Summer Baseball Opens on Friday
Wellington starts summer baseball Friday May 31 with a Pony League game against Quail at 5:30 pm at Marian Airpark. Colts vs an out of town opponent follows. Little League, Pee Wee, and two additional teams to be formed, with a player auction and multiple coaches named.
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Wellington
Marian Airpark
Pony League
Colts
Wellington Colts
Hollis Bounds Field
Primitive Baptist Church
Graham Street
Charles Allen
J. 2B
Oney
Harry McEwen
Walter Neeley
Jack Neeley
Gilbert Forrest
John Henry Ward
Rolan Bryan
Quail and
Dodson
Line Construction Worker Critically Injured Tuesday
Sherril Rigsby a 22 year old line construction worker for KAK Line Construction Co of San Angelo was critically injured Tuesday May 28 when he grabbed a 2 400 volt line while atop a pole in the 1700 block behind East Avenue He remained critically injured Wednesday morning His wife and two young children were with him at the hospital Roy McNeese foreman and Larry Hopkins of Clarendon assisted at the scene Rigsby had about three months with K K Construction having previously worked for West Texas Utilities in Childress He was raised in Matador and had a two year old daughter and a six week old son.
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Sherril Rigsby
Power One
East Avenue
Rigsby
KAK Line Construction Co
San Angelo
Texan Utilities Co
Aged County Woman Mrs Cockrell Dies at 88
Mra Reena Bell Cockrell a county resident of 51 years died at St Josephs Hospital at 11 65 pm Saturday May 25 aged 88 with 166 descendants. She lived in Marelia then Wellington and Pampa. Funeral at First Methodist Church Monday at 2 pm conducted by Rev Davis Edens. Burial in West Wellington cemetery under Kelso Funeral Home direction. Grandsons pallbearers. Born Feb 13 1873 in Camden Tennessee to Ed G Pierce and Sara Stogdill Pierce.
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Reena Bell Cockrell
St. Joseph's Hospital
Mrs Holcomb recounts New York trip with Texas in 1963 contest
Mrs Jennie Holcomb spoke to the Wellington Kiwanis Club detailing her five day visit to New York representing Texas in the American Mother of 1963 contest, where she placed second. She credited family and friends, described meetings with national figures, and recalled tours including Rockefeller Center, a Chinese restaurant, and the Empire State Building after plane arrival by her son Dysart Holcomb of El Paso.
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Jennie Holcomb
Wellington Kiwanis Club
New York
Texas
Halcomb
America
Wellington
Holcomb
Dysart Holcomb
el Paso
Jennie
John Connally
Dodson 50 Percent Cut Wheat Harvest Under Way
Wheat harvest in Collingsworth county is underway with yields around 16 bushels per acre in Dodson. Edwin Crowder says about 60 percent of the wheat is cut and expects a normal year as combines flow in. In Wellington area, shortages of combines slow cutting but more units are arriving to speed up progress. The region reports no light wheat despite dry conditions.
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Collingsworth
Dodson
Edwin Crowder
Dodson Cooperative Enterprises
Ington
Jones
Mack Willis
Welling
Mrs Martin New Draft Registrar
Young men turning 18 must register within five days. Mrs Lora Martin at Allen Insurance Agency serves as draft registrar to collect registrations and provide guidance on the process.
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Martin
Lora Martin
Allen Insurance Agency
Chamber of Commerce Opens Member Drive in Collingsworth
The Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce launches its broad membership drive on Monday June 3 led by Fred Saiel and Charles Allen with President Jack Sanford as head. Team members G T Hubbard Billy Moseley and Bobo Castleberry aim to recruit both businesses and individuals including farmers and livestock men across Wellington Dodson Summerwood and Quail counties. Letters were mailed recently outlining benefits to members and inviting participation.
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Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce
Fred
Sanford
Chamber of Commerce
Wellington
Dodson
Summerwood
Quail
New — Bro
Memorial Day closings in Wellington official proclamation
Mayor Hiram Cudd issued a proclamation designating Thursday, May 30 as Memorial Day in Wellington and urging close of business. Some firms will close while farming supply stores stay open. Banks opened as usual. Memorial services at 9 am at West Wellington Cemetery. American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsor. Rev. John Henry Ward to speak. Legion and VW to decorate all county veteran graves. No other observances planned.
