Wellington Gains Incomes And Adds Jobs In 1985 86
Colingsworth County shows a 21.5 percent rise in buying income per household from 19 788 to 24 046 and a 19.6 percent jump in retail sales per household from 9 043 to 10 821 for the year ending January 1986. Wellington adds two new industries employing 31, with Double D Lonestar making barbecue smokers and Arrow Head producing aviation connectors and rivets. Mayor Ralph Owens and City Manager Glen Taylor push for further growth as population dips to 3 245 in Wellington and 4 500 countywide, with a 25 mile trade area rising to 12 544. Deposits across Wellington banks total 52 057 974.
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Wellington
Lonestar
Owens Salvage
Warrick Feed Store
Bronco Seed
Wellington Leader
West Texas Engine
Childress Mattress
Hiett and Hiett
Ralph Owens
Glen
Tiny) Taylor
Taylor
Crime Stoppers and Lions Club offer free engravings to mark owner items
Crime Stoppers board member Rudie Tate announced a Saturday May 17 event at the Collingsworth County Sheriff’s Office with Wellington Lions Club to engrave identifications on items brought in for marking. Engraving can include social security or driver’s license numbers on bicycles guns televisions VCRs and tools to deter theft. The service runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is free with Carl Wischkaemper coordinating Lions Club arrangements. A previous session occurred in Samnorwood on May 3.
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Crime Stoppers
Wellington Lions Club
Rudie Tate
Crime Stoppers Board
Collingsworth County Sheriff's Office
Carl Wischkaemper
Lions Club
Tate
Wellington
Samnorwood
Wellington Bands Present Annual Pops Concert Monday
The Wellington Schools bands will stage their Pops Concert on Monday May 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Burn Handley Community Center. Band director Bill Dyer says the program will be light and enjoyable with pies cookies and beverages. Darrell Nash serves as auctioneer for the cake auction as parents merchants and friends are invited to support the Skyrocket Firecracker and Sparkler Bands with no admission charge.
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Wellington
Burn Handley Community Center
Bill Dyer
Darrell Nash
Myrick 2nd in Nationals as Wellington, Sumnerwood shine
Wellington and Sumnerwood high finish in national range and pasture judging at Oklahoma City. Mike Myrick of Wellington and Shaun Coleman of Sumnerwood placed strongly among 25 teams from multiple states. Snyder Texas won overall with Beggs Muskogee Anson and Apache in top spots.
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Wellington
Mike Myrick
Oklahoma City
Collingsworth County
Sumnerwood
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Nebraska
Louisiana
Kansas
North
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Texas
Snyder
Beggs
Muskogee
Shaun Coleman
Jim Henderson
Jeff Powell
Hilton Hotel
Old Fort el Reno
Jimmy Brown
Rodney Myrick
Sue Skelton
Spencer Seale
Joe
Nancy Harris
Tommy Powell
Summerwood
Pioneer Park
Kendall Harris
Kacy Davis
Rene del Bosque
Craig Brown
Samnorwood
Rabies Clinic To Be Held On Saturday
The City of Wellington and Wellington Veterinary Hospital will hold the annual rabies vaccination clinic this Saturday May 10 from 8 a m to 12 noon at the veterinary hospital. Vaccines cost 7 per pet and must be renewed yearly for dogs and cats over four months.
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City of Wellington
Wellington Veterinary Hospital
Mark Fires
Republicans Give Primary Results in Collingsworth County
Collingsworth County Republicans held their first primary in years on May 3 with 44 votes in four precincts. Jeanice Adams 32 for District and County Clerk. Wayne T. Cudd 40 for County Republican Chairman. Beau Boulter led for Congress with 22 to 11 for Trompler. Boulter to face Doug Seal in November. Other state and district results include Hance 25 for Governor, Clements 14, Loeffler 5. Lt Governor Bullock 14, Davidson 12, Jackson 3, Mulanax 7. Attorney General split 15,10,15. GLO 12,9,13. Agriculture Powers 22, Trompler 11. Railroad Fox 11, Emmett 8, Henderson 9, Hoelscher 6. Supreme Court Place 1 Howell 23, Hecht 8. Place 2 White 32. Place 4 Bates 23, Stephens 11.
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Collingsworth County
Jeanice Adams
Wayne T. Cudd
Beau Boulter
Texas
Charles F
Farmer
General Land Office
M.D. Anderson
George Collis
Grady T. Yarbrough
Bill Powers
Charles F. (Farmer) Trompler
Milton E. Fox
Ed Emmett
John Thomas Henderson
Ralph E. Hoelscher
Supreme Court
Charles Ben Howell
Nathan Lincoln Hecht
Justice
Nathan E. White, Jr
John L. Bates
Bill J. Stephens
Demo Primary Results In Collingsworth County
Dem voters backed Doug Seal for Texas District 13, with 1344 to 176 over Don Stribling, sending Seal to the November race against Beau Boulter after a 57 percent district win. Foster Whaley ran unopposed in the House race with 1210 votes, while county contests produced several runoffs and tight finishes.
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Collingsworth
Doug Seal
Wellington Farmer
Texas
Don Stribling
Seal
Beau Boulter
Stribling
Foster Whaley
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David Baumgardner
Agricultural Extension Service
Loca Extension Office
West Texas Utilities Co
Abilene
Myrick
Norwood
Rockets
Anson
Apache
Comfort
Coleman
Rene DelBosque
Tom Loeffler
Aaron L. Bullock
David Davidson
Glenn Jackson
Virgil E. Mulanax
John Roach
Ed Walsh
Roy R. Barrera, Jr
Zock Thomas
John R. Howard
Kenneth Davis
Karen Strickland
Helen Gollihugh
Jimmie Barber
Joe Frank Knoll
Dudley Coleman
Raymond Neeley
Neeley
A.J. Fires
Kathy Mote
Miss Mote
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