Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1966 Page: 8 of 12
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PIONEERS ON PARADE—25 YEARS AGO
Modem School Cafeteria Opens
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Creak apparently kae keen getting
hie mind off of world problems, hie
tetter this week Indicates. * * - -
Deer editar: v - , • t ■
I was sitting on a bonk doing a lit-
tie fishing the other day when I no*
tleed an Interring item In a ’rttoto* I
'paper I’d brought along to sft on in
case the ground wyts damp, r^—
Waa. Merck *». WU
The new school cafeteria was opened
in the former manual training build-
ing, Wednesday of last week and from
75 to 100 students have been eating
their noon-day meals there "since that
time. Children of the Junior and Sen-
ior High School and Reynolds Elemen-
tary school are served at the cafeteria.
Mrs. W. H. Hargrove has been ap-
pointed as supervisor.;
Approximately $1,500 was expended
by the Board of Education of .the
Stamford Independent School district
for improvements on the building,
equipment and supplies in getting
According to It. an Italian firm la .■PP
now making a battery-powered fork everything ready fora strictly modem
that automatically winds up spaghet- oafeterU.
An electric fork* well, why not, tf
ypulre going to tackle spaghetti, -and
that got me to listing all the other
things In that line, like the electric
carving knife, the electric tooth brush,
the electric comb, the electric hair
brush, the electric blanket, the electric
baby bed that tilts or vibrates at the
push of a button and rocks the baby
to sleep; electric exerettsrs, electric
ileh washes* eltotolsaBy
plastered and re-flnlahed In a light
shade of gray.
Preliminary .report Announced hy.
the census bureau shows that Jones
County ginned 53,827 bales of cotton
from the 1940 crop compared with 24,-
44£ for 1938. r
Haskell county ginned 39,106, com-
pared with 19,942. Stonewall county'
ginned 7,180, compared with 5,641.
Fifteen-new army planes for use In
ajce.oe
received -sariy-to-,
Monte Knutson, 13-year-old son of
k^r. and Mr«’ ®- F- Knutson of this
city, will sing over Radio Station
WBAP on April 4 at 1:15 p., m. on the
Texas School of the Air Search for
Talent program. He will Sing “Aw
Maria’’ by Schubert and will be a<-
companlud by his sister, Mrs. Leroy
T.oquemore of Palestine.
A good dinner, short speeches and
a long session of games of 42 com*
bined to make a pleasant evening for
members of the Brotherhood Class of
St. John’s MethodrsTXTiUrfh last Fri-
day night......:'4*
Byron Lewis, member of the enter-
t. foment committee, presided. L. W.
Johnson, teacher of the class, served
as toastmaster. Short tqlks were made
bj Dr. J. H. Rutherford, R. C. Thomas
nwt Rev ’Torn JfohflBQtV_________ ______
The foil Spring addition of the Tex-
as "Highway’map issued by the Texas
Highway Department is now available
ACC
Sera
Ry Mr
Felix" Tnc
Christian C
services at tl
Church of
Visitors Sunt
-H. K. Shaw
and Eti/i'be
Lubbock, M
Kiercpka «of
** Sunday dir
and Mrs. W
Mr., and Mr
an<l Owen
Fannie McK
Danny Kirn-
Mr .and M
Alisa and
Abilene spei
with Mr. am
-ttodale.
~M. M. COb
ger, Mr. and
to the public. The cover of the spring
, windows, electric garage doors, electric pected to arrive Friday from the fac-
chalrs. well I won t go bate that, flee- tory at Kansas City, Mo. The planes
an openers, electric-hog trough wffl be PAmary Training 18 Stearman
warmers, electric . . . -but about that biplanes, the same as the six planes
time I got a bite and dropped the news-
paper and grabbed my pole. • ■ __
I, wm . flrly to*. Hah and I fot PIONEERS ON PARADE—16 YEARS AGO
edition is a natural color photograph
picture showing a sunrise scene of the
Gulf Coast, of Texas and the new map
shows all State highways, dtles and
towns, and with every laaue of map,
that pavement has boon placed
attended jthe
Paint Creek
Friday night.
Kenneth N
shows tt
on many unpaved gaps since the last
map was issued'In the spring of 1940.
tan was Issued In the spring of 1
The map is free to the pubUftr--
itfai—
in Said To Be
stringer^ and wtocatchlng ray. breath
and deciding to1 rest whole before re-
rjcaJa«u«Bka*RB*®bC-t'R fit»»>■* ■ ***■•'
baiting when the thought hit me.
lyhit’s the matter with American *** W. i«te.)
bers, accompanied by William
Senate Race in Texas
AUS?1N—Both Democratic and Re-
em-
U. S. Sen-
of 1966.
