The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1948 Page: 4 of 8
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THE STAMFORD LEADER <
Stamford, Texas, Friday, April 16, 1948
“JOHNNIE SET YOUR GUN!”
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Leader
Published Every Friday by
STAMFORD LEADER COMPANY, Inc.
GEOIK,£ 1. ENGLISH Manager and Editor
■CIl/ri.l.,,..b -.u- ILGLibil Lum .o^ Manager
Society Editor
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W. DFWFES
An erfising Mar; ger
Entered as Second Class Mattpr at Stamford,
Texas, July 11, 1913, under the act of March 3rd,
1879.
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Office ’ of Publication:
East Side Square, Center of thp Block
scorched to condensed ashes if they were
sent to him at one place, or that they would
aft rival. .to such insignificant non-entities of
infinitesimals in the Beautiful Beulah Lttnd.
if sent there to .reach his new postoffice,
that their seeming Arabian perfume, as it
is thought of here on earth, would be a
stench in the nostrils of the body-politic of
the Celestial realms!
Somehow we have all along thought
Stassen would whip the rest of the political
candidates in the republican camp. Looks
like he will get the nomination of the Re- „
publican party for president. It looks like '
the Democrats have not in any way chosen
a standard-bearer through certain primary
conventions, but they will geit one, for sure,
for the Democrats are like the Republicans,
Both parties are ambitious to get the pres-
idency. and there are alwAys men who want
Tfre jeb. even though ,they-know it will kill
Friday. April 46, 1948
^StamfuJ'dV -bNrd^ct. Ji. L .
trunk "tiu* town snoTild noV6T “KaVe be£n
built," meaning, thftt" it has gro\vn too fast
to suit them, are aimed at our water sup-
plyv ng ~ forces always try to attack
the weakest part of the defense, of course.
However, in this particular instance it is
different. We are. now .doing our best to
iave a better water supply, and we will get
t, tc*>. Not one person in a hundred who
tries to knock Stamford about her water
Bwfcupply knows what he is talking about,
iftfust now our settling basin, some call it
^reservoir, is full. Being full we have noth-
ng to woury about in the water line till the
fcnd of ninety days. By that time we will
ave had enough rain to fill it two or three
imes, so. why all the pow-wow about Stam-
brd having no water? We hape always been
orturrate m getting water from our good
'neighbor. Abilene, and now that things
look better we hope to some day be able to
let any other town, including Abilene, have,
water when they need it. Inthe meantime
we are going right along building, more
Jpeople are moving in and Reeling happy
over the move to Stumfnnf.
them eventually in mind and body and
standing. Who will win next time? We re-
bhad question^^^jpfit^anather “664
The elimination of what some people
call “moss-backs’ is now, according to some
other'people, the order of the day. WelL.
they may be right. But if this is a crumb of
comfort to those who were eliminated in
the recent election, here she comes: “De-
spise not the day of small things!” “Better
pot make too much fun of some folks, who
have been doing tbeiF very best’to try to
make good on their public jobs," seems to
be the watchword. It would be* better to 1
use that energy, which is alwAy.4 the burner
of just so touch of the elixer of life, and
put it where it could make telling records
of deeds well-done and results that are out-
standing.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The following announce their
candidacy for political offices
subjec) to the action of the Dem-
ocratic primaries In July, 1948:
For Tax Assessor-Collector:
ELZY BENNETT
..(For Re-election)
For County Attorney:
GEORGE P. HUDSON
(For Re-election)
For Commissioner, Precinct 2:
HENRY * COOK--------- .
JOHN E. MASSEY
(Fa rjfte-election)
For District Clerk:
LEON THURMAN
(For Re-election)
For County Clerk:
H. O. (Herb) ROWLAND, JR.
(For Re-cicetien)
For Sheriff:
BILL DUNWODY
(For Re-election)
B. F. BAILEY
'For County Treasurer:
GENE SPURGIN JR.
~7For Re elect loti)
rJr Justice of the Peace, Pre-
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G. J. (Jack) BATES
(For Re-election)
AMBROSE BROWN _•
JESSE A. WHITE ■
Fnr Ind—r —
ROGER Q. GARRETT
(For Re-election)
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At last, they have begun to park par-
rellel on either side of East Reynolds Street
down to Orient Street. Of course, it has al-
ways occurred to the authorities that this
street is too narrow for degree, or oblique,
or whatever you wish to call it, parking.
