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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1973
Page
6
Observers are told the comet Kohovlex will appear December 28 and peak around January 16, remaining visible for about a month. The piece discusses historical comets, including Biela and Halley, and urges readers to enjoy the countryside as summer ends with warnings about comfort and teaching in the new school year.
Carolyn Keller Reeves will receive the Doctor of Education degree from Mississippi State University on August 18. She majored in Elementary Education and English and Educational Psychology, with past roles as a research assistant in the Office of Institutional Research.
Personal notices report visits from Glen Norman and family of Waco to relatives in Dalhart Amarillo and Dallas. Guests include Joe Thompson and Floyd Dickey family from Dimmitt and Dallas. Also mentioned are the Hill family visiting Dalhart and Texline, with extended kin across Amarillo and Long Island. The mail order business notes annual sales of about 45 billion dollars.
Lynn Derryberry announces the Handlebar Cycle Shop at Boyd Equipment, with his father Boyd Derryberry. The shop offers service and repair for all motorcycle makes, staff with experienced personnel, and acts as an agency for Yamaha and Kawasaki. Derryberry has long promoted cycling as a family recreation and helped organize the Wellington Cycle Club.
Supt Thayne Amoneil announced 31 kindergartners will enroll for the first semester at Wellington Schools. Half attend a full day at Elementary School this term, the rest four five-year-olds with birthdays March 8 to Sept. 1, 1974 will join the second semester. Instructor will be Mrs. Lynn Jenkins. Birthdays range from Sept. 1967 to Mar. 7, 1968 for those named.
The readable lines mention John Cottes, Bee Green of Atlas, Tori Witherspoon, Vernon Lee Witherspoon, Kenda Hester and Parripa relatives, suggesting a family notice or social item with names and addresses missing context.
Mr and Mrs Frank Falk hosted their daughter Patsy Falk of Mangum during a family visit. Patsy teaches in local schools while Carole Cochran and Ann Forster of Texas Tech traveled to see the Falks and meet Patsy’s parents.
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