Winner to District 4-H Girls Bake Show Aug 15
The annual Detter Hake Show for villageworth 4-H Club girls is set for Thursday Aug 16 at Geventelt Electric Cooperative Inc building. Winner advances to district level. prizes awarded. entry fee each participant. District contest sponsored by Producers Wheat Growers. emphasis on whole wheat products and county level record-keeping requirements.
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Villageworth
Geventelt Electric Cooperative Inc
Tunlding
Oworth
Mreo Hathryn Marienbrach
Bartenbruch
Burial Here for Pioneer Family Member Hicks of Odessa
funeral services were held in Odessa for Mrs. Eyla Longing Hicks a member of a prominent pioneer family sister to Mrs. Menard Riggs and Mrs. Mush Laraine. Hicks died August 1 in Odessa after several months illness and is buried in West Wellington Cemetery. Kelso Funeral Home assisted with arrangements.
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Kelso Chapel
Eyla Longing Hicks
Odessa
Menard Riggs
Mush Laraine
Hicks
First Baptist Church
John St. Rasco
Glenn Hickey
Lurint
West Wellington
Kelso
Farm Bureau Meeting Attendance Noted for Dagert Event
Mr and Mrs Dee Burba and Mr and Mrs Monty Mitchell attend the Farm Bureau meeting at Dagert. The meeting opened Tuesday and runs through Wednesday with monthly sessions and wives as special guests.
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Dee Burba
Monty Mitchell
Farm Bureau
Dagert
Citys Biggest Golf Tourney Opens Saturday
Forty Wellington area golfers will compete in the mid summer pot tournament at the 16 par municipal course at Marian Airpark on Sat urday and Sunday Aug 9 and 19. Five flights start Saturday morning. finals Sunday afternoon. Henry Sullivan in charge says trophies go to winner runner up and consolation winner each night. Prizes for best round worst round most miscues most putts and longest drive. Special prizes from Wellington State Hank and City State Think offer two sets of matched woods to the player who defeats his opponent on the last holes and to the player making the most holes to defeat his opponent. Nine players are on record as parring the storal course. Charles Alten, last year’s winner and holder of the low local score, is a contender.
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Wellington
Marian Airpark
Henry Sullivan
Maner
Sullivan
Gawarde
Wellington State
Hank
City
Sullivan Sade
Charles Alten
Southwest Wellington considers new addition and water line
City Council discussed adding a tract known as Courke Heights to the city limits from Dalhart Street West to Haskell Street with a 125 foot wide strip already within the city. They also studied a proposed 6 inch feeder water line from 7th to 16th Street to boost pressure and fire protection in the southwest growing district, with construction planned as a winter project.
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Wellington
Bury Handley
Frank Cocke
Wheeler
G. M. Terry
Mineral Walls
Dalhart Street
Haskell Street
17Th Street
Courke Heights
Cocke
Myre
Terry
A. W. Cocke
Mineral Wells
Mr. Cocke
Cocke Heights
Donald Nunnelley
Drury Lucy
Buddy Yarbrough
Hope Duncan
Handley
7Th Street
16Th Street
Childress
Dalhart Streets
Hadley
Collingsworth County Farm Bureau Queen Contest Aug 30
Collingsworth County will select its Farm Bureau Queen Friday August 20 at the Roncom community building. Co chairs Der Hurda and Jim Ray of Sumnerwood head plans with district winners noted. 1962 Queen Nancy Gibbs will crown this year’s winner. Eligible entrants are county girls 10 to 22, single, daughter or sister of a Farm Bureau member. Contact the Wellington office to enter.
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Collingsworth County
Farm Bureau
Roncom
Derflurba
Jim Ray
Sumnerwood
Collingsworth
Nancy Gibbs
Hurda
Texas
Wellington
County four school systems plan August openings
Collingsworth county announces opening dates for its four school systems. Booker T. Washington in Wellington starts Monday August 12 with Dodson Sumnerwood August 19 and Wellington Quail August 26. Dodson votes to integrate beginning with the new term. Superintendent Lennon notes prior segregation with colored students sent to Wellington. Enrollment figures incomplete.
