Heather Wilson in Recital Sunday at First United Methodist Church
Heather Wilson, nine, will perform in a piano recital Sunday June 1 at 4 30 p m in the First United Methodist Church. She began lessons at six with Mrs Sam Thompson and then studied with Ben Karnes this past year. Her thirteen piece memorized program earned second place among 27 studio students at Guild auditions May 3 at WTSU. Heather, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gano Wilson, is in Alcie Estes 3rd grade class at Wellington Elementary and will be assisted by her sister Amy. The public is invited.
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Heather Wilson
First United Methodist Church
Heather
Sam Thompson
Ben Karnes
WTSU
Karnes
Gano Wilson
Alcie Estes
Wellington Elementary School
Amy
Births in Wellington and Marrero families
In Wellington La Randa Beth Motsenbocker announces the birth of her sister Sarah Amanda at Childress General Hospital at 6 25 AM May 20 1986 weighing 7 11 1 2 pounds. Parents Randy and Beth Motsenbocker. Grandparents Sammy Lucille Motsenbocker and David Trudie Peters. In Marrero La Mr and Mrs Billy Mason have a son Scott Mathew born May 5 weighing 7 14. Grandparents Odie Hood and Bessie Delcambre. Great grandparents Lea Beall Floyd Hood. Scott has two sisters Susan and Shelli.
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la Randa
Beth Motsenbocker
Sarah Amanda
Childress General Hospital
Randy and
Sammy
Lucille Motsenbocker
David
Trudie Peters
Billy Mason
Marrero
Scott Mathew
Odie Hood
Bessie Delcambre
Columbia
Lea Beall
Wellington
Floyd Hood
Amarillo
Scott
Susan
Shelli
Retirement Party Honors Vella Mae Yeilding
Wellington Junior High faculty and friends honored Vella Mae Yeilding with a retirement dinner on May 22 at K Bobs in Childress. After 27 years in Texas public schools, she reflected on teaching in Collingsworth County since 1978 and her LD certification from Texas Tech. She and S L Yeilding have two daughters, four grandchildren, and roots in Brownwood and Lubbock.
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Wellington
Vella Mae Yeilding
K-Bobs
Childress
Yeilding
Yeildings
Daugh
Mrs. Yeilding
Howard Payne University
Brownwood
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Miss Baumgardner Hosts Travel Program for County RTA Unit
Collingsworth County Retired Teachers unit held its last meeting of the year with a luncheon on May 13. Juliana Baumgardner shared films from trips to Lisbon Seville Paris and explained language anecdotes. Officers were installed for 1986 87 term and a Banner Unit Award was received for Outstanding Local Unit Achievement.
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Collingsworth County
Paralee Coleman
Isla Mae Morris
Evelyn Lowe
Kedron Mitchell
John Coleman
Juliana Baumgardner
Miss Baumgardner
Lennie Morgan
Lisbon
Portugal
Seville
Spain
Paris
France
L.C. Sweat
Shamrock Retired Teachers Association
Wellington
Dollie Mae Wilson
Roxie Hill
Juanita White
Mrs. Wilson
Florence DeArmond
Willie B. Harwell
Juanita Hopper
Collingsworth Rta
Sparrow the Small Bird Name Origin
Sparrow refers to many small birds with a name deriving from an Anglo Saxon term spearwa believed to denote small birds in general.
Shower Honors Donna Maddox Fiancee of Darvin Nix
Bridal shower for Miss Donna Kay Maddox hosted at the James Williams home on Friday evening May 9. About forty five guests attended the event in a home decorated with cornflower blue flowers, silver vases, and milkglass. Hosts and helpers included Mrs. Williams and several relatives from Memphis Amarillo and local communities.
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Darvin Nix
Donna Kay Maddox
James Williams
Hwy. 83
North
Williams
Miss Maddox
Arthur W. Maddox
Memphis
Fernix
Amarillo
Monty Ferguson
Jim Lindsey
Pat Gulley
Earl Lynn Bartlett
Phillip Cobb
Shane Cobb
Leon Hartman
Steve Hartman
Jerry Harvey
Kent Holland
Robert Lacy
Benson Long
Deloyce Savage
B.M. Sims
Farris Wood
Deer Botfly Speeds Across Land at Breakneck Pace
The deer botfly has been clocked at 818 miles per hour, crossing 400 yards in a second and covering 13 miles in a minute, moving so fast it is nearly invisible to the human eye.
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Maritta
West Side Square
Wellington, TX
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Granch
Society News
Vella Mae
Ters
Dub Holly
Abilene
Bary O’brien
Lamesa
RTA
Edna Bradley
Maudie Coffee
DeArmond
Harwell
Nan Howard
Hill
Hopper
Lowe
Mitchell
Morris
Ruby Riley
Sweat
Bill Wells
Hattie D. Wells
Merle White
Wilson
Branigan Jewelry
South
Donna Maddox
North Side Square
Memphis, Texas
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