Museum Fund Drive Opens on May 22nd
The Collingsworth County Museum membership drive will run one week starting Tuesday May 22. Chairmen were named for Wellington Dodson and Quail with Mrs. Holton urging renewals and new memberships. Options include Annual five dollars Life twenty five Angel one hundred for life duration. Door to door campaign aims to support the museum and Historical Survey Committee.
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Collingsworth County Museum
John Holton
Holton
Collingsworth County Historical Survey Committee
The
Museum and Historical Survey Committee
Rogers Resigns as Youth Music Director for Canyon Move
Clifford Rogers, youth and music director at First Baptist Church, resigns effective May 13 to join Calvary Baptist in Canyon. He plans to attend West Texas State University and helped launch His Place youth center, led choirs, and organized the One-Way Believers, drawing 65 to 100 youths nightly.
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Clifford Rogers
First Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist
Canyon
Rogers
West Texas State University
Ted Savage
Y. Rogers
Barrett Street Baptist Church
Pampa
Shane
Marian Airpark Pool Opens Tuesday With Season Tickets
Marian City officials announce the Marian Airpark Swimming Pool will begin the summer season on Tuesday May 22. Season tickets cost 12 dollars and are available at City Hall. Lifeguards Miss Marla Savage and Miss Michelle Savage were approved by the City Council.
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Marian Airpark
Lyman Daniel
City Hall
Daniel
Marla Savage
Michelle Savage
Ted Savage
Daniels
Collingsworth County Free Fair plans set
The Chamber of Commerce and fair committee outline the 1973 Collingsworth County Free Fair schedule and budgets. Directors allocate 1680 dollars for premiums and expenses and approve cash prizes in several new divisions. Dwane Scott to head the event with multiple chairmen named for agriculture, beef cattle, women’s division, and various shows.
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Collingsworth County Fair
Chamber of Commerce
C-C
Wellington
Dwane Scott
Pat McAlister
Rodney Myrick
Jimmy Brown
Sumnerwood
Dayle Messer
Quail
Don Reeves
Haskell Manuel
Joe Terry
Harald Caldwell
Jack Colson
Lowell Wells
Malcolm Horton
Henry Langford
Wellington Garden Club
Joe Thompson
Roy Jeffrey
Bill Hall
Marlin Felts
P.M. Scott
Gary Killian
Dee Coleman
Judy Barber
C C States Circus For One Day Stand
The Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce of Wellington brings Fisher Bros Circus to town on May 21 for two performances at 2 and 8 pm. Tickets go on sale at the C C office and local stores with children's pricing. The event features trained animal acts elephants dogs trapeze balancing acts clowns and comedians with reps from the circus and chamber present.
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Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce of Wellington
Fisher Bros. Circus
Fisher Bros
Gibsons
Don Welch
C-C
Chamber of Commerce Club
Wellington High Seniors Prepare for May Graduation
Wellington seniors will celebrate graduation with a May 20 baccalaureate in the High School Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. and a May 26 commencement at 6:00 p.m. Father Patrick Burke will preach the baccalaureate sermon. The 38 graduates include Gabriel Aguirre, Lesley Bailey, Connie Bearden, Alton Belew, Dana Bell, Edith Black, Billy Carter, Gary Cummings, Janie Davis, Dan Fires, Earl Hartman, Rocky Hill, Steve Hunter, Tim Jones, Joy Jesse, Barry Long, Susan Lowe, Jan McGill, Randy McKinney, Bruce Oney, Rustell Oatley, Cecil Parker, Joe Peters, Dennis Powell, Lillie Rogers, Elena Romo, Mike Savage, Peggy Young Scott, Nancy Shumate, Katy Sullivan, Mary Lou Davis Tennon, Jay Thomas, Rex Van Meter, Kim Waller, Sandi White, Johnny Whitten and Gary Wright.
