Stamford American and The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1958 Page: 6 of 14
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JTTAMFORD AMERICAN ?
' Stamford, Texan, February 20, 19fiR
Thursday
, , »y MKS. A. L. KVBANKM
A pickup and cattletraller j melted almost as
— In which S. L. GriffiiiLAnd
------Atery Bur*-hard --were tiding
overturned on Tuesday, Feb-
ruary tl as they were en
route home from Eastland.
The two got out practically
unhurt.' Jerry sustained a
knot on his head and Griffith
was sore from the shakeup
Thers was approximately $400
worth of damage to the pick
* up apd trailer. Mr. Griffith
- bought another pioUHp instead
of having the old one repaired.
Mr. Griffith said he had
lieen driving about 30 years
and this was his first accident.
1 The accident occurred about
• cignt miles from Lueders on
lovsky'%. mother. Mrs Frank
as It Vrzalik in Kaufman recently. |
fell. However-, at one time the1 Nella Walton and Sue ,Shaw
"'most covered and their roQm-tnates from
The Paint Creek people hope Cisco- Junior College at Cisco
all this bad weather mean:?; attended th» HS tournament
good crops for 1958. This is; in Abilene Thursday night to1
the coldest ard longest spell see Paint Creek team plav. j
of winter this Winter. , Jimmy Shifw, aJEtaint Creek
Mr. and Mrs., W. A. Mont j boy, wlv* is employed at Mid-
pomery recently visited her; land with ihe Hell Telephone
nie<e, Mrs, Fred Phillips, who J Co. and Jowly Deason weie
Many Boys tod Girls Participate
H0U THE HEART FUND In Founder’s Day Program-of P-TA
HELPS YOUR HEART
THROUGH RISIARCH
SINCE 1949... MORE THAN
25,000,000 HEART FUND DOLLARS
wm&mm
THAN 7 j
HAVE BEEN CHAHHELED
J,
was Ul andTTuid'been a patient
In Hendricks Memorial hospi
tai. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Dee R, Hol-
untted ir marriage Feb/ 2 at
the Calvert Haptlst church in
Midland. —
The wedding reception was
INTO RESEARCH
LOOMS TOWARD
COMOOSST Of MTART DISMASTS
<"ombe spent a few .days last j held ip the home of the bride*
week in Abilene visiting, rela | grandmother. The voung
tives.
Pat Morrison’s senior girl
basketball ’earn attended the
the Anscn-Afbany highway 'Hardih Stmmdns tournament
“about 5:15 p.m. Tlte highway
was. covared with ice and e
hekvy snow was failing. The
two were returning - home
from a cattle sale.
, Five bus-loads of Palrt
(’reek boys and girls an<i
the school faculty and par-,
ents went to see The Ter
Commandments at the Grand
Theater in Stamford WedrtPs
day.
— A son wa# horn to Mr, and]
Mr«. Twain Mickler at the
Stamford .Sanitarium on Feb
ruary 8. The hahy Jamie Law-
son. weighed sevfn pounds,
ten ounces. The Micklers' old-
er child is a girl. Deborah
In Abilene. Our girls least both
the games to VVinte^s and
Axoca. .Never the less they
plaved a good game and eh
Joyed the tournament. The
girls spent Thursday night in---Mr and *Mnr-Bill fjerry of
the dorm with Emiice Grif
fith,.
Others attending the toums
■■z: *nrt
Kay The Micklers live at
B. Griffith, Mrs Pat Morrl
son and girls, Mrs. Mack
Earles. Mr. and Mr*^ Arthur
Watson. Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Fischer and Mr. Holdombe.^
Dolih Hughes, editor of the
couble will make their homo
in Midland. Some from Ihe
Paint Creek attended the wed
dine. r , " - *
Grandmother. Milkier (Mrs.
J. M.' suffered a light stVoke
on Monday- and her Doctor
has advised three weeks In
bed
mm2
ARE HELPED 9V PROFESSIONAL
AND PUBUC EDUCATIONAL
PROCRAMS r>
IVnvor City werg recent visit
brs_ of lelatives and friends
here.
>nent were’ Mv and MisTYP? Pvt Donald G, Taylor age
)7. son of Mrs. W. R. Howard, |
Haskell, is to complete the
five-week carpentry eoursqjby
Feb. 27 j,t Ft. Leonard Wood,
f«ylor enter'd the Army in j
Ocf! 1957 and he completed
nyrter
Mr and Mrs. Morris Ha^^ -,h£
Pirate Log, ft . C. school sn j basic training at Ft. Carson,
mial, sent in the final proof to! Cold.
the publishers Tuesday. .He Mr and Mrs. M. E .Overton
■and Jus staff have worked and Mike.recently visitnd Mrs..
