DIDACTICS By Deskins Wells in Panhandle meeting
Representatives from Collingsworth are expected to attend the district meeting of the Panhandle Economic Program in Memphis at the Community Building this Thursday afternoon. The study focuses on increasing prosperity in Panhandle communities with emphasis on agriculture. The column also notes Christmas displays, shopping days left, and a cautionary note about rabies in skunks and a tip about moth balls.
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Collingsworth
Memphis
Panhandle
Water Group seeks salt control projects across counties
The plan covers the Jonah and Salt Creek brine reservoirs crossing Childress Hall Collingsworth counties with the Corps of Engineers forecasting 80 percent reduction of salt in Elm Fork and 70 percent cut in salt production on Jonah and Salt Creeks. Officials note safeguards against seawater seepage into groundwater supplies amid questions from commissioners.
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Page Onelahoma State Line
Salton Salt Beds
Jonah and
Salt Creek
Childress
Hall
Collingsworth County
Corps of Engineers
Elm Fork
Salt Creeks
Commission
Shane
Army
Coleman Attends American Farm Bureau Meeting
WACO. More than 200 county Farm Bureau leaders from Texas attend the 48th annual American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Las Vegas. Texas has eight voting delegates led by C. H. DeVaney with J. D. Coleman among the delegates. Delegates discussed farm program legislation labor trade and monetary policy with speakers including Dean Rusk Nixon and Roger Fleming. Also listed are Texas Farm Bureau queen Julia Fair Wells and winners James Scarborough Jr and Mary Frances Newton.
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Waco
Texas
American Farm Bureau Federation
Las Vegas
Nevada
C. H. DeVaney
Texas Farm Bureau
J. D. Coleman
Wellington
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Dean Rusk
Richard Nixon
AFBF
Roger Fleming
Charles B. Shuman
TFB
M. F. Frost
McAllen
T. J. Richards
Paducah
B. J. Gist
Abilene
Steve Lilly
Nacogdoches
Fay Mowery
Houston
J. M. Price
Corpus Christi
Julia Fair Wells
Eagle Lake
James A. Scarborough, Jr
Arlington
Mary Frances Newton
Big Spring
Kiwanis Christmas Music By First Methodist Choir
Kiwanis club installed with Christmas music from First Methodist Church choir forming the nativity. Narrator Mrs James Sullivan and choir director Mrs Jack Davis led the event. Attendance awards honored 10 Kiwanis for perfect attendance including George Shadid 18 years Cicero Gulley 17 years John Coleman 12 years and others. Five past lieutenant governors attended. Clubs represented at the Wellington installation and auxiliary banquet included Pampa Wheeler Canyon Downtown Amarillo South Amarillo and San Jacinto Amarillo. A chartered bus carried 26 members and wives from Canyon and three Amarillo clubs.
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First Methodist Church
James Sullivan
Jack Davis
George Shadid
Cicero Gulley
John Coleman
B. F. Chance
John Brown
Dee Burba
Jake Leach
Sam Adams
Mr. Powell
Mack Saied Jr
Wellington
Pampa
Wheeler
Canyon
Amarillo
San Jacinto
J J Thomas Leaves Legacy of Grandchildren and Surviving Relatives
J J Thomas rearing a granddaughter Joye Hudspeth. Altogether there are 16 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Other survivors include a brother and two sisters Frank Thomas of Wellington, Mrs. Es sie Helvey of Dimmitt and Mrs. Bessie Scally of Oxnard Calif. One daughter Mrs Ruby Hudspeth preceded him in death.
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Page One
Joye Hudspeth
Frank Thomas
Wellington
Essie Helvey
Dimmitt
Bessie Scally
Oxnard
Calif
Ruby Hudspeth
Nine Teens to Appear Here From Haskell
The Nine Teens, a Haskell high school singing group of nine girls directed by Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Bell, will perform Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Burn Handley Community Center auditorium in Wellington. The free program is sponsored by Wellington State Bank as part of its Christmas greeting to the community, following the bank’s Christmas dinner for staff and stockholders. The group has performed across West Texas and was featured at the Texas Farmers Union Convention.
