Cotton Quota Vote Due as Growers Set Quotas
Cotton growers face the twelfth straight vote on marketing quotas for upland cotton with the Dec 15 referend um The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Collingsworth County committee chair says previous votes approved quotas and 94 percent backed them last year The quota proclamation follows a period with high carryover and forecasted demand shifts for 1964 65
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Harwell
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Collingsworth County
Secretary of Agriculture
Annual Methodist Church Dinner Set For Saturday
The Women's Society of Christian Service and Wesleyan Service Guild of First Methodist Church announce a Christmas era dinner in the community building this Saturday December 5. Tickets are on sale by members of the sponsoring groups. Proceeds fund church and Sunday School equipment and furnishings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Wesleyan Service Guild
First Methodist Church
Ha.m. Tol
Billy Ray Long
Wscs and Guild
Mrs Raburn Breaks Leg In Store Fall
Mrs C B Raburn broke her right leg Tuesday at noon when she fell at the Raburn Grocery near the foot of the stairs in the back of the store. The fracture is just above the knee. She was taken to St Joseph's Hospital and later to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo. Her husband returned home and she was resting as possible with surgery expected Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Raburn
Raburn Grocery
Mr. Raburn
Norwood Invitational Opens With Sixteen Teams
Sumnorwood hosts its annual invitational basketball tourney starting Thursday December 10 at 9 a.m. with 16 area teams from Kelston Quail Clarendon Memphis Wellington Shamrock McLean Summerwood. Four sessions mark the first round and both boys and girls competitions award trophies for first second consolation and sportsmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumnorwood
Loyd Stephens
Kelston
Quail
Clarendon
Memphis
Wellington
Shamrock
McLean
Summerwood
Stephens
Sumnerwood Boys
Wellington Rockettes
Rockets
Kelton
Wellington Musicians Make All-Regional Band This Year
Ten Wellington High School musicians earned All-Regional Band honors after a Nov 30 eliminations at Caprock High in Amarillo. The All-Regional Concert will be Saturday night at Caprock with guest conductor Doug Fry. David Groves led trumpets as first chair and is a candidate for the All-State Band. Other WHS players include Bryant Harris, Linda Moore, Jackie Barton, Norman Black, Brenda Bobo, Jan Bowen, Jamie Larson, Dan Warrick, Cland Stallings, Regina Ferguson, John Bartnbruch, Marsha Tyler, Sammie Hicks, Bill Isbell, and Raymond Horton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WHS
Caprock High School
Amarillo
James Larson
Panhandle
Larson
Doug Fry
Abilene
Christian
Wellington
David Groves
Claude Groves
Bryant Harris
Linda Moore
Jackie Barton
Norman Black
Brenda Bobo
Jan Bowen
Jamie Larson
Dan Warrick
Cleland Stallings
Regina Ferguson
John Bartenbruch
Marsha Tyler
Sammie Hicks
Bill Isbell
Raymond Horton
Local Officers Help at Memphis for Funeral of Guy Wright
Sheriff John Rainey and Police Chief Donald Nunnelley joined Memphis officers Tuesday afternoon to coordinate law enforcement. The gathering allowed Hall county and city officers to attend Police Chief Guy Wrights funeral held after his death on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rainey
Donald Nunnelley
Memphis
All Hall County
Guy Wright
Cotton Harvest Passes 8000 Bale Mark in Collingsworth Area
Collingsworth county reports 8276 bales ginned by Wednesday morning as ginners brace for a rush. Wet weather spared much of the crop, with yields mostly one quarter to two bales per acre on irrigated land. Prices hover around 27.5 to 28.5 cents per pound as defoliation methods improve and machines pull most of the cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth
Wellington
Dub Marchant
Farmers Co-op
Marchant
al Dodson
Ed Crowder
Dodson Co-op Enterprises
Crowder
Dodson
Marvin Wynn
Davis Gin
Bill Harbin
Loco
Kiwanis Installs 1965 Officers At Annual Banquet
Wellington Kiwanis community banquet Friday December 4 at 7 30 p m will install 1965 officers led by John Brown as president succeeding B F Chance with Bill White Wichita Falls division leader officiating Brown will be joined by Rev Jack Durham Calvin Hurst Denver Powell secretary and Dick Pendleton treasurer Directors include Jimmie Kelso Powell Bobo Castleberry Dee Burba Jake Leach John Coleman Sam Adams and Chance A program led by Coleman Durhams invocation by Rev A B Earnest Jr and White’s introduction will close the event with awards and brief remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Kiwanians
John Brown
B. F. Chance
Bill White
Wichita Falls
Brown
Jack Durham
Calvin Hurst
Denver Powell
Dick Pendleton
Jimmie Kelso
Powell
Bobo Castleberry
Dee Burba
Jake Leach
John Coleman
Sam Adams
Chance
Rev. Durham
A. B. Earnest, Jr
C. T. Hubbard
Coleman
