City Begins Final 1982 Airport Work and Finances
City employees moved equipment back to Marian Airport on Tuesday July 20 to finish work on the 1982 airport improvement program. Runway extension will reach 4,500 feet, funded by the Texas Aviation Commission as part of a three year project. Street work includes gravel additions and curb and gutter, with future surfacing plans and street name signs. Mayor Owens and Councilman Gragson will join Amarillo Chamber of Commerce in seeking more state highway funds. Wellington finished the year in the black with revenue of 687 404.87 and expenses 683 280.09 for the year ended June 30 1982, plus capital expenditures of 95 006.11. A preliminary budget will be presented August 2. Sheriff Maxwell reported on consolidated law enforcement expenses for the first 10 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Airport
Glen Taylor
Texas Aviation Commission
First Street
Ralph Owens
Willie Gragson
Amarillo
Taylor
Kenneth Maxwell
Hospital Board Reappoints Medical Staff
Collingsworth General Hospital board re appointed the medical staff for the coming year and reviewed a proposed new health insurance plan for hospital employees at a regular board meeting Tuesday July 20. The medical staff includes Dr. Carter Holcomb Dr. Charles Jones Dr. K N Kumar Dr. Reynaldo Perez Dr. J M Orr Dr. Wm Estes Dr. D E Blackketter Dr. W A Dunagan Dr. Jose Diaz Esquivel Dr. Ralph Erdman and Telemed. The board reviewed but took no action on a proposal from Farm Bureau Insurance agent Tom Allison for health insurance for hospital employees. At a special June 22 meeting the board extended the contract through July 1 1983 with Dr. K N Kumar to provide medical services in the county. At regular meeting the board also turned over 4730.30 in bad debts to a collection agency and charged off 387.52 to indigent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth General Hospital
Carter Holcomb
Charles Jones
K.N. Kumar
Reynaldo Perez
J.M. Orr
Wm. P. Estes
D.E. Blackketter
Ambulance Service Accepts 28500 Bid for New Vehicle
Collingsworth Volunteer Ambulance accepts Summers Ambulance Company of Duncanville’s 28500 bid for a new Ford chassis Collins ambulance. Delivery in 15 days with funding from city, county, and service savings. The unit will seat four patients, two attendants, and a driver, built to state and federal specs with added storage and extraction gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth Volunteer Ambulance Service
Marshall Peters
Summers Ambulance Company
Duncanville
Collins
Peters
Wellington Rodeo Considered for Late Summer
Walter Clement, vice-president of Wellington State Bank, announced a potential late summer or early fall rodeo in Wellington if enough local interest surfaces. He has heard from supporters and invites others to contact him to form a Wellington Rodeo Association if a meeting can be scheduled in two to three weeks. Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce previously declined sponsoring a 1982 rodeo, with no sponsor found until now.
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Wellington
Walter Clement
Clement
Wellington State Bank
Texas
Wellington Rodeo Association
Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce
County Disaster Aid Approved for Collingsworth County
Collingsworth joins 76 Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico counties as disaster aid becomes available due to crop losses from adverse weather. The program announced July 15 by Secretary John Block and Governor Bill Clements covers cotton wheat feed grains and loan support. Farmers will file through ASCS with FmHA offering emergency loans. insured growers receive indemnities.
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Collingsworth
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
John Block
Bill Clements
ASCS
Bob Weatherly
Betty Baumgardner
Amarillo
Weatherly
USDA
Block
Farmers Home Administration
Raymond Hodges
Fmha
Federal
Crop Insurance Corporation
FCIC
Commissioners Court
Jack Hightower
Kent Hance
Charles Stenholm
Black
Agriculture
13Th
Baylor
Kent
Knox
Floyd
County Crude Production Reaches 929 Million Barrels in 1981
Dallas reports Texas oil and gas fields operated at maximum efficient recovery for a tenth straight year, lifting total crude oil and condensate output to nearly 929 million barrels in 1981. Collingsworth County produced 16,662 barrels at 45 barrels per day, reaching 1,065,642 barrels for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Collingsworth County
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Frank Aue Named Wellington Band Director
Frank Aue of Pecos is the new Wellington School Band Director and will move here to start work once he finds a house. He announced a marching and sight reading clinic for band students in early August and plans to meet as many students as possible soon. Aue returns to band directing after seven years in other work, most recently serving as assistant plant superintendent for Basalt Industries at Pecos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Aue
Pecos
Wellington
Aue
Basalt Industries
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Marian Airpark
Hospital Board
Railroad Commission
Oil & Gas Division
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