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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1971
Page
12
Wellington boys beat Paducah 63 to 46 after two overtimes. Doris Thames scored 12 for Wellington while Richard Sims led with 15. Paducah’s top scorer was Danny Garrett with 32. The girls fell 18 to 12 in overtime as Tammy Tomlinson led Paducah with five.
Wellington eighth grade teams enter the Memphis Junior High Invitational from Thursday to Saturday December 9 10 and 11. Hedley is the first opponent for both girls and boys with girls at 3:00 p m and boys at 4 30 p m. The four team round robin includes Wellington Memphis Hedley and Estelline.
Dr. Steven Winter was named to conduct sugar beet research at the USDA Southwestern Great Plains Research Center in Bushland effective October 1. He will join expanded beet studies for the 1972 crop year, bringing crop ecology and plant nutrition expertise after PhD at Purdue in 1971. Rod White is a candidate for Mr TSTI with December 10 voting for Mr and Miss TSTI at Texas State Technical Institute Mid-Continent Campus.
A West Texas deer poacher likely earned the boner of the year when he hid the head and hide of an illegal deer in a cardboard box and dumped it in a Reagan County dump. The box bore his name and address, revealing the culprit when a mail label tied to the package was found.
Personal visiting Mr and Mrs Guy Bell of Sumnerwood over the weekend included their sons Alex Bell and Guy H Bell with spouses from Amatillo. Thanksgiving guests included Tom Nash Dan Burkey Darrell Burkey Jeanie Burkey and Sharon Cummings plus Tracey and Landee Cummings from Azle. The Hallmarks Jerry Larry and Barry Hallmark of Hartshorn Oklahoma also visited Mrs Rob Isbell and Mr Isbell.
Forbis announces Collingsworth County Savings Bond sales totaling 2293 during October with ten month sales at 27956 and 28 percent of the 1971 goal. Texas E and H Bond sales in October were 15480.457. First ten months of 1971 total 167863056, up 10.4 percent from last year. Local social notes mention visitors and Thanksgiving events across families in Vernon and surrounding areas.
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