Bloodmobile to Visit Wellington on Tuesday
The Red Cross Red River Bloodmobile will be in Wellington on Tuesday July 10 from 4 to 9 p.m. at Burn Han dley Community Center seeking 110 pints. Donors 18 to 66 encouraged to participate as new hours aid farmers ranchers and commuters.
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Red Cross Red River
Wellington
Burn Handley Community Center
Sherry Walker
Red River
Wichita Falls
Kiwanis Club
Ernest Harwell
Grant for Panhandle law enforcement teletype network
Governor Dolph Briscoe announced $70,181 in grants from the Criminal Justice Council for the Panhandle Region to bolster law enforcement. The teletype network serving 20 counties including Collingsworth will receive $28,881 with an $18,498 cash match, deemed highly successful for weather interrupted radio. Deaf Smith County gets $12,000 to plan and improve jail facilities with a $2,000 cash match, and a $29,300 planning grant is also noted.
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Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Panhandle
Amarillo
Criminal Justice Council
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Collingsworth County
Deaf Smith County
Tennis in Teens Summer Spotlight at WT Camp
Two Wellington youths Larry Daly and Lee Templeton attended West Texas State University tennis camp on Canyon campus from Sunday to Saturday June 24. WT coach David Kent led a staff including Walter Hamrick Tommy Davenport and Avrey Rush as 140 players trained all day with emphasis on serves backhands and volleys. The pair later won a first round in Amarillo and will compete in Lakeview Tournament with Leslie Naty entering junior singles and mixed doubles with Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Larry Daly
Lee Templeton
West Texas State University
Canyon
Wellington High School
David Kent
Walter Hamrick
Texas Tech
Tommy Davenport
Stanton
Avrey Rush
Amarillo
University of Texas
Larry
Wayne Doty
Lee
R.L. Templeton
Lakeview
Hall County
Leslie Naty
Centennials in Texas Counties Mark 1976 Celebrations
Texas counties including Collingsworth prepare 1976 bicentennial events to honor 100th county birthdays. Mrs. Clyde Drake urged planning with community involvement at the Panhandle regional meeting. Speakers highlighted oral history, historical markers, and publicity strategies for coordinated celebrations.
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Texas
Collingsworth County
Clyde Drake
Texas Historical Commission
Panhandle
Trail Drive Reset For Indian Summer
The Trail Drive and Chuck Wagon Supper Party along the River, sponsored by Callingsworth County Museum and Historical Committee, are set for early fall. Mrs. Clyde Drake urges participation with rides, supper, campfire fun, and early ticket sales. ponies welcome, plan for weather.
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Callingsworth
Four-H Riders Win Posts in District Show
Jim Bob Nall won the barrel racing at the District One 4-H Horse Show with a 16.69 second run, headlining a field of 82 riders from the Panhandle. Wellington club members placed in halter, while Kathy Patterson and Carl Taylor earned fifth and third in grade mare classes. Top point leaders advance to the State 4-H Horse Show in Odessa in August.
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Jim Bob Nall
Panhandle
Wellington Club
Halter
Kathy Patterson
Earl Patterson
Carl Taylor
Glenn Taylor
Melanie Ellis
Potter County
Eddie Labrier
Callum County
Nall
Richard Nall
Odessa
Mrs. Hattie McDowell Sims Dies at Ranch Home
Mrs. Hattie May McDowell Sims aged 24? no 1904 June 28 died of heart attack at her ranch south of Wellington. A longtime Panhandle ranching figure, she married William S Bills Sims in 1924 in Wellington. Her family settled in the area in the 1880s and returned after a cattle winter disaster.
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Bill Sims
Ranch Home
County
Wellington
Panhandle
Sims
Hattie May McDowell
D.D
Mae Smith McDowell
Buster
Lower Panhandle
Oldham County
Collingsworth
William 5
Bill) Sims
Truck and 1400 Gallon Butane Tank Burned Southwest of Wellington
Boyd Derryberry owner says a fire destroyed a truck and 1400 gallon butane tank belonging to Boyd's Equipment during a delivery on FM 338 near Buck Creek. Driver Sid Jackson was filling a tank when flames started under the rig. cause undetermined. Tall wheat stubble and grass ignited as rural units of the Wellington Volunteer Fire Department responded.
