Firefighters, neighbors rally after Grady Reed home blaze
In near freezing weather the Grady Reed family lost their home to fire. Volunteer firefighters battled water, ice and cold all night while the community donated time, money and items to aid the Reeds. Relief was rapid, with most needs met before Christmas, yet crews faced two more blazes, a chimney and a barn fire. The efforts earned wide praise.
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Grady Reed
Reeds
Space Science Involvement Program open to students
Space buffs in art journalism and science can enter four senior high programs under SSIP. NASA and NSTA sponsor with postmark deadline March 15. Prizes include trips to Washington regional NASA centers cash scholarships and NASA internships. Programs cover space station experiments aerospace internships school paper promotion and Mars settlement art.
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NASA
National Science Teachers Association
Washington
National Aerospace
Langley Research Center
Lewis Research Center
Marthin Settlement
State Agricultural Experiment Stations and Extension Services Unite
A land grant university system relies on continuous research by State Agricultural Experiment Stations and dissemination to the public via Cooperative Extension Services, a major reason for the nation's efficient and productive agriculture.
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Cooperative Extension Service
Land-Grant University System
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
State Capital Highlights and Texas Election Battles
A season of holiday slowdown sparks clashes over how Texas district judges will be elected. Mattox backs single member districts, while judges fear loss of voter rights and potential party manipulation. Campaign spending forecasts and key moves shape the 1988 landscape.
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Texas
Capitol
Jim Mattox
Mattox
Matwa
Poe
Daffy Duck
Mr. Duck
Bill Harmon
Clayton Williams
Mark White
Kent Hance
Tom Luce
Ann Richards
Buster Brown
Blake Jackson
Texas Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Houston
Brown
GOP
Tommy Fatio
Mike Toomey
Bill Clements
U.S
Bob Krueger
Texas Railroad Commission
Hance
Wes Gilbreath
Texas Land
Garry Mauro
Gilbreath
U.S. Senate
Obituary for Jack H. Thomas Sr. 1895 1989 Wellington Tex
Jack H. Thomas Sr aged 94 died on Friday December 22 1989 in Wellington Texas. Services were held December 27 at Greater Mt Zion Baptist Church with Rev Austin Ingram Jr officiating. Burial followed at North Fairview Cemetery. He was born May 9 1895 in Peach Creek Wharton County and lived in Tenaha Collingsworth and Wellington. Survived by three sons two daughters numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was a farmer and longtime deacon and Masonic member.
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Jack Howard Thomas, Sr
Greater Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Wellington
Austin Ingram
Amarillo
North Fairview Cemetery
Schooler Gordon
Bor
Peach Creek
Wharton County
Douglas
Clara Thomas
Thomas
East Texas
Tenaha
Panola County
Collingsworth County
Texas
Louisiana
Red River
Mr. Thomas
United States
Jackson
Tennessee
Masonic Lodge No. 416
Sacred Point Baptist Church
L.B. Bryant
Carthage
Greater Mt. Zion
Plainview
James A. Thomas
Eunice C. Deakins
Houston
Bessie
Valerie Jo Thomas
Oliver Thomas
Lorenzo Thomas
Palm Springs
California
Mozelle Oliver
Johnnie Louise Carr
Gifts for Kids Helps 48 Households Before Christmas
Gifts for Kids served 48 Wellington area households and about 150 children on Wednesday and Thursday before Christmas. Volunteers sorted repaired items, beverages, and clothing in the old District Courtroom while donors and partners supplied toys, coats, and bicycles. Special thanks go to Collingsworth Outreach Services and the Wellington Leader for support.
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Sears
Priscilla Sullivan
Lexie McCutchen
Wellington Cleaners
Mary and
Rodney Baker
Lucille
Beth Motsenbacker
Trudie
Barbara Peters
Teresa Garza
Alesa Reed
Georgia Brown
Terri Morris
Delores Weatherly
Ann Allen
Karen Bias
Grady Reed
Indonesia Hosts Most Active Volcanoes Worldwide
Indonesia maintains the highest number of active volcanoes globally, with frequent emissions and eruptions shaping regional risk management and monitoring efforts across multiple islands and agencies.
Strange Stories Facts Quiz from Reader's Digest Tale
A quiz based on a Reader's Digest book tests knowledge of America's past with questions on Washington's presidency, Civil War battles, Al Capone, Daniel Boone, Abigail Adams, Hamilton blackmail, Stonewall Jackson, Kellogg cereals, and John Jacob Astor. Answers reveal historical myths and specifics from 18th and 19th century events.
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Reader’s Digest
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New York
Daniel Boone
Washington
John Harvey Kellogg
John Hanson
Maryland
Canada
al Capone
Jim
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John
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
John Jacob Astor
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