Wellington High School Drama Impresses and Community Outlook
Wellington residents praised a recent two night performance by the junior and senior classes for its near professional quality and wide participation. The piece also highlights local arts, education, and shifts in agriculture toward urban economic integration with notes on Gary Oldham as top state scorer and the Dairy Team’s fifth place achievement.
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Hehe Ee Ich
Wellington High School
Summerwood Dairy
Gary Oldham
Texas
Inter-City League Eyed For Summer Baseball
The Youth Baseball Program eyes a county wide summer league for boys 15 to 17 with an inter city setup including Wellington Childress Memphis and Shamrock. Paul Guthrie announced after a May 13 meeting that volunteers are needed to run the program and an umpire may be hired.
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Paul Guthrie
Wellington
Childress
Memphis
Shamrock
Guthrie
John Coffee
Stephen Qualls
Dodson
Quail
Summerwood
Mari
Dan Guthrie
Stephen Quails
Olan Lowe
Elvis White
Lummer
John Coleman
Republicans Endorse Tower in County Convention and Time Change Vote
Col lingsworth County Republicans adopted two resolutions at their Saturday convention. One endorsed Senator John Tower as Favorite Son Candidate for President, and the other urged keeping Central Standard Time year round.
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Collingsworth County
John Tower
David Baumgardner
Corpus Christi
Tommy Lewis
Funeral Set Friday for Conley Dean
Conley B. Dean a Wellington resident since 194? died in the Veterans Administration Hospital Amarillo at 8 a.m. Saturday May 11 Funeral services will be held Friday May 17 at 2 30 p.m. in Mt Zion Baptist Church with Rev C R Long officiating Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery under Kelso Funeral Home direction Survivors include wife Lillian Dean three daughters and a son Mrs Lela Mae Kelley of Dallas Mrs Connie Mae Clevis and Francis Dean of Amarillo and Mrs Sue L White of Washington and one sister Mrs Georgia McLennan of Amarillo
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Conley B. Dean
Wellington
Veterans Administration Hospital
Amarillo
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Williams and Busch Family Visitors and Academic Achievements
Family visitors including Roy Snyder family from Twitty Ray Wooldridge family from Pampa and Austin Williams Jr family from White Deer with W T Williams of Berryville Ark. Durfey to receive master of science in animal reproduction at Texas Tech Busch to earn master of science in animal science from South Dakota State University and serve as AICA rep and staff supervisor.
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Rufus Williams
Roy Snyder
Twitty
Ray Wooldridge
Pampa
Austin Williams, Jr
White Deer
W. T. Williams
Berryville
Ark
Durfey
Texas Tech
Wellington
Martindale
South Dakota State University
Henderson
AICA
Busch
Renville
Pipestone
South Dakota State
Luverne, Minn
Garretson, $.D
Mrs Ketchum Opens Kings Inn Dining Room
Mrs Rhuia Ketchum announces the Kings Inn Dining Room at the Kings Inn Motel Office located at the US 83 and State 203 intersection near town. Wellington’s first dining room serves buffet style with home cooked meals and seconds. Hours 11 am to 2 pm and 5 30 to 9 30 pm. The remodeled dining room seats 34 with white walls gold draperies brown furniture. Menu includes three meats daily chicken beef ham with shrimp Fridays plus vegetables salads and desserts. Opened Sunday May 12 with strong turnout.
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Rhuia Ketchum
King’s Inn
Wellington
Denton Bros Take Over Texaco Station at 9th and Houston
Gene and Ray Denton now operate the Texaco station at 9th and Houston Streets with a full line of Texaco products. They previously ran a garage in the Robert Owens building at 15th Street and Highway 83. They promise prompt courteous service for all automotive needs and invite the public to visit.
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Gene
Ray Denton
Texaco
9Th
Houston Streets
Robert Owens
15Th Street
Highway 83
Delegation Rules Shift At Democratic Convention
The program page shows Sims as secretary and Paul Spillman as parliamentarian. A resolution backed Connally and urged delegation instruction. A second resolution proposing an uninstructed delegation was introduced by Mrs. Clyde Drake and filed as a minority report.
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Gram M Pageong Sims
Paul Spillman
John Connally
Clyde Drake
Saieds Department Store Changes Ownership in Elk City
Fred Saied becomes partner in Farhas Elk City to run Saied's Department Store as Mack Saied Jr takes sole ownership. Farhas specializes in exclusive ladies ready to wear with an extensive western Oklahoma clientele. Mack Saied Jr backs by family and community ties. the store will keep its customer focused policy of quality merchandise national brands and friendly service.
