Perennial grasses and alfalfa protect Texas Panhandle soils
Amarillo agronomist Dr. Frank Pett says planting perennial grasses and alfalfa can curb wind and water erosion on erosion-prone Panhandle soils. He outlines warm and cool season species, timing, seedbed prep, and weed control for dryland and irrigated areas, with alfalfa requiring inoculation and phosphorus.
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Amarillo
Texas High Plains
Texas
Frank Pett
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Pett
Area Agronomist
Northwest Texas
Wellington
Collingsworth
Extension Agronomist
Petr
West Texas Tennis Camp Opens at WT State University
Wellington youths attend the West Texas Tennis Camp at West Texas State University in Canyon. About 110 boys and girls join the first session June 29 to June 4 with counselors including Lee Templeton and the Sims brothers. Sessions run June 26 to July 2 and July 24 to 30 under David Kent and Ronny Smith on 14 Laykold courts and the Student Activities Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Canyon
West Texas
West Texas State University
Lynette Spillman
Paul Spillman
Lee Templeton
R.L. Templeton
Richard Sims
Randall Sims
B.M. Sims
WTSU
David Kent
Ronny Smith
Campbellsville College
Campbellsville
Kent
Thomas Nursing Center News Highlights Local Visits and Activities
The Thomas Nursing Center notes a busy period with Bible studies and worship services led by First United Methodist Church and Rev. James Boswell. June services will be held at Dodson Nazarene Church while residents enjoyed arts and crafts, quilting progress, games, sing alongs, and piano selections. Numerous visitors from Amarillo, Canyon, Pampa, Garden City, and Dallas stopped by to see residents including Alma Clement, Ira Passons, and Edna Maxwell family groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church
James Boswell
Dodson Nazarene Church
Alma Clement
Jewell Dowell
Wellington
Church of Christ
Tom Wilkins
Truett Holland
Drury Lacy
Ara Beall
Edna Kesler
Tom Stansell
Juanita Adams
Olton
Margie Wolfe
Amarillo
Charles Turner
Grace Johnson
Lewis Underwood
Mobeetie
Ira Passons
Jim Graves
Otis Roberson
Bennie O. Graham
Los Alamos
N.M
Mabel Graham
Billy Powell
Hedley
Jennie Rose Powell
Ted Gentry
Garden City
Kansas
Walter Gentry
Ray Wells
Canyon
Paul Cantrell
Pampa
Cantrell
Ross Blythe
the Wells
Landi Hart Receives WTSU Bachelor Degree in Psychology
Landi Hart earned a Bachelor of Science in psychology at West Texas State University spring commencement. She completed requirements in 3 1/2 years in December 1976 and plans graduate study. Hart is a Zeta Tau Alpha member, Amarillo Alumni, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed White, and wife of James Hart deputy in Potter County Sheriff’s office.
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Mary Yolanda
Landi) White Hart
West Texas State University
WYSU
Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority
Amarillo
Hart
Ed White
James Hart
Lubbock
WTSU
Potter County
Sheriff's Office
Wellington High School
Former Hospital Administrator Dies Saturday
Sister John Baptist Commerford longtime administrator of St. Josephs Hospital in Springfield Illinois died in a Springfield hospital on Saturday May 28 He had served as administrator from about 1948 to 1954 and retired years ago Funeral services were held in Springfield Bowen the hospital engineer who hired her reported Her health had been failing but she remained on duty at the Sacred Heart Convent Domican Order Mother House until hospitalization Mr Bowen also reported the death of Sister Paula Maries father about two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sister John Baptist Commerford
St. Joseph's Hospital
Springfield
Ilinois
King Bowen
Sister John Baptist
Bowen
Sacred Heart Convent
Paula Marie
Farm Fire Damage Costs Run About 125 Million Annually
In Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hill are noted residents. Mrs. Bessie Whitten visited at the home of her son Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Whitten, highlighting community ties amid farm fire damage estimates of roughly 125 million dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hill
Wheeler
Bessie Whitten
Lonnie Whitten
Three Wellington Residents in Texas Musical Drama Cast
Three former Wellington residents join the Texas company for its 12th season opening June 15. Jerry Paul Allen of Canyon high school will be a senior. David Groves, a WTSU graduate, pursues a music doctorate at North Texas State University. Virginia Raillard of Canyon contributes to the souvenir program. The season runs June 15 to August 20 with one Sunday show on July 3. Tickets via Box 268 Canyon or 806-655-2182.
