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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 2005
Page
2
The weekly school or cafeteria menu lists April 11 to April 15 offerings. Items include chicken strips with sides, meatballs with Spanish rice, roasts with vegetables, chicken spaghetti, and Hamburgers on bun with various vegetables and fruits. Milk and oleo served daily.
The Care Center shares sympathy for Clarence Black and recounts March activities. Easter themes, Red Hat Society performances led by Lola Estes, a March 31 birthday party, and entertainment by Nancy Harris and others are noted, along with bingo prizes, a Fashion Show by the County 4-H Club, Pioneer Singers on April 9, and church services led by Rick Popejoy and James Ikner. Residents and frequent visitors are listed, with reminders to register visitors from out of town.
John Eron Forbis, a Wellington native, farms acres of his grandfather and father's land from 1953 on a family line dating to 1898. He runs cotton, wheat, and cattle, served two years in WWII, praised as a top tight land soil builder, with wife Ola Mae deceased 1996 and son Rommie 1990. Judy Forbis Forrester compiled history for the Texas Family Land Heritage.
Extra copies of previous year's yearbooks are available for five dollars on a first come first served basis. Yearbooks from 1980 to 2004 are offered except 1991 1993 1996 and 2003. Contact Holly Holland at holly.holland region16.net or via the junior high office at 806-447-5726.
A reader praises Myrtle Yarbrough on her 100th birthday and recalls childhood, church ties, and local families in Vinson and Wellington. The note mentions schooling, farm life in Collingsworth County, and long friendships, concluding with quick Wellington climate and county agriculture data.
Mikki Kristen Sain, a senior and communications major at McMurry University, is named to the Fall 2004 Dean's List and Dean's Honor Roll. Eligibility requires a 3.5 GPA with 12 or more credits for the Dean's List and 3.5 GPA with 6-11 credits for the Honor Roll.
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