Higher learning calls focus on admissions and growth
Seniors across the state face admission hurdles and housing challenges as they plan college or trade school. Enrollment in state colleges rose 22,300 year over year to 248,711, with West Texas State showing a 15.6 percent gain and Stephen F. Austin and Southwest Texas State also expanding. Upcoming cotton marketing votes run December 5-9, pitting Farm Bureau opposition against Farmers Union support. Local notes urge sewerage disposal improvements, praise Ocle Scott’s ripening hot house tomatoes, and recount a solo moon sighting after dark.
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University System of Texas
West Texas State
Canyon
Stephen F. Austin
Nacogdoches
Texas State
San Marcos
Wellington Skyrockets Edge Shamrock Irish in Close Win
The Wellington Skyrockets defeated the Shamrock Irish by one point in a Tuesday game on November 22. In the same night the Rockettes lost 41 to 34 to the Irish Lassies, with tight defense from both sides and a low-scoring, evenly contested affair.
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Wellington
Shamrock Irish
Shamrock
Rockettes
Irish Lassies
Rate Reduction On Long Distance Calls In Texas
E H Danner announces effective January 1 1967 reductions for most station to station long distance calls within Texas from five to fifteen cents for trips under three minutes and greater cuts for longer calls. The changes cover day rates and intra state calls during night hours after 8 pm and Sundays. Tariffs will be distributed to offices handling long distance calls soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
General Telephone Company of the
Southwest
Southwestern States Telephone
Four States Telephone Companies
E. H. Danner
Danner
Norwood 3 Day Games Schedule and Poison Bait Notice
Page one reports a three day Norwood event with rounds and finals times for girls and boys. It notes semi final losers play in later sessions and lists championship start times. A separate notice warns ranch boundaries about poison bait used on horse meat, signed by ranchers under Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife contracts, effective against coyotes bobcats and other pests.
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Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Close Rockets Shamrock game highlights early season struggle
The Quail School and high school teams played a tight contest with tough shooting, 24 percent team efficiency, yet Wellington pulled a late rally but Shamrock held on for a 7 point win. Andy Howard led Wellington with 13 points. Nancy Holton scored 26 for Shamrock.
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Rockets
James Stavenhagen
Stavenhagen
Andy Howard
Shamrock
Wellington
Howard
Steve Trapp
Mike Smith
James Smith
Jimmy Barber
Rockettes
Lassies
Nancy Holton
Tony Deck
Mary Ingram
Regina Ferguson
Becky Brewer
Brenda Bobo
Mary Lou Holton
Two District Scout Meetings Planned Here
Comanche District Boy Scout Committee will meet in Wellington on Wednesday December 7 at 7 30 p m in the Greenbelt Electric building. Attending will be district officers members at large and institutional representatives. A second meeting will be held here the next week. The Scout Leaders Round Table for Comanche district is set for Thursday December 15 for Scoutmasters and assistants. Afterward Dave Agnew with wife and daughter Elizabeth will travel to Milwaukee Wisconsin to join two sons and relatives for Christmas.
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Comanche District Boy Scout Committee
Wellington
Greenbelt
Dave Agnew
Agnew
Elizabeth
Milwaukee
Wis
Toys and clothing repaired for Christmas distribution
The Future Farmers will repair toys at the high school shop and prepare them for distribution while the newly formed Jaycee ettes will repair clothing. Gifts will be distributed on Christmas Eve.
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Jayceeettes
Norwood FFA Team Wins District Leadership Contest
Sumnerwood FFA Senior leadership team took first in the Greenbelt District leadership contest and will compete in Area I on Saturday December 3 at Plainview. Members include Nelson Dwyer president Gary Oldham vice president Frankie Green secretary Ron Warmack treasurer Ken Wischkaemper sentinel Stanley Oldham reporter and Doug Darrow advisor. John Dwyer is vocational ag instructor. Junior leadership team placed third with Ray Dwyer president Johnny Breeding vice president Kim Jones reporter Gene Patton treasurer Robert Huntley secretary Glen Bruton sentinel and Dub Darrow advisor.
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Sumnerwood Future Farmers of America
Plainview
Nelson Dwyer
Gary Oldham
Frankie Green
Ron Warmack
Ken Wischkaemper
Stanley Oldham
Doug Darrow
John Dwyer
Ray Dwyer
Johnny Breeding
Kim Jones
Gene Patton
Robert Huntley
Glen Bruton
Sentinel
Dub Darrow
Income Tax Return Must Have Social Security Number
The Department of Internal Revenue reminds taxpayers to list correct Social Security numbers on the 1966 federal income tax return. If filing jointly, both spouses must include their numbers. If you lack a SSN, obtain Form SS-5 from the local post office and apply now.
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Department of Internal Revenue
Mrs. N R Cocke Breaks Hip in Home Fall
Mrs. N R Cocke fractured her right hip when she fell at 1210 Fifteenth Street Thursday night November 24. She was found by her visiting sisters Friday morning and transferred to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo on Monday. Her sister Mrs Campbell of Lubbock and Mrs Higgins of Littlefield were among the visitors.
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N. R. Cocke
Fifteenth Street
Cocke
Tom Campbell
Lubbock
Dutch Higgins
Littlefield
Northwest
Dodson Mustangs Top Memphis B Boys 51 to 43 in Double Header
In Dodson on Monday night November 28 the Dodson Mustangs defeated the Memphis B boys 51 to 43. The Dodson girls fell to Memphis A 41 to 39 with starter Nancy Gulley sidelined. Top scorers included Gary Norman with 15 and Junior Castillo with 12 for the Mustangs. Viventa Palacios led Dodson girls with 16.
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Dodson Mustangs
Memphis B
Dodson
Dodson Girls
Memphis A
Nancy Gulley
Vicenta
Delores Palacios
Clarice Green
Sheila Ford
Velma Whitson
Amelia Espinosa
Mustangs
Gary Norman
Junior Castillo
Polar bears average 700 to 800 pounds in weight
The typical female polar bear weighs between 700 and 800 pounds, reflecting a substantial size among the species. This weight range highlights notable variation within the female population and contrasts with male polar bears.
Tourney Breakfast Held at Norwood
Coaches from Shamrock Wellington McLean Quail and Samnorwood met at Norwood for the annual tournament breakfast. Brackets were drawn and game times set for the Sumnerwood basketball tournament running Thursday through Saturday December 8 to 10.
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Norwood
Sumnerwood
Shamrock
Wellington
McLean
Quail
Samnorwood
Fremasonry's Early Arrival in American Colonies
Fremasonry was introduced into the American Colonies before 1730, indicating the early spread of fraternal orders in colonial society and the formation of Masonic influences among early settlers and colonial elites.
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American
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Farm Bureau
Farmers Union
Dee Burba
Ocle Scott
Hot House
Inez
Miami
Ken Myrick
Irish Rockets
Quail School
On High School
Kiwanis
Cation
John Coleman
First Methodist Church
Mack Saied, Jr
Blackwell
Powell
Tran
Peru
Norwood Ffa
Daddy
Wells & Wells
Calvin Hurst
Jack Sanford
West Avenue
Wellington, Texas
Memphis
Mike Gulley
Dennis Sexton
Bobby Tabor
Ritz Theatre
Columbia Pictures Kg
Siegel Soeveree
Holden Wada
Er Sly Panavision
Columbiacolor
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