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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1935
Page
6
A compact column notes that space ran short for a feature as more important stories crowded out room. The writer states they did not cover the piece themselves.
The Samnorwood district announces two new departments in home economics and vocational agriculture. Mr. Sanders remains superintendent and Jimmy Holston is principal and athletic director. Teachers listed include Hazel Bretz, Audie Johnson, E A Peck, Frances Weibold, Mary Allen, and Raymond Powell among high school and elementary instructors.
Stubblefield announces a full line store featuring ready to wear millinery and general merchandise. The motto service and to please guides the shop with five clerks including R V Whitley and Mrs J L Burt. Formal opening invited for Saturday to meet the staff.
The planning board urged sponsors to speed project submissions and improve design planning for WPA work in Texas. They noted road improvements, sidewalks for schools, sewer and water projects, and parkways as likely gains, with rain affecting crops and livestock in the Wellington area. Cotton could yield if rain comes.
The report details varying rainfall in the Sumnerwood Plymouth and Dozier sectors with 1 2 inches Sunday night and about 1 inch Monday night. Northern areas received more rain while Dozier and Dodsonville saw lighter falls and some crops suffered minor losses though overall condition remains good.
A Dodsonville Council meeting saw farmers express unity by endorsing the present AAA policy and opposing any continuation of the processing tax fight. W. H. Kutch presided with officers Harry Paterson and Fred Boyd. visitors from Wellington included Judge E H Small and county cotton committeemen.
County officials expect the river to Wheeler County line paving contract to begin before the river project is completed. The segment from the river to Wheeler County line will use concrete surface, while the final stretch may be caliche or crushed rock with asphalt topping.
Bankhead Cotton agent cites county sale value near 698 thousand dollars with ten percent of the Bankhead allotment reserved by the government for later issuance. Notices say national certificate pool opens in September and farmers will be notified to place tags. Read The Leader Want Ads.
Scouts Attending include A. J. Cochran Chester Fires John Bevers Bill Wilhelm Eugene Vaughan Tom Bryant and Arthur Bailey Scoutmasters H A Phillips and B C Newman of Troop 31 will help set up camp and oversee one day They will be relieved at 7 o clock Thursday morning by Harry Dudley and Eugene Vaughan and replaced Friday morning by Tl M Johnston and John Forbis
A fragmented report quotes Mr. Peck noting an unspecified development at Willfarms. The text is incomplete, with limited readable facts and no clear events or dates to confirm.
An approximate draft notes an evening program for Samnorwood school parents may be sponsored later. It mentions plants for a Samnorwood Fair in October and describes the agricultural department courses including pipe cutting threading and practical blacksmith work alongside regular studies.
Montagues cross the open prairie to school joined by wife, son, daughter and relatives. Mr. Montague moved to Collingsworth County in 1906 and has connection with local families in Hardley and Denver.
A rural mail carrier recounts 17 years serving the Wellington route. The speaker notes long tenure delivering letters and parcels, describing routines and changes over the years, and reflects on community ties and local appreciation for postal workers.
Ladies of County will be presented in an accordion solo by Mrs J I Wood of Lillie. Committee reports on personal service missions benevolence and scholarship will be given by Mrs J A Lowe and Mrs J A Dukeminier both of Wellington and Mrs E L Winn of Wellington. Mrs J B Johnson of Wellington serves on the nominating committee. A University of Chicago geologist has perfected a device that counts grains of sand for sediment analysis.
Fourteen Rural instructors are named with their communities including Elm Valley Mrs Sutton Rolla O W Lewis Nell Muse Winifred Wiseman Florence Peters Shinnery Mr and Mrs Arthur els Enterprise Ruth Hess Kelley Mineus Jackson Louise Willis Houselog Mr and Mrs Chas Starkey Julia Slough Elia Webster Willoughby Cottonwood Lois Kayser Beth Kayser Lone Mound Richard Finch Wanda Mask Alta Mae Hammitt Crossroads Jim Cook Jessie Mae Messick Mrs Clint Richards Wilndeer Harold Leach Mrs J W Clark Roundup Mrs Mary Jones Swearingen R N West Edwin Parker Mandie Coffee.
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