Jones County Texas Archives - Stamford American Excerpts - 1937 *********************************************************** 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 AmericanFriday, January 8, 1937Kinney Funeral home of Haskell combined with Stamford unit. Three licensed embalmers and four funeral directors. Mrs. J.H. Kinney is a licensedembalmer and George Kinney, son of Mr. And mrs. Kinney, is reputed to be the threelicenses embalmers and four state.New company takes charge as Ford DealerMiss Ruby Lee Brooks formerly of Lubbock one of owners.A change of ownership in Stamofrd Motors, the locatl representatives of the FordMotor company was completed and Miss Ruby Lee Brooks of Lubbock took charge. Thenewly formed organization, which was formerly owned by L.B. Scott of Anson, has beenchanged to Stamford Motor company, inc., and officers:Glenn Hess of Lubbock, presidentA.N. Reed, Jr. = vice presidentMiss Brooks Ð secretary, treasurerMiss Brooks and Mr. Reed will be in charge of the office. Miss Brooks, who moved to Stamofrd Wednesday to make her home, has worked in Lubbockfor the past 14 years with the Ford Representative there. Dec. 1 Ð Rev. Ben parker resigns as pastor of the First Christian church The Stamford AmericanFriday, January 15, 1937Arledge Ice company has bought two lots on West Mcharg directly across the streetfrom the ice plan and will begin construction of a new building there. The building,which will be 25x65 feet will be constructed of concrete blocks with a white stuccofinish to harmonize with the ice plant on the south side of the street. A plateglass front will have a central show window for displaying refrigerators, with doorson each side. The front of the building will be sued as a display room forrefrigerators and ther rear portion for storage of company trucks. Will Joseph,negro, who has run a cafŽ for about 15 years on one of the lots bought by the ArledgeIce Company, will move his cafŽ to a new location in the northwest part of townbefore February 1 and other shacks on the lots will be cleared off.Directors Stamford State BankF.E. MorrowE.P. BunkleyP.B. BettisDallas SouthardA.L BusterC.M. FrancisW.L. HarrisonFirst national BankJ.H. ScottA.J. SwensonT.A. UpshawG.C. CarothersW.W.ScottE.G. KeeseW.G. SwensonThe Lavender Barber Shop formerly on West McHarg, has moved to the north side of thesquare. Mr. Lavender will be aided by L.A. Glenn. Both Mr. Lavender and Mr. Glennhave been in the barbering business in Stamford for a number of years.The Stamford AmericanFriday, January 22, 1937Roy Duke moved back to Stamford from Anson this week and has opened an office at 109North Swenson where he will handle the agencies for gas and kerosene stoves andrefrigerators. He will be agent for the Electrolux line of refrigerators. The Maytagwashing machines will also be carried. Mr. Duke, who has been associated with therefrigerator and stove business since 1929, is well known. L.B. ÒSargeÓ Cole will beemployed as salesman. Mrs. Duke and the two children, Jane and Douglas have alsoreturned to Stamford.The Stamford AmericanFriday, February 12, 1937Lueders church of Christ94 in Sunday schoolLadies Bible class meets in the home of Mrs. O.T. ShippThe Stamford AmericanFriday, February 19, 1937Acid Treating of Oil Wells new industryRecent discovery is now widely used in Texas and OklahomaThe Stamford AmericanFriday, February 26, 1937Peckham Digs Water Well, Strikes Oil Within City LimitsA half barrel a day oil well was Òbrought inÓ at 29-1/2 feet at the Stamford Refinerythis week when the digging of a water well on the refineryÕs location in the westpart of the city brought forth not only 500-600 barrels of water daily, but wastopped with about a half barrel of 34 gravity crude oil. Discovery of the well, whichflows from the northeast, was brought about when Mexicans, who were digging the wellto supply water for the refineryÕs boilers, complained of the gas. A bucket of theexcavated mud was ignited and burned so freely that the rope on the bucket wasdestroyed. F.W. Peckham, owenr of the refinery, said the oil is evidently ÒliveÓcrude oil, only slightly below the standard of the crudes purchased for the refinery.The well was ÒshotÓ with dynamite to deepen it and at present is 33-34 feet deep.The Stamford