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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1971
Page
5
A planned Brine Lake near Rolla will extend into southwest Collingsworth County and lie just outside the Oklahoma state line northwest of Vinson. Col information released.
Sumnerwood School District appoints Rex Peeples of Masterson as superintendent after board interviews. Peeples, a 1951 Samnorwoo graduate, holds degrees from North Texas State and West Texas State Universities, and an MEd from WTSU. He has taught and led as principal in Lakeview and Dumas and served five years as Ivins School superintendent. He is a captain and communications officer with the 2nd Bn 142 Inf Amarillo, on two weeks active duty at Fort Hood. He will assume duties early July with his wife Ellie and children Scott and Kimberly.
Captain Joel Lowry returned from a year in Chu Lai Vietnam where he served with the Army Medical Corps. He is a University of Texas Dental School graduate and is finishing a two year Army tour. His wife Janice Rountree and their son Landon resided in Wellington during his overseas service. He is the son of Mr. Jack Lowry of Samnorwood.
Dan Hiett of Oklahoma City will become assistant vice president of the loan department at Wellington State Bank on July 6. C. T. Hubbard, bank president, announced the hiring. Hiett, a 1961 Wellington High School graduate, attended Clarendon College and Abilene Christian College before working at Universal CIT and in Amarillo and Dallas offices.
Mrs F O Masten seeks probate of a late 1965 will executed by F O Masten. Husband F O Masten opposes probate, aided by Paul Spillman. Ten religious institutions named in the will each receive ten percent of the estate totaling over one hundred dollars, with homes and colleges across Abilene, Portland, Tipton, Weyburn, and Rochester listed.
Mrs. Roden Smart longtime Wellington Shamrock area resident died at St Josephs Hospital at 4:00 am Sunday June 20 She lived at Thomas Nursing Home since 1969 and earlier farmed with Mr Smart in Lutie later in Shamrock Funeral services were held 10:30 am Tuesday June 22 at First Baptist Church with two pastors officiating Burial was in Fairview Cemetery Kelso Funeral Home in charge Survivors include a daughter Mae Sam Carter of Samagrwood three stepchildren Mae Robert Cline of Pawnee Bob Smart Shamrock and Jack of Moore Also listed are relatives and extended family members from the region
A plan to form a two year combined county city law enforcement body moves forward with funding by both governments and a federal grant. Sheriff's Office would staff four deputies and three dispatchers with city Powell Owens to serve as deputy if approved. Grant totals 80991 for two years 53588 first year with 35873 county city match.
Mrs. R A Covey died Thursday at 1 30 pm in St Josephs Hospital after a prolonged illness. She had lived in the Arlie area most of her life and was active in family and church affairs. She was born September 7 1997 in Batesville Ark and married January 13 1915. Funeral services were held June 19 at Dodson Church of Christ with burial in Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were grandsons Ronnie Covey Sandy Covey Gary Covey Randy Motsenbocker Albert Motsenbocker David Covey and Wayne Covey. Five sons, a brother, 17 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren survive.
Two Wellington couples traveling to South Fork Colorado for fishing escaped serious injuries after separate accidents near Springer and Cimarron New Mexico. A pickup and 12 foot camper suffered wheel and side damage while a later crash involved a camper sideswiped by a chartered Kansas City bus. Damages were estimated at 1200 to the pickup with camper repair possible and the group continued to Colorado.
Thirty Wellington youths, mostly in high school, work six weeks this summer through the Neighborhood Youth Corps. A payroll of 6624 dollars per month funds jobs at non profit groups in Wellington managed by County Judge Zock Thomas and his secretary Mrs. Kenyard Poteet. After six weeks a new group starts until school resumes. Some funds support school expenses and most money is spent locally.
The 100th District Court grand jury session on Monday, June 2, returned separate indictments for theft against Pablo Martinez and Reducindo Martinez of Quail, each charged with taking farm tools and equipment from Frank Coleman Jr. Their bonds were set at 2500 dollars. Leslie Dale Blades and James Dwayne Fields were indicted separately on theft charges related to See No. 3.
Henry A. Bockman, 95, a Sumnerwood farmer and early Plymouth settler who arrived in 1903, died June 15 at Shamrock General Hospital. Survivors include his wife Myra, son Henry L. Bockmon of Pasadena, brother Elmer Bockmon, and two grandsons. Services were at Samnorwood Baptist Church with burial in Samnorwood Cemetery.
Green Acres Golf Club schedules three tournaments on the last weekend of each month through October with the first event on Sunday June 27 at 2 00 p m. Henry Sullivan announced plans for the tourneys and noted entry fees of 2 00 per person plus the nonce in charge. The event format and names listed are unclear but the winner of the vie tournament is to conduct the man oy foumAmAN at 20 pm.
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