Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1977 Page: 4 of 22
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COW POKES
Citizens have opportunity
odd scheme
Saturday will he election day for three
PIONEERS ON PARADE—20 year* ago
Avoca FHA recently elects officers
PIONEERS ON PARADE—10 years ago
Stamfordites will vote Saturday
HIGHLIGHTS FROM AUSTIN
Court of Criminal Appeal*
Mrs! Ford
of Lueders
TRADE IN STAMFORD
dies here
i
Grab On To Big Buys!
OPEN
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Contact Lenses
Eyes Examined
Glasses Fitted
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. Editor I Mr The fHd Ph.
losopher on hit Johnson fras>
farm on Paint Crerk r up
»nh an odd nen u hrmr tho
Stamfords Little League
Baseball Association wrll have
the opportunity of helping
their drive for funds to finance
the summer program through
the courtesy of C. B Ander-
son of the State Theater
The Chamber of Commerce
and Lee Walker. CofC man-
ager. feel that the boys have a
the feeling of Chnslmas and the Ng game
come in. Just as in those events, we don t
For All Your
Insurance Need)
tree. We don’t know who will win the big
game , and we don't know who Will be the
successful candidates.
STAMFOOO AMCMCAN
More* 31. 1*77 '
in Stamford Tuesday. April 9
Garden club representa-
tives from 40 clubs in the dis-
trict are expected to be here
for-the convention, which will
be held at St John > Method
ist Church 1 ; .
t'loM'd Tlairsday Afternoon
And All Hay Saturday
The cotton-harl project rs only one of
more than a dozerfAimilar studies under
way this year About 14 different crops
will be observed under grants totaling
$49.0b0
t\<-<lg<<.. Huil!
C. L. Cromwell
dptometrist
"Why are you jhaltin’ yore head no when I ain 1 asked fer
Ucdgi r<. Built H<* tin
"Tour Complete
Drug Store"
with more trouble than the one
tn the news the day before —
’countries a lot of us never
beard of a year or two ago. like
Zambia Zaire. Lganda
And that s just on one con
tment Tomorrow somebody
is going to find another
country we never heard of
before on slytne-Other contin-
ent. and it tiki will be reported
in big trouble I he papers and
Disappointed aspirant*
to the dffte« included Bill
Pieralt of Giddings. White *
deputy in Austin Rep’Joe
TakenJrofujfy files of the
Stamford American. March
-.JO, /%7.
Voters of the Stamford area
will participate in four elec-
tions within the next few days
Contests have developed in
'two of these and a heavier-
than;usual turnout is indi- -
cated
MARRIAGE LICENSES
John Milton Henderson.
Stamford, and Debra Sue
Jones. Snyder
Daniel Benavides and Wil-
helmina Porter. Hamlin
Gary Lee MUe and Nancy
Jean McElroy. Anson.
Frank De La Cruz. Abilene^
and Maria Trevino. Del Rio
Johnnie Ramiraz and Her-
at inia Garza. Anson
Saturday, two vacancies on
the board of trustees of the
Stamford County Line Inde-
pendent School District will
■ be filled Terms of J H West
and Vernon Lovvom are
Dear editor
You open up. your news-
paper or turn on the evening
news any day in the week and
find the worlds endless
dreary troubles laid out before
Apologies go out this week to a young
Stamford Scout who was unintentionally
ommitted from a story last week
Included in a group of Scouts who toured
the Stamford American on Tuesday of
last week was Wade Folsom, whose
name was overlooked and left off the list
of other scouts
The headline about the tyur said Six
Scouts tour American on Tuesday W ell
obviously . there were seven But Seven
Scouts' would havc.bccn more difficult to
fit into a one-column. IM point headline
Research is a good thing, we have been
ted to believe But. occasionally we hear
of research going on what we have to
wonder about
mittw
While Hobby * proposal
would allot $42H million in
new money to highway*
(hiring the next fiscal
period-, it actually would
provide considerably more
over a 20-veur period
Bnycoe said he still likes
hi* version better because
fund*'Will buy more_no|*
fha.n they w ill .in- vears to,
c.onic as inflat ion continues,
but he wouldn't rule out
some kind of merger"_of
the two proposals
The -board of landscape
architects may promulgate
regulation* setting stan-
dard* for connections to
water supply systems ap
plicable to its licensees
See Upshaw &
Upshaw
trailer Bob
about 10 per
son a I income
11 9 per cent
erage
A’tty Gen John Hill has
hired a campaign media
consultant’ 'Bob Heller of
Houston' and has elect
John Hili 'bumper stickers
on display. But he still
hasn't officially announced
as a candidate for governor
Brown Choice
• Gov Dolph Briscoe
caught most observers by
surprise in naming an aide*
Reagan V Brown bf Bryan.
