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STAMFORD, JONES COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1966
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Retired Dentist, Farmer and Minister, All
, v, ’ v • , ' > *•-
Stamford Inn Residents, Are in Medicare
ew flit
Dr’ John H. Rutherford, re-
--rtred-Denrm, TOhATT." Cozby,
retired farmer, and Rev. Miles
.B. Hayes, retired minister are
/thfee Jonea County residents
'whorecently qualified for
Medicare ^according to Ml'S.
Fay Grant. Field Representa-
tive of the Abilene Social Se-
nility off lit. All three are
residents-of Stamford Inn.
Andliii nr-Mrs. Grant,
social security coverage Is not
necessary -for a person to be
eligible for Medicare. In fact,
she pointed out that D*r. Ruth-
erford, and Mr. Cozby retired
before dentists and farmer*
could pay Social Security tax
and neither have any social
■ security credits.
Dr. Rutherford graduated
Medicare.
T Social Security
arc
-from Vandcrbilf University
Dental School and is the sole
survivor of his 1900 graduat-
Stamford Inn Residents—
Dr. John H. Rutherford, 92; John J. Cozby, 93;
S0LLA GABEL
■STTUBT
unday 20
ali Ages
Nights of
t Believe
See It I
EN AGE I
and the Rev. Miles B. Hayes, 82, left to right, all «=■
residents of the Stamford Inn here, have recently
S!^.S!rB£ll!Lfi!r iiuimwi iwwwMii*. i^1*™!11'" 'ir—-
Recent figures show slight-
ly over 2800 persons age 65 or
over residing In Jones County.,
Mrs. Grant stated that 2743
of these already signed Up for
ptfipTe
concerned about reaching the
remaining 60 or so who may
not have had an opportunity
to sign up. -Mrs. Grant com
merited that the deadline for
filing Is Match 31, 1966, foj all
f persons who wer e 65 or ov^r
by Jan. 1, 1966.
Persons who are* 65 after
Jan. 1, 1966, have to sign’ up
Within three months-after age
65. Medicare Coverage is ef-
fective July 1, 1966. Persons
who miss the deadline date
cannot be eligible again until |
July 1,-1968. according to Mrs.
Grant. > . u
Mrs, Qrant advised that the
—Abliefte Aiiice located in the
2nd noth',
Site for New $1 Million
Hospital Is Purchased
f
Site for the million dollarI pttal, Sam Baize purchased i appr oximately 906 ft-<-t east-
Stamford Memorial Hospital j the balance. . t wai<A from the highway and
| Mrs Saudi Inglish Mc~i vvijl have even greater bigh-
| Donald sold her t tact *jiLlaigP way frontage.
-which had abmtt 40b f.-rt - j>|ans ,-fcn Tor
frontage on the highway and
-Fan eastward about loo feet.
^Fhis tract adjoins the Spencer
land on the north.
DR. WII.I. MATHIS DUNN
St. John’s Sets
Revival Meeting
March 27-April 1
; has b**en purchased and Tittle
| and Luther, Abilene architects,
I { have been given I lie nod to
[I proceed in r apid order witlr
[Iprellminary plans for the new
Tatiueture • - -—•
Location ol the nr>w facility.
1 which being financed half
through the sale of bonds and
half through use of a federal
giant under tho Hill Burton
program, will be on the Avoca
Highway, Just a short distance
from the,present city limits.
Approximately 16 acres have
been contracted j^for. from
three different owners and
negotiations ape lender way to
additional
setting the
hospital hack from the high*
v. ay some 300 feet SO that
noise will be- eleminated and
for various students. He prac-
ticed dentistry in Jones County
and wor ked as a circuit court
repor ter for many years. He
has one son, Joe, who Ip a
dental oral surgeon in Waco.
Cozby, a native Texan,
farmed most-’ pf his life. He
reminisces about the days he
and an uncle werp cattle trad-
ers. He has four living chil-
dren, three of whom reside
nearby; Mrs.-Naomi Upshaw,
.Siam foi d; Mrs. Luey Neal and
Mrs. Johnny Carlton, Rotan.
4 . i , •
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Baylor University. He served
as a chaplain in World War I.
lie has served Baptist churches
at Hillsboro, Burkburnett,
. .LCtblitv and be was
First Baptist Church, Stam-
ford, for eight and one-half
years. Mrs. Grant commented
. siders himself retired, he is
Mill busy ministering to the
-teak and afflicted In Stamford.
The three featured indi-
Dress Rehearsals
To Start Monday'
For School Play
Dress rehearsal? will start
Monday for tile Stamford High
viduals consented to use of
their story In the hopes that
the Medicare message might
reach someone unaware of
his rights to this coverage.
