Wellington High School seniors hold Friday commencement in new auditorium
The Wellington Class of 49 graduates will receive diplomas Friday at 8 p.m. in the new High School Auditorium with valedictorian David Groves and salutatorian George Kopp delivering talks. James Stavenhagen will present awards, with Jones Singley, Supt. J. L. Harper, and principal E. W. Clement awarding diplomas. Other features include two vocal numbers, school songs, invocations, and music by Elaine Karnes and Debbie Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Groves
George Kopp
James Stavenhagen
Jones Singley
Supt. J. L. Harper
E. W. Clement
Polly Browning
Vikki Saunders
Nancy Thomas
Beth Smith
Susan Coffee
Patricia Thomas
Cherry Lewis
Johnny Harris
Alfred Allred
Elaine Karnes
Largo
Eighth Grade Graduation Set for Weillington Saturday Night
Sixty-one students will receive diplomas at the Weillington eighth grade graduation in the high school auditorium Saturday at 7 p.m. Principal A A McQueary announced the program featuring Edith Black and Kenneth Porter as speakers and a choral farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weillington
A. A. McQueary
Edith Black
Kenneth Porter
Jennifer Bouchelle
Pat Bouchelle
Joey Manuel
Don Manuel
Gerald Sears
Mary Saied
Karen Maxwell
Carale Cochran
Marcia King
Tiomkin
J. L. Harper
Mr. McQueary
Denny Carter
Raymond Aguirre
Randy Amouett
Mike Belew
Jerry Lynn Bowen
Jimmy Bowling
Clara Brown
Jane Campbell
Dora Cantu
Trinidad Cantu, Jr
Janey Christoph
Helen Christopher
Carole Cochran
Mary Lou Davis
Juanita Garza
Louis Gonzales
Debbie Green
Shirley Harris
Allen Havens
Funeral held Wednesday for Viet Nam soldier West
Sp/4 Robert W. West 23 died in Vietnam May 15 and was buried May 29 at Memorial Park Amarillo. Born October 14, 1944 in Cheyenne Wyoming he lived in Amarillo ten years and is survived by his parents three brothers and four sisters plus grandparents and other relatives. Funeral at West Amarillo Christian Church at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Kenneth Martin. Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home directed burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Amarillo
Robert W. West
H. W. West
Indian Beach
Fla
West
West Amarillo
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wellington Childress
John
James
Burk
Jan
Jeri
Fullerton
Calif
Jo Morreale
Anthony Moreale
Bay St. Louis
Miss
J. K. Carroll
Alabama
Robert Stice
Kansas City
Kan
Couple Leads Promotion for Collingsworth Fair and Fiddlers Contest
Mr and Mrs Jim Lewis drive promotion for the Collingsworth County Free Fair and Old Fiddlers Contest. They circulate self printed ads across New Mexico and Arizona, plan events September 6 7, with Reserve New Mexico hosting a Friday Old Fiddlers Contest and Bartow Riley a noted participant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth County
Jim Lewis
Texas
N.M
Lewis
New Mexico
Arizona
Albert Milligan
Apache Creek
Ariz
Wellington Qld
Bartow Riley
Olton
This
Southwest
Mrs. Lewis
Oklahoma
Kansas
Norwood School Names New High Coach Amid Departures
Samnorwood Junior High coach Kenneth Martindale is named high school coach after Loyd Stephens resigns to lead Gould, Ohla. Stephens leaves Sumnerwood after five years. Martindale to remain junior high coach next year as the district reorganizes athletics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Martindale
Samnorwood
Loyd Stephens
Sumnerwood
Stephens
Gould, Ohla
Martindale
Clarendon Junior College
West Texas State University
Sumnerwood Junior High School
Sumnerwood High School
Maudie Coffee
Edna Bradley
Jennie Montgomery
Paul Schaub
Samnerwood High School
Summer School of Religion Set by Catholic Church
The Catholic Church of Our Mother of Mercy at 12th and Floydada hosts a Summer School of Religion from June 3 to 8, daily 9 to 12 led by two Sisters of Mercy in Slaton. Bishop Lawrence DeFalco will confirm 14 parish children on June 9 at 9 a.m. and again at St Patrick's in Shamrock at 11 a.m. Father Patrick Burke invites all to join the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence DeFalco
