McKnight Talks at Wellington Class of 1955 Reunion
Former Wellington coach Maxey McKnight, now Kress school superintendent, spoke at the Class of 1955 homecoming luncheon at the Cherokee Inn. He recalled class officer lines, Bandera senior trip, and the late Jimmy Wilson, praising lifelong Wellington ties and the idea of future reunions. Roadrunner award went to John Brock of Phoenix for greatest travel to events.
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Wellington
Maxey McKnight
Cherokee Inn
Kress
McKnight
Wellington High School
Jimmy Wilson
Jimmy
Bandera
John Brock
Phoenix
Ariz
Gay Reeves McAlister
Frank Jones
John Thomas
Billy Ray Branch
Amarillo
Eddie Slay
Walter Spear
Mary Ann Hunter Cunningham
Stamford
LaJuan Wilson Boyer
Odessa
Mary Ruth Stall
Pampa
Larry Jesse
John Gordon Thomas
Janice Davis Thomas
College Station
Don R. Rummel
Lubbock
Johnny
Brock
Selma Lee McAlister
Don R. Raburn
Austin
Lavena Murdock Pritchard
Al_amagordo
N.M
Boone Matlin
Barbara Lowry Aselton
Ponder
John Cartwright
Wayne ‘Ketchum
Wichita Falls
Renee Thomason Duncan
Canyon
4-H Riders Triumph at Childress Junior Rodeo
At Childress on August 5 a large field of over 300 contestants from Collingsworth County competed in junior events. Winners included Susan Lowe in pole bending and Harrel racing for ages 9 to 14, Linda Williams in ring race, Rod White in watermelon race, Reese Bowen in wild cow riding, Andy Lowe in barrel race and calf bobbing, Joe Wood first in bull riding, and Tommy Yarbrough second in bareback bronc riding.
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Childress
Texas
Collingsworth County
Pam Patterson
Joe Woods
Kathy Patterson
Tommy Yarbrough
Tommy Lindley
Teresa Patterson
Andy Lowe
Susan Lowe
Bart Patterson
Linda Williams
Gary Killian
Mark Killian
Walt Campbell
Rod White
Janice White
Jim Howard
Mitzie Hartman
Reese Bowen
Eddie Orr
Collingsworth
Joe Wood
Sonics toperform at Texas Talent Festival youth event
The Sonics will compete at the Texas Talent Festival part of the Fourth Annual Youth Conference in Austin August 18 to 21 at the University of Texas campus. Members include Earl Feemster Jarrell Fielding Sharon Daves John Abernathy and Dan Hatch. Merchants of Wellington and the CB Radio Club sponsor the group. Over 1200 Texans attend to study juvenile delinquency prevention. The conference is a project of the Texas Law Enforcement and Youth Development Foundation of Austin and involves more than 200,000 Texas youths. Delegates are sponsored by clubs churches civic groups and individuals. The event shows how youth can curb juvenile crime.
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Sonics
Austin
University of Texas
Earl Feemster
Jarrell Fielding
Sharon Daves
John Abernathy
Dan Hatch
Merchants of Wellington
CB Radio Club
Texas Law Enforcement and Youth Development Foundation of
Texas
Oil and Gas Lease Transfers Detail Two Dutch-Block Areas
Partial release shows El Paso Natural Gas Co transferring SE quarter and South half of section 76 and SW quarter of section 77, block 12 plus South half of section 86, block 1 to George N Atkins Jr and others. Shadid transfers SE quarter of section 63 block 14 to Sam Turner and wife.
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el Paso Natual Gas Co
George N. Atkinson, Jr
William R. Shadid
Sam Turner
Texas Talent Festival Promises Cash and Hollywood Trip
The Texas Talent Festival aims to promote wholesome Texas youth with cash awards and a Hollywood trip. Winners will meet talent scouts from Paramount MGM and Universal Studios. Byron Griffith will judge finalists in Austin. California leads fruit production nationwide.
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Texas
Hollywood
Paramount
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer
Universal Studios
Byron Griffith
Austin
Teenage grooms deserve attention in marriage education
College Station reports family life expert Mrs Patsy Yates from Texas A&M warns that teenage grooms face unexpected challenges after marriage. A West Coast counselor advises new husbands to befriend their wives. Experts stress friendships form slowly and maturity matters in lasting unions.
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College Station
Patsy Yates
Texas A&m University
Ben Ard
San Francisco State College
Parks and Wildlife Magazine Expands International Subscriptions
Austin based Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine reports an international leak of its subscription list. Ethel Speck, circulation manager, honored a request from Moscow and sent copies to a Paris resident via Houston residents. About 4 percent of subscriptions go to other states.
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Austin
Texas
Parks, and Wildlife Magazine
Ethel Speck
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Moscow
Houston
Teenage Groom Advised to Learn His Wife
Mrs. Yates emphasizes that love rests on respect, understanding, and knowledge. She notes that understanding oneself and a partner is difficult and urges the teen-age groom to seek knowledge and understanding of his wife as a person.
Unclear excerpt contrasts Aggies and others and cites Yale mascot
The fragment notes Aggies keep secrets while mocking jokes and states Yale University's mascot is the bulldog while asserting lacrosse as Canada's national game.
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Yale University
Canada
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California
Haring You
First Federal Mayrice & Laan
P.O
Childeey
OIL and Gas. News
Lad Ik
Ae Ian Va
Muscovite
P&wd Magazine
Herman Childress Mattress Co
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