Area's Wheat Crop Opens and REA Funds Line Expansion
The Rural Electric Administration approved 209000 for Greenbelt Electric Co-op to extend service in Wheeler and Gray counties, reaching 193 miles of lines serving about 235 families. Total borrowing rises to 1270000 with 35 year repayment. more lines possible in Collingsworth and Donley counties, pending early 1948 approval. Congressman Worley disseminated the news. Orval Couch forecasts further allotments as the REA budget remains mostly intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Electric Administration
Greenbelt, Electric Co-op
Wheeler
Gray Counties
Eugene Worley
Collingsworth
Donley
Orval Couch
Couch
REA
Congress
Fort Worth Couple Takes Over Wellington Machine Shop
Mr. and Mrs. Max H. Grabein arrived in Wellington to assume management of the Wellington Machine Shop they purchased from Mike Crouch. The Grabeins bring Fort Worth ties and children Hermie Bob and Julia Ann along as they start this new chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max H. Grabein
Wellington
Mike Crouch
Hermie Bob
Julia Ann
Fort Worth
Grabein
American Manufacturing Company of
Army
Navy
Texas Steel Corp
Trinity-Portland Cement Co
Public Field Tour Open to Local Residents
Veteran Vocational teachers John Coleman Curtis Thaxton Marshall Baxter and County Agent J W Thomas sponsor a field tour examining hairy vetch Madrid sweet clover weeping and sand love grass and crop responses to fertilizers. The event Friday June 20 starts at 1 30 P M at Lefty Thomas farm 12 miles north of Wellington on highway 8 3 It continues to J W Thomas farm north of Wellington James Doneghy farm at Crossroads Ben Farmer farm north of Quail and John Brim farm south of Wellington with the public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Coleman
Curtis Thaxton
Marshall Baxter
J. W. Thomas
Lefty Thomas
Wellington
James Doneghy
Ben Farmer
Quail
John Brim
Wellington veteran Claude Savage takes Rural Route 3 carrier post
Claude Savage a 22 year postal employee from Wellington is transferred from clerk in the office to mail carrier on Rural Route 3 the former route of the late R S Montague. He has spent most of his career in the Wellington office with a stint as Route One carrier in Dodson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Savage
Wellington
R .S. Montague
Bob Keller
Savage
Dodson
Holton Named on Baylor Dean's List
Thomas Holton son of Mr and Mrs Homer Holton earned Dean's list honors at Baylor University Waco for outstanding work in the last term He is a Navy veteran and recently visited his parents and relatives for ten days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Holton
Baylor University
Homer Holton
Waco
Navy
Holton
Largest Crowds in Recent Years Expected at Rodeo Events
Wellington prepares for a three day rodeo Friday to Sunday June 20 21 22 expected to draw large crowds and contestants. Parade plans include floats and cowboy sponsor contest with prizes. Rodeo prize money totals 1200 across saddle bronc bull calf roping and team roping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Lower Panhandle
Oklahoma
The
Rodeo Association
Cameron Beam
Tom Campbell
Sam Moore
Lynn Moore
Association
Wheat damage from hail hit Wellington area June 11
Hail and rain Wednesday night damaged wheat southwest and west of Wellington and in Sumnerwood with 10 to 25 percent losses per insurance claims. Rye damage was reported by E. T. Vaughn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Sumnerwood
John Bartenbruch
G. L. Roberts
B. W. Beaird
J. W. Neeley
Herman Oldham
A. C. Gray
T. W. Devenport
B. F. Evans
J. A. Leach
Claud Whitfield
E. T. Vaughn
Mexico City Thrills for B P W Delegates on Tour
MissDorothea Robertson and MissDora Elizabeth McClaskey report from Mexico City on a State Business and Professional Women's convention tour. They describe border bag loss, Pan American Highway travel through Monterrey and Wells, views of the capital from Pasada Del Sol Hotel, visits to President Alemán's door, the cathedral, and a lunch at Sans Souci.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Wilington
Business and Professional Women
Republic
Dora Elizabeth McClaskey
Deorotha Robertson
Miss McClaskey
Pan American Highway
Monterrey
Welles
Mexico City
Pasada del Sol
Aleman
National Building
Sans Souci
Banquet Marks Official Opening Of Wellington Lighting
Cameron Beam and Allen Shahan of West Texas Utilities hosted a banquet for Wellington officials after the completion of a blue mercury vapor lighting system around the square. Mayor Ernest Lewis turned on the new lighting at the light plant, with a tour of streets showing Even illumination between poles and under fixtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Cameron Beam
Allen Shahan
West Texas Utilities Company
Pullman
Wellington Light Plant
Ernest Lewis
Handley
Beam
Shahan
West Texing Co
Cameron Bean
Burn Handley
TM. Orr
Vertrees Lane
Ford
Walter Franks
Ollie Raburn
Monk Lepetit
Luther Gribble
Mack Wood
Walker Todd Moves to Quanah School as Vocational Agriculture Teacher
Wellington FFA chapter gains prominence as Todd departs for Quanah joining a line of noted honors. Marion Baumgardner is highlighted as a former National Vice President, with other members earning Lone Star and American Farmer degrees. Area 1 contest qualifiers and two successful county project shows mark the chapter’s progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker P. Todd
Wellington
Quanah
Mr. Todd
FFA
Marion Baumgardner
Future Farmers of America
Texas
Marion
Dwane Scott
Clifton Hartman
Harold Scott
Lone Star Farmers
Tech
Area 1
A&m College
Dick Sweat elected Worshipful Master of Wellington Mason Lodge
Dick Sweat was named Worshipful Master of the Wellington Masonic Lodge at the June business session on Thursday night June 12. He succeeds Orval Couch who served the past year, with Cliff Campbell Senior Warden and Lloyd Harper Junior Warden also chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Sweat
