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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1963
Page
3
The Wellington Leader urges renewed patriotism on Independence Day noting flag displays around the square symbolize civic pride and freedom. It warns of organized efforts to undermine democracy, calling readers to act in their communities while reflecting on faith, persecution, and the fading parade of patriotism.
Dow Jones Industrial Average opened 722.08 and closed near 720.78 amid a firm market with a sharp Monday sell off. Volume ran about 22 million shares for the week with notable moves in airlines, steel, and energy as traders digested labor peace, mergers, and rising industrial output.
Real estate transfers listed include Extella Cocke to Richard Corke with several tracts in Dodson and Watkine. Pale Vo Watkine and wife to Teanl Spillman for tract from section 2 block Td. Arthur Belew and wife to Barker Woe for late 19 and 12 black IR Wellinorton. Edith Mo Thompson to Mitte Merle Harrison NE0 4 and Beg of SE Agnti BTL black 17. Maxwell and wife to Clan Lacy for tract out of Nidseetian FR, bled D4. The note mentions Franklin J. Roosevelts hobby of stamp collecting.
Letter to the editor questions Boy Scouts potential label as a right wing extremist group and mocks thrift merit badge programs. It cites taxpayer money for an “Investigation of Information Contained in Bechows” and critiques debt and science in relation to old ideas.
The text argues that public figures like ministers and celebrities are expected to be constantly virtuous, with any hint of personal recreation or romance seen as a betrayal. It suggests the public’s faith falters when leaders appear two faced, indulging private amusements or affairs.
Joe A. Coterman of Wellington sold three registered Angus cows to H G Waters of Sayre Oklahoma. Texas A M College supplied more officers to the Army in World War II than West Point, per the article fragment.
Bobby C. King of Dozier, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, is named to OSU's Dean's Honor Roll for the spring term among 1,047 students. The honor requires a 3.0 GPA with at least 15 credit hours and no grade below C.
Savings Trend sales in Collingsworth county totaled 2456 during May, per Jann Forbis, chairman. The first five months total 21785, about 18.2 percent of the 1963 120000 goal. Alaska has a longer coastline than the United States.
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