Soil Conservation Tour set for October 3
The annual crops and conservation tour sponsored by Salt Fork Soil and Water Conservation District and Collingsworth County Extension Service will be held Wednesday October 3. Farmers business people and others will visit key projects east and southeast of Wellington. Extension Agent Don Reeves and Tommy Powell will run the tour with school buses from Wellington Independent School District departing the courthouse at 9 30 a.m. The tour ends at Ellison Park with free Country Grazin barbecue.
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Salt Fork Soil and Water Conservation District
Collingsworth County Extension Service
Wellington
Don Reeves
Tommy Powell
Soil Conservation Service
Wellington Independent
Ellison Park
Peanut harvest under way in county with Valencia nuts
Harvesting begins as Valencia peanuts dominate arrivals from Wellington to Quail Peanuts, Inc. Dryers at Quail are full with capacity for 80 trailers, plus yard storage. Virginia peanuts not yet ready. harvest expected to peak in two weeks as Virginia variety starts.
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Wellington
Quail
Warrick's and
Quail Peanuts, Inc
Oran Sain
Warricks
Valencia
Virginia
Wheeler
Collingsworth
Karen Carson
Clarendon
Donley County
Tom Wilkins elected new CC president in Wellington
Wellington businessman Tom Wilkins was chosen president of the Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce at the Sept meeting. The by laws change sets October officer elections and a Nov 1 chamber year start. Banquet on Oct 30 at Burn Handley Center with Mexican dinner by Country Grazin. Tickets $8 and available through directors or the chamber office. The board includes Parker, Reeves, McGill as officers and Fifteen directors with Holdover members Neeley Hurst Campbell Carter Hatch. Wilkins succeeds four-term president Tommy Hudson and vows to boost business and member participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Wilkins
Wellington
Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce
Burn Handley Community Center
Wellington Theater Arts
Gay Reeves
Country Grazin
Chamber
10Th Street
West Avenue
Yates
Parker
Don Reeves
Dorothy McGill
Grenna Fourmentin
Johnny Barnett
Mark Keys
Johnny Holton
Diana Bartlett
Tommy Hudson
Jack Neeley
Lyn Hurst
Evelyn Campbell
Charles Carter
Bill Hatch
Wilkins
T. B. Wilkins
Dallas
Holly Thomas earns national recognition for clever question
Wellington Elementary student Holly Thomas won national honors in the Troll Book Club I Wonder Why contest for a question about why geckos walk on ceilings. Her award winning entry appears in The Great Answer Book, and copies were sent to Holly and her teachers Mrs Hudson and Mrs Woodtier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Holly Thomas
Troll Book Club
Holly
Bob Turner
Troll: Book Club
Dodson Grower Delivers First 1990 Cotton Bale
Sandy Covey, farming near Dodson, sent the first bale of the 1990 cotton crop to Tri-County Co-op Gin on Tuesday Sept 18 after 5 p.m. The three bales came from a three acre plot, all dry land cotton Standville 506 with 13/32 inch staple. Manager Ray Hightower praised the crop.
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Sandy Covey
Dodson
Tri-County Co-op
Ray Hightower
Covey
Tri- County Co-op
Hightower
Rodney
Larry
Steve
Kanes
County gins 249 bales by noon Tuesday
Two hundred forty nine bales of 1990 cotton weighed in at two of the county four gins by noon Tuesday Sept 27. Farmer's Co op Gin in Wellington and Tri County Co op in Dodson reported the figures. Harvesting is expected to rise by week end as both gins prepare to start. Wellington Gin will begin Oct 1 while Davis Gin at Dodson is not operating yet but expected soon.
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Farmer's Co-op
Wellington
Tri-County
Dodson
Cliff Hartman
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Wellington High School
Sanford Fritch
Powell Field
New CC
Wellington City
First Baptist Church
Campbell
Davis Gin
Julian Castillo
Co-op
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