Early settler H Stall buried in Wellington Sunday
H Stall pioneer of Collingsworth County remembered for town building, railroad effort and public service. He arrived with family in 1888, filed on land southeast of Wellington, served three terms as sheriff, helped organize Collingsworth County, and contributed to local banks, churches, and businesses. He married Irene Bourland in 1915 and is survived by wife, relatives, and friends. Funeral held in Wellington with pallbearers and flower attendants listed. Interment in Old Wellington Cemetery.
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Stall
Denton County
Texas
Abney and Stout
Louisiana
Collingsworth
Wellington
Mr. Wells
Wells & Stall
C. W. Bowles
L. H. Stall and Company
Plan to organize county farmers into representative groups
A committee urges every community to select one farmer and one farm woman to hold a school meeting. They will recruit four or five farm families to draft a farm program. The goal is to capture farmers' needs and promote organization and cooperation for sustained prosperity.
Methodist Church Sets Goals for Year of Cooperation
Officials and laymen of the Methodist church reported plans for a year of achievement and splendid cooperation as they reviewed the church’s coming year.
George Apple Promotes Sales Across Texas
George Apple, who has held sales in most parts of Texas, previously worked for the Southwest Swine Breeders and Dairymen of Fort Worth. He said interested buyers could contact The Leader office to arrange sales, and he is willing to hold free school auctions or work at pie suppers or similar events for schools in the county. Schools are urged to make appointments in advance to avoid date conflicts.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Cochran Drug Announces County Contest
The contest details will be provided upon application at Cochran Drug. Open to all county residents not currently employed by Cochran Drug or The Wellington Leader. Read The Leader Want Ads.
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Cochran Drug
Wellington
Mooney Sentenced to 25 Years After Hawkins Case
Mooney received a 25 year sentence on Wednesday after claiming Hawkins attacked him with a knife from the front. Prosecution showed a knife near Hawkins’ body and rifle butt wounds on the left side of the head. Mooney argued palsied right hand prevented a front blow, estimating his age around 70.
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Mooney
Hawkins
Legionaires To Attend District Session In Wellington
A joint Ameri can Legion and Auxiliary meeting will be held at the Legion Hall Thursday evening December 3. Plans will be set for attending the district convention in Amarillo December 5 and 6. More than 50 members from Wellington are expected to attend the session this week.
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American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Legion and Auxiliary
Amarillo
Wellington
Will of Liverpool Woman Bares Unusual Funeral Demand
Mrs. Gwendolyn Williams dies at 97 in Liverpool and leaves a will stipulating that no hymns be sung off key at her funeral, reflecting a rare musical demand in the obsequial instructions.
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Gwendolyn Willams
Liverpool
Quail Couple Claimed By Death
Rev S T Greenwood of Alaneed conducted the funerals for Mr and Mrs Robinson of Quail at Quail Baptist Church. Mrs Robinson buried Thursday November 26 at 3 pm and Mr Robinson buried Saturday November 28 at 8 pm. Hymns included Shall We Gather At the River Asleep In Jesus and In the Sweet Bye and Bye. Pallbearers Walter Starr Ralph Bourland Jack Scott T C Crabtree Fred Brown Fred Cagle. Flower bearers Billie Dodson Bennie Dodson Carma Thurman Mildred Scott. Survived by three sons Ibston Ervy Fay and three daughters Dolly Holscher Lula Waver Lillie Allen. Mr Robinson had six brothers and five sisters and Mrs Robinson two brothers and four sisters. They left 42 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Interment in Quail Cemetery by Wellington Funeral Home.
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Walter Starr
Ralph Bourland
Jack Scott
T. C. Crabtree
Fred Brown
Fred Cagle
Billie Dodson
Bennie Dodson
Carma Thurman
Mildred Scott
Kansas
Lula Waver
Quail
Lillie Allen
Pampa
Texas
Robinson
Arthur Vandergriff
Leonard
Bob Vandergriff
Salina
Betty Ford
Anna
Callie Vaughn
Jane Adamson
Lafayette
Tenn
Delia Pickett
Alexandria
Loston Robinson
Ervy Robinson
Fay Robinson
Wellington Funeral Home
Funeral Service For W. R. Clubb
Funeral service for W. R. Clubb recalled a life moving from Indian Territory to Oklahoma, his family’s journey noted as part of his long memory in the community archive.
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Oklahoma
Col
Wellington Man Dies After Long Wellington Residence
Lingsworth County native born August 8 1878 dies after a long residence in the area. He was a Pentecostal Church member Woodmen of the World and Odd Fellows. Survived by four children Eben M Clubb W Ray Clubb Jake Clubb and Emma Clubb of Wellington his father P L Clubb of Stratford a Roswell New Mexico brother James Clubb and two Stratford Okla sisters Mrs Burt Duncan and Mrs Cora Blackburn plus seven grandchildren. Funeral services at Wellington Cemetery by Ellis Funeral Home with pallbearers and flower bearers named.
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Lingsworth County
Clubb
Pentecostal Church
Woodmen of the World
The
Odd Fellows
Jesus
H. M. Clubb
W. Ray Clubb
Jake Clubb
Emma Clubb
Wellington
P. L. Clubb
Stratford
James Clubb
Roswell
N. M
Burt Duncan
Cora Blackburn
Stratford, Oklo
M. D. McInnis
A. N. Wiseman
W. C. Par
Two Games Friday on Quail schedule this season
The Friday program features two games on the Quail schedule and highlights the girls team reaching four years on their home court. Norman Tapper, a crippled Denver news boy, traveled from New York to Denver in four days and ten hours in a home-made motorized wheelchair.
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Point Girls
Quail
Norman Tapper
Denver
New York
Salt Lake Man Bites Nose After Refused Kiss
Bert Faircloth of Salt Lake City faced a violent assault when he asked his sister in law for a kiss and, upon refusal, bit off her nose. The incident highlights a brutal domestic aggression act with severe facial injury and potential legal action.
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Bert Faircloth
Salt Lake City
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H. Stall
August
Polignac
August Stall
Collingsworth County
Elizabeth A. Seale
L. H. Stall
Denton
Irene Bourland
Irene Stall
R. F. Curry
Geo. Greenhaw
Memphis
Jas. Forbis
Shamrock
George Richards
Olton
Clyde Millert
Julius Stall
Tom Stall
Tom Atkinson
Burbank
Calif
C. R. Brooks
Tom Campbell
G. L. Farrar
W. W. Henderson
Edsell Bartlett
Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere
Luther Gribble
Fletcher Curry
George Greenhaw
Jim Forbis
Reginald Greenhaw
Donald Curry
Nell Marie Watkins
Dorothy Margaret Forbis
Wilma Ruth Forbis
Kathleen Kelley
Edna Joyce Gribble
Leta Fern Wells
Louise Anderson
Jean Anderson
L. A. Stall
C. W. Roberts
Will Forbis
J. A. Mahan
P. W. Myers
L. W. Gribble
Methodist
George Apple
Cochran
Legionaires
W. R. Clubb
Aberdeen
Rock Island
John Deere
Jeff D. Mankins
Lewis Brothers
Grocery Department
East Texas
Fort Howard
Jefferies Brand Gallon
Packards Best
del Monte
Sunkist
Libby
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