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Collingsworth County
Booker T. Washington
Wellington
Dodson
Sumnerwood
Dodson School Board
T. E. Lennon
The
Tern
Lennon
West Avenue Church opens revival Sunday
West Avenue Church of Christ announces a revival beginning Sunday August 11 and running through August 18 with Ming Roy Denver of Fort Worth as evangelist Known for effective preaching and work with nearby churches The event invites all parishioners and the public to attend daily sessions with prayers and sermons.
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al Gospel
West Avenue Church of Christ
Minist Ruther Jones
Ming Roy Denver
Fort Worth
Cong
Mae
Se Ninisher
Charles Flas
Weilington Fnt
Willer
Sone
Ab Ven
Tapon
Pathets
Constant Boll Worms and Leaf Miner Threaten Fresno Cotton
Fresno and Kelly cotton fields show infestation and leaf damage from a tiny leaf miner. The worm mines between leaf surfaces causing irregular brown scars. yields appear little affected but spraying with methyl parathion or newer systemics like Bidrin is discussed as control options. Regular checks of irrigated cotton are advised. boll worm presence prompts terminal inspections and potential spraying.
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Fresno
Kelly
Gasoline Fire Breaks Out At Wellington Station
Firemen halted a gasoline fumes ignition at Bell Service Station on Highway 89 in Wellington at 1 30 a m Tuesday August 6. Fumes from unloading from a transport truck ignited near underground tanks causing heavy damage to building and contents. Chief Troy Marsh cites fumes settling in the women’s rest room then igniting, aided by electrical causes near a motor. About two thirds of 4000 gallons of gasoline were vented during the blaze. Operator Tipoka Walker and the truck driver from Wichita Falls were present.
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Troy Marsh
Marsh
Jung Walker
Wichita Falls
Revival Opens Friday at Friendship Baptist Church
Revival services start Friday at Friendship Baptist Church miles west of Wellington running Aug 9 through Aug 16. J. 45 Martinnan leads arrangements, Wier Pate Hryant of the Missionary Baptist Church in Turkey will preach, previously serving Levelland and Immmitt churches. Bobby Sheith assists. Elder Elvin Pitts leads the church. Services 10 am and 7 pm daily. public invited.
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Friendship Baptist Church
Wellington
J. 45
Martinnan
Wier Pate Hryant
Missionary Baptist Church
Turkey
Levelland
Immmitt
Bobby Sheith
Winging
Elvin Pitts
Hartman Sais
Langley Car Found in Dallas
Sheriff reports a stolen A161 Buick from Din Langley July 4 found in Dallas. Arrest tied to the case. officers recovered stolen plates rather than the car. Police described the vehicle as carrying a set of teenage plates and noted ongoing inquiries.
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Din Langley
Dullas
John Kainey
Dallas
Hainey
Handley Improves After Kidney Surgery
Felix Handley who has undergone surgery twice in Amuaria in the last month is improving. Mrs Handley wrote her nephew Burn Handley who said on Tuesday. The original operation was for the removal of a kidney stone and a further surgery was needed to correct a condition that developed.
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Felix Handley
Amuarilla
Handley
Burn Handley
Mrs Crossland Hurt in Fall
Mrs Crossland sustained painful injuries after a fall in the home last Saturday in Midwest City Oklahoma. Her daughter Mrs Hubert Price aided by her mother’s shoes slipped on a kitchen line and she fell, resulting in a broken bone and hospitalization for several days.
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Crossland
July Heat Near One Hundred as Wellington Records High
A garbled July weather note describes a very hot month with readings near 100 degrees at 8 am daily. It mentions the thermometer’s behavior, daily averages, and local observations about heat waves and the impact on residents and daily life.
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Charles Allen
Matt Johnson
Dec Barjenbruch
Mack Saied Jr
Farm Bureau Meeting
City Studies
Pick Farm Bureau
Quail
Min
Roy Deaver Tok
West Avenue Church
Samnorwood
Orville Cunningham
Cunningham
Texas State Departmentt of Health, Records and Statistics Section
Austin
Vunningham
Orlerk
Moat & P.m
Chansil
Herman Moseley
Don Lacy
Lacy
Lom
Welling
Mer
Drury Lacy
Guthrie Three Wears
Perauuate
Dniei Mage
Bell
Langley
Ces
Sundsey
Gayton
Jack Ford
Texas State Highway Department
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Gs Sun
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