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BRAKE SERVICE.
WHEEL ALIGNMENT
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STAMFORD AMERICAN
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AND THE STAMFORD LEADER
Leader Volume 61, Number 11—American Volume 34 Number 39
STAMFORD, JONES COUNTY. TEXAS. NOVEMBER 22. 1962
YAr—SINGLE
TEN CENTS
Winters to Meet Olney—-
Bi-District Class A A. Football
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Qame to Be Here Friday Night
The Stamford High School. on tale now at the high school,
stadium will be site of the bi- Reserve seats are 12.00, gener-
district football playoff game ll admission. $1.50. and stu-
between the Winters Blizzards dent tickets. $1.00.
and the Olney Cubs Friday j Local arrangements are in
nigbt- Csme will start at 7:30 charge, of the athletic commit-
o'clock. : tee ‘ of the chamber of com-
Tickets for the encounter are 1 merce and the Quarterback
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In Baptist Revival—
Dr. Georjre E. Stewart, of San Antonio, left, will be
the speaker for a revival meeting to open Sunday
at Firat Baptist Church. Jimmy Hodges, right, will
.direct the music and will be featured Holoiat. A
breakfast for men .and youth will be held at 6:45
a.m. Morning nervice will be at 10 o’clock with the
night service at 7:30 o’clock.
Draft Board Says—
Tougher Policy Due When
Boys A re Slow to Register
Mrs. Ethel Lou Shelton, located
Olney of DliSrttt SAA tut a 9-
T record, having tost" an early
. season game to higlwteppRjg
Jacksboro. Olney defeated Has-
kell. 24-22', while Winters w as
ora 14-6 soot*,
Wtarta— beau,Albany. 28-8 while
Olney was 14-0 over Albany.
Local school officials already
have been contacted for use of
a possible game here the fol-
lowing week.
Selective Service Local Board
N6. 77, Anson, which has Juris-
diction over Haskell, Shackel-
ford and Jones Counties, an-
nounce a tougher policy regard-
ing men who register late for
the draft.
This policy was established af-
Club. These organizaUong will,
furnish ushers, ticket takers
and parking lot attendants. The
Band Boosters will have charge
of the concession stands.
Signs will be erected on poles
around town, indicating the
route to the stadium. Mayor ft.
K. Kelley has written letters of
welcome to the schools of the
two towns. The local sponsoring
groups are supplying the tickets
and these were taken to the re-
spective schools Monday.
Winters is one of the few
Class AA teams in the state
which has not lost a contest, this
year. They defeated Ballinger
last Friday night. 12-0, to rep-
resent the district 6AA Winters
dropped.-Stamford in a game
played here^WS^Tf’ Wy a t
s
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in office of County Judge in
Haskell; Mrs. Erma O. Reves.
Post Office In Lueders; Mrs.
John L. Brooks In Post Office
at Sagerton; Mr. M. E. Trice
In Rule: in Post Office. Mrs.
ter a board survey which deter-|^*rnm*e Squyre* Walker at
•Chan"
• ford; Mr. Pete Huntsman Sr
located two doors East of Post
registered late in the past six
months.
Federal law requires that
young men register with the
nearest draft board on their
llth birthday, or within five
days thereafter.
Under the new policy, the
board determined that ail regis-
trants who were late must sign
Office in Rochester; Mr Perry
H. Sparks in Post Office in
Hamlin; Mr R. S. Sanders lo-
cated at Post Office in Wefnert
and Mr. Daniel R, Walsworth
in Post Office in O'Brien. Texas.
Members of Uiis board are
,Mr. George L. McCargp. Chair-
man from Shackelford County.
a statement tn writing as to Mr David H. Persons. Co-chalr-
Home Economist
To Demonstrate
Appliances Here
Layneiglia Chapman, home
economist for General- Electric,
will conduct a cooking demon-
stration at the Grand Theatre
in Stamford Thursday, Nov. 29.
starting at 2 o’clock.
The demonstration is to be
sponsored by West Texas UtlU-
ties Company and other electric
appliance dealers.
