The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1939 Page: 5 of 8
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THJS STAMFORD LEADER, STAMFORD, TEXAS
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SUB DEH8 PLANNING
A MASKED DANCE
lively excerpts from popular
operettas, grand opera selec-
tions and folk songs, accom-
panied by electrically trans-
* organ and prchestral
backgrounds. NBC orchestra
in (hicago made the accom-
paniments especially for the
Cushing-iHutton#.4 • .
Sub (Debs met Monday night
to make plana for a Halloween
masquerade dance at the country
duh neirt Tuesday night. The
meeting was held at the. home of
Eilah Blan Elliott with Mary
Trmoger and Virginia Tayman as
joint hostesses. *
Punch and cookies were served
to Ollie Mae Burge, Judy Fuqol,
Betty Blackwell, Nanay Harrison.
Mary Jim Mason, Mary Estella
Williams, Halcyon Stagncr, Mar
tha McClellan, Bobbie Lou Smith
Ann Bunkley, Mabry Yantis, Billy
Ray Wiley, Margaret Boston
Wanda White, Wanda Britton,
Buena Pockham and Jane McDon-
ald.
For the second time within »
month Company. K 142n l Infantry.
Stamford’s unit of the Texas Na
tional Guard, h»* put into' offer!
• plans to increase the strength and
efficiency cf the "Company. First,
the yaard was authorized an in-
crease of 18 men for {Stamford.
Thi* increase in strength had just
been accomplished when order;
were received last Saturday to
more than double the amount of
heal training, according to c«p>
tain h rank M. Locke, commanding
Officer of Company K.
The new orders call far two
drill periods per week with an
addit. nal period of seven days oi
field, training to be held prior to
Jan. .'II, 1U10, Captain I.ocke said
Order.- were effective immediate-
ly and the first drill under th<
,new schedule was held on M >n
day night of this week in the lo-
cal^ armory. Semi-weekly drill.-.
W’ill be held on Monday and
Thui.-day nights until further no-
tice,
Plans have not been perfected
for ti;e seven day field training
but H was stated that orders wii.
like];. t*e received within tin nex
two Weeks on 1 hut phase of train
ing. Captain,Ji.i'cke announced tha.
the field training w uld likely
cover the newest developments in
tactics, maneuver and defense
against air attack, and pointed
out that this training period would
lie of the greatest importance to
the local unit.
questing the Co-operation and as-
sistance of the citizenship of
Stamford in carrying out .the new
program. He is ^particularly ap-
pealing to the employers of mem
bets of Company K to arrange to
let their employees off for the
field training period without
Jeepardy to their jobs.
ROIL conservation to
SPEAK OVER NETWORK
Or. Hugh Hammond Bennett,
chief of the Soil Conservation
Service of Washington, I). C., will
*peak over the National Farm and
Home Program at 11:45 a. m.
Friday, Oct. 27.
“Soil Conservation _______
rado Plateau” will be^tho subject
of 'Or.. Bennett’s aiRhrim
chief of the soil conservation ser-
vice is recognized as a world au-
thority on erosion, its/ cause and
its control.
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A. C. Braun Injured
A. C. Braun, one of our groects,
had his left hand injure^ several
weeks ago while handling live-
stock at the stock exchange. A
pig stepped on Mr. Braun’s hand
and at the time his injuries were
considered not serious until sever-
al days ago it began to be pain-
ful. More X-rays showed broken
t> lies knitting back in the wrong
place. The bones were then re-
broken and set Tues.hi.v flight.' He
is doing as well as.couldfbe ex-
pected.
Play Awhile Club
Mrs. Ida Lindsey entertained the
Play Awhile_ Club and several
guests on Wednesday afternoon
when she featured Halloween
decorations.
Pumpkin pie and coffee were
Served following games of “42”
Present were Mmes. A. J. Belle.
A. F. Ashenhust, F J. Schaefer
J. B. Lee, R. P. Small, A. M
Conant, C. E Coombes, Holland
Griggs, L. E. Million, , Albert
Turner, J. J. Allen, John R. Wil-
liams and D. C. Nye.
Mrs. R. H. Rounds Hostess
Mrs. R. H. Bounds was hostess
Wednesday afternoon at a bridge
party entertaining a group of
friends of Mrs. B. P. D*wnl»rt
Jr. who is moving from Anson tri
her attractive new home east of
Stamford.
The Bounds home had cosmos
and roses for decoration.
Mrs. Hurry Pace was given
Ploying card* for^high score prixe
[Vfnport was remem-
bered with a linen handkerchief
Chicken sulad, olives, rolls,
punch and chocolate covered mints
were served.
Present were Mmes. Harry
Puce, David .Bennett, Morris’
Childers* Ray Burson, L>. Hassen.
Roland Kelly, Joel Johnson, Roy
Cochran, Drun Culp, Roland Dun-
wody of Anson, the honor guest
and Esther Rogers. /
Mrs. George Zachary will be
ihostes.s at a bridge luncheon for
The company e mmander is re-'the Kolonial Kard Kluh.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Strauss
have returned from a visit to
their son, Bobby, who hu^ been l!l
in Austin at State University.
STAMFORD METHODIST
•H DISTRICT (ONFBI
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COACH LEE WALKER
w ho seems to have his' Bull-
dogs headed toward another
championship. However, you
could never get such a Com-
mitment out of Lee at any
point of the season, let alone
just now.
