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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 2004
Page
1
Wellington Chamber of Commerce hosts the second annual City Wide Garage Sale on Saturday June 5 with thirty six residents selling from 8 a.m. at numerous addresses around town. Three vendors on the square offer chicken sausage ice cream and drinks while map locations are available at local shops and banks.
The WAC will close for a short period this Sunday and reopen on Monday June 7 signaling a brief pause in operations. No further details on hours or services were provided.
Collingsworth County residents overlook a 1940 mural in their post office depicting settlers building a shelter, sowing, and planting. Commissioned by Bernard P. Arnest in 1939 under the New Deal, the tempera and oil work reflects Texas plains labor and community progress. Texas A M University Press released The Texas Post Office Murals detailing such works with color photos.
Collingsworth County hosted an American Red Cross blood drive on May 24. Thirty six donors produced 29 productive units, each ready to help up to three patients. Special thanks to coordinator Tommy Hudson and all volunteers. next drive set for July 26.
Trooper Jason Musick, 23, joins Collingsworth County after graduating from the academy on April 23 and transfer to the county around May 10. Raised in Arlington and Vernon, he studied at Vernon Junior College and Texas Tech. His grandfather served 32 years as a Wichita Falls police officer. Musick plans to stay long term and attends First United Methodist Church.
U.S. Representative Mac Thornberry visited Wellington on Friday May 28 meeting six Collingsworth County residents at the Burn Handley Community Center. The hourlong session featured candid Q A on local agriculture rising gas prices Highway 83 bridge and newspaper taxes as Thornberry also spoke about himself in an amiable tone.
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