Sunday Recreation Sail On After Morning Service
After a morning service and lunch, members gathered for an afternoon of recreation from 2 to 6 pm. The program included swimming and a softball game between fathers and children.
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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1982
Page
1
After a morning service and lunch, members gathered for an afternoon of recreation from 2 to 6 pm. The program included swimming and a softball game between fathers and children.
Lorraine Boverie, 83, died Tuesday at Collingsworth General Hospital after years of failing health. She lived 64 years in Wellington, was a nurse, and widow of A C Boverie. Survived by son John A Boverie of Lubbock, sister Mrs Johnye Williamson of Ft Worth, and three grandsons. Funeral July 14 at Kelso Chapel with Rev. Stanley Hughes. burial in Fairview Cemetery.
At a regular meeting on July 12 Wellington School Board nominated Bill Spillman to fill a vacancy on the Collingsworth County Appraisal Board after Cary Don Neeley resigned. The board hired Pecos resident Frank Rue as band director and Marilyn Davis as high school secretary. Sheriff Kenneth Maxwell reported plans to have three teenagers who vandalized the high school in May perform the labor and pay for materials needed for repairs. The board accepted the resignation of David Johnson from high school and junior high English and history teaching positions.
Funeral rites will be held at 6 on 30 p.m. Wednesday at Glen Davis Memorial Methodist Church with Reverend Hawkins and Reverend Rick Butial officiating. Interment follows at Dozier Cemetery under Richerson Funeral Home of Shamrock. Nephews served as pallbearers. Francies, born November 22, 1913 in Wynnewood Oklahoma, moved to the McLean area in 1937, served four years in Army MP duty starting 1941, later farmed, moved to Kress in 1948, retired in 1980, then returned to Sumnerwood. He leaves five sisters and three brothers.
The board reviewed a proposed 1982-83 school year budget as members Reed Souder Willie O rear Bill Spillman John Barton Carroll Nunnelley and Harold Moore attended. Penny Rhae Morgan Penny and other individuals were noted with vehicle mentions Benson Long Bill Sherwood and O L Tyson among others. Kirby Campbell was absent.
Watkins, longtime Wellington resident and former employee of Wells and Wells, spent a quarter century with the firm during El Paso Natural Gas development and growing estate work. He learned the trade from Morris Wells, taught others, and influenced local land transactions. The piece notes his family ties to local businesses, education in Wellington and Amarillo, and his role in local civic matters.
In a compact, fragmentary record the document details multiple oil and gas royalty transfers along Elm Creek across sections in blocks 12 and 16, with names Ray Blanchard Richardson Louis Lerner Colby Mosier Dr E Edward Reitman Ted Sherer Edward Troy and organizations Triton Energy Corp and Triton Oil and Gas Corp. Percentages and fractional interests are specified against SE/4 NS/4 NW/4 etc with 94 percent or 91 percent bases and various sections.
Wellington High School class of 1957 schedules its 25th anniversary reunion for Saturday August 7 starting at 10 a.m. at Wellington Country Club. Anita Roberts coordinates local plans with assistance from other members. further details will be announced next week.
The Wellington Leader lists publisher Henry W W Wells and states subscription rates of nine dollars a year within the territory and twelve dollars outside it. Mailing address is P O Box 992 Wellington Texas 79095 with publication frequency noted as weekly on Thursdays.
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