Knox City. Oct. 21.—M-n of th»
Methodist Churches in the Stint-
ford' district including Rule, Rd
chester, O'Brien, Mjnday, B nU-
mln, Weinert and Knox City mdt
here Wednesday, t)et. 18. in quar-
terly. meeting. ^ A quartet, com
posed of-merr frem the Rochester
church, was presented In severi
vm-al selections. R. B. Bryant
Stamford, and C. CavenoM «i
Rule were the principal speaker)
Supper was served by the merrt
bers of the Woman’s Missionary
Society cf the-,local church tb
more than sevgnty-fiv.- men fires-
<m.
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W.M.S.
First Baptist W..M.S. mot ifi
Circles* Monday afternoon. •
Anna Held Circle met at the
home of Mrs. Frank . Ramey. Mr*
Geoi-ge Flournoy opened’ the meet
oig with prayer and Mrs. W. H.
Wright taught the lesson. Present
were Mmes. C. F. Upshaw, M irrP
Hicks, W. E. Swanson, Georg*'
Flournoy, w. H. Wright ami
I'oris Campbell. Next meeting
w-ffbe with Mrs. C. F. Upshaw, j
Cynthja Miller (circle met witn
Mr.sf Tom Elliott who offt
OLD-TIME WESTERN STAR
RIDES THE RANGE AGAIN
praghr at the opening at the
meeting. Mrs. George Smith taugh'
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You remember, not so many
years ago, when Win. S. Hart
was announced to appear at the
theatres, the “silent*” of a go.,<:
many years ago, It meant th r
the house would be full, nn matter
where—San Antonio, Dallas,
Stamford or whatnot.
This week Big Bill hits been a!
the Palace in this city w.ith hi-
great piece, an Oklahoma lan,
opening when the governmon
turned loose thousands uihiii
thousands to make the race to gi
the land.
The story is a thriller, if there
are labels instetk! of talking, foi
Big Bill''helps the heroine and
is a great hero himself. He is tin
original “two-gun” mail of "the
movies, and still sh >ots wit)
either or both bunds like he did
of oftl. The play was on Wednes
day afternoon and at night unci
was on a again Thursday and
he lesson. Present were Mmei
Ib-E. Prewlt, A. C. Humphrey,
Forrill, £,.JS. Yate*. A. L. Bus
'••r, W. fl.A Barrett, Warren R.
Tavman. Next mehUng will bt
with Mrs. 1)., K/ Prewit. ■
Floy Hawkins Circle n*-t wit!
Mrs. (’. O, Jones, .Mrs. C. It
Sims offered prayer followed bj
he lesson taught by Mrs. W. H
Weldon. Present were Mmes. L
R. Williams, W. H. WeTd m, M
s. Larche, C. N. Humphrey, ('.48*
l^ims, L. C. 4>enni3. Sentence
prayers closed tho meeting. Mrs
M. S. Larchc will be the next
hostess. .
W.M.S. will meet next Monel)
afternoon at First Baptist Chur.-l.
from 111 a. m. until 2 p. m. A-
noon a covered dish lunc-hfotb-wil
be served. "Mrs, Cle irgc Flourno)
will review; the book, "Constra il
ing Love.”
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TWO frexh milk cows for sale.
Jerseys. Two milts from Stam-
ford on the Avoca road.—Herman
Cox, Box <544, Stamford.
Mr*. Riley lluie and daughter;
Annie Claire, were here for the
week-end visiting Mrs. Charles G.
Ingllah and family.
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Thurmly night.
We are present,ing a picture of
Bill Hart,. made about twenty , ‘
years agperhaps longer. It ■ e**tm*f • '
shows him in his younger days,
but when you see him on the,
screen in th«* Oklahoma elassi#
you Will at dix'c recognize him.
The Palace i* giving some very-
fine shows. The Sunday, Monday
-ind Tuesday, shows hatT some fine
plays, together with the wtrla’i
series baseball games, tifti.-h w^r*
enjoyed by all.
Look in this paper far a pro-
gram of pictures to come at this
popular playhouse and y <p yyill
find there arc none better adver-
tised in this section of the coun-
try, for - Jimmy McCollum gets
that kind.
Deacons Meet -
peacon*. bf First Baptist Chut th
nrtT for a se* m of bu ine..s oli
Tuesday night at the home of L.
C. Dennis.
At the close of the business
g Mrs. L. B. Hahden as-
sisted Mrs.- D(+rmTs '"Trr' serving
sandw A-hes. golden glow salad,
tato chips, punch, tee ercapi
and cuke .to j Messrs. \V. Prat!
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meeting will be with Juanita Mor-
gan Monday evening at- 7:15 when
Che book. “Constraining Love,”
will be reviewed by Mrs. George
Flournoy.
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Mr. und Mrs. 1. H. Terry re-
turned Thursday from a trip to
Austin where they visited their
son, “Peaches,” at State Univer-
sity. .
Thos. S. Barcua, Pastor
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Dave Guinn wa* ever from
gertua Wednesday and he slipped'
what some term a “bat-hide"
our hand, it containing a oMfl
spot. And—we thank him.
Krvrf/irhvrv the crowds
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Munmg|
returned Saturday from a trip dg
Fort Worth.
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'See our samples of < hri- ima*
cards in our show Window-. They
arc pretty to look; at, priced so
anybody can buy them and they
are of the best quality, often
bringing more money in other
towns for the same sort of goods,
—The Stamford Leader, Phone 47.
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Inglish, George L. The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1939, newspaper, October 27, 1939; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth992845/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.