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Wellington Leader in Wellington, Texas

30 Dec 2004

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Wellington Leader

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Wellington, Texas, United States of America

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Dec 30, 2004

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150 Years of Texas Education Highlighted by Wellington Leader

The Wellington Leader and Collingsworth County Museum mark Texas public education’s 150th anniversary and Collingsworth County’s 100 years, tracing the system from 1854 Permanent School Fund to ongoing struggles with segregation, funding, and reform. Elisha M. Pease urged a public school fund in 1853.

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Texas Collingsworth County Wellington Leader Elisha M. Pease Ing Texas Public Schools Collingsworth Fresno Emma Cocke Nonie Russell Clifford Haskell Street R.H. Cocke, Jr Cocke E.L. Winn J.D. Wilson Logan Cummings B.W. Beaird T.E. Lennon J.L. Harper Isla Mae Morris Board of Trustees Wellington Aberdeen Buck Creek Dozier Liltie China Flat Elm C. Barton Sixth Seventh Streets Corsicana Street J.J. Calloway
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Christmas Night Tragedies Strain Wellington Families

A trailer home fire on East Avenue killed seven year old Jose Alberto Rodriguez and injured a woman and child who were airlifted to Lubbock for smoke inhalation treatment. The fire’s cause is under investigation. A second crash near Lela killed 62-year-old Robert Douglas Harris after a Ford Malibu ran off a grassy ditch and overcorrected. Local agencies aided at the scene as investigators assess the incidents.

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Wellington East Avenue Maria Rodriguez Lubbock Jose Alberto Rodriguez State Fire Marshall’s Robert Douglas Harris DPS Harris Lela Shamrock Ems Shamrock Ved Collingsworth Sheriff’s Office Wellington V.fd Wheeler County Sheriff’s Dept Minnie Wiles Irene Clark Jan Isabell Lenora Stall Katherine Boverie Harry Couch Clyde Penrod West Ward Eighth and Ninth Streets Haskell East Ward Eighth and Ninth Streets Fort Worth Ennis Fifteen Street Booker T. Washington
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