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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1964
Page
1
Marian Airpark Pool to host Penny Day on Saturday June 6 with a coin toss event. About $20 in coins will be thrown in and one colored coin can be exchanged for a pool season ticket. Free swimming lessons offered June 12 13 with classes for beginners to divers led by Mr and Mrs Larson and Betty Courtney.
CWO and Mrs. Frazier Savage return to the United States after living in Bogota Colombia where he served as military attache at the American embassy The family will stay in Washington DC until a new assignment is issued They visited last week at the home of his brother Claude Savage noting Savage lived here after graduating from Wellington High School
The Department of Agriculture revises wheat grading affecting local markets with docked payments for foreign material cracked kernels and damaged grains. Wellington elevator operators report. Millard Brown of the county ASCS office cites No 1 wheat loan and purchase rates at 1.29 per bushel, based on a $1.77 Galveston terminal market rate. Premiums and discounts apply by grade variety and sedimentation.
Frank Kennedy of Quail ends 19 years in the vocational agriculture program to take a similar post at Vega High School. He and his family will move July 1, praising a larger department in a new building and noting pride in his former students and the Quail Young Farmer chapter.
J R Downs a 15 year old son of Mr and Mrs D F Downs suffered second degree burns to legs feet and left arm in a butane explosion at the F Masten farm east of town on Thursday May 28 about 11 p m The accident occurred when butane escaped from a heating stove in a barn and the youth lit a match Uninjured were Winford Downs Kenneth Downs an uncle and Ronny Baker J R was rushed to St Josephs Hospital where his condition is improving and no barn damage is reported The family had moved to the Masten farm from Wellington the day before the accident.
Mr and Mrs Danny Garcia and their sons Dusty and David travel with Miss Susan Garcia to Fajardo Puerto Rico for a two week summer visit Miss Garcia will stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Bob Garcia Bird and plans to return to Wellington High School in September The trip includes R A Garcia Bird as Danny Garcia s father
Collingsworth voters on Saturday June 6 will select a Democratic congressman at large between Joe Pool and Robert W. Baker and a Republican United States Senate nominee between Jack Cox and George Bush. Voting runs 8 am to 7 pm at a single county court room and First Christian Church fellowship hall with election officials named. Absentee ballots were light with four Democrats and one Republican cast.
Bob Jones suffered a broken left leg from a fall at home on May 23. He was hospitalized at St. Joseph's, then transferred to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo. His wife reported he is much improved as of Tuesday.
The Wellington Masters Golf Tournament starts Friday at 1 p.m. and runs through Sunday with three flight prizes and a medalist award. Sponsored by Wellington State Bank, the event features over 40 qualifiers and gifts for all participants, with top honors including an electric clock trophy, a golf cart, and golf jackets.
Rev Edens of First Methodist Church is transferred to Denver City at the Northwest Texas Annual Conference in Amarillo. He will move with his family Thursday and will pastor a church with about the same membership as here. Pastor Todd arrives from Haskell to fill the vacancy, joining a county lineup that includes Rev J F Michael in Dodson and Rev R H Knight in Wellington. Mrs Edens teaches in Wellington high school and the couple have four children.
Min Ruther Jones resigns from West Avenue Church of Christ to take a ministerial post in Ratliff City Oklahoma. He traveled from Wetumka to Wellington thirteen months ago with his wife and children. Mrs Reggie Nalls succeeds him at West Avenue after preaching in Erick Oklahoma.
The Rev. R. H. Knight and Trinity Methodist Church in Amarillo receive an improvement award from the Town and Country Awards Program for church building upgrades funded by the Lord's Acre and Lord's Hour. Knight notes asbestos siding, painted woodwork, and ongoing funding efforts.
The report lists week 1.12 inches of moisture and May 3.31 inches, with yearly moisture total 7.16 inches. This brief indicates current temperature ranges and precipitation totals for the period.
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