story, public officials will
agonize over it. and we can
Mid one tnsirf problem to our
list
I have thought long and hard
over this and I've figured.qut
the solution to peoples
mounting worries What the
world needs is a new set of
leaders, all of whom failed
geography in school You
can’t worry about or come to
the aid of a country you don't
.know exists ,
May be we need a President
for example who when asked
— by some reporter whoprob-
ably just heard of the place —
what he thinks ought To be
done about say Angola, timid
reply without being laughed at
by the rest of us "I'm not too
familiar with that local situa-
tion. is Angola irj Oregon or
West Viiginia ’ ' ” .
People arc simply learning
too much geography Don’t
the newspapers and networks
• know that every time they
introduce a new country to us
they re just adding to the sum
total of our worries ’
L'nderstand. I doh | Hunk,
ignorance is bliss, but on the
other hand being informed can
give you a headache
Bv the way. wfuch state is
Angola in ’ What s the town s
problem? Busing.' Drought'
$ ours faithfully .
J A ——-
—FnrexampteT art experiment station on
the South Plains, has received SVMM) to -
study the effects(of simulated hail damage
to cofton »■ - ' . —
I guess I m not research-minded. Hut it
doesn't »cem like SSbOO is needed to
know what effects a hailstorm can have
Anyone in West Texas who has ever
raised cotton, or tofnatoes and beans in a
garden, for that matter knows very well
that a hailstorm will beat the fool out iff
any of the above tnentioncd crops and
anything else in the way
f
It should be pointed out that a West
Texas farmer or gardener is not spending
the S'fMM) for the study The money
comes from the National Crop Insurance .
Association and Crop .Insurahcie
Research Bureau. Inc
It seems the insurance companies wish
to obtain scientific information to
improve claim procedures They hope io
assemble data regarding plant damage -
levels and plant response to he cor
related to determine effects on perform
ance and yields
School Menus
MONDAY
Spaghetti and meat with
cheese. English peas, green
salad, hot rolls, butter, sliced
peaches, milk
OR
Hamburger. French fries,
catsup, onions, lettuce and
tomato, sliced peaches", milk.
TUESDAY
Chili dog. pinto beans,
green salad, combread. Gut-
ter. fniit cobbler, milk
WEDNESDAY
Turkey, gravy, dressing,
cranberry sauce, green beans,
potatoes. sweet stuffed
celery, hot rolls, butter, fruit
salad, milk
THURSDAY
Easter Holiday
FRIDAY’
Easter Holiday
Upshaw &
Upshaw
Buddy's
Northside 66
and Alignment
- Skop
Tire Truing
•nd Balancing
Pb. 773.2S12
413 N. Swemen
Service BarberShop
108 W McHarg
good opportunity to make
money providing fun for those
who help them.
Darla Shelton was elected
president of the Avoca Chap- _
ter of Future Homemakers of
America for. 1957-58. Officers
were elected orrMarch 19.
Madine Swenson was
elected vice president; Chiqe-
quieta Hughes, secretary;
Cynthia Shelton, treasurer;
Nelda Holder, reporter; Lera
Jo Lackey, parliamentarian; r_
• Gloria Gibson. historian;
Mattie Lou Shelton, song
leader: and Mary Ann Nauert,
sargent-at-arms.
Short Snort*
. Guv Briscoe teamed
Charle* A Dickerson of
Fort Bend C<|unty judge of
the new 240th district
zcourt, and the Senate
promptly confirmed the
nominee
The Railroad Commia-;
sion Gas IHillties Division'
••t an April 20 hearing on a
proposed rule setting
ratemaking limits on lost
and unAttxiunted-for gas \
The commission ordered
Ujne Star Gas Co. to stop
charging- ratos tinged
Xi nee "last Beptomber for
expiring West is currently
secretary of the board and
Lovvom is president.
There is more room for opti-
mism in the cotton outlook
today than in many years but
farmers were- told Thursday
that , they must produce a
higher quality product to keep
pace with the faster spinning
equipment in the textile mills.
