Wellington City Council approves flood insurance and legal actions
The Wellington City Council approved a flood insurance application Monday to keep eligibility for federally financed housing. City legal officer Paul Spillman updated on a suit with Lone Star Gas in District Court at Austin. a temporary injunction hearing is set for Friday, June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Paul Spillman
Lone Star Gas Company
Austin
Wayne Cudd
Spillman
Bill Hatch
Cablecom General
Christian Service Camp Opens Session Monday
The Panfork Christian Service Camp sponsored by Christian Churches of the Texas and Oklahoma Pan handles will be held at Panfork Encampment from Sunday June 8 through Friday June 20. Two camps will run with programs of bible classes missionary services recreation swimming softball volleyball and a nature trail. About 60 youths are expected in each camp, with Tom Posey as camp manager and Melvin Newland as dean of the junior camp. Raymond Ward injured in a separate incident, surgery at St Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo with a week to ten days recovery.following Saturday morning accident.
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Panfork
Christian Churches of
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandles
Charles Waugh
First Christian Church
St. Anthony's Hospital
Amarillo
Tom Posey
Memphis
Melvin Newland
Dallas Christian College
Ambulance Service Adds 7 Members
Wellington Volunteer Ambulance Service reports seven new members joining the rolls, including four from the Sheriff's Department. Sheriff John Rainey and Deputies Richard Keller J.B. Nelson and N. E. Childers join, along with dispatcher additions Mrs John Rainey, Mrs David Peters, and part time dispatcher Mrs Bob Watson. Charles Waugh resigns from the board. Mrs Hubert Bowen elected to fill the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Bob Watson
Volunteer Ambulance Service
Sheriff's Department
John Rainey
Richard Keller
Nelson
N.E. Childers
Lance Service
David Peters
Harvest Opens as Wellington Wheat Crop Begins Turnout in 1975
The Wellington area starts the 1975 wheat harvest with best crop in years as elevators report initial good quality. First loads arrive from Dodson and local areas testing 14.27 percent moisture and 60 pounds to the bushel or better. Most wheat comes from Loco area south Collingsworth and north Childress counties, with many combines now in use and expectations of a strong yield once weather cooperates.
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Wellington
Dodson
Roland Mayhugh
Bundy Moore
Farmers Co-op Enterprises
Wartick's, Inc
Singley
Loco
Collingsworth
North Childress
Glen Warrick
Warrick's, Inc
Area towns discuss airport needs at Texas planning conference
A Texas Airport System planning conference will be held at 10 a.m. June 13 in the Memphis Community Center to review airport development needs in Briscoe Collingsworth Donley and Hall Counties. Attendees include Panhandle Regional Planning Commission officials airport board members and local officials. The plan assesses facilities forecast demand and financing for system growth with technical help from Texas A&M University.
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Hatch
Glen Taylor
Memphis
Briscoe
Donley
Hall
Collingsworth
PRPC
Amarillo
Cudd
Austin
Spl
Texas Airport System
Memphis Community Center
Eighth and Robertson Streets
Briscoe, Collingsworth
Hail
Panhandle
Texas
Federal Aviation Administration
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Texas Transportation Insti
Wellington Picked as Site for Woody Guthrie Film
Wellington was selected as a filming site for the 1975 Bound for Glory about Woody Guthrie. Shooting, tentatively August or September, will last a few days and bring many people to town. Hal Ashby will direct. casting director to be named. extras likely to be hired locally.
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Woody Guthrie
United Artists
Rod Davis
Texas Film Commission
Bill Hatch
Mr. Davis
Toa
Wellington
Hal Ashby
Hollywood
Holland Named to State Legion Post
Dennis Holland of Dodson has been elected vice commander of the Texas American Legion representing Division VI at a recent division convention in Odesa. He will serve 52 percent of the state, with duties at the Division II convention June 6 7 and State Convention in Fort Worth July 17 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Holland
Dodson
Texas Department of the American Legion
Odes- Sad
Mr. Holland
Legion
Texas
Panhandle
West Texas
el Paso
del Rio
Uvalde
North Texas
Mineral Wells
Ft. Worth
Dodson Post
Holland
Liberty Singers to Appear Here June 19
The Liberty Singers and Little Jesus People Puppets of Altus Oklahoma perform at First Baptist Church Wellington on Monday night June 9 at 8:00 pm. Formed February 1973 under Gary Dyer and Ron Lane the group teaches youth through music and has grown to 50 60 active members with soloists such as Billy Killingsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Singers
Little Jesus People
Altus
Oklahoma
First Baptist Church of
The
Gary Dyer
Ron Lane
Benny Kileo
First Baptist Church
Hey
Billy Killingsworth
KDKT
Dallas
United States
Rites Held for R. A. Barton Church Leader
R A Barton 91 farmer near Wellington from 1913 to retirement died at Thomas Nursing Center May 27 after ten years as resident. A longtime First Baptist Church deacon he helped build the old brick church and pews. Born 1883 in Tennessee he married Pearl C Goade in 1922. Funeral at First Baptist Wellington followed by burial in Memorial Gardens.
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R.A. Barton
Wellington
Thomas Nursing Center, Inc
First Baptist Church
Collingsworth County
Cross Roads
Ralph Allison Barton
Tennessee
W.M
Sally Duke Barton
Coolidge
Limestone County
Pearl C. Goade
Rev Collins
Memorial Gardens
Kelso Funeral Home
Elmer Feemster
Ollie Raburn
Ccie. Scott
Silas Crawford
Tom Wilkins
Truman Eohee
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City Council
Christian Service
Raymond Ward
Ward
Earl Patterson
Ambulance Service
Bowen
Texas Department of Health
Keller
Red Cross
Peters
Mr. Childers
U.S. Navy
Warrick
Jones Singley
Salt Fork
Fresno
Moore
Pinpoint
Tute
Texas A&m University
Folk
Shamrock
Chuck Mul- See
State Legion
Law and Order
Department
Lqodson Farmers Co-Op Direcs
Elbert Watts
Wilton R. Jones
Pred Covey
Art Kane
Roland Mayhigh
Louis Patterson
Pam Birch
Fieht
Phyeeof
Birchfield
Soha
Bline
Mrr. Watts
R. A. Barton
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