Thanks to J D and Lisa Hamby for auto repairs
Letters from the People express gratitude to J D s Auto owners J D and Lisa Hamby for repairing a pickup during an Ex-Student Reunion trip to Wellington. Sam Davis of West Columbia notes the repair allowed a timely return home with family and friends.
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Wellington
J.D
Lisa Hamby
Jess
Bob Davis
Memory Lane
Lisa
Sam Davis
West
Columbia, TX
Box Tops for Education drives Wellington ISD effort
The Wellington Independent School District promotes Box Tops for Education with General Mills since 1996. Funds support computers, playgrounds, books and art. Programs include on line marketplaces, booster clubs, sweepstakes, Whole Grain symbols, and AR reading goals with prizes.
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General Mills, Incorporated
Wellington Independent
General Mills
Wellington
WAC
Boxtops4education
Land’s End
Jcpenny
Target
Dell
Education
School of Choice
Box Tops Booster Club
Boxtops4education.com
Vada Wood
Wood
Vicki Decker
Wellington Independent School District
Decker
Wellington Elementary
Collingsworth Public Library
Degree Journey Through Hardship and Perseverance
O V Johnson, age 90, shares a life story of earning a civil engineering degree after early obstacles. He recounts laboring for tuition, riding freight trains, and working for the Texas Highway Department before graduating in May 1941. He reflects on family, memory, and the belief that a college degree opens doors.
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O.V. Johnson
O.V
Texas Highway Department
Haskell High School
Haskell County
Texas Tech
Tech
Klamath Falls
Oregon
Abilene
West Coast
Sweetwater
Tucson
Arizona
Mount Shasta
Lubbock
Throckmorton
Childress
Matador
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Wellington Leader
West Avenue
Texas
H. Deskins Wells
Henry Wells
Suzanne Maxwell
Priscilla Sullivan
Virginia Robey News
Linda Owens
Karen Hale
Cristina Acosta
Collingsworth County
Fox
Wellingtonleader
Amaonline
Ritz
LuDean P. Motes
Fort Worth
Zephyr Foundation
Wonderland
Reader
NW Childress, Tx
Gi & Expanded
PUG IBM Buc Pem
Callus
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