Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, September 22, 1939 Page: 3 of 8
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Friday, September *2, 1939
STAMFORD AMRRfOAN. STAMFORD: frlAI
fMTO BULLDOGS ARE EASYJBoys Selected
VICTORS OVER PUTNAM TEAM
OPENING GAME OF SEASON
custamcn.
By Carl Corley
The Staipford Bulldog! opened _
football season lash Friday ended, kicked the
lo I hr People
-Bv Humono Pitcaiiji—J
_ t’nder ear CsnstltuUea the Can -
good lock did not hold. They failed ■ n, Floyd Lynch. County Agent taata "and***ha^ rtigtlnribU ts'^lbe
to gain and aa the first quarter | The following boys will repre- people
ended, kicked the ball to McClellan
To Represent
.County at Fair
seat Jones county at the I**11** t But in recent years many
ed it fir fifteen v»r s*-lFatr from October IT through i®,
lid game was witnessed by a
crowd of Stamford fens who
good use of the new grand-
ad on the west side of the field.
(ufacturer or a
Ivartise ha ba-
ba aella more
|ell to each Cus-
rieg. More cue-
rutr i» afete to
Ive the situation
|ty and lower
it through the
rertislng to the
i prices de net
They are ex-
i to each ether,
ct which la nss-
w^^Tfinara ' wenWvJr tor day! at^sfiffT^ 'iJorn they »o r r.-ndelSPthS^S?, F. Ko^^ asw^^^u^i new
scored when Kinaru went over i«r Encampmen
another touchdown, just before thej Pritchard Gentry of Hodges; tallve reeponsibititles to the Execu-
half, but Massey failed to convert Mack Doty of Nugent; William tlve branch, or bowed subserviently
the extra point Brigham of Tuxedo; Mack Field- • to the demands of * pointed offloe-
ublic address system 1 During the Intermission at the er of Anson.
holders and
rhoot ■ jRPBgn . ..^m _______JM____
the fans in keeping up half the SUmford pep squad par- < These boys will exhibit cotton,! groups.
| more then yon
lints e stare end
difference
re far yen/
the game and the players. ' H<1*-d around the field. The Putnam maiae, and corn. • That la why the record of (ha
Jainor kicked u> the Panthere *q«.d was not present. -----[• -Lees* tender*-«tf .4hn hope A4i Gaucrnaa. *fcfch- jeseuOy ended JU #***, esr nweisMs
[ the sound of the whistle. The At the 1«*4 oftti# third quarter. ' Clubs meet at the District Court first session at Washington has „„ t ,n conference with the other
the ball shout Putnam kicked to the Bulldogs end room at Anson, Saturday and made Roused such widespread internet Df th„ Lubbock Conteo-
the second play on the eecond play Kinard made a definite plans to have eome edit- throtyhout he a n**,*ofl, >ar> ** enre uf the American Lut hr fan
Wo**- down. On the next play a, rational exhibit* at the Abilene rtiwof ewntraj* U Cblmh an<| OI|# day wiU) tht*
series of end Bulldog pass was Intercepted by Fair. The Wilson Club, sponsored **?~°** ‘L^Stui .Er t'>r* "* th.- Missouri Lutheran
nothcr right end Putnam but. on the return play by Krnest Womack, will demon- usarpenoeaee, ana, w w«ys| <hlmh Thurwlav R.v Mr Much I
r the first score McClellan intercepted a Putnam strata the economic control of the '___lh‘the raale bred •' scheduled to be in Austin
[the game near the last of the p**,. After making a first down cotton flea hopper, while the An- ‘ for s special o mmittee mevt.ng
It quarter. Massey failed to Mam ford fumbled to Putnam. On son club demonstrates soil and wa- . * **" - ~ 1
vert for the extra point. J the text play Massey evened the ter conservation. Other clubs have * ... n
)n the Bulldog kick, the Panth- r ay by intercepting a Putnam net decided on exhibitions as yet. ***** J®”*"
again fumbled the ball for the pass. Kinard made the last rcore, Jones County 4-H Reg.stered
lldogs to recover. Stamford „f the game by using another right Dairy Club will exhibit their dairy ., reJectM4 Jd^inutmtlori
a fimt down but on the next1 oud run. Again Massey failed to heifer. andI bulL Other Jones coun- fftl)rU to p^JJr the natUn still
ky the Bulldogs fumbled the ball convert. . ty 4-H Club exhibitions will be ......
the Panthers. After failing to During the last quarter, Coach breeding swine and poultry.