Wellington
Claude Nelson
Temple Slay
G. B. Hopper
Wichita Falls Boy Fatally Hurt in Pony Rope Accident
James Orland Wells six year old son of Mr and Mrs A O Wells of Wichita Falls was fatally injured Saturday night June 4 when entangled in a rope around a pony s neck dragged by the startled animal. He died at a hospital the same night funeral held in Wichita Falls with survivors including his parents and grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Orland Wells
A. O. Wells
Wichita Falls
Annie Bird
Shamrock
Wellington
Highland Height Christian Church
Bird
E. M. Wells
Bellevue
Instructors Added To County Veterans Vocational School
Two new instructors Marshall Baxter and Curtis Thaxton join the County Veterans Vocational School announced by Jake Tarter. Dr J C Agee resigns as instructor and Tarter moves to full time administration. Both new instructors are West Texas State College agriculture graduates and former Navy lieutenants. Baxter worked at Consumers Grain Co-Op in Amne Witla and pursued graduate work at Texas Technological College. Thaxton previously worked for the REA locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Vocational School
Jake Tarter
Marshall Baxter
This County
Curtis Thaxton
J. C. Agee
Tarter
West Texas State College
Canyon
Baxter
iConsumers Grain Co-Op
Amne Witla
Texas Technological College
Uudbock
Thaston
REA
Wellington High School honors thirty-nine on honor roll
Thirty-nine Wellington High School students earned scholastic averages of B or better for the 1946-47 second term and will attend a Ritz theatre party on Wednesday at 3 PM. Principal Walker Todd notes more students made the honor roll than ever before as the program grows. Invited seniors include Sue Anderson and others named in the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington High School
The
Ritz
Walker Todd
W. M. Hurd
Sue Anderson
Louie Beam
Jerry Bollen
Lennie Lou Coleman
Tommie Campbell
Lena Chandler
Lara Winley
Billie June Harrison
Helen Holder
Mary Alice Kutch
Lynn Moore
Don Roberts
FE. M. Strickland
Rosemary
Sullivan with Clark Chevrolet in Wellington
Henry Sullivan joins Clark Chevrolet Co. Wellington as parts man. The Sullivans moved from Port Arthur where he was a Gulf Oil senior chemical engineer. He is son of Pink and Mrs. A E Clark, part owners of the shop. The couple, with family, live at 607 El Paso Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sullivan
Clark Chevrolet Co
Wellington
Place of Legumes in Soil Building Stressed By J. W. THOMAS
J W Thomas discusses soil fertility and legume use in crop rotation to build soil in sandy county areas. He notes rainfall is not the main limiter, emphasizes inoculated legumes such as hairy vetch peas clover and alfalfa plus 200 pounds of super phosphate per acre before planting to boost yields and soil nitrogen. Trials with hairy vetch madrid sweet clover and alfalfa seek to prove green manure benefits despite moisture limits in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Thomas
Madrid
Wheat harvest tops county yields with 35 to 40 bushel rates
Wheat in Wellington area brings high returns as combines harvest a strong crop. Fields yield 35 to 40 bushels per acre with prime quality grain moving to elevators. Early sales posted around 1.85 to 1.90 dollars per bushel. first shipments arrive from the county’s southern farms on June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
AAA
W. C. Minter
Mish Dukeminter
Bartlett Hurt in Wheat Harvest Combine Accident
J S Bartlett son of Sheriff Ozro Bartlett was badly injured Wednesday June 11 when his right hand was caught in a combine pulley near Kirkland. He walked two miles for aid. 22 stitches were required and he will miss the Wellington rodeo contests he had planned to enter. He worked for Gene Martin at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Bartlett
Ozro Bartlett
Kirkland
Bartlett
Wellington
Gene Martin
Farm Bureau to Hold Regular Meeting Tuesday Night
County Farm Bureau to hold regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening June 24 in the county courtroom. J A Coleman of Dozier vice president will preside. Agenda includes barbecue planning and completion of membership legislative and education committees. Farm Bureau membership stands at 288, Jake Warter, chairman, says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Farm Bureau
J. A. Coleman
Dozier
Farm
Smith undergoes appendectomy in Wichita Falls hospital
RB Smith of Town Park and son in law of Mrs Lucy B Wells had an appendectomy at Wichita Falls Clinic Hospital Saturday afternoon June 14. Relatives reported his condition improving. Mrs Wells, Miss Hattie D Wells and Deskins Wells traveled to Wichita Falls to be with him. Mrs Smith was formerly Robbie Wells and lived here during his military service before moving to Iowa Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Daughtry
Loco
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Church of Christ At
van Bonneau
Artic Cemetery
Ellis Funeral Home
Daughtry
Oscar Beal
Whitney
Austin Beal
Childress
Wilma Sanders
Benecia
Calif
China RB. Smith
Town Park
Lucy B. Wells
Wichita Falls Clinic
Wellington Leader to Close for TPA Convention
The Wellington Leader will close all day Friday June 20 so staff can attend The Texas Press Association annual convention in Amarillo. Publisher Deskins Wells secretary of TPA along with Mr and Mrs Mack Wood and Miss Virginia Robey will attend the 3 day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Texas Press Association
Amarillo
Deskins Wells
Mack Wood
Virginia Robey
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Oregon
Echo
Ore
B&pw
Quanah School
City Masons
County Veterans Vocational School
Noel Bryant
First Methodist Church
Ralls
Clark Chevrolet
Farm Bureau
China
B. Smith
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