- Me. well ~
■nual this year. Vis. r. W, Jones Sr . of Rule
-an*L Airs—Frank—Pust^-4-etwF attended a wsmi niimnrt
*»*:•#*■
' k-t-fflSTr
-The Clarence Chapmans
Abilene were guests
and Mrs. J. W. Brown over
the jjveekend.
N'he Overton,
berts and Martindale Cole
Aided Conservation
l-c" ^sSSSBRp
K—.'ifLl£l■. "1 ' ■' "1' ~ ; . ,
nf ^Series of Radio Broadcasts
Scheduled for FFA Week
Piictii
i
Around 50 boys and girls
took part In the program of
the annual PTA Founders Day
allver tea at, the Oliver Street
cafetorium Monday night.'
Mrs C. B. Wallace, vice pro
sident and program chairman
presided, in the absence of the
president, Mrs. A. C. Berry.
who had an engagement In
Dallas for that date before
ihe date of the tea had been
changed. 1
Mr>. L. G. Mcliuv led the
audience ‘ In repeating tbe
PTA prayer.
The Tonets, girls' choral
p directed by W. e.
sang......yjSwe*!!—£Uau
Bain,” "Gentle Annie** and
later sahg "Sing the Won
droua Tjoys of) Men.” Mi’s.
Mayes played the piano ae-
rompaniments. *+
Second grade speech pupils
of Mr"- Patsy Cole gave a skit
Hi Which each child gave a
reading while they planned a
program . , ^
-Two groups rrt dancp pnftTT?.
Of Mrs. Charles Toyman gnve
dance routines.
A group-of PTA
and officers under direction
of Mrs. Jeff Hooper, gave the
meaning of PTA Founders
Day with each woman* using
a letter of Founders Day ’to
describe its meaning.
Mrs. Dave Walker, who was
„ ode of the group, remained to
-[r&lLnf- Mm. man.
ers Day birthday gift.
W»lis^> j Al'iaioed -4
Mrs. M'uker said. . he given hv a rnodern time
Jp,.. ir(g class ti-cni i CXas Unlvc
Dirntor.
gram
Mrs. George Pryc-r,
ConnciJ secretary, i *ad the
minutes nnir pave^thh Hham‘>
ial report. She read thp recom
mendatlons’' of' tlta executive
committee, which were adopt
cd by the botly. 5,
These f recommendation-,
vere lhat each unit pay $1490
for vaccination shots, in the
slty' of Women at Dentor. in
April. ' . * :
■ Ttws pie-school clinic will tv
iiekTtn April instead of May,
It was announred. —
H)C- O.ttneli- 111
sor- a procedure course ' and
parliamentary study course 4->
ApriL Tt--' spring Confeiertcx:,
spring and fall, to be given Uv with th me of Education ,lsr
Ihe school nurse, and that the
Cpuncll sponsor a oro.gram
Stroke Fatal to
MiirLehrjnann
Mrs. Fmma Iz-hrmanii. af’
•ff SagTton di-si at t *jc
StamfdFTT Sanilarium Monday
at 8:30 p m She had suiferyd
n stroke at the family horn*'
Life in the Making will T»»
Trt tTW* Wtnf-iii Ttorrl’ in •
hilene Apcik -it Was
announced. —
-Sr' —
Offlc-rs wrr< elected and''
will be Insiailed on May 2*>i
the pWwidetuy and Mrs, War-
i en. Alberts was elected vice 1
resident Mrs Hurry Stapr.k
*vas named .‘.ecrettiry-terasur-
or, v r.......
Lueders
bulanr^. ,J
-Farmer Dies
The.Great PlalnV (‘ot—erv,- ' ■-
man% were among- the Bov
Seouls of the Chisholm Trail
iulFifteen-minute radio hroal , Marrh i Avora eh^pter.
lion Piogram in Jones County
is lendy to mlove. Approval by
State Program Committee of a
list of soil-stabilising; mot
who went to Austin to make r“,8r;er ’T*" P^ctor. vocational a>: *ure saving practice, for the
the report to the
recognition of National FFA
*!& S^SS«Z- ‘-’tad helmen'of .Itoeumton ^1“ “
rictilfure teacher, will
hfl county was announred by
pub Sims entered hi* club H0)brooks and Rraci p.ow iand. I >1 S»"mford Chamber of Com
calve* In the Stock Show at
San Antonio. He .was accom-
panied Jjiere by his father.
Frank Sima.- -.
Eloise Livengood is home
, after a few davs In the fcospl
f'al for treatment of a virus
infection.
