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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1996
Page
4
The Wellington Leader is a Thursday newspaper published at 913 West Avenue Wellington Texas 79095. It is entered as second class mail on August 25 1909 at the Wellington Post Office under the act of March 3 1879.
Parade chair Ashley Long reports strong entries for Friday’s Sept 6 parade. Ex-Skyrocket crew recalls balloon filling with the Leader balloons, clowns Mickey and Minnie plan reunion. Exhibits due Sept 5 at Community Building with judging Sept 5 evening. Local notes include school hut history talks and a skunk incident near the Leader office.
The Wellington Leader details a Childress meeting on airport aid requirements, with Mayor Pink Sullivan and others present. It reports the Masonic veteran barbecue at Ellison Park, the Quail school term with 500 plus students, a state trip by Future Farmers, science curriculum work in Austin, a fall flower demonstration, and new staff at Greenbelt Electric. Local enrollments, court dismissals under the new code, and a 1976 county fair parade launch are noted along with a birthday tribute to Pearl Strong and a Dodson Nazarene singing convention.
Entertainer Thomas Jefferson is noted for introducing rice spaghetti French fries and ice cream to America. At his death he carried a debt of forty thousand dollars.
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