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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1967
Page
5
Collingsworth County cotton farmers voted 402 to 26 in favor of cotton marketing quotas for the 1968 crop. Quotas bring penalties for excess production and make loans price support and diversion payments available for diversions of 5 to 35 percent of acreage. Millard Brown notes 9 votes challenged and 41 uncertified ballots not counted.
Mrs. Dina Neece 84 a long time Dozier resident died December 16 in Amarillo after two years of ill health. Born October 27, 1883 in Bockhurst Germany she came to the United States with 14 siblings and settled in St Louis before moving to Dozier in 1911. She was married to Mr. Neece in 1911 and survived by three children 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held December 18 at Glen Davis Memorial Methodist Church with burial in Shamrock cemetery.
C. C. Bishop announces his bid for County Attorney in Wellington Leader. He pledges to reach all county voters and to diligently fulfill the duties of the office, thanking voters for their support.
The Wellington Leader prints the annual Babson forecast for 1968 on its pages. Babson’s forecasts, issued for over 25 years, reportedly achieve about 90 percent accuracy. The forecast is issued by the Publishers Financial Bureau founded in 1921 by Roger Babson.
Congressman Bob Price spoke to a standing room crowd at the Cherokee Inn detailing his wartime stance and the need to support national effort. He urged staying the course in Vietnam, addressed federal aid to education, the national debt, and proposed France repay war debts or cut gold shipments. He said he would report from Vietnam after January 1 and defended not cutting Vietnam funding.
Miles Herbert Glover 64 died about 3 20 am Monday Dec 25 at 200 Childress Street He was born May 26 1903 in Denis lived in Oklahoma and Atoka before moving here A funeral was held at Full Gospel Tabernacle with Rev Ples Crane burial Memorial Gardens Kelso Funeral Home Pallbearers named Survivors include wife a son Loyd and two daughters plus two brothers and two sisters eight grandchildren
First Christian Church hosts a Watch Night service on Sunday evening December 31 with Charles Hicks delivering the sermon at 7 p.m. The event includes recreation and refreshments, two motion pictures at 9 p.m., devotionals starting at 11:45 p.m., and ends at 12:10 a.m. January 1 with public invitation.
Dew Emmett Wisdom a Collingsworth County resident died at his home at 1107 Haskell Street about 6 30 p m Sunday Dec 24 He was born Sept 16 1890 in Batesville Arkansas and married Ella Plumlee of Pottsboro in 1910 Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ with E J Fletcher officiating Burial followed at Memorial Gardens Pallbearers included grandsons Danny Wisdom Herbert Hutchins John D Gibson Darvin Homer Willie Johnson and Sammy Hicks He is survived by six daughters and two sons and four sisters
Deputies picked up two 13 year old runaway girls from Denver who had left after riding a school bus. They were believed heading to Florida hitchhiking. one carried a Denver theatre discount ticket leading to contact with Denver police. Parents traveled to Amarillo to reclaim their daughters.
Larry Oldham, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Oldham of Lutie, killed a 25 pound bobcat Tuesday morning December 26. He and his mother saw the animal in the road a mile west of Lutie while feeding livestock. He used a 12 gauge shotgun carried with them.
Texas Panhandle units join the 72d Infantry Brigade (Mechanized) with a newly formed 2d Battalion (Mechanized), 142d Infantry based in Amarillo. Split elements distribute to Borger Pampa Shamrock Wellington Tulsa Plainview Lubbock Levelland and Brownfield as Dallas hosts the brigade headquarters. Dumas Canyon lose National Guard units and major HQs shift to Austin Dallas Houston San Antonio Odessa Fort Worth as the plan unfolds by December 15.
Salt Fork Soil Conservation District moved to develop the Buck Creek watershed, seeking cooperation from Donley and Childress Hall districts. The plan envisions multiple dams financed by Congressional appropriations, affecting about 140 000 acres across three counties. A Texas association application will trigger a field review and potential planning priority.
The Wellington High School basketball tournament runs January 4 to 6 with twelve teams total, six in each boys and girls division. Games start 9 a.m. Thursday with eight games, four on Friday, and eight more on Saturday including championship and consolation finals.
The Rev. James Jackson of the Assembly of God Church in Wellington was elected Christ Ambassadors representative for the North Plains Section. He will preside over sectional rallies, aid with the June Youth Camp at Roaring Springs and enroll in the August Camp Meeting at Lubbock, assisting the district president.
Bill Chappell of Memphis escaped injury when his Volks wagen ran off FM 338 about three and a half miles west of town Saturday December 23 at 7 p m. Deputy George Hooten reported the youth is the son of Mr and Mrs Jim Chappell who formerly lived here he was thrown from the car as it overturned.
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