County reports two rural accidents in April in Collingsworth
Texas Highway Patrol records show two rural highway crashes in Collingsworth County during April with no fatalities and two injuries. For Jan-Apr 1972 the county totals eight additional injuries across nine accidents and no deaths. statewide region April 1972 totals report 445 accidents with 44 deaths and 232 injuries, versus 454 accidents with 17 deaths and 276 injuries in April 1971. Local county breakdown lists Childress five accidents four injuries, Cottle eight with two injuries, Donley four accidents one injury and five deaths, Gray twenty with one death nine injuries, Hall three with one death five injuries, Hemphill ten with six injuries, Wheeler nine with three injuries.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Collingsworth
Jack Thornhanger
Lubbock
Hall
Hemphill
Wheeler
Thirty Riders Compete At Red River Track Event
Thirty riders competed at Red River Rider Track on Sunday May 28 ongoing by track operator C A Wilbur. Winners varied across classes with John Birdsong Hereford and Wayne Woodward Hereford among top finishers and Hare and Hound racing planned for June 25. Miss Sherry Bawcom Boys Ranch visited grandparents in the area.
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Red River
C.A. Wilbur
John Birdsong
Hereford
Kenneth Foster
Wellington
Craig Needham
Wayne Woodward
Gene Buccannon
Amarillo
Mark Stabler
Childress
John Doughton
Hollis
Gene Buchannon
Joe Peters
Judson King
Phil Harris
Paul Jones
Ron Parker
Bert Billings
Springdale
Ark
Rusty Webb
Ronna Tyler
Eddie Hayes
Sherry Bawcom
Boys Ranch
Eugene Bawcom
Leamon Bawcom
Letters from the People Dear Mr Wells
A May 20 accident near Wellington involving the Gobins and Mrs. Dolly Mae Wilson evokes strong neighborly aid. The Wilson family and Peters brothers, plus Patrolman Jackie Gunnels, are praised for courtesy and assistance as Jim Wells graduates from McMurry College.
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Wells
Jim
McMurry College
Dollie Mae Wilson
Wilson
Bill Wilson
Highway Patrol
Jackie Gunnels
Peters Brothers
David
Marshall
Marshall Peters
Abilene
South Side
Bermuda Cup Match Festivity Triggers Two Day Holiday
Bermuda declares a two day summer holiday for Cup Match as rival teams from across the 21 mile island contest in a festive cricket clash.
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Bermuda
Trinity Dozier Methodists Plan Joint Services
Trinity United Methodist Church in Wellington and Glen Davis Memorial Methodist Church at Dozier will hold joint services at Ellison Park Sunday, June 3. Service begins with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. followed by worship. A basket dinner at noon and fellowship afterward. Choirs from both churches will provide music. Special invitation to worship with these congregations, especially those without a church home.
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Trinity United Methodist Church
Wellington
Glen Davis Memorial Methodist Church
Dozier
Ellison Park
C.R. Hawkins
Leaders list shows wide spread of addresses and moves
A long roster of names and places lists residents in Texas and neighboring states with numerous changes of address. The items include people from Wellington Lubbock Shamrock and Amarillo plus officials in Arkansas California New Mexico and Colorado. A Medicare note states 20.5 million Americans aged 66 and over qualify for hospital insurance.
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Mike Hughs
Dallas
R. P Patterson
Sunray
Jimmie Sheilds
Stinnett
Tom Reed
Groom
Fred Alexander
Searcy
Arkansas
Emmett Thornton
Pueblo
Colorado
Lynn
Monroe
Houston
Clar Porter
Alexandria
Virginia
David Zyback
Allison
Texas
L.E. Brisbin
Wellington
Elmer Wood
North Hollywoy
California
Oscar L. Ketchum
Los Angeles
John W. French
Avila Beach
Carlos Hatcis
Austin
Dora Ryan
Grand Prairie
James C. Davis
Amarillo
C.E. Sullivan
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Carrie Shipley
Friona Texas
R.E. Jones
Mortof Texas
Bertha C. Roberts
Lewisville
L.A. Winney
Golden
Denver
Colo
Dan Austin
Wink
Ft. Worth
Robert Gosnell
Olney
Sandy Covey
Carryon
Childress
Louise Isbell
Shamrock
Jake Lawrence
Wayne Borchardt
Lometa
Trail City
South Dakota
Chris Hubbard
Abilene
Rotan
Hayden Rogers
Harrison
Everton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lions
Richard Nixon
Lions International
Robert J. Uplinger
Syracuse
N.Y
International Service Club Organization
World Lions Clubs
Bob Hope
the Gobins
James, Adeline, Steve and
Kathy Gobin
Trinity-Dozier Methodists
Leader Readers
Howard Hull
Clarence Black
Dodson, &Va
S.D
Canyon
M.W. Cobb
South Main Shamrock
Wils
Ick
Ae Tsn
del Monte
Lem
Iced TeaMix
U.S
City Grocery
J C Hartman, Jr
James McDanel
D.A
Jack Boone
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