Judge John T Forbis Receives Outstanding Jurist Award
Judge John T. Forbis senior judge of the 100th Judicial District is awarded the Texas Bar Foundation Samuel Pessarra Outstanding Jurist 2000. The second Panhandle recipient, he will be honored at the foundation's annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Forbis
100Th Judicial
Texas Bar Foundation
Samuel Pessarra
Forbis
Texas Panhandle
Charles Reynolds
Judicial District of Childress
Amarillo
Anne Yeakel
Judge Forbis
Texas
Childress
J.T
Willie Forbis
Wellington
Southern Methedist University
Williams, Broughton and Forbis
Williams, Forbis and McCoy
Childress, Collingsworth, Carson, Donley and
Hall
73rd Annual Farmer's Co operative Meeting Review
The 73rd annual membership meeting of the Farmer's Co-operative Society was held Monday April 24 at 6 p.m. at the Burn Handley Community Center with a meal by Red River Steakhouse. Co-op Manager Joe Russell welcomed guests as Troy Thomason read last year’s minutes. David Baumgardner presented the audit report with Stacy Gosnell of Mathis West Huffines & Co. reading and explaining the audit. Russell delivered the manager’s report noting favorable weather and efforts boosting cotton acreage, gin repairs, a new seed box, and reduced costs. The Moat House was repurposed as the Chemical Building. He honored long-serving employees Roland Torrez, Addy Granados, Kim Martindale, Rhonda Russell, Randy Bradham, Frank Granados, Jesus Trejo, and former worker Karen Coleman, and introduced new bookkeeper Julie Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer's Co-operative Society
Burn Handley
Red River
Joe Russell
Troy Thomason
David Baumgardner
Stacy Gosnell
Mathis, West
Huffines & Co
P.C
Wichita Falls
Russell
Roland Torrez
Co-op
Addy Granados
Kim Martindale
Rhonda Russell
Randy Bradham
Frank Granados
Jesus Trejo
Karen Coleman
Julie Collins
Orphan Train memories guide Norwood graduate’s reunion plan
Stanley Cornell, a Norwood graduate now 80 and a Pueblo jeweler, recalls two cross country Orphan Train rides from a harsh New York City orphanage. He and his brother Victor found a new life with J L Deger in Wellington Texas, a reunion in Lakewood, and a lasting wish to ride the Orphan Train again. The event highlights the 200 or so children moved west in the era and the fragile trials of foster placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Cornell
Wellington Hotel
J.L. Deger
Leader
Denver Post
Albuquerque Tribune
Odessa American
Killeen Daily Herald
New York City
Children's Aid Society
Stanley
Texas
Victor
Cornell
Pueblo
Dennis
Dana
Colorado
Lakewood
Personal ID cards for local children available
The Collingsworth County Child Protective Service Board sponsors a personal identification card program for children from birth to 16. The Amarillo Crime Stoppers Organization presents the event on Saturday April 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wellington Sheltered Workshop 1200 7th Street. Children are photographed by volunteers and the laminated card, printed with their personal information, is kept by parents for access by law enforcement if a child goes missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth County Child Protective Service Board
Amarillo
All-Sports Banquet Set For May 2, 2000
The annual All-Sports Banquet will be held Tuesday May 2 2000 at 6 30 p m in the Burn Handley Community Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burn Handley Community Center
Tobacco funds allocated to area hospital districts
Texas Comptroller sent 100 million from the 1998 tobacco settlement to 288 Texas cities, counties, and hospital districts to offset indigent health care costs. Individual district payments range from about 21 thousand to 51 thousand dollars, funded by the $2.28 billion settlement with a portion reserved for future distributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Carole Keeton Rylander
Texas Tobacco Settlement
Texas Department of Health
D R Meredith to Speak at Collingsworth Public Library
D R Meredith author of Murder in Volume will speak at Collingsworth Public Library Thursday May 4 at 7 p m. Meredith known for mystery series set in the Texas panhandle and for work as book reviewer and editor lives in Amarillo with two personalities she uses in fiction. Public invited to meet the author and hear about her novels and career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.R. Meredith
Collingsworth Public Library
Texas Panhandle
John Lloyd Branson
Texas
Charles Matthews
Megan Clark
University of Oklahoma
Meredith
Mystery Writers of America
American Crime Writers League
Roundup
Western Writers of America
Amarillo Globe News
Kirkus Reviews
Gale Group
Spur
Amarillo
D.R
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Farmer's Cooperative
Farmer's Covop
Ronald Wise
Ell
Norwood
Coffeyville
Kan
Tobacco Fund
Collingsworth County
Childress Recone Sidioto
University of Nebraska
Texas Almanac
Doris
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