Federal Building,
v£ijl be open 9 a.-m. lo 5 p. pi.
next Saturday and 9 a. 'm
Monday•’thrmigh Thur^^^jfH^r^stor
next week lor the convenience
of those who still need to
flic applications ‘for Medicare.
A pre-Easter Revival will be
held at St. John’s Methodist
Church here iCfarch 27 through
First
Edin
Offer Made to Creditors
Of Lake Park Property
The Stamford City- Couneil
offered $2,OCX) last Friday to
creditors who had claims
Rev, Hayl b a gridviate^of mtaln»t Billy Mac James 'for
.tv
City Manager. Harry Steen-
son was authorized by the
council tP a mmrntr.
work done on property at Lake
Stamford leased to him by
the city.
Four persons who had
owed -by.
the1 council
that the work is ready to be
emept on the sedimentation ihr
vey. of Lake Stamford by the
having claims
School presentation "Best Foot against James that the. dty.
Fflt'Uiard " Ka olimtv GVUmt ■''ami__\__. - - ra.L w...
r
For ward,” to be given
night, April 1 in the
auditorium.
A heavy rehearsal
lainUlDod under-the
direction of Hnl H. .G. An
drews Jr. with hfr. and Mrs.
W. E. Mayes aaslstlng in the'
music.
’ ^Ticket sales are under su
IxVvision of the Stamford
Music Club.
was not obligated to pay the
clainuF'and that tlpr creditor?
eould take the 83,000 paid by
Moritz and pro-rate the
ey among themsrlver' •
The council also, passed an
emergency ordinance which
will authorize the amset by a
city police officer of persona
found In suspicious piaiaa
under suspicious dreumstdn-
cesXrith out a warrant.
dal fisherman to clean out
rough ftah from Lake Stam-
ford under the control of the
Texas Parks and Wildlife De-
partment._________
Steenlon told
James totalling more than $8,-
600 appeared before the coun-
cil to ask about a settle
—rimer wnr r cornnct tot
developing the park area at ■«* Soil Conservation
Lake Stamford, when he
failed to make payment to the
city under terms of the con-
tract it was forfeited. L
The city recently made a
new agreement flrtth Clarence
Moritz, and Moritz paid the
city 12,000 for work already
done. A
Mayor tL G. Andrews Jr.,
told «-thode h
He said that boaters should
be cautioned ag;nn i<br|
down in the area where the
survey is taking place. A cable
will be stretched across the
lake war used in the survey,
but will be marked by buoys.
Avoca FFA States
Game Tournament
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The Avoca chapter of the
Children of the fifth and
sixth grades made up the
ns Entry £• will be $1 ppr chor»“ wh»* Oncers and par
or peraon, ut* it is preferH thatf^^P"?
in* Witrinis cOft
bridge tournament at 7:30
p. m., April 1 and 2* at Avoca
High School.
Otwfte 1ft teams. Re-
freahments also will be served.
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Show
Cotton Growers Executive Says— !1
tUf’ at ' <*'£' b VL
Weather Data* Management
Can Bring More Cotton Profit
Recommendations
About County Jail
Bein& Carried Out
- Three of the four recom-
mendations of the grand jury
concerning operation of. the
Jones County jail have 'been
put into effect, Sheriff Dave
Raves ha? announced, adding
that these changes were fn-
stituted Immediately after the
last Jailbreak.
The fourth recommendation,
that cooking at the jail be done
by a cook hired for that pur-
pose, was rejected hyTTTe com-
missioners court. Jail trusties
are used as cooks.*- ’
-The grand jury,-hr a special
report, had urged that more
care be exercised in handling
Methodist Church
burg, as preacher.
There will be a breakfast
for men and youth at 7 a. m
and services at 7:30 p m., Mon-
day through Friday.
Sermon topics by Dr. Dunn
during the evening services
will be "Whence and What Is
the Church” oh Monday,
"Where and When Is the
Church" on Tuesday, "Why
and How Is the' Church” on
Wednesday, and “Who and
Whither the Church” on
Thursday. >
Tuesday, -Wednesday—and
Thursday morning topics, re-
spectively, will be “The Word,”
"L ove’i Self Investigation,"
ajnd “Once and For All"____
—Dr. Ulinn ls“s naffve Texas
and graduated from Yoakum
High School. He received his
TTve"
add . four ■ or
acres.
The site is on the east side
dis-
radlo
station There will be ample
room for the hospital, a new
clinic , a. nurses' home and a
geriatic hospital.
Only tile hospital will be
built dut of district funds.
Several Individuals are con-
sidering building the clinic.
The other two projects arc
only possibilities.
