Lone Star Wagon Train To Stop In Wellington Aug 14
The Lone Star Wagon Train will reach Wellington between 12 30 and 1 p m Thursday August 14 as part of Texas Sesquicentennial celebrations. A lunch for 50 riders follows water and rest before heading to Pioneer Park for the night. A fish fry at Pioneer Park Thursday feeds trainees. tickets go on sale Friday for the public at 5 00, with advance sales through Tuesday.
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Lone Star
Texas
West Avenue
Court House Square
Shamrock
Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce
Pioneer Park
Lone Star Wagon Train
Chamber of Commerce
Collingsworth County Historical Museum
Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Panhandle
Don Reeves
Melroy Cofer
Lone Star Gas
Tommy
Memphis
Wellington
Salt Fork
Leslie Hammons to Represent Wellington in Wheatheart Pageant
17 year old Leslie Hammons will represent Wellington in the Miss Wheatheart of the Nation 1986 pageant in Perryton this weekend. She is entered by Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce and will depart Friday with her parents Mr and Mrs Larry Hammons. The pageant is Saturday at 7 p.m. in Perryton High School Auditorium with scholarship awards. Leslie plans to attend Air Force Academy after high school and pursue medical engineering. She has three years on the varsity track team and is a cheerleader and participant in Gifted and Talented Program since 6th grade. Her talent is a tap dance to Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. The pageant includes a musical program and wagon train visitors, with tempers near 100 degrees affecting attendance.
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Leslie Hammons
Wellington
Leslie
Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce
Larry Hammons
Perryton
Perryton High School
Clarendon College
Air Force Academy
Collingsworth County Fair Names Co Chairs and Plans
Sherwood and Hartman headline the Collingsworth County Fair to be held Friday and Saturday in Wellington. Co chairs Pam Sherwood and Margaret Hartman have secured most department heads, with Fun Fair chair still to fill.
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Wellington
Pam Sherwood
Margaret Hartman
Collingsworth County
Fun Fair
Kathryn Barjenbruch
5 Community Reunion Opens Saturday Evening
Plans for the annual 5 Community Reunion to be held Saturday evening August 9 and Sunday August 10 bring together former residents of Quail Crossroads Lillie Salt Fork and Marella in Burn Handley Community Center. Dollie Mae Wilson announced the event with Ray mond Horton as program chairman. Local gospel singing recalling Nine decades of county life will be featured.
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Collingsworth
Burn Handley Community Center
Quail
Crossroads
Lillie
Salt Fork
Marella
Dollie Mae Wilson
Raymond Horton
Ex Exchange Student Minako Kiyama Visits Wellington Friends
Minako Kiyama, a 1981 82 Wellington exchange student and 1982 Miss Wellington third runnerup, returned for a six day visit with boyfriend Haruki Ezaki of Tokyo. She studies English Literature at Ferris Women’s College Yokohama and traveled from July 24 visiting Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm before planning a U S tour ending September 12.
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Minako Kiyama
Wellington
Tommy Hudson
Haruki
Ezaki
Tokyo
Kiyama
Ferris Women’s College
Yokohama
Japan
Disneyland
Knott’s
Berry Farm
Los Angeles
New York
Cape Cod
Toronto
Canada
Seattle
San Francisco
Hawaii
Seoul
Korea
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Wheatheart
KayLynn Bartlett
James Vickery
Soil Conservation Service
Allison McMillan
Louise Peters
Wellington Garden Club
Lorene Jenkins
Rosetta Wischkaemper
Ellison Park
Stan McClendon
Greenbelt Electrics Co-operative, Inc
Old Settlers
West Texas Utilities Company
Hudson
Oklahoma
Mike Myrick
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