'• Carolyn Cook of Paint
Creek and a giiL from Rule,
accompanied by Mrs. Lillian
Jirown, -*vere in Denttm Feb-
luary 78 a* guests of Texas
Woman's University. The girls
were chosen by their teachers
as most deserving a chance
Stamford vocational agricul-j merce Agriculture commi’
ture teachers.' J «■ members. Roland- Kellev
yr of the Soil Conservation
Service staff is chairman of
the Jonca County program
member; *1 W
for scholarships being offered--wl"
by the University. .
Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Howard
and son, Vem W.. visited Mr
Howard's s brother. Mr. and
Mrr. Mitrle T, Howard of Al-
bany Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. W 5. Cox
spent Sunday with their . son
and his family. Mr. and Mrs.
Othello Cox and children, of
Weinert.
Faint Creek h ad three
inches of snow Tuesday and
former
Stenholm, a
The broadcasts will bo given *<ij| taik on FFA activities Committee
12 to 1215 nm. daily begin , . *. , .
ning Febrtiary 22 and contln j- an po n o a
ing through Marcl) I. skipping
Sunday. . M
On Febnury ?2. T. C. Rii-c.
Area president^ Pete Ilaket,
Anson, state vice presiden*.
and Johnny Walton. R-vh-'s
ter, district presiilor.t, will die
cuss FFA aclivitiejp-Wn ura,
state and district'levels.
Feb
Also approved were ihe
! rates at which . ihe Federal
Uk.d'4'•standpointBirger Ha ! governmentX will share the
terms community, and Lot
Walker, from M>i !Mn»‘NS men';!
viewpoint
X
Mrs. R. F. Mahood
Installs Officers
eh. 24 Rochester, chapter prpee f’rmin
tefl of shop and classroom iU1 t*rOUp
activities.
Feb. 25— Ansjyi
FFA aims and purposes.
Mrs. R. F. Mahoocl, state
chapter.! president of Texas Woman’s
Press Association, installed of
Feb. 28—Hamlin Chapter, liters for the newly.formed
supervised farming activities; Heart of Texas TWRA district
experimental farm.
Feb. 27—.0:Brien Chapter,
discuss local community fair.
Feb. 28—Stamford chapter, I Sl
leadership activities, par Ha - er
ftientary procedure.
luncheon
and was
Skrtur fay-. »
Ttie meeting was
sjjeaker
held at.
ihe Stagecoach Inrf at Salado.
state - officers
cost of ihfltaiting the prac-
tices. These rates, beset! on
average cost of the wotk in
this county, range from 50. t^
ASMauv?! ■■■<
Christian Science
Sermon Topic
. Is Announced
Understanding the eternal!" coffee at ttar new home cf
afitv of God will he a toni,-! Mr- and Mrs APon Schulz at
present
| were Mrs. Madie Smith of
Belter), second sire prrutdent,
j who was master of ceremonies
and Mrs. Florence Bosl of
i Schulenberg, first vice pros!
i dent, who spoke. •
Thcv were al«o guexts fer-
quality of God will be a topic I _.
deall with Sunday at Christ r<*rT1l,,<* Srhu]2 |, assistant
' lari Science Chuiches. f j publisher of the Temple Tele
| Keynoting- the lesson ~SrrWH? l™, "T
TOn -Sm -Vine a 'rlLTsblTh
I. golden text from Job £1 a \S %
| "Behold. Gorl ik Mighty and! J T
I desplseth no* any? ho ,S A L r«haw^of-th^City.
Mighty In strenpth and V^iS [
doth.’
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Chlequlefta Hug»«ss
Avoca FFA Sweetheart
C hicquietta Hughes
Elected Sweetheart
Of Avoca FFA Unit
Chicquletta Hughes,- ' senior.
s<ud*»rn- at Avw High School,
has been elected FFA Jw.-ef
tiean by.the Avoca FFA Qiap-
Mrs. H. C. Raker’s
Selections from the Chris \fnthpr Hieu
tlan Science text bock will in j
dude the following 1410:141 [
‘Every trial of opr fai
sthoAger
God makes us
Mrs. Mgy Etta Register. 95,
of Fort Worth, mother of Mrs
faith in
The H. C. Baker of Stamford, died
more difficult' acems the ma Monday afternoon at her
lerlal condition to be over-4 home in Fort Worth after a
come by Spirit, the etrongri M’ort illness.
