Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1990 Page: 3 of 41
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Graham and Odessa theatres.
All Star Tournament to be held
: Yours, Mine & Ours
Where the Bible is preached exclusively!
773-2288
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The Little League District 6,
Area4 All-Star Tournament will
be held on the Little League
Field in Rule beginning on
Monday night, July 9,1990, and
continuing in a double elimina-
tion format until one team is left
with cither no defeats or one
defeat.
Teams entering the tourna-
ment will be representatives of
the Haskell, Stamford, and Twin
Two students from Stamford
recently were named to the spring
1990 Dean’s List at Abilene
Christian Unversity.
The students are Cheri Norman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Norman, and JoAnne Stockstill.
Also named to the Dean’s List
was Kristi Burkett of Abilene,
daughter of Wayne Whetsei of
Abilene and Shirley Anne Archer
of Lueders.
To be listed on the honor roll, a
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
214 N Swenson
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH
1027 E Vanderbilt
of J.B. and Dorothy Schoon-
maker of Stamford.
PHONE DAY 773-9003 773 5439
NIGHT 773-2143
A former Anson resident,
Myrtle Agnew, was honored
with a 90th birthday luncheon,
Fnday, May 27, at Briarstone
Manor in Abilene.
Mrs Agnew resides in Abilene
and was bom to Mr and Mrs
W.D. Lantnp on May 23,1900
Her twin sister, Margie Black
well, passed away in 1974.
The Arctic tern spends
three months of each year
in the arctic regions, three
months in the Antarctic and
almost six months in the air
Load Up the Whole Family And Come!!!
Bible Study for the whole family - Cradle Roll to Adult
FAMILY BIBLE SCHOOL
Is Headed Your Way!!!
July 8- 11
7:00 - 8:30 p ,m.
with Many Crowns.” The ck*
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Box
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student must be enrolled for a
grade in at least 12 semester hours
and earn a 3.45 grade point aver-
age or higher.
Leldon Clifton
201 N. Swenson
773-5731
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CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
802 S Ferguson
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
Ferguson and Moran Street
With the Fuf Meal Deal. you get a juicy.
K b.* Homestyle• Hungr-Ruster*
golden fries, a 16 oz. soft drink,
and a 5 or Utoy Queen sundae
MISMO* BAUTISTA JF.lt SALEM
(’neg Guzman. Paatm
Serviciia Dommgim Alaa
10 (1) i m y 6 00 p m
Stamford Rmorican
' our source (rf inlormalMMi for community af fairs.
124 E. Hamilton Stamford, TX 79t>&3 7?>3M1
Orient Street church of Christ
510 Orient Street
Stamford. Texas
SIMMS CIUFKL Utt CHUBCII
Rev Hiryd Graan. It., Pmih
Suiutev S.tiaal 4-45
Miimni Wuntup 11 san.
E vening Wtmitip * pjn.
P'ayct Snviia 7 p.m. Wrd.
STAMFORD FOI BMJI ABK CHUBCIi
Muuun L. Wtolm,
Prayer 1 (E 3tt aon.
Morning WonHiip . 1 a..a.
t vnnuig Worship ft: 30 pun.
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BETHEL LLTHERAM CHURCH
SudLmL Pmuv
Sunday School 9 45 a m.
Mommg Worship 11 a.m.
AVOCA BAPTIST CHURCH
Ell is McKuiue Panor
Sunday School 10 a m.
Mommg Worship 11 a m
F verur.g Worship 6 pm
Mid Week Worship ’ pm
AVOCA UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
Sunday School 9 15 am.
Mom sig Worship 10 a.m.
Lueders, Slaton, Austin, San
Marcos, The Woodlands,
Stamford, Portland, OR; Lub-
bock, Port Aransas, Plainview,
Earth, Denver, CO; Abilene,
Midland and San Francisco, CA.
i-MvrcKEEK Min iiomsi < hi k< h
Kenneth Kirk, Paato
Sunday School 9 a.m
Muning W.»r>iup 10a.m
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rsity
RODEO FANS
Sonic is now open 24
hours a day for your
eating pleasure.
616 N. Sv/enson 773-9046
Karl Ford
Where quality workmanship is not a thing of
the past.
_________773-2$52__________
CIIRLST LLTHERAN CHURCH
Momsig Worship 9 a.m
Sundsy School 10 a.m.
Suu. Leaf, Pastor
FAITH LLTHERAN CHURCH
Mel Swoycr. Pastor
Sundsy School 9 15 am.
Momsig Worship 10 30 a.m.
