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* STAMFORD AMERICAN
StogfeCapy
STAMFORD, JONES COUNTY. TEXAS 79553. THURSDAY. MAY t9, 1977
Am*r*co* Volvo** 56. N* *
Sunday night
the square for final instnsetions Mam-
Award-winning quartet to graduate
and
Students get academic awards
by high school
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Longtime Old Glory teacher
honored following retirement
Ex-teacher honored
.M
Texas Highway Department had told
him they were cleaning up all the high-
' ways running through the town this
Massive clean-up
scheduled here
Four Stamford High School Union willluavu with undorclat>m«n quit* o
challenge and goal to strive for when they graduate ne»t week Togeth
er the four have won almost 200 individual honor* in the form of trophiet.
plaque*, certifitote*. mqdol* and pin* in a variety of oetivirie* Alto they
contributed in winning about 20 trophie* and plaque* for the high
*chool They ore. left to right'. Su**ell Ko*enqui»t. Goy lynn Cook. Leigh
Davenport and Tony Pierce. o
Seventy Stamford High School stud-
ents were honored Wednesday morning
in an assembly as they received annual
academic awards ,
Students were honored for being one
of the top two students ineach class.
Also presented were six composite
awards, presented to students excelling
in classroom and UIL events They re-
ceived trophies or jackets
Twenty-seven points were necessary
for the composite award with not more
than20 in either the classroom or UIL.
! Receiving the composite awards
were Tim Gross, Leigh Davenport
Ricky Haterius, Tony Pierce, Gay
Lynn Cook, and Russell Rosenquist.
Three of those students and two oth-
ers received academic awards in four
subjects. They were Haterius. Pierce,
Rosenquist. Lori Earles and Ken Pier-
ce.
Haterius recieved awards in world
history . English III. Latin I and analyti-
cal geometry. Rosenquist’s awards
were in English IV; typing I, chemistry
and calculus.
Tony Pierce's awards were in Eng-
lish IV, civics, chemistry and calculus.
Ken Pierce’s awards were in vocational
“Surprised.” was her only comment
when informed that she was the winner
of the award. Elaborating she stated , “I
had read about the program being start-
ed and an award being given, but since
our store is not located downtown I
didn't think it pertained to us.” Kinney
remined her that the award was not for
just the downtow'n area of Stamford,
but it is opert to all salepersons in Slam-
Honor students of the 1977 Stamford
High School graduating class have been
announced by school officials.
Photos of the three top students are
included in this week's special section
7 of the American.
They are Tony Pierce, valedictorian;
Russell Rosenquist. saluuuuutatorian;
and Leigh Davenport, high ranking grrL-
Parents of the students are Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Mel-
vin Rosenquist and Mr. and Mrs. B. P*
Davenport, Jr.
With a ban nor proclaiming "This it Your Day Maxine" carving a* a backdrop.
Maxine Klump and her husband, Cecil admire a watch presented to Mrs Klump
Sunday upon her retirement from teaching at Old Glory. An inscription on the
watch reads "OG to-MK" and "36-77/'
school house burned on Dec. 13 and
from then until the endof that term stu-
dents and teachers were found having
school in odd places. She and her Eng-
lish classes shared and old one-room
church building with several oth
ers. Sheets were draped for partitions
and they were not exactly sound proof
besides being filled with peep holes io
further distract the students
At that time. Old Glory’s classes
werd packed with students Five buses
went out every morning and came back
filled to capacity. 1
‘ During World War II. she took three
years leave to accompany her husband
while he was serving in the (J, S. Air
Force. Onct the war was over, she
came back to resume her leaching du-
ties in the fall of 1946.
She knows most of her students fr**m
the time they are only a few weeks old
and keeps ah acute interest m them
right on through college and as'Wks a»
out to make their plac^m the world.
