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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1968
Page
7
August signals a busy season with fairs and football ahead and plans needed for harvest and college prep. Readers are reminded of open houses at Wellingsangam High and the ongoing need for a band director and elementary principal while former local residents recall early women’s expanding roles in business and office work.
Dennis Holland of Dodson will be installed as chef de gare of the 40 and 8 Voiture Locale No. 1059 in Childress on an upcoming Monday. He succeeds Frank Buster in the office, and the organization stresses service and fellowship linked to the American Legion. A notice warns of legal action against trespassers and vandals at the location after repeated break-ins and property damage.
Rev. Russell Human, on furlough, reports Swaziland’s rural life and rising industry under Church of the Nazarene programs. He notes education thirst, a 360‑bed hospital, schools, nurse and teacher training, and growing African self‑rule amidst witchcraft challenges. King Sobuza I’s coronation highlights cultural fusion.
Clarence Long of the Quail Chapter and Bobby Hoggard of the Hedley Chapter earned the Lone Star Farmer degree at the Texas Future Farmers of America state convention in Lubbock July 17 19. The degree is the highest state award for FFA members. Six other Greenbelt District boys also received Lone Star honors.
Three Collingsworth 4-H Horse Show members won in the Kid Pony Show part of the Top of Texas Rodeo in Pampa. Teresa Patterson took a second in the barrel and ring races for girls 10 and 11, Kathy Patterson placed second in the potato race for 8 and 9, and Bart Patterson was third in the 10 to 11 race. Bart also rode bulls while Kathy entered barrels. Other riders included Susan Lowe, Pam Patterson, Mike Williams, and more. The event drew 213 competitors and included children of Rep. Bob Price. Local attendees listed include Mrs. Virgil Patterson, Mrs. Bill Lowe, and Mrs. Billy Williams.
The County ASCS Committee extends the measuring deadline to Thursday Aug 1 to allow farmers to adjust excess acreage before the Sept 1 cutoff. Millard Brown notes no adjustments after that period and a $7.90 farm measuring fee plus $2.50 per additional plot.
On Friday July 26 Cuty Sprayed City Manager Barjenbruch announced nighttime fogging for mosquito control in Wellingsae residents. He emphasized minimizing inconvenience while carrying out the operation and referenced planning in connection with the 1789 electoral vote context.
The 1998 Greenbelt Bowl will be played at Chii ares on Saturday August 10 at 10 p.m. Wellington's Jim Lindsey will guard East Team. Coaches include Max Bumgardier and Buddy Horne for the East and Buddy Fornes with Ronnie Giles for the West. A queen candidate from Wellington is unnamed. A Friday evening picnic honors players and nominees at Rotary Bowl. The queen contest is set for 8:30 p.m. at the Elks Club with a parade at 4 p.m. and the queen to be announced at the game.
Dr. Margaret Ann Sitton to begin duties Sept 1 as assistant dean of the Home Economics Department at Texas Technological College Lubbock. She has six years teaching in the department and led student teachers.
Mrs. Allen J. Peters and Susan and Joe Peters returned from Wisconsin after a month with relatives. They attended the Union Grove High School reunion, marked by a niece’s marriage and a July 4 farm gathering. The visit included stops in Milwaukee Kenosha and Waterford with the Barnhart family. A tornado damaged Sturdevant and uprooted a family apple tree.
Growers receive a fixed payment of $2.63 per bushel on their domestic allotment or 40 percent of allotted acres. Wheat marketing certificates operate under the two price wheat provisions of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965, guaranteeing 100 percent parity for each farmer’s share used for domestic food.
The sponsor will provide land for levees and drainage ditches and secure route and right of displacing within a time frame. A reconnaissance report will take three to six months and a detailed project report one to two years. Local officials and engineers attended the meeting to discuss the flood control project.
Cathy Carter daughter of Mr and Mrs C B Carter of Arnnett was crowned Rodeo Queen at the Hollis Rodeo's 30th annual night. She was crowned by last year's queen Myrtle Denton of Hollis. Cathy attends Arnnett High School as a sophomore and belongs to the Hollis Riding Club whose president is Roy Sanford. her mother teaches at Arnnett School.
Raymond Horton Jr. is appointed to run Marian Airpark Swimming Pool for the rest of summer by City Manager Doc Bartenbruch. He replaces James Larson who moves with his family to Stafford near Houston. Horton holds a Red Cross Life Saving Certificate and worked at Amarillo Air Force Base earlier this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. John Coleman traveled to Longview to attend the national convention of the Am erican Ex-Prisoner of War Association. Coleman, an Army captain at Bataan, was a Japanese prisoner until the war’s end and spoke with former campmates including a sergeant once in his care who died in a Japanese hospital.
The FCC ordered American Telephone and Telegraph to reduce inter state long distance rates by 20 million dollars annually. Gen eral Company of the Southwest will lift the daytime rate 5 to 10 cents for the first three minutes of station to station calls from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Friday. This marks the 23rd interstate rate cut since 1915 as coast to coast service expanded and long distance costs fell from the era’s 20.70 to as low as 0.75 for late night calls.
Youth Week opens August 1 at the First United Methodist Church with three themed evenings. Bowling at Childress on Thursday, skating in Memphis on Friday, and a riverfront party on Saturday follow each recreation. Rev. Weldon Stevens of Amarillo leads the nightly devotionals. Countywide youth are invited to participate.
Cathy Singley daughter of Mr and Mrs Jones Singley recently flew to visit her sister and family Lt and Mrs Ted Stansbury and sons in Huntington Beach California. They are on leave and have visited Disneyland and spent a week in the mountains. They will visit other points of interest. This was Cathy's first flight.
The August draft plan for Texas sets an 886 man induction quota as part of a national call for 18 300 Army recruits Budget limits cancel pre induction physical mental exams in August and September except for transfers Previously ordered men may be examined Those to be selected include delinquents 19 years old and older volunteers under 26 non volunteers 19 through 25 single or married and oldest first Married after Aug 25 1988 prioritized over those married earlier
Mrs. Orr and family noted for hobbies including china painting. Funeral services were held at Kee Chapel at 10 a.m. Wednesday with burial in Fairview Cemetery under Kel-80 Funeral Home. Pallbearers included John Rice and J B Pee Roy Horn Seth Wilson A Davis and Zook Thommes. Survivors include sisters Mrs Lena Stubbs and Mrs Chris Bierz. Dr I M Orr was a nephew of the late Dr W R Orr.
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