Barjenbruch Named City Manager of Wellington
William Barjenbruch a Wellington businessman and former city council member has been hired as city manager by Mayor Hiram Cudd. He will start Sept 1 succeeding the late Burn Handley. He previously ran Barjenbruch Implement Co and has engineering and city affairs experience.
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William
Doc) Barjenbruch
Wellington
Hiram Cudd
Burn Handley
Barjenbruch
Bartenbruch
Hemphill Diesel School
Air Force
Dr. J C Agee Dies in Dallas After Heart Attack
Dr. J C Agee formerly of Wellington died in Dallas Wednesday night at about age 60 from a heart attack. Funeral services were held in Dallas Friday and graveside rites at Childress Cemetery with Masonic honors. Survivors include his wife Opal Glover Agee and three children.
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J. C. Agee
Wellington
Dallas
Childress Cemetery
Wellington Lodge
Agee
Kiwanis Club
West Texas State College
Opal Glover
Childress
B. W. Hughey
Houston
Billy Frank Agee
James C. Agee
Kilgore
Arnett School Opens Term With New Staff Lineup
Arnett School will begin term August 31 with student enrollment on Friday August 28 at 9 am announced by Bob Copeland. Teaching staff includes Gladys Robertson Ardena Garrison Edith Carter Barbara Williamson Ruth Hightower Larry Powers Bill McCannon and Jimmy Downey. Copeland also serves as superintendent and will teach social studies.
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Arnett
Bob Copeland
Gladys Robertson
Ardena Garrison
Edith Carter
Barbara Williamson
Ruth Hightower
Larry Powers
Bill McCannon
Jimmy
Eva Glenn Crowned Ex-Student Queen At Wellington Reunion
Two hundred sixty Wellington high school alumni and guests gathered for the annual ex student reunion opening with a watermelon feast on Friday August seven and closing with a Saturday night dance. Eva Glenn Thompson was crowned Ex-Student Queen during Saturday afternoon activities.
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Eva Glenn Thompson
Wellington High School
Loren Thompson
Vada Bell Wood
Elouise
Ellison Park
Farris Wood
Elouise Bowen Lewis
Lanny Lewis
Weatherford
Okla
Lewis
Joyce McPherson Norman
Lindell Norman
Bengazi
Lybia
California
Collingsworth County Quarter Horse Show Set for Sept 12
About one hundred AQHA registered horses, a 25 percent rise from last year, are expected for the Collingsworth County show chaired by John Holton. The event includes cutting and reining contests at the rodeo arena and halter classes at Marian Airpark, with judges Gene George and ringmaster Cliff Campbell.
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Southwest
Collingsworth County
John Holton
Texas
Houston
Oklahoma
Kansas
Rodeo Arena
Marian Airpark
AQHA
Forehand Leads First Gospel Meeting in Rochester
Min Grandol Forehand of Bowie Street Church of Christ conducted a gospel meeting at Rochester Church of Christ from Friday July 31 to Sunday August 9 marking his first time in the venue near his hometown.
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Min. Grandol Forehand
Bowie Street
Former Pastor Returns to City Church
The Rev. J. E. Young resumes leadership at the Fundamental Baptist Church here after about two decades away. He and Mrs. Young arrived with their son Jerry from Pauls Valley Oklahoma where he led Victory Baptist. He previously served at Floydada Childress Wichita Falls Hobart Roosevelt and Paducah Kentucky churches.
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J. E. Young
Fundamental Baptist Church
Young
Jerry
J. D. Young
Childress
Marie Peeples
Civil Service
Lawton
Ray Null
Don W. Young
Bible Baptist Church
Paducah
Nazarene Pastor elected president of Ministerial Alliance
The Rev. Jack Durham, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, was elected president of the Ministerial Alliance in a re organization meeting on Monday morning August 10. The Rev. Ellis Todd was chosen vice president and the Rev. Verrell Leeper secretary treasurer.
