Jones County Texas Archives - Stamford Leader Excerpts - 1938 *********************************************************** Submitted by: Dorman Holub Date: 19 January 2020 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/jones/jonestoc.htm *********************************************************** The Stamford Leader Friday, June 24, 1938 Top cowhands at the reunion who won handsome saddles as champions. J.L. McCarson of Palo Pinto, riding ÒOld Doc,Ó won the cutting horse award. Vance Davis, won the roping. He works on the Quien Sabo Ranch, Garden City, Tom Hudson, Benjamin who won the old-timers calf roping contest, died last January. Dan Utley of San Angelo has won the champion bronc rider four years in succession and is coming back again. Long List Old Timers Included on Reunion Association Roster Stamford members of the Texas Cowboy Reunion Association, composed of old time cowhands meeting during the Reunion in Stamford July 4, 5, and 6. H.D. Billingsley M.V. Bland W.P. Bland A.G. Breland J.N. Brewer W.L. Bingham W.R. Brothers Guy F. Bruce J.C. Bullock L.E. Adams G.W. Anglin E.D. Ashburn G.B. Astin B.H. Baird W.T. Baize Guy Bates A.W. Bean W.F. Bean W.M. Beene J.M. Benton X.F. Berry S.T. Burge R.L. Bushell C.W. Campbell J.H. Chapman E.I. Chatwell Joe Clark W.E. Clark A.R. Clary Nig Clary T.A. Coleman J.H. Connell A.S. Conner J.M. Cook Charles E. Coombes F.R. Cornelius S.R. Cornelius A.R. Davis E.R. Davis J.W.L. Davis T.D. Deaton Aut Dial M.C. Dillard J.E. Duncan A.W. Ferguson W.T. Goree J.H. Gould S.J. Graham E.B. Green C.C. Gregg D.M. Griggs C.C. Griggs J.F. Griggs A.A. Gustafson S.E. Hall A.W. Hanson D.S. Cullum Charles Donohue John Harris W.L. Harrison J.W. Hawkins Carl Hedber M.L. Hicks E.L. Hines J.W. Holston W.L. Hopkins C.N. Humphrey Dan J. Ivy M.P. Jackson John Jared Berry Johnson J.W Jones M.L. Jones F.C. Keen W.H. King F. Kutach R.B. Lane L.E. Larche J.H. Larrance A.J. Lee Ed Lindsey Frank Lindsey L.M. Lindsey Joe Long E.G. Martin C.L. Meeker J.W. Mercer B. Miles John E. Miller B.F. Moore J.O. Moore W.P. Moore J.C. Morris H.P. Moody P.R. McCray Walker McDaniel B.G. McGee T.J. Parnell Wayne Perry Bert Peters W.P. Raines Mrs. Dovie Randel Robert Ransome W.M. Rhodes W.H. Rice C.L. Rogers J.B. Rowland S. Dave Ray Frank Schoefer J.F. Short C.B. Smith J.F. Smith J.W. Stevenson J.T. Stubbs A.J. Swenson J.W. Tabor Mrs. M. Terrell W.A. Terry Pete Thornton Tom Turner J. J. Upshaw R.P. Ward C.E. Wason E.W. Wedeking A.J. Welch G.H. Wersebe Allen White H.T. White M.W. Williams N.W. Williams T.L. Williams W.C. Workman M.H. Young C.E. Coombes is secretary of the organization. A.J. Swenson is member of the Board of directors. Annual dues are $1.00. The badge admits the member to all rodeo performance with grandstand privileges and is the meal ticket for a chuck wagon dinner each day at noon. Walt Cousin is president of the association. Swenson members of the TCR composed of old time cowhands are: Claude Allis Jim Craft Joe J. Craft W.P. Dickenson H.C. Hann Roe Irvin John Martin M.N. Martin R.H. Mitchell Joe Norris T.J. Norris J.A. Pittcock C.N. Poore J.A. Sourlock J.S. Trammell Mrs. J.Q. Ward Sagerton members W.P. Caudle Alf Denson Will Geter R.O. Gibson Wiley Hale Will Jeter E.L. Mathis W.W. Newton Ed S. Wilson J.N. Wilson Old glory members H.E. Carr F.P. Davis S.L. Daton W.G. Hamilton L.R. Martin A.L. Perry Mrs. Ada Pumphrey R.F. Hamlinson Avoca members John Blackstock W.L. Campbell D.R. Crow H.E. Culwell T.L.M. Culwell R.W. Dismuke J.C. Fielder Wb. Griffith D.J. Grogan A., Gustafson R.L. Hines J.W. Jackson R.T. Jackson J.W. Martin J.M. Mickler Jacob Muehlstein W.T. Powers J.F. Reece Jake Salmon H.U. Sconce S.J. Spratlin L.M. Taylor A.F. Wahlgren A.D. Woodson M.L. Woody N.L. Yung Tuxedo members