Top Ranking Graduates of WHS Announced
Wellington high school principal B W Clement announced the ten top ranking seniors. Hill is valedictorian with 05.976 average, daughter of L C Aim. Miss Glenn is salutatorian with 04.457, daughter of Barney Glenn. Other honor graduates include Barbara Dobbs third at 2.70, Mary Gra... (Continued on back page).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princes “Hill
Vickie Glenn
Wellington High School
B. W. Clement
Miss. Hill
L. c. Aim
Miss Glenn
Barney Glenn
Barbara Dobbs
Mary Gra
Frances Hill
Frances
Vicki’s
Mission Band to Perform at Faith Baptist Church
Wayland College Mission Band from Plainview will appear at Faith Baptist Church for three events over the weekend. Rev Kenneth Quaid, pastor, announced the Saturday young people fellowship with refreshments, and the band will lead the morning worship on Sunday May 15. A Crusade for Christ program follows at 2 30. everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Wayland College
Plainview
Faith Baptist Church
Kenneth Quaid
Texan National Guard OCS graduation set for Saturday
Wellington Guardsman Alten D. Martin among 53 candidates to graduate from the Texan National Guard Officers Candidate school at Camp Mabry Austin. Major General Harry Crutch er Jr. will speak. Martin, a teacher at Childrens high school, is a Battery A 183rd Artillery member, 49th Armored Division, from Wellington. OCS is a year long course supervised by the U S Army Infantry School Fort Benning Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childrens High School
183S Artillery
49Th Armored Division
Wellington
Quail High School
West Texas
National Guard
Camp Mabry
Austin
U.S. Amoy Infantry School
Fort Benning
Norwood Exes Barbecue Tickets Put on Sale
The Saranorwood Jox-Students Association offers barbecue tickets for the Ex Students Reunion set for Saturday July 6. Douglas Coleman, president, says tickets may be purchased from Coleman or officers Oldham Sumnerwood first vice president Dub Marghant Wellington second vice president Mrs James Martindale treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saranorwood Jox-Students Association
Douglas Coleman
Coleman
Oldham
Sumnerwood
Dub Marghant
Wellington
James Martindale
Dorler
Former Dodson Girl Now in Spain
Carolyn Smith and her daughter Cathy Lynette, born in Dodson, now live in Aaragogs, Spain. Ric Epperson is stationed with the genera Hor. The couple has two children, Ricky aged 20 months and Cathy Lynette who was born in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eal
Frank ‘Epperson
Aaragogs
Spain
Ric
Awards To Be Announced At VHS Pops Concert
Wellington high school band to present third annual pops concert Friday May 10 at 7 30 p m in the community building An awards ceremony for 1963 will follow a band reaching contest and include the National Union Award given to one student in each school This year’s winner will be announced at the concert The program features marches overtures solos and the Alma Mater with a long list of band members across woodwinds brass and percussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington High School
Tubal Cain
National Union
United States
Wellington
Harold Pigg
North Texas State University
Cordoba
Sousa
Wallingston High School
Keren Childress
Charlotte Allen
Ann Orr
Margaret Sisk
Ric Schnider
Kathy Davis
Patricia Jones
Patsy McDanel
Linda Karnes
Linda Moore
Jerry Hayvton
Sammie Thompson
Frances Warrick
Anna Kay
Kelso
Vicky Aljren
Graham Bowen
Marsha Tyler
Pat
Mrs P E Keenan Dies Suddenly Here Thursday
Mrs P E Keenan longtime Wellington resident died at home 101 Haskell St Thursday May 2 believed to have died as she started to rise. Justice of peace C E McKinney ruled heart trouble. Funeral at Faith Baptist Church Sunday officiated by Rev Kenneth Quaid. Burial North Wellington Cemetery Kelso Funeral Home in charge. Born Ethel Zeck December 30 1893 Reymondville Missouri. Married to Mr Keenan November 27 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Keenan
Haskell St
C. E. McKinney
Justice of Peace
Kenneth Quaid
North Wellington
Kelso
Wellington
Cooke
Keenan
Graduation Events Planned for Four County High Schools
County high schools announce graduation schedule starting Sunday May 19 with baccalaureate services. Dodson Samnorwood Wellington Willing graduation set for May 19 and May 28 joint diplomas for Dodson and eighth graders. Wellington and Sumnerwood seniors to receive diplomas at commencements. Quail seniors hold baccalaureate May 26 with eighth grade diplomas and senior commencement May 30.
