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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1964
Page
6
The note outlines a new moisture limit of 13 percent for wheat to qualify for loans. Docking rises for moisture above limit and for trash and weed seeds. June weather expected to bring more moisture and cooler temps, with past week temperatures listed. The section also mentions local delivery rules from Amarillo wholesalers and a wildlife film at the Ritz.
Joline Groves daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Groves earned a BS in biology and sociology at Baylor University with 600 graduates at baccalaureate services on May 21 and commencement May 22 in the Heart of Texas Coliseum in Waco. She attended Pi Alpha Lambda Pi Mu Chi and Alpha Kappa Delta and will join Wadley Blood Bank and Research Institute in Dallas starting June 8.
Gas use nearly doubles in ten years with residential, commercial and industrial sales leaping from 66.1 billion therms in 1958 to 108.5 billion in 1963. Tarantulas have no sense of hearing.
Elvis White announced the purchase of the Allen Insurance Agency from Charles Allen of Canyon. White will assume active management and keep the AIA name. Allen founded the agency and later moved to Canyon where he serves as a bank executive.
A B Raburn has finished his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio and has been transferred to Amarillo Air Force Base for schooling. He spent last weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs O B Raburn of Borazon.
Local bankers joined 860 attendees at the Panhandle Bankers Association annual meeting held Friday and Saturday May 29 and 30 in Amarillo. keynote speaker Mr. Simmons of New Mexico questioned the need for opening new banks. Banquet was held Friday night and a ladies style show was staged Saturday. Wellington State Bank sent numerous couples and individuals including CG Hubbard and Chris, Loyd Wooldridge, Barney Glenn, Jack Neeley, Millard Brown, Loren Thompson, Jimmie Strickland, Earl Feemster, Joe Coleman, and W. T. McAdams. City State Bank and Dodson representatives also attended.
Mrs. Oleta Burquist and her daughter Adel will leave Friday for Western Life Camp in Montezuma New Mexico where Burquist will serve on the staff for three months. This marks the third summer the pair have spent at the camp. Also noted were remarks about huajillo shrubs native to West Texas valued as honey sources.
Collingsworth County Farm Bureau has moved to a new metal and brick building at 9th Street and Highway 83 Dee Burba manager announced this week. Memphis Production Credit Association moved into offices in the same building as Herbert Bearden noted. The facility includes space for another office a meeting room and kitchen plus ample parking for over 500 members with a formal opening to be announced later.
Members of the First Methodist Church honored the Edens family after Sunday services with an ice cream social. Two pieces of luggage were presented to the family during fellowship in the church parlor.
Frank Kennedy helped organize the Quail Game Association and led Quail Baptist Church as Sunday School superintendent for 15 years. A Mason and deacon, he served on building committees while his wife Mrs. Kennedy worked as a dental technician and supported church and B and PW Club. The couple have four children: Virginia Margie Buddy and Danny.
A Los Angeles man received a $35,761.11 phone bill including a $10.70 service charge. He promptly called the phone company, blaming a computer malfunction for the error.
Mrs. Modell Scruggs of Wellington will be installed as the new president of the Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women at the 44th annual convention in Fort Worth on Saturday June 6. Delegates from Wellington include Mrs. John Coleman and others. Scruggs aims to push the equal rights amendment, establish a status of women commission, and expand the federation’s career club program for girls.
Sumnerwood and Quail 4-H Club girls attend clothing construction workshops from June 1 to June 12 led by home demonstration agent Kathryn Bartenbruch. Younger participants aged 8 to 11 join the summer sessions with leaders Mrs. Lackey Knoll and King at Sumnerwood and Mrs. Wheeler Cooke TI at Quail.
Mrs. Knight and her husband lead Trinity Church formed from the old Wellington circuit. The 118-member congregation includes families from Aberdeen Salt Fork Quail Fresno and Loco communities and spans about 20 miles east to west. Daughters are Mrs E H Patterson Conroe Vera Knight Phoenix and Mrs J B Wyatt Childress.
Mrs. Dan Howard and her two sons Larry and Andy depart June 2 for a two month Mediterranean tour. They are joined by sisters and nieces and will sail the Saturnia after a World’s Fair visit, visiting Lisbon Rome Cairo Beirut Damascus Jerusalem Athens and Istanbul before returning to Dallas July 28. This is the sons’ first trip. New Gas Fields Not Likely and American Gas Association notes slim chances for wildcat wells.
Marion Baumgardner, head of Purdue University soils laboratory in Lafayette, was among 77 graduates receiving a doctoral degree at Purdue's May 31 commencement. President Frederick L. Hovde delivered the address as part of the two weekend ceremonies in which 4,070 degrees were awarded. Mrs. Baumgardner traveled from Wellington to attend with her son and visit his family.
Early irrigators among the Aboriginal Paviatso of the Sierra Nevada diverted streams to irrigate wild grasses whose seeds fed the tribes, while the Texas Capitol stood as one of the world’s largest buildings at its 1888 dedication.
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