J.E. Baize Air conditioning installed at First Baptist. The A.C. Humphrey Hardware Co., sold and installed the plant. The Stamford Leader Friday, June 17, 1938 ÒReddy KilowattÓ added to force at Utility Company N.C. Huston, local manager of the West Texas Utilities Roy Clark is now located with his Oldsmobile agency out on West McHarg avenue. He has Charles Carter as salesman. Ernest Clark is still at the location formerly occupied by the firm of Clark & Crow, firm having dissolved. Leonard Carlton has rented the front of the building and will conduct a greasing and washing business. The Stamford Leader Friday, July 1, 1938 It is our pleasure to offer congratulations to the Stamford Leader, the editor, George L. Inglish, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of StamfordÕs oldest newspaper. IN 1913, Mr. Inglish became editor of the old ÒNews-TribuneÓ and changed the name to the ÒLeader.Ó Olive McDougle has been associated with the paper 5 years. Brand Register is in the newspaper San Angelo Trainman Makes History with Hobby of Collecting Cattle brands from over the Southwest William E. Bush, former railroad man, canÕt keep his mind off the cattle country. He had to quit railroading on the old Orient, when his eyes went back on him, but this did not prevent him from keeping up with his hobby of collecting cattle brands wherever he went and recording them neatly on a large cardboard which he kept as his home. Mr. Bush, now a traveling representative of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, when in county seats and having some time to spare, found pleasure in copying the old, and well known cattle brands out of the brand books. Not only did he copy the famous brands but also those of peculiar or unique design until the collection numbers 1,192 selected brands. SimpsonÕs Second Hand store called the surprise store is one of the latest additions in StamfordÕs business interests. F.A. Goodyear operates the store for Mr. Simpson, West Moran Street. Long years ago, nearly 75, Joe Burns, as we known him. Robert Ransome as he now styles himself, went to the call of the Gray when they fought the blue Ð starting in 1861 and winding up in 1865. The Blue and Gray have been meeting this week in Gettysburg, Penn., where perhaps one of the most decisive battles of the Civil War was fought. They go to shake hands and Òmake up.Ó Stamford had but one representative as above. He left here the first of the week. Walt Cousins of Dallas, who is president of the Texas Cowboy Reunion Association. The Association opens a three-day session here July 4 coincident with the Texas Cowboy Reunion and Rodeo. First Baptist Church installed air-conditioning. The Stamford Leader Friday, September 30, 1938 Stamford Sanitarium, one of the fastest growing institution in West Texas, Growing Still Many people refer to the list of names weekly in The Leader in The Stamford Leader Published every Friday By the Stamford Leader Co. Office of publication South Ferguson Street G.L. Inglish Manager and Editor The Stamford Leader October 7, 1938 No. 1 More than 38 years of earnest, continued service Ramblings By Oliver MÕDougle Church of Christ O.H. Tabor, Minister Swenson Ave. Baptist church H.S. Hinson, Pastor Presbyterian Church Rev. Wm. F. Rogan St. JohnÕs Methodist church Grand Theatre Home-Owned and Operated for 20 years [since 1918] The Ritz Movies are Your Best Entertainment J.C. PenneyÕs The Stamford Leader Office: South Ferguson Street G.L. Inglish, Manager and Editor One Year - $1.00 Brazelton Lumber Company Smith & Smith Attorneys-At-Law J.C. Penney Bldg. Stamford, Texas Dr. Wood Dentist 302 N. Swenson Ave. Kinney Funeral Home South Ferguson Street Dr. Carver Offices in Stamford State Bank Bldg. Chiropractic-Masseur