Emphasis was placed on
staple length but other quality
improvements also were out-
lined by speakers at the annual
meeting of Rolling Plains Cot-
ton Growers Inc . held at the
high school auditorium.
Two Jones County farm-to- —
market roads are included
among those to be let in April
by theTexas Highway Depart-
ment Both are. in Precinct 3.
On road, FM 1226, will run
from Funston south to
Hawley, a distance of about 12
miles. This is a continuation of
what is generally called the
New Hope Road
It has been an expensive
Wedgeco
Form
Equipment
governing body while one school board
incumbent i» seeking a place on the city
council
In the city election. Mayor I F Hud
son and Councilman Cart Swenson have
chosen nor to run for reelection How-
ever. ( oonetlman Gary Mathews is a
- candidate for the mayor's position The
other city council candidates are all
-' fresh blood,’’ so to speak
Seeking Mathews’ seat as a council- .
man are three candidates: Roy M Craig.
Dave Goodrich and Jim Astm Filing for
Swenson’s council seat is Gerald Proctor
Mathews has drawn opposition for the
mayorship from a school board member
who decided to not seek reelection to that
• board. He’s Don Starr
Taking up the slack by Starr'v decision
to run in the city election arc two candi-
dates. Eddy Moreno and Ed EkdahE Two
other school board incumbents arc seek-
ing reelection, one with an opponent and
the other without. Billy Joe McKeever is
4. being opposed by Lynn White while J C.
I Riddle ruos unchallenged
Incumbents in the hospital district
election are Eugene Swenson. Eugene
Watts. Joseph High. and Earl Smith
Another name to appeal on the city
ballots w'iH be Duaync Medford's, cur-
. rent chief of police who is seeking re
'. election. Medford has no challengers on
the ballot, although there is a write-in
. campaign going art. sponsoring Glenn
Smith.
So. there’s the lineup Here's where
Bunkley
Drug
AG Opinions
Occupation lam, may be
u*ed to support areas of
public school finance other
than the available school
fund if they benefit "public
free schools.” Atty Gen
John Hill held
. In other recent opinion*,
Hill concluded
. The state may claim
matching federal fund*
under the social security
act when the amount of the
average monthly grant for
the aid to families with de.
pendent chlldre.n program
i* greater than $.12 but lea*
than |37 72 per recipient
Liats of civil service ex
amination score* are not
excepted from required
public disclosure under the
open Tecord* act
A bill prohibiting person*
from being licensed both as
commercial fisherman andj
fish farmers is not constitu-
tional l—
There is no constitutional
prohibition against estab'
li*hment of a department
on the statu* of women in
the attorney general* of-
fice,
The community assis-
tance funding formula of
Texas Youth Council docs
not violate the state consti-
tution
Prenuujfhs on group in-
surance coverage for re
serve deputy sheriff*, may
lie paid by a county only if
the insurance coverage is
Ifmited to the risk of los* fxir
medical expense* voluntar-
ily assumed by th^county
' 7
bents for tote candidates Both the city
council and school distncl elections have
two contested places among the three up
for grabtill each
White the City council has no incum
bents running, the school disinef has two
of its three However. <me city council
Doctors and trial lawyers
clashed bitterly over the
malpractice issue, with the
lawyers winning the House
rounds .
.Coal haul I ng railroad*
took a beating in opposing
the pipeline bill.
Courts Speak
Th‘e| Court of Criminal
f uneral for J ( Ford.
88. longtime Lueders resident,
was-al 2 30 p m Saturday in
First.Baptist Church in Lue-
ders with the Rev Rudy Fam- ’
brough. pastor, officiating'
Rimal was in Spring Creek
( emetery at Avoca.
Mrs Ford died at 9 30 p m
Thursday . March 24. in leak-
wood Manor Nursing Home in
Stamford after a long Hlness
Bom Lillie McDaniel Nov
12. 1888- in Bosque County,
she grew up there She mar
ried John C. Ford March lb.
1911. in Fort Worth
The couple lived in Hill
County a short tune after (heir
marriage before moving to
Jones County and the Lueders
area in 1922. Mr Ford, a
stockfarmer, died Sept 13.
1967. ,
Survi.vors are two sons. C.
L. Ford of Lueders and Jessie
R. Ford of Stamford; three
daughters, Mrs T. B Dillard
of Abilene. Mrs Emmett Mar
Im of Vernon and Mrs T. H
Williams of Bryan; 13 grand
children; eight great-grand
children, one brother. Pryor
McDaniel of Gfovis. N.M.;
and one sistc^. Nora Teasley
of Dallas . '
One son preceded her in
death.