FIRST UNITED METHOD I ST IIURCH.
LUEDERS
Kerry Patton. Pssuv
Mommg Worship 11 a m.
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Kutoen l.uma. Paaua
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LI EDERS CHURCH OF CHRIST
Job V Reynolds Minuaer
Sunday School 9- 30 am.
Mommg Worship 1030 a.m.
Evening Worship 5’30 p.m.
Mid-Weak Worship b 30 p m
ST JOHN 5 LNTTED METHOD 1ST CHUR4 H
Phil McCleudun, Paauv
Sunday Schiari 9'49 san.
Mvmmg W .rstup 10:50 A-m.
Fvcnuig Worship o pun
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J T Clark. Pa^w
Sundsv School 9-45 am
M >wang Womtup 1 1 a m
F verung W.wwhip h pm
No admission will be charged
for any of the games. A conces-
sion stand will be open each
night of the tournament.
the first National bank
IN STAMFORD
Mf MB€P ‘EOtPAL Df POW INSURANCI CORP EACH DEPOSITOR ihBURED TO S100 (XX
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P.O Hox 1147 225 W WHarg
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BUNKLEY DRUG
Prescription Pharmacy
Phone 773-3211
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
S tori mg Lcncz. Pastes
Sunday School 9 45 am
Mornsig Worship Ham.
Evening Worship 6 pm
Mid Week Worship 7 pm
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
Randall C Slewart. Past<*
Sunday School 9 45 am
Morning Worship 11 a.m
Evening Worship 6 pm
Mid Week Worship 7 pm
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
l^rry Black, fasten
Sunday School 9 45 am
FIRST ASSEMBLY (» GOD
Timothy Wrhc Pastes
Sundsv School 9-45 am
Momaig Worship 10 50 a.m
Fvetting W.irvhip ” pm
Mid Week Worship 7 30 pjn
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Bruce l^mpert. Pasio
Sunday School 9-45 am
Mom rig W orship 11 am
Evening Worship b p.m
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Rev A Cay Paste*
Sundsy School 10 s.m.
M.rmmg Worship 11 a m
F verung Worship 7 p m
ORIEM STREET ( IH RC II OP
(HR 1ST
Stan Harvey. PreaUter
Sunday Schoo. 9 <0 am
Mommg Worship ’ 0:30 a.m
Fvenuig Worship 6 pm
PAINT ( REEK BAPTIST OH Ml II
Janas Simian Pastor
Sundsv School i0a.m
Mommg Wtirship 11 a.m
E vening Wovaiap 6 pm
Mid Week Worrhtp H pm
She has two daughter, Maxine
Gitelman of Abilene and Celeste
Dutton of Port Aransas. An
other daughter, Lois Olson,
passed away in July 1981.
be a few that will remain open
for nostalgia, you know, a place
where folks will take their kids
one day and say, ‘This is how
we used to go to the movies,’
She received special birthday
greetings from Barbara Bush and
Charles Stenholm A pink and
white theme was used in floral
and table decorations. Enter-
tainment was performed by a
great grandson and great gran-
daughtcr
■ baby pig! They had to remove
the pig during the movie be
cause it was making such a fuss
ind squealing.”
Andy met his wife, Mary Ruth,
in 1942 while he was managing
lhe Palace Theater in Graham.
She was a cashier in the box
office there. “She looked like a
>r mia donna in that box office, young crowd and made
Andy reminisced.
A few months following his
marriage, Andy went to war
eaving Mary Ruth to manage
the theater.
"I was in Patton’s Army. I
served for two years and six
months in the ETO 2nd Divi-
sion. We were a part of D-Day
and we met the Russians at
Czcc hosl ov aki a. ”
When Andy returned from
overseas, he had a daughter
Andrea, who was already 18
months old when he saw her for
the first time. 1
The Army, however, did not 1
Theater
“Once we advertised that we
were going to give away a live
baby on stage al the the? ter," he
mused “So t
showed up that night that we
tiad people hanging out the bal-
cony. We did give away a baby, huge
Cities (Rochester-Rule) Little •
Leagues. Play is set to get under- * 103 N. SWGDSOn
way at 7 p.m. each night July 9 •
12, beginning with the Monday ••••••••••••«
night game between Haskell and
■Stamford.
‘Cl
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It you ve insured your home with
State Farm continuously for at
least three years, you may now
qualify for a premium discount
which could mean savings for
you For details, please call or
stop by
Greg Schoonmaker was
named Distinguished Honor
RoP for the spring semester at
Tarluon State University.
