Boundary issues touch Red River water rights and old treaties
The column discusses Red River boundary conventions between Texas Oklahoma and the United States noting the south bank as boundary since 1803 while treaties of 1819 grant Spain equal water rights to Texas The piece places Louisiana Purchase scope across multiple states and mentions unusually high Wellington cotton prices amid energy concerns and 1970s context.
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Todd
Oklahoma
Red River
Rio Grande
Sabine
Texas
Old Greer County
United States
Spain
Napoleon
Louisiana Purchase
Alaska
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Montana
Panhandle
North
Childress, Vernon
Wichita Falls
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Arkansas
Missouri
Ohio
Minnesota
Awards Banquet Honors 4-H Members for Work
Collingsworth 4-H Club members were honored at a December 17 awards banquet for a year of extension program activities. Gold Star winners were Linda and Jim Bob Nall. other awards went to Debra Wood, Leigh Myrick, Pam Shumate, Mary Ste Thompson, Tami Boswell, Margie Anderson, David Baumgardner, Joe Baumgardner, Bill Havens, and Pat White among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth
Extension Service
Afla Felts
Don Reeves
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Linda Coffee
John Coffee
Jim Bob Nall
Richard Nall
Linda
Kay Coffee
Coats & Clark, Inc
Debra Wood
Farris Wood
Leigh Myrick
Rodney Myrick
Pam Shumate
C.T. Shumate
Mary Ste Thompson
Tommy Lou Thompson
Readers Digest
Tami Boswell
J.P. Boswell
Texas Extension Service
Margie Anderson
Virginia Anderson
Celanese Chemical Co
David Baumgardner
Joe Baumgardner
Bill Havens
Roy Jeffrey
Wellington Trades Day Winners Named
Winners announced by Mrs. Margaret Vines include Brenda Barton with 35 dollars, Stella Guajardo 25 and Etta Thomas 15. Children’s drawings prizes went to Betty Burke and Kenneth Stallings. Remaining drawings slated for December 22 and 24.
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Wellington Trades Days
Margaret Vines
Chamber of Commerce
Brenda Barton
Stella Guajardo
Etta Thomas
Betty Burke
Kenneth Stallings
Vines
Mrs. Drewery Dies at Canton Funeral Held for Gloria Drewery
Mrs. Gloria Goff Drewery 33 died in Canton over the weekend prompting funeral attendance by Agnes Martin and Gladys Davis. She was survived by husband Kelton, daughter Renee 13 and son Lonnie 11, her parents A O and [illegible] Goff, and sisters Katherine Page Tyler and Charlotte Tipton Texarkana. Doug Seale El Campo and Pat Norton visited.
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Agnes Martin
Gladys Davis
Canton
Gloria (Goff) Drewery
Goff
Wellington
Drewery
Kelton Drewery
Renee
Lonnie
A.O. Goff
Katherine Page
Tyler
Charlotte Tipton
Texarkana
Rites Held at Dodson for Ashley Davis
James Ashley Davis 70 of Whitharral died Monday at a Lit tlefield hospital. He was a retired cotton ginner and brother of Jack Davis. Funeral service was held December 19 at the Church of Christ in Dodson with burial in Dodson Cemetery. Kelso Funeral Home directed arrangements. Survivors include four sisters and three brothers.
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James Ashley Davis
Whitharral
Littlefield Hospital
Jack Davis
Dodson
Mr. Davis
Harmon County
Oklahoma
J.H. Davis
Church of Christ
Paul Evans
Hollis Church of Christ
Dodson Cemetery
Kelso
Horton Suffers Heart Attack in December Incident
Horton who suffered a severe heart attack on Wednesday December 12 remains a patient at Collingsworth General Hospital. He is reportedly dating as well as possible per his sister Mrs Ernest Harwell of the hospital staff. A visit arrangement is unclear and his son John Alvin Horton and family are at home for now and plan to return for Christmas.
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Alvin. Horton
Ernest Hatwell
Collingsworth General Hospital
Harwell
Nall Undergoes Knee Surgery
Jim Bob Nall a 16 year old Skyrocket varsity football junior underwent left knee surgery at High Plains Hospital Amarillo on Tuesday December 11 Cartilage was removed and he returned home Friday his mother said he is recovering well the injury occurred during play
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Jim Bob Nall
Richard Nall
High Plains Hospital
Amarillo
Nall
DePauw Builds Coal Operated Power Plant
Wellington contractor DePauw Construction Company led by Witbur DePauw works on a Southwestern Public Service power plant near Amarillo. The plant will use coal and reduce natural gas, with a weathering shed to process whole loads before dumping, extending over several months of construction.
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DePauw
Wellington
Witbur DePauw
DePauw Construction Company
Amatillo
Southwestern Public Service Company
Amagillo
Southwestern Public Service
Amarillo
Norwood Sets School Hours As Time Changes
Norwood announces new school hours aligned with daylight saving time. Classes start 9 45 am and end 4 16 pm on December 7 with exams December 20 and 21. Dismissal for holidays is 2 20 pm on Friday. Resume class January 2 per Mr Peeples.
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Suplex Peeples
Peeples
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