Watch Repairing Frank Heflin 215 E. Campbell ElliottÕs Cleaners, Hatters The Star Model ÒThe Friendly StoreÓ West Side Square BuieÕs ÒThe FarmerÕs HouseÓ The Stamford Leader Friday, October 14, 1938 A.C. Braun Palace Cooled by Washed Air The only Home owned and operated theatre in Stamford The Stamford Leader Friday, October 21, 1938 Football tonight U.S. Market Atkins & Fuqua, Props. White Plan Auto Stores North Swenson Avenue, East side Dobyns Jewelry Jack & Jill Grocery Hopkins Cleaners East Hamilton Southland Life Insurance co. I.H. Terry B. Yates Drug Store Club Cafe Charles McDougle Plumbing Repairs Bryant-Link Co. E.E. Clark Garage Martin Pope Texaco Station No. 1 Corner Hamilton and Ferguson Streets Auto Spring Supply Co. North Swenson Rose Tailor Shop Denton Black, Superintendent Mity Nice Bakery East Hamilton Street Virge Rowland Garage South Ferguson Street Vaden Planing Mill 401 South Ferguson Street BrownÕs Coffee Shop South Side square Hassen Dry Goods Co. Lindsey Drug Store Stamford Coffee Shop CarsonÕs Plumbing and Heating Mrs. Cecil Klump of Old Glory honored with shower at the home of Mrs. L.L. Loop, East Oliver Street. Miss Dorothy and Robert Howse gave violin numbers. Mrs. Klump was Miss Maxine Wheeler of Stamford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wheeler.. in Snyder, Geo. Kinney Ð No. 5039] Central Christian church Albert Jones, Minister A.W. Stenholm and son, L.W. were in our office. They live in the Swedish settlement and are excellent citizens. A.W. has been taking this paper since 1905 when he moved to this country from Travis county. In those days the paper was the Stamford News. Later it merged with the Tribune to be known as the Stamford News Tribune. In 1913 the present management bought in and changed the name to The Stamford Leader. The Stamford Leader Friday, October 28, 1938 Dr. Chas. M. Hoch, formerly of LaGrange has moved his office to Stamford and is located in Lindsey Drug Store. Dr. Hoch is a graduate of Texas University and has been practicing for 25 years. Mrs. Hoch is the daughter of the late Judge P.A. Martin, formerly district judge at Wichita Falls. Dr. and Mrs. Hoch have 2 children, a son, Phlepe, who is a traveling salesman and a daughter Caroline, who is a student in Stamford high school. The family resides in Symonds Place. Joe W. Moody, son of Mrs. Leola Lewis, Stamford, enlisted in the United States Army, Oct. 20 and was assigned to infantry, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX. The Stamford Leader Friday, November 4, 1938 Dr. Frank C. Scott Specialist on Diseases and Surgery of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and Fitting of Glasses Upshaw Building formerly occupied by Dr. McReynolds Chas. M. Hoch, M.D. LindseyÕs Drug Store Dr. Grady W. Hays Dentist Over PennyÕs 5 cent store N.F. MÕDonald, M.D. B. Yates Drug Store The Stamford Leader Friday, November 11, 1938 Charles E. Coombes, former mayor of Abilene and Stamford spoke to the lawyers profession in Taylor county bar. [His father was the first teacher in Young county on the Brazos River Indian Reservation, dh]. Stamford Refining Co. New Christian Church to be Completed [where Central Baptist is now located] Rev. Albert Jones has spurred interest in the church. A.K. Scott of Fort Worth is the field representative for the Texas Christian Missionary Society, is in our city directing this building enterprise. Mr. Scott has directed campaigns for the erection of 60 church buildings in Texas. His efforts here at Stamford will comprise the 61st such activity. Three of these recent campaigns have erected new buildings at Throckmorton, Roaring Springs and Benjamin. The architecture of the completed building of the First Christian Church of Stamford will be