Wellington Exes Plan 1995 Reunion Activities
The Wellington Ex-Student group schedules a August 5 1995 reunion at Burn Handley Community Center with registration 9 to 2 and a 5 dollar fee for exes and teachers. Betty Belew Langford presides at 11:30 am. New West performs at 9 pm. Various classes host events August 4–6 with meals, open houses, and photographs coordinated by Avis Powell Whitten and Newell Van Pelt.
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Wellington
Rocket House
Burn Handley Community Center
Holly Wilson Holland
Karen Maxwell Coleman
Betty Belew Langford
Collingsworth County Museum and Art Center
Wellington High School
New West
Alfred Saldana
Community Center
Farm Bureau
Avis Powell Whitten
Newell van Pelt
Vernon
Community Bank
Dodson Highway
Charlotte Masten Stephens
7Th Street
Exes
Toni Taylor Wright
Ellison Park
Lori Lacy Cope
Childress
West Texas Utility Keeps Power Flowing Through Wellington
West Texas Utilities faces a major outage in Wellington affecting 68 miles of distribution and 50 miles of transmission lines for just over 25 hours. Manager Tommy Hudson notes rare failures despite downed transmission lines from the south and tornado damage to north lines. The Wellington office serves 1721 meters across several communities, with 1295 residential and 357 commercial customers.
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West Texas
Wellington
Southwest Public Service
WTA
Tommy Hudson
Hudson
Morton
Texas Tech
WTU
Childress
Ballinger
Stamford
Lutie
Loco
Dodson
Oklainian
Davy Mithlo
Clarendon
Memphis
Shamrock
Oklahoma
Hollis
Texas
Mexico
Gary Lemons
Leon Martin
Martin
Lemons
Sikes
Abilene
Red River
Church of the Nazarene hosts Vacation Bible School week
The Church of the Nazarene will run Vacation Bible School from Monday July 31 to Friday August 4, 6 pm to 8 pm daily. It is open to children in kindergarten through first grade. For more information contact Mrs. Tim Harris at 447-2059.
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Church of the Nazarene
Tim Harris
District Court Hears Two Collingsworth County Cases in Childress
The 100th Judicial District Court met in Childress on July 25 1995 with Judge David McCoy presiding and Randall Sims prosecuting. Danny Salinas pled true to burglary of a building and received seven years probation, a $1000 fine, and $500 restitution after boot camp. Cecil Doyle Fowler pled guilty to driving while intoxicated and was sentenced to three years in TDCJ-ID, a $1000 fine and a two year license suspension.
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100Th Judicial District Court
Childress
David McCoy
Randall Sims
Collingsworth County
Danny Salinas
Salinas
Cecil Doyle Fowler
Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division
Apollo 13 hero John Aaron reshaped mission rescue
Wellington native John Aaron played a central role in returning Apollo 13 astronauts safely to Earth. His leadership on power management and reentry procedures helped overcome oxygen tank failures, guiding the crew through a perilous 50 hours. Aaron credits teamwork and accurate simulations for success.
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John Aaron
United State
Wellington
America
James Lovell
Aaron
Space Program
Johnson Space
Houston
Lovell
Ken Mattingly
Gary Sinise
Mattingly
Earth
Tom Hanks
Jim Lovell
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Mrs. B's of
Pioneer Park
Argen Hix Draper
Vada Hall Karnes
Joan Jones Coleman
Wayne Cudd
Gertrude Johnson Mayhugh
Wellington State Bank
Ronnie O'Rear
Park Lane
Benson Long
VFW
Skippy Duncan
Pflugerville
Laquita Martin Bowen
Danny Watts
19Th Street
Soil Conservation Building
West Texas Utilities
Jim Sikes
Jan Ramsey
NASA
Sky Lab
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