Honor graduates
announced here
troductory algebra 11; Charla Rae/., in-
troductory algebra II; Henry Bae/. DE
/pdth. geometry; Robert
Bell, career English I; David Bolin,
drama; Randy Brigham, career English
111; Pat Caraway, fundamentals of math
II; Charles Carlan. building trades.
Also, Curtis Childress, vocation-
al agriculture IlLDrew Childress. Iat-
III; Jay Childress, vocational agricul-
ture IILGay Lynn Cook, trigonometry;
Tracy Daniel, career English II; Ken-
neth Davis, speech III; David Dippie,
auto mechanics; Laura Garcia, home-
making coop; Nonna Garcia. Spanish I;
Becky Gonzales, fundamentals of math
I; Lupie Gonzales, bookeeping
Also. Butch Gray, fundamentals of
math II; Mike Gray, vocational agricul-
ture coop; Mike Hammer, Latin II; Bill
Harrell. Latin III; Rosslyn Harris, vo-
cational office education; Don Heller,
vocational agriculture H*. Burney Her-
man. building trade^ Jill Holbrooks,
speech I; Linda Jenkins, geology; Kal-
vin Kelley, trigononmetry . Tony Ken-
dall, auto mechanics; David Leferve,
vocational agriculture coop.
Also, Becky Link, general business;
Leslie Luttrell, introductory algebra I;
Kelly Mayhugh home and family living'
Jacki Mays; typing II; Kathy Mclellan,
band; Gary Miller, vocational agricul-
ture IV; Marc Moore. Ameri-
can history; Larry Moreno, career Eng-
lish I; Malinda Neuman. DE I; Duey
Pham. Latin II.
Also. Garry Pierce. DE II; Patti Ro-
sas. bookkeeping; Tony Rosas. DE I;
Kim Shaw, fundamental of math I; An-
na Tejeda. Spanish I; Rachel Vasquez.
home and family living; Patty Williams,
career English.il; Kathy Wyatt, career
English III ,
Mrs. George (Betty) Johnson, assist-*
ant designer.and sales clerk for High's
Flowers, has been named ”saleperson
for the Month" for April in the Stam-
ford Chamber of Commefcnce's "Op-
eration Pleased Custom- r" ,»rogram.
Ray Kinney, retail committee chair-
man. stated that-this the first award in
this program which was initialed by the
Chamber's detail Committee to-keep
Stamford the friendliest shopping city
in the state with courtesy and friendli-
ness being stressed by local sales per-
'* .sons toward the shopping public .
Each month, beginning with April,
secret shoppers will rate the sales,
clerks of Stamford as they shop in the
city . And. each month a winner will be
determined and recognized by the com-
it tee and the Chamber Ratings are
based on the sales clerks customer rec-
ognition and their promptness of
approach; the saleperson y/
appearence. courtesy, manners and in-
terest in serving the customer; whether
or not the customer is oversold, and the.,,
sincerity of the vales'person
Mrs. Johnson has been an employee
of High's for the past eight years and in
her current position for the past year.
Prior to becoming assistant designer
and sale clerk she worked in the green*
house as a grower Before beginning
her employment in the flon»t business
she was a sales clerk for six years at
PerryBros.
Mrs. Johnson and her husband. G
rge. resideat 510 S. McKinley and ha
two children, Mrs. fienry Lipe of Indt-
ments will be the Pierian chib and the
Fireheltes in the southwest section
Manpower, driven of trucks and
loaders will be made upof Jaycecs, high
school boys and National Guardsmen
with any other club members hefomg <
the* wish
Members of the Lions club will trim
tree limbs which overhang streets gad
aho will spray grass and weeds growing
in paved streets. Rotarians and mem-
bers of the Exchange club will remove
old signs from posts.
AH workers are to net; Saturday
/ Almost 120 people registered at the
Maxine Klump Day celebration held in
Old Glory Sunday afternoon. The day
was set asiJe to honor Mrs. Klump,
who came to Old Glory 41 yearragoand
— taught English for 38 years.
Those who registered came from
Abilene. Big Spring, Lubbock, San
Angelo, Rule, Haskell. Stamford.