Gerg is a Senior from Stamford
and will graduate in August.
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A great number of Myrtle’s
friends from the Anson,
Stamford area also attended.
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H&H Theatres built lhe
Stamford drive in in 1949 and
hired Stone to manage it. He and
many people his wife and daughter lived in a
two story, three bedroom apart
ment built right into lhe theater’s
_ i screen.
Drive-ins were a big craze
during lhe 50's and families
could load up the kids and head
to the drive-in and turn th&n
loose in the playground while
they watched a movie from their
car.
“Over the years the film in-
dustry began to cater to the
more
movies with action and chase
scenes instead of cowboy films
and the audience changed from
older folks to kids," Andy
commented.
Y oung people were always
noted for trying to sneak in
without paying. “We had fence
climbers and as many as 10 kids
trying to hide in a trunk of the
car. If I saw that the rear end of
the car was nearly dragging the
ground I could bet that it had a
few kids in it,” Andy mused.
Drive-ins today are few and
far between,” Andy stated. The
former drive-in owner sold his
squelch Andy’s love for the drive-in to Wal-Mart a couple
theater. While in Germany and of years ago. “I think there will
France he went through the old
theaters to have a look around.
“We’d go into the theater and if
the projector was runable I’d
start if up. We watched films
and compared them to those but for the most part the drive-
ins arc a thing of the past.”
Si) (KfM SALE PRICE
JUNElSthni
JULY8,1990
A money-saving
message
for State Farm
Homeowners.
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Surda* Sckutil 4 h) *.;n,
Worship I I a.m.
I verung W.irMup ’pm.
TEMPI E BAFfWrrilUBm
Mi** YaMwgcMi. PaMot
Sanday Sdtaai 9 45 *jn
M-*m»tg W.Hshtp lft4S a m.
Evening W-irW.p ft pm
Ma W«k W«wh>p 7 30 p m.
TRINITY ■Ari lST CHLR<TI
Pan Pa*tm
Smxtep Sohmn 945 ajr.
Mor?,« g Worship 11 am.
Training L'ni*m 5 pjn
I venj<g Worship ft pm
Mui WerA WotMup "* pm
’ M ’ n> PE VTECOSTAL «IKR<||
He* ArUiur W (/abb
Sunday IUa.ni.
M.irnaig W.irw>p I a.m
I vcnuig W'ohUhp t p.m
Wcdi«e.»mv WonriMp 7 pjn_
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Sunday >Uh»u 10 30 *jn
Mornaig Wordiqi J 1 10 a.m.
• verung Wunini' 5 p.m
S1.G Wcxik Worship *• pm.
The above is a picture of the H.H. Drive-In Theatre as it looked on opening night in 1949
in Stamford. Note there are no shrubs on the sides of the driveway, no apartment built on
the front of the tower, and no wide screen wings on each side of the tower.
i Schoonmaker on honor
I roll at Tarleton State
Greg is the son of Darryl
Schoonmaker and Jayne
Schoonmaker and the grandson
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. LUEDERS
Totn Waiton. Pukw
Sundny School 9 45 azn.
Mommg Worahip ’ 1 a.m.
Evening Womhip 4-30 p.m.
WexhieMtov Sorv.ces 7 pjn.
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1936 Art work of Andy Stone for the Albany, Haskell,
Inside the concession stand on opening nite in 1949 of the H.H. Drive-In Theatre in
Stamford. It is interesting to note that Pop Corn waslOtt and Hot Dogs were 15(|.
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Draper returns from tour
Darla Draper of Stamford
recently returned from a week
lour with the Baptist All-Stale being the final song of the 199(
Youth Choir and Band. All Suue Youth Choir and Bam
Approximately 400 Baptist WM the “Battle Hymn of thi
youth were in the choir, and 80 Republic.”
in the band. Dr Hugh Sanden, Daria is a junior at Stamfon •
Baylor Umvenity, wastheuhoir High School and is the grand •’
director daughter of Ruth Cochran of ' '**
On Fnday, June 22, the group1 Stamford. She is a member al
arrived at the Alamo for a group the youth choir al the First -*
picture and then a concert at the Baptist Church of Stamford.
River Walk
Saturday, the group went to
in the mommg singing the Na
tional Anthem and m the eve
ning with religious and patnotic
songs.
Sunday mommg the choir split
into five groups to perform at
Che San Antonio Baptist
Churches Darla’s group per
formed at the Eisenhower Road
Baptist Church.
The final concert began with
the choir and band members
performing with “Crown Him
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