Cotton Growers Approve Quotas in 266 to 27 Vote
Collingsworth county cotton growers voted 266 for and 27 against marketing quotas in a Tuesday referendum 15 December. Totals show 295 votes with box by box results from North Wellington Dodson South Wellington Quail Dozier Summerwood and Lutie. Two challenges were recorded.
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Collingsworth
Millard Brown
ASCS
Brown
Dodson
Quail
North Wellington
South Wellington
Dozier
Summerwood
Lutie
Wellington High Band Sale Deadline Set
Band director James Larson reminds Wellington high school band members take orders for fruit cakes through Friday December 18. Orders will be delivered Monday December 21.
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James Larson
Wellington High School
Still Time to Write Letters to Santa Claus
Letters from Wellington area children and others may be printed in next week’s Christmas edition of The Wellington Leader. Writers are urged to submit in the next day or two to reach the newspaper in time.
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Wellington
Santa Claus
The
Miracle at Derrick Texas Dodson Students Plan Yule Program
The Dodson school speech and music departments stage The Miracle at Derrick Texas in the school auditorium on December 17 at 7 30 p m Directed by Mrs Floyd Roberts Jr with assistance from Mrs Sherrill Bean land the production features ten cast members and five choral groups Prelude excerpts from So a Star cantata directed by Joe Lennon will be performed, with the full cantata at South Baptist Church on December 20 at 7 00 p m Lennon also leads church music in Dodson.
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Dodson School
Derrick
Texas
Floyd Roberts Jr
Sherrill Beanland
B. M. Sims
West Texas
Joe Lennon
South Baptist Church of
Dodson
Quail School
Lennon
South Baptist Church
Sumnorwood High Applies for Work-Study Program
Sumnorwood High School seeks a 1964 1965 work-study program under Public Law 88 210 Vocational Education Act to aid needy students. Eleven applicants already submitted and more possible. program limits include age 15 to 20, income under 3000, up to 15 hours weekly, and up to 45 monthly or 350 yearly. Reimbursement 100 percent during 1964 1965. administered by the local educational agency.
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Sumnorwood High School
Vocational Education Division
Texas Education Agency
Sumnerwood High School
Vocational Agriculture
Trailer and truck fires mar cotton loading near Shinnery
Fire Chief Buster Hughs reported multiple fires tied to cotton on trailers on Dec 14 and 15. A trailer owned by D C Thomason burned when sparks from a blower ignited cotton. two bales saved, one lost. A Tuesday trailer fire occurred en route to town. contents dumped to extinguish flames. A semi trailer on the Pat Bouchelle farm also burned, damaging the tractor unit.
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Loco
Buster Hughs
D. C. Thomason
Buddy Yarbrough
Shinnery
Hughs
Wellington
Onemason
Thomason
Kelley
David Peters
Pat Bouchelle
Dodson Church Cantata Sunday Night Announcement
The South Baptist Church of Dodson will present the Christmas cantata So a Star on Sunday at 7:00 p.m. in the church sanctuary. The program, by Robert and Jeana Graham, features Junior and Intermediate choir members and is directed by Joe Lennon with accompanist Mrs. Katie Barnard. The public is invited.
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South Baptist Church of
Joe Lennon
Katie Barnard
Samnarwood Faces FHA Loan Approval for Water System
The Samnarwood Water Supply Corporation awaits final steps toward a $225000 Farmers Home Administration loan for a regional system serving about 120 families north of Salt Fork River. A 40 year term at 4 percent, $50 membership fees, and a first lien on property secure the financing.
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Samnarwood
Farmers Home Administration
Washington
Samnarwood Water Supply Corporation
Sumnerwood
Dozier
Lutie
Don Jennings
County
Pervisor
Collingsworth County
FHA
Jennings
Legal Water Association Group
Guy Hardin
Shamrock
Secretary of State of Texas
Willie Knoll
W. R. Breeding
Jim Ray
Cecil Brown
Salt Fork River
Income Tax School Set December 21
County Agent Cecil Regier announces a farm tax meeting in the Farm Bureau room on Monday December 21 at 1 30 p m. James Murphrey Extension Service specialist will discuss 1965 tax changes including residence sale tax, depreciation rules, and deductible medical costs for aged filers.
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Cecil Regier
Farm Bureau
James Murphrey
Extension Service
Regier
Murphrey
Loco Post Office Officially Closed after temporary status
The Loco Post Office is officially discontinued effective December 11. Wellington Postmaster L B Bratten was notified. Doors closed November 30 with G T Austin’s retirement. previous notice called it temporarily closed but not discontinued. Mail will be sent via Wellington Route 5 or Arlie Route, Childress.
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Wellington
L. B. Bratten
G. T. Austin
Post Office Department
Arlie
Childress
Cantata by Nazarene Church Directed by Rev. Durham
The Church of the Nazarene presents its annual Christmas cantata Sunday December 20 at 7 p.m. under Rev. Jack Durham. The program While the Shepherds Watched features solos by Mrs. Lowell Patterson and others, with Mrs. Dale Ratliff and Karen Childress contributing. The choir ends with Let Earth Rejoice as Mrs. Joe Harris reads the scripture portions. public invited.
