Dr Kenneth Laycock Joins Northwest Area Education Group
Dr Kenneth Laycock a professor at West Texas State University becomes Northwest Area Co ordinator for the Southwest Educational Development Corporation The non profit with HQ in Austin received 216000 from the US Office of Education under Time IV and will plan a Regional Educational Laboratory for Texas and Louisiana The Northwest Area covers 51 Panhandle counties north to Yoakum and Throckmorton counties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon
Kenneth Laycock
West Texas State University
Northwest Area
Southwest Educational Development Corporation
Abra
Samnarwood High School
Austin
U.S. Office of Education
Texas
Louisiana
Laycock
Northwest
Panhandle
Yoakum
Throckmorton
Dodson American Legion Hosts Texas State Leaders at Fish Fry
Dodson American Legion Post 125 hosted state and district commanders Tuesday June 2. Texas Department Commander Clayton Mann Wichita Falls and 18th District Commander Grant Hanna Hereford spoke on youth programs Boys State Girls State and Legion baseball. post members remodeled their Main Street hall and prepared the fish fry with Floyd Teutsch and Duard Luck in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Dodson
American Legion
Bill Brady
Claude
Raymond Grubbs
Wichita Falls
de Garre
Tom Sonnemaker
Or’s Aid
J. C. Mann
Grant Hanna
Hereford
Clayton Mann
Texas Department
Dennis Holland
Dodson American Legion
Garre
13Th
Tom Sonnamaker
Mann
American Legion Baseball
Dodson Post
Main Street
Floyd Teutsch
Duard Luck
St Josephs Hospital Approved for Medicare Program
St Josephs Hospital receives notice of Medicare approval from the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare allowing Medicare patients to enter starting July 1 Sister Mary Adele administrator announced June 21 A Blue Cross representative discussed program phases with the administrator and a hospital plaque will be issued soon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Hospital
United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mary Adele
Adele
Blue Cross
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Collingsworth
Adelie
St. Joseph's
John M. Mullane
4 H Training Meeting For County Bake Show
A bake show training meet ing for 4 H Club girls will be held Friday June 24 at 2 30 pm in the home demonstration agent s office. Miss Leta Rees announces a demonstration on batter rolls and two crust fruit pies. All 4 H Club girls should attend if they plan to enter the county bake show in August. County winners will advance to the district show at the TriState Fair in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil
Leta Rees
Miss Rees
Amarillo
ROTC Training Starts At Indiantown Gap Reservation
Lt. Dennis Cudd assigned to instruct ROTC trainees this summer at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation near Harrisburg. Trainees arrive this weekend. He serves until Aug 1 with permanent posting at Fort Carson Colorado. He is in Company B 3rd Battalion | (M) 10th Infantry--unexpected formatting may reflect OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Cudd
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Indiantown Gap
Anneville
Peana
Harrisburg
Cudd
Fort Carson
Colorado Springs
Cols
3Nd Bn
Hth Infantry
School Board Debates Remodeling Plan for Wellington District
Wellington Independent School District trustees heard from architects on June 20 about a complete A I overhaul of the school plant. Dr. Floyd Golden presented, with J D Murchison showing preliminary plans and firm representatives Ray Garrison and Howard in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Independent School
Wellington
Jones Singley
Floyd D. Golden
Rittenberry
Ray Garrison
Howard
Wheat acreage allotment increased for 1967 crop
Collingsworth County wheat allotment rises by 3 502 acres to 26 524 for 1967. ASCS manager Millard Brown says every farm with an allotment gains 15.06 percent, aligning with a national 15 percent rise. Sign up and compliance required. 40 percent of the 1967 allotment will be the certificate payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth
Millard Brown
ASCS
Brown
Moseley Attends Rotary Meeting in June
Rotary held its regular June 21 meeting appointing a committee to select a student for the annual tuition gift. The district delegate Billy Moseley, the incoming president, represented the group at the Muleshoe gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Callingsworth County
Muleshoe
Billy Moseley
Norman family relocates from Libya to Australia for oil work
The Lyndal Norman family returns to Wellington from four years in Libya and heads to Brisbane Australia on June 21. Norman will continue oil well service with Halliburton across three Australian air fields, with schedules varying from Africa. Vacations start December 18 and children will miss some school work.
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Lyndal Norman
Wellington
Libya
Brisbane
Queensland
Australia
Norman
Halliburton, Ltd
Jayce
Lindy
Ricky
Terri
Luther McPherson
Clinton Norman
Billy Harald Norman
Dodson
Guyon Norman
Arlie
M. W. Seymour
Chandler
Oklo
Bengazi
Africa
Sahara
Australio
United States
The
Nor
Lyria
Lybia
Scattered Showers Boost Oklahoma Cotton Progress
Scattered rain across the county on Monday and Tuesday brought up to two inches in Marella and smaller amounts elsewhere aiding cotton planting. County Agent Sam Helmers notes 9 percent of the crop is planted and about 80 percent up, with harvest slowed by recent moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Marella
Sam Helmers
Lillie
Wellington
Midway
Salt Fork
Guy Lindley
Plymouth
Dozier
Ross Taylor
River
Abra
Lutie
Wellington men lobby Washington for Salt Fork dam project
Three Wellington men Dan Howard Henry Sullivan and Mayor Hiram Cudd spoke with Congressman Walter Rogers and EDA official Dooley in Washington about the Salt Fork dam and reservoir Their visit aimed to push support for Collingsworth County water project with notes that Senators Tower and Yarborough were informed Dooley indicated the project fits EDA priorities and could be considered despite local unemployment patterns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Salt Fork
Economic Development Agency
Washington
Dan Howard
Collingsworth County Water Control and Improvement District
Henry Sullivan
Hiram Cudd
Walter Rogers
Dooley
EDA
Sullivan
Builders Club
John Tower
Ralph Yarborough
Collingsworth
Norwood Water Line Expanded to Five New Customers
Sumner wood Domestic Water Supply added a five mile extension north and east of Lutie. Summerwood Water Corporation secured a 9000 loan from the Farmers Home Administration to serve 135 customers over 60 miles of pipeline. Willie Knoll is president and Jim Ray is secretary with directors Breeding and Dwyer. one vacancy remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumnerwood
Jim Chappell
Farmers Home Administration
Lutie
Chappell
Summerwood Water Corporation
Salt Fork
Willie Knoll
Jim Ray
W. R. Breeding
John Dwyer
Lowe transferred to Big Spring SCS as conserv agronomist
Douglas Lowe, conservationist with the Soil Conservation Service since October 1964, is reassigned to Big Spring as a district conservation agronomist overseeing 44 offices in Big Spring Abilene Pecos and San Angelo areas. Previously from Jayton and Mule Shoe, Lowe and family move to 3231 Drexel Big Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Lowe
Soil Conservation Service
Big Spring
Lowe
Abilene
Pecos
San Angelo
The
Jayton
Muleshoe
Drexel
Donley County
Clarendon
Hedley
Texas Tech
Wellington
Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Brotherhood Set by Baptists at First Baptist Church
A brotherhood meeting is announced for Tuesday June 28 at 7 30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church with a covered dish dinner and a session featuring Rev. Tommy Phelps of Hereford, a former Peninsula wrestler. Families are invited to bring a covered dish. Those arriving at 8 09 p.m. may attend the preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Tommy Phelps
Hereford
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Education Group
Deodson Legion
Bureau of Health Insurance
the Social Security Administration
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Allaaround
Pam Patterson
Moseley
Rotary Meeting
Aberdeen
Needwood
Norwood Water Line
Bigun
Malta
Hey
Icky
Big Spring Scs
Douglas Lowe Tk
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