----- 'H«KI||0 \ .......
shpuld be our faith and the | » Funeral was held Tu
In the Moore Chapel In Fort
purer our love.'*
Christian Science services Woft*1 ?vnd burl.11 wSVat Dick
are heid each Sunday 11 a.m |
ens after a graveside service
at 708 E. Oliver St The putaf^ 1 p.*n-AVedm»xdav. _____________________
lie Is cordially invited- I J1-".??-.toifLilv. been designatad by Secretary
ing at,Fort Worth tor the |MU|h
‘rt ' • .....-Chiietta was eieeted rrvmt
'V
athletic girl in the -High
School favorite election this
year She is also FH A Secre
- V;4"fy. class reporter, starting
1- guard on Avoca girj* basket
Ito team, and is a member of
the annual and paper staffs.
’ Chicquletta plans at aft
Northeastern Sun? CcIIeg,
Tahlequah. OkU . next'
rtfend
*gA Ir
fall
Chicquletta ia a member pt
the Avoca Methodist Church
•utd young peoples organiea- j.
She will repreaehit the
Avora FFA Chapter at the
District banquet in the Spring.
Mrs. Dolly Pavnr of Siam I five ycai^ and had s(,ent time
'ord. mother of Milton tmd1 with the children. She had
Lucille Payne of this city.Ms j been Jtere for several month*
medical patient at the Stam In the fall and early winter.!
ford Sanitarium.
S. J, Hodge underwent sur
gery »t Uj j Climford Sanitar
ium Tuesday and is getting
Along nicely, liu son, Sanford
Hodge of Midland came to be
with him Tuesday. - '
She had spent mos« of her
life in Hamilton county and
90 jieiccnt of the total boat of
installing each practice. Coat-
share rates fer Jor.cs County
had been worked out by the
County Program ' Committee
and submitted / to the %tete
Program Comnflttee which is
headed by State ConserVatkfh-
ist H. N. §mhh as chairman.
The purpose of the Great
Plains Conservation Program,
Krupala explained,„ is to de-
velop an agricu’ture that in-
sists the weather extremes
tha* are a constant hazard in
the Plalps area. This will run-
tribute to a more stable «o
nomy.
Foundation of the prog;am
i« a complete soil and water
conservation plan for each
farm or ranch. The farmer or
rancher agrees to establish all
needed measures In his plan
within a_ period of not lees
than three^or more than 10
ys*m.|
. Krupala pointed out that
when the farmer or- rancher
twcomes a party to the eon-
tram he mcney for the jrover
ment’s share of the coat is set
aside for his part of the pro-
gram.
Congress, in providing for
the fauhehthg of the program,
authorized f150.000.000 for
10-yenr period, hut apeclfled
that not more than $25,000,000
will he spent In any pqogiair
year Appropriation for the
first kickoff year Uvaa $10,000
000 rental.ve distribution of
funds for Jonef.,County have
been mad*! “ /
A total of 243 counties In
the 10 Great Plains States has
an improved cropping system.
80 peij cent, GP-5 Reseeding
qf rangeland- 80 percent, CP-
7 Establishment of perman-
ent sod waterways -80 per
cent.
C.P-8 Constructing terraces
—80 percent, GP9 Construct-
ing diversion terraces—70 per-
c e n t, GP-J4 Conatructinp
spreader ditches 70 per cent,
GP-21 Constructing ponds—
50 percent. GP2.1 Brush con-
trol-^Sp percent and GP24
Constructing permanent fen-
ces as a means of protecting
vegetative covor.
The following offices;
Ansor., Stamford, Merkel and
Abilene will to glad to assist
any farmer or rancher inter-
ested In the Great Plains Con-
servation Program..
nr-Wetk
day at 2:30 pjn. at St. Paul'* ,
Lutheran Church at Sagertoft* filb lv„v r^tir^ farmpr ot
members 1 wh'c.h ■»y.wa« " , age h5. died Safw
3ev- 'J*: Statto,..pastor con-;<fav at 4 |MIl. aijj,od*rrTte
ducted the servlie. Burial «*nsi-lim, h.-«n tn 4ST.vKib.tHid, for
In Fairv,ew/cemctcry i.t Shi I ,| yotw-s
gjl'.n with Kinney., Funeral, ' Mf-Petty and l.irwlfe 'fV
lomA'tn charge. I former jfV.i'tc Turner. .. had
Mrs I-ehrmann wfirthe-frn , rnnrcd ti» LttwV-rs jii ! 1927-
mer ,wnm* Helm. She Wi^'from f till coup tv! lt»- v:e» r*
hm^ln Washington -oiunty ; ui N;.sh^,|.. Tenq..
