Wellington News Highlights from 1982 Local Changes and Events
The Wellington area reports a record 831000 gallons of water used in 24 hours as city manager Burn Handley notes new wells tied in and ongoing efforts to improve water quality. Three county offices change hands in the First Democratic Primary with McKinney returning as sheriff, Aaron unseating the treasurer, and Bevers defeating Poole for county attorney. A freak tornado near Dodson injures Hugh Painter, while a large Wellington Ex-Students Reunion features a coronation and many attendees. boll worm warnings urge spraying every five days, and August events include vocational trainees, music faculty hires, and a tuberculosis clinic outreach.
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City Water Works
Wellington
Handley
Mr. Handley
Collingsworth County
Claude McKinney
Panhandle
Hubert Mauldin
Mauldin
McKinney
J. D. Aaron
Dora Ryan
Denzil Bevers
Ed Poole
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Virginia Robey
Henry Wells
Suzanne Maxwell
Priscilla Sullivan
Nell Wilbur
Betty Winslett
Janie Duncan
Langford Communications
Jeff
Wendy, Jordan
Brady
Welcome
Exess
Doris
His & Her Style Shop
E.I
Amarillo
Edd Roark
Chamberlain Motor Company
Qlarendon
Wellington_eader
Longfellow
Hugh Painter
Dodson
Painter
St. Joseph's Hospital
J. S. Driskill
Ivan Driskill
Westmoreland
California
Hardy Driskill
H. C. Wendel
Mike Lecman
Stockton
Lawrence Driskill and Son
Elmer Driskill
Denver
Colorado
Woodie Driskill
Hollis
Ted Driskill
Lubbock
Ralph Stowell
Hurst
L. B. Gardner
Liberal
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W. O. Vaughan
Hester Couch Stall
Eva Baumgardner
Ruth Wells Horn
Hattie D. Wells
Laura Mae McQueen Hightower
Mildred Scruggs Starr
Thelma Masten Curry
Rose Starkey Powell
Faye Bell Crain
Bessie Rainer
Dorothy Strong Cook
Evelyn Camp Carter
Dorothy Jane Riggs Holman
Dorothy Lindsey Coleman
Gay Reeves McAlister
Tanya Smith Herring
Shirley Pritchard Stewart
Myra Jane Jones
Francis Drake
Ellen Stall White
Collingsworth
Bob Lynch
John Thomas
Lynch
Wellington and
Shamrock
Collingsworth County Center
Texas State Technical Institute of Amarillo
Amarillo Junior College
Tessie Burbs
Wellington and Shamrock
Jean Ferguson
Dan Langford
Lorraine Paaraker
Evelyn King
L. R. Brinkley
Willie McKennon
Robert Powell
Troy Stallings
Doris Ritter
Kern Pigg
Clarendon Junior College
Clarendon
Meridian Junior College
Pigg
North Texas State University
Galveston
Ernest Harwell
State Department of Health
Childress
Memphis
Paducah
D'Nae Keller
Johnny Settle
Shelly Thomas
Stacy Knoll
Nicole Keller
Lesa White
Tere
Wellington Christian School
Glenn Rowe
Courthouse Square
Lewis Grocery
Rowe
Cameron College
Lawton
King of Prussia
Pennsylvania
Cynthia Hightower
Blossom
Kenneth Maxwell
Sheriff's Association of Texas
Abilene
Mark White
Chester Ingram
Quanah
Great Britain
America
Ian
Massachusetts
United States
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Bure Handley
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