County Library Announces Summer Reading Club For Youth
The county library launches a summer reading program titled Creature Features for children from pre school to fifth grade with 25 read or read aloud points earning a certificate and prizes from local sponsors. Enrollment starts June 5 with activities and films scheduled across Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the summer, including a first pet show on June 10 and junior high and elementary film screenings.
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Dairy Queen
My-T Burger
Allups
Taylor Food Mart
Snow Cone Corer
Vicki Decker
Pan Fork Encampment Summer Camp Opens June 7
Pan Fork Baptist Encampment launches its summer program on June 7 with day camps for grades one through three and a schedule covering youth and adult activities through late July. More than 1,800 participants expected from Pan Fork and Canadian associations, Palo Duro and Trans Canadian groups. Directors Rev Jeff Messer and team oversee 20 to 25 high school assistants. Senior Adult Day June 9 features Dr Bill Thorn and Rev Travis LaDuke. Mexican Family Camp June 9-10 with Lucio Moreno leading. Girls and Boys camps run June 12-15 and June 19-29 with staff including Rev Gillispie Peggy Gillispie Delores Birkey Lyndy Forrester Diana Wall and others.
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Texas
Pan Fork Baptist
John Gillispie
Pan Fork
Jeff Messer
First Baptist Church
McLean
Gillispie
Palo Duro
New Heights
von Tatum
Dumas
Bill Thorn
Palacios
Dallas Baptist College
Travis LaDuke
Dalhart
Rick Parnell
Central Baptist Church
Pampa
Golden Aires
Central Baptist
Lucio Moreno
Top of Texas
Kansas
Kenneth Hargis
White Deer
Judy Rutledge
Rislery
Peggy Gillispie
More cars entered in 1989 Great Race
The Interstate Batteries Great American Race expects a field over 100 cars, a record, with 36 marques from 32 states. It runs 3,500 miles over 12 days starting in Norfolk, VA, June 26, for a $250,000 purse. California leads with 33 entries. Texas has 16, others from Indiana, New Mexico, Arizona, and more.
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Tom McRae
Wellington
Norfolk
McRae
Packard Pierce- Arrow
Auburn
Studebaker
Marmon
LaSalle
Locomobile
Nash and Hudson
Buick
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Lincoln
Chrysler
Dodge
Plymouth
Ford
Rolls Royce
Jaguar
Bentley
Lancia
BMW
France
Franklin Roosevelt
John Pershing
California
Texas
Indiana
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Connecticut
Florida
Massachusetts
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
North Carolina
New Jersey
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Georgia
Idaho
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Vermont
West Virginia
England
Japan
Canada
India
Switzerland
Booker T Reunion Planned by Alumni Association
Booker T Washington Alumni and Ex-Students plan a three day reunion Friday through Sunday June 16 17 and 18 at Burn Handley Community Center with a Saturday picnic at North Side Community Center due to construction in Pioneer Park The opening session runs 6 to 8 p m Friday and a style show talent contest and scholarship program are planned Five scholarships will be awarded with recipients expected at Saturday events Parade starts at 10 a m Saturday led by Robert Powell. contact Powell Walker or Davis for parade entries.
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Booker T. Washington Alumni and Ex- Students Association
Beulah Powell
Wellington
Burn Handley Community Center
Pioneer Park
North Side Community Center
Booker T. Washington
Powell
Francine Childs
Elliott St
Athens
Ohio
Robert Powell
Free Circus Tickets Drawn For Amarillo Visit
The Wellington Leader offers two sets of four Ringling Bros. tickets for Amarillo shows June 13-14 at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Readers register next week at the newspaper offices 913 West Ave. Winners will be announced in the June 7 edition. The event features Marco and Phillip Peters Wheel of Death with two Bengal tigers, TaHar lions, Zulu warriors, clowns, and other acts.
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Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Amarillo
Wellington Leader
United States
Marco and
Phillip Peters
TaHar
Amarillo Civic Center
Wellington
West Ave
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Buster Hughs
Veterans of Foreign Wars Organization
North Fairview Cemetery
Collingsworth County
Mickey Mouse
Disneyland
United States Navy
Washington
Interstate Batteries
Ron Hayslett
Eli Paso
Dick Ecelbarger
Tucson
Hayslett
Ecelbarger
Collingsworth General Hospital
Booker T
Claude Walker
Tommy Davis
North Bark
Brothers
The
Netherlands
Bengal Tigers
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