Aa a General Electric region-
al home economist. Miss Chap-
man participates in promotional
activities of dealSR arid distri-
butors, conducts
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Chur dies to J oin
In Thanks Service
Wednesday Night
, Many Stamford pastors will is used by that organization In
have a part in the annual,city- caring for transient needy,
wide Thanksgiving service to be j The service will get underway
held Wednesday night at First with Rev. Jack Southerland.
Baptist Chureh. Services are to'pastor of First Baptist Church.
start at 7:30 o’clock.
The annual thanks service is
sponsored by the Ministerial Al-
liance and the night's offering
Cotton Leaves
Not YetXilled
By
Cotton harvest in the Stamford
area was halted the first of the
«%wyiw^Jfe^Rei^nized—^ ~ —
Jane" Jones, center, was recognized as 1962 Band Sweetheart of Stamford High
Pictured with June are twtriers who made the presentation. Left to right, ure •
Sandra -Batesr J udy Moritz, Jane. Mary Ne|L£Alifcufttte and Ann Hansen.
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493 Additional Persons
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Get Sabin Dose Sunday
An additional 493 persons took,hall. The place was open from
doses o! Type-41 Sabin oral po-
lio vaccine here Sunday after-
m>on. bringing to 5.504 the total
who have received the second
dose. This figure includes the
Lueders doses given the, pre-
vious week but does not include
the number given on the make-
up day.
Only one station was operated
In Stamford Sunday—at the city
1 to 3 o'clock. Total receiving
their vaccine on the makeup
day or the second dose was sub-
stantially larger than that on
the first make-up day. Only 1/0
persons received Type I vac-
cine on the make-up day.
Grand total receiving Type 1
vaccine was 6.151, or some 500
more than have taken Die sec-
Council Approves
Subdivision Plat
sumed about midweek.
'. Very DWr cotnwr-br Being
picked at this time, ginners re-
port. Most of that coming in is
s ripped. cotton that ,Uad been
defoliated. Most farmers report
that the frosts have not yet
leading the call to worship. Rev.
James Smith, pastor of Central
Christian Church, will lead the
invocation to be read In unison.
The congregation will Join in
singing "Come. Ye Thankful
People. Come."
Rev./Saw Hill of Jerusalem
Baptist Mission -will. dead - the
responsive reading to be fol-
lowed by the Gloria Patri. Rev.
Jerry Boles, pastor of Central
Presbyiertajj. ,v||Us «1
the Scripture, taken from
Psalm 65:1-13.
thodftt CtWrch'.
This will be followed by Scrip-
ture reading from the new
testament. St. Luke 17:11-19. by
Rev. David Canen, pastor of
the Nk&axene Church.—-
Congregation then will join in
singing "For the Beauty of the
killed the leaves and another I Earth.'
week or so must pass before | The prayer of dedication fol-
muth cotton will be ready to flowing the tfleriug will be given
strip. [by Dr. Hugo.B. Haterius, pastor
Although the harvest is late of Bethel Lutheran Church. An
in some areas, in others it is ' anthem then will be sung by
■* StarfffofTt Pity rounrit ap-
pro veti a subdivision plat and
accepted easement for the con-
tinuation of a city street at Its Hp ^ (hat of Uf( yMr Thu u i th<> Stamford High School Chor-
legular mooting t nday after- tnMf ^ ErlckKjthJ und AvtK a u* under the dlrecDon qf W- E.
areas and some Stamford gins Mayes
report their total glnnings are
as high as this time last year.
Cotton Is Unusually late north
of town and in the Tuxedo area.
ond dose.
FFA Again Will Repair Toys
For Needy Stamford Children
Members of the Stamford Fu-. The toys are
appliance [jure Farmers of America chap- the new Ag building at the
demonstrations, works with oth- j . ... . . ____
_ . : 'ter aga n this v»3r will recon- school as soon as possible. Io>s
er women in the home econom-i‘cr\ *
minedD°that thirty Vouths^tTa.i Chamber of"Commerce In Stam- and aids in merchan- ^dttlon -used toys at the-agrlcul-
mineg inat .tnirty youtns nau^__._ ____ .ii.mu ik« ,t,......f.. nn-'iun. hutirttm/ for distribution to
dising the department's pro- lure- building for distribution
ducts throughout the southern unfortunate children,
region of the country, j —*=----*
Haskell Farmers
women of the community U> at- Will DisCUSS 1963
end Wheat Program
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why- they were late. All regis-
trants who are over thirty days
late in registering, will be ask Anson. Texas,
to come before the local board
to explain thair tardiness. Thu
board will give formal official
consideration to declaring these
men delinquent under the law,
and processing them for armed
forces induction ahesd of other
inen in their age group.
