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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1933
Page
7
Announcement says the First Christian Church will host a fellowship meeting this Wednesday evening at 7:30. Sponsored by the Ladies Aid Society, the event includes planned entertainment and asks all members to attend with a covered dish.
The Col-Wheeler Young People's Union will meet with the Wellington League Sunday afternoon May 28. Merritt Durfey, president, says the gathering will feature an educational program and officers will be elected.
College work continues with history and education courses. Extension Work offers home-based college training, with June 1 deadline for applications to the county superintendent. A Texas writ orders seizure and sale of property to satisfy a judgment against M L Lemley in Collingsworth County.
Closing ceremonies and baccalaureate events keep the town busy while sand storms persist. Photos capture students and locals, from Dale Watkins riding a pony shirtless to seniors proudly wearing cans, and residents like C H Elliott Otto Buerger and W W Sugg sharing a joke amid graduation week bustle.
Mary Frances Templeton highlights Wellington High seniors Emma Blassingame James Sullivan Johnnie Estelle Williams Martha Louise Stall and Sarah Colvin. Each profile notes birthplaces, family, schooling, interests in sports and clubs, and college plans shaping futures in home economics Spanish English and science.
Sarah attended Taylor and Waco schools, Wellington years, and joined the Glee Club and Senior Orchestra and Senior Girls Quartet. She serves as vice president of the Commercial Club, plans to enter Keene Texas 5S WJCG next year, major in math or music, and teach. She has strong grades in literary subjects and active in extracurriculars.
Mrs Jack Rodgers and her young daughter Jacqueline visit her parents Mr and Mrs Hammond along with relatives and friends. Miss Mary Frances Templeton also visits relatives and friends.
In Wellington and surrounding towns, residents including Miss Mildred Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. H Work, Miss Rozelle, Dr. J. W. Gooch, Dr. Reach, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Comstock, Mrs. M. G. Chastain, Elizabeth Menning, Parker, William Worth, Mary Frances Templeton, Raymond Claskey, and others attend commencements, visits, and business across Vernon Vernon, Shamrock, Cordell, and Durant.
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