Aspermont, Wichita Falls. l_amesa and
Sundown. Welcoming guests were Mrs.
Klump and her husband, Cecil.
A large-white, tiered cake, trimmed
in red and blue, adorned the refresh-
. ment table. The cake was donated by
Betty Hilton Rudd of Big Spring, one of
Mrs. Klump's ex-students.
Speaker for the occasion was C. T.
Pierce, also an ex-student and a long-
time member of the Old Glory School
board. He called on the members of the
audience to relate some of their exper-
iences with Mrs. Klump and this
brought forth amusing and jqipreciated
response.
Many people brought or mailed in
donations to buy a gift to be presented
to the honoree. She was presentedwith
a watch and two gift certificates. Sev-
eral of her ex-students also brought in- »
dividual gifts.
High school girls decorated the cafe-
torium with welcoming and amusing
signs. *
Hostesses were Mmes. A. R. Saw-
yers. Bill Baitz, Garrett Spitzer. Allen "
Letz, Adeline LetZ, Jack Jones and
Bernice White. ■
Mrs. Klump has not only taught Eng-
lish to junior high through high school
students, she has fullfilled countless,
other duties, such as directing plays and
speech activities, sponsoring classes. -
often acting as a counselor in a school
too small for regular guidance program
and many others. .
She was Maxine Wheeler when she
tame to Old Glory. She grew up and
attended school in Stamford, the daugh
ter of .the late Mr. and Mrs Jim
Wheeler. She received her B A. De-
gree from Abilene Christian College in
■’‘May 1936 and that fail came to
Old Glory to teach in her first and only
school.. \ ' '
She married Cecil Klump two years
later and they settled down tn s. new
little home on his parent's /arm about
two miles jkMrtheast of town
Recalling her first year at Ohl Glory.
Local florist shopremjjfoyee gets
’Salesperson’ honor for April
Her plans on how to spend her time
after retirement are not •**’ definite. ot-
her than she will be at home with her
husband and toectber they will find
new interests ll
^Thespians set
ceremony tonight
International Thespian Society will
have an initiation and induction cere-
mony Thursday. May 19, in the Stam-
ford High School Auditorium.
The ceremony, which starts at 6:30
p.m., will feature a program containing
an original skit written by Leigh Daven-
port as well as scenes from the Senior
Production "Paint Your Wagon."
The public is urged to attend the cere-
mony as well as all alumnae of the
society.
Baccalaureate exercises for the grad-
uating class of 1977 will be Sunday
evening at 8 p.m. in the high school
k' auditorium.
(jaylord Cook, minister of Orient
Street Church of Christ, will deliver the
sermon.
Playing the processional will be
Martha Young and Jill ’ Holbrooks,
presenting Priests' March from “Athal-
ia” by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
Father Stephen White of St. Ann
. Catholic Church will give the invoca-
tion. The Rev. Mrs. Vera Clay, minister
of Simms Chapel Methodist Church,
will present the benediction.
The class song. "Do You Know
Where You're Going To," will be
presented with Miss Holbrooks serving
as pianist.
Tim Bunkley and Irma Gonzales will
play the recessional.. "Pomp
Circumstances."
— apoli». Ind and A. G. Johnson of
Graham. They aba have eight grand-
children and four gtjeat-granchtldren
NG gives pictures
Sgt. Jock Ferraro point* out different element* of o composite pwture that was
presented Saturday by the Notional Guard to Stamford and the local Chamber of
Commerce. Mayor Gary Mathews, left, accepted a picture for th* city while
Charles Hafer, CofC president, second from left, accepted an Identical picture
for the > hamper. Making the presentations was Platoon Sgt. David Ponder *f
Snyder.. ■ I .
