Wellington News Highlights Local Life And Events
Briefs recount visitors and social notes in Wellington Texas including mentions of Austin trips, gas rate talks, and family visits. School events feature junior and senior declamation entries with Crossroads participation and basketball results. Community columns note windiness jokes, real estate chatter, and upcoming Cameron Prize announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Railroad Commission
Wellington
Community notes from Plymouth and surrounding towns
A Plymouth social at the home of Mr and Mrs Milburn Sullivan honored Arville Bearden of Arlie. Local families travelers and mourners attended funerals for Boose Montgomery with relatives from Amarillo Dallas and Shamrock. Watkins and Fritts families report travel and sports events including a ball tournament at Crossroads and visits to Rochester and Duncan Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Essary
J. P. Sullivan
San Angelo
Fay Messick
Effie Wright
Eunice Land
Peggy Rockett
Wellington
Boose Montgomery
Cecil Brown
Legion
Amarillo
Lester Tennison
Dozier
Barney Walker
Bill Crooks
AB. Wight
Texola
Oklahon
Jim Montgomery
Emma Tou
Fred Montgomery
Doyle Collins
Chester Gardner
Dallas
G. Dallas Waters
Rochester
Waters
Cross Roads School Notes Highlight PTA Meeting
Ruth Keller reports on good student work and a shortened term by one month. Many locals visited and hosted friends during Tuesday and Wednesday gatherings. The P T A met March 16 with a program led by Mrs J W Clark and featured songs, a psalm reading, and a play titled Aunt Harriets Night Out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Box
Morris
Guss Barton
J. T. Emmert
Ruth Keller
Oleta Williams
Floyd Dickey
Keller
Harold
Ruth
George Keller
Pp. T. A
J. W. Clark
Raymond Wilson
Elbert Hardman
George Richards
Doris
Robbie Keller
James Verlin Hardqin
Harold Leach
Harold Keller
Felix Keller
Harriet
Laming Zor
Funeral for Boose Montgomery Attended by Family
Family and relatives including Bill Seaberry Marvin Somerville Lee Gregg John Beavers C G Bishop and the Sparkman family gathered in Prairie View Friday for the funeral of Boose Montgomery son-in-law and brother-in-law.
Cottonwood P T A Meeting Highlights Activities
The Cottonwood P T A met on Friday night March 17 with a program including song America, talks on the value of comradeship with children, readings by Carmel Log gains G D Lewis Carter Holcomb and Si Allen, a second grade play and a Birchfield pupils production The group followed with group games and forty two and jig saw puzzles We welcome J R Smith new pupil We note departures of Mr and Mrs C Pierce and daughter Marguerite to Amarillo Various visits and a party at the Phifer home are recorded and several Cottonwood residents attended the county basketball tournament The year end plans mention acreage and upcoming summer air-couch arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Gardner
George Keller
June Thomas
Jane Carter
Lillian Vansickle
Oleta Jo Keller
Leeva Koen
Vera Nell Keller
Crossroads
Dozier and
Lutie
Aberdeen
Dozier
Lillie
Hare and i
Wellington
Quail
L. S. Keller
Vernon Barton
Ray Maxwell
Salt Fork
Lorene Bear
J. AL Keller
Fearl
Auburn Keller
Bob Keller
Elmer Carter
Elmer
J. H. Barton
C. W. Lowry
Robert
Karl
Louise
J. W. Thomas
Floyd Dickey
J. D
Cottonwood P. T. A
America
Mr. Birchfield
Carmel
G. D. Lewis
Carter Holcomb
Si Allen
Glendora Yates
C. Pierce
Marguerite
Amarillo
Ratliff
Dorothy Nell Ratliff
Miss Kayser
Davis
Cottonwood
Ray Phifer
Edgar Lewis
Kelley
J. R. Lewis
J. W
Allan
Wesley
Dorothy Gore
J. L. Gore
Aberdeen Scribes and Kin Rally Across Oklahoma
Aberdeen column notes multiple families visiting Hollis Oklahoma to be with Grandpa Waller age 88 who remains critically ill since last Wednesday. Bob Brown travels to Bowie after learning his mother near death. Martindales visit Hollis mother H B Martindale recovering from recent surgery at local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Waller
Clifford Waller
Hollis
Oklahoma
Grandpa Waller
Bob Brown
Bowie
Irvin Martindale
Clifford
Bobbie Gene
Bartis Martindale
H. B. Martindale
Martindale
J. B. Walker
Shamrock
J. W. Tindall
Needwood Notes from Mrs Blandford on Cre Preparations
Mrs Blandford writes from Needwood about farmers preparing for the new crop. The piece lists residents seen in Wellington on Saturday including Mr and Mrs George Jones Howard and Harvey, Vernon Willard, Mr Stonitt and children, and others such as TR FP Wheel, Uhariie Fronteshance, Ro Blandford, and Mr and Mrs George De er with Roby and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needwood
Wellington
George Jones Howard
Harvey Nd M
Vernon Willard
Stonitt
Wheel Oe
Uhariie Fronteshance
Ro. Blandford
Mra
George Deer
Roby
Virginia
Garden activity and family visits scatter in Oklahoma community
A local community report notes many residents tending gardens and caring for baby chicks. Several families travel or move within the area, including Tom Clause visiting Florida, Archie Thompson returning home, and relocations around Needweed. An earache epidemic and a teacher’s recovery after an operation are mentioned amid a week of routine activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Clause
Norman
Oklahoma
B. F. Wheeler
Florida
Archie Thompson
Stenitt
Mrs. Rodgers
Little Jayne
Deger
Grant Jolly
Lutle
Luther Faye Ervin
Poonin
Colorado
New Pupils Join Blanchard School as Visitors Return
Several days of school missed due to dental issues. two pupils had teeth pulled. New students Ruth Norman Harold Moore Melba Weldon Stinett enrolled. Mr and Mrs Alburn Wheeler moved back to Blanchard Oklahoma. Supper guests Elmer Vernon and Aubrey Willard with Bernice Blandford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Norman
Harold Moore
Melba
Weldon Stinett
Alburn Wheeler
Blanchard
Oklahoma
Elmer, Vernon and
Aubrey Willard
Bernice Blandford
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Leader
Texas Press Association
Woodin
Kentucky
John Bevers
John
Keneky
West Texas
J. W. Sparlin
Bas On
Shamrock R
Latie
James Edwards
Leach
Arvend Woodman
Lila Lee Thomas
Bertha Mae Carter
Aline Ferrell
Evelyn McMinn
Ernest Harwell
L. L. Gore
Evelyn
Virginia McMinn
Dollie Mae Brown
Geneva Goforth
Irene Horton
Effie Webb
Polly
Fay Hobbs
Gentry Hobbs
Ernest Bolton
Bob
Version Barton
R. L. Montigue
Berlin Bledsoe
Otis Ball
G. J. Keler
Gladys Dick
John McCormick Institute
Chicago
G. F. Dick
Plymouth
C. W. Fritta
M. V. Fritts
John McGuire
Lloyd Fritts
Prairie View
John Mcfquire
FE. W. Jones
Austin O'Ne
Bill Duncan
Guy Clay
S. G. Wen
Cottonwood Studor
South Chine
James L. Light
QR C. Blandford
George Jones
Dorothy Nerman
Ellis Funeral Home
Chevoits — Tweedes Worsteds
Rose Bros
Dartmouth
Mortens
Department Store
Wellington, Texas
Palace Drug Store
South Side Square
Uko
Demonstra
Monroe, Ag
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