Only in Wellington Lunch Bunch Shares Local Jokes
A community feature collects humorous notes from Wellington residents about life there. The piece catalogs many everyday quirks and small anecdotes showing local charm, close ties, and mutual help among neighbors. Names such as Mary Johnson Carroll Daves Doris O Hair and others appear in quick vignettes.
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Wellington
Mary Johnson
FTD
Carroll Daves
Doris O’ Haire
Margret Wood
Barbara Bartlett
Jackie Wilkerson
Gay McAlister
Amarillo
Becky Davis
Bank
Post Office
Calvin
Patsy Mitchell
Betty Winslett
Neil Wilbur
Bill Hall
Judy Hall
Marshall
Louise Peters
LaVonda Hartman
Jamie Johnson
Wellington Country Club
Nicky Watts
Lucy Bedwell
Sherriff’s
Wellington's new lighting system lights up the city
May 1947 report highlights Wellington Texas progress with mercury vapor street lamps hung on 30 foot poles. Work began May 6 after delays, with city officials and West Texas Utilities coordinating installation to improve brightness while using little more electricity.
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Wellington
Texas
Pink Sullivan
Burn Handley
West Texas Utilities
Cameron Beam
Request for Burial Plot Information in Wellington Cemetery
Dear Editor seeks contacts of Sims Fleetwood Whitmore's survivors to locate a burial plot in south Fairview Cemetery Wellington Texas. Provide information to Loyd Langley at 806-447-2181 or Rt. Box 422 Wellington 79095 or Thelma Norman at 817-937-2962 1108 Ave G NW Childress 79201.
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South Fairview
Wellington
Texas
Sims Fleetwood Whitmore
Loyd Langley
Rt. Box
Thelma Norman
Ave G
Childress
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Priscilla Sullivan
Panhandle
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John
Terry Hightower
Bowie St. Church of Christ
P.O
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Stowell
Austin
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Quail
Sumnerwood
City Auditorium
Deskins Wells
Wellington Leader
Tmust
Leader
Wells
Ritz
Los Alamos
Hiroshima
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Lillie Baptist Church
Marshall Fomby
Texas Highway Commission
Marella
Collingsworth County
Commissioners Court
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Glynn Moore
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wildcat
Earl Rudder
VFW
South Plains
First Baptist Church
15Th Street
Friends of All Religious Faiths
Allen B. Earnest
Thomas Nursing Home
E. W. Carter
General Telephone
Builders Club
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Southwestern States Telephone Co
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Hawaii
United States
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Zack Thomas
Houston
Southwestern Rail Products, Inc
Texas Industrial Commission
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas At Austin
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Don Lewis
Castleberry
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Carter
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