Thomas Helps In Telethon For West Texas Rehab Center
Collingsworth County man John Alf Thomas a Texas Department of Human Resources caseworker will help stage the seventh annual telethon at the Abilene Civic Center on Jan 9 from 2 p.m. to midnight to benefit the West Texas Rehabilitation Center serving Abilene San Angelo Snyder and the Texas Panhandle. The event features entertainers Rex Allen Sr. and Jr Sherry Lewis and Lambchop Arthur Duncan Annacona Mel Tillis Janie Frickie The Kendalls and more as telethon proceeds support therapy services for thousands of local children and adults through WTRC with campuses in Abilene San Angelo and Snyder. Donations go largely to the center with presentation costs covered privately Thomas invites Collingsworth County pledges and offers to deliver donations personally to his office.
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Collingsworth County
West Texas Rehabilitation Center
John Alf Thomas
Texas Department of Human Resources
Shelly Smith
Shirley
North America
Abilene Civic Center
Texas
West
Taylor County
Abilene
Rex Allen Sr
Rex Allen Jr
Sherry Lewis
Lambchop
Arthur Duncan
Lawrence Welk
Annacona
Moon Maids
Mel Tillis
Janie Frickie
Kendalls
Thomas
Cemetery Association Meeting Is Set For January Fifth
The Wellington Cemetery Association board will meet Tuesday January 5 at 7 30 p m in the Burn Handley Community Center. Five new members will be introduced and plans for upkeep of three Wellington cemeteries during summer are discussed. Equipment inventory and needs will be reviewed and more frequent meetings planned. Attendance is open to any interested person. President Lynn Wright. vice president Henry Sullivan. secretary Mrs Robert Lacy. treasurer Nell McKinney. Wright succeeds Grant Wooldridge as president.
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Wellington Cemetery Association Board
Burn Handley
Wellington
Lynn Wright
Henry Sullivan
Robert Lacy
Nell McKinney
Wright
Grant Wooldridge
Association
Texas cotton crop set for statewide record this year
Texas Agricultural Extension Service analyst Dr. Bob Metzer says the 1987 cotton crop should average about 469 pounds per acre on 4.2 million harvested acres, exceeding the 1979 high and marking a record for the state. Early freeze damage and late plantings gave way to a favorable summer and fall, with high Plains fiber grading well and a strong market, making cotton likely Texas’s leading cash crop.
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Texas
Bob Metzer
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Metzer
South Texas
Plains
West
Metzeer
High Plains
Milllionaire Range
Darter Seeks Re election as Collingsworth County Attorney
Charles W W Darter, the Collingsworth County Attorney since June 1982, announces plans to seek another term subject to the Democratic Primary. He praises working relations with the commissioner's court, sheriff, and other officials while inviting continued public contact for county problems and crime solutions.
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Charles
Darter
Collingsworth
Commissioner's Court
Sheriff's Office
Collingsworth County
Carter
Ambulance Service Annual Meeting Set for Jan 2
Collingsworth Volunteer Ambulance Service will hold its annual meeting and salad supper on Saturday January 2 at 7 p.m. in Burn Handley Community Center. Marshall Peters, president, will report on the year, fiscal status, ambulance runs, and new volunteers. Five new members will be announced, EMTs in training at Sumnerwood, and three directors will be elected. Dennis Cudd is vice president and Margaret Vines secretary. Musical entertainment replaces a guest speaker. Basketball tournament actions at Wellington High School feature Rockettes and Rockets vs Spearman teams in Canadian.
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Collingsworth
Burn Handley Community Center
Marshall Peters
Peters
Sumnerwood
Dennis Cudd
Margaret Vines
Wellington
Rockettes
Rockets
Spearman
Area Native Sets Sights On Mars
John W. Aaron 44, from Collingsworth County, heads NASA’s first Mars mission program. A SWOSU graduate, he rose from JSC roles to lead the Mars soil sample return effort, with earlier posts guiding the Space Station and lunar programs. Aaron’s roots and family memories trace his rise from Dodson Vinson Quail and Wellington to national space leadership.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mars
Collingsworth County
John W. Aaron
Quail
Dodson
Vinson
Sally Ride
NASA
Agency
Washington
Ride
Stanford University
Aaron
John Aaron
Matador
Cheryl
Jack Hart
Ruth Norman
Wellington
Quail Community
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Earth
JSC
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Weatherford
Okla
Space Shuttle
Gemini
Moon
Fresno
Future Farmers of America
SWOSU
Cheryl Hart
Lunar
Mission Control Center
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Trey Chandler
David Chandler
Cemetery Association Meeting
Ambulance Service Annual Meeting
Area Native
John Aaran
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