In, the Panthers kicked the ball j Walker sent in four substitutes, Local leaders attending this
|their own 46 yard line, Harvey. Bunkley, James T. Steli, meeting were:
er making another first down and Roy Hughes. Neither, Ed Horn of Anson; Ernest Wo-___H___
attempting to pass, the Bull- team made .any substantial gam mack of Wilson; W. E. Brigham of couragements to
lost the ball to Putnam on in the end plays and passes that Tuxedo; Billy Green of Hanna; .prefer represent stive government to
intercepted pass by a Putnam were used in the final periods. .* 'j Collier Fielder of Wilson^ J. H.l any system of ryle by pressure
member. An interesting discussion
on the topic "Christianity and the i
Uplift of Woman” was held.
Rev. A. if. MuehJbrad. the pas- j
tor. and Mra. Muehlbrad have been ;
in Slatmt and Wilson during thia!
where Rewy-Mr. Muehlbrad
Lived in West Texas
For Half a Century
deeper iiflo “pump priming" debts
and deficits; it sought to cise the
tax burdens which bear so heavily
on the shoulders of workers and
earners, and It offered other en-
all citizens who
H.
died
D. (Doc) Billingsley, who
in Haskell last week was a
TX)ME on in, the water’s
VJ Bathing In Japan Is on a different
plane from ours aa these two Ameri-
can grritltmen can tell you. Tuba are
Charter member of the First Bap- p^p^icutar there. Instead of horl-
liilds a business M
give you mors
i use advertising
more for less,
pays you every
TALKS
er who ran 76 yards before be- Starting line-up:
downed by Smith of Stamford -.Stamford Position
the 8 yard line. But Putnam’s Gainor
Offices: A naon-Stamford
Smith & Smith 1
f Attorneys st Law
J. C. Penney
STAMFORD. TEXAS
Is of school days
ching school
as be saved with
bme teaching in
heventaoa of colds
nry tnfectlenA'—
reduction would
Ime Iqat If par-'
ct children re;
of the
children si
the mouth
be- covered to
infectious
virus Is (
. of the mouth
I persona. Colds
Gentry of Hodges; J. H. Doty of
Putnam Nugent.
Kennedy The 4-H Club oeef calves which
Byrd have been checked this month to*
Armstrong date, made
Hammon gain:
Burnam 1 Arvin Baucum, 1 calf. 4.9 pounds.
Sharp I F. W. Poe, Jr., 1 calf. 2.6 pounds.
Stephens Arthur Tom Carlton, 1 calf, l.^J
Allen pounds. \
Sunderman J. C. Hodnett, 1 calf, 1.4 pounds,
Williams! L. J. Fletcher, Jr., 1 calf, 2.3
Rutherford pounds.
I Herman Alford Propst, 3 calves,
g 6 0—18 2 pounds
0 0 0— 0< Wayne Ashburn, 1 calf, 2.6
First downs: Stamford 11, Put-1 pounds,
nam 1. Conchas: Walker, Sunder- > Arthur Lae Viertel, 1 calf, 2.2
man. Head linesman, McKinsie of pounds.
