Holiday Wreck Takes Life of Lockhart Man
Raymond Franklin Wright, 63, of Lockhart died at Collingsworth General Hospital from injuries from a two vehicle crash 7 miles south of Wellington Sunday afternoon. Albert Mitchel 21 of Dallas drove a car that attempted to pass and struck Wright’s pickup. Wright was thrown from the vehicle and suffered head and internal injuries. Funeral arrangements were made to fly his body to Lockhart.
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Raymond Franklin Wright
Lockhart
Collingsworth General Hospital
Wellington
Jackie Gunnels
Texas Department of Public Safety
Wright
Albert Mitchel
Dallas
Giants and Vikings Win Final Youth Baseball Series
The Little League Giants coached by Charles Carter won game one 17 to 14 against Billy Wilkerson’s Tigers at Marian Airpark Diamond. The Tigers rebounded to beat the Giants 22 to 8, then the Giants clinched with a 17 to 12 victory. Pee Wee Vikings, led by Mickey Breedlove, defeated See 3 page 10 in the final round.
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Little League Giants
Pee Wee Vikings
Marian Airpark
Charles Carter
Billy Wilkerson
Tigers
Giants
Mickey Breedlove
Vikings
Panfork Camp Opens Sunday for Three-Week Baptist Session
The 1972 Pan-Fork Baptist Encampment will run three weeks from Monday July 10 to Friday July 28. Boys and girls from central and eastern Panhandle Baptist churches will attend for religious instruction and recreation.
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Central
Eastern Panhandle
Atiow
Cliff Rogers
First Baptist Church
Youths Injured in Motorcycle Mishaps Near Wellington
Two Wellington youths, Keith Derryberry and Danny Romo, were injured in separate motorcycle accidents over the July 4 weekend. Derryberry, 18, remained in Childress Hospital with cuts and burns after his bike collapsed atop him north of Childress. Romo, 18, broke a leg when thrown from his machine north of Wellington as his bike hit old ruts on the Ft. Worth and Denver right of way near First Street.
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Wellington
Keith Derryberry
Childress
Childress Hospital
Boyd Derryberry
Danny Romo
J.M. Romo
Derryberry
Red River
Romo
Ft. Worth
Denver
First Street
Reception to Honor Congressman Purcell
All Collingsworth County residents are invited to a casual reception for Congressman Graham Purcell on Monday July 10 from 8 to 9 30 p.m. in the Heritage Room at Wellington State Bank. Purcell will be joined by two staff members. Mrs B M Sims chairs arrangements and selects assistants to help.
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Collingsworth County
Graham Purcell
Heritage Room
Wellington State Bank
Purcell
Congressman Purcell
Wellington
B.M. Sims
Arson charges filed in case of house and car fires
Kenneth A. Gosnell 42 faced arson charges after police linked him to fires at a vacant house owned by Lloyd Branch and an inoperable car at the same site. Gosnell was arraigned and bonded at 1500 dollars. The fires, occurring primarily between 4:00 and 5:00 a.m., had recurred in recent weeks.
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Kenneth A. Gosnell
Jim King
King
Gosnell
C.E. McKinney
Lloyd Branch
Rain and Hail Hit Dodson Area During July Fourth Weekend
Rain up to three inches drenched much of the county through the July 4 weekend. Sunday night hail damaged crops in a south and west Dodson sector, with reports of heavy moisture elsewhere. Some farmers saw limited damage while others faced crop loss but grain sorghum may recover.
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Dodson
Buck Creek
L.M. Bartlett
Fred Cox
Loco
L.A. Davis
William O
Wellington
Robert Battenbruch
Fresno
J.B. Killian
Emma Young
John Bron Forbis
Oran
Dwane Scott
Weather Bureau
Charlie Caldwell
Lonnie Roberson
Artie
Mayme Lewis
Red River
Virgil Patterson
Highway 62
Arkadelphia Woman Named Collingsworth County Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Sherry Arnold of Arkadelphia Arkansas is hired as the Collingsworth County home demonstration agent by the Commissioners Court on June 28 and will begin August 21 after training in Deaf Smith County July 11 to August 18. She is a 22 year old University of Arkansas graduate with strong 4-H background including leadership, public speaking and travel to Denmark Norway Holland and Germany.
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Sherry Arnold
Arkadelphia
Arkansas
Collingsworth
Commissioners Court
Sue Farris
District One
Arnold
University of Arkansas
Deaf Smith County
Argen Draper
Joyce Alexander Shipp
County Agenit
Don Reeves
Self
Chicago
Washington
D.C
Miss Arnold
Denmark
Norway
Holland
Germany
Father of Pastor Leads Assembly of God Revival in Wellington
The Rev. John M. Hutson, pastor of First Assembly of God in Tucumcari New Mexico, will lead a revival at Wellington Assembly of God from July 10 to July 21 at 730 p.m. He has 30 years in ministry with work in evangelism and pastoring in Kansas Texas and New Mexico. Special singing will be nightly and all are invited to attend.
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John M. Hutson
First Assembly of God
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Assembly of God
Wellington
Hutson
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Mississippi
John Hutson
City to Channel Wellington Wells Into Main Water Lines
Wellington taps new city wells with water to flow into the main line and distribution system by mid week per Mayor John Coleman announcement.
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Wellington
John Coleman
Vacation Bible School at Church of Christ June 10 14
The Church of Christ in Gaylord will hold a Bible School June 10 to 14 with classes from 9 to 11 am. Theme The King and His Kingdom. Closing program and open house July 14 at 8 pm. Adult class directed by minister Gaylord Cook and Elmer Hiett.
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Church of Christ
Gaylord Cook
Lynn Jenkins
Susan Coffee
Debbie Woods
Carroll Nunnelley
Annabelle Harris
Gay Lynn Cook
Kenneth Maxwell
la- Danna Jones
Emmett Bobbitt
Frank Coleman, Jr
Boyd Derryberry
Troy Gene Thomason
Ken Maxwell
Bob Weatherly
Elaine White
Michigan Youths Bike to Tip of Texas on Stripping Route
Two Michigan youths, Bob Phare of Port Huron and Geoff Pennington of Lakeport, travel by bicycle toward El Paso. They left Port Huron June 12, averaging 80 to 90 miles daily, sometimes 100, avoiding cities and interstate roads while mapping a straight line route. They paused in Wellington on July 3 to mail postcards and seek road information. They planned to ship their bikes home from El Paso and continue into Mexico by train or bus. They rode through Indiana and Illinois where a torrential rain and nearby tornado were noted.
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Michigan
el Paso
Wellington
Bob Phare
Port Huron
Geoff Pennington
Lake Port Michigan
Mexico
United States
Indiana
Ulincis
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4-H Horse Club
Amarillo
Susan Lowe
Teresa Patterson
Toni Taylor
Carl Taylor
Kathy Patterson
Bart Patterson
Pat White
Jim Bob Nall
Panfork
Starkey
Tommy Yarbrough
Shinnery
Elm Creek
Dennis Lacy
Miss Sherry Arnold
Church of Christ Bible School
Set
Mr. Cook
Elmer Hiett
Shelton Nunnelley
David Peters
Coleman
Wihnizer
Whizzer
J. Frank Johnson
Johnson Ranch
Jane Scott
U.S. Weather Bureau
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