Newborns and Adoptions Reported in Local Hospitals
Birth notices list Billy Dale McCormick born June 21 at St Josephs weighing 6 14. Patsy Gail McDaniel born June 28 at St Josephs weighing 7 13. Ernestine Patrick born June 25 at St Josephs weighing 9 8. Lynda Carol Jones adopted. born April 12. Blaine Ranch residence. Jesse Max Coleman born June 16 in Amarillo weighing 7 10. Kenneth Ricky Newman born June 21 weighing 7 2. mother Lurlene Wilson formerly of Olton now Amarillo. father K L Newman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. McCormick
Billy Dale
St. Joseph’s Hospital
James McDaniel
Patsy Gail
Ernestine
Ernest Patrick
St. Joseph's Hospital
Argie Jones
Lynda Carol
Mrs. Jones
Blaine Ranch
Jesse Coleman
Amarillo
Jesse Max
K. L. Newman
Kenneth Rickey
Social Security Board Rep To Visit Wellington
A representative of the Social Security Board will visit Wellington on Thursday, June 27, to assist with old age and survivors insurance claims, Social Security Account Number Card requests, and employer identification number applications. The session runs 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. at the Department of Public Welfare Office in the Courthouse. The Amarillo Field Office manager J R Sanderson announces the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Board
Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
Wellington
J. R. Sanderson
Amarillo
Department of Public Welfare
Templeton Tries Property Case At Sulphur Springs
R. L. Templeton, a young Wellington attorney, returned to Wellington June 19 after 10 days at Sulphur Springs where he tried and won a property litigation case. He represented his sister Mrs. Lois Scott in a dispute over a farm she bought near Sulphur Springs.
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R. L. Templeton
Wellington
Sulphur Springs
Cat Outing Goes Awry in Country Chase
A country trip ends with a cat leading its owners on a pursuit back home. The humorous episode highlights the stubborn animal's unexpected navigation skills and the residents' determined return.
Winners Of Wellington Rodeo Announced At Three Day Event
The Wellington rodeo closed after a three day run with Jack Lowe of New Orleans and Guy Bell of Wellington as standout performers. Calf roping top honors went to Lowe, with Bell placing high in several events and a twelve year old girl and her mother winning cowgirl sponsors contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Jack Lowe
New Orleans
Guy Bell
Lowe
Sumnerwood
Marquetta Harlan
Kellerville
Tom Harlan
Harlan Ranch
Sally Jim Small
Shamrock
Billy Jean Boykin
Childress
Lynn Moore
Betty Jean Alexander
Dodson
Gloria Boyd
Martine Harlan
McLean
Maury Dodson
Memphis
Norma Joyce Brock
First National Bank
Billie Wynn
Wichita Falls
Gene Lowe
Plains
Bud Miller
Dundee
Sam Lavender
Arthur Ivy
McLean and
Shine Brite
Campo
Colo
Neil Collier
Bill Weeks
Grady
N. M
Lewis Blair
Petrolia
Blair
Pup Wells
Borger
B. E. Shouver
Seymour
Ben Hurst
Pip Holliman
Beam
Wellington Rodeo Association
Glynn Moore Post
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wellington Leader Subscription Letter From Fort Worth Reader
A Fort Worth reader Mrs. R F Curtner encloses a $2 50 money order for a one year Wellington Leader subscription and praises the paper for its quality amid current turmoil. Cameron Beam president of the Rodeo Association is noted, while a stray line about Mrs Eddie Smith appears as an aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Cameron Beam
The
Rodeo Association
Eddie Smith
Weaver Makes Unusual Record in West Texas Agency
G Weaver of Wellington joined Eli W Gregg of Lubbock to represent Republic National Life Insurance in Wellington territory. Gregg calls Weaver’s first year the best he has seen from any agent. Weaver, native of Collingsworth County near Quail, owns a home at 1401 Moydada Street and trained at Dallas and Lubbock offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Weaver
Wellington
West Texas
Moydada Street
Dallas
Lubbock
Weather Almost Holds Up Flight To Lubbock Air Show
Two local pilots Randoph Hunt and Tick Elis planned a dawn flight to the Lubbock air show. A cloud bank and lowering ceiling threatened their trip as A Fry and Wayne Fox from Shamrock joined the departure before weather worsened further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock Air Show
Civil Aeronautics Air Show
Lubbock
Randolph Hunt
Tick Elis
Anay
A. Fry
Wayne Fox
Shamrock
Wellington Flying Service
Plainview
Fry
Fox
Melton Navy Discharge Sparks Comic Field Airport Misadventure
Seaman Melton known as Junior returned home after Navy discharge from the Pocomo ko in the Philippines and a stop in Philadelphia. A mud soaked scramble in a wheat field led to a missed airport location and a humorous note from Hunt and Ellis before they headed to Lubbock for the show. Melton, son of Mr and Mrs F H Melton Sr of Wellington, served since 1944 with assignments at Oxnard and a nine month Philippine post, and plans to enter college this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Harvey Melton
Junior
Navy
United States Naval Separation
Hunt
Ellis
Lubbock
Fox
Fry
Wellington
Norman
Okla
Melton
Phillippine Islands
Philadelphia
Camp Wallace
U. S. Naval Base
Oxnard
Calif
F. H. Melton Sr
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Collingsworth
Templeton
Mrs
R. F. Curtner
Weaver
C. B. Anderson
Cara Reme
Cara
Shin & Thsie Crean
Weone
Uinges
Ideal Foundation
Hind Crean
Carer Curners
Parsons Drug
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