I we plan to stay
Tower told the
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Texas ia the No. 1 race to the nation
Democrats selected Austin for their
September 30 state convention, at
which control of their party for the
next two years will be derided.
Republicans, who have no serious
convention controversy to sight, will
'meet in San Antonio.
Both party executive committee win
return to Austin on May 17 to canvass
first primary elections, and Democrats
will certify run-off candidates, M;Wffr
industry, Why not
pole?
Shouldn't be hard to build. An elec-
tric motor to reel In your line If you
use a reel, another motor to cast your
hair .with a small computer to the
handle to aim tt automatically after
a range finder has indicated where It
should be tossed, after your small ra-
dar pet has shown where the fish are
hiding.
Aa for an electric cane pole, that
may take some doing. It’s not going to
be easy for science to determine where
to locate the motor to make it yank
the line, out of the water, but to the
an electric fishing There was plenty’ of fried
Mayes, director, and Mrs. Mayre-and
chicken W- «nd Mrs.
•P«TP<>*al_by
Stanlov fL ®
sak) Atty. Gen. Waggoner .Democrats 1 ejected a
one of the top Democratic sens _ gubernatorial candidate Stanley C.
at a meeting of the Woods of Houston to hold a May 7
• Democratic Executive Commit- referendum on whether Texans pre-
fer “annual’’ or “permanent" regls-
tratton.
meantime science can certainly perfect
THE
FAMILY
LAWYER
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IXANDLB WITH CABS
To dean her ruga, a
use of a
working to a closed room, she Inhaled
so much of the lethal fumes that she
died, Waa the manufacturer of the
cleaning fluid legally liable for her
OIL INDUSTRY ON UPSWING
Texas Railroad Commission, con-,
earned ee to how Industry would op-
’ crate to e national emergency, post-
poned setting statewide oil allowable
until it can evaluate “the escalating
market demand and underproduct ion”
State reached 33.2 per cent of po-
tential factor this month, highest since
May, 1959, and the sixth straight in-
I can't tnink ot a stogie reason why
In this modem age science can’t do
something to take the drudgery out of
fishing.
If you don’t like to fMi, have you
thought of perfecting an electric golf
stick?
with all the trimmings and basketball
talk galore aa the Avoca P-TA held
its annual banquet honoring the Avo-
ca Mustangs, third place winners in
the state basketball race, the Avoca
Mustangettes, and their coaches.
The gala affair Was held Tuesday
’ Tight in the Avoca‘High Schooi.gym
with about 175 people on hand.
A chartered train may be arranged
to bring people .to Stamford for the
July 4 holiday final day of the Texas
Cowboy Reunion.
W. G. Swenson, president of the Tex-
as Cowboy Reunion, has been inform-
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that such a move is underway,
would be
-y:
The train would be on the MKT
Railroad from Waco to Stamford.
— Mr. Swenson wrote back to Mr..
Llalr this week, outlining some of the
activities of the day, which include a
matinee rodeo performance atjhe Tex-
Elmer ■fcoedeker. will
nake the trip by chartered buses
They will spend the night at the Worth
Motet
Mr«cedes Escobedo, representing the
English department of Stamford High
School, was introduced as glri-of-the-
month at the Business and Profession-
al Woman’s Club Thursday night,
March 15,
Blaster scenes In narration will de-
pict the story of the death and re*ur-
m tion of Christ in a pre-dawn service
at Harmon Park on Easter morning.
This annual sendee, sponsored by
t'K Woman's Forum. Is a community-
project and everyone is imit.-i
Stamford tied for second place In
tu- «th annual Canyon .teef • Relay j
Saturday at Snyder. ----- *• ;-
The Bulldogs wound- up with 15
points. Mike McClellan had 111k of
those points. McClellan won th^^fl^
.
faithfully, - as Reunion grounds.
Major oil company spokesmen paint-
“When I get a letter from my son in
ml|ega, I always have to. go to the die-
tionary.”
"You’re lucky. When I get a letter
from mine, I always have to go to the
bank.”
Stamford High school band will see
' the Ice Capades to Fort Worth Friday
uight. Expenses of the trip will be
paid by the Band Boosters chib and by
a fund raised by band members
through selling magazine subscriptions
last fall.
The band, composed of some 70 mem
and 230 yard dashes and Anchored the
winning 440yard relay team.
