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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1935
Page
7
Collingsworth County sees steady rain through Friday totaling four and one quarter inches, lifting May rainfall to seven and a quarter inches. Wellington streets flood as water covers roads farms and homes, cars stalled and drowned while traffic slows across the county.
Four from Wellington were injured in a head on collision one mile north of Childress on Sunday night. AG Thomaz 25 died in Wichita Falls hospital while Miss Fannin Mashburn was in critical condition. Henry Joe, Mrs Monroe and a 10 year old daughter from Wellington sustained less serious injuries. Continued on page 12.
Pleasant Hill schedules its graduation events with a Friday close. details indicate activities around Flora Maa and related school observances.
In a busy Monday session the City Council rejected a gas installation bid for not meeting gate rate rules for domestic and commercial gas. The council accepted the yearly audit and instructed Burn Handley to proceed with paving streets. An application from North Wellington residents for a water system was received as officials handled routing matters. Alderman Wiley was absent and Larsen did not vote, opposing the installation method and the local plant.
Funeral services for Mrs Balzara Viola Smith 72 were held from the Smith residence in Wellington at 9 o'clock Friday morning conducted by Rev T M Johnston. She was born in Corinth Mississippi and was 72 years eight months and three days old at death. She had resided in Wellington for 14 years and was well known in the area. She died Tuesday afternoon May 14 at 5 o'clock. She is survived byContinued on Page 12.
Disbursements were issued to individuals connected with the soil erosion project on June 1. The document records payments to multiple recipients for work related to erosion control and site maintenance.
Commencement exercises for 81 seventh graders at Wellington Schools were held May 17 in the high school auditorium. The program included processional, invocations, salutatory, class work notes, solos, prophecies, class will, valedictory, and diploma awards led by Supt. G. L. Farrar.
Earl Nannelley announced the grocery and market have relocated to the former City Meat Market on the Square east side. The department building is remodeled to serve the public better, aiming for one of the most modern, clean markets in the Panhandle, with stress on cleanliness.
Voters in the Quail Rural High School District approved a 25000 bond by a five to one margin. Trustees plan to rush construction and target a September 16 opening. The district will hire 23 teachers and consolidates seven former districts into 164 12 square miles, becoming the state’s largest rural high school district.
Announcement states Oren Starkey opened an electric shop in the garage front three doors south from the square’s southwest corner. He will carry a complete line of electrical supplies and will perform all types of electrical work.
An advertisement by C. Es Caldwell, four and one half miles east of Wellington on Gum Road, offers pure half and half cotton seed for sale. The notice, placed in the paper, indicates publication and sale terms.
Two Col linesworth County farmers Genn and Clyde Emmert recount their Washington trip with Texas and national peers. They praise the agricultural adjustment program, note Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace statements on cotton support, and discuss effects on farming. Continued on Page Seven.
Local notice reports the remodeling of a cafe at the corner near the square with doors opening this Saturday May 25. Free coffee will be served to customers and visitors throughout opening day as managers tout the completed repaints and redecorations.
A meeting chaired by O’Neil voted to disinfect school rooms books and equipment during summer. The plan includes a physical examination for children and continued efforts to ward off disease spread in public districts.
Martin was found guilty of murder in Collingsworth County after a three hour fifty minute jury deliberation. The August 18 shooting at Lucky Corner Filling Station left Elmer Barnes dead. District Judge A J Fires presided as witnesses backed a confession, but the defense challenged it.
The Leader planned a May 80 edition with graduate pictures and term news from Dodsonville School but floods delayed seniors engravings. Portions of planned coverage will appear in the current edition with future Dodsonville activities to be published later.
A brief note announces summer school begins Monday morning with emphasis on principal study and attendance, urging students to prepare and attend as scheduled.
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