Gill
Tony
Smith
Tidwell
Kelly
Hager
McClellan
! Fuqua
Kinard
Massey
Score by periods:
Stamford— 6
Putnam— 0
LB
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
RE
«B
LH
FB
RH
A. C C.
Hardin-Simmons
of University of Texas.
ois ^XwsmmaJHsms—gyT-ppaBst V? < .■
eper, Keeves of
ReTereh, Englan
Texas Boy Elected
Head of Hobby Club
Norris Grave*. Jr , 14, of 606
South 7th Strset, Get*#vill*, Tex-
n elected national beys’
_ -sc -rvnr
1..K at A. A M. College. « CHe >S. peepis again see ---- la vialdme L» Jeter.
has
chairman of Larry York’s Hobby
Club, an organisation of 26.000
t boys and girls, sponsored by Clov-
er Farm Stores. Norris is a cus- _
I tamer of the Blue . Bonnot division Ijmksrt
of Clover Farm Store#, which v-----
iU headquarters in Fort
groups and bureaucratic decree.
But, as Is also apparent, the
record leave# much u be desired.
Despite rejection of fresh sprnd-
the following daily m, pi*m. the session established a
new htgh In appropriations. U de-
layed or ignored various measures
which might ftave hastened recovery
by encouraging the reemployment of
idle funds and idle men. It left
serious farm and labor problems
without adequate solution.
Theae things may or may not be
corrected In later sessions Bui what
constituents will remember Is that.
In the end. Congress again fwunrd
IU responsibilities; again drmen-
strated that, under sur intern of
checks and balances, II la I N-
srdlnaU and not a subservient
of government; again ra-
the I IU fundamental duty
Is to the people and not to psMUenl
ti*t Church of this city. He ha I
been s resident of West Texas for
bO years at the time of his death.
He would have been married tor
67 years on October 18. lit* wife
wa* tKcv former Miss Nancy Jan#
\VHiding.' They _moved to Stamfonl
in 1900, the year the town was
founded and lived here for many
years.
For the past three
had been being near
the home of Roy Blllingalaf, .a
nephew whom they had raised a*
a son. A daughter. Mrs. C. C.
Jones of Dallas, four grande
ren, two great grande hi Id r«n.
zonUt. and you stand in the water up
to your neck But w* shouldn’t laugh
al this somewhat primitive scene, ac-
cording to Consumers information,
which points out that only a hundred
years ago. there were only t MB bath-
I tubs in the United States, all of them
in Philadelphia, where they hall a
City water system and taxed each
years they
Haskell at
tub |9 'Si
lent Fillmore Installed
the first tub In the White Hbuse in
I860. Advertising of the edvantaga*
of convenient and sanitary bathing
started 31 years later, has continued
tncreailngly ever since, and has
made the United States the cleanest
nation on earth. Even the most ad-
vanced European nation* are far be-
hind us In this respect, and lb* pos-
session of a’ bathtub in mod countries
Is a sign not only of opulence hut os-
tentation. The United Slates is among
the few counli lea generally educated
t>> the knowledge that health eud
cleanliness go together.
two sister*. Mra. M. W Hood
( ottos Variety Test
The Cotton Variety Teat on
Mose Jones plac# of Anson was
Dorothy ami L. A. Mi Ada, moved
this week .to Abilene. Mr. and
Mra. Warren Martindale moved In-
the house vacated by Mrs. Me
Mrs. W. H. Ewing of Fort Worth IA<^’ „ , _ . . _
also survive: **r”' K *■ •’"* *nd daughters.
Among the relatives attending 1 > J*1** and Betty and Mrs De-
the funeral Were some former 'bnWY, Mr: iM Mra. John Ivy nnd
Stamford residents, Mr. and Mra.l ^•\,K*** „ ®**|]J*M
Byrd Billingsley of Waco, Mrw *‘~'»*“*
Joe C. Handel and Mra. Cjay Ran -I dell Williams and John M. Ivy nt-
del of Abilene. Also Mr. and Mm. ......
to
Mm. Van M'Ada and children, M ',,,,b Burl Bunkl,» th*
community Sunday.
at A. 4k M. College.
