Funeral services held for local resident in Wellington
A fragmented obituary notes the death of a local resident on May 9. Survived by brother Billie and sister Myrtle, ages uncertain, and parents Mr. and Mrs. F. L Newman of Quail and Mrs Bad Reed of Ardmore Oklahoma. Services conducted from the home at 2 o clock and interment at Wellington Cemetery by Ellis Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nemir
Orning
Billie
Myrtle
F. L Newman
Quail
Bad Reed
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Wellington
Ellis
Students Enjoy Trip Across Classmates and Seniors
A fragment lists a group of students and seniors linked to a school trip, naming Billy Brewster T. J. Walters Langford Jesse Peters John Templeton Elmerse Leon Miller James Hagar Hil J. W. Thomas Earl Stanford Percy Haralson Nolan Huffhines D. M. Blanton Keith Thomas Zelph Tucker Jim Mané ele Difford Dickerson Gene Glenn John Russell Oscar Bl. Hott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Brewster
T. J. Walters
Ji ‘Vv
Langford
Jesse Peters
John Templeton
Elmerse Leon ‘Miller
James Hagar
Co. Hil
J. W. Thomas
Earl At
Bill Stanford
Percy Haralson
Nolan ‘Huffi Hines
D. M. Blanton
Keith “Thomas
Zelph Tucker
Jim
Manéele
Difford+ Dickerson
Gene Glenn
John Russell
Oscar Bl. Hott
Court Delays Continue Into June Meeting With Highway Dept
Officials expect a June meeting between the commissioners and the highway department after federal funds designation. Mr. Hines urged immediate visits to the highway commission following the funds approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Hines
Highway Commission
Record of Severe Local Storms Hit Collingsworth and Wellington
A sequence of storms from eight days of heavy rain to a violent hail event damaged crops and gardens in Collingsworth County and caused structural harm in Wellington. Farms suffered replanting needs as hail and floodwaters ruined seedlings while two Taylor family members in Shamrock were injured when their home collapsed during a wind event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Colingsworth
Collingsworth
Memphis
Salt
Fork
Farm Association Officers Listed by Local Groups
A long list details officers for farm associations including Lone Mound, Pleasant Mound, Seale, and many others. Names cover chairmen, vice chairmen, and secretary treasurer posts across Aberdeen, Dodsonville, Wellington, Ronda, Prairie View, Elm Valley, Shinnery, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Mound
A. L. Honeycutt
TV. M. Stafford
W. C. Barnett
Pleasant Mound Enterprise
W. W. Breeding
S. L. Montgomery
J. L. Hess
Seale
B. B. James
W. F. Seale
E. B. Seale
Abra
W. R. Breeding
Moss Farmer
Guy Beasley
Pleasant Point
Green Hodges
W. S. Fisher
Rufus Shanks
Dozier
C. H. Caperton
S. E B. Voyles
Frank Massey
Nicholson
Willie Knoll
C. F. Hyman
J A. S. Whitson
Wayne Johnson
Lewis Green
I. T. Judd
Cottonwood—L
Ratliff
John L. Gladney
J. W. Loter
Fresno
Fearl Reynolds
W. E. Nunnelsey
Luther Sullivan
Plymouth
F. R. Cunningham
C. W. Fritts
M. W. Fritts
Midway
F. F. Popwell
Paul Peters
Hl.peters
Aberdeen
J. F. Bishop
J. L. Wight
Buddy Thompson
Mackberry
Mark Parrish
J. J. Walker
Ring
J. R. Atkinson
JW. Sorrell
Ro W. Davis
Lillie
L. D. McMinn
Burkhalter
Jelya 8. Brown
Dodsonville
Kelley
W.H. Kut
Harry Patterson
Fred Boyd
Back Creek
L. “Roberts
CG. Porter
L.W. Hartman
H. K. Willingham
Rufus Sweat
Dash Lowry
Treat
Wellington
J. QO. Wells
G.hite
Prairie View
Joh Morgan
Pat Winters
Marty Jones
Marella
J. F. Coleman
C. ©. Taylor
W. T. Melton
Wilmleer
J. C. Hartman
W. E .Thomas
P. H. Thomas
Elm Valley
Audrey Stephens
FE. A. Clark
H. C. Fitzgerald
Gassers Fall to Childress in High-Scoring Tilt
The Gassers drop a lively game to Childress as errors and long hits fuel a late rally. Hall walks in two runs and Childress drives in multiple with a five-run third inning, then adds more in the eighth and ninth to seal a against Wellington in a Red River Valley League contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Hall
Neeley
Wright
Gassers
Brisbin
Wellington Abrhe Brishin
Morris
Brown
Newman
Wilson V
Neely
McKenna
Horton
Swift
Wilson
Morgan, R
Morgan
Abrh E Powell
Ross
Hale
Compton
Moore
Andrews
I Hall
R Morgan
D. Morgan
Powell
Red ‘River Valley
Weington
West Texas cattleman dies after long ranching career
Mr. Johnson born in Sedalia Mo moved to Texans at nine and to Childress county in 1885. He built extensive ranch holdings in Collingsworth and Childress counties and was known across West Texas. Survived by widow, five daughters including County Clerk Pearl Ward, one son J B Johnson, a brother Jeff Johnson, and several grandchildren. Pallbearers named Ahn Allmond G W Ellison W J Lee L W Rigby Henry Hawkins and Tom Hardin Sr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughan Buster
