ONeil and Thomas Win Area Awards for Soil Conservation
Thomas O Neil, a Salt Fork SCD rancher, named Comeback Rancher of the Year for Area I in the Save the Soil and Save Texas Awards. Zook Thomas won local Outstanding Conservation Farmer. area banquet at ToHoka May 14. O Neil 70th birthday April 27. son Ted O Neil previously honored.
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Save the Soil
Save Texas
Fort Worth Press
Texas Industries
Zook
Thomas Left
Salt Fork
Lions Club
Sumnerwood Club
Austin
Polly) O’neil
Salt Fork Scd
Area I
Tahoka
Austin O’neil
Thomas
Sumnerwood Lions Club
O'Neil
Wellington
Mill Iron
Colorado
Texas Game Commission
O’neil
Hhis
Ted O'Neil
Steiner Valley
Whitney
Salt Fork First Step Revised Water Program Starts Dam Work
Salt Fork County moves to a revised water development plan staged to county needs. The Water Control and Improvement District hires Gibson Spence and Gibson to represent it with Robert Spence and A H Wolverton present to discuss engineering and legal aspects. The initial action is construction of one Salt Fork River dam to aid irrigation. The board will decide subsequent steps soon, with full county waters development planned in stages.
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Collingsworth
The
Water Control and Improvement District
Dan Howard
Gibson, Spence and Gibson
Austin
Robert Spence
Paul Spillman
Spence
A. H. Wolverton
Water District
Salt Fork
Howard
Bask
Wellington Seniors Stage Pink Magic Comedy in Mexico City
Friday night May 8 the Wellington high school auditorium hosts a 3 act comedy Pink Magic based on Margaret Lee Runbeck novel. Senior cast includes Gail Howard Sammie Thompson Donna Allred with a large ensemble and stage crew directing by Mrs. Bob McAlister.
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Wellington
Mexico City
Margaret Lee Runbeck
United States
Hortense Evans
Gail Howard
Cornelia Baker
Sammie Thompson
Ursula F. Prowder
Donna Allred
Mariano
Charles Black
Jose Eduardo Jose Garcia Gonzales Gomez
Graham Bowen
Wally Grant
Kenneth Patterson
Estre Vita
Patty Overton
Kimble Colby
Bryan Hatch
Tommy Thomas
Mr. Prowder
Gary Bergvall
Mrs. Prowder
Patricia Bouchelle
Beaulah Mae Farenden
Anne Howard
Hart Sisters
Ann
Jane Orr
Candee
Vicki Killian
Dwight Colby
Kimble
Mary Beth Aaron
George Crater
Colbys
Danny Martin
Holt
Glenn Thomas
Saundra Owens
Carol Blain
Lyndal Bowen
Vinson FFA Banquet Marks Last Year of School and Chapter
The Vinson Future Farmers of America hold a final annual banquet on Friday May 8 at 7 p.m. in the Vinson high school gym. Members invite former members wives chapter sweethearts parents and advisors to attend as the school and FFA chapter close. Past presidents and former sweethearts are named along with the current advisor R B Stout and a list of former advisors.
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Vinson Future Farmers Chapter
Vinson High School
Vinson School
FFA
Ruben Osborn
Vinson
Rev. Michael Undergoes Foot Surgery at St. Joseph’s
The Rev J F Michael had surgery Friday May 1 at St Josephs Hospital to remove part of his left foot. His wife says he is greatly improved and recovering well. He previously had his right leg amputated in June 1963. His son Charles and family of Guthrie and sister in law Mrs Gordon Crocker of Idalon are with him during his recovery.
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J. F. Michael
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Collingsworth County Voters Back Incumbents in Democratic Primary
Collingsworth County voters re-elected Sheriff John Rainey and two county commissioners while naming a new tax assessor collector. The Democratic primary on May 2 showed countywide support for Charles Reynolds in the district judge race and Paul Spillman as county chairman. Statewide results mirrored the general trend with Goldwater favored in the presidential race and Smith leading in contested lieutenant governor votes.
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Collingsworth County
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Rita Owens
Dodson
Hubert Miauldin
John Rainey
Elzie White
Woodrow Wood
John Eron Forbis
Clyde Emmett
W. ©. Harwell
Collingsworth
Charles Reynolds
Allen Harp
Reynolds
Paul Spillman
G. B. Hopper
Walter Rogers
Grainger Meclhany
John Gillham
R. L. Templeton
Bruce Hite
John Connally
Don Yarborough
Banks
Hackworthe
Preston Smith
Fuentes
Smith
Twister Rips Through Area North of Salt Fork River
A Tuesday night tornado tore through land north of Salt Fork River starting near the Bill Jones farm and stretching northeast toward Aberdeen. Damage included a barn roof, a downed TV antenna, a gasoline storage tank, irrigation pipes, and a moved six room house near Lutie. Power poles were knocked down and rainfall ranged up to 1.5 inches in parts of Quail area with standing water in furrows Wednesday.