The following registrars arc
maintained for the convenience
of young men: Mrs. Mate L.
Dunwody. board clerk, at 1039
12st St. Anson; Mr. James M.
Cottle, Post Office in Moran;
Mr Aubrey Dunwody. Post Of-
fice in Alison; Mr. John L.
msn from Haskell, and Mr.
Jack Eidwards, Secretary from
VFW To Host
Annual Turkey
Day Dinner
Rose. Post Office in Albany; 'low
Post 9179, Veterans of For-
eign Wars of the US, will host
its annual Thanksgiving dinner
on Saturday night. Nov. 24.
Serving will start at.7:30 p. m.
at the post home. L
Members and their families
are Invited to the dinner and
also to Die dance that will fol-
District Methodist
Conference Set
Here on Nov. 22
Rav R Overton, chairman of j
Haskell County ASC Commit I
tee, announced that there will
be a meeting of all wheat prri- , ‘,,,s r ' C'liff House
. ,u„ chase fo«Kl for needy families tl '
ducers of Haskell County in the ' 1 * •' r—
Quarterly Conference of the' Dutr,ct Courtr.K.m of the Has-j"’ Christmas.
Stamford District of Methodist kej, county Courthouse, at 9 40 j A certain amount of hclf) is [ wJ|t
which arc damaged beyond re-
pair are not needed unless it
might be to Salvage parts for
use o»r-idrtiilitr items.
Used clothing, especially for
children, may be taken to *he
Chamber of Commerce Citi-
zens are reminded that the
clothing should be clean and
wearable.
Mail any donation you may
care to give to the CofC office
This money wiTl T>c* used to pur-
Ttie council gave their approv-
al to two blocks in the Swenson
addition near the country club.
These were Bloc k 14 w’hlch runs
from Bartley to Compton and
trom Golf to Kelley, and Block
It. which runs from Kelley to
the Farm R|oad and from Comp-
ton to 1-andon Streets.
The Katy1 RaflrOatf was glv4n
the city easement to Wetherbee
Street trom McLendon to Rey-
nolds Stieet. This is one of the
streets which the city plans to
to be taken to | P*v® n, xt »Pr‘"K n ,h«-
i Katy tracks from near Eager
Peed Store to Reynolds Street.
Although'44-has been used as
a street for many years. It has
remained railroad property.
Retiring C of C
Officers Honored
At Breakfast
Two retiring officers of the
Stamford Hoard of City Devel-
opment were honored a* a
breakfast Tuesday morning at
Friday. November 23.
A certain amount
always needed to pack baskets
A I) . Green, who has served
as president since last Spring.
I>e tiansferred to Abilene
the first of the year • by West
and distribute food and any who Trxa, utilities Co. Curtis Elliott
, Purpose of the meeting is to | have the time and desire to as- |||p f0fC treasurer, will also be
district su- discuss the* 1963 wheat program, slst in preparation and distribu-1 |lansferred by , his company,
All interested producers are H,,n °f these boxes arc* asked to [>mr mar (;as Uo.
Guests included C of C di-
rectors. Mayor R H Kelley and
K K. Francis, district mana-
ger for West Texas Utilities Co.,
who is retiring the first of Die
year
Chur, lies will meet here at St. j a m
John's Methodist Church Thurs-159^3
day, Nov. 29, according to Rev.
C. A. Holcomb Jr.
perintendent.
Representatives wUI »>e pres- 1 urged to attend f?.r a detailed .leave name at the C of C office
ent from 31 churches, The ses- dUt.ussion of ,his program
There will be a singing Sun-
day. Nov. 25, at 2 p. m. at
Bethel Baptist Church. East Mc-
Harg kteeet. Kveryune la Jlflllev. L. A. Sublett.
sited.
