Donors Add 75 Volumes To County Library List
Gifts of 75 books to Collingsworth Library along with 10 purchased volumes bring new titles by Jack London Harper Lee and Winston Churchill. The loans include 61 more classics from Mr. and Mrs. Louis of Detroit while Mrs. J R Bowen donated 14 popular works. Readers gain works by Hawthorne Camus Woolf and many others with new books also purchased by the library. Weekend visitors include multiple families from Amarillo Kansas City Madera and Lubbock as well as local residents Gilroy Rummel and J W Thomas households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth
Rob Isbell
J.R. Bowen
Nicholas Louis
Detroit
Michigan
Wellington
Jack London
Albert Camus
Winston Churchhill
Richard Burton
Louis
Jewel Frances Somerville
Mayme Somerville
Eleanor and Franklin
Joseph P. Lash
Virginia Coffman
Harper Lee
Helen Keller
Mary Stewart
Grace Livingston Hill
Mr. and
Mrs. Louis
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Richard Henry Dana
National Velvet
Enid Bagnold
Kathryn Hulme
Marjorie Michael
C. Kelly
William Shakespear
Sir Winston Churchill
James Fenimore Cooper
Beryl Williams
Samuel Epstein
Solomon
R.K. Narayan
Samuel Johnson
James Boswell
Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy
Robert L. Heilbroner
H’j’ Blackham
Jerzy Kosinnsk
Darrell C. Crain
Lash
Wellington Couples Tie The Knot In June Licenses
Marriages filed list Wellington and Weatherford residents as partners. Joe Christoph and Kathryn Pepper Butrum wed June 19. John Castor and Rose Guajardo June 14. Allen Havens and Jennifer Bouchelle June 15. Robert Boyd and Francine Maddox June 23. Boyd and Maddox wed Weatherford residents. Andy Lowe and Linda Uddstrom June 27. William Lambright and Patricia Clymer June 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Joe Christoph
Wellington
Kathryn Sherron Pepper Butrum
Shamrock
John Guadalupe Castor
Rose Castillo Guajardo
Allen Carol Havens
Jennifer Doris Bouchelle
Robert Scott Boyd
Francine Kay Maddox
Weatherford
Oklahoma
Andy Ray Lowe
Linda Rae Uddstrom
William Edward Lambright
Patricia Yvone Clymer
County Visitors Explore Texas Agriculture and Wildlife
Mr and Mrs Richard Nall hosted guests Mr and Mrs Dale Windmiller from Griggsville Illinois The visitors enjoyed local wildlife including tarantulas rattlesnakes and road runners and toured farming operations to view the county s diversified agricultural economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Nall
Dale Windmiller
Griggsville
Ilinois
Texas
Natt
Tysons Welcome California Kin for Navy Leave
California visitors Ste and Mrs. Orval Tyson and their children Joanie and Cynthia arrived with Mrs. Cal Tyson and her children Debra Ann and Wayne to visit the L Q Tyson family. The Orval Tysons will visit her parents the Bakers while he is on leave from the Navy for about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Ste
Orval Tyson
Joanie
Cynthia
Sunnyvale
Calif
Cal Tyson
Debra Ann
Wayne
Sacramento
L.Q. Tyson
Orval Tysons
Hubert Baker
U.S. Navy
Connie Knoll Elected Officer At Girls State Session
Connie Jo Knoll of Lummerwood High School was elected Nice County Clerk at the American Legion Auxiliary Bluebonnet Girls State held on the Texas Lutheran College Sequin campus June 13 to 23. Sponsored by Auxiliary Unit 249 Frank King Post, Knoll is daughter of Mr and Mrs Marvin Knoll. The event trains high school girls in city county and state government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Jo Knoll
Lummerwood High School
Nice County
American Legion Auxiliary
Bluebonnet Girls State
Texas Lutheran College
Seguin
Marvin Knoll
Latie
Girls State
Frank King
American Legion
Girls
Frances Goff
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute
Houston
Dennis
Collingsworth County
Wellington
Joy Jesse
Connie Bearden
Lynn Coleman
Summerwood
Firemen Conclude 96th Texas Association Convention in Galveston
Hughs and Sikes attended the 96th annual State Firemen and Fire Marshals Association of Texas meeting June 19 22 at Moody Convention Center Galveston. About 2000 registered with 600 voting delegates. memorial services honored 160 firemen. Channel View won the Ladies Pumper Team race in 16.5 seconds and set a state record of 13 seconds for the Men s team. The 1973 convention will be in Brownsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Hughs
Firemen’s Association
Kim Sikes
Wellington
State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association of Texas
Moody Convention Center
Galveston
Hughs
Channel View
Brownsville
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Thomas Dess
Joy
W.L. Bouldin
Billy
Sonya
Keith Jesse
Darrin
Amarillo
Otis B. Jesse
Kansas City
Missouri
Laverne Pare
Madera
Leslie
Jamie Rummel
Don Rummel
Lubbock
Gilroy Rummel
J.W. Thomas
Samnorwood
Tysons
California Kin
Lynn Bourland
College Station
Fred Bourland
Mrs
van Schooler
Matt
Quail
G.A. Montgomery
Palo Duro Canyon
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Fashion Shop
East Side Square
Connie Knoll
Dorothy Copeland
A.Y. Bell
Anna Mae Shepherd
Erick, Oklahoma
Kathy Cox
Texas Tech. University
Fred Cox
Panhandle
Elsworth Greer
Imperial
Billy Haynes
Livingston
Bob O’burke
Duncanville
Viola Simmonds
Brownfield
Walter Franks
Bill Day
Comanche
Wilkins Furniture
W. Ave
Irfresh
Shurfini
Shuri
P.M
Crazylegs
Atti Coffee
the Family Handyman
Encyclopedia Oe
Bortening
Yaa
Tans
Shumfime Maine
Shurfine
Taster's Choice
Betty Crocker
Owens
Scott
Thriftway
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