Honor Roll List For Wellington Schools Second Six Weeks
Supt. G L Farrar reports 184 Wellington students named to the honor roll for the second six weeks. East Ward School leads with 63 honorees, followed by East Ward with 57. High School includes 48, junior high 16, listing senior, junior, and sophomore girls and boys by name.
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East Ward
Wellington
Supt
G. L. Farrar
Lorene Essary
Joraine Gray
Eddie Jo Gilbert
Anita Hughey
Olive Marie Seaberry
Beth O'Neil
Wayne Jackson
Robert Strang
Gerald Ledbetter
Edna Earl Alexander
Irene Ball
Elizabeth Curtner
Alma Edgar
Bette Jane Ellis
Wilma Ruth Forbis
Edna Joyce Gribble
Marie Harrell
Lola Lee Lengino
Dorothy D. McDowell
Morelle Melton
Barbara Morgan
Estelle Thomas
Mary Trimble
Wellington Host To Singers On Third Sunday
Wellington will host the regular Third Sunday Singing Convention on December 19 at the Nazarene Church starting at 2 PM. Dr Campbell reports several quartets and duets will perform and invites the public to attend the event, noting the convention has returned to its original date after a period on the fourth Sunday.
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Wellington
Midway P T A Carnival And Pie Supper Planned
The Midway School hosts a Friday evening carnival and pie supper on December 17. Logan Cummings county superintendent will be the auctioneer. Proceeds benefit the school and the public is invited to attend.
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Logan Cummings
Dodson Holiday Schedule Announced by Superintendent
Dodson Schools will close for Christmas on December 28 and reopen January 8. A Christmas program at the high school auditorium is planned for Wednesday evening December 22 featuring a variety of numbers by students. The public is invited to attend.
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Dodson
W. E. Aselton
Seanony
Mr. Aselton
Community One Farmers Call Meeting for Tuesday
A meeting of ell farmers in Community One is called for Saturday afternoon by WK. Cottingame to elect a community committeeman and an alternate. The Emmett committeeman cannot serve due to a ruling forbidding relatives of county or state committee members from holding the post. Clyde Emmert is the brother of the current county committeeman. A vacancy also exists for an alternate. Communities included: Wellington Dodson Shomery Bean Hill Midway Freena Kelley Pleasant Point.
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Hing Kaen
WK. Cottingame
Emmett
Miy Ecrone
Emmert
Clyde Emmert
Wellington
Dodson
Shomery
Bean Hill
Midway
Freena
Kelley
Pleasant Point
Local Groups Sponsor Christmas Toy Drive At Ritz Theatre
The Tuesday and Wednesday fridge clubs the Boy Scouts and the Ritz Theatre sponsor a toy drive to collect repairable toys for children in need. Friday afternoon from 1 to 6, any child under 12 may enter the theatre with a toy to be repaired or bring a new one. Boy Scout Troop 31 will handle toy repairs at the box office and Mrs. Pinkston invites donations of toys at the County Library.
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Boy Scouts
Ritz Theatre
Troop 31
Kitz
Blackledge
Bette Davis
R. Pinkston
Wednesday Club
Katherine Beverie
Leader Is Ideal Many Subscribe Christmas Gilt
Cold weather fails to curb subscriptions to the Wellington Leader as renewals outpace new orders. Readers say Christmas gifts of yearlong news save time and money, with many praising the paper as a lasting present. Editor Deskins Wells notes the $1 bargain rate continues until after the new year for county residents.
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Wellington Leader
Leader
Deskins Wells
Pax Per
Quail Consolidated School Selected for Vocational Program
The Quail Consolidated School joins six experimental Texas schools to implement a cooperative integrated vocational education plan. Supt. Carl Chaudoin and teachers Alen Strawn and G B Dowell attended a Texas Tech conference in Lubbock. The school presented a concrete program and is praised for its setup.
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Quail Consolidated School
Texas
Carl Chaudoin
Alen Strawn
G. 8. Dowell
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Chaudoin
Dowell
Missionary J Walton Moore To Speak On China
Dr J Walton Moore returned missionary from China will address Wellington church Sunday evening December 19 at the evening service. He is described as a forceful speaker who presents facts clearly. A large crowd is expected to attend his talk at multiple North Fork Baptist Association venues.
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China
Wellington
J. Walton Moore
Baptist Church
Moore
North Fork Baptist Asso
Couple Deserts Children Near Lattie Farm
Three children and a young girl were deserted by their parents at a farm near Lattie. Sheriff Claude McKinney and Deputy Alvin Horton brought them to Wellington Saturday night. The children, now in Baptist Missionary Union homes, are linked to Mr. and Mrs. Bo Felton of Childress. the girl is Mrs. Felton's sister. Mrs. Felton's ill father accompanied them. Continued on later pages.
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Lattie
Wellington
Claude McKinney
Alvin Horton
Baptist Missionary Union
Bo Felton
Childress
Quail Boy Earns AP Little All America Honorable Mention
Ed Cherry of Hardin-Simmons received honorable mention on the AP Little All America team. The backfield star stood out for Abilene College in a season noted for strong small college competition. Cherry hails from Quail and attended school there.
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Ed Cherry
Hardin-Simmons
Associated Press
Cherry
Abilene College
Quail
Samnorwood Hosts Multidepartment Basketball Tournament
Dec 17 and 18 schedule a Samnorwood basketball tournament with 20 teams, boys and girls. Raymond Powell and LeRoy McDaniels lead both athletic and vocational parts, with Bracket of Shamrock Kelton Samnorwood Wheeler Quail Alanreed Canadian Lelia Lake Williams High School byes. FIA teams join, three place awards and individual honors planned. Candy stands and meals to be provided by FIA and home economics. Coach Garrison Rush from Shamrock to call games.