Rev. Jeff McBeth, pastor of
Trinity Baptist Church, will de-
liver the Thanksgiving message.
This will be followed by the
hymn. "Now Thank We AH Our
Cod." to be sung by the con-
gregation.
The benediction will
Calvary Baptist Church.
ID by
pastor of
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Lowell Wofford Buys
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Prewit Motor Company
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The Chrysler-Plymouth agen-
cy in Stamford, operate*! for al-
most 36 years by Dave Prewit.
ha* been sold to Lowell Wof-
ford and wIR be- known in the
futqre as Wofford Motor Co.
Mr. Wofford announced this
week that the building housing
the firm will be redecorated
throughout and a formal open-
ing held at a later date.
lene moU>r company. He is mov-
ing back to Stamford'to be a
partner in Die firm.*
Mrs. Dean Hobertson will be
office manager. R. O. Gibson
Jr. will be a salesman, and Roy
Larance will be shop foreman.
Mr. Prewit said this week he
would devote his time to other
interests. A son. Horace, who
had been associate*! with the*
slons will start at 9 30 o'clock.
Blsliop Galloway will preach at j
n o'clock followed by lunch. Hereford Sale
Sessions will resume at 1 o’-T_ . . « •«
clock. 1 Set in Abilene
During the course of the day. ne(.omher 3
all causes of the church will be ,jn O
The twenty-third annual Sale
discussed and plans for finish-1
Ing the conference year will be
discussed.
Stamford Boy
Plans to Make
Two Recordings
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Cong. Omar Burleson Favors
Continued Pressure on Cuba
Cong. Omar Burleson praised
this country's stand in the Cu-
ban crisis in an address here
Thursday saying. "We are at
a point today where we have
tajien a stand and the world is
with ua."
T^he congressman was speak-
ing at the regular meeting' of
the Stamford Jaycees to which
other civic club members had
been invited.
In May of 1961, Cong. Burle-
son recalled, he proposed Just
Cong. Burleson criticized anyjclared. in emphasizing the need
form of compromise in the cold
war. "If they receive as much
as two per cent, they consider
they have won a victory be-
cause they always demand so
much more than they expect to
get.”
Many nations of the world
have been looking to this coun-
try for leadership and we have
not furnished it, the speaker
said. "We did not campaign for
Judy Zimmerman
i Student Teachc»r
This Semester
of the West Texas Hereford As-
sociation will be .held in Abilene I Craig Terry, son of Mr. and
Monday, Dec. 3. A show will Mrs.'Curtis Terry, formerly of
be held in the morning with the Stamford, will make his try at] Judv Kay Zimmerman of
sale getting under way at 12 .40: being a successful recording art Stamford is one of 10 North
o'clock. j tst during the Christmas holl-, '*1'*** State University students
The new Taylor County Agri- days. Craig writes from Grand ‘‘ervlng a* home economic* stu-
cultural and Livestock Center Prairie that he ndw has a 'dent teachers in Dallas-Fo t
will lie site af the s#Ie to which ] small combo and . will go In Worth-Deriton area schools this
has been consigned 28 females [ lamisiana for the/rxwordlng semester
Miss Zimmerman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Garland E. Zim-
merman. 606 E. Mcllarg. Stam-
ford, is student teaching in the
ta'wisvllle school system.
and 70 bulls. •'' I "The two records I have." h.*
B R Blankenship, secretary writes." are "Where I Belong
of West Texas Hereford Associa-j and "The Shoulder She Cried
tton will supply an additional ; on Was Mine."
information designed. His ad-
dress In 1302 Amarillo Street,
Abilene.
for continuing pressure in Cu-
ba
Unless we continue the pres-
sure. we stand a chance of hav-
ing a tremendous let-down. The
blockade will work. Mr Burle- [ Dojf HOUSC 118118
Recreation Day
RecreaUon Day will be held *,
at the Dog House on Friday,-|
Nov. 23, from 1 to 4 p m. \d-
mlsslon will be 15 cent*.
The Dog ' House will also be
Craig calls
Midnights."
combo
son skid, because the economy
of Cuba cannot endure because
sandards there are not the same
as other communistic countries.