mmr .......... r :n • n >■ r «<Sa«- —
-Fl wS A >
MtofMamr-
m deWates Tie I araa"~Mr^S»irm mu *ii
She is survhed by a son,! jfj-eat grandch idrcn. and foot
tto -Lehrmann An S^igenon: * ., . jpj
Funeral wait held Monday
2 p in at ilie Flf'M trvpTlst
ses i vere ___
money. Stale delegates at e i . . . . •
sent to the National ronven -i°'4**'W'r 1, 195L
tlon and other work is pro-
moted. .....r
“Through this way, we can
express our- faith and onr
hope in the entire PTA pro-
rtc re
• dauts; *i-x «;<>rvs P in. '<J,lA4.''l-
Gary Huston, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert F. Huston4.for ,ilc fuberai
of Lake Jackson, is visiting 1
his grandparents. Mr. and
Mrs. Cleburne Huston. The
Hustons went to Lake Jack-
son and Gary came homy
with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wag-
goner, accordion teachers of
Abilene, wno tearrh a niimber
of young accordionists of A-
voca and Lueders. played
Monday night for the regular
meeting of the Lions Club of
Lueders.
tors, f>0 ’f.’i . -id, tii'dri n. 112
two daughters. Mis. Adeltier;
• .^qter nt filil Clm-y *>nd y
August',Fndor of -Sagerton; II Ch„ Lueders of Which
grandchildren • and
grandchildren.
Grandsons were paUhearsrs
15 greet |.hi- was a member.»Rev. C.»ne
M.'Combs, pastor’, and Rev.
A daughter, BelindaKay
Was born to Mix ajui Mrs 1 Kieta'V Funeral. ] fooi-
Frank; ~ *
at th
M-'oster or -Febrtiinw 17 * !:.*» tV. -■ .
« Anson Geiu'ral liospi j... ITie tSui
•i... _______ A.,.. ____
Harry. Hanes,- pastor of th*1
Baptist church at Lipan. con-',
ducted the aqtvire. Burial w,i»
in till' Le.'derr remelcry-with
In:
,The\survivlng Vans of Mr.
tal. Tlie mother is the fdrmer Petty an* Ben Petty-of I.lmn,
Wanda Wehb, daughter of Mr I tohri fr.^Tutls "’and Van: qf
and Mrs. H E Wetrh, and ,i.T: Liedi-isf -Jigha and
't«;naf . grandparents are Mi.
and Vlrs 1.». Foyer Mater
nal great >>nindmoUior is Mrs
Mnegie 1 W«*hh and piterrl 1
gre***<!fandrnother Us Mrs.
Cora Foster of Abilefie.
of Fort AVoHn. The dnughu*ps
j are Mrs. J- E SOetle* and
| Mrs. Chester Prlnee of I ue
iler*L Mr?: Gnxge Taylor qf
i Wliit r ev a I NTrs.'
i L....... *'
of ’troarfiel-T
pt Agrtrulture Ezra T. Ben-
son for the program.
Members of tin—^County
Program Committae, in addi-
tion to Krupala are; Morris
KTanny, FHA County Supervl
aor; R. G. Rowell, Oialrmap
^ Tmbfir of ,ho First I County ASC Committee; W
Bajitikt Church at Center Val
fay-
Five daughter^ survive
lc!»--—---- Mr and Mrs. A. L. Gibson
j^C. T Stovall, son of Mr. and, and family, who nr? former
T. Stovall and stu 1 resident* af Sagertqn:and now
.lent in HaMin-Simfttortp Uniillve near p?eos visited rela
vertlty of Abilene, entered the' tlvV*s and old friends In Soger
Stamford SlhlHirllnri "MqfiWy
for treatment of flu.
tez is the
^■Ughter pot*n to Mr. und Mrs.
Rantaleoi
ntalebn' MaiMpcz
spitaciurr
ruary 15. toe weighed six
Stamford Saf
at the
m on Feb
pounds, two ounoer,.
iph Tail weeTt end.
C Hrtrt diseases cause more
deaths in Aht* United States
eacn year than all the other
crises combined, according to
g. Ciovernmetit statistics
quoted, by the Texas Heart
Fund. ,
ji * )-• -
H. Tehmberg, County Agricul-
tural Extension' Agent and J.
E. Nix Stftervlsor of the Call
fomla 1
Dtsfrie
3oll Conservation
Tfere J*' the list qf practices.
With cost share cates, for
.Tores 'county: GP;1 Initial
establishment of a permanent
vegptatlve cover as a part of
y t
A daughter, Carla Kay Ad-
ams, was born to Mr. and Mbs.
Bufeid Thomas Adams of 9y
tvestrr at the Stamford Sani-
tarium on February 15. She
weighed eight pounds, four-
teen ounces.
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