Pallbearers were S<^» Watts.
Bruce Ford. Rex Ford. Carl
Ford. J<* Ford and Randy
Williams
road for Commissioner Lem
RtiarkI,€oM of obtaining and .
clelaririg right1 of way will run
. approximately $30,000
jiioner of Agriculture, sue
ceeding John C White
Brown quickly won
. unanimous confirmation of
the Texas Senate at&i
moved/into .office only a
couple of weeks after White
wa» sworn in as deputy
LT.S: Secretary of Agricul-
ture
Disappointed aspi
to the Offic,
Pieralt of C
Medical malpractice, coal slurry
pipelines get House's attention
rf Taken from the files of the
Stumford American. April 4.
Martin Dies and Ralph Yar-
brough ran neck-and-neck in
the election for U.S. Senator
to fill the unexpired term of
.Governor Daniel, as far as
Stamford voters are. con-
cerned
Dies led by 14 votes with
Total of 107 for Dies and 293
for Yarbrough
Mrs R Grady Bowdry of
Stamford, district governor of
District 8. Texas Garden
Clubs, will be presiding for the
. convention which will be held
5.9K5 residential and com-
mercial customers in unin-
corporated environs sur--
rounding 131 towns
Texans enjoy a lighter
state and local tax burden
than citizens of 43 other
states, according to Comp-
Bullock —'
cent of per-
compared to
national av-
Hubenak of Rosenberg and
Ri-p James E Pete".Laney
of Hale Center Hubenak ,
and Brown are expected to
collide in the Democratic
primary next ywrr—
Brown. 55. is a veteran of
25 year* service with the
Tex»» ,\&M University
agricultural extension ser-
vice
4 Gov, Dolph Brises* ha*
rtroclaiined April 1-7 Texas
Industrial Week
f by lyndait WMamx
•AlTfFTIN — In twin
burst* of action, the House .
approved two mgjor bills —
dealing with medical mal
practice and coal slurry
pipelines >
The malpractice mea»-
f ure. billed a* a compromise
p but not regarded as such by
unhappy doctors, goes to
the Senate where another
, round of debate is in Store
Authority for the coal
• slurry pipelines to condemn
land for rights of way pre-
• vioualy was approved by
the Senate House amend
menta send thebill back for ■
additional consideration in
’- ■ the upper chamber
The malpractice bill r»
tablishea a >500.000 limit
on tot*) damage* recovera-
ble for pain and suffering or
loss of future earn i rigs
It also provide* for
screening panels to hear
malpractice claim*, power
to suspend incompetent
doctor*, authority for coun-
tersuit* agatnst patients in
bad faith actiopa and a two
year statute of limitations
Chrtdffin under 12 would
have, udtff they are 14
'year* old to bring mal-
practice etui*.
The eoal slurry pipeline
bill will clear the way for
transportation of pul-
veriaed. coal mixed with
water 11000 miles from
Colorado to the Texas Gulf,
See Us For AN
Your Welding Needs
General
Welding
Works
back for now trial five dnv
inf while Intoxicated con
viction*(based on breath
l**u
The State Supreme. Court
declihod. to altrr a lower
court docriion permitting I
an eloctnc rat* raise in Ar
, lingtog by Toaas Electric
Service Company
A man who served mon- ,
time in Dallas County '
jail lh*n( his original oen-
z tone oijderod finally got a
release - through the
ll.iru-i i<-> \t ..sli'Lind
I ultra ;itrl>n /
ROSS GENTRY
ttel te*l ll-ipulton
\J'i> sp,i< i t. siiung
.toil I- thil I’U ) < —
"Optimistic"
Prospects of a com-
promise on highway fond
mg legislation are looking
up
Gov Briscoe said he is
"very optimistic" the legis-
lature can agree- on a bill to
avert a • construct|on-
mairrtl-nnnce crisis
- Lt Gov Bill Hobby has
offered a substitute for
Briscoe’s $’674 million
highway finance bill which
cleared the House weeks
ago and has been stalled in
an opportunity for Stamford and sur-
rounding area* to setecl their represents
live*
•t A* in most yean in the past, the
* Stamford city council and school diMnet
’, elections each provide contested races
duty to vote in election duty
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