Wellington area notes and upcoming events and changes
Mary Blacksher reports 58 employees at Patient First serving Groom to El Dorado and new staff from Houston and Clarendon. Housing shortage grows as Wellington grows. Widespread planning for Collingsworth County Bluegrass Festival August 26 and 27 sponsored by the Wellington Chamber. Local visits include Jeffrey clan’s West Texas Engine Company and wind generator discussion. National Guard trip to Ft Hood featured with TOW missile system demo. Junior High computer camp impressions and Wellington State Bank open house success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Blacksher
Groom
el Dorado
Oklo
Main Street
LVN
Houston
Clarendon
Blacksher
Wellington
Collingsworth County
Priscilla Sullivan
Lyndon Crelia
Jon Sessions
Winfred McQueen
Tommy Hudson
Ft. Hood
National Guard
Amarillo
Texas National Guard
Priscilla
Fleeting Moments Covering Local Tragedies and News
A WASP air crew tragedy dominates the report with a plane crash near Frank Campbell Ranch on June 13 and a fatal parachute failure. Other items include a highway accident arrest, airport management courses, fire safety campaigns, flood damage, school youth skits, and civic notes from Wellington and Collingsworth County. Local officials, road crews, and institutions are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Force
Frank Campbell
WASP
Women's Army Ferry Service
Campbell
Paul Bell
Childress Army Air Field
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West Avenue
Texas
Byron Hays Pubisher
Nell Wilbur
Betty Winslett
Panhandle
Kerry Hookstra
Virginia Robey News
Hollie Wilbur
Texas Press Association
We UI
Byron
Byron Richard Hays
Floyd Andrew Killough
WHS
St. Petersburg
Russia
University of Texas Health Center
Tyler
Carroll Daves
Jeffrey Clan
West Texas Engine Company
15Th Street
The
M. E. Dobbins
State Highway Department
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lutie
Earl E. O'Neil
Oklahoma City
O'Neil
W. M. Tucker
Shamrock
Sam Gardner
United States
College Station
Texas A & M College
Howard Riggs
B. A. Vandivere
Princinct 1
Burn Handley
Luther Gribble
Fire Department
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Baruch Spinoza
Salt Fork
Collingsworth
Donley
Armstrong
Quail
Abra
Fort Worth and
Denver
J. E. Roberts
Miss Trammel
Elizabeth Hurst
Mary Beth Kelso
Alecia Ham
Betty Linville
Carol Gamm
Nunnelley
Collingsworth County Jail
John Rainey
Memphis
Buster Hughes
Johnny Cagle
Belle Bradford
C. A. Bradford
Raymondville
General Telephone Company
Bradford
League City
Dairy Queen
Highway 83
Hollis Jones
Dick Hamilton
Paul Hawkins
West Texas Utilities Co
Vernon Chamber of Commerce
Vernon
Longfellow
FTD Florists
FTD
Canada
Parvo. Flowers & Greenhouse
East Ave
ACE
Ouse & Ir
Gainsraction Burbanies
Eateria
Exterio
A. Fm
9Th Street
Gast Childress
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