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Mack Saied, Jr
Ome
Saied
Fred Saied
Farhas
Elk City
Okla
Oklahomaa
Panhandle
Barbara
Allen
Sharon
Suzanne
Wellington
Fred Sated
Phi Kappa Psi
Methodist Church
Rotary
Methodist Men
Masonic Lodge
Mack Saied
Healdton
Wellington High School
Texas Tech
Army Engineers
Mary Lamaratine McKay
Lubbock
Cindy
Bobby
Mary
Jimmy
Becky
Zeta Tau Alpha Social Sorority
Collingsworth County
Quail Eighth Grade Graduation Set for May 20
Quail Eighth Grade will hold its graduation ceremony Monday night May 20 in the school auditorium at 8 p.m. Principal Mrs Lewis Morris announces Supt E P Haynie will be the speaker. Top scholars are twin siblings Karen and Laron Peters with Laron valedictorian and Karen salutatorian.
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Quail
Lewis Morris
E. P. Haynie
Karen
Laron Peters
Richard Peters
Laron
Brenda Childress
Former Dodson Resident Robert Hunt Dies at 83
Funeral services for Robert J. Hunt 83 were held in Dodson Church of Christ with Frank Duckworth officiating and burial in Dodson Cemetery. He died April 25 in Lewisville after a life as an early farmer in the O.M. community. Pallbearers named were Leo Kizer Floyd Jones Walter Randall E T Holley Newell McDaniel and Eugene Tucker. A sister Mrs Belle O'Brien resides in Dodson.
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Robert J
Bob) Hunt
Dodson
Dodson Church of Christ
Frank Duckworth
Lockney
Mr. Hunt
O.M
Lewisville
Leo Kizer
Floyd Jones
Walter Randall
E. T. Holley
Newell McDaniel
Eugene Tucker
Belle O’brien
Cemetery Work At Dozier Cemetery Memorial Day
A cemetery working will be held on Memorial Day May 30 at Dozier Cemetery announced by Mrs Wood Coleman. Work hours 8 a.m. to noon attendees should bring hoes rakes and mowers. A business meeting will elect new officers including wife Mrs Mary Earnest of Santa Rosa and children Jerry Earnest Deshart Jan Earnest and Jennie Earnest Santa Rosa. Local attendees include Jimmie Kelso the Rev Elvis Pitts and Ernest Harwell.
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Dogier
Wood Coleman
Mary Earnest
Santa Rosa
Jerry Earnest
Deshart
Danny White
Houston
Jan Earnest
Jenhie Earnest
Jimmie Kelso
Elvis Pitts
Ernest Harwell
Reverend A B Earnest Remembered in Fairfax Obituary
Rev. A B Earnest longtime Southern Baptist minister born in Fairfax Alabama wed Mary Vine yard on October 9 1943. He pastored Gabbettsville Georgia and churches in Grandbury and Trent Texas while studying at Southwestern Baptist Seminary Fort Worth. He served in the Marine Corps during World War II and leaves surviving family members.
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A.B. Earnest
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Fairfax
Ala
Mary Vineyard
Georgia
Gabbettsville
Texas
Southwestern Baptist Seminary
Fort Worth
First Baptist Church
Grandbury
Trent
Earnest
Marine Corps
Wellington Schools Presents Pops Concert Program
The Paige One School Band will perform The Beautiful followed by Overture in B Flat by Giovannini Totem Pole by Osterling Toccata for Band by Erickson and close with The Blue and the Gray by Guéndman. Mr. Larson invites the public to attend this concert celebrating the district bands' honors.
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Paige
Giovannini
Osterling
Erickson
Guéndman
Larson
Wellington
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Beatrice West
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Bill Westmoreland
William C. Westmoreland
Harold Watkins
Jack Sanford
Harold
Jack
Mr. Watkins
Insurance Agency
Conley Dean
Mrs
Charolais
Charles and
Iva
Mrs. Ketchum
Kings Inn
Denton Bros
Democrats
Fred
Mack Saied Jr
Bulletin
Shadowline
Gant
Dozier
M. V. Cobb Chiropractor
Seg Aliaing
South Main
Shamrock, Texas
Chester L. Harrison
Optometrist
West Avenue
Bacon
Crisco
Maryland Club
Shurfresh
U.S
Goodness Sake
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