Apply Now for Government Forestry Positions in Callings Worth
Unmarried men aged 18 to 25 may apply through the County Library office before May 15 for Forestery positions with the Government Reforestation Bureau. About 29 county youths will be enrolled and sent to Amarillo for medicals before Fort SHY training, then to Fort SHY for two weeks. The program, tied to conservation efforts, may place recruits in Palo Dare Canyon and other locales.
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Tibrary
Con Railies
Government Bureau
Roosevelt
Callingsworth County
B. Anderson
Hen Iurst
J. DO. Wilson
Katherine
Palo Dare Canyon
Library seeks Texas authors for shelf drive
The library committee invites donations of books by Texas authors to fill the Texas Shelf. Currently the shelf holds 20 titles. Donors may contact Mrs. Chester Fires or bring books to the library, aiming for a wide Texas author representation by year end.
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Texas
Chester
Miss Hunt Employed Here at Utilities Office
Miss Bessie Hunt joins the office staff of the Northern Texas Utilities Company alongside the regular winter workforce. She is the daughter of L A Hunt of this city and has previously worked in Jimmie Mahan’s office at Childress for several months.
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Bessie Hunt
Northern Texas Utilities Company
Miss Haunt
L. A. Hunt
Jimmie Mahan
Childress
Wellington Graduates Prepare Closing Program
The Wellington senior class plans graduation events with Rev J P Clark to deliver the principal address at the high school gym Friday night May 26. Class night occurs Tuesday May 23 featuring history, prophecies, poems, and performances by the senior orchestra and quartet. Rev Clyde Hawking will give the bacclaureate sermon at the Methodist church on Sunday May 21 at 11 o clock.
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Wellington
Fer
Mina Mildred “Hulsey
J. P. Clark
Sweetwater
Meth ‘Dist
Clase
Will
Poe
Ersten
Clyde Hawking
Bappastor
Skull Of Child Found Near Shinnery For Research Use
The skull of a five to six year old child was found in a pasture east of the Mangum road by E. A. Yarbrough. He noted bullet holes and a blunt force mark, with no bones remaining. Dr. C. E. High will X-ray and study nasal formations as part of ongoing research.
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E. A. Yarbrough
Mangum Road
Yarbrough
John Yarbrough
Legion Members Urged To Attend Thursday Meeting
The local American Legion post urges all members to attend Thursday night’s meeting at 7:30, where delegates will report on the eighteenth district convention. Delegates Guy FE. Clay and others from Wellington attended portions of the Dalhart district gathering despite some challenges.
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Guy Clay
Dalhart
Guy FE. Clay
Frank King Post
American Legion
Wellington
Riley Tussun
Stirs
Daven
Wall
Saint
Claude
Mr. Chav
Rolly Fisher
Legion
Rodeo Set At Fair Park May 12 With Prizes
Promoters announced a rodeo on the old Fair Park grounds Saturday afternoon May 12 at 1 30 featuring riding and roping. A prize will go to the best bronc rider and merchants who contributed prizes are thanked for helping make the event possible.
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Old Fair Park
Pleasant Hill School Closes in Community Picnic
The Pleasant Hill School closed April 21 with a well attended community picnic. Trustees this year were W. P. Johnson J. W. Crawley and G. W. Burdine. Next year Calvin Johnson will succeed Mr Burdine. Highest grades honors went to John Brown Ora Johnson Jessie Reeves. Honor rolls named Ora Johnson John Brown Jessie Reeves and others.
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Pleasant Hill
J. W. Crawley
G. W. Burdine
Burdine
Calvin Johnson
John Brown
Ora Johnson
Jessie Reeves
Jessie’ Reeves
Katie
Orval
Isabel Brown
Elena
Simmons
Jewell Thompson
R. H. Weaver
Burl Long
Carnegie Pastor To Be At First Christian Church
Rev W C Catherage of the First Christian Church Carnegie Oklahoma will deliver the regular morning and evening services at the First Christian Church here Sunday May 7. Church leaders urged the public to hear Rev Detherage who was noted as exceptionally gifted.
