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Newspaper

Wellington Leader

Location

Wellington, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1980

Page

9

Ford Joins Midland High Coaching Staff

John Ford, former Dunbar High School coach in Lubbock for four years, joins Midland High School as head coach of boys and girls cross country and head coach of boys golf. He will lead three teams in each category and teach three social studies classes starting August 1.

John Ford Dunbar High School Lubbock Midland High School Wellington Jack Ford Ford Dunbar Billy Hardaway Sacramento Calif Jeoffrey Crawford Crawford University of Texas, Austin Texas Greenville Denton

Police Chief Tuffy Maddox, Childress, dies at 70

Alvis F. Tuffy Maddox, Childress Police Chief, aged 70, died in an Amarillo hospital Sunday June 22 from an apparent heart attack after a April 29 on duty collision. Born Calvin Oklahoma 1909, he moved to Childress in 1936, served as military policeman in World War II, and was elected police chief 11 times since 1958. He was married to Fern Payne and survived by a wife, a grandson, siblings and several nieces and nephews. Funeral was held at First Methodist Church Childress with burial in Childress Cemetery.

Childress Alvis F Tuffy) Maddox Amarillo Maddox Wellington Dempsey Maddox Singley Mill Texas Calvin Oklahoma Dempsey Eudoxie Corley Maddox Fern Payne White Pace Alvin Horton First Methodist Church James Price R.H. Knight Newberry Funeral Home Alvis Payne Jess Maddox Bryant Maddox Clifton Maddox el Reno Maudie Simmons Ruby Ingram Salinas California Johnnie Whisnant DeQueen Arkansas Wess Barnes Moscow Mattie Maddox

Wellington Area Welcomes Three Sets of Newborns

Mr and Mrs Dallas Holland announce twins Brandon Lee and Carrie Denise born Friday June 20 at Childress General Hospital. Grandparents Calvin Mitchell Monroe Hardin M J Holland, Wallace Howard Glenn Thompson and Howard Jones. Also listed are twins Matthew Cyle and Miranda Lee born June 12 at St Francis Tulsa to Gary Mike Gulley and Cicero Gulley Wellington and Harold Sander Checotah. and Lana Kay born June 24 to Keith and Wayne Martin Spearman with Lakeview grandmother Mrs Lee M Robertson.

Dallas Holland Childress General Hospital Brandon Lee Carrie Denise Calvin Mitchell Monroe Hardin Amarillo M.J. Holland Vernon Wallace Howard San Bernardino Calif Glenn Thompson Morton Howard Jones Wellington Gary Mike Gulley Coweta Oklahoma St. Francis Hospital Tulsa Matthew Cyle Miranda Lee Cicero Gulley Harold Sander Checotah Keith Martin Spearman Lana Kay Wayne Martin Lee M. Robertson Lakeview

Rob Isbell Dies at 83 in June Memorial

R H Rob Isbell 82 died at Thomas Nursing Center at 6 40 am Monday June 23 after four months in the facility He was a Salt Fork community leader and former ginner and highway department employee Active in Methodist churches gospel singing and the Three Community Reunion He belonged to the Odd Fellows and was born March 5 1898 in Dallas County He married Mamie Wright in 1915 and later Katie Cummings Survivors include daughter Irene Sanders grandson Bill Isbell sister Viola Keesling and brothers Ted Isbell and others. services were held at First United Methodist Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery.

R.H Rob) Isbell Thomas Nursing Thomas Nursing Center Isbell Salt Fork Wellington State Highway Department Trinity Methodist Church First United Methodist Church Odd Fellows Lodge Robert Henry Isbell Dallas County George W Georgia Walker Isbell Collingsworth County Mangum Oklahoma Mamie Wright Katie Cummings Tom Thomson C.R. Hawkins Glen Davis Memorial Methodist Church Fairview Cemetery Guy Owens

Classified Ad List of Readers and Names

A long roster of individual names and cities appears as a classified ad style listing. The text names readers and residents across multiple places such as Amarillo Austin Dimmitt Hereford Stratford Wichita Falls Ponca City Vernon Yorba Linda Hilmar Corpus Christi Follett Shamrock Canyon and others. It ends with a prompt to sell it with a Classified Ad.

Beatrice Reddoch Amarillo Richard Scott Austin Essie Helvey Dimmitt Roland Jenkins Tom B. Berry C.R. DeArmond John Dodge Boys Ranch E.V. Carter Hereford Bruce Dollar Stratford R.L. Campbell L.W. McClure Wichita Falls LaDonna Jones Ponca City Oklahoma M.J. Holland Vernon Rebecca Wells Irene Yarbrough Bessie Rainer Bill Hill Myrtie Morrow Louis Allred Walter Deger W.W. Oldham Marguerite Bartlett Otis Emmert S.L. Lindsey Cordin Bodine F.C. Fuson Doug M. Seale Nora Parker Myers Martha Reeves James E. Ward Yorba Linda John D. Stephens Hilmar W.T. Young Corpus Christi J.C. Saunders Follett Harry Garrison Shamrock Gerald E. Copeland, Sr Canyon

Real Estate Transactions In Wellington and Surrounding Areas

Julie Birert acting as executrix conveys west 60 acres of S quarter section 100 block 12 in California to Wyrian Pace and Alline Pace. George Isbell and Willa Jean Hallmark connect through family, with two stepsons Fred and Wayne Cummings of Wellington. Billy Richards and Mazie transfer lots 19 and 20, block 174, to Sabino Castillo and Josefa Castillo. Louis Patterson Jewel Patterson Gracie White Effie Patterson widow remit tract 243.2 by 180 feet in NW corner of section 60 block 10 to Frank Gulley and Erma Dean. Cemetery deed transfers Wellington City grave space 31 tow 3 block 7 Addition to Wellington Cemetery to W K Ort Jr.

Julie Birert le, Emmert Wyrian Pace Alline Billy Richards Mazie Sabino Castillo Josefa Wellingtons Louis Patterson Jewel Gracie White Effie Patterson Harry Pattersoni Frank Gulley Erma Dean Cotner City of Wellington W.K. Ort, Jr Wellington Cemetery

Mrs Ford and kin visit in New England and Texas

Mrs Jack Ford, after a week in Lawrence Mass with frother-in-law Mrs John Ford Sr and relatives, stopped in Arlington to see sister Mrs Joe Bulloch. Weekend guests of Raymond Ford and Dan included Mr Dwayne Ford of Arlington. They visited Tommy Hightower and Timoth y on Saturday. Bett Miller returns from Clovis New Mexico with daughters Edith and Altus May. Help keep Wellington clean.

Jack Ford Lawrence Mass John Ford, Sr Arlington Joe Bulloch Raymond Ford Dan Mrs Dwayne Ford Bett Miller Clovis New Mexico Edith Miller Altus May

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