Oil Search Moves Forward In Area With Three New Wells
Three drilling locations were announced in Collingsworth and Childress counties as 1962 ends. Wellington Oil & Exploration plans an 8000 ft wildcat east of Wellington with Roy Jeffrey Jr as president. R.S. Force Co. in Dallas drills near Loco to 4200 ft, with 5400 ft potential. B&L Exploration Co. to start near Sumner wood after Jan 1. All firms seek oil, but will take whatever the wells yield.
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Collingsworth
Childress County
Wellington Oil & Exploration, Inc
Wellington
R.S. Force Co
Dallas
Clark Ranch
Loco
B&l Exploration Co
Wheeler
Sumnerwood
Wellington Oil and Exploration
Wellington Oil and Exploration, Inc
Roy
Raymond Jeffrey, Jr
Charles Reaves
Houston
Jessie Brown
Amarillo
Brown
Herbert Bearden
Reaves
Audit shows hospital improved in fiscal eighty two
CPA Russell Altmiller presented Collingsworth General Hospital's 1982 audit to the board, noting the year ended Sept 30, 1982 showed a reduced operating loss and a profit after taxes and donations. Operating revenues rose from 794,070 to 1,077,096 as charges increased and property taxes rose by 100.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Altmiller
Collingsworth General Hospital
Altmiller
Blessing Fund Seeks More Help for Wellington Families
Wellington Christmas Blessing Fund aided eight people in three more families last week with toys clothes jeans shoes and food through Amarillo Food Bank support. Applications accepted through 4 p.m. Thursday Dec 23 at The Wellington Leader or County Judge's office with donations of new toys at The Wellington Leader before the deadline.
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Wellington
Amarillo Food Bank
Forehand Resigns to Lead Granbury Street Church of Christ
Garell Forehand, minister at the Wellington Church of Christ for almost four years, resigns to lead the Granbury Street Church of Christ in Cleburne. He will give his last Wellington sermon January 9 and move with his family on Monday. Cleburne lies about 20 miles south of Fort Worth. Forehand previously led Slaten Church for nearly a year before Wellington. He is the son of former minister Grandel Forehand, now at Lake of the Pines near Longview. He graduated from Dalhart High in 1973 and studied at West Texas State University and Lubbock Christian College, finishing in 1978 with a Bible major and WT debate team membership.
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Garell Forehand
Church of Christ
Granbury Street
Grandel Forehand
Lake of the Pines
Longview
Garell
Dalhart High School
West Texas State University
Lubbock Christian College
Wellington
Finished in Beauty exhibit of Navajo silver at Tech Museum
The Museum of Texas Tech University in Lubbock hosts the Finished in Beauty: Southwest Indian Silver from the Doneghy Collection. About 350 pieces from Navajo Zuni and Hopi artists trace 1860 to mid 1900s styles with lectures demonstrations films and ongoing events through February 20.
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Museum of Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Virginia Doneghy
Minnesota
James Doneghy
Doneghy
Tech Museum
Texas Tech Museum
Louise Lincoln
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Lincoln
LaRayne Parrish
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian of
Santa Fe
Richard Tsosie
Flagstaff
Arizona
Navajo Silversmiths
Johnny Lee
Five Wellington students win all region band spots
Five Wellington High School That Skyrocket Band members auditioned for the all region band and all won positions. Director Frank Aue notes this is the first time in years that every auditioning student earned a place. Toni Tramel first chair horn, Joe Roberts second chair mallet percussion, Leslie Birkey third chair baritone, Abel Villanueva sixth chair tuba, Sylvia Saldana alternates clarinet and will receive an all region patch.
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Abel Villanuever
Toni Tramel
Leslie Birkey
Joe Roberts
Sylvia Saldana
Wellington High School
Frank Aue
Aue
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Salt Fork
DB Drilling Co
Abilene
Gail Britton
Jeffrey
Kell Killian
Santa
Kell
Gary Killian
Blessing Fund
Kenneth McKay
Tommy Hudson
Bill Spillman
Billye Owens
Willie B. Harwell
Tesse Burba
Zook Thomas
Beth Motsenbocker
Dee Coleman
Sandy Parsons
B&pw
E.H. Harwell
Lila Hibler
J.M. Romo
Elsa Romo Nickell
Lee Scarberry
the Fair Store
Wayne Reynolds
E.M. Hunter
Jack Sanford
Frank Anderson
Oris and
Laverne West
Robert Lewis
Elmer James
Dan Howard, Jr
Wellington Lions Club
Louis Allred
Abel Villanueva
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