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Burn Handley Community Center
Wellington State Bank
Haskell High School
Hubert Bell
West Texas
Texas Farmers Union Convention
C. T. Hubbard
Norwood Team vs Quail Boys In Semi finals This Weekend
The Norwood team meets Quail boys at 8 30 p m in the semi finals with both championship and consolation brackets. Friday and Saturday feature girls consolation finals at 1 p m boys consolation finals at 2 30 p m girls third place at 4 p m boys third place at 6 p m girls championship at 7 p m and boys championship at 9 p m.
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Quail
Wellington B Teams Hit Road For Two Away Games
The Wellington high school B basketball team travels to Dodson on Thursday December 8 to face an away game with the A team, then goes to Arnett Friday December 9 to meet Arnett’s A squad, per Coach Denzil Lacey.
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Wellington High School
Wellington
Dodson
Arnett
Denzil Lacy
Cotton price support payments set for 1967 program
The 1967 price support adds 1966 parity for cotton growers. Payment depends on acreage planted within the domestic allotment, with 10.78 cents per pound on diverted acreage and projected yield. Sign up runs Feb 6 to Mar 31, 1967. final filings for allotment sales or leases due Jan 3, 1967.
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Collingsworth
USDA
UDA
Slay Opens New Department for Ladies Apparel
J T Slay announces a new ready to wear shop for women and children at 806 East Avenue, moving all ladies and children's apparel from The Town & Country Store due to crowding. Ladies and children's footwear remain at the original location. management by Mr and Mrs Luther Mae Pherson with Mrs John Rainey and Mrs W L Vanlandingham assisting.
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J. T. Slay
East Avenue
Town & Country Store
Mr. Slay
Luther MaePherson
Town & Country
John Rainey
W. L. Vanlandingham
Wellington B Teams Sweep Double Header in Memphis
Wellington B teams dominated a two game set on December 1 in Memphis. Girls won 42 to 21 led by Betsy Trapp with 13 points and Pam Guthrie 10. Rocket B boys edged 63 to 45 with Herman Moore scoring 22 and Chuck Wilbur 10.
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Wellington
Memphis
Betsy Trapp
Pam Guthrie
Denzil Lacy
Linda Williams
Jan Philley
Kathy Tyler
Rocket B
Herman Moore
Chuck Wilbur
Joe Brock
Gary Brewer
Tony Hurst
Glen Barber
Jimmy Bohannon
Nickey Watts
Dallas Holland
Johnson
Arnett A
Christmas Seal Contribution Supports Healthier Future
A donor note highlights a Christmas Seal contribution aimed at funding health initiatives. The message emphasizes collective welfare and the impact of charitable giving on public health for all.
Windbreak Trees Now Available for Central Texas
COLLEGE STATION Texas windbreak seedlings are offered by the Texas Forest Service through Indian Mound Nursery. Species include black locust catalpa Chinese elm cottonwood mulberry Osage orange red cedar sycamore euonymus buffaloberry rose multiflora Austrian loblolly ponderosa shortleaf and slash pine with stratified black walnut seed. Minimum order 100 trees, 1.50 per hundred plus tax, first come first served, shipped prepaid.
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College Station
Texas
Mason Cloud
Texas Forest Service
Indian Mound
Alto
Cloud
St Josephs Hospital Notes Patients Listed
St Josephs Hospital notes list multiple patients with medical obstetrical and surgical admissions and dates. Names include Ollie Beatrice Powell Aurora Guillermo Vela Donald Eugene White J I Thomas Linda Kay Cleer David Tarver Jacob Patrick Thomas Emma B Tate and T E Lennon with admission dates ranging late November to early December.
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Ollie Beatrice Powell
Aurora Guillermo Vela
Donald Eugene White
J. I. Thomas
T. E. Lennon
Dodson
Medical
Linda Kay Cleer
Carter Holcomb
Surgical
David Tarver
Mark Tarver
Aberdeen
Jacob Patrick Thomas
Virginia Thomas
Emma B. Tate
Airman Odis Collier on duty in Vietnam
Airman First Class Odis P. Collier, son of Mrs. Pagie Collier of Tucumcari, New Mexico, serves as an air policeman at Nha Trang Air Base in Vietnam. A Tucumcari High School graduate, he is married to Ophelia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ingram Sr. of Wellington.
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Viet Nam
Odis P. Collier
Pagie Collier
Tucumcari
N.M
Nha Trang AB
Vietnam
Collier
Tucumcari High School
Ophelia
Harry Ingram Sr
Wellington
Bounder s Term The life of a deer ranges from three to 15 years
The life span of a deer varies from three to fifteen years depending on the species. Australia ranks as the world second largest exporter of sugar.
