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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1987
Page
5
A Wellington town tale recalls Thanksgiving decorations found in storage and then vandalized. Light strings were stolen and bulbs smashed, striking homes and a new business district. residents blame a few misguided individuals while hoping for community spirit to return.
Mr and Mrs James R Fulcher of Arlington spent Thanksgiving with Albert Fulcher and Dick Campbell. James R Ross came from Chil dress to the ranch northwest of Quail with son Joel Ross of Dallas and grandson Hudson of Nashville. Dana Bell of Hedley joined. Hudson, Ross, and Bell hunted quail. Other visitors included John Alvin Horton and family of Arlington who stayed with Alvin Horton and Joe Wayne Brooks families in Temple, visiting Hubert Brooks, Redith Louder, and the McGills.
In 1814 a fire blackened the walls of the presidential mansion then rebuilt with whitewash. The smoke stained walls were painted white, leading to the nickname the White House that endures today.
A December 4, 1947 Wellington Leader column notes a Rotary Club community singing at 7:30 to 9:30 pm in the Community Building with S.R. Pinkston in charge. It also covers Collingsworth cotton data from 1903 to 1926, a new Wellington Chamber of Commerce drive achieving 98 percent merchant support for 1948, and varied local notices on church cantata plans, disaster relief drills with St. Joseph’s Hospital, and Wellington youth groups and civic leaders shaping County Chamber leadership for 1968.
December 8 1977 reports show a new city dumpster truck with a two and a half ton capacity and a two day coverage target. Driver Geronimo Molina stands beside the unit while bins hold three cubic feet of trash. Also noted are engagement announcements and a Muleshoe Wellington wedding, plus a historical novel about Collingsworth County.
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