4-H Range Team Wins at State Roundup
The Collingsworth County 4-H Land Evaluation team won the Texas 4-H Roundup contest at Texas A&M University College Station on June 10. All four team members finished in the top 10 in individual judging. Team members included Shaun Coleman Spencer Seale Craig Brown and Tammie Hernandez with Brown named high point individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth County
Texas A&m University
College Station
Sumnerwood Ffa
Oklahoma City
A&m
Texas
Shaun Coleman
Dudley Coleman
Spencer Seale
Douglas Seale
Emmit Skelton
Craig Brown
Jimmy Brown
Tammie Henard
Jim Heward
Tammie
Seale
Collingsworth 4-H
Lampasas
Victoria County
Sumnerwood Vocational Agriculture
Don Reeves
East Texas
Reeves
Brown
Collingsworth
Rudder Center Auditorium
Sumnerwood High School
Coleman
Lutie Reunion Slated June 26-28
Plans are set for the Lutie Community reunion at Irish Inn Shamrock Texas from June 26 through 28. Coordinators invite former residents the Young Wischkaemper Thompsons Jolleys and Raineys and all friends to visit or stay for the full weekend with meals and social gatherings arranged. Reservations and contact details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutie
Irish Inn
Shamrock
Wischkaemper
Thompsons
Jolleys
Texas
Hospital Gets New Roof At Collingsworth General
Work to replace the tile roof began this week after Collingsworth General Hospital’s board accepted Amarillo Custom Tile Roofing’s bid of 49,500, later raised by 1,650 to 51,150 for a third roofing layer. The contract includes decking, copper nails and flashing, a 20 year workmanship and 50 year material warranty, and the hospital will keep old tiles for resale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth General Hospital
Amarillo
Amarillo Company
Indian Creek and Pritchard Reunions Planned This Weekend
Indian Creek reunion Saturday at Burn Handley Community Center features fiddle guitar and mandolin music with E B Seale and siblings from Sweetwater and Pritchard relatives from Dallas Lubbock Glendale plus a 12 noon basket dinner and a brief business meeting electing 1988 officers headed by Joe Smith Pritchard and Mary Carol Smith as president and secretary Jackie Pritchard as treasurer. Sunday Pritchard family reunion at Pioneer Park with sandwiches soft drinks and continued visiting begins around 4 p.m. all Collingsworth and nearby county friends are invited to attend.
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Indian Creek
Burn Handley Community Center
Pritchard
Pioneer Park
Gladys Pritchard Cartwright
Amey Seale
Wellington
Collingsworth
E.B. Seale
Ara Lee Beall
Mildred Smith
Sweetwater
Pritchard Brothers
Jack
Lela
Doc
Glendale
Arizona
Joe and
Mary Carol Smith Pritchard
Dallas
Jackie Pritchard
Lubbock
Simulated Nuclear Emergency Drill Planned in Collingsworth County
Emergency management coordinator Charlene Poteet says Collingsworth County Wellington and Dodson will stage a radiological protection exercise on Wednesday June 24 at 8 am in the county jail conference room. J R Bowen urges broad participation though the public is not involved and the aim is to train responders for fallout, wind, and related data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlene Poteet
Collingsworth County
City of Wellington
City of Dodson
J.R. Bowen
Zock Thomas
Department of Emergency
Bonnie and Clyde reenactment planned at Salt Fork River
Kevin Titus and Christine Titus of Dallas return to Wellington to stage an on site two day Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow drama. The event recreates the 1933 Salt Fork Bridge incident with a gunfight, kidnapping scene, and public viewing from a barbed wire fenced area at the Pritchard house. Security and traffic control will involve Sheriff Rainey and state patrol along US Highway 83.
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Kevin Titus
Christine
Dallas
Bonnie Parker
Clyde Barrow
Salt Fork River
Wellington
Salt Fork River Bridge
Pritchard
Collingsworth County
Titus
George Cory
Paul Hardy
John Rainey
Salt Fork Bridge
Templeton
Titus and
Rainey
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Department
US 83
Pioneer Park
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Rene del Bosque
Sorgee
Dalhart
Perry Foster
Foster
Pritchards
Bonnie, Clyde
R.L. Templeton
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