Social notes of Wellington residents visit and travel
Chester Fires moved home from St Josephs Hospital. Visitors include Dr I W Fires Throckmorton and numerous families from Childress. Others travel to Amarillo Dallas Fort Worth and Oklahoma City. Several locals attend football games and holidays with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Fires
St. Joseph’s Hospital
I. W. Fires
Throckmorton
Bill Leslie
J. A. Leslie
James A. Leslie
Sam Miller
Bud Adams
Childress
Origin of Stockings and Shoes as Christmas Gifts
The article traces why stockings or shoes became Christmas gift receptacles. It cites fire hearth proximity for warmth and drying, regional French customs using shoes, and the belief that placing items near the fireplace wards off evil. A tale of St Nicholas dropping a purse into a stocking explains the tradition’s charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Claus
France
St. Nicholas
Dalhart Pair Visit Dr Agee in Wichita Falls Meeting
Mr and Mrs R C Johnson of Dalhart visited Friday and Saturday with Dr and Mrs J F Johnson. Dr and Mrs J C Agee attended a chiropractic meeting in Wichita Falls Sunday. Dr Agee serves as president of this district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zonetta Cherry
Amarillo
The
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Rena Gholson
Alex A. Rodriguez
Bobbie Lov Brewer
Vera Gholson
Quanah
Dub Gholson
Los Angeles
Calif
Center Theater
Pollyanna O'Neil
Austin O’neil
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Merle Hays
OPA
White's Auto Stores
Wichita Falls
Reseo Land
Jerry D. Fisher
Hedley
Wellington
Ed Smith
C. A. Kesler
Tom Stansel
Orton
Kesler
Stansel
R. C. Johnson of
Dalhart
J. F. Johnson
J. C. Agee
Dr. Agee
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Fern James
Dallas
M. L. James
Verne James
Alvin Winter
James Winter
Altus
St. Louis
Mrs. C. L. Blandford
Cal Sugg
Jake Crouch
Joe Herring
Ann
Linda
R. L. Gillentine
Fort Worth
Edmond Schaded
St. Regis College
Denver
Colo
Mrs
Enis Schaded
Charles P. Butler
Ben Baldwin
Oklahoma City
M. Harper
Mr. Butler
L. E. Cooper
Sara Love
Ray Love
St. Joseph's Hospital
Dick Richards
Billie Rainer
T. H. Rainer
J. M. Strong Jr
Wichita Falls-Odessa
Vivian Scarberry
Lee Scarberry
Bethany-Peniel College
Bethany
Oklahoma
Pauline Emmert
Ike Emmert
W. P. Benge
JN Benge
Borger
Bob Benge
Bill Benge
Winifred Roberts
Colorado
Wyoming
Wayne Reynolds
Wanda June
Bob Hightower
Okla
Clyde Miller
Clovis
N. M
Shelton Street
George Lewis
Tommy
Donnie Sue
Bob Hurst
Kansas City, Mo
Jack Hurst
Army Air Corps
Knox City
W. H. Day
City Planing Mill
Fleischmann
Ream
America
Aste
Hea
Hershey's Cocoa
California
del Monte
the Fashion Shop
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