"They are in a shaky position
They are out of cash. Their
economy is tottering. At least, . .. . .
_A _ . ,. , " .. open at the regular weekend
70 per cent would like to throw * _■ .. . „ ,
times on Friday and Saturday
nights. )
leadership but It was thrust up-
such action as Is now being on us. We are the nation in this
taken. September of thfc world to be challenged. We are
Mme year I Introduced a resolu- [the only nation standing in front rn,t ,h* Cairo regime
tton calling for.sanctions against [of the world and Communlarq."
all Communist bloc naUooa." | Mr. Burleson recalled past ef- ternate possibiliUes and said an Qa___ /m_
There come* • time when no fort# at gaining friendahip and invasion of Cuba would coat 40,- olOrCS v 1080
compromise la poesible without deecrtbed these as all but -fu- 000 casualties. ‘"We could bomb ThursdflV
sacrifice of principles, the ceno'tlle. "We called ourselves 'good'them out but this would take the *
gressman reminded. Many men guy.* handed out doles and Uvea of many women and chll
in history are associated with have expected friendship -but It dren. It is much better that wo
compromises and they are not ha* not Worked." ' I dry them up." . >
well though of, he said, citing It is time we got away from j Compromising of principles is
ae examples Judas Iscariot. Ne- the Idea that we had to please the way to destruction. "We
vUlr Chamberlain and Vldkufn everybody before we took care,must get away from our timid
Quisling. y" ~~ |of ourselves, the speaker de- attitude," the speaker conclude.
Thursday, Thanksgiving Day.
will be a holiday in Stamford
and stores will be closed.
Schools will,, dismiss at tha ♦
close of the day Wednesday
and classes will not be re-
sumed until Mondey.
Adding Machine
Returned
An adding machine belonging
to Harrison-MIckler Grain Co
was found in the weeds in a
hack yard at 514 S. McMIllin
Street last week. City officers
returned the machine to the
company after it was taken to
! the police station by a young
j Latin American youth who foun<J
it *r
Mr. Wofford was born and firm, will Join his brother. Gene
reared In the Stamford area. HrewR, at Hamlin, also In the
He owned and operated a fleet automobile business. Plans of
of- oil transport Ducks for a , I-endall, another son. are not
number of years. And owns scr- •definite,
vice stations here and at Rule | —-"
and he owns and operates Wof-
ford Elevator,
Ass<m iated with Mr Wofford
as sales manager will be his
son. Dale, a graduate of Stam-
ford High School. Dale attended
Abljene Christian College for
three years and more recently
has been employed by an Abi-
Entries Sought
For Decorating
For Holidays
Aspermont Woman
Burned to Death
Detailed plans for conducting
a holiday decorating contest in
Stamford are still in the making
but an entry blank for interested
resident appears in this issue
'of The American
Mrs. Fannie Emm aline Bui-• Under the sponsorship of the
lard, a 78 year old Aspermont dvjc Improvement Committee
woman, was burned to death-10j th«» chamber of commerce,
Sunday morning when her three- prUes of j15 will ^ xiven in
room home was destroyed by of three classl/iratlona. -
Hre' |, Class one will include dls-
Fishermen at nearby Sellers ] plays commemorating the holi-
i.ake saw the flames and not I- day season. Class B. Displays
fled the fire department. Mrs. , which stress the originality and
Bullard's body was found lying ingenious arrangement of the
Class
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across the bed.
Graveside rites are to be held
Thursday at Sweetwater.
contestant. Class C. Overall
neatness of the property, yards
and buildings.
RETURN FROM OUAM
Mrs. • Hulan Greenhaw and
daughter. Mltzl, arrived hfre,
t.Ndv. 17 L{rom Guam where they
had been living’WKTle Greenhaw
is stationed there.
Their home on the ialand was
extensively damaged during the
recent typhoon ao Mrg. Green-
haw and Mltzl will reside here
1 for the present time
ENTRY BLANK
Holiday Decorating Contest
Stamford Board of Civic Development
Box 120*1
Stamford, Texas >
Please enter my property in the Holiday Decorating
Contest.
Name
Address
(Mail of bring this entry blank to C of C Office)
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