Ritz Memories of a Wellington Theater and Its Fans
Readers recall the Ritz Theater era from the 1940s, sharing personal memories of Lassie Come Home and The Moon Is Blue, and describe a community effort to restore the beloved venue. They recount seeing films, favorite crews, and school-age visits, plus a hope the marquee will again light up.
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Ritz
Wellington
Miss Childress
Lassie
Sandown Smith
Goat Hopper’s
Dad
Lorretta Young
Joseph Cotten
Donald Green
Bob Lynch
Mission
Lynch
Pat Bradley
Abra
John Robert Howard
Wellington News Briefs: Rural Meeting and Water Woes
Oklahoma editor T. C. Richardson will speak in Wellington June 25 on farm community needs and the Texas Rural Neighborhood Contest. City faces a water shortage. voluntary conservation urged with potential standpipe restrictions. Also noted are Samnerwood Rodeo July 3–4, 1972 civic updates, including new city manager hire and firework ordinances, plus local oil and gas interests and bank board changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.C. Richardson
Texas
Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman
Wellington
Richardson
Collingsworth
Farmer- Stockman and
Texas A&m College System Extension Service
L. B. Bratten
Burn Handley
Henry Sullivan
Buck Creek
Elm Creek
Water Control and Improvement Association
Temple Slay
Water Board
Ed Crowder
Dodson
Fred Bourland
Quail
Polly O'Neil
Robert Baxter
Sumnerwood
Cottonwood Creek
John Coleman
Coleman
City of Wellington
Lyman Daniel
Lorenzo
City State Bank
Wayne Cudd
Cliff Hartman
Ralph Owens
Cudd
Cudd Brothers Trucking
Hiram Cudd
Hartman
Owens
Owens Farm Supply
Owens LP Gas
A. W. Hembree Co
Oklahoma
Edgar Wischkwemper
Miss Pearl Strong
Abra
Bessie B. Finley
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West Avenue
H. Deskins Wells
Henry Wells
Suzanne Maxwell
Priscilla Sullivan
Virginia Robey
Neil Wilbur
Panhandle
Betty Winslett
Janie Duncan
Collingsworth County
Wellington Leader
Jimmie Ray Holder
Dorothy Jane Riggs Vinson
East Ward
The
Buddy Forbis
Dell
Howard Riggs
Daddy
Pollyanna O'Neill
Allene Raburn
Rosemary Jones
Pearl Ball
East Avenue
Samnerwood
Samnerwood Rodeo Association
Troy Marsh
Viva Cleveland
Marsh
City of
James Stavenhagen
Travis McGuire
Dudley Phipps
Greenbelt Electric Co- Operative, Inc
Maxie Tarver
George Porter
1St Street
Salt Fork River
Childress County
Donley County
Vinson
Edd Roark
Chamberlain Motor Company
Motor Company
Clarendon
M-Sozv
Amarillo
WATS
Collingesworth
Wengen Oan Ee PO
Eten Oapen
Tarases
FDIC
Wheeler Banking Chidress Corection
Memphis Banking
Church OF
Virginie
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Walon
Leeder
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