WHS Invitational Draws Sixteen Top Area Teams
Wellington High School hosts a three day invitational basketball tournament December 14 15 and 16 with sixteen teams from Paducah Memphis Quail Wellington Shamrock Summerwood Clarendon Hedley and Quanah. Girls and boys divisions feature seeded matchups first round contests Thursday.
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WHS Invitational
Wellington High School
Don Lacy
Paducah
Memphis
Quail
Wellington
Shamrock
Summerwood
Clarendon
Hedley Girls
Quanah Boys
Hedley
Hedley Paducah
Hospital Honors 10 Employees at Dinner
Collingsworth General Hospital marked 125 years of service to Wellington with a dinner for employees and guests on December 4. Nine women and one man received service pins for 5 to 125 years with recognitions across nursing, dietary, housekeeping, medical records, purchasing, and x ray. Garner Alcom chaired the event as hospital administrator.
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Hospital
Wellington
Collingsworth General Hospital
Collingsworth General
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Cora Brown
Georgia Porter
Vera Bishop
Ruby Lee Nash
Harriett Powell
Ella Mae Jones
Tommy Murdock
Louise Templeton
King Bowen
Willie B. Harwell
Garner Alcom
George Henry
District Lions Governor to Speak Monday Night
Wellington Lions host Raymond White of Hereford District 201 Governor of Lions International for a Monday meeting at 7 30 p m A ladies night event President Bill Long said White a longtime Lions member has led in multiple roles and once chaired the Encounter 71 Evangelistic Crusade drawing up to 25 000 attendees He holds a Texas Tech agriculture degree and runs H W Implement Company plus a Hereford School Board president tenure in 1960 70
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Wellington Lions
Lions International
Raymond White
Hereford
Bill Long
Governor White
Lions
Texas Tech University
H&w Implement Company
Hereford School Board
Trades Day Winners Named for December Drawings
Mrs. Margaret Vines announced the first Trades Day winners on December 2. Tommy Thomas won 35 dollars in script, Jan McGill 25 dollars, and Mrs. Lewis Morris 15 dollars. Children Lisa Hartman and Tracey Gassiot won basketballs.Upcoming drawings include December 9 16 and 23 at 4 00 p.m. on the courthouse lawn with D C Bargain Shop joining the program. Santa will visit on December 2 and again on December 23.
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Margaret Vines
Chamber of Commerce
Tommy Thomas
Jan McGill
Lewis Morris
Lisa Hartman
Tracey Gassiot
D’ett Creed
D.C
Wellington Rockettes Eye District Clash With Claude Champs
Wellington teams remain unbeaten in girls play but face a key district doubleheader against Claude the defending Class A State Champions. Coach Don Lacy notes Claude, Valley, McLean and Wellington as four strong title contenders in District 2-A.
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Wellington Rockettes
Claude Girls
Don Lacy
Hedley
Canyon
Wellington
Claude
Lacy
Valley
McLean
Methodist Cantata King Forever to Be Sung by First Church Choir
The First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir presents the Christmas cantata King Forever on Sunday evening December 10 at 6 00 p.m. in the church sanctuary with a 530 p.m. prelude by Juliana Baumgardner and Connie Lewis on piano and organ respectively.
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First United Methodist Church
Juliana Baumgardner
Connie Lewis
Dan Howard
Robert Owens
Hiram Cudd
James Denton
Frank L. Cross
Richard Nall
B.M. Sims
Orville Vaughan
Tom Lewis
L.B. Bratten
Bratten
Nall
Robert Lewis
Rocket Musicians Shine in All Region Band Tryouts
Eight members of That Skyrocket Band earned All Region Band honors at the Panhandle tryouts on December 2. Four claimed first chairs across flute clarinet cornet and trombone, with strong showings in flute and other sections amid stiff competition.
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Panhandle
Steve Schmidly
Earl Hartman
Lillie Rogers
Debra Long
Kathy Kersten
Betty Burba
Jean Ann Owens
Dickie Johnson
Randall Sims
Mr. Schmidly
Kelso Recovers From Surgery
Jimmie Kelso underwent back surgery at Northwest Texas Hospital on Friday December 1 to repair a ruptured disc. Mrs. Kelso said he is doing well and should be home in a few days with support from their daughters and sons in law Robert Fleming and Tom Lockridge of Austin visiting during the procedure.
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Jimmie Kelso
Northwest Texas Hospital
Kelso
Robert Fleming
Tom Lockridge
Austin
County Cotton Ginning Reaches 10 877 Bales
Collingsworth County gins have harvested 10 877 bales from this year’s crop in what growers call the best since 1949. In Wellington and Dodson, about one third of the crop is gathered while north of Salt Fork only about 10 percent is out. Dry land cotton yields are exceptional with some fields producing a bale per acre and irrigated land reaching up to a bale and a half.
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Collingsworth
Wellington
Dodson
Salt Fork
W.E. Marchant
Farmers Co-op
Mac Willis
Methodist Women to Hold Annual Christmas Dinner
First United Methodist Church women host their traditional Christmas Dinner on Saturday December 9 at Burn Hand ley Community Center from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Co chairs Mrs J B King and Mrs Barney Glenn coordinate a turkey dinner with plates delivered on request. Tickets are available through the Women’s Society of Christian Service and the Wesleyan Service Guild.
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First United Methodist Church
Burn Handley Community Center
J.B. King
Barney Glenn
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Wesleyan Service Guild
Lions Clubs Hear Of Probation Work
Bob Watson chief probation officer for the Multi County Juvenile Probation program spoke at Wellington Lions on Monday November 27 and Shamrock Lions on Thursday November 30. Alvin Minatrea accompanied with details on truancy laws and penalties for parents and court actions. The talk noted reduced unexcused absences in Shamrock Sumnerwood Quail Hedley and Valley schools and traced Texas juvenile court history to 1836.
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Bob Watson
Lions Club
Wellington Lions
Shamrock Lions
Alvin Minatrea
Watson
Justice of the Peace Court
Shamrock
Sumnerwood
Quail
Hedley
Valley
Texas
Groves Couple to Present Concert at First Baptist
David and Carla Groves compose a WT State University duo set for Tuesday December 12 at 7 30 p m in First Baptist Church Wellington A Federated Music Club sponsor The program features trumpet violin duet and solo pieces along with orchestral selections. both are active WT students with extensive musical credits.
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West Texas State University
David Groves
First Baptist Church
Groves
Carla
WTSU
Wellington Federated Music Club
Klaus-Gunter Neuman
Paul Helms
Temperature Readings From Morning Measurements
Temperature readings recorded at 7 a.m. show moisture values and trace amounts for November documented as Vince Dee and Trace Dee.
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Moisure
Vince Dee
Trace Dee
Trace
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Lynn Courtney
Soil Conservation Service
Douglas Cunningham
Courtney
Lubbock
Corsicana
Methodist Choir
George F. Handel
Ramona Ford
Vikki Saunders
A.C. Lowry
James Sullivan
Cliff Campbell
Wayne Cudd
E.F. Bartlett
Art Kane
Raymond Ford
Gwen Lewis
Jack Davis
Michael Breedlove
Lynn Morris
Fred Covey
John Holton
Altos
Phyllis Sullivan
J.F. Michael
Merritt Curfey
Rocket
Debbie Stallings
Geanie Morrow
General Welch
Donnie Settle
Patti McAlister
Lennie Morgan
Alonzo Cartwright
Dodson Farmers Co-op
Marchant
Cartwright
Grover Graham
Davis Gun
Lions Clubs
David and
Carla Groves
Mr. Graves
Claude Graves
University
Dwane Scott
U.S. Weather Bureau
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