AmericanFriday, March 5, 1937The Stamfod Ford Dealership operating under the name Stamford Motor Co., Inc. haschanged it name to Brooks Motor Company.Impressive services were held Wednesday in the anson Presbyterian church, USApreparatory to moving the church to Monahans. The Dissolution of the church uponpetition of the few remaining members, was officially enacted in January. It providedthat, when legal and ecclesiasticl requirements were fulfilled, the building and thefurnishings be given to the rapidly growing Presbyterian church recently organized atMonahans. WednesdayÕs services were arranged as a farewll to the local organization.The actual task of taking down the building and moving the material and furniture tothe new site will begin soon.Fire department picturesThe Stamford AmericanFriday, March 19, 1937Jimmie McCullum owns the Palace Theatre.The Stamford LeaderFriday, March 26, 1937New London School to re-open; Blast killed 455 personsW.C. Shaw, graying, shaken superintendent who lost a son in the explosion, was givena vote of confidence after his return from a conference with state school authoritiesin Austin.Pastors resign and new pastor selectiedFinal steps in the consolidation of the two Baptist churches of Stamfofrd were takenin a meeting at the First Baptsit Chruch Wednesday. Negotiations have been under wayfor nearly three weeks. Rev. Mel G. Leaman, pastor of the First Baptist church, andRev. P.C. Williams, pastor of the Memorial Baptsit church have resigned and a pulpitcommittee was appointed Wednesday night to recommend a new pastor for the combinedcongregations. The congregation of the First Baptist church voted to invite membersof the Memorial church to unite with the former. Last Sunday the Memorial Baptistchurch voted to accept the invitation, officially dissolved the organization andaccepted the resignation of the pastor. Rev. leaman offered his resignation which wasaccepted. Building of the Memorial Baptist church building have been abandoned.Vestus Bunkley and Hamp Bunkley are sons of J.E. Bunkley and live in Rockdale.M/M Howell Cobb spent the weekend in Ranger with Mrs. CobbÕs parents, M/M E.E. Ivyand with Mrs. CobbÕs sister, Mrs. Elmo Decker and her husband.The Stamford AmericanFriday, April 23, 1937Rev. P.D. OÕBrien accepts pastor of First Baptist church. He has been in ColoradoCity for the past five years.The Stamford AmericanFriday, May 14, 1937Rev. H.S. Hinson, Baptist minister, elected pastor of a Baptist church organized inStamford Sunday. 46 charter members organized the church. Miss Juanealy Gentry waselected church clerk.The Stamford AmericanJune 25, 1937George Corse, Jr. of Graham has been employed as the Band director and Spanish teacher.The Colbert old home on North Swenson avenue, one block north of the First BaptistChurhc, has been purchased by the new Baptist church of which Rev. H.S. Hinson ispastor and will be used for a church building beginning gin July. The lower floorwill be turned in to an auditorium and the upper floor will be used for Sunday schoolcloasses.The Stamford AmericanJuly 9, 1937$10,000 building to be erected by the Church of Christpresdent structure being torn down for new churchStory and half rock veneered building to be completed in 90 days The Stamford Churchof Chirst, one of the oldest church organizations of Stamford, expects to have ahandsome new stone church building ready for occupancy within 60 to 90 days. Thepresent structure is being torn down this week and the new building will be erectedon the same location at the corner of Moran and Weatherbee streets. Services will beheld in the city auditorium until the new building is completed. The story and a halfbuilding which will cost approximately $10,000 will be rock surfaced of Lueders stoneand colored stone from Palo Pinto and will be finished inside with panelwood orsealtex. It will be 48 by 84 and will face south on Moran Street. In additon to alarge auditorium, the first floor will contain two class rooms, a built-inbaptistery, with heating facilities, ante room and two rest rooms. The north half ofthe basement will be used for a utilitiy lobby and the remainder will compose six oreight classrooms. Concrete steps will lead up to the main auditorium and alos to thebasement from the outside of the