Some 15 arres were pur-
chased from R. jP- Spencer
and Co. of Wpco. There were
20 additional 'acres in the tract
and In order that the land
could be bought for the hos-
Thc district kept" 250 feet dfj si> thaL-future highway widen
Mrs. McDonald's , tract and
sold the balance.-Buerger
The hospital tract will run
Cotton Growers
Research Plans
To Be Finalized"
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_A. B. ['I. Southwestern C’ntvcr . “tn
WfieelerServices
Held ip Anson
Funeral ■ services for Mrs
Lindon E. Wheeler, 52. of
Anson were held at 3 p. m.
■v Plans for financing the 10
twoman insect survey teams
which* wifi cover the Rolling'
Plains area this summer will
be finalized today in Austin.
Charles Stenholm, executive
vlrx? president of the Rolling
-Plains Cotton -Growers, Inc.,
. Wlll meet v^th Texas Agrlcul
tbre Commissioner John White
and Dr. J. C. Gaines, head-of
Ihe department of eqtomology
at Texas A&M tlnlversity, who
Is advisor and coordinator of
the boll weevil research teams.
The Cotton 1 Growers hive
120,000 to be used In financing
the survey team and the state
is to match that amount.
- Stonholm attended-*^ meet-
Ing of cotton growers In the
mg will not place the building
too dose to, the hljjgtpway.
Much paved parking space
will be movided. u was an-
nounced by the hospital board
of directors. No effort wflF-be
made to maintain all of the
unused property in a lawn but
1111• rxlju land was purchased
-rithat an objectionable bulld-
ing could,not be erected in the
area. --
At .IoxL-hospital dimetoe*
had attempted to acquire- a
block of land just south of the
present hospital. After con-
siderable negotiations with the
MKT Railway had met with
no success, tht* ~ site wa*
abandoned.
v/.
t
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by trusties, and that trust!**
locked in their cells at
night - /____
Around the World
With Music Seen
By Large Crowd
More than 500 parents and
friends were taken on a musi-
cal journey around the world
by children of Reynolds Ele- Will 1
Tuesday Night
slty in 1933, and later his Ph.
D. at Drew Theological Sem
nary In Madison, N. J.
He served as a Chaplain tn
ihe U. S. Navy from 1942 to
1349. He has haen pastor of fhniai W**
churches in New Mexico and
throughout South Texas. He
was pastor of the Aldersgate
Methodist Church In Abilene
from 1963 to 1955.
Dr. Runn is married to the
former Miss Margaret Eli*
Rudd, and has four children.
Paint Creek Church
The Haskell Knox BAptigt
Association will meet with the
Palnr Cheek Baptist Church
an opera scene {on Tuesday. Match 29. Ren
Church In Anson with the Rev.
Bob fclftidM, pastor, offlelat
ins, assist* *1 by the Rev.
Robert Evans, pastor of Norfll-
sideslde Baptist Church.
tn Ml Hone
Cemetery with . Lawrence
Funeral Home Of Anson In
charge.
Mrs. Whegler died at *:*>
p. m. Sunday In Stamford Me-
morial Hospital.
She was born Frankie Mae
Moas Jan. 14. 1314. In Corinth
community south of Stam-
ford. She was married to IJn-
don E. -Wheeler Oct. 14 1956,
need
nurse and had
worked bt Stamford Memorial
Hospital 18 years.
She was a member of the
First Baptist Church III Anson.
Survivor* include the luis
Hawley community Tuesday
night, and" a tentative , plant
ing date for May 23 was set.
canon ploduttre m ,!„• n large numbe
Ericksdahl community will
meet at -7:30 p. m. Tuesday,
in Bethel LUCTWiran Church to
consider a tentative planting
762 Register
In Vote Free
In County
When the final registration
tecelpt wa* laautd laat foday. , ,
762 additional voters had been
added to the poll list in Jones
County. .| ■ —'
Tax Collector A. J. French
__. -iijjijn- OfT^I*
plications were In the mail be-
bore the midnight Thursday
deadline! Application blanks
FacT been left Tn in
date and other cotton produc-
ing problem*.
$127 l.s Raised .
For Heart Fund
Total raised In the Heart
Fund drive in Stamford has
packed >427. Of this total.
$98 came through a balloon
sale.lL ;
A house to-house canvass
was conducted earlier in-the
month by a
been left in many public
places over the county.
In spite of the special free
period
will be fewer
poll taxes this year
There were 98 under
tions and three persona rag*
late red to vote without a poll
tax In national election*
Number of qualified voters
tn 1984, poll tax payer* and
"unders" was almost 4.000.
Directors
came from the fourth grade
Joe Sam Stubbs was tour con- The program
doctor and Randy Leavttrwar "^Let U* Si rig”
liner-Up
llta!
SEXY!