Romanesque of Spanish tradition. The nave will be graceful in proportions and conducive to worship. Its chancel, with space for the choir, its lectern for the reading of the Scripture, and its pulpit for the sermon are aptly designed for worship. In the center of the chancel will be found the communion table, being directly under the elevated baptistry; thus making these two central features in constant view of the audience. The exterior of the building is of tan brick and cut stone trim. One unique feature of the plant will be an outdoor court 18x52 feet at the rear of the auditorium. This court will be in frequent use for outdoor worship services in the evening and for social occasions during the summer seasons. Rev. Dan Morgan, minister of the Memorial Christian church in Jacksboro, Texas is the designer of the building and C.J. Lane of Fort Worth is the architect. Armistice Day Bout between Bulldogs and Tigers Tops List Armistice Day Ad McClendon & Miller Texas Co - R.E. Hall Jack & Jill Hotel Miss Lay - Modern John Cook Machine Shop Thompson Chevrolet Co. ZackÕs Sinclair Station ConantÕs Barber Shop Arledge Ice Co. Mity Nice Bakery Duke Appliance Co. Gray Bros. Grocery and Market B.E. Needles Tire Store White Plan Auto Store Panhandle Refining Co. Martin Pope - Texaco Station No. 1 Virge Rowland Garage Roy Crow Motor Co. U.S. Market I.H. Terry - Southland Life Ins. Herbert Lawhon Garage Hopkins Cleaners CarsonÕs Plumbing and Heating Kinney Funeral Home E.E. Clark Garage Stamford Cash Grocery NuWay Grocery - B.H. Baird & Sons Stamford Sandwich Shop GoadÕs Service Station Humphrey Hardware Company Club Cafe Star Model Jones County Rural schools Antelope New Light Lakota Tuxedo Sinclair Oak Grove Swan Chapel New Hope Delk Compere Hollis Hill Midway Nugent Neinda Willow Creek Harmony Stith Boyd Chapel Corinth Hanna Sunny Side Central Dovie Pleasant Valley Turner Chapel Warren Plainview Swenson Carlton Wise Chapel Truby Anderson Chapel Carpenter Gap Wilson Lystra Union Noodle Horn Marrs Pleasant Hill -- E. Earl Isbill, Co. Supt. Jones Co. Kinney Furniture Co. North side of square The Stamford Leader Friday, November 18, 1938 3,445 fans swarmed the Anson stadium to see a tie game between the Stamford Bulldogs and the Anson Tigers last Friday afternoon. Barrow Furniture Co. L.C. Dennis, manager Mrs. A.L. Crawford, postmaster at Nugent, has lived in that community for 25-30 years and formerly ran the telephone exchange. She has been postmaster for over a year. Drillers relate in drilling a test east of Stamford, of drilling up a gold nugget of very small size - below 4,000 feet - too deep to dig with a pick and shovel. Mity Nice Bakery Mr. and Mrs. Beavers Bunkley Drug Store U.S. Market Atkins & Fuqua, Props. West McHarg Avenue The Stamford Leader Friday, November 25, 1938 Nov. 20. The Northwest Texas Methodist conference closed today when ministers were assigned their pastorates for another year. Presiding elders were: W.C. House - Amarillo district; George T. Palmer - Clarendon district; C.R. Hotten - Sweetwater district. Following deacons ordained - Alsie H. Carleton, C.A. Holcomb, Jr., Carroll Marks Moon Following elders ordained - Hubert Bratcher, Marion H. Brook, Donley E. Culbertson, Newton S. Daniel. Stamford District Presiding Elder - E.B. Bowen - Aspermont; H.L. Thurston - Avoca; R.O. Browder - Bomarton; Marvin E. Fisher - supply; J.W. Braughman - Goree; A.C. Hanes - Haskell. J.A. Scroggins - Jayton; A.A. Peacock - Knox City; G.L. Keever - Lueders; H.A. Longino - Munday; E.L. Naugle - Peacock; L.M. Knapper - Roaring Springs; Luther Kirk - Rochester; Clarence Bounds - Rule; Cecil Tune - Sagerton, supply; B.W. Winks - Seymour; J.E. Harrell - Spur; Rufus Kitchens - Spur Circuit; T.S. Barcus - Stamford