Exciting Hong Kong and Macao trip by Mrs Woods in wartime leave
Mrs. Arthur Woods reports a long 24 hour journey from Amarillo to Hong Kong via Los Angeles Hawaii Guam Okinawa and Taiwan. She describes Kai Tak, Kowloon and the Star Ferry, shopping at Red China stores and the Thieves Market, and a Macau visit with European charm including Monte Fort Kum San Tong temple and a Buddhist ceremony at Kum Jan Tong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Woods
Hong Kong
Capt
Thailand
Macao
Amarillo
Los Angeles
Hawaii
Guam
Okinawa
Taiwan
Kai Tak
New Territories
Kowloon
Hong Kong Island
Star Ferry
Ocean Terminal
Ladder Street
Penha
Monte Fort
Kum Jan Tong
China
Services for Verna Benson Held June 7
Memorials are opened to the leukemia isolation unit fund at University of Nebraska Medical Center for eleven year old Verna Deane Benson of Hershey Nebraska who died June 4 after cancer treatment. Verna was born in Wellington December 25 1960 and lived there before moving to Hershey. Funeral services were held at Hershey United Methodist Church June 7 with burial in Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens. Survivors include her parents and grandparents and several relatives from Wellington and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Deane Benson
Hershey
Nebraska
University of Nebraska School of Medicine
Omaha
Odlas Benson
North Platte, Neb
Verna Deane
Wellington
First Baptist Church
Hershey United Methodist Church
Eugene Watson
Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens
Lauren W. Grove
Youngtown
Arizona
Kathleen Benson
Texarkana
Doyle Brown
Arthur Belew
Linda Belew
Oklahoma City
Doyle Winegeart
Yukon
Oklahoma
Vets License Less Not Now A Problem
VA loosens proof requirements for veterans benefits as birth and marriage certificates become less mandatory. Regional Director Jack Coker says certified statements of marriage and birth now suffice for veterans, widows, and orphans when no prior marriages or conflicting records exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Coker
Veterans Administration
Coker
Rural Accidents in Collingswor County May Totals Four
Texas Highway Patrol reports four rural highway crashes in Collingswor County during May. The crashes caused one fatality and one injury. For January–May 1972 the county had 13 nonfatal rural crashes with six injuries, while statewide May 1972 data show 517 accidents 25 deaths and 329 injuries across 60 counties in the Lubbock Region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Patrol
Collingswor
Ja Thernhanger
Lubbock
Wise
Knox and
Parker
Gray
Briscoe, Carson, Childress
Clay
Dickens
Garza
Hansford
Haskell
Lynn
Ochiltree
Palo Pinto
Potter
Childress
Cottle
Donley
Hall
Hemphill
Wheeler
Hospital Trio Attends VA Hospital Meeting in Amarillo
Collingsworth General Hospital staff members King Bowen Mrs. Fredonia Hunnicutt and Garner Altom will join a one day session at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Amarillo on Friday June 23 The program aims to keep attendees abreast of evolving hospital concepts with speakers from VA Central Office Washington DC and Dupont Company Wilmington Delaware
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth General Hospital
Veterans Administration Hospital
Amarillo
King Bowen
Fredonia Hunnicutt
Garner Altom
United States
Mr. Altom
George F. Westerman, Jr
Washington, D.C
al Krohn
Dupont Company
Wilmington, Delaware
Hospital Notes Reflect June 1972 Patient Admissions
The register lists numerous patients admitted between June 12 and June 18 at Collingsworth General Hospital and Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo. Names include Mrs. L C Cole Mrs. Mary E Young Mrs. Elvis Sain and others with medical surgical and traumatic entries. May traffic deaths totaled 25 across multiple counties with Gray and Wheeler among noted counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.C. Cole
Mary E. Young
Elvis Sain
W.E. Thomas
Collingsworth General Hospital
John Henry Pipins
Louis Green
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
George Truett Owens III
G.T. Owens, Jr
Nolan Browning
Sumnerwood
Roy Thomason
J.A. Leach
Paul Ashtock
Childress
Verna Watson
Child
Ress
Frank Cocke
Wheeler
Jimmy Langford
Riley Danson
O.W. Peeples
Kevin McDatiel
Benny McDanel
Trinidad Carita
Roland Jenkins
Bob Jones
Bessie Lowrie
Wellington Leader publication and rates listing
Wellington Leader published weekly at 913 West Ave Wellington Texas with second class mail entry dated August 25 1909 Editor and Publisher H Deskins Wells details subscription rates five dollars twenty five cents yearly inside trade territory six dollars fifty cents outside trade territory
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Leader
West Ave
Wellington
Tex
H. Deskins Wells
Parson’s Drug Ad Promises Fast Relief for Athletes Foot
An advertisement from Parson’s Drug promotes T-4-L for athlete’s foot with quick drying and rapid itch relief. The copy claims skin heals noticeably within minutes and days, urging customers to watch for healthy skin and promising refund if not delighted within an hour.
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Fe Parsons Drug
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Victoria Peak
Kam, Tin
Nixon
Eisenhower
Portugese Macao
Verna Benson
72Nd Infantry Brigade
Texas National Guard
North Fort Hood
Texas
2Nd Bn. 142 Infantry
NASA
Lewis Research Center
Cleveland
Ohio
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