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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
12
The article explains selecting ripe pineapple for canning and compares costs with store bought juice. It guides washing peeling coring and shaping slices, making a light syrup, pre cooking in syrup, and processing in water bath canning No. 2 jars for safe storage.
A garbled report notes a Wenare trailer camp for the New York World’s Fair with 200 trailers and 1,800 motor cars. It also mentions Tulane University findings that women law students maintain higher scholastic averages than men.
Rural notes from Lillie community cover a recent 4. inch rain on Tuesday night June 20, farming activity near harvest, and a string of local visits. Names include Milton Bartlett, Tom Dobbs, Hugh Lengine, Charley Crahan, Wanda Pay Argiwr, Vernon Jones, Meg Career Akon, Oby Thall, J. Le Cladney, and others with assorted family and friend gatherings. A car accident near Toorevten involved Raby Tehel and Gene Storross causing stitches.
Lubbock Texas Tech graduate in education faced rejection for a high school teaching post. The reply noted a weak math ability, stating we are sorry and denying the application. The incident reflects era views on qualifications and employment barriers for graduates.
The partnership of R. K. Wootten Effie D. Wootten J. W. Simmons Rebekah Simmons G A Simmons and T B Simmons doing business as Quanah Cotton Oil Company dissolves May 31 1989. Debts owed to the partnership go to Quanah Texas and are to be presented there. Published weekly for four weeks in counties with business locations as required.
84 year old R. E. Childers of this county suffered a broken left hip when he fell getting out of bed about 4 am at his home. He had been ill for months but improving recently and remained active, riding horseback and walking to town daily.
A large number of Collingsworth County residents are expected at the Donley County Singing Convention on Sunday July 2 at McKnight across the county line from Quail. W E Patterson and his string orchestra of Dodson will perform with several numbers. The singing starts at 10 o clock in the morning and continues through the day. An invitation extends to all Collingsworth residents.
Marie Harwell reports a local fourth Sunday singing in Dodson drawing residents from the area. J L Black dies, described as a widely loved member of the community. Visits among neighbors noted as Lucy Kesler staying with the Byrds and Lester Harwell with the Clement family. Recent good rainfall boosts crop prospects as moisture improves.
Wellington's newest business is The Wellington Bowling Parlor located across from the Ritz Theatre. Manager C. G. White invites friends to visit and meet the new operation with fresh pins balls and alleys installed.
Since 1929 roughly 3,000,000 rural families or 24 percent of the urban population have been on relief rolls according to a WPA study.
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