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Wellington Leader Odd Days and Familiar Names recap 1938 notes
County bank assets exceed seven million at year start while 1938 records show 296 births and 124 deaths in the county. Obituaries report Ed N. Wischkaemper named editor of the Abilene Reporter News and Mike Gosnell dies in Quail after illness. War mobilization day, farm quotas, new county officials oath, and local school honors noted amid war era life.
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Fred Cox Sr
Cameron Beam
Mason
Maxey McKnight
J. F. Michael
First Methodist Church
Ed N. Wischkaemper
Dozier
Abilene Reporter- News
Sumnerwood
Wellington
Truman White
Los Angeles
Mary Newberry
Farm Security Administration
R. Pinkston
Kenneth Johnson
Anadarko
Oklahoma
Altus
Hollis
Pvt
Herman Williams
Camp Hate
Colo
Jack Rippetoe
Army
England
Hansell Carter
Air Force
Africa
Mike Gosnell
Quail
Quail School
Reda Brickey
WAAC
Court House
Chamber of Commerce
B. Castleberry
Dick Wiley
R. L. Gillentine
Luther Gribble
Homer Sims
Jack Deahl
Lois Sherwood
W. A. Goforth
George T. Corry
P. W. Myers
Ed Pryor
John Daffron
A.J. Jones
W. C. Ketner
J. D. Hill