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Collingsworth County Hectic 1966 Chronicle
A retrospective of 1966 in Collingsworth County notes January to December events. Highlights include leadership changes at the Chamber of Commerce, education awards, road and water projects, crop records, major fatalities, and local sports wins. Notable items include Bank assets reaching a county high, well recipients and band awards, and the completion of school and church building plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zook Thomas
Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce
Maria Torres
Quail
Johnny Maxwell
Dan Howard
George Roberts
Collingsworth County Water Board
Herman Moseley
Quitaque
Childress
Altus
Wellington
Gary Scott
Bill Chappell
J. D. Wilson
Collingsworth
Hurshel Tyler
Harry W. Clark
Texas Industrial ‘Commission
Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Engine Manufacturing Company
Don Austin
Roy Jeffrey, Jr
Jack Brewer
Precinct One
Jimmy Brown
Texas Tech
Dan Howard, Jr
A&m
New Orleans
Max Courtney
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
Canyon
Arlen Williamson
John Rainey
Kenneth Laycock
West Texas State University
Abra
County Teachers’ Association
Doc Severinsen
Pampa
Don Beck
Olton
Sam Scott
US 8
Shamrock
John Gordon Ross
Summerwood
Naval Academy
Wayne Cudd
Panhandle
Ed Crowder
Farmers Cooperative Enterprises
Dodson
Red River
Elm Creek
Salt Fork
Oklahoma
Jackie Barton
Robert Dwight
Sumnerwood Club
Becky Brewer
Leon Hartman
Bobocae
Mack Bush
Herschel Tabor
Don Dennis
Lonnie Roberson
Hugh Longino
Farmers Coop
Quail and Dodson Schools
Ted
Nansaction
Vinson
Bill Beene
Dalhart
Wellington High School
Raymond Kauffman
Memphis
Don Sweat
Virginia Patterson
Owens
Scott
Rittenberry, Murchison and Alexander
First Methodist
Melvin Seale
Sumnerwood Baptists
Lewis Ellis
Hollis
Murray Dodgon
Heber Brantley
Jimmy Campbell
J. D. Ward
Earl Lynn Feemster
Judy Martindale
Linda
Billy Moseley
Rotary Club
Clyde Drake
Bentley-Ray Associates
First Baptist Church
National Guard
Panfork
Ellis Todd
Europe
Holy Land
Lloyd
Patterson
Lockney
Dodson Schools
Troy Marsh
George Hooten
Gary Reed
LCS
Walter Rogers
Austin O’neil
A. F. Wischkaemper
American Legion
Anna Kay Kelso
Farm Bureau
Church of Christ
James Archie
Viet Nam
Farmers Union
Jack Phipps
Texas
Dominican Order
St. Joseph’s Hospital National
Tom Crabtree
L. A. Davis
J. C. Hartman
James Crosby
Garland Hightower
Ruthie Dwight
Sumnerwood High School
First Baptist
W. C. Harwell
ASCS
A. J. Carrubi, Jr
Jaycees
Trinity Methodist Church
Jeff Wilson
Denver Powell
Popwell
Mike Davis
Dodson Post
Dee Coleman
W. R. Breeding
Rolling Plains
CB Club
Salvation Army Service