side
Baptist Church in Abilene and
chairman of the church division for
the “Big Challenge for the Big
Country” campaign, said a banquet
and rally will be held at 7 p.m.
Thursday. Sept. 13, at South Side
Baptist Church in Abilene to inform
other churches in the Abilene
association about their roles in the
project.
Dr Carlos McLeod, pastor of
First Baptist Church of Plain view,
will be the guest speaker. Wayne
McClellan and James Steel of
Abilene will present inspirational
music during the program.
The proposed dining hall at the
Lueders encampment, which
houses thousands of campers, each
year during retreats and weekend
camps, will seat more than 400
persons at a time and could serve
1000 people per hour if necessary,
said Don Hooker, camp director.
Other associations participating
in the fund-raising, project art the
Callahan, Cisco, Haskell-Knox,
Sweetwater and West Centraii
Baptist associations.
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Methodists slate
mission emphasis
St. John's United Methodist
Church is planning a full weekend
on mission emphasis. *
A team from "The Four Comers
Native American Ministry" will be
involved in a full weekend of
ministry to the church and
community.
The Rev Paul West, of Shiprock.
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HENRY C. BEGAY
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MR. and MRS DON CURIEY
N M . who is the coordinator for the
ministry to the Navajo
reservations, will be the
coordinator for the weekend
program. He . served as a
missionary in Malaysia for 10 years
and worked with the youth.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Begay and
Mr. and Mrs. Don Curley will be a
native American team that will be
sharing their experiences with the
community. The four are laymen
. giving their time for the
advancement of Christ among the
native Americans. *
(See related photo on Page 7)
A full schedule is planned with a
Thursday evening and Friday
morning prayer vigil planned. At 7
p.m. Friday, a covered dish supper
will be at the church and there will
be an opportunity for local residents
to meet the team and hear them give
the history and background of the
Navajo and the problems that
confront the native Americans.
On Saturday morning, at 6: JO
am., breakfast at the church will be
served for the men of the church and
of the community. The team will
relate their religious experiences.
At noon on Saturday, the team will
lead the youth in playing games and
singing songs at the Lake Stamford
Cabin of Trudy Isbell. They will also
-•show how to do sand painting.
At 2 p.m. Saturday, the children
will meet at the church to hear the
team tell stories, sing songs and do
sand painting.
On Saturday evening, beginning
at 6:30, an ice cream supper will be
held at the Bob Harrison'home. 3 *
Westwind Circle. giving another
opportunity to visit with the team.
On Sunday morning, the team will
visit in the church school classes
and will also lead in the worship
services. An invitation is extended
to the community to participate in
the activities.
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Lammert, Danny. Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1979, newspaper, September 13, 1979; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1170635/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.