Court Clears Right-Of-Way Across County
After a ten hour session the Commissioners Court announced the right-of-way for the highway across the county is secured from the Childress County line to the Wheeler County line with one exception in Wellington. The county has spent 232225 to complete the right of way. The north and south contracts to Childress county and Salt Fork are near completion and funded by federal and state funds totaling 58000. Senator Clint C Small and Engineer C J Hasie plan to go to Austin to urge letting the bridge and drainage work from Salt Fork to the Wheeler County line.
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Commissioners
Wellington
Childress
Wheeler
Childress County
Salt Fork
Clint C. Small
C. J. Hasie
Austin
Wheeler County
Hasie
C. L. Hasie
Salt Fork River
Legion Plans July Fourth Picnic at Riverside
The American Legion will sponsor a Fourth of July Picnic at Riverside near the Salt Fork river crossing. Legion members, including Riley and Blale White, will work on the project with the Wellington-Shamrock Highway authorities.
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American Legion
Riverside
Salt: Fork River
Wis
Riley
Legion
Blale
Annnual Legion
Picnie
Wellington
E- Legion
English Teacher Attending School in Nashville
Mildred Hulsey, head of the Wellington High School English department, will attend school for the five years and elected to sit at post during the 1988 24 terms.
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Mildred’ Hulsey
Funeral Services Wednesday For Pioneer Minister
Funeral services for Hubbard Milton Bandy 78 were held Wednesday at 4 o clock at the First Christian Church with HM Hendry officiating. Bandy died Monday after a lingering illness in Wellington. Born November 17 1854 in Dallas County he became a pioneer Texas minister and served about 50 years. He is survived by his wife two children a brother six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He married Elizabeth Thorpe May 14 1876 while at Add Raw College and taught in the Plains country especially near Lubbock.
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Hubbard Milton Bandy
First Christian Church
HM. V. Hendry
Bandy
Wellington
Dallas County
Lfe
Texas
H. M. Bandy
Lubbock
Five Days Left to Vaccinate City Dogs
City officials urge dog owners to vaccinate pets against rabies within five days or risk seizure. Dogs at large in city limits must be vaccinated and wear tags. authorities will destroy unvaccinated dogs. City Secretary Jack Knight issued the notice.
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Jack Knight
McMurray Singers To Perform Here Wednesday Night
Rev T M Johnston announced McMurray College quartet and octette will sing at First Methodist Church here on Wednesday night June 14. The well known group is touring Texas and the public is invited to attend.
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T. M. Johnston
McMurray College
Firet Methodist
West
Texas
Rey
Johnston
Wall
Ikoun
Sullivan
Wiley
Ah Ratte
Boya
Gitla
Cool Shower Relieves Heat Wave in Collingaworth County
Sections received .65 inch of rain in Wellington and nearby areas, ending days of 100 degree heat. Towns saw shelter seekers, cellars used, and business groups watching dark clouds as showers extended toward the Panhandle and into Oklahoma. The rain traded with hot, dry conditions, easing crop stress after a prolonged period of heat.
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Collingaworth
Wellington
Hall County
Blue Front
A. D. Rainey
Lutie
Dodsonville
Fresno
Loco
Childress
Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma City
Nazarene Church Sponsors Vacation Bible School
Rev. D. W. Simpson announced that the Nazarene Church will sponsor a Daily Vacation Bible School for Wellington children over the next three weeks. It runs from 9 until 12 each morning with Bible study similar to Sunday School, open to all interested children. Other Wellington churches have announced similar programs this summer.
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D. W. Simpson
The
Nazarene Church
Wellington
Vacation Bible
Dodsonville Boy Wins District Title
Walter Fred Hill of Dodsonville won the Future Farmer's Declamation contest in Shamrock for his district against 25 counties. His speech was The Needs and Necessities of a Future Farmer. He will represent the district at the state meet in Huntsville in August where the winner goes to the Worlds Fair in Chicago.
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Walter Fred Hill
QO. D. Hill
Dodsonville
Shamrock
Walter Fred
Huntsville
Chicago
Churches Plan Father’s Day Programs This Week
Two churches announced special Father’s Day observances for Sunday June 18. First Baptist will hold a Sunday evening service with Rev W Clyde Hankins delivering a sermon God The Father and a special choir program. First Methodist plans a Sunday morning program with prayers scripture readings and father themed songs and readings by church members.
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W. Clyde Hankins
First Baptist Church
God
Father
Hankins
Pink Sullivan
First Methodist Church
Ramona Mitchell
Amon Johnston
Revival Meeting Promoted by Church of God Holiness
The Church of God Holiness announces a revival at the local Primitive Baptist Church beginning Wednesday at 8 30 p m. D C Mixon of Brady Texas will conduct nightly services through Sunday night June 25 inviting public attendance and Wellington church cooperation.
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Church of God Holiness
Primitive Baptist Church
Fer
D. C
Wellington School Names Margaret Hix for Next Year
R F Curny secretary of the school board announced this week that Miss Margaret Hix will be on the Wellington faculty next year and that her name was left off the list last week due to an error in the original statement.