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Salt Fork River
Bill Jones
Aberdeen
Wellington
Dodson
John Rainey
Salt Fork
Janes
Rusty Howard
Lutie
Darrow Place
Joe Rountree
L. E. Ward
Tom Whitson
Gary Tarver
George Henry
Greenbelt, Electric, Cooperative, Inc
Quail
Tom Crabtree
Crabtree
Cecil Brown
Sammnerwood
Dozier
W. R. Breeding
Wellington’s Sam Kennedy Long Show Career Ends in Quiet Retirement
Sam Kennedy, a veteran showman whose 86-year stage career spanned 12 minstrel troupes and circuses, now lives in Wellington after a life performing coast to coast. Born in Ladonia Texas, he started at 16, performed in 48 states and one Canadian province, and wrote songs like The World Is Round but It's Crooked Just the Same. He first joined Ringling Brothers when they visited in 1927, and spent winters in vaudeville with his wife between minstrel seasons.
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Wellington
Sam Kennedy
Ity
Sam
Ladonia
Texas
Sam Raburn
Sunny Dixie Minstrels
Virginia Minstrels
Florida Blossom Minstrels
Dandy Dixie Minstrels
A. G. Allen
Minstrels
Georgia Minstrels
Ringling Brothers
Burglars Hit Quail School and Wellington Livestock Sale
Burglars struck twice in five days taking 240 dollars in cash from Quail School and about 30 dollars from Wellington Livestock Sales. Sheriff Rainey and Texas Ranger Bill Baten said two or more suspects were involved. Entry was made by prying an east window and forcing the principal’s office door. a safe was peeled but 200 dollars more remained. Payroll checks were found scattered and records dumped. The car was parked nearby and no arrests have been made.
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Wellington
John Rainey
Texas
Bill Baten
Pampa
Lewis Morris
Rainey
Herman ‘Moseley
Funeral Rites Here Monday for Mrs. Morgan
Mrs. G R Morgan a Collingsworth county resident for 52 years died at Thomas Nursing Home at age 88. Funeral services were held Monday at First Baptist Church with Dr Glenn Hickey officiating. Burial followed in Rolla Cemetery. Pallbearers were her grandsons J S Morgan Jack Morgan Ross Morgan G R Morgan Larry Ware and Jack Sherrill. Born Ada Jones on March 7 1876 in Denton county she married General R Morgan March 22 1891. They lived in Denton before moving to Rosa Quail and Wellington, then settled here in 1912.
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G. R. Morgan
Collingsworth County
Thomas Nursing Home
First Baptist Church
Glenn Hickey
Rolla
Kelso
Larry Ware
Jack Sherrill
Heart Attack Takes Life of Mrs. Kincannon
Mrs. Dee Kincannon died at her Shamrock home around 11 a.m. Tuesday April 28 from a heart attack. The 34 year old mother of six was alone with her children when stricken. her husband Dee Kincannon found her. Born Alta Mae Dee in Sedan Oklahoma on August 18 1929 she moved to Holiday in 1987 and later Shamrock. She married Dee Kincannon in November 1961 at Childress. Burial followed at Dozier cemetery with services at Glen Davis Memorial Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband and six children: Charlotte Tonya Cheryl Sally Mae Calvin Melvin.
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Dee Kincannon
Kincannon
Avife
Sumnerwood
Alta Mae Dee
Sedan
Okla
Holiday
Shamrock
Childress
Glen Davis Memorial Methodist Church
Cecil Rankin
Dozier Cemetery
Richardson Funeral Home
David Clark
Audrey Downs
Leon Myers
Noah Stice
Leroy Groves
D. A. Nix
Kincannon Jave
Charlotte
Tonya Cheryl
Sally
Mae
Calvin
Melvin
Temperatures Moisture for Week and April
Readable data notes low moisture and temperature trends. Week shows unseasonably cool conditions with trace moisture. April continues with trace moisture levels and variable temperatures across regions.
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Vinson Ffa
Donald Staton
Wilbur Tillman
Carroll Sburcham
James Smith
Kent Pence
Howard Reynolds
Freddy Ford
Jimmy Ford
Robert Messenger
Walter Cook
Jerry Lee
Joe Downs
Wallace Cornett
Gaye Kramer
Betty Lanning
Marjorie Tillman
Vignn Lee Brown
Janie Thompson
Glenda Weldon
Sandra Overton
Linda Overton
Doris Mitchell
Charlotte Messenger
Chevyl Hart
Lyda Aaron
Earlene Sherrill
Leona Overton
Rev
Michael
Twister
Summerwood
Billy Neeley
Quail School
Kenneth Hodge
Ringling
Arizona
Bam
Kennedy
Supt. Moseley
Mrs. Morgan
Mien Low
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