Such facta aa Tint turn-out jta
pi*, anatkiai uf flf lock boles, etc.
will bo made available for ngrlB
thia county to aaaiat In determin-
ing what varieties would be moat
profitable.
Then an IS varieties under
test, namely:
Baglay, U
In an thia tbs people again
hope for x. return to the program
end prosperity which America en-
joyed under our tried and proved
form of representative government.
In N they see a retain ef govern-
■Mi to the pcsple.
tended the llaskrll county sing
mg convention at Paint Crack Sun
— _ * K**t
. K,v. R O.
of th# funeral and Duten Aahbqm ' u>-
Sagerton Lutheran
Ladies to Attend
_____Winters Meeting
The SL Paul’s Lutheran 'Ladrm'
AM of Sagerton. held it* monthly
ting in th* church last Bun-
afternoon. The meeting open-
with a hymn, scripture reading
gAWifl—Ml«l—■ •
n were fefi-
on th* program: “The Bur-
Traxaurr." by Mrs. Ella
nke; "A Word in Time,” by
Amalia N'lcrdieckj "Work By
f ifo anri /.mk 4 m• I I "
of Tuxedo, an old friend of Mr.
Billingsley, led th* fimt prayer.
Pallbearers wrre George Hanson,
Bam Hanaon. J. C. Coleman, J. V.
Friietl, Jr., Norman Martin and
Mr. Norris of Post community,
filled his regular appointment at
the Rnckdai* Baptist Church last
■Sunday. -
BUlU J. Kuenatlar Was In school
Wtttis ^ahiIllZh. TTbw?F gffli Roii4, Monday, xftor being out the first
icyyjgiiL x.fjtw.
prayer.
Curling. Played on Ice;
SixManlii Century Cam*
Curling |g • Sixteenth century
game which. Uke golf, was Invented
RM scotch, tt tt nngqy > winter
paitime and Is played on Ico. It
la a laMuraly and h—ay laakkM
■port la which (ha high point of ac-
tion oceura when a pair of old gaf-
far* with ordinary h< msec leaning
—_ ;Ouf Life and Growth Committee,
rSSfwM?. M ^ ;ry.;fr;rfrrv1!!
f, MM
- Mr. and Mm. Raymond King and
daughters anti Mr. and Mm. Elbert
Williams and children were din-
ned guests Sunday of Mr. and Mra.
E I) William..
Burnet Harvey,"L Monroe and
Cnnxrd ttxya from heir Abilene,
were in the community last Mun-
wr<
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Gillespie
had aa guests Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. J. b. McXrcver mad
Mr. and Mm. Arnold Ivy and Mr
and Mra. Kenneth Ivy.
A barbecue supper was enjoyed
on the crank near Paint Creek
bridge Friday evening by the coun-
ty agent. Mr. ScJ^Kann, and hla
office assistant, ■RrTbpmaon. and
AAA vrofftbim worker* Th* »nea
from thia community who attend-
ed were: Mr. and Mm. T. FTWniR-
Ivy, Mr. and Mrs. M., M. Cobh, and
jfc-—4-lfin J. jLdWBmRtdr —t—^
Mr. anil Mm. Pet# Wrtght and
tin* Week end with relatives In
j bock
Mr. ami Mrs IA>p* I iwngnael
and son, Uurward, and Mias Jay
West attend* d the funeral »*rvtaau
>>f John. M« Lenmre at Stamfoed,
Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mm. Ottie John#on and
son. Max. of Say lea, visited Mr.
ami Mm. John Bray. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard OVavky
of Plainvlrw visited Mr. and Mra.
Howard Montgomery
Mr. and Mra. Marvin Bi
of Stamford vtailed Mr nod
A. (J. Stanford Thursday a
noon
ng th
all pre
and will soon be completed.
The farmers am busy getting
their cotton out The crop is vevy
sorry Some am trying to aaiee
the late feed crop.
Neal Bunkley of MeCenneil spaa
Hunday with John Lynn GuiltoM,
Saturday night, Hunday men
ing an*i night am regular chant
date* at th* Baptist church.