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R. F. Curny
Margaret. Hix. Will
Wellington
Three WWII veterans selected for Texas reforestation camps
Collingsworth County will send three veterans to National Reforestation camps under Red Cross auspices based on population. Veterans with dependents get preference. local offices have blanks. Total locally selected will bring county participants to 21 as Ft. Sill trains 29 others. June funding for relief is in doubt. Meetings in Childress and Pampa will explain the National Reconstruction Act to many Wellington residents.
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Red Cross
Ft. Sill
Oklahoma
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Plymouth Church Sponsors Play At Plymouth High School
The Silver Moon Sunday School class of Plymouth Baptist Church presents a play titled A Hoodog Coon at Plymouth High School Friday night June 16 at 8 30. An admission is charged with proceeds benefiting the church. Cast includes Jack Walker Paul Neeley Pete Winters and others. The play also tours Lillie School and Lelia with show dates in June.
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Silver Moon
Plymouth Baptist Church
Plymouth High School
Jack Walker
Paul Neeley
Pete Winters
C. R. Higgins
Merle Walker
Vera Carrell
Misa Mildred Ballew
Geneva. Ballew
Margaret Tinkle
Lillie’ School
Coast
Lelia
New Legislative Acts to Stop Bootleg Cigarette Sales
Legislative acts aim to curb bootleg cigarette sales by imposing an intrastate tax of 3.60 dollars per thousand on cigarettes up to three pounds per thousand and requiring stamp proof on first intrastate sales, with stamps bought from the state tobacco tax office and affixed to each package.
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Aisted
Antrastate
Thia
Thi
County Council Meet Includes 13 Communities
The County Council met in the courthouse on June 10 with thirteen communities represented. Attendees will be admitted as members and the next meeting on July 8 at the courthouse aims to attract more communities. The council will not collect dues, relying on voluntary donations not to exceed five cents per member, with Mrs. P E Williams as collector. The July 9 event is sponsored by Willing Workers club and will begin with a pep meeting led by Miss Trula Morrow.
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W. ¥. Burden
P. E. Williams
Willing Workers Club
Fresno
Pleasant Point
Trula Morrow
Noted Texas Editorial Writer E. L. Wall Visits Wellington
E. L. Wall, editor of the Galveston News-Tribune and a prominent Texas editorial writer, is visiting Wellington this week with his sister Mrs. C B Anderson. His work has often been republished in Eastern papers and drawn wide nationwide attention.
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E. L. Wall
Texas
Wellington
C. B. Anderson
Wall
Galveston News-Tribune
Gerald Handy to Fill Vacancy in City Fire Department
An official notice states Gerald Handy will assume the fire department vacancy created by Edmund Cocke’s absence. Cocke and his family plan a two month vacation to South Dakota with his relatives.
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Gerald. Hardy
Gerald Handy
Edmund Cocke
Be Wy Cocke
South Goka
Jesus His Dick
Edmund
Dorothy
Billy
Epen Suner
Colorado
Doro Margaret
Serafon
Goller
Machine Guns Held Officers by Clyde Barrow Bandits
Tahoka jail escapes were linked to Sheriff Geo. T. Corry and City Marshal Paul Hardy in an Associated Press report. The two officers, who were held from Saturday night to Sunday morning, identified their captors as Clyde and Ivy Barrow and noted the captors left license plates from multiple states in the wrecked car. Both officers described the tense moments at the Steve Pritchard home and the Bandits’ confidence, with Corry recounting a confidant near Sayre asking about killing them.
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Associated Press Today
Yowell
Tahoka
Geo. T. Corry
Paul Hardy
Corry
Clarence Barrow
Ivy
Buck) Barrow
Joe Johns
Carlsbad
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Clyde Champion Barrow
Ivy Barrow
West Dallas
Wellington
Mr. Hardy
Steve Pritchard
Sayre
Clyde Barrow
Barrow
Hardy
Masons Plan To Install Officers
The Wellington Masonic Lodge will install officers Monday night June 26 and confer third degree work Wednesday night June 28 with full regalia. New officers include Clarence Knight as grand master H A Wynn senior warden Marvin Somerville junior warden Clark Anderson treasurer Ben Hur at secretary J tall tiler Rey T M Johnston chaplain.
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Wellington
Births Reported This Week At Lutie Bureau
Birth notices indicate four births recorded this week at Lutie, with details from the Bureau of Vital Statistics. Names and exact dates are partially legible, highlighting newborns and families awaiting official certificates.
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Lutie
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Legion Works
Nashville, Tenn
Small
Church of Christ
Margaret
Hix
Collingsworth County
Katherine Beverie
Plymouth Church
Collingsworth
Clark B
Anderson
County
Burden
West Texas C. O. C
W. Y. Burden
Aia
West Texas
Council
Associated Press
Barrow Brothers
Masons
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