Wellington Leader marks 37th birthday with anniversary issue
The Wellington Leader celebrates 37 years under Deskins Wells, with staff members listed and a look at county banking deposits surpassing four million dollars. Wheat harvest tallies show 67 cars contracted and notes on crop conditions amid late rains and hail. Also covered are Salk Polio vaccine plans, a General Telephone strike, and local civic and sports updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Federal Reserve Bank
Salt Fork River
Salt Fork
Collingsworth County
Carter Holcomb
Wellington Elementary
Dodson
Washington
Quail
Sumnerwood
National Polio Foundation
U.S. Department of Health
Request for bids on Texas highway pavement markings
Texas Department of Transportation invites sealed proposals for 1999 398 miles of pavement markings in Childress County and surrounding areas. Bids due 1:00 p.m. August 8, 1955, in Austin. Plans and specs available from Design Engineer Stephen A. James and Construction and Maintenance Division. Bid inquiries to 200 East Riverside Drive. TXDOT assures nondiscrimination on race color sex or national origin in bid submission and award.
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Texas
Childress County
Texas Department of Transportation
Austin
Stephen A. James
Childress
East Riverside Drive
Obituary notices from Wellington area compiled multiple deaths
Obituaries list Leafa B. Spear 80 of Amarillo with service July 8 1995 at First Baptist Wellington. Lillian Hajek 93 buried Memorial Gardens. Odis W Killingsworth 74 Lovington NM with service June 13 1995. multiple survivors listed and funeral details. Memorials to Alzheimer's noted.
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Texan Bus Lines
Wellington
Chamber of Commerce
N. M. Higdon
Abilene
Childress
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Funeral services held for Patsy Lou Roark in Memphis
Patsy Lou Roark 61 of Memphis died July 5 and funeral services were held July 8 at Spicer Funeral Home Chapel. She was born January 25, 1934 in Wheeler County and married John Ed Roark in 1951. She owned Pat's Wig Wam in Amarillo and worked as a cotton buyer in Memphis. Survivors include her husband, a daughter in Severna Park MD, a brother in Duncanville, a sister in Amarillo, and two grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leafa B. Spear
First Baptist Church
Johnny Tims
Aubrey A. Spear
James Hartwell
Jim Cumbest
Kirk Spear
Aubrey A. Spear III
Benson Long
Richard Fourmentin
Memorial Gardens
Wellington
Adams Funeral Home
Collingsworth County
Claude H
Stella McCollum Woodman
Crossroads
Aubrey A. Spear Sr
Hollis
Dry Good
Dakil's
Owen's
Saied's
Amarillo
Colbert's
Fedway
Aubrey A. Spear Jr
Walter Spear
Jake Woodman
Nila Smith
Patsy Lou Roark
Memphis
Spicer Funeral Home
Jeff Taylor
First United Methodist Church
Patsy Thompson
Wheeler County
John Ed Roark
Lela
Pat
Chan Roark
Severna Park
Sam Thompson
Duncanville
Mae Simpson
Max and
Leight Bonner
Richard Sorgee
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General Telephone Company
Thomas la Mance
Mills Roberts
Communication Workers of America
CIO
San Angelo
C. A. Bradford
Mary Duncan
Robert Alexander
General
General Telephone Company of the Southwest
Supreme Court of Texas
142Nd Infantry Division
Texas National Guard
North Fort Hood
J. W
Red ) McGill
142Nd Medical Division
Childress High School
I. D. Russell
Leeroy Reeves
Reeves
Russell
Rockets
al Duncan
Southern Methodist University Mustangs
Otto Russell
Kermit
Borger and Vernon
Dallas
SMU
Orville Cunningham
Samnorwood Schools
Hardin-Simmons University
Samnorwood
Cisco Junior College
Cunningham
Sumnorwood
Norwood
Tony Stephens
Lubbock
Southeast Panhandle
Stephens
Wayland College
Flying Queens
Plainview
Kathleen Reeves
Karen Goforth
Jennifer Pendleton
LaVonda Thomas
Elizabeth Brewer
Lynna Nunnelley
Sandy Morris
Kathleen
LaVonda
Edd and
Lillian Hajek
Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church
Phil Lindley
Blessed Sacrament
Adams Funeral Chapel
Oren Rogers
Jessie Peters
Joe Peters
Mack Saied
Mark Keys
David Baumgardner
Larry Cheshier
Matt Szabo
Bob Jackson
Montgomery
Charles
Annie Zevenovec Kolar
Watonga
Walter, OK
Frank Hajek
Wichita Falls
Chuck" Hajek
Grand Junction, CO
Bill Hajek
Ed Hajek
Azle
Scott Cheshier
Odis Killingsworth
Odis W. Killingsworth
Loving
Jackson Avenue Baptist Church
Royce Denton
Lovington Cemetery
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
Brian Irwin
Richard Jones
Phil Reagan
Matthew Rodman
Max Fort
Bobby Fisher
Killingsworth
Louise Mason
Brownfield
VFW
Matador
Lovington
Louise
Gwen Reagan
Phil
Tohoka
Janie Rodman
Gina Fort
Max
Gay Jones
Richard
Opal Melton
Ola B. Tice
Ft. Worth
Ona Skeyhan
Kingman
Shirley E. Poduslo
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
Department of Neurology
Fourth Street
Mrs
Goncourt
1St
Haskell
City of
City Hall
Colingsworth Chamber of Commerce & the City of Wellington