Childress
Rouse Howell
Dallas
Jeff Johnson
Ahn Allmond
G. W. Ellison
W. J. Lee
L. WH. Rigby
Henry Hawkins
Tom Hardin
Wellington Texas school closes term with 75 graduates
Bradford Knapp notes the Wellington Schools finished the year on a cash basis with a 60 cent tax rate. Trustees chaired by L A Manner praised 75 graduates and the year's orderly progress, expecting continued efficient schools for 1935-36. Activities included an invocation, salutatory, piano solo, valedictory, and diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumrall
Jewell Frances Somervville
Charlotte Danes
Beatrice King
Drv
Bradford Knapp
G. L. Farrar
Dobbs
T. M. Johnston
L. A. Manner
Wellington
Manger
Texas
Certificate Pool to Distribute Unsold Cotton Certificates
County agent announces final distribution of last year’s pooled cotton certificates. Unsold certificates will be issued to producers entering them in the pool. A new certificate will reflect pounds for the 1936 cotton pinning. Producers may exchange surplus certificates at the agent’s office with intact books only. Read the Want Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BL L. Deal
Funeral Services Held for Mrs. W T Skinner of Buffalo Ga
The funeral honored Mrs. W T Skinner of Buffalo Georgia. Surviving relatives include two brothers J Briggs of Yellville Arkansas and R M Briggs of Becton Texas. Also two sisters Mrs Dee Cowday of Muskogee and Mrs John Bryant of Kansas City Missouri. Eight grandsons five granddaughters and two great grandchildren attended with bearers J C Emmert J B Emmert Charles Fourmentin Oscar Lewis W E Spears and F C Puson. Special songs by a quartet of Mrs R Y Kelley Mrs Earl Gibbs W B Brewer and Hunter Simms. Interment followed at Wellington Cemetery by Ellis Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.T. Skinner
Buffalo
J. 3.Briggs
Yellville
Arkansas
R.M. Briggs
Becton
Texas
Dee Cowday
Musskogee
John Bryant
Kansas City
J. C. Emmert
J. B. Emmert
Chas. Fourmentin
Oscar Lewis
W. E. Spears
F.C. Puson
W. B. Spears
W. S. Brewer
J. 5
Driskill
R. Y. Kelley
Earl Gibbs
Brewer
Hunter Simms
Wellington
Ellis Funeral Home
Negro Minstrel Program Features Cast and Acts
The program lists Jameson and Irene Clark with various acts including Jigg contest tap dancing and a reading. Cast members include Miss Wilma Jarrell Miss Kaiser and Mary Katherine Hutcherson with a play Trouble Down At Cold Hol ly School featuring the McDaniels Ladger Powell and Hutcherson. The program closed with old time negro hymns sung by Miss Hutcherson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Raymond Powell
Mary Katherine Hutcherson
Trouble
Cold Holly School
McDaniels
Ladger
G. Sanders
Laycock
Ollie Brown
White
Miss Hutcherson
Mrs Woodman Dies After Long Illness In Wellington
Mrs Woodman 42 1880 5 20 a m Monday funeral details given with husband C H Woodman of Crossroads as survivor. Six children J H Woodman Alvord Woodman Nila Woodman Ber nice Black and others of Wellington plus grandson JFR Spear. Father G A McCallum Hooker Oklahoma two brothers and three sisters listed. Pallbearers named Earl Aiken Floyd Jackson Jack Phipps Arthur Wella Emory Hunter Jess Messick. Flower bearers named Lorene Bruce Lillian Hawkins Sue Barton. Interment at Wel Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Arthur McCallum
Denver
Mary Cockrell
Wheat Ridge
Colo
Grace Bowser
Eads
Clara Finicum
Hooker
Oklahorns
Paul
Earl Aiken
Floyd Jackson
Jack Phipps
Arthur Wella
Emory Hunter
Jess Messick
Lorene Bruce
Lillian Hawkins
Sue Each
Marie Barton
Wellington Cemetery
Ellis Funeral Home
Shelterbelt meetings urged in Colligsworth district
May 28 events in Sumnerwood and Quail mark the Shelterbelt program outreach. Mr Myers will hold a final meeting in Wellington district court Saturday at 2 16. Meetings at other points run each evening at 8. Every resident is invited as government sponsors explain home improvement aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumnerwood
Quail
Myers
Wellington
Colligsworth
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Paige
T. No
Oscar Elliott
Clarence Black
G. W. Poteet
Margaret Wood
Farm Association
Paget
Mrs. Woodman
Wellington High School
Ors Benge
Lewis Bros, Grocery Dept
Maxwell House
Folger's
DOE
Vienna
Onen
Campbell’s
Ithia
Mes
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