Bank Change in Wellington Prompts City Reflections
The City State Bank in Wellington changes controlling interest from James Doneghy to Jeff D Wilson and associates. Zaok Thomas becomes president. Wilson becomes vice president while other staff remain. The writer recalls Zaok Thomas’s community service and Wel lington ties of the Doneghy family. A nearby column notes legislative tax changes excluding cigarettes and comments on beer and whiskey. Ed McKay of the Texas Farm Bureau will discuss cotton legislation in Wellington Tuesday night.
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City State Bank
Wellington
James Doneghy
Jeff D. Wilson
Jeff Wilson
Zaok Thomas
Mr. Wilson
Ed McKay
Texas Farm Bureau
Washington
Farm Bureau
Priddy Named Quail High Ag Teacher for Fall
Garth Priddy, graduating from Texas Technological College, will teach vocational agriculture full time at Quail High School starting July 1. A Dublin High School 1961 alumnus, he earned a bachelor of science in agriculture and held FFA leadership roles. He has farm experience and worked on a dairy farm and for German Peanut Co.
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Garth Priddy
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Quail
Herman Moseley
Priddy
Dublin High School
Dublin Ffa
American Legion
Tri- County
FFA
Aggie
Comanche High School
German Peanut Co
Supt. Moseley
Jim Lowe
Joe Lennon
W. F. Howard
Woodrow Wilson
Don Lacy
Lewis Morris
Quail Vacation Bible School Opens at Quail Baptist
Quail Baptist Church announces Vacation Bible School from Monday June 7 for six days with a prep day Sunday June 6 at 2 30 p.m. Rev Vick Johnson leads the school with Mrs Johnson as secretary. Teachers span junior and primary departments and include Mrs A L Robinson Mrs John Bishop Mrs Ray Godbey Mrs W F Howard and others. Bible study crafts games and songs are planned ending with a program Sunday June 13 at 7 30 p.m.
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Quail Baptist Church
Vick Johnson
Johnson
A. L. Robinson
John Bishop
Ray Godbey
W. F. Howard
Roy Peggram
N. E. Childers
Roy Canada
Carl Wischkaemper
Jim Lowe
Grazing Deadline Set for May 31
The ASCS county office was notified by wire on May 28 that the emergency grazing and baying of Soil Bank and diverted acres under the wheat and feed grain programs would lead May 31 for Collingsworth County. The state disaster committee did not approve a 30 day extension, so no further approvals can be given for grazing Soil Bank and diverted acres. Dry land wheat in the Dodson area is averaging 20 bushels or better. combines are active and rain totals supported recent growth.
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ASCS
Collingsworth
Usda County Disaster Committee
State Disaster Committee
Jones Singey
Dodson
Crowder
Johnsons Attend Baptist Meeting in Dallas
The Rev and Mrs Vick Johnson attend the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas as messengers from Quail Baptist Church. The Texas event opened May 31 and runs through June 4, marking a return to Texas after several years.
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Vick Johnson
Southern Baptist Convention
Dallas
Gosnells Buy Tyler Electric to Form Gosnell Radio TV
Robert and Eva Gosnell announce the purchase of Tyler Electric from Harshel Tyler. The business will be renamed Gosnell Radio & TV and operate at Dallas and 15th Streets in the same location. Tyler will focus on manufacturing for R. H. Tyler Co. and Gosnell will emphasize radio and TV repair and service.
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Tyler Electric
Harshel Tyler
Robert
Eva
Shorty
Gosnell
Harshel
Farm to Market Road Program Authorized by Texas Highway Commission
The 1965 statewide farm to market road program for Texas carries 911.2 miles within this county as part of 207 projects in 153 counties totaling about 23.5 million dollars. The FM system reaches 37,779 miles with 35,026 built and 773 under construction as of April 30. The program is an annual highway project under state law, with total 1965 costs roughly half a million dollars above the statutory baseline of 23 million.
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Page One
L. Clyde Drake
Wellington
Texas Highway Commission
Texas Highway Department
Doneghy Opens Office In Square Building
James Doneghy opens his office in the southwest square building he purchased Friday May 28 from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turley. He and Mrs. Doneghy sell their City State Bank stock to Jeff D. Wilson and associates and will keep Wellington home as he continues as bank president. The bought building was erected over fifty years ago by the late Rock Lowry.
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James Doneghy
Frank Turley
Lane services mark a 1957 death at West Wellington Cemetery
Mrs. G. W. Lane attends her husband burial at West Wellington Cemetery with Kelso Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers listed include Boyd Derryberry Elmer Hiett Shelton Nunnelley Cecil Shanks Ted Brock and Les White. Surviving relatives include son Felton Lane of Childress and grandsons Jimmy Lane of Lubbock and Joe Lane of Fort Worth.
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Page One
Wellington
Kelso
Amarillo banker rises to executive posts in Texas banks
A Texas banker advanced through multiple branches from Amarillo to El Paso and Austin before becoming manager of a new Tyler office. He later served as loan manager for Universal C I T in Amarillo and moved to First National Bank of Lubbock as assistant cashier and installment loan officer, then was promoted to assistant vice president.
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Thrift Corporation
Amarillo
el Paso
Austin
Tyler
Universal C.I.T
First National Bank
Lubbock
Slaton Farm Roots Mark Presidential Lineage in 1965
The text notes a president born January 7, 1965 from Slaton farming roots. He is married to Janet Lynn Pearson who also hails from Slaton. Janet graduated Amarillo High, attended Amarillo Junior College. City State Bank was founded in 1910 by Doneghy Leach Street and Rude. Walter Campbell later bought Rude’s stock and after J C Doneghy’s 1937 death his nephew James Doneghy became president.
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Janet Lynn Pearson
Slaton
Amarillo
City State Bank
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Tulsa
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Ejiriki Thorvaldson
Quail Vacation Bible School
Colson
Gosnell Radio-Tv
Zenith
Dallas St
Robert & Shorty Gosnell
Gosnells
Jack Sanford
Wells & Wells
Harold Watkins
West Avenue
Wellington, Texas
Turin
Calvin Hurst
Doneghy
G. W. Lane
Texas
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Memphis
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Sharon
John
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