Wellington High School 50th Anniversary Homecoming plans
A letter from Elmer R. Roy announces the 50th anniversary of the 1942 Wellington High School Skyrocket Football Team during Homecoming on October 2, 1992 at Wellington High School. Several addresses are missing for team members and readers with knowledge are asked to contact Roy at 1009 East North Street Sweetwater Tennessee.
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Wellington High School
Jim Bob Wood
Bernard Smith
Wayne Benson
Clay Kutch
Elmer Roy
East North Street
Sweetwater
Tennessee
Elmer R. Roy
Wellington gains new coaches Bohannon and May
Lloyd Bohannon and David May join Wellington's coaching staff under Head Coach James Williams. Bohannon, White Deer and West Texas State alum, has six coaching years including Snyder and Coleman roles, while May, Tarleton State graduate, lettered in golf and basketball and coached multiple sports. Both bring hunting and fishing interests. families relocate to support Skyrockets.
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Wellington
Lloyd Bohannon
David May
James Williams
Bohannon
White Deer High School
West Texas State University
Snyder
Coleman
Lloyd
Dianna Bohannon
White Deer
Bo Bryant
Alabama
Bear" Bryant
Brittni-Lee
Alabama Crimson Tide
Diana
Lubbock
Texas
Tarleton State University
Stephenville
Tarleton
David
Williams
Reserved seats on sale for 1992 Skyrocket football
The 1992 Skyrocket football season reserved seat tickets are available at the school business office. Tickets cost 3 dollars per seat or 15 dollars for the season, with five home games. Past holders must notify the office by August 14 to keep their seats. general sale starts August 17. Call Tommie Watts or Judy Thomas at 447-2511. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 12:30 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Tommie Watts
Judy Thomas
Letter From Bataan Soldier Reaches Wife Alongside War Bond Quotas
A letter dated February 14 from Captain John Coleman, written on Red Cross paper, reaches Mrs. Coleman in Wellington August 11. He writes from somewhere on the Bataan Peninsula, says he is well and fighting, and asks her to tell his brothers. The letter mentions receiving her A&M ring on December 8 and was mailed from San Francisco August 7. War Bond quotas for Collingsworth County and Texas are announced, with totals and method for future month adjustments. Vinson Oklahoma school district faculty hires announced by Superintendent J. Q. Smith, noting Vinson as a large consolidated system serving Shinnery district and local high school students.
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John Coleman
Wellington
Collingsworth
Washington
Texas
Treasury Department
Vinson, Oklahoma
J. Q. Smith
Shinnery
L. B. Bratten
Jim Cook
D. E. Fulton
Cook
L. A. Moore
Post Office
Cross Roads
Fulton
Jan McGill
Childress
Perryton
Collingsworth County
Colson Family Reunion at Lake Altus OK July 1992
Colson family members gathered at Lake Altus Oklahoma on July 25 and 26 1992 for a reunion. The event featured dominoes picture taking hikes and meals including a hamburger cook out and a covered dish luncheon. Attendees included Floyd and Claudia Colson Loyd and Betty Colson Jerimy Jaime Lynda Bryan and K C Ramsey plus others from Hollis Wellington Snyder and Saginaw. Visitors from Saginaw Wellington and Vinson district were noted.
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Colson
Lake Altus
W.A. Colson
Floyd
Claudia Colson
Dumas
Loyd
Betty Colson
Hollis
Jerimy
Jaime Colson
Lynda
Bryan
K. C. Ramsey
Darrell
Rhonda
Shonda
Ryan
Lonnie Colson
Wellington
John
Judy James
Snyder
Viola Colson
Velma Rainey
Lynn
Sue McElroy
Tracy
Cary
Aaron
Saginaw
Jody Smith
Freda Moody
Brad Bawcom
Gary Phillips
Wellington schools begin 1992 93 with new term
Wellington area prepares for the new school year starting Tuesday August 18 as elementary principal Diane O Rear oversees registration and class lists for Wellington Elementary. Immunization proofs required for all Wellington students plus upcoming x ray outreach and local hospital staffing notes accompany the back to school coverage.
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WISD
Diane O'Rear
O'Rear
Sul Ross University
Alpine
Wellington
Renessa Klink
Kaylynn Wood
Deliah Heward
Virginia Tarver
Ruby Williams
Bertha Devoss
Shirley Heward
Jane Testerman
Lennie Statham
Norma Spillman
Jane Thomas
Sharon Covey
Katherine Reeves
Rhonda Wheeler
Deidra Ballew
Beverly Hudson
Mary Johnson
Paula Wilkins
Elaine Densman
Lisa Byrd
Mary Jones
Bonita Parker
Marjorie Boyce
Loretta Wright
Jeanne Taylor
Shrubs Family Attends Oil Bowl Football Game in Wichita Falls
The Shrubs family gathered Saturday August 8 at Neil Jones's home in Wichita Falls for visits and games with the children. Elmer Lee Shrubs hosted a fish fry before they headed to the Oil Bowl to watch Wesley McKnight, former Skyrocket of Wellington, play. Attendees included Elmer Lee Shrubs Nell Kizzie Shady T-Man Jones Bobbie Shrubs Sandra George Rob Byron Ingram Vernita Ray Cody Shrubs Lennox Elaine Isha Lenny Lanny Shenna Lasonia and Catrina Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrubs
Neil Jones
Wichita Falls
Elmer Lee "Tiger" Shrubs
Elmer
Wesley McKnight
Wellington
Elmer Lee
Tiger
Nell
Kizzie
Shady
T-Man Jones
Bobbie
Sandra
George
Rob
Byron Ingram
Vernita Ray Cody
Childress
Lennox
Elaine
Isha
Lenny Lanny
Shenna Lasonia
Catrina Ford
Amarillo
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Sherry Cromartie
Bee Ford
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Wood) Hutton
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Hackberry
Elroy Owens
John Grubbs
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Ruby Morris
Charlie Abercrombie
Novella Chambers
Ruth Pence
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Elm Creek
Collingsworth County Water Board
Salt Fork
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Austin
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Texas Technological College
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Jim Allen
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Peggy Risinger
Jackson County Memorial Hospital
Altus
Collingsworth General Hospital
Philippine Islands
Chester White
Sumnerwood
Thayne Amonett
James Stavenhagen
Rex Peeples
Clifford Throne
Jake
Wellington State Bank
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