.. McClellan helped set three new meet 1
records and was the only doublejwin-
per of the meet. f
The Stamford mile relay team .also,
placed first at the meet. The team Is
composed of Ronnie Davis, Tommy
Schoonmaker, Don Martin and. Mc-
Clellan. 1
of
y grow up.
m take their
conventions
acquainted in that way.
said I wm to be sure t o call
and again, but I was not home.
After a court teat, the company wm
indeed held liable—mainly because of a
misleading label on the can. The brand
name, , to large letters, strongly implied
that the product W*i «T« tb'UM. A« for
danger, the only warning waa small and
at the proratlon hearing, predicting
demand for petroleum products will
go up three to 3.5 per cent this year.
Thom who complained a year ago
about surplus oil and gas stocks em-
phasized need to build up reserves.
Chief
Ashbum. of Route 2.
to havg participated in the Project Ge-
mini GTA-8 fHght of astronauts Neil
Armstrong and David Scott last week
but when a malfunction caused the
flight to be cut short, the part of his
ship was eliminated.
Ashbum serves on the destroyer USS
Noe, a recovery unit of Task Force 140.
Special equipment was installed on the
destroyer to facilitate handling of .the
spacecraft during the recovery opera-
tions. Her crew underwent extensive
training hi spacecraft recovery techni-
ques since the vessel was selected as an
alternate recovery ship.
When the space craft was forced to
in the Pacific, just east of Okina-
wa destroyer from the Seventh Pacif-
ic FTedt was pressed into service.
Damage suits are rising with growing
frequency to the field a# "product lia-
bility." One key Issue Is the respbhsl-
folity ot * manufacturer to warn the
consumer ot possible danger.
Osmetim— the matter Is covered
b> specific statutory requirements,
such as marking poison with s skull
snd
CAtTLB QUARANTINE
A cattle acsbies outbreak resulted
‘TO ^quarantining of Interstate ship-
ments of cattle from six Northwest
Texas counties. i
Counties under U. 3. quarantine ef-
fective March 8 are Floyd, Briscoe,
Castro, Hale. Lamb and Swisher.
Epidemiology work and tracebacks
on cattle Involved are under direction
of Texas Animal Health Commission
and U. S. Department of*Agriculture
animal haalth division. A. U. S. inspec-
tor has been assigned fo each courtty.
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Air, Powi
tra Njce,
1-Owaor,
has a duty to give warning,
h*e wares.
Tmr, to this age of synthetic snd com-
plex products, the consumer > often
unable to detect those dangers far
"Such a dependent society,’
judge, “must exact greater t<
in mote simple days and mu
from manufacturers or
c-eased integrity and 0
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which his product plays a part. He
need not warn the consumer of ,ha2-
ards that should be obvious.
For instance, the manufacturer need
not place a HANDLE.WITH CARE
Mlk* on r hammer, dust because it
can mash your thumb. Or on a needle*
Just because It can puncture your skin.
Nor is the manufacturer liable If
hlK warning, although property given,
Ik not properly heeded.
Thus, a man who was burned hy an
inflammable adhesive was held not en-
titled. to damages front foe manufac-
turer. He had used the preduct near
an open flame, evhn thought the Con-
tainer carried '. • plain and pointed
warning Ml to do po. ...
In abort, the manufacturer doan
owe you fair wamtof of danger
to that It’s up to you.
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Attornej- General Carr says 500,000
more dtiaens now wiU be able to vote
as a result of the 15 additional days
of voter registration authorized by
the special legislative session alter a
federal court held the Texas poll tax'
invalid. 1 • I
A mass of testimony now Is being
studied by the Railroad Commission
after Its own motion to give operators
in numerous West Texas; Plains and
Panhandle counties a chance to show
cams why the use of earthen pits for
salt water disposal should not be dis-
continued in oil and gas fields result-
ed to piles of testimonies.
Local draft boards are making avail-
able bulletins about upcoming draft
tests for students, plus application
blankh for taking tests at 69 colleges
'In May and June.
.Office of Economic Opportunity has
Invested a total of 8138^14,871 to pov-
erty war projects to date In five states,
and Texas’ share of the federal money
totals nearly $50,000,000, or more than
any two states combined. ;• ,
’ Texas Department of PUbHc Safety
says traffic accidents on Texas streets
and highways last year caused a rec-
ord 3,028 fatalities, an estimated 186,-
062 In fortes and economic loss of $498,-
087,000! - - >...
State Securities Commission reports
February sales hit • new peak of $87,-
At- 753.788. .
Texas. Employment Commission
made 44,670 placements last month,
a 9 8 per font increase over Febru-
wy, 1905. Tv."' . - - r'jj
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Craig, Roy M. Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1966, newspaper, March 24, 1966; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth972879/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.