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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1967
Page
6
The piece notes the second printing of Douglas Meador’s Trail Dust and adds epigrams from his Mata dor Tribune column. It also includes a Wellington Jaycees letter praising Marian Air Park improvements, a Dec 1 basketball finish where Wellington edged Paducah 69 68, and local rainfall reports with reflections on sports figures and Chicago Bears ties.
Mrs Bill Black announced she will continue operation of Bill's 66 Station on Highway 83. Carol Reynolds and Jimmy Black will stay on for service work and Mrs Black will handle books and business details. She said they intend to deliver the very best service and appreciate customers.
Bill Black longtime Wellington resident died leaving wife Marie and four children Jim Kenneth Pamela and Kimberly all of Wellington plus a granddaughter Mischelle. He was survived by C W Black and several siblings. Funeral arrangements were handled by Kelso Funeral Home with pallbearers named. Mrs Durfey, active in First Methodist Church, died earlier in 1952 and is buried at Fairview Cemetery with Kelso directing. Surviving Durfey children are W M Durfey Dean Durfey and Mrs Warrick with ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. Celestial notice notes Durfey’s lineage as last of the Campbell siblings. A City Attorney, married to Araminta McGilvray, and parent of Pam Debbie and Robert Jr was also mentioned.
A fragment notes Leader Day recurring on Wednesdays and Thursdays with personal reflections while a separate line records a large horse shoe nail sale totaling a million dollars in the past year. The excerpt shows subjective feelings beside a commercial statistic.
James Luther O'Hair born 1878 in Parker County moved to ring community in 1904 with wife Annie Belle Lewis. He served as Quail School trustee until 1950 and died December 1967 at Quail Baptist Church burial in Quail Cemetery. Also note Texas Parks statistics predicting 13,090,000 state park visitors for 1967 68 fiscal year.
Lubbock Christian College Royal Blue Band will perform at Wellington High School auditorium Thursday morning at 9:00 December 7 as part of a fall tour stopping in Anton Farwell McLean and Childress. The show features a trumpet solo by Dwade Reinsch and a pair of numbers with Homer Martin from Music Man plus a Dixie land concerto and a barbershop quartet arrangement. Wayne Hinds directs with Cortez Barnett and Pete Nipper noted. meeting date changes to the second Monday each January.
The Civil Air Patrol met December 4 in the Farm Bureau Building Courtesy Room. Awards from the Group 1 banquet in Amarillo were announced with Earl Parks of Amarillo CAP honored as outstanding individual and the Pampa Chapter nabbing the largest attendance award. A 26th anniversary family salad supper for the Wellington squadron was planned for December 18 at 7 p.m. Judge Zaok Thomas will discuss CAP’s role in Collingsworth County civil defense. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Morrow, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Masten, Cliff Hartman, Jerry Nix, Creed Hill, and Mrs. Glen Ketchum.
The obituary notes Dodson Janes aged 91 died Sept. 8 1917 in Wallington Texas. Survived by wife two sons Earl and Bill and daughter Mrs Jena Underdown of Wellington. Eleven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Son Dodson Jr died Feb. 10 1961. The second wife of Davey Crockett Mrs Elizabeth Crockett is buried at Acton State Historic Site near Granbury Hood County.
Auditions held December 2 select members for WHS Tompay and Bandig ensemble drawn from Class AA bards in Region I and ninth graders from nearby junior highs. The Saturday program opens with La Donna and Klaxon, plus The Blue and the Gray Beguine Again Festival Pose. Wellsington accompanist Mr. Larson. Listed players include Jamie Larson second trombone Chris Hubbard eighth chair Judy Porter sixth horn Jane Thompson ninth flute Carlos Hatch third alto sax Gary Gulley fourth alto sax Carol Burba first tenor sax Jacqueline King second tenor sax Bill Isbell second bass Sammy Hicks third bass clarinet Pam Kersten second bass clarinet Patti Lacy ninth clarinet Mickye Ann Kendrick fourteenth clarinet David Groves fourth cornet Billy McAlister tenth cornet Kathy Tyler eleventh cornet Becky Burba fifteenth cornet.
Funeral services for Jack Gibson of Shamrock were held at First Methodist Church with Rev. Lyman Wood and Rev. C B Melton officiating. Graveside rites followed at Fairview Cemetery in Wellington under Richardson Funeral Home. Survived by wife of Shamrock, son Billy Jack Gibson, three stepsons Robert Adams David Adams and Michael Adams, and sisters Ruth Wind and Naomi Hays.
Norwood tournament action features Jerrell Fielding and Cary Neeley leading the Wheeler boys while the Rives brothers headline the rival team. The girls division includes Summerwood defending the title with Shamrock and Wellington among the contenders as schedule details and officials are listed. A final note defines a calorie as the heat needed to raise a kilogram of water one degree Celsius.
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