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Wellington
Patrick Burke
Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church
Burke
Gabriel Aguirre
Lesley Bailey
Connie Bearden
Alton Belew
Dana Bell
Edith Black
Billy Carter
Gary Cummings
Janie Davis
Dan Fires
Earl Hartman
Rocky Hill
Steve Hunter
Tim Jones
Joy Jesse
Barry Long
Susan Lowe
Jan McGill
Randy McKinney
Bruce Oney
Rustell Oatley
Cecil Parker
Joe Peters
Dennis Powell
Lillie Rogers
Elena Romo
Mike Savage
Peggy Young Scott
Nancy Shumate
Ten Will Graduate At Quail High Thursday Night
Ten seniors will graduate from Quail High School in a May 17 commencement at 8 15 p m in the school gymnasium. The program features a processional, invocations, salutatory and valedictory, diplomas by the school board president, awards by Mrs Dolly Mae Wilson, and the American Legion Citizenship award.
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Quail High School
Sharon Childers
Gary Alston
Sherri Canada
Joel Ross
James Stavenhagen
Carl Wischkaemper
Dollie Mae Wilson
CAC Children Present Commencement Program Friday Night
Children of the Community Action Center will present their commencement program Friday May 18 at 7 30 p m at the Center 612 East Avenue. Mrs Tessie Burba coordinator says students will entertain with skits music and items learned this year instructors are Mrs Ruby Williams and Mrs Ida Bee Oatley. Public invited.
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Children of the Community Action Center
Tessie Burba
East Avenue
Burba
Ruby Williams
Ida Bee Oatley
Norwood Honors Nine at Friday Graduation
Samnorwood seniors Connie Jo Knoll Lynn Coleman Rosa Day Oldham Kyle Jones Jackie Byron Bell Lena Joyce King Nancy Carol Colson Ada Fay Bryant Linda Nell Johnson will receive diplomas Friday May 18 at 7 30 pm in the high school auditorium. Board members preside and the ceremony features a processional salutatory and benediction with speakers and special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samnorwood
Robert Dwight
Bartlett
Karen Matthews
Donald Coleman
Lynn Coleman
Connie Knoll
Matthews
Rex Peeples
Kenneth Martindale
Rosa Oldham
J.L. Harper
Gradua
Jim Ray
Marvin Knoll
Connie Jo Knoll
Rosa Day Oldham
Kyle Jones
Jackie Byron Bell
Lena Joyce King
Nancy Carol Colson
Ada Fay Bryant
Linda Nell Johnson
Summer Baseball Program Slated for Boys and Girls
Charles Carter announced a comprehensive summer baseball program adding organized girls softball through age 13. The schedule lists multiple age groups with park and time details, first practices set for May 22 and May 24 for some, and uniform distribution May 19 at Ellison Park.
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Charles Carter
Ellison Park
Marian Airpark
Marian Park
Carter
Mrs Williams Attends Eighth Annual Assessors Workshop
Mrs Frances Williams county tax assessor collector attended the Eighth Annual Workshop for Assessors held May 6 through 9 in Houston. The opening day keynote was Bernard F. Shadrawy president of the International Association of Assessing Officers. Russell Hardin of Lubbock County was elected president for 1974. Billy Williams accompanied his wife to Houston. See 74, page.
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Collingsworth County
Old East Ward
Frances Williams
Houston
Bernard F. Shadrawy
International Association of Assessing Officers
Boston
Mass
Texas Highway Department
Robert S. Calvert
Billy Williams
Russel Hardin
Lubbock County
Drivers License Office Moves to Justice of the Peace
Patrolman Bill Ricks of the Drivers License Division Texas Department of Public Safety moves to the Justice of the Peace office. He will work in Wellington Tuesdays and on the second and fourth Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Previously his office was in the Chamber of Commerce building.
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Bill Ricks
Texas Department of Public Safety
Justice of the Peace
Wellington
Ricks
Chamber of Commerce
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Earl Hunter
Cecil Masten
Hugh Painter
Dodson
Loyd Langley
Katy Sullivan
Paul Wilbur
Randall Hodges
Bill King
Dozier
Old Settlers
R.H. Isbell
Association
C-C States Circus
WHS
E.W. Clement
Lennie Morgan
Windel Robbins
Assembly of God Church
C.R. Cooper
Jim Boswell
First United Methodist Church
Raymond Hodges
Perry M. Scott
Juliana Baumgardner
Miss Baumgardner
Mary Lou Davis Tennon
Jay Thomas
Rex van Meter
Kim Waller
Sandi White
Johnny Whitten
Gary Wright
American Legion
Janet
CAC
Norwood
Mrs. Williams
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