St., Johns; R.I. Hart - Vera, Benjamin; J.A. English - Weinert; Harvey Brooks - Westover, supply Rev. E.A. Reed goes to Plainview. Rev. J.H. Hamblen Abilene first church. Hamilton Wright goes to Baird; W.M. Culwell goes to Floydada circuit. Bowling Alley Ford Old Building North Swenson Avenue StellÕs Motel and Service Station On Haskell Highway Terminal Garage Louis I. Hobgood, Prop. Stamford Cleaning and Dye Works Ideal Barber Shop Harry Lavender, Prop. North side square. Upshaw & Upshaw McClellan Bros. Specialize in Speedometer Service The Stamford News Friday, December 2, 1938 Stamford loses to Haskell in District 9-B clash., 26 to 7. Kell Stone Company Lueders, Texas Planters Gin Tuxedo, Texas L.E. Baize, manager Established 1919 Co-op Gin Organized in 1928 and now possessing 130 members, the FarmersÕ Co-operative Gin in Stamford. M.D. Thompson, Mgr. Dr. Pepper Bottling Company J.T. Brown, Mgr. Acme Lumber Co., Avoca, Texas Seth T. Woltz, Manager Snowhite Creameries Stamford, Texas A.A. McAndrews, Local Manager Dairyland Ice Cream and butter Hamlin Cotton Oil Company Hamlin Hospital C.D. Shamburger Lumber 33 years ago, 15 years in Stamford J.C. Shamburger, Manager Funston Co-Operative Gin Owned and operated by 125 nearby Farmers Tom Holland, manager Originally organized in 1925. Mayfield Beauty Service Anson, Texas Inez Mayfield, Prop. Panhandle Refinery Lueders, Texas J.C. Hester, Manager Strauss Dry Goods Co. East Side Sq. Stamford, Texas Dr. Neff Chiropractic 322 E. Hamilton Stamford, Texas Mity Nice Bakery Mothers Bread R.P. Beavers, Prop. Bryant-Link co. John Deere tractors Dick Rowland, Manager Wienke Gin Sagerton, Texas L.R. Wienke, Proprietor Stamford Refining Co. F.W. Peckham, manager built here 2-1/2 years ago. Panhandle Abstract Co. Jones County for 52 years. This firm was originally established in 1886 - it is the oldest business firm in Jones county and has been under its present management since 1923. The Stamford Leader Friday, December 9, 1938 Dirt was broken for the construction of the addition to the new high school building here. Work on the new grammar school building, East Moran St., has not yet been started. Thornton Dairy boast Grade ÒAÓ Milk Production Dairy is in the far, northeast corner of Stamford, right at the top of rises of the land. 75 cows Marvin Hester, of Rochester, is now the proprietor of the Texaco filing station, just west of St. JohnÕs M.E. church. He bought the business from Martin Pope who retires. Earl Stagner Grocery The Stamford Leader Friday, December 16, 1938 Mrs. High, the Florist The Stamford Leader Friday, December 23, 1938 Lueders High School boys swamped the Stamford Bulldogs, 41 to 9, in a game of the Jones county championship. Night-long service at Colored Baptist Rev. E.P. Johnson, pastor of the Colored Baptist church will conduct the meeting. Rev. Earl Anderson, observed 19 years at the Munger Place Baptist Church in Dallas. 24 years ago, Mr. Anderson entered the ministry of the Baptist church in Goree, then a small town on the mesquite flats of Western Texas. Prior to that he attended school at Stamford and worked as a printerÕs devil on weekly newspapers in Anson and Stamford. He married Miss Bertha Humphrey, daughter of a pioneer Jones County settler, and came to Dallas. The Stamford Leader Friday, December 30, 1938 Work Started on New Moran Street school buildings E.C. Stovall Oil Stories Quite a few years ago, he purchased 1,400 acres, flat as a floor, hemmed in by picturesque hills on one side and the beautiful Clear Fork on the other, near the town of South Bend in Young county. He built a dam across the river and soon the irrigated acres were producing bountiful crops. But oil seekers drilled in the river-bed and, when the wells were