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Boyd
Wellington
Boyd Derryberry
Sid Jackson
J.C. Hartman Farm
Buck Creek
FM 338
Pan Fork Encampment to Draw Over 1000 Youths
The 1973 Pan-Fork Baptist Encampment opens July 9 and runs through July 27 drawing more than a thousand boys and girls from Panhandle communities. Rev. Ted Savage announces three camps Junior Girls July 9 12 Junior Boys July 16 19 Youth July 23 27 with Bible study evangelistic services and recreation around the camp pool. Six Panhandle Baptist associations coordinate the program with staff drawn from local pastors and youth workers and missionaries Rev. Robert and Mrs. Stanley from the Philippine mission.
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Panhandle
Savage
North Fork
Palo Dur
Amarillo
Robert Stanley
Philippine Islands
Denton
Charles Azzle of
Follett
Pan Fork
Robert L. Stantey
Manila
P.L
Pan Fork Baptist
Lions Install New Officers on July 9
Wellington Lions will install new officers Monday night July 9 at Burn Handley Community Center. Jack Neeley becomes president, succeeding Bill Long, with Jack Roach of Shamrock officiating. New officers include Ronnie Hartman and Wilbur DePauw as vice presidents, Charles Floyd secretary, Joe Montgomery treasurer, Noel Overton Lion Tamer, Bob McAlister tail twister, and directors Marlin Felts and Dee Coleman. Marta Savage named Lions Club Sweetheart. Community projects and Ambulance Barn work at Collingsworth General Hospital noted.
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Wellington Lions
Bill Long
Burn Handley Community Center
Jack Neeley
Mr. Long
Jack Roach
Shamrock
Ronnie Hartman
Wilbur DePauw
Jack Campbell
Charles Floyd
Joe Montgomery
Noel Overton
Bob McAlister
Marlin Felts
Dee Coleman
Marta Savage
Lions Club
Ten Beauties Seek FB Queen's Crown at Wellington High
Ten contestants have entered the annual Farm Bureau Queen contest with potential late entrants to come. The event, to be held Friday July 13 at 8 00 p m in the Wellington High School Auditorium, features a one minute speech about family ties to Farm Bureau. Bill Coleman will MC the event and all entrants will wear gowns.
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Callingsworth
Farm Bureau
Warren Merrell
Wellington High School
Merrell
County
Juliana Baumgardner
Two New Faculty Members Named At Samnorwood
Wellington women Mrs. Margaret Waugh and Mrs. Jane Thomas join Samnorwood School faculty announced by Supt Rex Peep les. Waugh, wife of Charles Waugh minister of First Christian Church, earned a BA English from Milligan College in 1969 and taught in North Carolina two years. She is a private piano instructor at Latberwood and has a 17 month old son James. Thomas, wife of farmer Glenn Thomas, graduated from Texas Tech in art education in 1969 with elementary endorsement and has two years teaching at Quail. She serves as secretary of Collingsworth County TSTA and fourth vice president of Wellington Young Homemakers. they have a daughter Shelly aged two.
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Wellington
Samnorwood School
Rex Peeples
Margaret Waugh
Jane Thomas
Waugh
Charles Waugh
First Christian Church
Milligan College
Tenn
North Carolina
Latberwood
James
Baptist Church Telephones Survey Aids Community Aid
First Baptist Church staff led by Rev. Ted Savage are completing a telephone survey. Each family takes about three minutes to answer questions on church preference ages of children and monthly church attendance. The survey aims to help local churches minister better while offering counseling services including marriage and life guidance.
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First Baptist Church
Ted Savage
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Red River Region
Walker
Grant
Patti McAlister
Lennie Morgan
Nancy Graham
Texas Farmers Union
Merkel
Cecil Masten
Bob Goforth
Hiram Cudd
Hibbert Bowen
James Sullivan
Ralph Randall
Square House Museum
America
Thomas Charlton
Baylor University
Waco
Here
Troy Noland
Rick Wadley
Lefors
Mary Bearden
Evelyn Noland
Herman
Lions
Collingsworth General Hospital
Samnorwood
Baptist Church
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