Patterson to Speak at Dodson Church Service
Bart Patterson, son of Virgil and Mrs. Patterson, will be guest speaker at Dodson First Church of the Nazarene on Sunday at 11 a.m. He is a Wellington High School graduate, 1976 move to Stewart Oklahoma, ordained 1996, and currently pastor at Arpelar for seven years. He ranches, shoes horses, and preaches. His wife Shanna teaches junior high music and math and will sing. They have two children, Matthew and Micah. Public invited.
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Bart Patterson
Virgil Patterson
Dodson First Church of the Nazarene
Bart
Wellington High School
Stewart, OK
Shanna
Matthew
Micah
Arpelar, OK
Dodson
Fund Established For Amber Lee Medical Funeral Costs
A fund in Amber Lee’s name was set up at Wellington State Bank to help the family cover medical expenses and funeral costs for a first grader who died unexpectedly on Sunday September 13 1998.
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Amber Lee
Wellington State Bank
Republicans organize for Nov elections in Collingsworth County
Nearly a third of registered Collingsworth Republicans met at the Burn Handley Community Center on August 14 1998 to organize a county Republican Committee. County Chairman David Baumgardner led the session to establish a Wellington headquarters and a pre election phone and mail campaign. Kenneth Maxwell, candidate for County Judge, attended and Baumgardner endorsed him as the Republican choice and noted a potential historic county judge win.
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Collingsworth County
Burn Handley
Republican Party
David Baumgardner
Wellington
Collingsworth
Kenneth Maxwell
Baumgardner
Maxwell
Fall sports hoopla: volleyball reignited amid shaky text
Fragmentary notes hint at fall sports and volleyball events with references to a tense regent and players FuaFen and We ion, but the garbled OCR makes specifics unclear.
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Temendous Olle
FuaFen
Drought Hits Texas 1998 Crop Forecasts Across Several Crops
The September 1 Texas Agricultural Statistics Service forecast shows drought shrinking yields and harvest areas. Upland cotton at 3.0 million bales, corn 175.8 million bushels, soybeans 9.3 million bushels, and sorghum 59.2 million cwt face significant declines from 1997. United States crops also show mixed changes with cotton and sorghum down and soybeans up.
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Texas
Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Dennis Findley
United States
U. S
District Court docket set for Collingsworth County
Thirty four cases are on the District Court docket in Collingsworth County with eight non jury cases twenty five jury cases and one dismissal docket item. Hearing set for Monday September 21 1998 at 9 30 a m with Judge David McCoy presiding and Randall Sims as state’s attorney. Court will reconvene November 2 after the docket call.
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Collingsworth County
Kathleen Townzen
100Th Judicial District Court
Keith Davis
Bill Spillman
Eric Willard
Central
Affordable
Jeff
David McCoy
Randall Sims
Wellington Lions Club Broom and Gift Sale Event
The Wellington Lions Club hosts its annual broom sale on Friday September 18 1998. The Caravan Sales for the Blind truck will be at the courthouse east side from 7 am to 5 pm offering brooms mops grass mats and kitchen textiles. Proceeds fund club activities and the sale follows a successful Collingsworth County Fair booth experience.
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Wellington Lions Club
Lions Club
Collingsworth County Fair
Country Club stockholders re elect Stephens president
Wellington Country Club held its annual stockholders meeting on September 15 to elect a new board. Tony Stephens was re elected president, with Tommy Coleman as vice president and Nell Bawcom as secretary treasurer. New directors include Nicky Watts Bobby McPherson Dark Green and Linda Jones. Patsy Martin and Margret Wood left the board.
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Wellington Country Club
Tony Stephens
Tommy Coleman
Nell Bawcom
Nicky Watts
Bobby McPherson
Dark Green
Linda Jones
Patsy Martin
Margret Wood
Former Lady Rocket Coach Rhonda Smith Dies in Collision
Rhonda Smith, a former Wellington and Hico coach and teacher, was killed in a head-on crash on Farm Road 1602 near Hico, Texas, Saturday. She had joined the Hico district a month earlier and guided Wellington teams to multiple district titles. A memorial service was planned in Hico, with Lions and colleagues mourning a beloved educator and coach.
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Rhonda Smith
Wellington
Smith
Hamilton County
Hico
Fort Worth
Jerry Redding
Cameron
Wellington ISD to create memorial scholarship for Rhonda Smith
A scholarship fund is being established across all three Wellington ISD campuses in memory of Rhonda Smith, former Lady Rocket basketball coach. The fund will be awarded at the 1999 WHS Graduation, with community members invited to contribute via campus secretaries.
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Wellington
WHS
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Dodson Church of the Nazarene
Tara Lewellen
Childress
Amy Martin
Alicia Ward
Paige Freeman
Misty Barton
Danielle Lindsey
Statistics Service
Country Club
Stephens
Lee Rodrigues
Lady Rocket
Cecil Adrian
Sid Brannan
Whitesboro
Gary Miller
Wade Williams
James
Barbara Williams
Keith Wood
Rhonda
Oklahoma City
Raymond and
Herwagns
Annee Eona
Coer
Washita Heights
Whitecleare
Vernoy
Vernon
Lady Rockets
Colony Baptist Church
Southwestern State University Alumni Association
Weatherford
Texas Association of Basketball
Stretcher
Carl Taylor
Taylor
Pation
Terry Smith
Rystel Scott
Crud
Vice High
Rhonda Lyan Smith
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