Winters Enterprise (Newspaper) - March 14, 1969, Winters, Texas A West Texas City IT IN no. texas march 14, 1969 10c B. C. high school graduates than ever before are going on to It not only has become the thing to but it is becoming more and more the thing to Demands of a fast-moving space-age society are and a better education is one of a kid through still is as tough a job as it has ever more in an affluent And for many more families than we maybe want to it still is a touch and go situa There are still as or students on to put themselves through even though we maybe don't hear as much about it these there is one area which has made it possible for many more to go on to receive a col lege education than would be possible That is the area of They are granted for about everything these and there would be few who could not obtain scholarship of some type if they have a deep-seated desire to continue their Vote For City Will Start March 20 voting for candidates for mayor and two City of will begin March 20, and continue through April 1, the City Secretary said this Those desiring to vote by absentee ballot may contact the City Hall for of the Wade W. and Aldermen Nelan Bahlman and E. E. Vaughan have opposition in this Deadline for filing was last YOUNGEST Walter president of the presents new green mohair saddle blankets to Arthur 73, oldest member of the Winters Riding and to Darren 9, youngest The new blankets were used for the first time when the riding club participated in the rodeo parade at San Angelo was a charter member of the Winters Riding was organized about 1946. A loyal member of the had never missed a in Winters or at any other place where the club was invited to until this He had injured a foot the day before the San Angelo parade and could not get his boot he remained at home rather than ride without his Twenty other riders took part in that son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. rode in the San Angelo parade for the first he has ridden in the Coleman rodeo parade several Delegation Meets With House Committee On Hospital District scholarship opportunities totaling more than in new grants and 000 in renewals are available to participants in University League must graduate from high school during the cur rent compete in UIL State Meet academic contests or rank as runners-up in regional meets and submit College Entrance Examination Board with completed application before June 1. are made possible by eight foundations and numerous individual awards administered through the Texas Interscholastic League J. retired director of the University of Texas Division of Extension's Bureau of Public School notes that athletic coaches roam the countryside to find but often chip academic have been talented Texas high school graduates are long on but short on Kidd lies the need for Interscholastic League We want to make sure that every talented youngster has the opportunity to develop his talent to the and Nelan Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Kirby Mr. and Mrs. Rankin Gayland Mrs. T. A. Mrs. Wesley M. Hays and Mrs. J. W. proposed when approved by the will authorize the Runnels County Commissioners Court to order an election in the area of the proposed hospital district to determine the will of the people on the creation of a delegates from the Winters area appeared before a committee of the Texas House of Representatives Monday in seeking committee and House approval of a proposed which would the way for creation of a hospital district in North Runnels to the committee by Representative Lynn 64th who is sponsoring the through the the delegation pointed out the necessity of a hospital district in North Runnels and presented the committee with petitions containing more than 700 signatures of people in the area who are supporting the re- Susan a Tarleton spokesman for the group Light Bulb Sale Postponed To Next Winters Lions Club light bulb had been scheduled for March 11, was postponed until next March 18, because of adverse weather committees have been assigned to two sections of the with one group under the leadership of H. M. to canvass the west side of and the other group with Ted Meyer as chairman to work the section of town on the east side of Main ALFONSO Esquivel Left Sunday for Duty In Alfonso son of Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Esquivel of left March 9 for duty with the U. S. Army in a graduate of Winters High took his basic training at Fort El and had Medical Corps training at Fort Sam San He completed his training at Fort Sam Houston about March 1. Seven Candidates For Three Places On School filing last week by John Boyd Bedford of Winters raised the number of candidates for the three places on the school board to for the three as their names will appear on the will be John Boyd incumbent board members M. E. Mathis and Dr. C. T. and Andrew Henry T. Mrs. Paul Michaelis and G. W. board members serve three-year also will be a member elected to the Runnels County School Candidate from this part of Runnels County will be incumbent W. T. School Board election will be held in the office of the Winters Chamber of Commerce April 5. Polls will be open from 8 a. m. to 7 p. officials will be Howard Mrs. and Mrs. Annie M. voting will begin March 17 and continue through April 1. Absentee ballots may be obtained at the school business Monday of C To Salute Local of several industrial concerns will be special guests of Chamber of Commerce members next March 17, at the regular third Monday Luncheon of the a to the luncheon will be held at 12:45 at Huffman special program of recognition of industry in Winters is being according to Winters Chamber of Commerce President Woodrow The local industrial salute is being held a few days before the Industrial Week in Texas is members of the Winters Chamber of Commerce are urged to attend the and to bring a guest from one of the local White Is Named To Honor Roll At passed consumer protection legislation has been described as a bulwark between the public and some of the ruses and in the one would gather that the majority of manufacturers and retailers have been and are dis It is a libel on everyone who participates in our