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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1983
Page
8
Collingsworth hosts the second annual Home Grown Fun Fair inviting local vendors and groups to set up booths and promote activities including watermelon seed spitting and other contests. Community groups and residents are welcome to participate and enjoy a day of family friendly games.
The Collingsworth County Fun Fair on Saturday Sept 10 features a chili cookoff with teams of any size competing for showmanship and best chili. Entry forms and rules are at The Wellington Leader and the Chamber of Commerce. Loretta Wright Fun Fair chair urges decorations, booth setup, and fundraising booths. New events include bed races lemon roll bucket brigade and face painting with space for spectators and picnics at Ellison Park.
Wellington High School senior Abel Villanueva will serve as drum major for the 1983-84 edition of That Villanueva. He last year earned All-Region Band honors on tuba and sat first chair in the Greenbelt Honor Band. he is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Nat Villanueva. Assistant drum major tryouts will be held after school begins, band director Frank Aue said this week.
The Skyrocket Booster Club will hold its first meeting of the 1983 football season on Tuesday August 30 at 8 p.m. in the Farm Bureau hospitality room. Denzil Lacy 1982 president will preside and discuss scrimmage films a scouting report on Hollis Tigers officer elections and a fund raising project. Parents and fans are urged to attend and both men and women are welcome to join the club.
Wellington Skyrockets travel to Matador for a 6 p.m. scrimmage against Hale Center at Motley County High School. Coach James Williams notes two injured players and aims for two hours of play, with Hale Center ranked No. 10 in the state after a strong 1982 season.
Wellington area residents may enroll in night courses through Clarendon Junior College with a kickoff Aug 25 at 7 p.m. at the Elementary School north entrance. Classes meet weekly 7 to 10 p.m. with offerings in sociology psychology algebra computer science nutrition trig typing and related instruction.
Enrique Martinez an 18 year old Wellington High School graduate remains in satisfactory condition at Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo after a hit and run on Haskell Street FM 1035. A dark car traveling south without lights sideswiped him causing leg injuries requiring debridement surgery. Authorities have no leads as of now and the investigation continues.
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