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Quail
Dodson
Samnorwood
Wellington
Sumnerwood
Wellings
Funeral Held Sunday for John Edmondson
John Edmondson dies at St Josephs Hospital after months of illness. He was born August 14, 1906 in Jack County and lived in Wellington after returning from Hobart Oklahoma. Survived by wife Mary Delk and five sisters, service held at What Baptist Church with burial in West Wellington Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Edmondson
Jack County
J. C. Edmondson
Collingsworth County
Sungot
The
Baptist Church
Mary Delk
Hobart
Oklo
West Wellington
Kelso Funeral Home
George Scott
Lonnie Simmons
Wellington
Jesse Tate
Earl Shield
Jody Deputy
Jasper Eskew
Eximandson
Zelma Hudson
Spencer Dyer
Austin
Misa Ivy Edmondson
Jacksboro
Mae Rogers
Lincoln
Neb
Lea Durham
Iowa Park
Norwood Lions Meet May 9
Samnorwood Lions Club will meet Thursday May 9 at the Samnorwood cafeteria at 8 p m. Plans for the installation of officers will be discussed, said Douglas Coleman president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwood Lions
Samnorwood Lions Club
Samnorwood
Douglas Coleman
Masons Plan Cornerstone Ceremony for New Hall
The Masons will level the cornerstone of the new Masonic Hall in a public ceremony Friday at 3 30 pm. Worshipful Master Cal Hurst said Deputy Grand Master John R Collard Jr of Spearman will officiate. He urged public attendance and noted the rite mirrors early operative Masonic practice from 225 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Hall
Cal Hurst
Masonic Lodge
John R. Collard Jr
Funeral Rites Here Wednesday for Dick Wiles
Dick Wiles, a native of Amarillo who grew up in the area, died Saturday in Denver at 28 after years of ill health. Services are Wednesday at Bowie Street Church of Christ with Gran del Forehand. Burial in West Wellington Cemetery. Kelso Funeral Home in charge. He served in World War II and is survived by three children, a sister, and several step-relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Wiles
Denver
Colo
Bowie Street Church of Christ
Grandel
West Wellington
Kelso Funeral Home
Earl Clark
Robert Lewis
Olan Cook
Ham Holton
Billy Hatch
H. L. Duncan
Mr. Wiles
Amarillo
Vivian Wiles Starr
Collingsworth County
Wiles
Vivian
Dickie
Kirk
Texas City
Mis. W.B. Colftins
Johnnie Wiles
P. E. Starr
Earl Hunter
Reorganization Meeting for Wellington 4-H Club
A 7:00 p.m. meeting Friday May 10 in the county courtroom invites all boys interested in 4-H work. New programs like entomology auto and horse care offer 20 projects for Collingsworth County youths per Cecil Regier the county agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thea Wellington Boya
Annual Clean Up Drive Opens in City May 13
Wellington to start annual Clean Up Campaign on May 18 sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and City of Wellington. Led by Civic Improvement and Community Beautification committees, the drive urges citizens to cooperate, haul away trash, paint and fix up properties, with extra city trucks and personal trucks welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Wellington
Chamber of Commerce
City of
Jack Sanford
Sanford
Psimipte
John Coleman
Ernest Harwell
James Sullivan
Jake Leach
Jimmie Kelso
Penalty Attached City Warns Against False Alarms
Wellington officials led by Mayor Hiram Cudd and Police Chief Troy Marsh warned against false fire alarms after two scares. A 3 am call caused the full volunteer department to respond to a non existent Owens property, while another alarm at the Dixie Maid referenced trash burning. Marsh noted risk of injuries and Cudd cited $100 per false dispatch against taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Cudd
Troy Marsh
Wellington Volunteer Fire Department
Johnny Cagle
Steve Owens
Owens
Richard
Robert
Ralph
Highway 83
Marsh
Cudd
Joe Christoph
Quail High Names Honor Graduates for Senior and Eighth Grade
Supt Herman Moseley announced the top students in Quail High School. Virginia Arm Kennedy is valedictorian of the senior class with 88.68 average, Dean Johnson is salutatorian with 88.28, and J C Saunders is third with 33.36. In eighth grade Jerry Haralson leads with 90.56, Robert Blevins follows at 89.72, and Margie Kennedy is third with 87.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quail
Herman Moseley
Virginia Arm Kennedy
Dean Johnson
J. C. Saunders
Miss Kennedy
Frank Kennedy
Johnson
Robert Johnson
Jerry Haralson
Elmer Haralson
Robert Blevins
Howard Blevins
Margie Kennedy
National Hospital Week Observed at St Josephs Hospital
St Josephs Hospital marks National Hospital Week with two events on May 15. A coffee break for men 9 to 11 and for women 3 to 5, sponsored by the hospital auxiliary, features new equipment in the emergency room donated in memory of Dr E W Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s Hospital
E. W. Jones
St. Joseph's Hospital
National Hospital Week
Florence Nightingale
Seka
American Hospital Association
Solon Higgins Visits Wellington While Enroute Home
Mr and Mrs Solon Higgins stopped in Wellington on Tuesday May 7 to visit friends during a drive from Mineral Wells to their ranch near Dalhart. They were with his father A H W Higgins 91 who was hospitalized at Mineral Wells. The elder Higgins was an early mail carrier here and the family grew up in Wellington. Solon Higgins was brother to the late Dutch Higgins of Lithifield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon Higgins
Wellington
Mineral Walls
Dalhart
A. H W. Higgins
Mineral Wells
Higging
Lithifield
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Whitey) Edmondson
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