Three Vehicle Wrecks On Buck Creek Bridge
Three separate one vehicle crashes occurred within eight hours at the north end of the Buck Creek bridge on US 83 south of Wellington. All cars were demolished and about 200 feet of guard rail was damaged. Drivers escaped serious injury. Roscor Foxter, J T Gilbert, and John Preston Barfield were examined and released at St Joseph's Hospital. The first crash involved a 1955 Plymouth driven by Foater who said he was blinded by an oncoming vehicle.
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Buck Creek
Highway 83
Wellington
Buck Creek Bridge
US 83
Mately
St. Joseph's IT Hospital
Roscor Foxter
el Centra
Calif
J.T. Gilbert
Fort Worth
John Preston Barfield
Temple
Foater
Foster
St. Joseph’s
Sam Scott
Kenneth Hodge
Represent C-C August 17 Deadline On Fair Queen Contest
The Col lingsworth County Fair Queen contest sets August 17 as the deadline for entries, announced by Jerry Nix, contest chairman. Sponsored by the chamber of commerce, the queen will be chosen at 8 30 p.m. Monday, September 2, during Fair Week. The winner will reign and represent the chamber at events in the county and nearby towns for the following year. Eligible contestants are Collingsworth County girls aged 16 to 20 who have never married, with entry blanks available from Nix or the Chamber of Commerce office in Wellington.
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Collingsworth County
Jerry Nix
Chamber of Commerce
Nazarene Camp Meeting At Camp Arrowhead
The Rev and Mrs L P Durham of the Church of the Nazarene left Aug 12 to attend the Nazarene Camp Meeting hosted by the Abilene District at Camp Arrowhead ten miles northeast of Glen Rose. The event runs through Aug 18 with speakers including Rev Orville W Jenkins, former Abilene District superintendent now Kansas City District head.
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L. P. Durham
Church of the Nazarene
Carp
Abilene District
Camp Arrowhead
Glen Rose
Orville W. Jenkins
Kansas City
Ab- Nene
Miss Wheatheart of the Nation entrant from Wellington
Wynona Jones, 16, of Wellington and daughter of Mr and Mrs Mezze Jones, entered the Wheatheart of the Nation pageant to be held in Perryton on August 24. Sponsored by the Collingsworth chamber, she has held cheerleading and office titles and will tour TV and radio outlets in the Golden Spread and Toronto Detroit areas before visiting Minneapolis and the Canadian National Exhibition.
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Wynona Jones
Wellington
Mezze Jones
Perryton
Southwest
Miss Jones
Wellington High School
Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce
F.T.A
Wheatheart
Golden Spread
Toronto Detroit
General Mills
Minneapolis
Toronto
Canada
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
New Teachers Named to City School Faculty
Wellington announces new staff for the city schools including James Larson as high school director replacing Tubal Cain. Mrs. Jack Durham will teach social studies and James Stavenhagen moves to math and head basketball coach. Helen Miner succeeds Pravis July in Washington faculty after resigning to teach science at Mineola.
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Wellington
Hooker
Washington
John J. Harper
Harper
Hig
James Larann
Snyder Oke
Tubal Cain
Mangum
Larson
Midwestern University
Wichita Palla
Jack Durham
James Stavenhagen
Durham
Lal- Ing
Los Angeles
Church of the Nazarene
Supt
Pravis July
Mineala
Helen Miner
Ex-Students Reunion Date Set for October Four Five
The Wellington Ex-Students Association board met Tuesday night to elect officers for the coming year. Re-elected were Donald Curry as president, Treva Cudd Bowen as vice president, and Bessie Rainer as secretary treasurer. New directors elected include Jimmie Light Strickland, Louis Graham, Kay Carter Feemster and Margie Reberson Maddox, while several directors continue in service. The association announces the Ex-Students Reunion dates as October 4 and 5.
