Skyrockets Seek Bi-District Title Against Floydada Friday
Wellington Sky rockets clash with Floydada Whirl Winds in a bi district football showdown at Floydada Friday at 2 00 p m. Both teams enter undefeated in district play and the game caps the high school season with two top West Texas Class A squads. Tickets are limited with general admission at 40 cents for children and 75 cents for adults. reserve seats cost 50 cents plus admission.
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Floydada
Wellington
Panhandle
Logan Cummings
al Duncan
Rockets
Powell Field
West Texas
Whirlwinds
L. F. Gresham
Estill Baker
Spur
Wellington Methodist Circuit Announces Schedule Change
Rev. C T Cameron announces a revised preaching schedule. Aberdeen joins the Wellington circuit and services move to Quail Salt Fork Bethel Aberdeen and Quail on set Sundays. Cameron will preach Salt Fork at 10 00 a m and Quail at 11 15 a m with an evening service. Bethlehem Aberdeen Salt Fork have paid their benevolence funds this year. Quail will finish on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
C. Tj. Cameron
Aberdeen
Shamrock
Quail
Salt Fork
Bethel
Cameron
Kelton Teams Split Games In District Showdown
Kelton girls led 9 to 3 early but Samnorwood rallied as Kelton boys fell 26 to 19 to Samnorwood Eagles. Britt and Garner starred for Kelton boys. both squads prepared to face Wheeler on Friday December 6 on the Eagles court.
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Kelton
Samnorwood Lassies
Collingsworth County Girls
Kelton Boys
Samnorwood Eagles
Kelton Girls
Eagles
Britt
Garner
Wheeler
Boll Pulling Contest for Colored Folks Set Friday
The Col lingsworth County event promises cash for top workers with a $50 prize and basic pay for each cotton pull. Held east of Wellington on the Mangum Highway at Emmett Cook farm, the one o clock Friday December 6 contest draws notable champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth County
Wellington
Mangum High Way
Emmett Cook
Old Tick Washington
Old Baby Ruth
Black Boy
Old Big John
Dallas Red
Sam Stovall
Sullivan Named to Who's Who Among Students at NMSU
Lloyd Sullivan of the Lillie community is among eighteen New Mexico State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts students honored as Who's Who Among Students. A junior in agriculture, Sullivan serves as SAS Club member, vice president of the student commission, secretary treasurer of the Vets Organization, basketball captain last spring, and member of Black and Bridle and Agriculture clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Sullivan
Lillie Community
New Mexico State
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Sullivan
C. I. Sullivan
SAS
Vets
Week's Mailing of Leaders Weigh as Much as Cotton Bale
Claude Savage a post office employee explains the weight of weekly Leader mailings equals a large bale of cotton between 500 and 650 pounds. He notes the public is surprised by the number of papers mailed each Wednesday and mentions a new paper shortage awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Claude Savage
Post Office
Leader
Mr. Savage
JayCees Back GI Loan Protest Over Home Purchases
The Wellington JayCees voted to support a protest against the GI loan program as it operates in smaller towns. They plan to present the issue at a December 18 banquet and seek backing from the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars for a joint protest.
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Wellington
Poultry Show Called Off by Collingsworth County
The annual Collingsworth County Poultry Show has been cancelled due to waning interest and conflicting dates for the community building. Superintendent W H Lindsey cited lack of participation by county poultry raisers and the inability to secure a suitable alternative venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth County
W. H. Lindsey
Lindsey
Cemetery Group Meeting to Act on Cemetery Improvements
Cemetery Association chaired by Dave Thomas calls a Monday meeting in the county courthouse at 4 15 p m to seek city authority to level graves in the Wellington cemeteries except plots with curbing. Unmarked graves will be marked as part of a city led improvement program. Property owners in either cemetery are urged to attend.
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Cemetery Association
Dave Thomas
Court House
Wellington
Special Busses For Rocket Fans To Floydada Game
Special busses chartered to carry Wellington football fans to the Rocket Floydada Wind game on Friday December 6. Two busses are arranged with more available if needed. Tickets on sale at the Bus Station Goat's Cafe and the Pullman Cafe. Busses from Cap Aoex Bus Line depart Wellington at 10 a.m. and return about 30 minutes after the game ending around 7 p.m.
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Wellington
Eli Wolf
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Goat’s Cafe
Pullman
Cap Aoex
Moydada
Two Escape as Plane Crashes Over City Streets
Jimmie Ragsdale owner and pilot from Childress and C E R Francis his passenger escaped serious injury when their Cessna 140 crashed three blocks from the local airfield at noon Saturday. Ragsdale was bruised with a cut under the left eye. Francis was uninjured. The plane was a total loss. Witnesses said engine failure after takeoff caused the crash, stopping after striking a clothes line post near a house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Ragsdale
Childress
C. ER. Francis
Mr. Francis
Ragsdale
Dodson School Reopens After Seven Week Dismissal
Dodson School resumed classes on Monday November 18 after seven weeks of cotton picking dismissal. Two new teachers joined the system Mrs McGuire teaching fifth and sixth grades and H C Yarbrough teaching seventh and eighth grades. The school also formed a Glee Club directed by Mrs George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson School
McGuire
H. C. Yarbrough
George
Wellington Plans Municipal Airport On Heward Farm Site
City officials announce the purchase of 175 acres on the Heward farm east of Lucky Corner for Wellington's new municipal airport. The Civil Aeronautics Authority has approved the land, with plans to move runways and facilities by January 1, 1947, funded by local bond money and anticipated federal support.