Amarillo
Father Burke
Shamrock
St. Patrick's
Patrick Burke
DeFalco
Voters Prepare for Saturday Second Democratic Primary
The second Democratic primary is set for Saturday June 1 with only Precinct 1 voters choosing in a local race. All voters will decide governor and associate justice district race for the 7th Supreme Judicial District, per Mrs. John Coleman. Absentee voting reached 94 ballots in Lorene Jenkins’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Civil Appeals
7Th Supreme Judicial District
John Coleman
Lorene Jenkins
David Baumgardned
Woodrow Wood
W. O
Orville) Vaughan
Pavernor
Preston Smith
Don Yarborough
Jack Hazlewood
James A Joy
Berryman Boy Buried Here in Hereford
Cary Lynn Berryman one and a half, son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Berryman died Saturday May 25 after brief illness. Funeral held May 27 at Kelso Chapel with Rev Leroy Gaston officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. Born Nov 13 1966 in Lancaster California. Survivors include parents a half sister Virginia Lee Henderson and many Berryman relatives from Hereford Albuquerque and Lub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary Lynn Berryman
Cecil Berryman
Hereford
Kelso Chapel
Leroy Gaston
First Baptist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Kelso
Virginia Lee Henderson
Sam Berryman
Marie Berryman
France Holley
Ralph Messer
Clark Andrews
Richard Berryman
Sammy Berryman
Albuquerque, N. M
Bill Berryman
Lub
Mrs. John Webb Dies After One Month’s Illness
Mrs. Alice Pearl Burpe Webb, 1104 Floydada Street, longtime county resident, died May 23 in St. Joseph’s Hospital after a month of illness. Born in Kentucky she came to Texas as a child, married John Henry Webb in 1915, lived in Sherman and Aberdeen before settling in Wellington in 1945. She was a First Christian Church member. funeral was set for 2 p.m. Saturday, details on back page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Webb
Floydada Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Webb
Wellington
Aberdeen
Mr. Webb
Kentucky
Alice Pearl Burpe
Tommy and
Belle Boucher Burpe
Texas
Sherman
John Henry Webb
First Christian Church
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Red Cross Blood Donors Urgently Needed in Wellington
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Burn Handley Community Center in Wellington on Thursday June 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. for the county’s part in the Red Cross St Joseph’s Hospital Blood Program. The county quota is 150 pints and 200 volunteers are sought to meet it. Donors aged 18 to 59 in good health may give, with the process taking 45 to 60 minutes. donations will help sustain the hospital’s blood program and ensure continued Red Cross support.
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Red Cross
Wellington
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Burn
Handley Community Center
Billy Moseley
Moseley
Clogene Mitchell
Mrs Birchfield Breaks Hip After Fall in May
Mrs. J. H. Birchfield, a Collingsworth County pioneer, broke her hip in a fall at home on Monday evening May 20. She called neighbors Frank and Mrs. Ford, was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, then moved to St. Anthony's in Amarillo on May 27. Her sons Tom of Dodson and Bob of Amarillo and daughter Mrs. Daisy Jacobs of Kansas City were with her.
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J. H. Birchfield
Collingsworth
Frank Ford
St. Joseph's Hospital
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Amarillo
Tom Birchfield
Dodson
Bob Birchfield
Daisy Jacobs
Kansas City
Patrol Office Relocated to Chamber of Commerce
The Department of Public Safety drivers licensing office moves from the courthouse to the Chamber of Commerce near the square’s northwest corner. Patrolman Leon Hughes says the new site offers more convenience and space. He will be in the office Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. and will be closed Tuesday, June 11 for vacation.