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Carnegie
First _ Christian Church
W. C. Catherage
First’ Christian Church
Carnegie, Okla
Christian
Detherage
Jarone
Bean
Honor Students Selected For Wellington High Senior Class
Wellington High School announces senior honors with Elmer Kras Jones and Lester Camp Sett named salutatorian and near top grades cited by Superintendent Farrar. Female top grades go to Ealith Himmock and Den Iz Blaine as the class records rise.
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Wellington
Elmer Kras Jones
Lester Camp
Gi. I. Farrar
Births in Collingsworth County Fall in March to Twelve
In April only twelve births were registered, down from seventeen in March, per justice of the peace P. W. Myers. For the first four months of 1933 the total births reach fifty four. Read lists include Mitchell, Robertson, Pollock, Brickey, Somerville, Estes Jr., Jones, Lax, Ray, Gibbs, Finley with dates in February and March.
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P. W. Myers
Justice of Peace
Collingsworth County
Robert Weisel Mitchell
Clarence E. Mitchell
Wesley A. Robertson
Minnie Londa Pollock
H. R. Lax
Bille Junior Ray
W. C. Ray
Drusilla Inez Gibbs
Earl Gibbs
Betty Liane Finley
J. D. Finley
Cross Roads School Term Ends With May Activities
Cross Roads school closes May 5 with term end exercises and a community picnic on May 6. The high school will present the three act drama Cabbages and Dollars on May 4. The PTA held its last meeting of the year featuring an intermediate and primary program.
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The
Cross School
Raymond “Wilson
Parent-Teacher Association
Wellington Welcomes New Coach For Coming Football Year
Billy Jarvis, coach elect for Wellington High School, met candidates in Wellington and voiced optimism for a winning team. Former Spearman coach of five years, he led districts in football and basketball and graduated from Texas A&M. He plans to attend the Tech coaching school this year and arrive a month before school begins.
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Billy Jarvis
Wellington
Jarvis
Spearman
Dalhart
Panhandle
Dumas
Amarillo
Pampa
Texaso. & M
Knute Rockne
Dallas
Texas Tech
Tech
W T U Transfers Employee to Wellington Office
Charley Lowry manager of West Texas Utilities announces Audra Hankins of Childress transferred to the Wellington office to assist the local division staff.
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Charley Lowry
West Texas Utilities Company
Audra Hankins
Childress
Wellingten
Miss Hankins
Local Methodists Visit In Mclean
Large turnout from Collingsworth County attends district Methodist conference in McLean over Friday and Saturday. Delegates include Rev. T. M. Johnston, Rev. C. R. Damron, Carroll Logan, Earl Tollison, W. P. Davis, Ernest Scott, John and William Forbis, Mra Kesler, plus Miss Pearl Strong and Elmer Strong from Fresno and Abra.
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Collingsworth County
Methodist Church
McLean
Wellington
T. M. Johnston
C. R. Damron
Carroll Logan
Earl Tollison
W. P. Davis
Ernest Scott
John Forbis
William Forbis
Mra
A. Kesler
Fresno
Miss Pearl Strong
Elmer Strong
Abra
Court Docket Sets Criminal Trials For Next Week
The April term of district court opens with 23 civil cases disposed and a packed criminal docket. Judge Needham Stokes presides in Judge Fires absence as Austin witnesses. May 8 marks trial of Eldon Hinton for murder in Hall County transfer. Pred Allred Quail case slated May 17 after $5,000 bond. several divorces listed with dates tentative.
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Needham Stokes
Vernon
A. J. Fires
Austin
Fldon Hinton
W.H. Goforth
Stolen Auto Recovered Near Swearingen School
Ed Pryor constable this week recovered a stolen car abandoned by three men near Swearingen School and returned it to its Roaring Springs owner. The suspects fled before the theft was reported, so no arrests were made.
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Ed Pryor
Swearingen School
Roaring Springs
Pryor
Remodel of Rialto Theatre Converts to Store Building
The old Rialto Theatre is being remodelled this week into a modern store building, owner E. W. Cocke says. The project transforms a historic site into commercial space under his guidance.
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Rialto Theatre
E. W. Cocke
Cottonwood School Honors Twelve Students Across Grades
The Cottonwood School announces its honor roll for the seventh month listing twelve students by grade: Eighth grade Si Allen. Seventh grade Wesley Loter. Sixth grade Vondel Rippetoe. Fifth grade Philip Yates. Fourth grade Farrel Rippetoe. Mary Frances Allen. Third grade Carlton McAnear. Second grade Dorothy Nell Ratiff. Blufford Lewis. Oma Lucas. Bessie Lucas. First grade La Ruth Lowls.
