Wellington Ex-Student Reunion Scheduled for August 1
Wellington ex students plan a reunion on Saturday August 1 at the Community Center with registration 9 to 2 30 am. The event features a business meeting at 11 30 am a Wall of Honor awards presentation a noon lunch through 1 30 pm and a 9 pm to 1 am dance by New West. Tickets cost 6 for exes and teachers 1 for guests meals 7 50. A special coach Clement basketball reunion and an open Rocket House visit are also on the agenda.
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Wellington
Handley
Betty (Belew) Langford
Marcia (King) Howard
Rose Mary (Popwell
Jeff Langford
Marty Warrick
Keith Davis
Freida
Minatrea
Hartman
Andy Howard
Nancy
Thomas) Lindsey
Dorothy
Baird
End O'Main
Watonga
New West
Alfred Saldana
E.W. Clement
Rocket House
Wellington High School
Collingsworth County Museum
60Th Exa
Yarbrough
Cudd
Rt. 2
New Library Hours and Memorial Day Closure
The library will be closed on Memorial Day Monday May 25. New summer hours start Tuesday May 26 with 9 30 a m to 8 30 p m on Monday and Thursday and 9 30 a m to 5 30 p m on Tuesday Wednesday and Friday.
Wellington students raise over $2,000 for Make-A-Wish Kid
Wellington Independent School District held fund raisers for local Wish Kid Valentin Granados a seventh grader with a leukemia related illness During the week cap day on May 12 raised 1 for hat and assembly privileges WHS Jazz Band performed and grades 6 7 and 8 raised 785 64 in pennies The seventh grade won the penny war A check totaling 2022 was presented to Ms Cindy Spanel Amarillo Wish Coordinator on
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Wellington Independent
Valentin Granados
Valentin
Wellington
WHS
Cindy Spanel
Amarillo Wish
Wellington High School 1998 graduates ceremony set for May 22
Forty six Wellington High School seniors will receive diplomas at a Friday evening commencement in the high school auditorium. The Rev. James McLeod will deliver the graduation address following valedictorian Molly Johnson and salutatorian Jeremy Sain.
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Wellington High School
James McLeod
First Baptist Church
Molly Johnson
Jeremy Sain
Carl Taylor
Marcy Sessions
Taylor
Wellington Junior High Graduation 56 Students Tonight
Fifty six students will receive diplomas at the Wellington Junior High graduation program in the high school auditorium on Thursday May 21 1998 at 7 30 p m. Principal Barbara Williams will preside. Jermaine Cantu will give the valedictory and McKenna Sims will deliver the salutatory address.
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Wellington
Barbara Williams
Jermaine Cantu
McKenna Sims
Area seniors honored as top graduates across districts
The 1998 area high schools crown valedictorians and top ten scholars. Molly Johnson of Wellington leads with a 5.36 GPA, followed by salutatorian Jeremy Sain at 5.34. The list includes Carrie Horton, Kailee June Wheeler, Monique Davis, Alberto Trejo, Nikki Archie, Veronica Garcia, Allison Manuel, Woody Wilson, and Cheyenne Oldham with strong GPAs and family ties noted.
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Wellington
Sumnerwood
Hedley
Molly Johnson
Wellingon
Jamie Johnson
WHS
Jeremy Sain
Oran Sain
Carrie Horton
Danny Wischkaemper
Kailee June Wheeler
Brent Wheeler
Monique Davis
Emsley A. Davis
Alberto Trejo
Estanislao Trejo
Nikki Archie
POW MIA honored as Coleman shared war memories
Local ceremony at the post office featured a flag raising and a black banner reading P O W You Are Not Forgotten as Coleman, an Army Reserve veteran and former Hartley County extension agent, recounted his WWII captivity on the Bataan Peninsula. He endured brutal treatment, the Death March, and guards' abuse while protecting the Norden Bombsight secret.
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P.O.W
Ues
Coleman
Bataan
Hartley
Norden
Philippines
Memorial Day Observance And Poppy Sale Details
Memorial Day will be observed with a 1 a.m ceremony on Monday May 25 at the courthouse. Poppies go on sale Friday May 22 in front of Parsons Drug and CéH Pharmacy. The piece also recounts wartime memories of Coleman's harsh camp experiences and notes his book Bateau and Beyond.
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Parsons Drug
Céh Pharmacy
VW Pos
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Tonnette Needham
Wesley Needham
Wesley
Gary Killian
Jerry Lewis
James Ikner
Church of the Nazarene
Toby Tarver
J.J. Swearingen
Kailee Wheeler
Jonathan Killian
Nakia Nash
Joe O'Rear
Shawn Turrentine
Tracey Garcia
Jessica Horton
Kristen Spillman
Tiffany Williams
Johnson
Oldham
Potts
Cheyenne Oldham
James Potts
Bateau and
Ethel Breeding Coleman
Lannie Lines
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