But the auto has fully demonstrated, donat-
PROCLAMATION
BY THE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF TEXAS
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE
PRESENTS SHALL COME:
WHEREAS, the Chamber of |
Commerce of any American com-
munity or city is the organization
ford H. Jester, Governor of Tex-
as, do hereby proclaim the week
of* April 12-18, 1948, as a week
devoted to bringing about a-more
Intensive recognition of Cham-
ber of Commence activities by
;he people of Texas, and to be
ibserved as
TEXAS CHAMBER OF
COMERCE WEEK
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I
through which untold projects have hereunto signed my name
are initiated and advanoed for the 'officially and caused the Seal of
It ha.> often occurred to us that “the
-next of kin" to Uriah, with the help of an
enterprising barrister, could have recover-
ed heavy damages against King David, he
—who is iiLoul the only “Peeping.Tom” spok-
en of in Holy Writ. The king stopped, look-
ed and saw! Then laid plana. (Uriah had
been asleep all that time, or ha was m full
bumpers in the act toward the proof of the
test that the street between Ferguson to
Orient is too narrow, so they have begun to
“sidle.” with a saving of the above acces-
sories to the autos. However, it is a loss to
the man with the monkey-wrench at the.
repair shop.
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trench, where,he Could stop arrows, jave-
lins and spears as they sped on their journ-
eys of death, while he was thinking of the
time he might be elevated to the captaincy
of the guard, or something or other.) Any-
how, Uriah fell into King David’s' trap,
which was baited with the lure of personal
agrandizement, fine linen and extrs^TTne
raiment of all-other kinds. True, King I)a-
vfd was paid off. the swag amounting to
nothing more 'than “a rag and bone and
a hank of hair.” However, the world got the
_smartest guy that ever breathed' in the
"forov of yoldmoti^zthw man who wrote the
~*“snap-shots ’ 'of the Bible; "he who was
the son of Uriah's wife!” . ■ ^
Long-distance complimenting—telling
how many people who have been dead j>o .
long that they have almost been forgotten
—may be all right, or alright, but why do
people wait so long to pin a bouquet of
violets on the lape^—of a man who may be
in h—allelujah? Seems like he would have
enjoyed those kind words while here. It
also seems like The very words would be
this office, using a fragrant cigar a* the
jet to help push him along. He’s a builder
— agroceryman, a good neighbor and a
Christian gentleman—one who attends to
his own business with more than half of
his time and devoting the rest of his time
at lettiug the other fellow do the same
aboyt his business: We will give you as
many guesses as you like as to who he is;
but, remember—the first guess does not
count.
That big' Democratic meeting at Fort
Worth April 20 will b< largely attended, if
Tor not another xea&coi it he fact that the
fatted calf has already been given by a' rich
ranchw’oman and Ft. Worth will put on the
condiments and coffee .to match. Politics?
It. or they, will be as thick as cow ticks
after a big rain.
There”is a man running (or walking
backward?) for the presidential nomina-
tion on some sort of ticket who now thinks
he is a Wall-ace. Perhaps he is. When the
election is over this fab- he will rank, and
we mean rank, as a Wall-flower.— *
progress of that community and
is the never sleeping watch dog
jfor American business and the
I free enterprise system; and.
i WHEREAS, the Chamber of
* (Commerce is the organization
through which business and pro-
fessional men. and women give
their time, energy, and money
ti^at each community may bee
strong in peace or war; and1
WHEREAS, the Chamber of
Commerce in each community is
j the spokesman for that commu-
I nity and as <i>okesma/fr must
‘with facts and be sound
j judgment; ...id ^
WHEREAS, t.'.o benefits cf^U
Chamber of CtiiSMWMW-riiflMt
themselves in (he bettered living
eoniflitWn* and welfare of all fk**
pie alike;
NOW. THEREFORE I, Beati
State to be affixed hereto at Aus-
tin, this the 3rd day of April, A.
-fr. 1948.---—-!--:_
BEAUFORD JESTER,
Governor of Texas.
I’AUL.H, BROWN.
Secretary of State
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BRING
Your Clothe* to
For Finer Cleaning
* • Phone 432 1
South Side Square
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It's Cheaper with a Cleaner!.
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noon so I thought I’d have lunch,
then phone the Colonel. So I went
into the Manhattan Cafe, had my
favorite dinner (the seafood plat-
ter I and, ju$t as I finished, the
man next to me al.the eoitoter
| got up and. one seat ov^r, sat the
'man I’d stopped in San Antonio
to see—Col. Leeman.
) And I was so clumsy that he
picked up my luncheon check.
; Folks are great. I don’t see how
m . a-lellow could get alqog with hut
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Somebody has said that know ] —--
ledge is a wonderful thing. Why, i American history has been
if it wasn’t for knowledge, we I marked by,, the .passing .of the
wouldn’t know a thing! Indian, the passing of the buffa
Similarly-folks are great; wo ]0 and-, the passing of the buck.
couldn’t, get along without *•"**-■ _
Recently your columnist was Something should be done ‘I10™ four homo runs'.
ta speak at the annual dinner of i about people that are late to
the Chamber of Commerce in shows and programs. And Alfred
Saw Big Leaguers
Play at Lubbock
Lubbock puts on a show whenj
she triesTTn baseball as well' as |
football she shines with her
shows, too.
Friday Bill Westfall. John Can
non. Boh Miller and Mr. and
Mrs. Nat Wash took. passage in
Westfall’s ear and went to Lub- j
bock to see the New York Giants '
arfH the Cleveland Indians play j
baseball. Thousand# of people ■
were there at a dollar a head.