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Cottonwood School
Si Allen
Wesley Loter
Vondel Rippetoe
Philip Yates
Farrel Rippetoe
Mary Frances Allen
Carlton McAnear
Dorothy Nell Ratiff
Blufford Lewis
Oma Lucas
Bessie Lucas
la Ruth’ Lowls
City Park Opens With May 1 Formal Event
Wellington residents attended a Monday night opening with a basket supper and music by Garland Hampton's band. Desiring Wells spoke dedicating the park for recreation and citizenship duty while children tested the new playground apparatus. Mrs. C E High, park chairman, said weekly City Federation efforts will keep the park beautiful.
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City Park
Wellington
Garland Hampton
Wells
C. E. High
City Federation
Hudspeth Takes Phillips Agency Post in Motley County
T. D. Hudspeth a Wellington junior high instructor left Wednesday for Matador to assume the Phillips Petroleum Agency in Motley County. He has spent ten years in the county, teaching at Loco Quail and with Wellington Motor Co, and earlier taught in Childress and Roberts Counties. He previously worked in a Dallas bank before entering teaching.
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T. D. Hudspeth
Wellington
Matador
Phillips Petroleum Company
Motley County
Mr. Hudspeth
Loco
Quail
Wellington Motor Company
Childress
Roberts
Hudspeth
Dalllas Bank
Abra School Sets Closure for May Fifth Event
Abra School will close its 1932 33 year Friday May 5 under trustees D A Kincannon C B Strong and Z L Evans with teachers Mrs Guy Bailey and WH Laycock. Closing exercises Thursday May 4 feature the play Skippy Sees Things Through with Maybelle Grogan Jesse Ray Gogan Lloyd Tate Alice Sloan Richard Evans Tessie Ray Juanita Coleman. The year marked improvements including ground filling and a new coal bin and notable progress in typewriting.
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Abra School
D. A. Kincannon
C. B E. Strong
Z. L. Evans
Guy Bailey
WH. W. Laycock
Skippy
Maybelle Grogan
Jesse Ray
Grogan
Lloyd Tate
Alice Sloan
Richard Evans
Tessie Ray
Juanita Coleman
County School Census Shows Drop Of Twelve Students
The Collingsworth County census counts 4 080 students aged 6 to 18, down from 4 071 last year, with J D Wilson as County Superintendent noting a 377-student decline over three years. White boys and girls total 1 965 and 1 967, while 127 Negroes are listed. Wellington reports a 56-student decrease, Dodsonville rises to 230 students with 108 white boys and 116 white girls and six Negroes.
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Collingsworth
Pit
J. D
Wilson
Cenaua
Hay
Wellington
the. Negréa
Dodsonville
Eix Negras
Doduo
Light rain benefits county crops after dry spells
A light rain fell across the county Wednesday after two earlier dry spells driven by strong winds. Wellington recorded five-eighths inch, with light hail reported countywide. Dodsonville and Quail also had light rain. no storms or tornadoes were reported locally, though Louisiana to Illinois saw deadly, damaging tornadoes causing 63 deaths and $2 million in losses.
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Wellington
Floral Company
Dodsonville
Louisiana
Illinois
Pastors Weigh Expanding Association Scope
The Pastor's Association met Monday and unanimously agreed to invite Sunday School superintendents to become members. Election of officers for the next year was deferred until additional members could attend. Rev. T. M. Johnston, president, announced the plan and noted the decision.
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T. M. Johnston
Mrs Deaver Dies In Memphis Home
Mrs. H. Deaver aged 63, mother of District Attorney Joan Deaver, died at her Memphis home after a day at a quilting party. She was found in bed Friday morning, with death unexpected and a shock to Hall County residents. The Deaver family has long roots in the Panhandle region, dating to 1890.
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Deaver
Joan Deaver
Memphis
Seation
Panhandle
Mra
Pullt
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Federal Bureau
Palo Duro Canyon
Miss Hunt
Ealith Himmock
Aner Deniz, Blaine
Cross Roads
Grand Jury
Cottonwood
Hudspeth Accents
Phillips Agency
Quail and
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