Wellington school board cuts taxes amid tight times
The Wellington Independent School District trims the tax rate by seven dollars per ten thousand for the coming year, a savings of 35 dollars on a 50 thousand valuation. If kept five years, the benefit grows. Trustees emphasize prudent spending over higher levies, praising the move during economically lean times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Independent School District
Board of Trustees
Austin
Texas
Wellington
Forty Nine Volunteer Donors For Blood Drive Aug. 4
Forty nine Collingsworth residents volunteered as donors during a Wichita Falls Red Cross bloodmobile visit on Tuesday August 4. The county aimed for 60 units but collected 49. Three donors reached three gallons Dee Burba Tom Lonon and Trinidad Cantu Jr. Two reached one gallon Janella Nall and Maria Torrez Jr. Volunteers and staff included numerous local workers and medical staff with the city and county entities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth
Wichita Falls
Lois Ratliff
Roxie Mae Hill
Paralee Coleman
Ernestene Cummings
Juanita Owens
Isla Mae Morris
Willie Wade
Vera Bryan
Corky Bowen
Dollie Mae Wilson
Paulene Estes
Loretta Wright
Sybil Atkinson
Lonon resigns as Greenbelt Coop office manager move to Lubbock
Tom Lonon resigns as office manager of Greenbelt Electric Co-operative and plans to move with his family to Lubbock. A CPA, he will return to private practice, while his wife Mariam, a Texas Tech University Medicine student, is set to receive a PhD in Microbiology in May 1988. Lonon also resigns in his second term as Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce president after a called meeting on August 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Lonon
Greenbelt Electric Co-operative, Inc
Lubbock
Lonon
Mariam
Texas Tech University School of Medicine
Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce
George Henry
Henry
Floydada
Municipal Light Plant
Lighthouse Electric Co-op
Wellington Leader Highlights Sports, Licenses and Local News
Preseason football plans list 40 players with 15 lettermen from last year’s A squad and 20 from B squad. Notable players named include Walter Johnson, Jerry Bollen, Benny Moore, Bill Combs, Sam Raburn, and others. July car and truck licenses reach wartime highs with 25 issued countywide. Marriages, library tribute, and local business ads accompany varied notes across the Wellington community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Duncan
Walter Johnson
Jerry Bollen
Benny Moore
Bill Combs
Sam Raburn
John Martin Jones
Tiffin Young
Dean Davis
Bobby Bullington
Gaston Williams
Aubrey Harrison
Gerald Jones
Letters From The People From Wellington Fire Dept Meeting
A hospital employee thanks Wellington Volunteer Fire Department members led by Jim Sikes Danny Gray Tommy Hudson Jeff Langford for teaching fire extinguisher use at a hospital event. The writer praises their time and dedication, acknowledges learned fire safety hazards, and expresses gratitude for their service to Wellington and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth General Hospital
Wellington
Jim Sikes
Danny Gray
Tommy Hudson
Jeff Langford
Wellington Volunteer Fire Department
March 24 New Year Date Used Until 1752
The British and colonies observed New Year on March 24 until 1752. In that system March 24, 1750 was followed by March 25, 1751, reflecting the old calendar practice before reform.