-.What probably can be called the most
intensive clean up campaign in many
years has been underway this week tn
Stamford with the effort to be climaxed
Saturday with a dozen or so trucks be
ing used to haul oft the rubbqge
The drive is a joint effort of. the
Chamber of Commerce and the City ot
Stamford and has had coopeutioo ot
the civic clubs, the National Guard and
many individuals
AU this week homeowners Rave been
^cleaning up around their places and get-
ting ready for the big haul away An ef-
fort has been made to organize blocks
mi that these areas can be cleaned as a
joint effort and possibly to celebrate
with a block party at the conclusion o(
the work
Mayor Gary Mathews Thursday out-
lined a program which cklKTdr dividing
the city Ihto four sections, with a civic
club in charge of each Swenson Ave-
nue and Me Haig street will divide the
town.
Dave Goodrich announced he had
lined up a number of trucks but that he
would still like to have some more He
asked that anyone who has a dump
truck which couldbe-used to call him at
773-5423. Goodrich said that although
dump trucks were preferred, grain
trucks also could be used.
The B and PW Club will be respdn- He also said that the local office of the
sible for the drive ih the northwest sec-
tion of town, while the Musk and
Lioness clubs will look after the north-
east quadrant The Senior Citizens and
dispatchers and will handle telephone
calls.
It is hoped to have the cleanup work
completed by 4 p.m. at which time pia
and Coke will be served in Hannon
park, courtesy the Stamford American
Some members of the Garden club will
do the verving
Mayor Mathews said that in the event
uimeof the trash is overlooked, a call to
the city hall will schedule that pickup
for the following Saturday
Ihe mayoi announced that the city
workers would cooperate in the pickup
this week, using all the city's facilities.
Many arc second generation students
and she not only knows their strengths
and weaknesses, she remembers if their
parents wefe so inclined before them It •
is perhaps this genuine interest along
with a never failing sense of humor,
more than anything else, that has en
deared her in the hearts of her students
and the community.'
In I960. Mrs. Klump won the Valley
Forge Freedom Foundation Award for
exceptional Work in behalf of leaching
. responsible citizenship and understand
mg of the American Way of Life. ,f
She is a member'of the Old Glory
Church of Christ and the
Baccalaureate
exercises set
agricultural I. English I, algebra I and
biology. Miss Earles won awards in , . _
world history, band. English' III and, II; Nordic Bayi
physics'.
Elaine Golden was the only student
to Win three academic awards. They
were in English I. health and homemak-
ing I.
Fourteen students received awards
for two subjects. They included Tamara
Bolding, speech I and English II; Leigh
Davenport, drama and civics; LaTonya
Dillard, general business and physical
science; Billy Gilbreath, vocational ag-
riculture I and introductory algebra;
Lisa Goree, homemaking II and physi-
cal science; Irma Gonzales, shorthand
and homemaking coop; Tim Gross, vo-
cational agriculture II and English II;
Jymann Hokanson. health and home-
making I/Susan Kinney. American his-
tory and homemaking II; Stephen Ko-
hout. analytical geometry and physics;
Tony Maldonado. Latin I and health;
• Linda Moreno, vocational office educa-
tion and geology; Gary Neuman, bio-
logy and algebra I; and Lynda White,
typing I and geometry y
Among students receiving one aca-
demic award were Sylvia Alambar. in
Ratty /ehnsorf rec««re» a rertiflcat* announcing n*r a Slamfertl'* Sal**p*r**n *f
th* Month for April roxonHy form ftay'Kmnoy. Retail Trorf “
Looking on is Jam** High, loft, M< * luh"*o»*'S **»0tdM*r
Professional Womens Club' of ford
Stamford. She is a member of the First When asked her hobbies, Mrs. John-
Assembly of God Church. son sard, "With four great-grandchild-
ren and eight granchildren. I spend as
much time with them m I can when not
working, or busy in my church activit-
ies. I enjoy working both here at the
. shop and in church. . . just making
people happy "
Mrs. Johnson, along with the May
, and June winners of the award will be
honored al the Chamber's next Break-
■ fast Club meeting scheduled for late
June.
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