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Samnorwood
Raymond Powell
LeRoy McDaniels
Shamrock
Kelton
Wheeler
Pampa
Quail
Alanreed
Lelia Lake
Williams High School
Lelia Luke
Summerwood
McLean
FIA
Garrison Rush
Cotton Men Meet At Swearingen
Committee members of the one variety cotton program in the Swearingen community met Wednesday evening to draft an agreement for cooperating farmers. Namen: J. E. Roberta J. F. Skaggs and L. G. Yarbrough. Provisions require buying registered or state certified seed, ginning at the same plant, storing until pooling date, planting at near normal time, and each member planting a specified acreage. Continued on Page 8.
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Swearingen
J. E. Roberta
J. F. Skaggs
L. G. Yarbrough
District Court Concludes November Term With Few Cases
The November term of District Court enters its final week as three criminal and eleven civil cases remain. District Clerk W H Goforth notes record carryover, seven indictments from the Grand Jury this week, six forgery charges and one for disposing of mortgaged property, totaling eleven criminal indictments for the term with most to be disposed before closing. Jury expenses cited as unusually light.
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W. H. Goforth
Goforth
Fruit Tree Meet Called Saturday
A second meeting of all farmers interested in orchards is called for Saturday by county agent W K Cattingame and the tree committee. The 2:30 PM session in the district court room will report farmer interest in the local project and, if enough orders are placed, pool orders to obtain cheaper fruit trees. County residents were urged to attend.
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W. K. Cattingame
Deger to Hold Farm Sale in Lutie Area
Oscar Deger of Lutie announces a farm sale on Monday December 20 at his place three miles east and a half mile south of Lutie. Jeff Mankins of Shamrock will be auctioneer with Dick Sweat as clerk. Fourteen head of horses and mules, plus cows hogs and farming implements including wire and posts, are listed for sale.
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Oscar Deger
Lutie
Jeff Mankins
Shamrock
Dick Sweat
Enterprise School Completes Second Six Weeks Work
Enterprise School finishes its second six weeks with five students enrolled and Miss Ozette Bennett as teacher. Donald Davis earned honor-roll grades in second grade while Geary Briacoe has not missed a day, all five students with perfect attendance for a month. A PTA is active at Enterprise.
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Enterprise School
Ozette Bennett
Donald Davis
Geary Briacoe
Enterprise
Huge Christmas Party For Children At Ritz Theatre
The Ritz Theatre hosts a county wide Christmas party for every child in Collingsworth County on Friday morning December 24 at 10 o clock. Eleven local merchants sponsor the event with a picture show of comedies and cartoons, Christmas carols, and Santa Claus giving each child a sack of candy fruit and nuts. Kenneth Blackledge, Ritz manager, says the program is tailored to the children's tastes and aims for full county attendance.
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Collingsworth County
Ritz Theatre
Welock
Santa Claus
Kenneth Blackledge
Ritz
Change Of Mail Drops For Holidays Announced
Local postal workers announced a holiday mail plan to improve speed and efficiency. During Christmas, residents should use the east end paper drop for city mail while out of town mail goes in the regular letter drop.
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Claude Savage
Post Office Force
R. F. Curry
Loeal
Wellington
Glenn and Rogers Promote Terracing and Contour Farming
Gibbs Glenn, east of town, promotes terracing and contour farming. He reports contouring 100 acres, planting 52 acres in cotton, claiming the terraced land yielded the best cotton crop on thin soil and noting a clear advantage over neighbors.
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Gibbs Glenn
Glenn
Wheat Returns as Light Rain Sweeps County
A light rain and Monday night moisture bring relief after a month without. temperatures dipped to 20 degrees earlier in winter. The freeze coated streets with slick ice slowing travel, but no serious accidents reported. By Wednesday noon, the thermometer reached 36 degrees as moisture spread over the southeastern Panhandle benefiting wheat and range lands, though some early planted wheat remains dry. Farmers welcome the moisture and hope for heavier winter rains soon.
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Southeastern
Panhandle
Range Lands
Quail Community Plans Christmas Tree Event
Quail churches and the public school unite for a single Christmas tree and program at the High School Gym Thursday night December 23 at 7 30. The public is invited to enjoy community and school talent while 400 bags of candy nuts and fruit are prepared for all children under twelve. Those placing gifts on the tree should arrive by 6 00 Thursday evening.
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Quail
Mrs Caperton Named Postmistress at Dozier Office
Mrs Maxie Caperton of Dozier has been appointed postmistress of the Dozier Post Office, succeeding her son Robert Caperton who recently moved from the county. A long time resident, she is widely known across the county.
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Caperton
Dozier Office
Maxie Caperton
Dozier
Post Office Department
Robert
Amarillo Bar Association elects Senator Small president
State Senator Clint C. Small, former Wellington lawyer, was elected president of the Amarillo Bar Association at a banquet Saturday night in Amarillo. He is noted for his Senate work and private activities across the state.
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Clint C. Small
Wellington
Amarillo Bar Association
Amarillo
Small
Senate
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J. L. Burt
Roy Campbell
George Langley
Frank Mitchell
Leota Finley
Singers Sun
P.T.A
Quail Boy
Carl Chautain
The
Quail Schools
Vocrtianal Education
Deger
Rogers
Senator Small
Amarilo Bar Head
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