vast manufacturing and distribution system including advertising We wonder how we got to be a nation of 200 million healthy vigorous and prosperous people with all that going factor Is developing which probably will result in additional unjustified official criticism of the free marketplace and the retailers of the This has to do with the matter of rising The tax supposedly levied as a curb to inflationary pressures may have just the opposite effect of prices at the retail and putting an upward pressure on the cost of Taxes are a major cost of doing The retailing industry operates on slim profit margins and tax costs mean higher In in terms of will increases to make up for additional tax Retailers will be this tax and wage do little but pass it their customers In the of higher hish cost of government has brought higher taxes and the current billion plus deficit in the federal It is the real danner which all of us consumers The smoke screen of official cism and vociferous concern for the welfare should not be allowed to obscure this presentation to the House He pointed lut that the steady growth of Winters and North Runnels County called for creation of a hospital and that the combined strength of the oil and industrial economy in the area showed a very favorable source of Winters delegation was largest group to appear before the House committee Monday seeking approval of a so-called local legislative to information received from members of the the will be referred to a and then presented to the House of Representatives for final It is expected that the will see clear sailing in the and on into the State David Ratliff of Stam ford will sponsor the through the area delegates appearing before the House committee included Mayor Wade Winters Aldermen for the fall semester 1968. order to be named to the a Honor a student must make no grade lower than an a in any She will receive a Distinguished Student card recognizing the accomplishment and allowing her certain A student who receives the Distinguished Student rating two semesters in a row is awarded a scholastic the daughter of Mayor and Mrs. Wade W. White of is majoring in Liberal arts at is also a member of the Newman LEAGUE second week of play in the Winters Junior League Basketball left no team The 76'ers knocked off the previously undefeated Lakers in the first game 19-16, and then the Lakers upset the Hawks 20-19 Saturday In other games the Hawks beat the 32-28, the Bullets swamped the Knicks 28-10 pnd beat the Celtics 18-14. The last game Saturday morning was a real The 76'ers tied up their game with the Knicks with three seconds left on the clock on a basket by Ray Powers and then got another basket from Powers and two from Randy Await in fin overtime to hand the Knicks their second such defeat 40-34. after two weeks play Won 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 2 1 3 4 Black of the Lions To Sponsor Polio Booster Runnels Cancer Unit Meet regular meeting of the North Runnels County Cancer Unit has been postponed until 7 p. March 31. meeting will be held at the Winters Chamber of Commerce of the unit and other interested persons are urged to be up 25 points in the two games to increase his point production to 55 for a 13.8 Other high point men in weekend play were Jerry Mack with 20 points in two Luther Smith with 11, Joe De La Cruz with 16. Raymond Ortiz with 16 and Stanley Tatom with 23. schedule includes Lakers vs. Hawks vs. Bullets and 76'ers vs. play has the Bullets playing tiie the Celtics vs. Knicks and the Hawks taking on the 76'ers. and adults who polio vaccine during the immunization program in 1963 may receive booster vaccine March 28, or March 30, according to Lee president of the Winters Lions Lions Club is sponsoring another program to immunize everyone possible against School children will receive their booster vaccine on March 28, and adults and pre-school age children will receive it March 30. to those children who received the complete series in the original program need take only a booster at this Those who have not had any of the vaccine may take the first of the series on March 28 or March 30, and then take the second on May 16 or 18. Date for administering the third and last immunization will be sot Harrison vaccine will be provided by the State Department of No charge will be made for the although donations will be accepted by the Lions Club to help defray Harrison Awarded For Highway Work In South contract for highway construction in the San Angelo District has been awarded by the Texas Highway Construction Co. Inc. of San Antonio was awarded a contract for base and surfacing on 6 miles of Farm to Market Road 0115. Low bid was project extends from State Highway 158, 2 miles east of southwesterly to FM 2333. W. B. Hoppe of is the Highway Department engineer in. charge of the ject which will take an estimated 120 working work will be under the supervision of District Engineer J. A. McCreight In Who's Who In Hale McCreight Jr. of Winters is among 30 Texas Tech students who are listed in the new edition of Who's Who among Students in American Universities and from more than 1,000 institutions of higher learning were chosen for listing In the which recognizes campus leaders on the basis of academic service to the leadership in extracurricular activities and future of Dr. and Mrs. H. H. he is a member of Delta Tau president of the Student Senate and vice president of the Student He received honors at All College Recognition for League Meeting Set For Next organizational meeting of the Winters Area Little League Association has been planned for next March 18, at 7:30 in the City the elation Lloyd has said activities for the summer will be and officers will be He said there are several jobs to be filled if this season's Little League is to members of the those interested in helping to promote Little League and are urged to attend the IN and Mrs. A. O. Merck visited in Austin last weekend with their Jan. They also attended the wedding and reception of Jan's former room Dee Haisler in IN and Mrs. John Gardner were visitors the past week end with their Gray Gardner in Indicates Winters Continues Student Body Holding Elections body