Brine Lake plans spark county water pollution concerns
Fred Cox asks the Commissioners Court to study a proposed Dry Salt Creek brine lake spanning Hall and Childress counties. The lake aims to lower salt in Red River and Lake Texhoma while offering recreation, with no funding yet and a five year construction horizon after money becomes available.
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Fred Cox
Commissioners Court
Salt
Fortheast
Hall County
Childress
Collingsworth
Red River
Texhoma
Reverend Claude Roys Visit Through Texas to Glorietta Camp
The Rev. and Mrs. Claude Roy and son Mike of Battle Creek Michigan stopped in Wellington on Tuesday August 3 while traveling in Texas. Roy is superintendent of missions for Western Michigan at the Southern Baptist Convention and they were en route to the Baptist Encampment at Glorietta New Mexico. Roy grew up in Rolle community and is son of H Lee Roy of Athens Tennessee.
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Claude Roy
Mike
Battle Creek
Michigan
Wellington
Texas
Western Michigan
Southern Baptist Convention
Glorietta
New Mexico
Rev
Roy
Rolle
H. Lee Roy
Athens, Tenn
Former Quail Resident Wallace Thurman Dies in California
Wallace J. Thurman a former Collingsworth County resident died in a Bakersfield California hospital on July 28 burial followed in California He was born November 11 1885 in Clay County Tennessee He lived in the Quail area in the 1920s He was the son of the late J M Thurman Survivors include six daughters and a son all in California three brothers Fred Thurman of Borger Everett Thurman of Dallas Herman Thurman of Wellington and Mrs Jim Ewing of Crowell
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Collingsworth County
Wallace J. Thurman
Bakersfield
Calif
California
Thurman
Quail Area
J.M. Thurman
Clay County
Tennessee
Fred Thurman
Borger
Everett Thurman
Dallas
Herman Thurman
Wellington
Jim Ewing
Crowell
Carol Pitts Dies in Accident at 16
Carol Jean Pitts 16 granddaughter of Mr and Mrs James Havron died in a pickup accident July 14. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford Pitts of Bakersfield California. Norma Jean Havron was her mother. A young boy also died in the crash. Attending the funeral were Mr and Mrs James Hayton Amarillo and Mrs R H Gibbons Borger.
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Carol Jean Pitts
James Havron
Clifford Pitts
Bakersfield
Calif
Norma Jean Havron
James Hayton
Amarillo
R. H. Gibbons
Borger
Stuckey Families Visit Relatives in Texas and California
Mr and Mrs Frank Stuckey and Mr and Mrs Robert Royce with Randy and Kimberley of Orland California visited last week with Aubrey Stuckey. Rudolph Stuckey of Houston joined the group. Royce returned to Orland Sunday while Frank Stuckey stayed a month longer in Texas to visit relatives and plan the Langley family reunion August 13 14 and 15.
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Frank Stuckey
Robert Royce
Randy
Kimberley
Orland
Calif
Aubrey Stuckey
Rudolph Stuckey
Houston
Langley
Former Resident Returns Home from Twisp Visit
Mrs. Chester Cloyd left Friday July 30 for her home in Twisp Washington after visiting a month with her daughter Mrs. Lee White and her brother and sister-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Elzie White. Her granddaughter Tami Sue Koons of Seattle flew down for a week and to drive back with Mrs. Cloyd. This was her first trip outside Washington.
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Chester Cloyd
Twisp
Washington
Lee White
Elzie White
Tami Sue Koons
Seattle
Myrick Attends Short Courses in Vocational Education
Rodney Myrick will join a short course at Sam Houston State College Huntsville on trailer layout and design. Sponsored by the College and the Texas Education Agency for vocational agriculture teachers, he plans to return to Dallas for the Texas vocational ag instructors convention. He recently attended a TEA joint welding course at Texas A&M with his family visiting Lampasas.
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Rodney Myrick
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Texas Education Agency For Vocational Agriculture Teachers
Dallas
Texas Vocational Ag
Texas A&m University
TEA
Lo Ag
Mytick
Lampasas
Lennons Join Briscoe Schools as Teachers
Mr and Mrs Joe Lennon have taken teaching positions at Briscoe Schools and moved with their 9 year old son Jack. He will teach music and other subjects. Lennon previously served as Dodson principal and both taught at Wellington. All three are graduates of West Texas State University.
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Joe Lennon
Briscoe
Jack
Lennon
Dodson
Wellington
West Texas State University
Dennys Visit From California
Mr and Mrs Marshall Denney returned to their Lost Hills California home after visiting in Wellington Mrs Denny came to see her daughter and Mr Denney arrived last week Both former residents now work for San Joaquin Valley Cotton Oil Company Lost Hills near Bakersfield is in a new irrigation area with cotton as the chief crop
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Marshall Denney
Lost Hills
Calif
Wellington
Denny
James Hale
T.C. Fike
Denney
San Joaquin
Bank to display counterfeit and genuine bills exhibit
The Wellington State Bank will host a counterfeit and genuine bill exhibit next week in its lobby from Monday to Friday, August 16 to 20. The display features $1, $5, $10, $60 and $100 notes with red or green lights indicating counterfeit or genuine status, inviting visitors to test their detection skills.
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Wellington
Neeley
Power restored after night repair work in Wellington
No. 5 trom peas outage from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. according to Don Welch manager of the Wellington office of West Texas Utilities Co. Repair crews and line men worked all night to set poles and restore power.
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Don Welch
Wellington
West Texas Utilities Co
Salt water disposal debated in Red River Basin plan
Fred Cox and R L Maybery question salt water handling in the Red River Basin project. They note cross county gypsum formations with gyp sinks and argue for pumping brine into deep wells rather than surface ponds. Corps methods and Lake Texhoma purity stakes cited. project approved awaiting funding with a five year completion target after funds arrive.
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Cox
Corps of Army Engineers
Red River
Lake
Texhoma
Mr. Cox
Fred Cox
R.L. Maybery
Red River Basin
Lower
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Congress
Vernon W. Pinkney
Tulsa
Corps of Engineers
Thomas
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