Reunion plans shift to biennial ex student gatherings
A reader notes the value of frontiers news and scrapbooks in the Re Public newspaper era. He recalls enjoying the last ex students reunion and urges civic groups to maintain archival collections like those at WHS. Ernest Kendrick, once of Wellington, is highlighted in a full page ad for Great Southern Life Insurance Co.
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Donald C
WHS
Baptist Church
Larry Hays
Larry
Donald
Ernest Kendrick
Wellington
Great Southern Life Insurance Com. de
Ernie Kendrick
West Texas State
Uni
Youth Baseball Tourney Opens In Wellington Week
Wellington hosts a four town youth baseball tournament at Matian Airpark Diamond from Monday August 5 to Friday August 9. Pony League opened with Wellington beating Paducah 17 to 14. Shamrock losses and possible rescheduling affect Thursday night games.
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Wellington
Matian Airpark
Paducah
Shamrock
John Coffee
Frank King Post Approves Officer Slate
Members of the Frank King Post American Legion in Wellington approved a slate for 1868 89 at a meeting on Aug 1. Installation was scheduled for Sept 5. Robert Gosnell was reelected Post Commander, Trinidad Cantu elected First Vice Commander, with several officers reelected or reappointed including John Coleman adjutant and Riley Danson finance officer.
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Frank King
American Legion
Wellington
Robert Gosnell
Trinidad
Elmer James
Riley Danson
Mangum Sets All Night Sing at Liberty Bowl
The Western Oklahoma All Night Singing convention gathers in Mangum Oklahoma on Saturday night August 24 for a second annual event at the Liberty Bowl The venue seats 10000 and 6500 attendees last year are expected again Lt Gov George Nigh will welcome visitors and organizers promise rest rooms concessions water and first aid for a safe enjoyable night
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Western Oklahoma
Mangum
Okla
George Nigh
Oklahoma
Letter writing costs cited by firm rise from months
From June to September a business firm says it costs 92.47 to write a letter with higher sums reported for some letters. The note implies substantial variation in letter writing expenses across cases.
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Costa
Gosnell Trains at Fort Sill During ARMYSummer Camp
Cadet Robert S. Gosnell son of Mr and Mrs Robert L Gosnell of Wellington trains at Fort Sill during Army Reserve Officers Training Corps summer camp. The course began June 14 and lasts six weeks focusing on leadership rifle marksmanship physical conditioning and military subjects. Upon completion he may be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He is a 1965 graduate of Quail High School.
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Ft, Sill
Okla
Roberts
Gosnell
Robert L. Gosnell
Wellington
Texas Technological College
U.S. Army
Quail High School
Motsenbocker Named Principal at Estelline
Albert Motsenbocker resigns as Dodson School principal to take the Estelline high school post. He will coach girls basketball and teach math and English while pursuing a master’s degree at West Texas State University. He is a Dodson High School graduate returning after five years in administration. He and his wife Joan Ballentine have two children Sammy Wayne and Walter Lynn.
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Albert Motsenbocker
Dodson
Estelline
Motsenbocker
West Texas State University
Dodson High School
Joan Ballentine
Sammy Wayne
Walter Lynn
Sammy Motsenbocker
Thomason Returns Home After Calf Attack Injuries
Roy Thomason came home Sunday August 4 from St Anthony's Hospital Amarillo after injuries from a calf mauling July 26. His jaw was set after a left side fracture and a right crack, one rib broken at the back. He will visit Amarillo weekly for medical checks. The Poliomyelitis virus measures about one millionth of an inch in diameter.
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Roy Thomason
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Amarillo
Dwight Heads Group Norwood Scouts On Canadian Canoe Trip
Scoutmaster Rob ert Dwight leads 22 Comanche District boys from Sumnerwood Troop 38 on a 10 day Canadian canoe trek from Ely Minnesota to Quaticeuet region following Voyageur routes. Guides Ken Baker and regional support help with 110 miles of travel and merit badge tests.
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Sumnerwood
Advee tay aeaby —_esate t
Ray Dwyer
Robert Dwight
Ken Baker
Pampa
Comanche Boy Sermit
Region 10
Boy Scout
Ely
Minn
Quatiee Ueet
Canadian National Ark
Dwight
Smiler
Park Rangers
Young man dies after heart surgery complications
Lee Burks Jr aged 20 died Sunday at Methodist Hospital Lubbock from complications after open heart surgery in Denver. A Tahoka resident, he graduated from Monterey High School 1968 and attended Texas Tech. Survivors include his parents two sisters and two grandmothers with services held at Monterey Baptist Church.