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Church of the Nazarene
Jack Durham
Shepherds Watched
Haldor Lillenas
Viola Wanger
Mack Bush
Patricia Kimbro
Mary
Harry Lowell Patterson
Paradise
Durham
Dale Ratliff
Bethlehem
Earth
Karen Childress
Joe Harris
Funeral Rites for Mrs Sager Held Saturday
Mrs Lulu Incledon Sager 89 a longtime Thomas Nursing Home resident died Friday December 11. Funeral services were held at Kelso Chapel Saturday at 11 a.m. with Rev Leslie Ellison of Childress Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial followed in Belvedere Illinois. She was born November 14 1879 in Belvedere and joined the Presbyterian Church in 1910. Surviving nieces and nephews include Mrs Tom Bugg ee Goodnight Mrs Lewis Foxhall Memphis Big Sager Memphis and G H Incledon Belvedere.
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Lulu Incledon Sager
Thomas Nursing Home
Sager
Childress
Kelso Chapel
Leslie Ellison
Presbyterian Church
Belvedere
Ilinois
Kelso Funeral Home
The
Tom Bugbee
Goodnight
Lewis Foxhall
Memphis
Big Sager
G. H. Incledon
Mt Zion Church to Present Christmas Program
Mt Zion Baptist Church led by Rev. R L Washington will present its Christmas program Sunday December 20. The public is invited to attend and Rev Washington encouraged community participation.
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church
R. L. Washington
Christmas Mass schedule for Wellington and Shamrock areas
Parish priest Father Patrick Burke releases the Christmas schedule. Confessions on Christmas Eve run 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Wellington, with a midnight Mass and carol procession. Christmas Day Masses are 7:30 a.m. at St Joseph's Sisters' Convent and 11 a.m. at St Patrick's Shamrock, with no 9 a.m. Mass in Wellington.
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Wellington and Shamrock
Patrick Burke
Wellington
Father Pat
St. Joseph’s Hos
Dodson High Lab Explosion Injures Two Students
A chemistry class accident at Dodson High School Thursday caused two students to suffer severe cuts from flying glass while a third felt a shock. The blast followed spraying a room deodorant into mixed chemicals. doctors treated injuries before students returned to class the next day.
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Dodson Lab
Dodson High School
Foster Riley
Garfield Riley
Dale Derrick
Mary Derrick
Dodson
Harmon Memorial Hospital
Hollis
Larry Ellis
Hoyt Ellis
Young Riley
David Fried
Wade Norman
T. E. Lennon
Nalls Begins Slide Series For Church
West Avenue Church of Christ starts a Sunday night slide program on the Middle East led by Minister Reggie Nalls. The first session Sunday December 20 at 6 p.m. covers Athens Corinth and Mycenae with guided commentary. The series resumes January after a break and will feature Egypt Lebanon Syria Jordan and Israel in sequence.
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West Avenue Church of Christ
Middle East
Reggie Nalls
Athens
Corinth
Mycenea
Min
Nalis
Egypt
Lebanon
Syria
Jordan
Israel
Youths Held on Theft Count in Christmas Jewelry Theft
Two juvenile males, ages 15 and 16, were arrested Monday December 14 around 2 p.m. in connection with the theft of a locket from Mrs. J W Chapman’s gift shop. The item cost 3 49 with tax. They remain in the county jail awaiting appearance before Judge C C Bishop in juvenile court, following pickup by Sheriff Rainey and Patrolman Bill Lusk.
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J. W. Chapman
John Rainey
C. C. Bishop
Rainey
Bill Lusk
First Baptist Plans Christmas Program Sunday
The First Baptist Church choir will present a Christmas program Sunday evening December 20 at 7 30. Bob Johnson music and youth director leads the event with choir selections and solos. Rev A B Earnest pastor will read the Scriptures and deliver a short Christmas sermon. Mrs Truman Estes is the organist.
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First Baptist Church
Bob Johnson
Harold Keller
A. B. Earnest
Truman Estes
Wellington Firemen View Training Films Series
Wellington firemen are watching training films on fire fighting during their twice monthly drill meetings. Fire Chief Buster Hughs said the program has run about two months and will extend through winter. Sessions invite public attendance and a business group recently attended.
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Wellington
Buster Hughs
Hughs
Denley Improving in Hospital at Wichita Falls
Bryan Denley, patient at Wichita Falls General Hospital, is improving after six weeks of hospitalization. His wife, in a letter to The He, says they expect him to come home by Christmas, which would be a wonderful Christmas for them.
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Denley
Wichita Falls
Bryan Denley
Wichita Falls General Hospital
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John Edward Birkey
Cheryl
Vir
John Birkey
Derrick, Texas
Norwood
Robert E. Dwight
Dodson Church
Samnarwood Water System
Texas State Department of Health
Rev. Durham
Nazarene Church
Mt. Zion Church
Albert Motsenbocker
Nalls
First Baptist
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