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Weather and management
largely determine the profit
a grower jets out of hit cot-
ton crop. A dryland cotton
farmer Is more dependent up-
on weather than a farmer who
irrigates but weather has a
tremendous effect on cotton
yields, whether irrigated or
not, said, Charles Stenholm,
of the Rolling Plains Cotton
Grower*, Inc.
Climatic Data _ showing
weather behavior for a 31 year
period, has been prepared for
numerous stations within the
Rolling Plains by the Cotton
Research Committee of Ikkas.
When a cotton grower
knows how local weather con-
ditions Influence production,
he can use practice* needed
to minimize hazards. In oth-
er words he can utilize weatH-
.er as a management tool es-
pecially regarding planting
dates, he Mil.
’ Selecting
that will
yUdjM-____«■
tne greaiesi prows » wi-
the most important man
each year. CMw*«*c Data
fet* no specific guarantee but.
as one elderly farmer In Jones
County remarked laat year:
year* I have heard that really
made gense." ''
- Jones Couqty farmers who
utilized the data laat year to
plant after May 24 are sold
on the fact that It !» sound
judgment 9 out of 10 y*ar*r big eliminates one to two
These ere odds most farmers generation* of weevils every
like to work with, he said.
lift noted ftdvmlfc** of de-
layed uniform * planting on
community or county levels
«r* many aa:
?1> By planting in lkte May
or early June, cotton fields
are left beddsd and dammed
during heaver May rainfall in
order to store valuable moU
ture for cotton production dur-
ing low rainfajT periods of
July and August
<2f By planting In late May
or early June, cotton would
hays a better chance of mak-
ing growth during the hot,, dry
months and not start its peak
bloom period until after mid-
year.
■ Bp planting in April a
farmer flattens his beds, and
decraasaa his- soil capacity for
catching and holding May
moisture, he said. He forces
Mp, cotton to fruit during July
and early August heat and
low rainfall.
There is greater chance for
uatlv no
(4) Cultivation■
costs greatly reduced.
(5) Weevils must have 14
grown squares in which to
lay egg*. By pUnflng late. , the
majortty of the boU weevil*
are out of hibernation two to
thrto
am 1-3 grown. Weevils can be
more easily controlled by com
manky wide spray programs
during thtf period Natural
control is also Increased
C6) Delayed uniform plant-
added. Cultivation and hoeing
coats am increased, and boll
opportunity «f
through 1 to 2 generations
during the year.
Hbwever, farmers who stHl
believe that early cotton will
make mom cotton — Irrigated
istlM
com
the narrator.
Muaic typiral of many coun-
tries was sung by the chorus.
Four countries were repre-
sented by dances.
Th# presentation was spon-
sored by the Psient-Teacher
Association, Mrs. Howard
Kohout, -president. Mrs. Tony
Selmon was director with Mrs.
George Rollins pianist.
Mrs. Jack Southerland was
director of the hpor*, scene.
Slid Mm. James West was
chairman of the dance com
m it tee. Cftstumeb were planned
by Mrs. Andrew. Byrd and
ooantftittee, and lfii John
Guillet and Mrs. Marvin Stan-
ford and committee handled
the stage props.
Ruthle Boles was guest
flutist and Marvin Gregory
was guest trumpeter.
Neeley will be the host pastor. I
The program theme wljl fce.
mr” and will feature
special music from church#*
over , the area.
Sam Prestridge, an associate
In the^
ment of the Baptist General
Convention of Tel|aa, will he
in Charge of the program.
He will lead the congn
Mortal singing, moderate a dis-
cussion of the music
t»f the churches, and bring
the dosing message "Sing,
Baptist, Sing.” People who ilk*
to sing and who like good
church music will be especial-
ly Interested In this program.
The Assodatienal executive
hoard will meet at 5:30 p.
Supper will be served by
host church at 8:30 p. m.
program will begin at
p. m.
Mr. 0*11 siSlon o, AMOn mm»d h«r
and Mr* W.
Sweetwater.
Cou.iu.vmm_
also
aided. ■
Mr*. H.. H. Corley,
drive’ chairman,
that pUnn’Vre
out so the*
made
1 ndiv ‘dual will br
here to receive
WiU Meet Here
Three Escapees
Are Indicted v
For Car Theft
Three men who
from Jones County
Feb. < Were Indicted for car
theft by the 104th district
coart grand Jury at Abllenft
this week
The three, Billy C. Brown.
Boss
A Boss Night
held by the
and Haskell Ja
here at the CUff
was sponsored by the
Mickey Ray Jett, both of AW-
lene, and Bobby Woolf of {1am-
lln, are charged with taking
a car in Abilene four days
after they made their break.
The three men have been
County Jail awaiting
transferred to the
after having
y on felony
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