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Lee Burks, Jr
Melvin Lee Burks
Tohoka
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Denver
Colo
Wellington
Monterey Baptist Church
Anthony Longval
Russell Pogue
Petersburg
Peaceful Gardens
Lee Burks
Monterey High School
Texas Tech
Tech Rodeo Club
Huntsville
Leggitt
Tahoka
Burks
Lee
Karen
Becky
Joe Lindsey
Balls
C. E
Sumnerwood aides inclusive teaching strategy discussion
A page one report quotes a lecturer on administrative devices to keep learners of varying abilities at the same level. He stresses minimal change in subject matter but notes teaching methods must address individual differences, with a nod to effective Classified Ads delivering results.
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Sumnerwood
Page One
Community leaders discuss developing local resources
Mr Reed emphasizes using funds from the RC&D program to coordinate local efforts. He cites soil water people air wildlife scenery grassland money crops livestock recreation and other resources as priorities for community objectives and action.
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Reed
City Reads 20 Year G T C Southwest Franchise
Members heard the third reading on Monday night August 5 of a 20 year franchise to General Telephone Company of the Southwest. The council then signed the contract and approved Leslie Moore's Addition to Wellington with water and sewage lines laid. Ice plant output described as four feet by two feet by one inch thick cake slabs.
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General Telephone Company
Southwest
Leslie Moore
City of
Wellington
Pigg Joins College Faculty In Alabama
Mr and Mrs Ker Pligg and son Martin and her mother Mrs Josephine Brown of Derton were weekend guests in the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Kelly Pigg The Kern Bing sera left Wednesday for Bay Minette Ala where Mr Pigg will teach in William L Yancey State Junior College He will be a member of the music faculty teaching brass and other subjects He has earned bachelor and master degrees in music from North Texas State University and taught five years in the Galveston School System Mrs Pigg also plans to teach The college is a newer Alabama state junior college Bay Minette on the Gulf Coast near Mobile Mr and Mrs Leroy Belew are vacationing two weeks in Arizona and California visiting relatives and sight seeing.
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Ker Pligg
Martin
Josephine Brown
Derton
Kelly Pigg
Kern Bing
Sera
Bay Minette
Ala
Pigg
William L. Yancey State Junior College
North Texas State University
Galveston
Financial Facts on Currency and Banking History
A brief column on the origins of paper money credited to China and Sweden for early coinage. It mentions Woodroe Wilson and the U.S. Treasury, notes noncirculation, and advertises a local bank with hours 9 to 3 and telephone number 47 2508.
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Sweden
Woodroe Wilson
United States Treasury
Seeker Tries to Locate Grandfather in Wellington Letter
Kenneth Yoakum of Ukiah California requests help tracing his grandfather Elijah Oscar Yoakum also known as Bud a crippled man who lived in Wellington Texas years ago He mentions his father Howard Yoakum who was 18 at the time and asks Wellington Leader readers to write to him with any information on E O Yoakum.
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Kenneth H. Yoakum
Wellington
Alice Ave
Ukiah
Calif
Texas
Yoakum
Elijah Oscar Yoakum
Bud
Howard Yoakum
Community Action Program expands in Panhandle towns
Judge Thomas notes seven Community Action Centers opening in 30 days across the Panhandle including Wellington Bovina Tulsa Hart Happy and Hereford with training for youth in economically distressed areas. Funds may be provided as in kind donations of labor and materials through the Office of Economic Opportunity.
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Wellington Center
Panhandie
Burnett
Bovina
Tulsa
Hart
Happy
Hereford
Thomas
Masten
Franks
Community Action Center
Amarillo
Office of Economic Opportunity
Commissioners’ Court
Community Action Committee
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Ruth
Frank King Post
Fort Sill
Stanley” Gosnell
Thomason
Norwood Scouts
Alabama
Leroy Belew
Arizona
California
Bronco & Ritz
Sat
Sun
Bronco Matinees
Ritz
Jerry Lewis
Glenn Ford
Wells & Wells
Jack Sanford
Calvin Hurst
Harold Watkins
Weel Avenue
Dependable Insurance
Maaven
Vice Ag
Petite State Bank
Kenneth Yooku
Kenneth Yoakum
Cutero Smith
Swindell
Borden
DR Peppers
Shurfine
EL Chico
Duz
Shurfresh
Tomatoes
Lewis
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