Graves of early Collingsworth pioneers tell cemetery tales
Read how graves outside cemeteries reveal hardships faced by Collingsworth County settlers. The long piece recounts legends of Poke Jeffries murder near Little Elm Creek, Dozier community lore, Red Bluff incidents with Bowers and family losses, Red Bluff tragedies at Wellington, and scattered grave sites along Elm Creek and China Grove, preserving county history through oral tales.
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Collingsworth County
Collingsworth
Poke Jeffries
Little Elm Creek
Poke
White Brothers OM
Mobectie
John
Mary Coleman
Dozier
Buck Creek
Doe Creek
Diamond Tail Ranch
Red Bluff
Bowers
Wheeler County
Abbie Harris
Fannie
Sidney Keeton
Pearl Keeton Johnston
Pearl
Wellington
Mr. IT. Goodnight
Austin
John Robert Howard
China Flat
Walker McCracken
Collingworth County
Thomas Elan
Frank Nipper
Carrie Gray
Dot Farris
Barney Glenn
Gibbs Glenn
Dallas
Mr. Glenn
Glenn
Virginia Robey
Bill Graves
Shamrock
Noble Elder
Dave Walker
Elm Creek
China Grove
Pok
Fire department car wash set for July 7
Wellington Volunteer Fire Department hosts a car wash Saturday July 7 starting at 8 a.m. at the fire station to raise funds. Donations are 20 dollars for cars and 25 dollars for pickups and suburbans with pickup and delivery available. Call the fire station at 447 2242 to schedule. Members listed include Danny Gray Joey Martin Larry Wright Jeff Langford Tony Maxwell Kenneth Warren Dan Langford Eddie Langford Gary Lemons Ambrus Briggs Levi Huntress Eddie Davis J D Hamby Kevin Hamby Tommy Hudson Steve Hartman Leonard Kujawski Leon Martin James McCleod Jim Sikes and Chris Lee.
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Wellington
Ex-Student Association seeks 50-year uniform donations
Wellington Ex-Student Association requests old uniforms from the past fifty years of Skyrocket teams for a style show during the August 3 4 reunion. They seek cheerleading, band, football, basketball, track, baseball, wrestling and related headgear and jackets. Contact Nancy at 447-2366 or 2281 to loan items.
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Wellington
Ex-Student Association
WHS
Nancy
CWA and Valor reach six month contract extension tentative
The Communications Workers of America and Valor Telecommunications announced a tentative six month extension to their current collective bargaining agreement. The extension covers VALOR employees in Oklahoma Texas and southeastern New Mexico operations with terms not disclosed.
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Communications Workers of America
CWA
Valor Telecommunications
VALOR
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Annual National Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance
A nationwide event on June 14 at 6 p.m. invites Americans to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The piece details the pledge’s origins with Francis Bellamy, Columbus Day origins, and changes to include “under God” in 1954, expanding to 31 words.
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USA
Regan
United States
America
God
Wellington Activity Center Offers Racquetball Lessons
The Wellington Activity Center launches racquetball instruction the week of June 17 led by James McLeod. Three levels run four two hour classes each, plus a tournament with ribbons and medals. Proceeds benefit the Wellington Opportunity Center and Wellington Volunteer Fire Department.
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Wellington
James McLeod
Wellington Opportunity Center
Wellington Volunteer Fire Department
Texas sales tax rebates rise for cities and counties
Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander sent $213.3 million in June sales tax rebates to 1,108 cities and 119 counties, up seven percent from June 2000. Year to date rebates rose 5.4 percent. Individual cities such as Wellington and Childress posted mixed changes while towns like Clarendon area shared rises.
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Texas
Carole Keeton Rylander
Rylander
Wellington
Collingsworth
Childress
Young Rancher Scholarship Deadline Extended
The Young Rancher Scholarship deadline has been extended to June 30, 2001. This $450 award is provided by Merial Ivomec Generations of Excellence and Texas Cattle Women, for the Beef Cattle Short Course at Texas A&M University in College Station.
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Merial/Ivomec Generations of Excellence
Texas Catle
Texas A&m University
College Station
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Clarendon
Hedley
Howardwick
Roney County
Estelline
Lakeview
Memphis
Turkey
Hall County
Wheeler
Mobeetie
Young Rancher
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