improperly plugged, salt water escaped, making the river unsuitable for irrigations uses. the oil company that had leased StovallÕs land for testing decided it contained no oil and gave up the lease. But Stovall was not yet whipped; he and his son, Norman, decided to hunt for oil on the farm themselves. So second-hand equipment was acquired, and the drilling began. But when the depth was reached at which oil was expected, none was found. Christmas day of 1926 dawned gray skies and a chill wind. It was especially bleak to Stovall, for a debt of $100,000 hung over his land, and it looked as though he would lose it. But that afternoon as he was supervising operations at the well, there was a roar and then a rush of oil that soared over the crown block. Santa Claus had put a gusher, making 4,000 barrels a day, in StovallÕs stocking, after all! But the strangest part of the story was yet to happen. Stovall drilled gusher after gusher and biggest of all was the No. 12, which came in for 8,000 barrels a day of $3.50 oil. When this well had produced approximately a million dollars, disaster came; the oil was almost entirely choked off by an immense flow of salt water! As he looked at the water with its mild tang of Sulphur, an odd idea struck Stovall. He was a sufferer from hay fever and, dashing a towel in the snow white stream, he wrapped the cloth about his face, took a deep breath and felt immediate relief. And that was how the Stovall hot water well was discovered to possess remarkable healing properties. The water, containing many minerals, proved to be a greater boom to mankind than oil itself as it was found to cure or relieve many ills. Today, a modern hotel, cabins, bathhouses, and grounds for soft ball, skeet and croquet make the spot, two miles from South Bend, a center for health seekers and vacationists. Last year, more than 30,000 bathed in the waters. Now and then a real old-timer in the west gets back here and he tells of the days there were. We refer this time to R.W. Elliott, who was here with his son, Pete Elliott of Abilene. Pete is a well-known undertaker, and used to live here and work at profession. Later he went to Abilene where he has been for several years. R.W. Elliott is one of those men who lived out here 50 years ago, although he moved to Lewisville, AR, and lived there 23 years before moving back to Texas, one mile and half south of Abilene on the Buffalo Gap road. He has, for a long time, practiced as veterinarian with success, but has now about let up on that line, at least does not practice very much. R.W. Elliott has ranched right where Stamford now is, 50 years ago. He tells some of the best stories of the early days; of the wild horses which were in this country then. He said it was very hard to catch the wild horses, and nobody could do very much on that job unless it be in the summer when a drouth was on and water was scarce. The trick was to go to the water holes and lay in wait for the wild horses, being careful not to have the wind blowing from you to them, but from them to you. When they came down in a big drove to drink you simply ran them away - make no effort at all to catch them. Then keep them away for several days, till thirst and heat drove them back to the water hole. Then, on good horses, and everything ready, simply let them come and drink their fills, which they would as they were nearly starved for water. When they got their stomachs filled and were satisfied, get right in among them on good horses and they could be caught - just as many as you wanted, for they could not run fast for being full of water and weak at not getting any for so long. Most of the horses in this country, he explained, were not worth much, but you could get your pick just that way. 1