and Student Council elections are being held today in Winters High The elections follow the exact pattern of a general election with candidates required to file for the office pay a filing fee and conduct an intensive Students are casting their ballots at designated polling places and the ballots used are in the same form as a Texas general election for the various offices which are elected by the whole student body Randall Sneed Vice Baldwin and Hudon Dody and Becky Song Brenda Prine and Carla Candy Betty Rhonda Randy Stevens and Cliff the general elections are completed today the four classes who will be in high school next year meet in class caucuses to select their student council Meeting Of Federal Land Bank In the Area Development Department of West Texas Utilities Company conducts comprehensive surveys of cities and towns serviced by the power and releases results of the survey to city governing chambers of commerce and the general In the information is channeled to individuals and companies which have an interest in the particular towns or ireas or which may have potential reports cover a wide subject including present transport tation basic community basic community and industrial development the latest report release a few days information indicates that Winters remains on a with unlimited of the such as the labor is compiled from a county-wide most of the information in the latest report is based strictly on the separate The county labor according to the is 4880. Texas Employment Commission maintains current data on available on present industry is confined to rather than a county firms and the number of employees at the time of the survey Dry 228; Pan American 101; Milling Grain 53; General 17. A total Of manufacturing in employ 315, all according to the valorem tax rate per value in city limits is all-important availability of transportation is pointed out in which lists one maior railroad four maior motor freight and one bus Air is available within 43 with one mafor airline and one air taxi line located in report shows that Winters is with vari ous including two 6AKV lines for electricity a municipal power which is in addition to the WTU power one gas transmission line with 1050 BTU 13 long distance telephone Water for the city of Winters is from a surface with system capacity of 3 million gallons and sewer system capacity capable for additional WTU report shows oil and gas and are the major resources to the basic economic Effective buying income per household for the county is listed at with retail sales per for the are ten Protestant and one Catholic church in Two financial a state bank and a and loan provide resources total inp over of the City of Winters is under general with a mayor and five There are 16 county peace three City and 31 volunteer firemen with of collections for the City of Winters are above with 99 percent the City departments follow a master city plan with building codes and city sive planning for further development and growth recently was completed by a company of planning City of Winters maintains a 22-bed municipal with two the City maintains a city a swimming two lakes for There also are available a a golf and all types of sports and hunting in the Independent School District maintains a primary and school and a highly credited high and is located within 43 miles of three with another college within 52 persons who would like to have a of the latest wtu report on Winters mav obtain It at the office of the Chamber of Commerce or at the local office of the West Texas Utilities IN and Mrs. S. T. Anderson returned home Monday after a week end visit in the home of their Mr. and Mrs. Bob Anderson in Bob has recently received a promotion as secretary-treasurer of the Telsco Industries and was also selected as a member of the board for the vice president of the Federal Land Bank Association of has just returned from Houston where he attended the annual meeting of the Federal Land The meeting was attended by representatives from 73 Federal Land Bank Associations located throughout About 450 persons alternates and guests heard President Herbert H. Decker give the annual and also heard addresses by W. R. congressman from the 11th Congressional District of and Arthur A. senior vice president and economist with the First National Bank in Federal Land Bank of Houston makes long-term loans on farm and ranch property at the lowest interest cost consistent with sound business Five times in the 52-year history of the system the billed interest rate on loans outstanding has been voluntarily Federal Land Bank Association of Ballinger makes and loans in Runnels Members of the board of directors are Wesley Paul vice and Arnold Clyde Elliott Kemp and Pat R. H. Emery is On Second a junior student in Winters High was named to the basketball second by the coaches of the a guard on the Blizzard was the only junior the second All others were W. Long Named To Honor Roll At W. a Tarleton State College senior from has been named to the b Honor Roll and the Distinguished Student List for the fall 1968. order to make the Distinguished Student a student must post a semester grade point average of at least 3.25 on 4.0 the student can have no grade lower than a C in any the son of Mr. and Mrs. Danny Wardell Long of N. is majoring in general agriculture at is married to the former Rebecca Knight of and the couple has one SOUTH Mike Gray of South is visiting this week in the home of her Mr. and Mrs. Gene She will return home March 20. March 5 29 March 6 31 March 7 26 March 8 18 March 9 24 40 Mon., March 10 22 39 Tues., March 11 26 P. Harville and and Robert Harville returned Saturday to their in Arizona after visiting in the homes of his Mrs. Ted Eoff in Mrs. in Named Basketball members of the Winters High School basketball were named to the Team by the coaches and one team member received honorable a junior student from was named as a named a junior received honorable tion as an is the third consecutive year Miss Tatum has been named to the mythical She choice of all the Miss Walker has been named to the team for two consecutive Freddie Gardner is basketball TEAM Forwards Carla Mary Sue Debra and - Debra ' 1
