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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1933
Page
6
Local firm Nowlin Supply hires Mrs Earl and Colvin Sugg for field duty in counties including Isonville Hollis and Sugg. Sugg previously worked as a salesman and will operate in Wheeler county and two towns in Oklahoma as part of the territory expansion.
Bertha Mac Wells of Wellington is listed among Baylor University summer graduates. She will receive a bachelor of arts degree. Graduation exercises are set for August 16 with Dr. H Benedict delivering the commencement address.
Announcement that Miss Helen Cowan Childress County Demonstration Agent will give a demonstration at the County Round-Up at Riverside Park Friday at 4 PM. She will be accompanied by several Childress club women and girls who attended the short course, following information issued by Miss Minnie Mae Grubbs district agent.
In a tight game the Outlaws edged Aberdeen after hits from Scheu Small and Johnston. Leach and Hare added utility hits while King produced Aberdeen’s lone run, as both teams battled for league standings amid other noted lineups and field positions.
The Merchants beat the Firemen 8 to 3 as Merchants tallied four hits and Firemen three. Firemen scored late in the game with three runs in the final two innings. Lineups include Merchants Raburn, Mc Dowell, Vaughan, Lusk, Williams, Amburn, Varnell, Harolson, Cummings and Parker. Firemen Johnson, Vandiver, Moore, Dukeminier, Leggitt, Yates, Anderson, Gillespie, Reeves, Pryor, Handley.
Rev T M Johnston announced services at the Methodist Church on Sunday August 6 by W F Hayter of Clarendon. Hayter is regarded as an outstanding layman of the northwest conference and is believed to be well worth hearing.
Interest runs high for the Pioneer Reunion fiddler contest with requests indicating strong participation and promising to be one of the event’s most entertaining features.
Pall bearers were John Ingram Homer Ingram Ellis Lahue Orville Tyler Horace Birdsee Gilbert Hunt Flower bearers were Leona Neece Irene Fuson Evelyn Tyler Lucille Martin Lon Fuson Rosa Lee Driskill Interment was in Wellington cemetery by Ellis Funeral Home.
Dodsonville residents faced a scare as bandits planned a bank robbery but never appeared. Citizens waited hours in vain, and no complaints were filed after the empty-sounded raid ended without incident.
Public Schools report a student has attended Canyon summer sessions and will join a coaching school at Northwestern between August 15 and 25. Mr. Jarvis urges all boys planning to try out for the team to meet with him to discuss plans, prospects, and season preparations.
The Christian Church outlines an old fashioned program to be staged with Mrs Marylay Mrs JD M Blanton and Miss Isabel Deatherage serving on the program committee and expected to announce the detailed schedule next week.
J N Wallace and listed figures including Miss Katherine Beverie and John Wallace appear in a district and home service committee roster. Seventh Roll Call Chairman is J T Forbis with Mrs Cleo Templeton as Volunteer Service Chairman.
The legislature places election ballots to decide unemploy ment relief legalization of 3.2 beer and wine and an exemption for homesteads under 3 000 from state taxes. Voters will elect 31 delegates and 31 alternates to a convention with delegates listed for and against ratification of the 21st amendment repealing the 18th amendment.
Boy Scouts and Cubs compete in activities as part of a local encampment. Several Scouts aim to pass tests during the trip and represent their troop. Cubs tested speed in park contests. John Doc Phipps and Andy Langford, both 12, are eligible to join the regular organization.
One representative from the state department will provide information on state per capita, school classification, high school tuition, term length, certificate law changes, and school affiliations. The speaker urges all county school trustees boards and administrative officials to attend.
The notice lists Red Cross swim sessions starting August 7 with 17 and up women from 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. and men from 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. Also includes swimmers aged 9 to 17 for boys and girls with varying times across August 9 to 17.
Enrollment requires passing the swimmers test. Junior program runs Aug 21 22 for 12 to 17 year olds. junior girls 10 38 to 10 30 am. Senior program for 17 and up women 9 30 to 10 30 am Aug 23 24. men 10 30 to 11 00 am Aug 23 24. Register at the courthouse library two days before start. noncompliance may lead to dismissal.
July births listed for families including Archie Dell Brooks and William Earl Nunnelley. Entries note July dates for newborns Mignon Nunnelley and others, listing parental names.
Cotton Fields continues coverage of inspection tours with farmer cooperation urged. County inspectors listed include J. C. Cole and J. W. Crowley for Quail, A. N. Wiseman and P. C. Cummings for Buck Creek, R. J. Holland for Dodsonville, and others such as E. G. Pierce Swearingen and Jett Roberts in multiple localities.
AM farmers were urged to plow their cotton as soon as possible and to have it inspected at the earliest time to hasten check arrivals for the county. Checks for the county are expected to total about 550000 dollars, according to Mr. Stovall.
Report notes attendees from Kelley at the Cal-Wheel Union Meeting at Marella on Sunday afternoon including Misses Beulah Mae and Helen White Louise Willis and Allen Brewster and Austin and J W White Also Dorothy Kester left Saturday for Chicago to attend the World's Fair Mr and Mrs J E Reynolds and family attended the Old Settler's Picnic at Hollis on Wednesday Harold Henderson spent Saturday
Thur Martin and family of Shin nery. Atta Kesler visits sister Mrs Boyes Wolfman and family. Several from this community attend Mrs J Fi Nipper funeral at Wellington. Annie Cunningham and son Tobie of White Deer visit relatives here. Beulah Mae and Helen White stay with J F Nipper family. LaVerne Cox of Wheeler visits aunt and uncle W Hi Kutch family and attends summer school. M H Sterling and Calvin Griffin of Loco visit friends. Kelley White visits Elwyn Brewster. W F Vaughan and daughter Lavelle shop in Wellington. J Reynolds and F L Countz attend to business in Wellington.
Regular coffee route through Wellington and Collingsworth County seeks a man. Apply by letter to Tagstad Company Kokomo Indiana. New Royal portable typewriter late model for sale or trade in. Inquire at Wellington Leader. The Dead Brought Back to Life article teases revival method in The American Weekly distributed with Chicago Herald and Examiner.
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