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Texas
Wellington
Jerry Paul Allen
Canyon High School
Charles Allen
Canyon
Paul Start
Jerry Paul
David Groves
WTSU
North Texas State University
Texas Company
Claude Groves
Virginia Raillard
Virginia Lee Fortenberry
Wellington High School
Raillard
Charles Russell
Amon Carter Museum
Ft. Worth
Hospital Notes May 23 to May 28 Admissions and Discharges
The notice lists multiple patients with admission and discharge dates from May 23 to May 28. Names include Jess Wilson, Robert Fuller, Jess Motsenbocker, Loyd Sutton, Bessie Hicks, Mary Clay, P A Crane, and others. Obstetric cases appear alongside medical patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Wilson
Robert H. Fuller
Jess Motsenbocker
Loyd Sutton
Bessie Hicks
Mary Clay
P.A. Crane
Jim Howard
Eddie Orr
Vera Johnson
Frank Turley
Elsie Carter
Gladys Bell
Lillie M. Green
Wells & Wells offers free home valuation service
Wells & Wells Insurance Agency announces a zero cost home valuation service for area homeowners. Partner Jack Sanford says the service helps determine how inflation affects rebuilding costs and covers about 80 percent of homes after homeowners submit a questionnaire for estimate. Norman Vincent Peale comment included.
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Well & Wells Insurance Agency
Jack Sanford
Wells & Wells Partner
Wells & Wells
Sanford
Marriage Licenses Granted in Hollis and Sterling
James Rodney Heflin of Hollis and Nancy Ellen Holder of Route 2 Hollis. May Robert Leon Frazier of Carnegie and Jerri Ann Van Winkle of Sterling. Juan Salazar and Maria Del Rosario Martinez of Hollis. May 26.
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James Rodney Heflin
Hollis
Nancy Ellen Holder
Route 2
Robert Leon Frazier
Carnegie
Okla
Jerri Ann van Winkle
Sterling
Juan Salazar
Maria del Rosario Martinez
Hospital Officials Attend Texas Convention in Houston
Mr and Mrs Chartes Floyd and Mr and Mrs Larry Hammons attended the 49th annual Texas Hospital Convention in Houston May 23 to 25. Floyd, administrator of Collingsworth General Hospital, and Hammons, director of raising service, joined sessions of the Small Hospital Section. A speaker, Joe Christie of the Texas Insurance Board, warned that Texas may need its own hospital rate setting board or face federal control. Sessions covered utilization review the national fire code and employee matters with keynote Kilpatrick noting Washington Wonderland. Meetings took place at the Houston Convention Center and hotels Hyatt Regency and Sheraton downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chartes Floyd
Larry Hammons
Texas Hospital
Houston
Floyd
Collingsworth General Hospital
Hammons
Joe Christie
Texas Insurance Board
Texas
National Fire Code
Evern
Wis Sunes
Kilpatrick
Houston Convention Center
Hyatt Regency
Sheraton
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Panhandle
Optometrist
Cornelia King
Sallie Lancaster
Clyde Lancaster
Randy Lancaster
Virginia Maxwell
Edna Maxwell
Leroy Harris
Dian
Dallas
Gusta Harris
Ara Scott
Vermell Deyampert
Dumas
Nash
E.W. Clement
Pearl Harwell
Jessie Bledsoe
Leon McClendon
Billy Ray Bledsoe
Kenneth McClendon
Childress
McClendon
Mamie Goforth
Sandown Smith
Landi Hart
Landi White Hart
Raymond Raillard
America
Will Rogers
Earth
Boden
Ashley's
Trappey
Haskell
Sidney McGill
Kiddie’s Korner
Main Street
Little Man Jeans
Baby
Dark Pine High
Korner
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