Lonon Family Resettle in Lubbock Highlights
The Lonons relocate to Lubbock on Saturday August 15. The husband a University of Arkansas MS in Accounting founder of his own firm before moving to Wellington in 1983 now serves as executive officer of the Lubbock Readiness Command with 23 years of service in the Navy Reserve. His wife also holds Arkansas degrees and has lectured in Washington DC Atlanta and Las Vegas with two papers in publication. They have two children, Sarah and David.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Wellington
United States Naval Reserve
Atlanta
Las Vegas
Lonons
Sarah
David
Lubbock
West Texas Utilities plans $3.8 million refund in December
West Texas Utilities Co seeks PUC approval to refund 3.8 million dollars in retail revenues collected in excess of fuel costs from December 1986 to July 1987. The refund, largely fuel savings plus interest, will be issued as one-time December credits averaging about seven dollars for a typical residential customer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Utilities Co
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Tommy Hudson
WTA
PUC
WVU
Texas Wheat Board Elects New Officers
Kenneth Keisling, a 33 year old Moore County wheat and feed grain farmer from Dumas, was elected Chairman at a quarterly officers meeting. The board also elected Keith Spears as vice chairman and Jack Norman as secretary, with C L Edwards remaining treasurer. Foy Gibson and Mark Moran participated in the swearing in after the June election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Keisling
Moore County
Dumas
Texas Wheat Producers Board
Cagle Kendrick
Stratford
Kendrick
Keisling
Keith Spears
Vernon
Jack Norman
Howe
C.L. Edwards
Panhandle
Foy Gib
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West Avenue
Henry W. Wells
Ress Association
NY Cultural
Uwi
National Newspaper Association
Dee Burba
Lonon and
Cantu
Greenbelt Electric Co-op, Inc
Nail
City State Bank
Torrez
Willie B. Harwell
Perry Foster
Vickie Black
Laurine Grayson
Nancy McKinney
Cheryl Lindsey
Marie White
Vada Wood
Bertha Mae Keller
Pearl Reeves
Donald White
Janie C. Hurst
George W. Porter
Jonathan R. Forrest
Tammie R. Hernandez
Gracie M. Michael
Rosemary Foster
Jerry D. Ward
David W. Vassey
Dwain E. Marple
Roy R. Jeffrey, Jr
Mark Strickland
Sam C. Schaffer
Luis G. Pena
Keith D. Bruce
John M. Brown
Brenda K. Kilgore
Oleta Moreno Childers
Maria S. Torrez
Vickie L. Black
Lonnie Needham, Jr
Patricia D. Needham
Marshall J. Peters
Tommy Lonon
Doris C. Nash
John R. Nash
Trinidad Cantu, Jr
Dan E. Fires
Loretta
Nell) McKinney
Phyllis A. Floyd
Perry D. Foster
Nick R. Gilley
Trudy Baker
Mary Gene Gulley
Janet A. Bruce
Janella Nall
Trusten A. Thomas, Jr
Manuel Ramos
Janis L. Hughes
Michael J. Hughes
Grady Lée Reed
Billy R. McKinney
Pauline Estes
David D. Peters
Joseph Roberts
Laurine Gragson
Longfellow
By Priscilla Sullivan
J.W. Holder
A.B. Clark
L.C. Hill
T.R. Cunningham
Emory Hunter
Studebaker
H.M. Small
Ford
Clifton Earl Hunter
Willys Jeep
Pink Sullivan and Son
International
Betty Sharon Neal
Fort Worth
James W. Cochran
Magnolia Avenue Christian Church
Warren R. Neal
A.L. Cochran
Katherine Beverie
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
R.W. Warren
John Hurley
Southwestern State
City Grocery
Buddy’s Super Market
Hamburg
Dodgers
Keith Davis
Nickey Guthrie
Bruce Oney
Steve Hartman
Benny Stallings
Kenny Stallings
Mickey Vassey
Frederick Bush
Tim Jones
Jim Bob Nall
Mike Williams
Randall Sims
Richard Sims
Bill Havens
Paul Guthrie
Bill Long
Harold Gattis
Vicki Diane Glenn
Barney Glenn
Granvel Keith Killian
J.B. Killian
Judy Ann McKinzie
Plainview
Glen Ray Hunt
Floyd Teutsch
Ruth Hightower
Clinton Norman
Dodson
Ellison Park
Jamie Larsen
Clarendon College
Sharon Childers
June Jones
Beulah Powell
Kathy Sherwood
WTU
Oklainton
Ver
Texas Wheat Board
Lometa
Mark Moran
Commerce Childress
First Federal Savings & Loan
Memphis
First Federal Savings & Loan of
Waco
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