Th# el*ctr1c> line golr
this community la in full progress
5 te1* £
Ct.VR
Many if the members voiced
their intention to go to Winter^
com plications of
it le a disease ef
i; strong possible
•inns infect lor
aid infactior.
bronchitis, and
Clrcl*
„ Bible. ’ la th*
y the Ellen Smith
,’s Missionary
John’s Methodist
next few weeks,
was conducted at
Monday afternoon
enn.
ion of th* study
iiacuasion brought
interesting ideas,
oking forward to
h a great deni of
utherford, district
Ire. T. 8 Bams,
’a secretary for
>1, attended three
ifa Jta thia
1—at Jayton, Rale
fra. Billy Bnraat,
a and Dr. T. 8
nded th* maating
amford is inclod-
erfont
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Old furnitare; old broken looto;
peU and pane; lawn mewera;
scrap iron all kinds. Highest
prices paid.
CORLEY’S
Phone 74 W. McIUrg
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$8.00
tolton Studii
I DO KODAK FINISHING
Pronto Private File ^ Wood
IIVVALUABLE KM HOME OB OFFICE
A Nsta-tonddbaMs dwsa* toaadlm with ^aco
F. Made ef COLD ROLLED STEEL In rich
dark *Hva green Inhh- Csasplmi with t
•••hi end ast ef 8 hays.
11K* hid< UK* wide, dK*
mail and racna •aim mus
TAMFORD AMERICAN
flap**™
Dentist
■TAMFORD
BE LOYAL TO YOUR
HOMK TOW N
H.t* M inetalled a pant
•tretching machine aa atW
ad aarvtce at n* extra east
to yen. TRY US
* Phene
•kiddin* along the ice. Th*
curling stone, which Is a curved
piece of granite weighing about 36
pounds, gets Its tea kettle appear-
ance from th# handle which spouts
out of Its top tWc. write# Turn Reil-
ly In th* New York World-Telegram.
It la strictly a team game, with
four n\#n playing on e aide. Just to
make it a bit more confusing the**
combination# #r« known to th# fancy
as “rinks” rather than tcama. Th#
moat Important man In any “rink”
it called th* “skip.” which teems to I
be an abbreviated way of calling
him “skipper” or captain. Each i
man ha# a broom and after the
atoo* starts sliding they sweep In f
front of it when th* “skip'* com- i
mauds.
Curling really" ts a combination of
bowls and ahuffleboard. Th* length '
of each court or "sheet" la 13* feet
nothing more than a small board In-
serted Into th* Ice at each #nd of
th* “M»**t“ and on which the man
•bout to curl the atone puts hla toot,
much aa a pitcher .tore the slab. In
front of each hack era three Urge
concentric circle*, and It U the ob-
ject of th* gem* to to* the hack at
on* end of th* sheet and spin th*
turn* as nearly to the cantor of th*
circles an the other end
hi*. After all eight man
•teir shots Ut* atones
ured aa In 4MU and the score so- t
netted. Th* players atari first at
one end eg a sheet and than re-
verse Fourteen "ends” er tripe up
and doau the “sheet’’ constitute •
match.
ROCKDALE
Iferrey, who is in school at Abi-
lene Chrietien College, will preach
at Lindsey Chapel Church
Christ $un«iay morning/
Mr, and Mrs. V. F. Bunkley went
to Arlington Hunday to take their
•on, Miller, to enter college. Miller
will be a sophomore. V. F. Bunk-
ley, Jr., who Bvea in DeHn*. met
fient in Arlington for a visit,
(Jolt* a few uf, the young people
frorg tfiis and Paint Creek Commu-
nities met with the Enrsdnie young
folks at th* Erlradal# xchool house
for a party Saturday night.
In the **horae and buggy
our parents thought it a long ways
to .go four or five miles to
But today the young pro-
i.1- V • .rt ' -“-tn
BBEMEF^
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