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Wellington Ex-Students' Association
Donald Curry
Tneva Cudd Bowen
Bessie Rainer
Curry
Dora FE
MacClaskey Smith
Weltman Warrick
Jimmie Light Strickland
Louis Graham
Kay Carter Feemster
Margie Reberson Maddox
Richard Flasley
Louise Fulcher
Louise Cox Mabery
Herbert Bearden
Fid‘die Slay
C. A. Crawford
Dora Fern Durfey Wartick
Pessie Reiner
Horace Small
Treva Cudd Bowen
Billy Hatch
Women Named to Work With Queen Contest in Collingsworth
Women assisting the Collingsworth County Farm Bureau Queen Contest were named this week. The event is set for Friday August 30 with the winner advancing to the District Contest in early September at Amarillo.
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Jim Ray
Collingsworth County
Farm Bureau
Amarillo
Rainy August Relief Lifts County Crops
The county saw a mid-summer rainbreak on Saturday August 17 followed by more rain Monday night boosting cotton and feed crops. Totals ranged from under an inch to three inches with Marella, Arlie, Lane Mound and Lone Mound recording the heaviest falls. Heat broke after days above 100 degrees as Wellington reports .71 inch for the week and many areas note improved conditions for crops.
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Always Pets
Marella
Arlie
Lane Mound
Wellington
Quail to Memphis ROW Purchase for New Road
State Highway Department plan to lay 100 foot right of way for a new road from FM 1056 south of Quail southwest to FM 2160 at the Hall county line. Commissioners' Court approved clear title, fence and obstacle removal, and funding shifts in Road and Bridge accounts.
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Collingsworth
State Highway Department
Commissioners’ Court
Quail
Hall County
Charles Allen
County Fair Association
Court House
Louise Faulcher
Jar A. Cbleman
C. C. Bishop
Wellington Senior Pictures Set for Aug 22 at High School
Wellington seniors will have pictures taken Thursday August 22 starting at 10 30 am at the high school. The date marks when members of that class enroll in the project coordinated by staff and collaborators.
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Wellington
Wellington School Enrollment Schedule Released by Official
The enrollment timetable from J. L. Harper for Wellington High, Junior High, and Elementary schools lists seniors registering Thursday morning August 21 from 6 to 11:30 a.m. and other classes on August 22 and 23. Fees appear set at 4.50 for high school and 4.00 for junior high, with elementary students to register in late August.
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Wellington
J. L. Harper
Rites Here for Mrs Glasgow Thurs Morning
Funeral services for Mrs Johanna Glasgow a Wellington resident will be held Thursday morning at Furst Baptist Church. Burial will be in West Wellington Cemetery under the direction of Coley Funeral Home Mullis. Survivors include a son and several siblings.
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Furst Baptist
I Acu
Johanna Glasgow
Wellington
Ginsarow
Hole HS
Hobham
Humal
Coley Funeral Home
Mullis
Henre Gibter Diepen
Kanpur
Mintie
Sox
Chadlie Wright
Hardy W
Waelton
Exchange Pastor to be Honored at First Methodist Night
The exchange pastor Rev Laloyik Krown and his family from Weatimnin istee Ontario Canada will be guests at the one night event Tuesday Aug 20 at First Methodist Church Beaumont notes the Rev Davis Edens announces. The Browns four children Shirley Ann Pamela Winston and Timothy will accompany them.
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First
Laloyik Krown
Davis Edens
Westminister
Shirley Ann
Pamela
Winston
Timothy
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Ray
Monty Mitchell
Herman Moseley
Virgil Patterson
John Carson
Lewis Morris
Lee White
Pat Bouchelle
Misa Ann Coleman
John Coffee
Earl Patterson
Jones Singley
Dee Coleman
Gus Gooch
J. C. Breeding
Dozier
Hugh Painter
T. K. Lennon
Clyde Alexander
MD Crowder
Dodson
Bean Hill
T. Wyrick
Samnetwood
Cecil Brown
Lutie
Ernest Rountree
Laetie
Laitie
Salt Fork
James Throckmorton
James Ross
Fred Bourland
Memphis
ROW
Nancy Sanford
Jack Sanford
N. M. Higdon
WHS
Mrs. Glasgow
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