Kenneth Peeks to play in Greenbelt Bowl Classic
Wellington standout Kenneth Peeks, a 22 A all district honoree three years, will represent Wellington and bid for college scholarships in the Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic at Childress Fair Park Stadium on August 7. Queen Ashley Williams joins as his nominee. 47 players from 35 communities compete under East coach Rick Frazier and West coach Jerry Cullen with guest appearances by Sammy Baugh and Dick Todd. Kenneth plans West Texas State University. Ashley targets Texas Tech University.
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Kenneth Peeks
Wellington
Childress
Ashley Williams
Kenneth
Sharon Peeks
Wellington High School
West Texas State University
Ashley
James Williams
Texas Tech University
Fair Park Stadium
Rick Frazier
Cisco Junior College
Jerry Cullen
Dodge City Community College
NCAS
Old Settlers Reunion Set for August 15 in Oklahoma
The annual OM Old Settlers reunion will gather at the Dodson Civic Center on Saturday August 15 with registration at 9 30 a.m. and a noon covered dish luncheon. Opal Sloan secretary notes visitors will reminisce and socialize. The OM community in Harmon County Oklahoma lies near OM Creek in Collingsworth County.
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OM Old Settlers
Dodson Civic Center
Opal Sloan
Hollis
Association
Harmon County
Okla
Okahoma
Dodson
OM Creek
Collingsworth County
Cotton Farmers Invited to Market Meeting in Wellington
The Farmers Cooperative Society No. 1 invites area cotton farmers to an 8:00 p.m. meeting on Thursday August 6 at the Burn Handley Community Center Wellington. The session covers pool marketing and selling cotton through the Denim mill at Littlefield for the 1987 season.
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The
Farmers Cooperative Society No. 1
Littlefield
Co-Operative
Burn Handley
Wellington
Estate Planning Seminar Highlighting Wills and Trusts
An Aug 17 7:30 p.m. seminar at the Collingsworth County Farm Bureau builds a practical estate plan. Wayne A. Hayenga, Extension economist and attorney from College Station, leads. Topics include choosing executors, co executors, trusts, tax implications, and strategies to pass over 1 million to heirs with reduced taxes.
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Collingsworth County Farm Bureau
Wayne A. Hayenga
College Station
Hayenga
Hayegna
Oldest Wellington High School graduate recalls early 1900s trip
Mrs. Ruby Ball, age 92 and class of 1912, celebrated the 75th anniversary of her WHS graduation. Her daughter Evelyn King pinned a corsage as students from 1913 to 1978 watched. She remembers a senior trip to Horseshoe Cave and its later collapse, with teachers as chaperones.
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Ruby Hall
Wellington High School
WHS
Andy Howard
Ball
Evelyn King
Wellington
King
Irene Ball
Jacqueline Arnold
Marcia Cox
Andi Cox
Horseshoe Cave
5 Community Reunion Set For Saturday and Sunday
The 5S Community Reunion returns Aug 8 and 9 at Burn Handley Community Center Wellington with Quail Lillie Salt Fork Marella and Crossroads communities. Plans by Trudie Ogletree Peters and Jo Farmer Carson. doors open 5 p.m. Saturday. gospel singing. Sunday services and basket lunch after noon.
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Trudie Ogletree Peters
Jo Farmer Carson
Burn Handley Community Center
Wellington
Quail
Lillie
Salt Fork
Marella
Crossroads
Wellington's Kim Gillispie Wheatheart Nominee
Kim Gillispie a Wellington High School spring graduate will represent Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce at the Miss Wheatheart Scholarship Pageant on Saturday August 8. Contestants come from Panhandle northeast New Mexico Kansas and western Oklahoma for scholarship prizes.
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Kim Gillispie
Wellington High School
Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce
Kim
John Gillispie
Panfork
Panhandle
New Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma
Stephany Samons
Miss Wheatheart
Jill
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Sammy Baugh
Dick Todd
Washington Redskins
Old Settlers
Don Reeves
Reeves
Johnny Halfman
Allsups
Hwy
Mrs. Ball
Andy Heward
Raymond Horton
Willie B. Harwell
Thomas
Belle Mitchell
L.C. Sweat
McLain
Spearman
Knox City High School
UIL
Knox City
Baylor University
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