Martinez No 1 wildcat drills deep near Quail Texas
Virginia Robey reports a rank wildcat No 1 Martinez is being drilled 8 miles west of Quail Collingsworth County by T J Simek. The well spudded May 5 has reached 5185 feet near the center of a 10 000 acre block owned by Dr Henry Martinez. If successful it could reveal Mississippian Granite Wash reef structures and spur large oil and gas development in western Collingsworth.
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Virginia Robey News
Collingsworth County
Quail
T. J. Simek
Prague
Martinez
Henry Martinez
Amarillo
Tom Wilson
Jack Grimm
Grimm
Simek
Wellington
Bill Spillman
Chevron
Turkey
Wellington ISD honors seniors and eighth graders of 1995
Wellington ISD released names for the 1995 senior class and eighth grade. High School valedictorian Katie Johnson led with 5.1385 average on a 6.0 scale, followed by salutatorian Heather Wilson with 5.1047. baccalaureate set for May 20 at Powell Field. In JH eighth grade, Kyle Hookstra topped with 4.86, Courtney Westmoreland second with 4.81. graduation May 25 in the WHS auditorium.
May 6 election results announced across districts
Voters in Collingsworth re elected Carthel Lewis and chose Jean Cudd and Evelyn Campbell for hospital board seats. William Dan Howard and Yates Parker left, replaced by Cudd and Campbell. Wellington ISD re elected Joe Baumgardner and Betsy Lemons, Jim Cabbell won unexpired term. City Council seats kept by Powell and McGill with write-in gains noted. Sumnerwood ISD filled three terms with Waters, Myers, and Tarver. four openings existed.
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Collingsworth
Hospital Board
Jean Cudd
Evelyn Campbell
Carthel Lewis
Carroll Daves
Cudd
Campbell
Dan Howard
Yates Parker
Wellington Isd
Joe Baumgardner
Betsy Lemons
Jim Cabbell
Winfred McQueen
Wellington
Robert Wayne Powell
Sam McGill
Dodson
Red Riddle
Tommy Hightower
Ray Hightower
Sumnerwood Isd
Larry Waters
Dwayne Myers
Mark Tarver
Grand Jury Returns Three Indictments in Collingsworth
The Collingsworth County Grand Jury met May 8 in Wellington with Judge David McCoy presiding and District Attorney Randall Sims reporting three indictments. Cecil Doyle Fowler faces a driving while intoxicated charge, Clayton Durand Johnson is indicted for aggravated robbery, and Samuel Darren Moore also for aggravated robbery. The DA staff convenes next in Donley County on May 15 and returns to Collingsworth on June 19. A fundraiser Mexican Pile-On Dinner for the Collingsworth County Museum is set for Saturday May 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Building.
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Collingsworth County
Wellington
David McCoy
100Th Judicial District Court
Randall Sims
Cecil Doyle Fowler
Clayton Durand Johnson
Samuel Darren Moore
Donley County
Collingsworth County Museum
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Rank Wildcat
Spillman
Martinez Well
Melanie Jeffrey
The
Wellington Leader
Katie Johnson
Heather Wilson
Kyle Hookstra
Courtney Westmoreland
WISD
Katie
Jamie and
Mary Johnson
Gano
Elaine Wilson
Wellington High School
Powell Field
Kerry
Karen Hookstra
Courtney
Vickie Westmoreland
Wellington High
Jeremy Sain
UIL
Austin
State of Texas
Sain
Lloyd Hays
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