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5Celebratey Dec. 6historic buildingR“the old Pearl Hotel.Wellington imd Pearl, four miles to the north, were rlvat towns, each seeking to become the county scot. Pearl was thriving and hud several businesses. In the county seat election of 1890, Wellington won, and Pearl died quickly.Smokey Bonner bought the two-story Hotel and moved It to XiU farm about 7 miles west of Wellington for his home. Buck Creek community at that time was called Mt. Olive.Later, Mr, Goodnightbought the building and moved it down Buck Creek about two miles.In his later years, Mr. Goodnight recalled: “It took 16 horses and all the men I could round up to move the building across the creek where I wanted it.'*Mr. and Mrs. Cummings acquired her father’s farm, and when they were ready to build their present house in 1928, they tore down the old hotel and used its timbers in their home.Mrs. Cummings tells of her parents first home in Collingsworth County-a one-room half dugoiit with dirt floor and a flreplucc. Mr. and Mrs. Goodnight had four small children, the oldest eleven, the youngest four.After a few years, they outgrew the dugouf and built a large room on ground level. They used it for a kitchen, dining room and an extra bedroom, It was when they outgrew this that they bought the Pearl Hotel building from Mr, Bonner,Mrs. Cummings first attended Mt. Olive School, Inter Buck Creek School, when her sister, Lou Goodnight, later Mrs. EX. Rankin, was the teacher.Mr. and Mrs. Cummings are active in Friendship Baptist Church, which her parents helped to found, and for many years, Mr. Cummings served as a school trustee at Buck Creek.
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Wellington Leader
Wellington, Texas, US
Thu, Dec 15, 1977
Page 4
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Floyd K.
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