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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1989
Page
1
Wellington Independent School District officials face a tough year shaping the 1989 90 budget as they consider reserves to cover additional expenditures. The district must decide how to balance rising costs with available funds and potential cutbacks.
Collingsworth Public Library announces Card Day on June 28 to issue blue new library cards with signatures and bar codes. Old cards become invalid and must be replaced. Patrons must bring ID, complete an application, then receive a laminated bar coded card enabling reciprocal borrowing with Panhandle libraries and online searching starting July 10.
Business Manager Tommie Watts identifies 257729 in new costs for 1989 90 above 1988 89, led by salaries including 90900 mandated by state law and 41038 for a full time superintendent salary. Additional medical insurance 38220 and two half teacher salaries 17000 plus a gifted and talented teacher 28400.
The Great Race committee finalizes plans for the July 3 Wellington stop as antique cars valued over 5 million dollars traverse from U.S. 83 to courthouse square. Local drivers Zeke Neeley and James Cunningham head a 1936 Oldsmobile Touring Sedan arriving around 3 30 p.m. with 15 minute fuel and 15 minute square stops. Souvenirs include cotton bales and peanuts, hats are limited, and refreshments will be sold by the Collingsworth County Veterans Memorial Committee. A 3 p.m. Thursday meeting in the Heritage Room will finalize all arrangements.
More than 300 Booker T Washington School alumni, from San Francisco to Ohio, returned for the fourth reunion and to look back. Dr Francine Childs of the University of Ohio spoke when the scheduled speaker could not attend, urging community self-help, school renewal, and a state historical marker for Wellington’s first brick school for Black children in the Panhandle. She urged education, scholarships, and broader church community use, and called for male role models in single parent homes while warning AIDS affects Black families. Awards were given to Beulah Powell, Claude Walker, and Tommy Davis for service. the weekend included a parade, entertainment, and a barbecue at North Park Community Center.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday June 24 in Fairview Cemetery for Buford John Young Seaman Third Class United States Navy who survived Pearl Harbor then died when the submarine Hardor was torpedoed in 1944. Born at Lutie he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jason Young and attended Lutie and Sumnerwood High School class of 1938. Families from Lutie Wellington and Fort Worth expect to attend. Larry Sanders of Canadian will deliver the eulogy and classmates from Sumnerwood may speak. The Lutie Kids reunion will run concurrent with the service and the family invites friends from the Lutie and Wellington areas to attend. Relatives in Collingsworth County include his aunt Mrs. Rufus Sweat and cousin Mrs. Harriett Lowry Schaub. Buford Young was born June 26 1918 and enlisted in Wichita Falls after Pearl Harbor. His ship was in Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 when he observed the attack while shaving on deck. He survived Pearl Harbor but died serving in the submarine fleet. See SERVICE Page 3.
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