Honorees at Chamber Banquet Highlight Local Service
The event honors bill Peters and Mrs. Vines for decades of county civic work. Peters, longtime rural television promoter, EMT trainer, and ambulance program leader, also contributes to Panhandle EMS, Lions Club, and historical projects. Mrs. Vines, chamber secretary for over 20 years, organized fair events and oversaw major remodeling efforts, with family ties rooted in Collingsworth County.
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Peters
Panhandle
Ozark Trail
Lions Club
Pioneer Singers
RSVP
Merrihearts
Collingsworth
American Heart Association
Wellington
Judy
Billy Dollar
Collingsworth County
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Loyd
New Mexico
Barbara Parker
Pam Sherwood
Quail
The
Collingsworth Volunteer Ambulance Service
Nine Collingsworth youths take calves to Houston show
Nine 4 H Club members from Collingsworth head to Houston Livestock Show with eight steers and a heifer. Calves include Limousine, Maine Anjou, Hereford, and Angus animals from families across Dodson to Amarillo. Extension Agent Don Reeves leads a club-wide effort amid stiff competition and planned sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Livestock Show
Houston
Larrie Black
Sid
Dean Ewing
Dodson
Larrie
Mark
Richard Fourmentin
Dan Fires
Paul Gonzales
Shane Jones
Miami
Shane
Steve Ane
Howard Jones
Amarilla
Cory Watts
Cory
Danny Watts
Amanda Wood
Peoria
Illinois
Joe Wood
Jody Wood
Kansas
Micah Tarver
Bill
Mark Fourmentin
Shane Tarver
Lucas Hartman
Brenham
Texas
Lucas
Ronnie Hartman
Collingsworth
Don Reeves
Yeager Flies Bell X-1 Breaks Sound Barrier in 1947
Major Charles E. Yeager piloted the Bell X-1 on October 14, 1947 to officially exceed the speed of sound aboard the Glamorous Glennis. The text also notes a fictional squid escape scene with a black sepia cloud and a dark getaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Yeager
Glennis
Rainey Returns Home From Hospital After Illness
Collingsworth County Sheriff John Rainey came home Tuesday February 28 after tests at an Amarillo hospital following a heart attack. He was stricken while at his farm northeast of Wellington a week earlier but drove to Hwy 83 to call for help. His doctor advised medication first for four weeks with another check later to assess effectiveness and the family described his condition as stabilized.
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Collingsworth
John Rainey
Amarillo
Wellington
Hwy. 83
Collingsworth General Hospital
Wellington Leader publisher and address notice
Wellington Leader publishes weekly on Thursdays from 913 West Avenue Wellington Texas with Henry W Wells as editor and publisher. Subscription rates are 14 dollars a year within trade territory and 17 dollars outside, mailing address P O Box 992 Wellington Texas 79095.
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Wellington Leader
West Avenue
Wellington
Texas
Henry W. Wells
P.O. Box
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Wellington High School
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Stephen Hale
Kristi Shults
Chad Skelton
Brenda Forrester
James McIntosh
Sharon Heward
Reggie Jones
Wellington Lumber Hardware
Kirby Campbell
Insurante
ST Wellington Agency
East Side Square
Washington, D.C
Thomas Jefferson
C.L. Harrison
Optometrist
Hollis
Okla
Collingworth County
Pal. Adv
Zeb Roberson
P.O
Collingsworth Group
Reeves
Wellington State Bank
8Th Street
Beltone
Medical
Palmyra
Wellington Lumber
Rainey
America
Democratic Party
Zook Thomas
Yvonne Brewer
Karen Colemann
Robert Wayne Powell
Dudley Coleman
Raymond Neeley
Dairy Queen
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