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Department of Public Safety
Court House
Chamber of Commerce
Leon Hughes
Hughes
Wellington 4 H Girl Heads to State Public Speaking Contest
Carol Burba 16 of Wellington will represent Extension District I in the state public speaking contest at the 4 H Roundup in College Station on June 5. She placed second in District I at Canyon and will be accompanied by home demonstration agent Mrs Creed Hill. Carol's speech titled Communism Threat to the United States argues for constitutional rights while cautioning against abuses of freedom of speech and assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Burba
College Station
Extension
Wellington
Extension District I
Carol
Canyon
Creed Hill
Dee Burba
Wellington High
United States
Bob McAlister
Wellington Memorial Day Proclaimed With Citywide Closings
Mayor John Coleman issues a Memorial Day proclamation calling firms to close on Thursday June 30 as an official city and state holiday. Memorial Day services are set at Fairview Cemetery with American Legion and VFW at 10 30 a m. Judge Charles Reynolds will speak at the Dodson American Legion service at 11 a m. Wellington Elementary students host a 8 45 a m ceremony and the Wellington Leader will close for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Coleman
City of Wellington
American Legion
VFW
Fairview Cemetery
Charles Reynolds
100Th Judicial District
Dodson American Legion
Children of Wellington Elementary School
Do. A. Crawford
Wellington
Wellington Welcomes New and Returning Methodist Pastors
North West Texas Methodist Conference announces appointments with no new Wellington pastors. Rev. Raymond T. Dyess leaves Stratford for Wellington, succeeding Rev. Ellis Todd who will move to McLean. Rev. Billy Wilson moves from Wellington to Hedley, replaced by Rev. Loyd Futch, and Rev. C. R. Hawkins returns to ministry at Dozier. Todd nears 30 years in ministry. Dyess joins after nine years in Stratford with a family of five. Mrs. Todd active in Wellington civic life. Todd long active in Rotary and Ministerial Alliance.
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Collingsworth County
James Futch
Trinity Church
C. R. Hawkins
Glen Davis Memorial Methodist Church
Dozier
Dyess
Stratford Church
Canyon
Wesleyan Foundation
Jerry
University of Texas
Arlington
Todd
First Methodist Church
Wellington
Methodist Church
Haskell
Stanton
Sudan
Hale Center
Petersburg
Haiti
Ministerial Alliance
Rotary Club
Hedley
Wilson
Cecil Guthrie
Nolan
Sweetwater
Perkins School of Theology
Clarendon Junior College
Vacation Bible School Planned at City Church
Fundamental Baptist Church hosts Vacation Bible School from Monday June 5 through Friday with daily 9 to 11 sessions for four divisions primary beginner intermediate and junior. A noon Saturday picnic for attendees is planned with Bible study crafts and recreation and daily refreshments. Mrs Earl Patterson assists with planning and Mrs Howard Murdock leads as superintendent with teachers to be chosen this week. All children are invited with no pre enrollment.
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Fundamental Baptist Church
J. E. Young
Earl Patterson
Howard Murdock
Beng
Patterson
Missionary B Shelburne to Speak at Dodson Church
Minister B Shelburne, a missionary to Africa, will address Dodson Church of Christ on Sunday June 2 at 10 30 a m and 6 p m. The public is invited, according to Minister Van Bonneau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson Church of Christ
B. Shelburne
van Bonneau
Shelburne
Africa
Mr. Bonneau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wellington High School
Claude Barber
Jan Blain
Jimmy Black
Jan Bowen
Kenny Brown
Joy Chandler
Kent Clark
Sandy Covey
Steve Davis
Alan Fires
Michael Gilmore
Freida Minatrea Hartman
Andy Howard
Jim Howard
Sammy Hicks
Nat Horton
Tanya Horton
Chris Hubbard
Harold Jones
Rhonda Kersten
Glenda Riker
Kathy Kiker
Jacqueline King
Jim Kutch
Jim Lindsey
Billy McKinney
Delores Moody
Betty Moore
Cheryl Needham
Billy Neeley
Jimmy Neeley
Harry Patterson
Deborah Peters
George Porter
Marvin Roland
Nellie Sue Sange
Nancy Sikes
Tim White
Norwood
E. E. Darrow
J. M. Morgan
Billy Waters
Samnerwood
Ester Connally
Catholic Church
Jenkins
American Legion Hall
County
Lutle Gin
Dozier Church of Christ
Burn Handley Community Center
Quail High School
Wellington Elementary School
Berryman Boy
Mrs. Birchfield
Methodist
Troy
Jack
Giner
Angela
Rev
Futch
Polk Street Methodist Church
City Church
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