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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1968
Page
8
Outgoing Wellington Jaycee president Glen Warrick visits with Calvin Hornsby of Dumas at a local gathering. Hornsby, state Jaycee vice-president, once lived in Wellington as a child. Colorful red and white vests provide a vivid backdrop.
On the Texas High Plains grain sorghum belt, aerial spraying of atrazine and propazine shows strong weed control. Dr. Allen F. Wiese reports field trials in 1966 and 1967 led to labels permitting aerial use and notes carrier gallons per acre, pre and post emergence results, and rival ground-application rates.
Wichita Falls reports Airman First Class Bill Pierce son of Mrs Delia Miller Wellington Texas has graduated from a U S Air Force technical school at Sheppard AFB. He trained as an aircraft mechanic and is assigned to a Military Airlift Command unit at Kelly AFB. His wife Lynda is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward M Culberson of Pampa.
Texas Local Board No. 20 serving Childress Hall Cottle Briscoe and Collingsworth counties forwarded five registrants for induction on May 7 to the Armed Forces induction station. Names include Robert A. Hall Memphis David A. Kindrick Silverton James D. Payne Quitaque Jerry D. Perkins Silverton. Seventeen registrants were forwarded for armed forces physical examination.
The record notes the establishment of the first United States building and loan association in Philadelphia in 1831, marking an early milestone in organized home financing and cooperative lending in the nation.
National Soil Stewardship Week will be observed May 19 through 26, announced by John R. Howard Jr., chairman of the Salt Fork Soil and Water Conservation District. The theme is A Time for Initiative, emphasizing initiative action and innovation. Clergymen in Salt Fork SWCD churches are invited to note the observance in services Sunday.
A hospital记 notes list May admissions at St Josephs Hospital including Mrs Lorraine Boverie admitted May 6 and others transferred or admitted May 7 through May 12. Individuals include Mrs Ethel Harwell Mrs Wayne Lemons Milford Harris Hubert Mauldin Mrs Horace Mallard Barney Jones Lillie Ann Rogers Emil Kersten and several others with admission or transfer dates. Some patients later discharged or transferred to Veterans Hospital Amarillo.
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