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Hiram Cudd
City of
Wellington
West Wellington Cemetery
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John Henry Ward
Fundamental Baptist Church
Legion
Vacation Bible School at Bowie Street Church June 3 7
Bowie Street Church of Christ announces its annual Vacation Bible School from Monday through Friday June 3 to 7 with sessions 7 30 to 9 00 p m for all ages including nursery and adult. An adult class each night will feature lectures by area ministers Eugene Henderson Shamrock Jack Sikes Westview Boys Home Hollis Robert Frahm Wheeler Lloyd Shirley Memphis and Don Willingham Hollis. A Saturday morning 11 o'clock picnic at the city park concludes the event.
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Bowie Street
Eugene Henderson
Shamrock
Jack Sikes
Westview Boys’ Home
Hollis
Robert Frahm
Wheeler
Lloyd Shirley
Memphis
Don Willingham
City Park
Story Hour for Tiny Tots at County Library
Five Wellington high school girls Nancy Sanford Shori Barker Linda Richardson Leslie Covey and LaRaine Porter will run a story hour for children aged three to six twice weekly through June. Directed by Mrs Dee Coleman the sessions will be at the county library every Tuesday and Thursday at 10 am starting Tuesday in June. Parents may bring their children.
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Wellington High School
Nancy Sanford
Shori Barker
Linda Richardson
Leslie Covey
LaRaine Porter
Dee Coleman
Summer Classes Open June 3 at High School Library
The first summer school meeting will be in the high school library on June 3. James Stavenhagen, instructor, announced four classes for the term: algebra I, algebra II, Texas history, and government. Attendance urged at the first meeting.
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At & An
James Stagenhagen
I Stavenhagen
35 to Take C C Course on Human Relations
Approximately 85 Wellington business and professional men and their employees will enroll in a human relations course next week. The class, run by the chamber of commerce with the University of Texas and the Texas Education Agency, meets at 7:30 p.m. June 3 to 6 in the community building. Mrs. Mary Frances Bowden, UT staff supervisor and management trainer, teaches the course.
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Wellington
Chamber of Commerce
University of Texas
Texas Education Agency
N. M. Higdon
Mary Frances Bowden
W. W. Wade 83 Dies After Prolonged Illness
W. W. Wade retired farmer of Kelley and Dodson area died at St. Joseph’s Hospital at 10:50 on Tuesday May 28 after several months illness. He was 83, lived in Wellington since retirement, home 911 Arlington Street. Born January 1 1880 in Mississippi County Arkansas, he married Nora Dell Brewer January 16 1901 in Cave City. They moved to Collingsworth County 68 years ago.
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W. W. Wade
Kelley and Dodson
St. Joseph's Hospital
Wellington
Arlington Street
Mr. Wade
Mississippi County
Ark
Nora Dell Brewer
Cave City
Collingsworth County
WTCC Annual Meet Attended by Wellington Chamber
A Wellington group represented the Chamber of Commerce at the West Texas Chamber of Commerce annual convention in Wichita Falls on May 24 and 25. Attendees included Jack Sanford as president Join Coleman WTCC director N M Higdon Mrs Sanford Nancy Sanford and Mrs Coleman. Donald J Rogers NY Herald Tribune editor delivered the keynote address titled There Goes Free Enterprise. The event also highlighted a stock feeding panel noting livestock feeding potential in West Texas.
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Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Falls
Jack Sanford
Coleman
WTCC
N. M. Higdon
Sanford
Nancy Sanford
Donald J. Rogers
New York Herald Tribune
West
Texas
Ten Quail seniors to graduate Thursday night
Ten Quail seniors will receive diplomas at the graduation exercises Thursday night May 80 at 8 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Superintendent Moseley announced the program features valedictory by Virginia Kennedy and salutatory by Dean Johnson.
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Ween Moseley
Stuents
Ehirrre
Virginia
Lewis Morris
Moseley
Lonnie Neeley
Quail
American Legion
Monty Mitchell
Lowell Wells
Week eight weather and rainfall figures
The report records temperatures and rainfall for week eight, noting rainfall for the month at 52 inches and yearly rainfall at 2.95 inches. This data highlights notable precipitation levels and temperature ranges observed in the period.
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Empire State Building
Eunice Bird Pickering
Crowder
Down South
Earl Keller
Warrick Feed Store
Jerry
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lower Lest
American Mothers Committee
Forehand
James Branch
Paul Boyce
Virgina Ron Kennedy
Dean Jolnsom
J. Co Saunders
Phil Pipwis
Wine Moody
Barbarary Billy Wayne Lindsey
Richard Keller
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