DPS Urges Driver Care For Holidays
Texas DPS director Colonel Wilson E Speir urged motorists and pedestrians to prevent an estimated 87 traffic deaths during Christmas and New Year periods. He called for Drive Friendly behavior, avoiding alcohol while driving, and rest stops to curb fatigue as patrols and the Operation Motorcide safety program launch to reduce holiday crashes.
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Austin
Wilson E. Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Speir
DPS
Department of Public Safety
Library Closes Over Holidays
The Collingsworth County Library will close for Christmas from December 22 to January 2. Librarian Mrs. Rob Isbell urged patrons to borrow reading material before the break.
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Collingsworth County Library
Rob Isbell
County Records One Accident County in November 1972
Texas Highway Patrol logs show one accident in Collingsworth County during November with no fatalities and 25 injuries. Region 5 totals list 584 county accidents, 14 deaths and 265 injuries for November 1972, compared with 576 accidents, 20 deaths and 292 injuries in November 1971.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Collingsworth County
Jack Thornhanger
Texas Department of Public Safety
Floyd
Cochran
Crosby
Hockley
Lubbock
Terry, Wise
Castro
Dallam
Moore
Childress
Cottle
Donley
Gray
Hall
Wheeler
Claude Wins First District Double Header
Claude girls defeated Wellington 62-41 in a conference opener while Claude boys edged Wellington 60-58. Patti McAlister led Wellington with 24 points, senior Kay Newsom scored 21 for Claude, Lin Cope had 16 for Claude, and Wellington’s day Thomas poured in 22 points.
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Wellington
Claude Girls
Rockettes
Claude
Don Lacy
Patti McAlister
Edi Watkins
Mary Thomas
Kay Newsom
Day Thomas
Bobby Shrubs
Randall Hodges
Bruce Oney
Mike Williams
Lin Cope
Brown Attends Kiwanis Council Meeting in Amarillo
John M. Brown represented the Kiwanis Club at a council meeting in Amarillo with clubs from Division VI in attendance. Wellington Kiwanis will host the January meeting, announced President Paul Spillman.
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Brown
Kiwanis Council
John M. Brown
Kiwanis Club
Amarillo
Wellington Kiwanis
Paul Spillman
Minyard Dies at Lubbock After Long County Life
Horace Weldon Minyard 55 a longtime Quail resident died in a Lubbock hospital at 7 00 a m Thursday December 7 He was born November 9 1917 at Parnell and moved to the county as a child He and his family relocated to Lubbock in 1940 and farmed there Funeral services were held 2 00 p m Saturday December 9 at First Baptist Church New Deal with burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery Survivors include his wife Allie Minyard a son Denzil Minyard a daughter Carolyn Scott his parents a sister and two grandchildren
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Horace Weldon Minyard
Quail
Lubbock
Mr.Minyard
Parnell
Lee Minyard
First Baptist Church
New Deal
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral Home
Allie Minyard
Route 3
Denzil Minyard
Carolyn Scott
Shallowater
Willie Jo Daume
Holiday
Helmers Pursues Doctorate Returns to Texas A and M
Sammy Helmers resigns as Hudspeth County extension agent to study for a doctoral degree at Texas A M University. He and his wife attended the Extension Service Conference in College Station and looked for housing. Previously with Collingsworth County, Helmers now plans a horticulture doctorate.
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Sammy Helmers
Hudspeth County
Texas A&m University
Helmers
College Station
Don Reeves
Collingsworth County
Hudspeth
Sierra Blanca
Fort Stockton
Texas
Wellington Leader newspaper notice details
Wellington Leader published weekly at 913 West Ave Wellington Tex with second class mail status from August 25 1909. Editor and publisher H Deskins Wells announces subscription rates five twenty five inside trade area six fifty outside trade area.
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West Ave
Wellington
Tex
H. Deskins Wells
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Cathy
Arlington
Sandy Parsons
Highway Patrol
Christ
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Ross
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Raymond
H. W. Minyard
West Texas Utilities Company
Bethlehem
Phipps Enco
City State Bank
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