All-District Football Honors Include Four Skyrockets
Four Skyrocket players earned spots on the 2-A all district football team with three more named honorable mention. Wayne Barton received Fort Worth Star-Telegram all state honorable mention as quarterback. Barton and Lynn Wolf named on the offensive first team alongside Joe Rudy and Johnny Maxwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Beck
Wayne Barton
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Joe Rudy
Barton
Johnny Maxwell
Freddy Bobo
Mike Smith
Neal Roberts
Lynn Wolf
Maxwell
Rudy
Wolf
Bobo
Eddie Kliebrink
Wellington Hosts Paducah and Norwood Teams This Week
Wellington Skyrockets and Rockettes play home games next week. Paducah Dragons and Dragonettes visit Friday night, boosted by a stronger lineup. Sumnerwood Eagles and Eaglettes come Tuesday December 8. All games start at 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Skyrockets
Rockettes
James Stavenhagen
Paducah Dragons
Dragonettes
Wellington
Paducah
Rocketland
Sumnerwood Eagles
Eaglettes
Booker T Washington Pee Wee and B Teams Host Carver Juniors
The Booker T. Washington Pee Wee and boys B teams will host Carver Junior High of Pampa on Wednesday night December 2. Coach Alonzo Person urges friends to attend and cheer. The Panthers travel to Frederick Oklahoma on December 3 and play in Quanah on December 5 at an invitational tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker T. Washington Pee Wee
Carver Junior High School
Pampa
Alonzo Person
Panthers
Pantherettes
Frederick
Okla
Quanah
Write Them Kiddies Santa Letters To The Wellington Leader
The Wellington Leader will publish letters to Santa Claus from local children. Send letters by December 15 either by mail or delivery to the newspaper. Letters will be printed in the Christmas edition and forwarded to Santa at the North Pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Santa Claus
North Pole
Merly
Hollis Guitarist Gary Lane to Perform Saturday
USO entertainer and Hollis music educator Gary Lane will headline a Saturday night concert at 8 p.m. in the Wellington community building under the Wellington Federated Music Club. Lane, director of music and education at First Baptist Hollis, will perform folk, spiritual, and classical guitar pieces with intermission slides from his 1963 USO tour. Tickets are sold by club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Lane
South Pacific
Orient
Wellington Federated Music Club
Lane
First Baptist Church
Hollis
B. M. Sims
Music Club
Oklahoma Baptist University
Southwestern Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Death Claims Mrs Will Ward in Wellington Area
Mrs. Will Ward longtime Wellington resident died at 4 15 a m Friday November 27 in St Josephs Hospital after a several week illness Born November 14 1884 in Whitesboro she was Hallie Ross before marriage She married Will Ward February 10 1901 in Emory Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church Sunday November 29 Burial followed in West Wellington Cemetery Pallbearers included grandsons and great grandsons Survivors include her husband four sons two daughters a sister 18 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Ward
Wellington
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ward
Whitesboro
Hallie Ross
James and
Mollie Ross
Mr. Ward
Emory
Doug Ward
Barry Ward
C. L. Farmer
Kevin Francis
Terry Wade
Greg Hartzog
Larry Oswalt
West Wellington
Kelso Funeral Home
Pioneer Arlie Woman Mrs Wyrick Dies at 88
Mrs. W B Wyrick a Pioneer Arlie resident died at St Josephs Hospital at 6 p m Wednesday Nov 25 aged 88 She had moved to the Arlie area 62 years ago after earlier pioneering in Collingsworth Indian Territory and Portales N M Born Christian Greer Feb 25 1876 in San Saba she was a longtime member of Trinity Methodist Church Survived by three daughters Mrs Jimmie DeMoss of Wellington Mrs Leta Baird and Mrs Della Lawrence of Arlie and two sons Willis and Leo Wyrick Funeral services were held at First Methodist Church with burial in Arlie Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Wyrick
Arlie
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Collingsworth
Ballinger
Indian Territory
Portales
N.M
Ellis Todd
R. H. Knight
Trinity Methodist Church
Pete Nipper
Wilburn Johnson
Granvel Clark
Don Wilks
Gyan Norman
J. C. Howell
Kelso
Leta Baird
Della Lawrence
Willis Wyrick
Lubbock
Leo Wyrick
Temperature and moisture readings for November and year
Report shows November moisture at 2.67 inches and annual moisture totaling 22.16 inches. Temperature data omitted.
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Court House Square
Jimmy Bennett
General Telephone Company
Greenbelt
Electric Co-operative, Inc
West Texas Utilities Co
General Telephone Co
Wellington High School
Amarilla
Pat O’hair
O’hair
Kiwanis
Benny Lane
Monty Hawpt
White Deer
Calvin Lyman
Keith Yarnell
Canadian
Charles Smith
Eddy Windom
Dick Crockett
Vernon Marler
John Fuller
Johnny Max
Norwood
W.b.wyrick
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