Didactics to Deskins West Amid Weather and Football notes
Weather shifts reshape agricultural prospects in five days, with maize revival and a bumper cotton outlook. Rockets football prospects praised with promising QBs Bell and Mayhi. schedule favorable. Texas football to adopt a balanced air attack, 6-4 season seen as acceptable but not stellar. Encephalitis and polio cases noted with Mosquito control efforts and vaccination reminders amid widespread rainfall forecast through September 15. Local notices include school staff changes and facility equipment listings.
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Rockets
Amdy Bell
Freddie Mayhi
Buck Creek Camporee Opens Friday In Comanche District
The Comanche District Boy Scout Camporee will run Friday and Saturday August 26 and 27 at Buck Creek five miles southwest of Wellington. Scouts from Wellington Wheeler Shamrock Clarendon Memphis Summerwood Hedley will join. events include camp setup, relay races, first aid, compass work, tent pitching and pancake flipping with a Buckskin Award for top troop.
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Buck Creek
Wellington
Wheeler
Shamrock
Clarendon
Memphis
Summerwood
Hedley
Royce Frisbie
Camporee
Dave Agnew
Comanche
Agnew
Navy Chaplain to Lead Dodson Revival Opening Aug 29
Lt. Harold K. Hulsey, former South Baptist Church pastor of Dodson and now a Navy station chaplain at New Orleans, will conduct a revival at Dodson starting Monday August 29 through Sunday. Rev. Ronald Mooney announced plans. Services begin 7:30 p.m. Raymond Horton Jr. of Wellington directs singing. Hulsey, a West Texas State University sophomore, holds a BA from Mercer and a BD from Southwestern. He previously led Little Ogeechee Baptist in Oliver Georgia and assisted at Oakhurst Baptist in Fort Worth. he and his wife have two children. His Navy service includes WWI Victory Medal, American Theatre Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and National Defense Medal.
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South Baptist Church
Dodson
Harold K. Hulsey
Naval Air Station
New Orleans
Ronald Mooney
Raymond Horton, Jr
Wellington
Raymond Horton
West Texas State University
Canyon
St. Hulsey
Mercer University
Macon
Southwestern Seminary
Fort Worth
Little Ogeechee Baptist Church
Oliver, Ga
Oakhurst Baptist Church
Hulsey
Chaplain’s Corps
United States Navy
Wolves Last Stand Over Watermelon Patch At Essex
Farmers in Paris area report wolf and coyote depredations on melons. W W Carpenter tallies 27 wild canines in a year driven by a taste for ripe watermelons. The wildlife note hints at ongoing human-wildlife conflict and urban fringe farming challenges.
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Belk
Paris
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
W. W. Carpenter
Funeral for William Ray Hill Held Aug. 17
Funeral services for William Ray Hill 41 of Route 2 Wellington were held at Coley Memorial Chapel Halte with Vernon Turner of Hollis Church of Christ officiating. Burial was in Arlie Cemetery under Coley Funeral Home. Hill a construction worker born July 14 1925 in Dodson and a World War II veteran died Aug. 15 in Hollis. Survivors include two daughters Sherrie and Joyce Kay Hill of Wells Point a son Rohnie Hill of Wellington his mother Mrs Maude Hill of Wellington a sister Mrs Margaret Wiseman of Seattle and four brothers Roy E Hill Andrews Jack Hill of California Teddy Hill in the United States Air Force.
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Vernon Turner
Hollis Church of Christ
Arlie
Coley Funeral Home
Hill
Hollig
Dodson
Sherrie Hill
Joyce Kay Hill
Wills Point
Rohnie Hill
Wellington
Maude Hill
Margaret Wiseman
Seattle, Wash
Roy Hill
E. E. Hill
Andrews
Jack Hill
California
Teddy Hill
United States Air Force
Quail School Announces Faculty Assignments for New Year
Quail School lists new staff across grade levels and subjects. Ann Wilson receives her West Texas State University degree this summer and will begin teaching next year, joined by a full slate including Ruth Hightower, Jim Lowe, Garth Priddy, and others in English, math, science, history, and vocational areas.
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Ann Wilson
West Texas State University
Woodrow Wilson
Eher
Quail
Rice
Church of Christ
Abilene Christian College
el Paso
New Mexico
Lat Briscoe
Jim Lowe
Garth Priddy
W. F. Howard
Wilson
Lewis Morris
Haynie
Thomas
Howard
Priddy
Sammy Byrd
Page
Welch
Ruth Hightower
Bob McAlister
James Stavenhagen
Ralph Ward
Denzil Lacy
Joe Lennon
Bill Beene
Dee Holliman
James Larson
Dee Coleman
W. E. Franks
Chester White
Rufus Sweat
Jack Davis
R. B. Tucker
Carroll Nunnelley
Dick Hamilton
Collingsworth County Quarter Horse Show at Fair
The Collingsworth County Quarter Horse Show, paired with the Fair, will run Saturday Sept 10 with two divisions. Halter classes at Marian Airpark start 1 p.m. and performance events at the VFW Rodeo Arena begin 1 p.m. Judge is Charles Champion Jr of Ardmore Oklahoma. Assisting are Cliff Campbell and Frank Anderson. AQHA recognized. awards to top six. Halter mares span 1966 through before 1962, stallions span 1966 through before 1962, geldings 1964 or later and older groups. Performance events include junior and senior cutting and reining contests, roping and barrel racing.
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John Holton
Marian Airpark
Ball Park
Town
Dodson Highway
VFW
Highway 83
Charles Champion, Jr
Ardmore
Okla
Holton
Cliff Campbell
Frank Anderson
American Quarter Horse Association
AQHA
Party Honors Grandot Forehands at Farewell Gathering
A farewell party honoring Minister and Mrs. Grandot Forehand of the Church of Christ was held Monday night August 22 in the preacher's basement home. The couple received a linen shower while guests enjoyed cake and homemade ice cream. Jade, a green material, is found in talc.
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Deskins West
University of Texas
Longhorns
Texas
Bible
Royal
Panhandle
Great Lakes
Carolinas
Hollis
Littlefield
Dallas
Trinity
Dodson School
Patterson
Herb Redecker
Oklahoma
Mgr
Howell
Tom Page
Tao
Plaikyatlon
Kelled
Ada
Comanche District
Scouting
Jimmy Barber
Marion Barton
James Smith
Tommy Yarbrough
Wesley Ward
Andy Bell
Ward
Rodney Kane
Randy West
Freddy
Mayhugh
Neal Roberts
Chuck Wilbur
Joe Brock
Billy Neeley
Marvin Roland
Henry Wells
Jim Lindsey
Mike Gilmore
Johnny Harris
Jimmy Campbell
Beene
Rocket
Las Texas
Navy
Harold Hulsey
Wolves
Essex
Gaea
Internal Revenue Service
WTA
Aras Development Department
West
Wmn
Ray Hil
William Ray Hill
Route 2
Coley Memorial
Halte
Jesse Hernandez
T. Wyrick
Able
John Jackson
Fresno
Jim Wood
Highway Department
Obie White
Marella
Earl Hunter
W. E. Colson
Donald Nunnelley
Greasy Corner
Don van Pelt
Claude Whitfield
Samnorwood
Quail School
Neva White
Daugler
Wellington School
Collingsworth County
Grandot
C&h Pharmacy
C&h
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Doug Heads
Ons
kaWson’ Holton
C &H Pharmacy
Jimmy Cochran
Bronco
Sat. & Sun
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