Airport Hanger Lease Hike and Fire Truck Plans
Wellington City Council raised hangar land leases at Marian Airpark from 50 cents to 3.00 per front foot effective Jan 1 1978, to align with market prices and limit use to aviation related purposes. Fire Chief David Peters outlined a planned 30 000 dollar purchase of a new fire truck next year to replace a 1948 model and preserve insurance credit. The council approved a base radio station at City Hall with remote units for sheriff’s office jail and deputy-relief dispatcher, canceled the July 4 meeting, and authorized land purchase from Sam McGill for flood control. They tabled airplane use guidelines for county city and ambulance services. One bid for Marian Airpark hangar won by Louis Allred at 3062. Noise complaints in Ellison Park led to turning off tennis court lights at 11 pm.
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Marian Airpark
David Peters
Peters
Wellington
Mr. Peters
City Hall
Sam McGill
Wellington Elementary School contract awarded to Ft Worth firm
Wellington School Board chose Speed Fab-Crete of Ft Worth for the new exterior rock aggregate finish and a remodeling contract. The board also awarded a $463,384 addition to 17 classrooms and a football field house expansion, bringing Wednesday night contracts to $548,849.
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Wellington
Tom Brown
Fab-Crete
Ft. Worth
District Family Services Office Opens Here June 27
Wellington's Family Services Office opens Monday June 27 with Larry A. Barton as director. Located in the southeast Wellington Clinic suite, entry via east door. Hours 8:30 to 4:00 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday and 12:30 to 9:00 Thursday. Serves four counties Collingsworth Donley Hall Armstrong of District 6. Referrals from judges officers lawyers physicians welfare offices and concerned citizens. Psychiatric social worker Barton expects at least 25 cases weekly.
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Wellington
Family Services
Larry A. Barton
Wellington Clinic
Amarillo
Collingsworth
Donley
Hall and
Armstrong
Charlene Poteet
MHMA
Family Services Office
Barton
Lon Kiker Wins State FFA Award At Ft Worth Convention
Lon Kiker, farm student and president of the local agriculture group, won the State Crop Farm Employee Award for the state FFA convention to be held July 13 to 15 in Fort Worth. The honor, funded by Fab Knit Manufacturing of Waco, will be presented July 13 at 9:00 a.m. Also at the same meeting Kiker will receive the Lone Star Farmer degree after earlier district and area wins.
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Lon Kiker
Ft. Worth
Kiker
Rodney Myrick
Fab Knit Manufacturing Company
Waco
Billy L. Conner
Riker
Lon
Myrick
Tam
Services Held At Lubbock For Mrs S S McKay
Mrs S S McKay died at Thomas Nursing Center at 8 15 p m on June 15 after two and a half years in Lubbock She was the widow of Dr S S McKay longtime Texas Tech History Department head born June 1 1894 in San Antonio The couple married in 1914 and moved to Lubbock in 1928 She was a member of First Christian Church
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S.S. McKay
Mack’ Saied, Jr
Thomas Nursing Center
8.S. McKay
Texas Tech University
Texas
Bama
McKay
San Antonio
John L
Lamartine Felder
Lubbock
Ohio State University
First Christian Church
Simons and Hightower to Speak at FM 3143 Dedication
The dedication for Highway FM 3143 in Collingsworth County will be Friday June 24 at 11:00 a.m. Speakers include Charles E. Simons of the State Highway Commission and U S Representative Jack Hightower after a Flip Breedlove barbecue. The event, in a Jess Coleman ranch grove, serves Abra northwest to the county line and invites 350 attendees.
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Collingsworth County
Charles E. Simons
State Highway and Public Transportation Commission
Austin
Flip Breedlove
Jack Hightower
Jess Coleman
McLean
Cooper & Woodruff, Inc
O.V. Johnson
Abra
Hess
Farris Jake Hess
American Hereford Association
Clyde
Ruth) Magee
Jess
Margaret) Coleman
John
Mary) Dwyer
W.R. Breeding
Pilot Finds Fuel at Wellington Airpark During Route
A helicopter pilot en route from Antlers Oklahoma to McMinnville Oregon found that Wellington’s Marian Airpark Field was the only place between Lewton and Amarillo with his needed fuel. The county had begun stocking 1P-4 jet fuel at the airport earlier this year.
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Antlers
Oklahoma
McMinnville
Oregon
Wellington
Marian Airpark
Lewton
Amarillo
Amarillo Air Terminal
Potter County Sheriff's Department
John Finnerty
Evergreen Helicopters
Bell
Collingsworth County
Richard Keller
Finnerty
CPR Instructor Course Here Sat
The Volunteer Ambulance Service sponsors a one day CPR instructor course in Wellington Saturday June 25. Open to all Emergency Medical Technicians and others seeking practice. The 8 hour program starts at 10 30 a.m. in the Farm Bureau Hospitality Room with Betty O Route O Rourk of Panhandle Regional Planning as coordinator.
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Wellington
Farm Bureau
Bob Watson
Collingsworth Volunteer Ambulance Service
Betty O'Rourk
Panhandle
Services Held for Wellington Woman Mrs Devenport
Wellington resident Mrs. T W Devenport aged 79 died Friday night in Collingsworth General Hospital after a lengthy illness. She and her husband operated a ranch in Oklahoma and were active in Wellington area affairs. Born July 1 1897 in Purcell Oklahoma she was formerly Eula Welch. Funeral services were scheduled for Sunday.
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T.W. Devenport
Wellington
Collingsworth General Hospital
Oklahoma
Eula Welchi
Doda
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Ambu
Commissioners Court
Louis Allred
Ellison Park
District Family Services
Donley County
Flip. Breedlove
Transportation Commission
Public Transportation Department
Childress
Pampa
Clarendon
Wheeler
Gray
Simons
State Department of Highways
Public Transportation
Capitol
Associated Press
Devenport
First Methodist Church
Jericho
First United Methodist Church
Verge Nickerson
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