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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1986
Page
2
The author laments the disappearance of lemonade in modern cafes across several Texas towns. He longs for the old time American drink, recalls lemonade stands, and urges a return to simple pleasures with a recipe idea and a reminder of water’s recycled nature.
Ken Peeks was reelected president of the Wellington Booster Club at the first meeting of the year on Tuesday August 26. Other officers are Benson Long as vice president Charlie Lee Watts as treasurer and Mary Lou Souder as secretary. The group meets again on Tuesday September 2 at 8 p.m. at the Farm Bureau Building. Boosters will sell caps and visors for 6 dollars at the Paducah scrimmage on Thursday August 28 and operate an ice cream and drink booth at the Fun Fair on Saturday September 6 during the Col lingsworth County Fair at Ellison Park.
Wellington High School valedictorian Tommy Cochran earns about 1500 in scholarships including 800 residency funds from West Texas State University 200 Student Foundation and 400 Harrington Foundation awards. He will have 27 Clarendon College hours plus 6 ACT hours by summer, totaling a year of college work and three hours into sophomore year at West Texas State University.
Wellington prepares for Paducah at Powell Field Thursday night at 7 p.m. in a first home scrimmage in three years. Coach James Williams notes young players, expects light hitting, and will name the varsity squad after the Paducah scrimmage as Wellington opens the 1986 season versus Crowell on September 5 at home.
Plans announced for the twelfth annual Allsup's Road races in Clovis New Mexico on Saturday October 18 featuring events: full marathon half marathon 10 000 meter six mile and one mile. Races start 7 am MDT and finish at Clovis High School stadium track on flat asphalt loops with 50 to 75 degree conditions. Contact Allsups at Clovis for more information.
Wellington Junior High calls eighth graders to fieldhouse at 10 a.m. and seventh graders to report at 10 a.m. on Friday August 29. The first game is at Clarendon on Thursday September 11.
Teresa Nickelberry and Debbie Michelle Porter graduated from Texas State Technical Institute on August 15 at the Amarillo Civic Center. Nickelberry earned a technical office training certificate and is a 1966 Wellington High School alum. Porter received an associate degree in computer science technology and is a Wellington High School graduate.
The nation’s first presidential residence stood at No 1 Cherry Street at the corner of Franklin and Cherry Streets in New York President and Mrs Washington occupied it from 1789 to 1790.
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