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Jack Durham
Church of the Nazarene
Ministerial Alliance
Ellis Todd
First Methodist Church
Verrell Leeper
Lutle
Durham
Carroll Harmon
Nazarene Church
Todd
Alliance
Pastor Attends Mission Conference Meeting
The Rev. Ellis Todd pastor of First Methodist Church and Mrs. Todd returned Aug. 6 from a Southwestern Jurisdictional Quadrennial conference on missions at Mt. Sequoyah Fayetteville Ark. The meeting planned mission work for the next four years with 350 clergymen and an equal number of young people attending from seven states. Mission speakers from eastern Asia Congo Malaya Philippines and other fields were heard. Todd chairs missions for the Childress district.
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Ellis Todd
First Methodist Church
Todd
Mt. Sequoyah
Fayetteville
Ark
The
Methodist Church
Asia
Congo
Malaya
Philippines
Childress
Rockets Report for Practice Men in 59 Squad
Wellington Sky rockets begin football practice on Monday Aug 17 under head coach Don Beck and new line coach Raymond Kauffman. Fifty nine players, including 12 lettermen, prepare in morning skull drills and on field work, with evening sessions and a Claude Mustangs scrimmage planned for Aug 24 at Powell Field.
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Wellington
Don Beck
James Stavenhagen
Raymond Kauffman
Rocket
Skull
Rockets
Beck
Claude Mustangs
Powell Field
Wellington Teams Seek Grid Wins In 1964 Schedule
Coach Don Beck released the 1964 football slate for Wellington’s Skyrockets junior varsity and Firecrackers. The Skyrockets open September 4 against Childress at home. Junior varsity and junior high also begin September 10 with a series of road and home games through November.
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Don Beck
Wellington
Childress
Killer Wasps Seen In Large Numbers This Summer
County Agent Cecil Regier identifies the big black wasps as killer wasps because they prey on other insects including cicadas and locusts. Though large, their sting rarely harms humans unless provoked, and the insects may be beneficial by reducing pests.
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Cecil Regier
Farm Bureau Queen Contest Committee Meeting Called
A meeting of the committee in charge of the Farm Bureau Queen Contest is set for Saturday August 16 at 7 30 p m in the Farm Bureau building. Mrs Dee Coleman announced and urged all prospective entrants to notify a committee member by Saturday.
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Farm Bureau
Tommy Thomas Improves After Amarillo Hospital Stay
Tommy Thomas, injured in a July 31 car crash near Flamet, remains unconscious but progressing. His father Trusten says he has answered simple questions with a nod this week while Mrs. Thomas stays with him in Amarillo. The two were returning from Lubbock where they were summer students at Texas Tech.
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Tommy Thomas
Texas Hospital
Amarillo
Trusten Thomas
Thomas
Tommy
Flamet
Danny Martin
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Wellington High Cheer Leaders Attend Tech School
Wellington high school cheerleaders attended the cheerleaders school at Texas Tech from August 2 to August 7. Attendees included Beverly Singley Becky Brewer Jan Glenn Joan James Glenna Taylor and Nancy Sanford. It was Texas Tech’s first such school with about 10 instructors teaching new yells and routines.
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Wellington High School
Texas Tech
Beverly Singley
Becky Brewer
Jan Glenn
Joan James
Glenna Taylor
Nancy Sanford
Norwood School Opens Summer Session August 17
Norwood School will open Monday August 17 with a full schedule of classes. Faculty meet new Superintendent Robert Dwight on Friday August 14 at 9 am in a pre planning session. Board of Trustees discussed bus routes and driver obligations with students' fathers Monday night August 10. Schedule includes regular cotton harvest vacation.
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Sumnerwood
Robert Dwight
Board of Trustees
Mrs Rogers in Car Accident Sends Congressman From Floor
Mrs Walter Rogers wife of the Panhandle congressman was hurt in a Washington accident on Saturday August 8. Driving alone she was struck from behind but apparently not seriously injured. Rep Rogers learned of the crash before roll call on the Anti Poverty Bill and left to be with his wife missing the vote.
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Walter Rogers
Panhandle
Washington
Rep. Rogers
House
Dukes and Cats Set Meeting at Marian Airpark
The Dukes of Wellington and the Black Cats clash Thursday August 13 at Marian Airpark baseball field. Earl Shamblee announced the game starts at 8 p.m.
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Dukes of Wellington
Black Cats
Marian Airpark
Earl Shamblee
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R UP Bowen Lewis
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Ruby Currier Ball
R. R. Crawley
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Frank Anderson
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Vern Thomas
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Austin
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