structure. E.R. Davis, contractor, will use alllocal labor in the construction. The building committee is composed of Frank Sosebee,Alfred Lieb, Bill Hargroves, and L.L. Loop. Evangelist John M. Rice, has beenminister for the Church of Christ for about two years. At present, he is away inrevival meetings, but he expects to return here in September. The Church of Christcongregation first held services in Stamford about 1900, in little box school housewhere about 25 people would convene for Sunday services. Later the services were heldin a frame building near the present Moran Street school for four or five years, andthe building which is now being torn down was erected about 28 years ago.The Stamford AmericanJuly 23, 1937Chemical plant is StamfordÕs first oil industryDowell, Inc of Tulsa, OK has leased a site on the M-K-T railway property southwest ofthe Katy freight depot. George Phillips is the engineer. H.E. Harmon is manager.Avoca Town lots leased for oil as high as $75 eachM-K-T railway has re-opened its depot at Avoca, which had been closed for nearly 10years. J.J. Crawford has been placed in charge as station agent and telegraphoperator.The Stamford AmericanJuly 30, 1937The Grinnel airport an dlanding field a mile north of Stamford near the Haskellhighway is being put in shape. I.C. Cavitt is in charg. The landing field has beenused occasionally since 1933.The Stamford AmericanAugust 20, 1937Improvements continue; Old Landmarks PassMorgan Old Building Torn Down; Meredith House moved awayIn addition to the building program at the Stamford Sanitarium and the constructionof the Churchof Chirst building, various improvements. The foundation for the Churchof Christ has been dug and the brick is being laid for the walls of the basement.Work on the building will continue when the basement is completed. The Clark FeedStore building on West Hamilton is being given a stucco finish and a new concretewharg has been added. The Puckett old home on Highway 18 just off of East Reynoldsstreet has been repaired. Dr. Almus Blackwell is adding a room on his home onWesleyan avenue. Two landmarks of the town have been moved this week. The Meredithold home on South Ferguson street, one of the earlier residence of the town, has beenmoved away. The old Morgan Feed Store building once occupied by the late D.C. Morgan,first as a feed store and later as a second hand sstore, on West Moran street, hasbeen torn down and a new building will be erected there. The property was bought byW.A. SimpsonThe Stamford AmericanSeptember 3, 1937Rev. M.B. Harris of Stamford has been called as pastor of the Hyde Park Christianchurch at Austin and will take up work there September 15. Mr. Harris and daughter,Margaret will leave for Austin in about a week. Miss Margaret will enter theuniversity of Texas.Improved Ritz Theatre on North Swenson avenue has been remodeled. S.J. Hodge, manager.A.H. Ladd home being rebuilt as apartmentsHome of M/M A.H. Ladd in the 500 block of Reynolds street has been torn down thisweek and made into a modern new duplex will be erected. The Widney old home at thecorner of Boulevard and Wells Avenue, property of Harry Yates, has been moved thisweek to 844 Wells avenue about a block and a half west of the former location, andwill be rented or sold. Mr. Yates plans to build a home on the corner location sometime later.The Stamford AmericanOctober 8, 1937Raymond Dickson, manager of the Palace Theatre, and Mrs. Dickson will leave thelatter part ofthis wek for Rochester, where mr. Dickson will be manager of a theatrerecently purchased by J.D. McCollom, owner of the Palace. Mr. McCollom will remain incharge of the Palace.The Stamford AmericanNovember 19, 1937$80,000 is being spent improving Lueders RefineryEquipment for the Dubbs cracking process is being installed, office and warehouseenlarged. Panhandle Refinery company. The plant will have a capacity of 1000 barrelsper day of cracked gasoline.New church building for church of ChristThe Stamford AmericanDecember 3, 19371st drum major Ð Marie OÕBrienDr. N.F. McDonald, formerly of Lueders, has opened an office in the city Drug Storeand has moved his family to Stamford.C.J. Crutcher, formerly of Haskell, has purchased the City Drug Store at Lueders fromN.J. Tosh. He is moving from Haskell to Lueders this week.