Quality Livestock Set for Collingsworth County Free Fair
Don Lacy and co chairmen organize the Collingsworth County Free Fair cattle show set for Saturday September 7 at the Youth Project Show site in Wellington. 4 H and Future Farmers of America youths compete with 9 a.m. judging, Grand and Reserve champions to be awarded as funds are collected. Former County Agent Lefty Thomas to judge.
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Collingsworth County
Don Lacy
Wellington
Lacy Arel
Sammy Helmers
John Dwyer
Summerwood
Raymond Ross
Quail
Wayne Martin
Future Farmers of America
Youth Project
Amarillo Street
Lefty Thomas
Reeves Accepts College Post and Doctorate
Dr. Glen Reeves has accepted a post as head of continuing adult education and instructor at Mississippi State College in Starkville. He earned an EdD from East Texas State University-Commerce with a counseling major. Reeves and his wife Carolyn plan a Wellington visit before moving to Mississippi.
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Glen Reeves
Mississippi State College
Starksville
East Texas State University
Commerce
East Texas State
Reeves
Bill Reeves
Wellington
Carolyn
Harold Keller
Wellington High School
West Texas State University
Mississippi
Bob McAlister
Keller
Restored Homes Stand On HemisFair Grounds After Closure
Twenty two restored homes dating to Spanish land grants will stay on the HemisFair site after it closes its doors. The houses are preserved as part of the historic grounds, remaining as a tangible link to the region’s past.
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HemisFair
Mrs Day Wins Fellowship for Graduate Study at TCU
Mrs Vernene Day, longtime teacher near Lubbock and in Shamrock and McLean, has returned to Comanche with her mother following her father's death. She earned a graduate fellowship enabling study for a master’s degree at Texas Christian University Fort Worth in English. The fellowship aids former teachers returning to the profession.
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Vernene Day
Walter Franks
Comanche
Enrollment figures in veterans education programs
Enrollment in veterans education programs stood at 450 with 110 enrolled by the end of March 1968.
Miss Whitson Pursues Degree At University Of Illinois
Miss Sue Whitson is working toward a doctor of education degree at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and serves as an assistant in the university reading clinic. She plans to earn a degree in elementary education with a reading specialization and previously taught in Brownfield schools for 12 years before her current studies.
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Sue Whitson
University of I Ilinois
Urbanna-Champaign
Stanley Whitson
Laura
Lutie
Reading
Miss Whitson
Brownfield
University of Illinois
Clifford Niles
Wellington
Family Traveler Plans Back and Forth Visits Across States
The narrative follows a woman who travels from an unspecified location to Lubbock to stay with her brother Wayne Whitson and his family. She will then go to Los Angeles as a guest of the David Pollard family before returning to Illinois to visit relatives.
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Lubbock
Wayne Whitson
Los Angeles
David Pollard
Illinois
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Floyd Teutsch
Dodson American Legion Auxiliary
Teutsch
F. L., Kizer
Sylvia Dodson
Serl Martin
T. J. Bowling
Duard Luck
Ross Swift
Charles Grimes
Billy Norman
The
Wellington Leader
Stapler
Bic
Clic
Flo
Sheaffer
Mrs. Day
First Baptist Church
Vane
First United
Fundamental Baptist
Nazarene Church
Trinity United Methodist
Faith Baptist Church
Assembly God
Sore Quall Baptist Church
Mattress & Box Springs Posturpedic
Paul
Cricket Rockers
Broadloom Sale
Guthrie Furniture
Guthrie Furniture & Carpet
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