The game itself was one-sided. :
■Rookie pitchers were used, so the
seasoned and expert batters got
in her clothes
in her kitchen '
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I he smart woman of today entertains
at tea in a delicate lace blouse and full
taffeta skirt—entertains with ease for
her automatic gas range built to “CP”
standards bakes the delicate tea ac-
companiments she serves.
Without watching or guessing tiny
cream puffs, gofden cheese straws; rich
toasted nuts and delicious hoi cookies
arc baked 4o a-tasty doncncss in her
range's accurate, automatic oven.
And, like her clothes ... her range
is by designer* who know importance
of style to her. Fine lines and harmoni-
ous fittings moulded with lustrous
pqrcelain- and sparkling chrome arc
blended into smart and distinctive
beauty-
Automatic gas ranges with the ideal
combination of beauty and convcn-
syntbol.
ience arc distinguished by the “CP”
Choose your range with the "CP‘
symbol from dozens of models now
available in many different brands.
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Dress selected by fashion au-
thority and sketched in one of
Southwest* fine apparel stores.
It is, too, w), n you figure in time and energy ami genmrf*
wcar-and-dear! As r matter of fact, with one of the new elec-
tric vacuum ck • . •• now available "at yoilf local dealer, one
cent’s worth of cL. trie sendee will clean a large rug and five
others like it 1^1 ;s:. time than it takes to drag them into the
yird for beating! Let Reddy Kilowatt, your electric servant,
lighten the work of your spring houseclcaning.
halfurrias and had journeyed by .Lunt, the famous actor, does. Sev-
bus as far as San Antonio whom eral years ago, I was attending
I ran 1nto.„DUI Furey, lIillgbor6;a Shakespearean play and the
pubiishei*! in the Gunter lobby (jrst act had been going on for
and he was on his way to Edih | jo minutes when a couple enter-
burg and SO I caught a ride tojed. Of course, their seats were
FtUatriM. right In the middle of a row so
-Coming book. I'd gotten everybody In tlial tow hJRl To
as Austin by bus, stopped over (stand to let .them get by.
Jor a few hours, ran. into Curl Ldnt was speaking. He stop-
Bruner, a friend from- Cowtown. pod. waited till the late arrivals
He. and his_son, Faul, veteran were seated and thert said. “So
York finally winning very easily
with a score of 9 to ?. .
Those who attended the game
from here wen* highly pleased
with the entertainment and they
also speak highly of Lubbock as
a host.
Call us about that next job of
printlng.-dTha Leader.-----------_
FOR ONE PENNY,
YOU CAN
| Light'a 100-watt
bulb almoit
3 hourt, or
run a radio
for a whola
•vanlng, or
Phone your want-ad to 47.
and-graduate student at the Uni-
veralty of lexas, insisted—they
didn't have to Insist very strong
—that I ride back to Fort-Worth
with them.
nice of you to come.’
W. B. Harrison and his son,
Bland, and Norris Russell are in
Clovis, N. M. for several weeks
looking..aftcr their farm interests
In that part of the country!. ;
Not only that but I’d stopped
Antonio ton- the return
see Col Ray Leeman, ex
Vlw president of the
South Texas Chamber of .Com-ljs rejanted as improved at Stam-
■v nietee, and tell him what a gOodjtord Sanitarium, whete she has
1 l\»y J(„ Is doing as Fallur-
CofC manager but it w»s
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•Mrs. E. P.,Bunkley’s condition
been a patient for the past two
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Out of Gas? Got a Flat?
Have a Wreck?
Phone
GULF SERVICE STi
“ 1 * 1—; -f
388 N. Swenson Ave.
PHONE 9521
24-h6ur Service
WRECKER
h«*« tho correct
tim« far a bout,
wa>h 3 full tubi
of laundry.
Reddy -does dollar duty for penny
prices, not only for rug-bcating,
but for countless other household
tasks. It costs much nv>rc to make
and deliver today, but the average
family still gets twice as much dec-
trie service for its money as it got
20 years ago.
Yes, the rate for electric service
is st4LI«w—but not by accident.
'That’s because you're-using dee-
tricity for more and more tasks.,
Moreover, the people at your serv-
ice company jpp:c„uscd their skill
and experience to make electric
service the biggest bargain in your
budget.
West'TeTcas Utilities
Company
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SGE ACOSM Aulotmolic Goi Rang*
bu ll to "CP” tlandaidt. Thi, (our-l
burner SGE ACORN it another of the V““/•
TSany mo3W otW'^ok**" of Got
rang*, built to "CP” itondardl avail-
able in Southwestern itorei.
/ CaIohIC AuldWOflt Out Rung* built
"CP" ttondord*. Tbl» six burner
Caloric it juit one of many fhodeli
ond "malM”.of Ga> range, built to
"CP” itdndardi available in South-
western itor*i.
see your gas-appliance dealer
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Inglish, George L. The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1948, newspaper, April 16, 1948; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth972301/m1/4/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.