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Australia
Guy Bennett Dies Monday in El Paso Hospital
Guy Bennett 59 of Alamogordo New Mexico died in an El Paso hospital Monday December 5 after sustaining a broken hip in a September boating accident Funeral services were held Wednesday with burial in El Paso He was born southeast of Dodson to the late E W Bennett He worked as a printer for The Wellington Leader in 1926 and later at the Midland Reporter Telegram He owned printing businesses in El Paso and Alamogordo Survivors include his wife several children and a sister Mrs Floyd Merida of Amarillo
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Guy Bennett
Alamogordo
N.M
el Paso
Mr. Bennett
Dodson
E. W. Bennett
Wellington Leader
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Floyd Merida
Amarillo
Mrs Wayne Gray Joins Parsons Drug Team
Mrs Wayne Gray began work in Parsons Drug on December 1. Owner Sandy Parsons, Jr. announces the addition. The Gray family recently returned to Wellington to settle, after several years in Grand Prairie and prior employment with Texas Instruments in Richardson.
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Wayne Gray
Parsons Drug
Sandy Parsons, Jr
Mrs Cecil Brown Married 1927 Church of Christ Member
Mrs Cecil Brown long time Church of Christ member was laid to rest after a Dozier Church of Christ service conducted by Minister Joe Dukes of Allison. Burial followed at Dozier Cemetery under Richardson Funeral Home of Shamrock. Pallbearers included Gus Gooch Luther Thompson Doyle Chambers Jim Ray Robert Dwight and Bill Knoll. Survived by her husband and two nieces in Wellington Mrs Bobo Castleberry and Mrs R L Temple. A sister in law and two brothers in law also reside here.
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Mr. Brown
Brown
Church of Christ
Dozier Church of Christ
Joe Dukes
Allison
Dozier Cemetery
Richardson Funeral Home
Shamrock
Gus Gooch
Luther Thompson
Doyle Chambers
Jim Ray
Robert Dwight
Bill Knoll
Matt Tenison
Wellington
Bobo Castleberry
R. L. Templeton
R. L. Tenison
C. C. Brown
Ed Brown
Abra
Christmas Seal Appeal Encourages Tuberculosis Support
A short call to readers to respond to a Christmas Seal letter addressing tuberculosis and other breathing illnesses, urging action and donations as part of a health awareness drive.
Texas Builds a Highway film promotes progress and problems
A Texas Highway Department 16mm sound color film titled Texas Builds a Highway offers an informative program on highway development. Running 28 minutes, it targets service clubs schools chambers of commerce and others. Available on loan from district offices or by writing the Travel and Information Division in Austin.
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Austin
Texas Highway Department
Texas
Chambers of Commerce
Highway Department
P.O. Box
Breeding Visits Panhandle Chapters In Panhandle Visit
W R Breeding district director will visit Panhandle chapters and organize counties lacking Farmers Union. He will attend commodity and farm program meetings and help plan the district meeting set for Amarillo on January 5.
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Breeding
Panhandle
Amarillo
Teacher Returns from UT Retirement Honors Dolley
The Board for Lease of University Lands honors Dr. James C. Dolley for many years of service as University of Texas vice chancellor for fiscal affairs. He recently retired and returned to teaching in the College of Business Administration.
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Board For Lease of
James C. Dolley
University of Texas
College of Business Administration
Gentle uplift for tired kidneys promises relief
An ad touts Bukets kidney formula to ease nighttime urination burning backache and frequent scanty flow claiming functional kidney disorders pose danger and promising increase and regulated passage in four days with a cheeky 39 cent refund at Parsons Drug.
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Parsons Drug
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Coleman
American Farm Bureau
Kiwanis
J. J. Thomas
Haskell
Norwood
Buddy
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United States
Ascs Ofce
Slay
Pop Said
Wells & Wella
Wells & Wells
Calvin Hurst
Jack Sanford
West Avenue
TREAS
Harold Watkins
St. Joseph's Hospital
Bounder
Mrs
Cecil Brown
W. R. Breeding
Texan Bus Line
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Dallas
Oklahoma City
St. Louis
K. Motel
Barricks
Dan Howard
Claude Savage
Lynn Carter Grant Wooldridge
Sam Thompson
Henry Sullivan
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