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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1971
Page
6
Collingsworth County FARM NEWS discusses drought impacts on forage and feed costs, urging cattle producers to adjust feeding plans. It covers maintaining cow condition, planning nutrition for lactation and reproduction, and benefits of early weaning with creep feeding to reduce lactation stress and improve calf development.
Medical and surgical patients admitted in June are listed by name, residence, and admission date. Notable entries include Teresa Shields and Bertha Roberts with June admissions, and deliveries by obstetrical patients such as Marvin Garrison and Lee Winslow Devoss.
Mack Monroe Johnson left for enlistment in the United States Army and is stationed at Fort Polk Louisiana for basic training. The 19 year old attended Wellington schools and later worked for Clyde Benton building elevator logs. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Loyt Johnson.
County executive director Bob Weatherly announced an effective county cotton allotment of 40 140 acres after 5 445 2 acres were transferred out. The total county allotment this year was 45 585 7 acres, with transfers leaving 40 140 acres in county holdings.
District 5-B reports fatal accidents totaling several cases with eight people killed and 135 injured across 223 total crashes. In Childress area four accidents occurred with no deaths, cattle crashes 6 with one death, and other counties show varied injury counts. Hemp Hill and Wheeler districts recorded multiple incidents without fatalities.
Reports from Fort Ord and Fort Jackson note Pvt Robert S Hawley 19 Shamrock Texas completed a five week vehicle driver course at Fort Ord in training on military vehicles under four and a half tons. Pvt Robert A Huntley Shamrock Texas completed eight weeks of basic training at Fort Jackson including drills weapons map reading combat tactics and first aid. Pfc Moteenbocker promoted to private first class stationed at Fort Jackson in six months active duty under the National Guard program. Senior Master Sergeant Cletus W Lang son of Lucius Lang Shamrock Texas graduated from the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy Norton AFB California and serves as medical superintendent at Will Rogers World Airport Oklahoma City. Lang is a Vietnam veteran and a 1947 Meadowbrook High School alum. His wife Mary is daughter of Mel Ollie Thomas Lindsay Oklahoma. The item also notes the white bellbird of South America and the world’s largest cemetery in Leningrad with unrelated trivia.
A compact historical note explains that genuine paper money in the United States did not exist until the Civil War era. After independence, Continental Congress issued paper noter as war finance, but these were promissory notes rather than true money.
Larry E Ware of Amarillo earned a bachelor of science degree in geography with a minor in English and history from West Texas State University during the spring commencement. He is a Wellington High School graduate and works in graphic arts and media at PESP Educational Center in Amarillo.
The text lists numerous guests visiting across several families in Hereford area, including Lonnie Neeley and Wilbur DePauw households. Attendees from Amarillo, Hedley, Lubbock, Wellington, Friona, Teague, and Shamrock joined for weekends and holidays. Notable notes include Father’s Day gatherings and the 43rd wedding anniversary of Opie White.
Mrs. Tommy Austin of Spring near Houston receives a Bachelor of Science degree from Howard Payne College after 29 years since her freshman enrollment. Her daughter Sandra Hendon earns a Master of Education. her husband Tim Hendon is also noted. The family, active in Oak Ridge Baptist Church, has ties to Campuses and local development near the new Houston Intercontinental Airport.
Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Baker and children Dean Roger Terry and Kelly with Mr and Mrs C J Weese of Pauls Valley Oklahoma return from a vacation that took them northeast to Yellowstone Park. They traveled through Kansas Colorado Springs Wyoming and Yellowstone encountering deep snow and winter weather. They visited the Grand Tetons and the Rockies before returning to Colorado Springs.
Maxwell and Brad Garner named Canyon Junior High In school Outstanding Band Members by 90 members at a recent concert. They were chosen for musical ability, dependability, and team spirit, Brad the son of Dr. and Mrs. Gary Garner. Patricia Maxwell will receive private instruction this summer at West Texas State University.
Jerry Hanciar of Dallas and Shamrock responses to a Dallas Morning News letter praising Birch Bayh. He cites embassy staff opinions, questions Bayh’s foreign policy authority, and warns against a fixed withdrawal timetable. He critiques plans for national healthcare for working mothers and cites concerns about indoctrination and daycare debates.
Letter writer praises Birch Bayh as a youthful candidate advocating a set timetable to withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam. He urges freeing prisoners, endorses voting age 18, women’s equality, criminal justice reform, child care networks, and notes Bayh’s Purdue agricultural degree and Indiana University law degree as well as veteran status.
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