Wellington Leader notes and local happenings this week
Melanie Jeffrey shares a busy week in Wellington with updates from Howard Murdock’s new drive through location, Bartlett Enterprise honors for Howard and Geneva, Nancy Lindsey’s crabs sighting, Frank Anderson’s 95th birthday, a Miss Wellington feature for Amy Chauveaux, Childress Track Meet photos, and Wellington Country Club mixed scramble results. The piece previews a Spring Sports Special and pays tribute to local readers and photographers.
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Melanie Jeffrey
Wellington Leader
Howard Murdock
Howard
Geneva
Bartlett Enterprise
Nancy Lindsey
Shamrock
Nancy
Frank Anderson
Frank
Donnie
Mill Iron
Wellington
Amy Chauveaux
Amy
Becky Brewer McAfee
Becky
Jaime Blades
Childress
Mitzi
Mack Saied
Charles Carter
Fleeting Moments from a War Away and Local Affairs
Pvt. J D McClendon returns home after twenty seven months in Iran with an ordnance unit aiding Russian supply lines to the front. The report covers road building, rail transport, and the shift from ammunition to food shipments as Soviet forces push Germans back. Burglary at Collingsworth County Ration Board yields missing gasoline coupons and war bonds. The piece also notes boxing results with Shamrock Irish as upcoming opponents, band festival plans, crime watch, Miss Irish Rose 1955, fashion show notices, and community Easter services and historic marker plans.
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United States
Pvt
J. D. McClendon
Loco
America
Iran
Russia
Pvt. McClendon
Persia
Collingsworth County
Ration Board
OPA Board
Lubbock
Merle Hays
Claude McKinney
FBI
Amarillo
OPA
Wellington
Gayle Young
Miss Wellington
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Jess Young
Wellington High School
Miss Young
Study Club
Collingsworth
Bob Izzard
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Lost spare tire with wheel reported
A notice seeks the return of a spare tire with wheel. Contact Mr. Balley at 447-2325. Date reference 3/23.
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Balley
Wellington State Bank
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