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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1937
Page
12
Demonstration by Miss Margaret Moser showcased a business centered kitchen at the Home Demonstration Fair. The business center helps homemakers track poultry, vegetables, produce, and merchandise purchases, aligning expenses with income and clarifying whether flocks are producers or boarders. A home crafted desk with built in record compartments served as the bookkeeping hub.
Mr and Mrs Alford McCracken of Altus Oklahoma attended the funeral of Wilburn Wixon last Tuesday. The report lists several attendees and local visits including pie supper at Lone Mound and family gatherings around Thanksgiving. An electric manufacturing company uses 1,800,800 sapphires annually for turbine bearings.
Local residents recount visits from family and friends over Thanksgiving and nearby weeks. Multiple families from Mount Pleasant, Erick, Claude, Canyon, and Shamrock attended concerts and shared meals, with church services and a Church of Christ singing event planned for Sunday afternoon.
Seventy Rebekahs and Odd Fellows attended the lodge Thanksgiving supper held Thursday evening. Two candidates, Patterson and Fred Kersten, received initiary degrees at the meeting hour. Visitors from Shamrock and Electra attended.
County 4-H highlights state and district winners in the Girls Wardrobe Demonstration Contest. State winner Pauline Miller of Wharton received a sewing machine, second Lou Vee Hawkins of Roscoe a chest of sterling silver, and third Kitty Coleman of Big Wells a silver chest. District prizes were full length mirrors awarded to top finishers across districts.
M. Jarrell, prominent Swearingen farmer, has been discharged from Memphis hospital and returned to his home. His condition is improved. Visitors on Sunday included his daughter Wilma Jarrell, a Pampa teacher, and son Jack Jarrell, a Community Center educator.
Sunday school attendance was high as Rev. Hawkins preached. The column lists many visiting relatives and neighbors from Abernathy Wellington Buck Creek Farwell and Quail along with condolences for J W Rich. The closing line notes a saying about camels and spies and cannot switch.
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