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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 2003
Page
2
A preacher cites the tombstone dates to highlight the dash between birth and death. He urges slow living, compassion, and loving others, citing Matthew verses and prompting readers to seek God first, love God, love neighbor, and join a church if saved.
A week of home delivered meals listing daily menus from Monday May 5 2003 to Friday May 9 2003. Each day includes main dish sides vegetables fruit dessert bread and dairy. Meals feature steak fingers sausage beef loaf toast fried chicken and assorted accompaniments with oleo and milk.
On Friday April 24 2003 the First Baptist Church youths toured the museum with 31 Wellington fifth graders and later first graders. They saw rodeo displays learned about events and gear. Visitors listed include Cynthia Weir Beth Swalm Eric Michaels Brad Mitchell Matt Wilson Jim Stilwell Jackie Stilwell Dan Long Red Benefield Robbie Oldham Nancy Lewis Emery Goodin and many others. Memorial contributions were received in Ruby Squyres memory from numerous donors.
About 300 students from grades three to six competed in four simultaneous tournaments at the Wellington Activity Center from April 24 to 26. 29 teams from seven towns entered, with Wellington and Childress among the top performers. coaches included Juda Nation, Mona Ledbetter, Robert Powell, Marty Warrick, and others.
The Greenbelt Electric Cooperative held its 64th Annual Membership Meeting on Friday April 25 2003 at the Community Building to award members and elect three directors George Porter received a 30 year safety award Walter Camp 30 years service as District 4 director Kenneth Matthews 35 years of service Jim Barton 20 years Audie Watson 25 years Stan Shaw 5 years Three directors were elected Billy Cannon reelected District 3 Stan Shelton reelected District 6 H C Shaw elected District 7 Over 60 door prizes were given with a grand prize 31 inch Picture-in-Picture TV won by B D Hardin Beards were once controlled in Romania with permits and fees.
LuDean Perkins Motes organized a Wellington exes gathering in Fort Worth on Sunday, April 27, at Spring Creek Barbecue. Guests enjoyed meals, conversation, and a walk down memory lane with yearbooks, featuring attendees including Kenneth Covey, Lidia Covey, Joe Moore, Eddie Hajek, Ted Fromm, Roger Fagan, Barbara Gordon, Mary Ann Melton, Cameron Beam, Dick Ellis, the Trew family, Sidney Gulley Baxter, the Baumgardners Jacobson, and Jim Crosby.
The Wellington Leader is a weekly paper published each Thursday by the Wellington Leader Company at 913 West Avenue, Wellington, Texas. It is a second class mail publication since August 25, 1909, with post office entry and a mailing address for subscribers and address changes.
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