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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1963
Page
6
Coach Don Beck praises the Rockets ahead of fall practice starting Monday with age 19 players and 55 prospects. Two scrimmages planned August 26 at Powell Field. season opens September 13 at Hollis against the Tigers.
Patty Overton, a Wellington senior and noted musician, will represent the Colingeworth Chamber of Commerce in the fourth annual Miss Grain Sorghum of the Nation beauty contest in the new Dimmitt High School auditorium this Saturday August 31. The winner earns an $800 college scholarship. Patty is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Forrest Overton of the Shinnery community.
Burglaries hit Dixie Maid at Lucky Corner and the Dairy Mart on Highway 63 Saturday night August 17. Change was stolen from the cigarette machine and the outside juke box at the Dixie Maid and from the Dairy Mart’s juke box, with Sheriff John Rainey and Troy Marsh investigating.
The Rev J F Michael will be the guest preacher at Trinity Methodist Church for the evening service Sunday at 8 p.m. Pastor R H Knight has invited all friends of Rev Michael to attend, regardless of church membership.
Wellington preparations begin for the Collingsworth County Free Fair with decorations going up this week. Donald Curry leads the project, per NM Higdon, ecommerce manager.
Former Dodson resident Rev. David Fillpot of Fort Worth leads a week long summer revival at Dodson South Baptist Church starting Sunday August 25. He was reared in Dodson and is a Hardin-Simmons and Southwestern Theological Seminary graduate. Services begin 7:30 p.m. daily with Joe Lennon directing music and Truett Holland and Mary Graham as accompanists. Public invited.
Charles Henry Carey 66 died at St Josephs Hospital at 5 pm Sunday Aug 18 after illness. A retired farmer, he moved from Sayre Ohio 14 years ago, lived on Haskell Street. Funeral 10 am Thursday at Church of the Nazarene. burial Sayre Kilerson Cemetery at 2 pm. Survivors include wife Mia, daughter Mia, four brothers and a sister, four grandchildren. Kelea Funeral Homes in charge.
Gardai Downing, director of the Church of Christ Bible Chair at West Texas State University, will be the guest preacher at Bowie Street Church of Christ Sunday Aug 48. Minister Forehand is away on vacation in the Salida, Colorado area, visiting a mission supported by the Bowie Street Church.
Schools opened Monday August 19 with an enrollment of about 100, reported Supt. T. E. Lennon. He noted significantly fewer Spanish families in the community this year.
Finer B Hudspeth of the Lubbock Experiment Station will discuss new cotton stripper developments at a public meeting of the Younse farmers in Quail. The session starts at 7 40 pm at the school ag building and aims to show machines that separate green balls from white cotton in wagons.
Wellington water users in August broke the July record with more than 25,000,000 gallons passing through pumps. City Manager Burn Handley reported that for 10 days, over one million gallons per day were used, peaking near 1,050,000 gallons. The month saw 1,338 water users and ends on the 20th. period to July 20 used 23,500,000 gallons.
Wellington Ex-Student leaders opened nominations for Reunion Queen with a Sept. 15 deadline. Nomination blanks mailed to alumni. the queen will be crowned at the 18th annual reunion on Oct. 4 and 5, with a pancake supper and turkey dinner plus a Saturday dance announced.
A Lakeview man identified as Kart Williams Jr. 14 was held on a check charge tied to a burglary at Steve Owens. The arrest occurred Saturday about 1:80 p.m. Sheriff Jobim Ramey and Police Chief Troy Marsh reported. The fake check for 21 dollars traced to Joha badge and Mate Vin Manuel, then passed at a local grocery with forged endorsement. Williams was arraigned before Justice Clarke McKinney and remanded to grand jury after failing to post 24600 bond.
N. M. Higdon chamber of commerce manager will attend the conference and seminar of the Chamber of Commerce Executives Association in Plain View on Thursday August 22. Speakers will discuss topics of interest to chambers of commerce including industry and tourism.
The 1963 Collingsworth cotton season opened August 15 when Charles Cason Jr delivered the first bale at 4 p.m. to the Farmers Co-op Gin. The dry land cotton came from his farm near Wellington, weighing about 2220 pounds. The bale sold for a premium price of 8 1 6 cents per pound. Ginners expect the season to hinge on moisture and rainfall. Collingsworth has a 62,894 acre cotton allotment and acreage totals will be verified after ASC measures.
Zook Thomas urges Collingsworth County pioneers and residents pre 1925 to attend the Old Settlers Reunion part of the Free Fair at Ellison Park on Friday September 6. Registration starts at 9 a.m. free of charge, barbecue dinner available for attendees to purchase. Reunion and barbecue are separate events, both at Ellison Park.
Norwood PTA will start the year Monday night at 7 30 in the gym foyer Mrs Sam Carter public relations chairman said all district parents are urged to attend regardless of PTA membership The program theme The Family will feature photos by Joel and Neal Lowry from Europe this summer piano selections by Mike Wischkaemper and a business meeting preceding the program with invocation by A F Wischkaemper Jr The PTA officers include Mrs J M Morgan president Mrs A F Wischkaemper Jr vice president Mrs Austin Cantrell secretary and Mrs Noah Stices treasurer Increase in membership is a stated aim.
Tickets went on sale for the County Bale Barbecue Friday September 6 at Filson Park start time 10:93 am. Available at Chamber of Commerce Benden Dru Parsons Drug CEE Pharmacy Welly Wells The Wellington Leader Alien Insurance Agency and West Texas Utilities Company.
Joyce Alexander wins the county 4-4 Better Bake Show. She will compete in the district show in Amarillo during the TriState Fair. Other winners include Nancy Alexander of Sammerwood second Sus an Coffee of Wellington third Glenda Lancaster of Wellington fourth. Additional entrants were Glenda Riker Martiara Walbur Lindy er and Merksburge from Wellington.
Charles Allen named to executive post at Canyon Bank with prior leadership roles at First National Bank of Canyon and local business boards. The appointment, announced by Allen and associates, follows decades of banking and civic service including Woolengston Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce involvement.
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