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Wellington
Pink Sullivan
Burn Handley
Lucky Corner Station
New Dodson Highway
John Henard
Eddie Sam Eenard
Howard Farm
Handley
Civil Aeronautics Authority
CAA
J. D. Church
Gig Spring
Youth Center Planned For Dodson Teens
Plans are under way for a Dodson youth organization to offer entertainment and a meeting place for area teenagers. A November 26 meeting at First State Bank included adults and students who voted to host a "shower" to gather kitchen linens dishes books and other items. Attendees listed include Mrs R R Kellison Mrs B B Martin Miss Rachel Deahl Mrs Jannette Hunt Sue Scott Wilma Powers Maurine Keefer Lennon Floyd Teutsch Vance Hunt Paul Boyling and Jimmy Wynn.
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Dodson
First State Bank
R. R. Kellison
B. Martin
Rachel Deahl
Jannette Hunt
Sue Scott
Wilma Jean Powers
Maurine Keefer
Lennon
Floyd Teutsch
Vance Hunt
Paul Boyling
Jimmy Wynn
Citions Granted 32nd Degree of Masonry to Wellington Masons
Logan Cummings and James Sullivan of Wellington received the thirty second degree of Scottish Rite Masonry in Dallas last week. They began Monday morning November twenty fifth and completed it Thursday night. Both are active in Wellington Masonic Lodge and have served as officers. The 32nd degree is the highest conferred for lodge work and is honorary.
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Logan Cummings
James Sullivan
Wellington
Dallas
Masonic Lodge
Luck Follows Deer Hunters in Mason County
Cameron Beam of West Texas Utilities returned from Mason County where he hunted deer and claimed his first ever deer a three point. Alan Shahan T V Grason George Shahan GO Feaness and CG L Turner accompanied him. Another hunter Jim Terry set a two deer day record in Hemphill County as deer season opens with landowners offering draw system hunts to permit entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Beam
West Texas Utilities Co
Mason County
Alan Shahan
Childress
T. V. Grason
George Shahan
GO. Feaness
CG. L. Turner
Abilene
Mr. Ream
Jack
Jim Terry
Hemphill
Dodson High Junior Class Hosts 42 Tournament
The Dodson high school Junior Class sponsored a 42 tournament Friday evening November 29. Winners included Betty Sue Malone R A Covey and Sam Davis of Hollis. Mrs Robinson of Hollis entertained with a reading along with other entertainment.
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Dodson High School
Betty Sue Malone
R.A. Covey
Sam Davis
Hollis
Minimum Teacher Salaries urged by Dr Woods at Wellington
Dr L A Woods state superintendent outlined a program to make Texas schools national leaders during a Rotary Club banquet in Wellington. He urged teacher salaries not less than 2000 dollars yearly for degreed teachers and 38000 dollars for those with an MA and ten years’ experience, stressing good roads and proper school grouping amid Texas’ varied separate schools for Anglo American, colored and Latin American students. He praised Collingsworth County and urged community integration with national/global aims.
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State Department of Education
Texas
L. A. Woods
State
Rotary Club
Wellington Schools
Board of Trustees
Woods
Burn Handley
Rotary
B. W. Beaird
Helen Jo Holder
Teddy Joe James
Luther Burkett
Dr. Wood
Collingsworth County
Three Hurt in Car Tractor Crash
Three county residents injured in a Wednesday night collision between a car and a tractor pulling a trailer. Richard Peters suffered a broken hip and a head injury, Jesse Peters a back leg lash, and Mrs. N E Willard leg injuries while Mr. Willard escaped injury. Accident occurred between 6 30 and 7 00 pm near Mack Willis house as Willard failed to see the tractor in time. The trailer crashed onto the tractor crushing the riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Peters
Jesse Peters
N. E. Willard
Needwood
Mack Willis
Phillips Oil Office Moves to Cudd Station
Dick Rapp announces Phillips offices shift from west of the square to Cudd Station near the east end of Eighth Street, with Rapp in charge of the retail section. Barker Service Station now operates Gardner Station, renamed and run by Dewey Barker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Rapp
Phillips Products
Cudd
Eighth St
Cudd Brothers
Mr. Rapp
Gardner
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Emily Greene Balch
Wellesley
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John R. Mott
Orlando
Fla
Balch
Wellesley College
Mott
Ymca International Committee
Norwood
Gleaves
Dozier Farmer
Ies
Alvies. Gleaves
Wichita Falls
Mr. Gleaves
Wheeler County
Tinue
Collin County
Baptist
JayCees
Floydada Fun
Martha E. Truman
Independence, Mo
Heward
Phillips Oil Company
Cudd Station
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