Winters Enterprise (Newspaper) - August 21, 1970, Winters, Texas WINTERS ENTERPRISE 8 August 21, 1970 from page 1) the cowboys were making ing for the wagon the cook escaping to a cow camp and reporting that all the cowboys were This is the only time anybody ever heard of a cook deserting his outfit in time of Johnson They halted and made ready for the The Indians seemed to be holding a council of The cowboys did have Winchesters and Colt but imagine eleven men against all those Comanche Hittson proposed that they hoist a flag of truce and go meet the Finally three men reluctantly agreed to knowing there was no according to the Indians Indians respected only superiority of The rest of Ihe cowboys gathered examined made a barricade and sadly watched their friends ride away with a white cloth above their this time the redskins were advancing slowly and all appeared favorable until the Indians were about 300 yards A war whoop sounded by the chief was followed by a desperate Words cannot describe the of the yells coming from the Comanche Hittson brought the horses back to the wagon at breakneck and the cowboys took a stand to defend their fort or Some of the Indians drove the horses a safe distance away and the others made the They advanced in long lines riding until they were near the wagon Then they divided in en circling the makeshift cowboys pumped lead in to them so fast that they were forced to retreat and hold another council nf Jesse Hittson had wounded the old he carried off by several and Mrs. Arthur Allcorn Celebrate 50th Wedding and Mrs. Arthur S. Allcorn will observe their 50th wedding anniversary from 2 to 5 p. m. August 23, with an open house celebration in their home in the Crews couple was married August 21, 1920, in Texas by the Rev. Morris Mrs. the former Delia was born in Texas in 1892 and is a retired school Mr. Allcorn was born in in 1891 and recently retired after operating farm and ranch interests near Crews for many for the occasion will be the couple's son and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold and their Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allcorn and Benny and relatives are invited to No gifts unexpected incident hampered the Indians somewhat and they were more determined and bloodthirsty than they came back in the same manner as with arrows coming from every Their attack went on for several Johnson said it had to be a miracle that not a cowboy was but twelve Indians At last the Indians withdrew for another council of war After an five of them making friendly Certainly the cowboys didn't irust or perhaps their fear had left for bullets began to and plenty of ammunition evidently made some impression on the Their yells like of The cattle became and horses wore scared and the cowboys were before night the Indians had another They the rounded up 700 head nf cattle and drove leaving about twenty Indians to stand said this was the he had over known Indians to When the Acres Grass Lost To Fire Last 400 acres of grass on pastureland of the Frank ranch north of Wingate was burned last Friday firemen were called to fight the grass and succeeded in containing the same another grass fire was reported on the Sears north of the About 40-,i0 acres of grass was burned off. The Bronte fire department was called on this PM At Training Meet In M. Winters was among some 766 postmasters from the i Dallas region who attended Postmasters Training Conference in- Nacogdoches Sunday through Wednesday of last conference is sponsored by the National Association of Postmasters of the U. and was sanctioned by the Post Office Department Dallas which consists of and use of the railway bridge at Niagara Falls was in 18,55. did not acknowledge tlie independence of the United States until 1873. 28, 18.54, marked the date of the organization of the Republican the Indians Had Wiener Roast At City wiener roast was held for the Little Indians Little League baseball team Monday evening at 8 at the City engraved key holders were presented by Jeff Russell for the team to Manager Louis Johnson and Coach R. L. The invocation was given by Tommy were Jeff David Tommy Joe Victor Terry Robert Lawience Jimmy Ernie Manuel Isaias Mark Keith Cowlishaw and Hank present were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Mr. and Jim Dr. and Mrs. Tommy Russell and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall the Classified Eoff Will Instruct PE At Midwestern Nicki daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Eoff of will be an instructor and intramural director for women at Midwestern University beginning with the fall is a graduate of Winters High and holds a BSE degree from Abilene Christian College and master of education from Texas She has also taught physical education for a year in Consolidated Middle special interests are in the fields of aquatics and racket She will be working with extramural volleyball as well as teaching volleyball and tricycle was made in 1897 which weighed nearly a ton and could carry eight Conservation Leaflet I Now education is the ' subject of a new leaflet ed by the U. S. Soil SCS State Clyde W. Graham of Temple announced this ' Entitled and tion the leaflet plains the importance of ing conservation to students anti i tells how Soil Conservation vice employees can believe that everyone needs to be informed about the true meaning and importance of Graham a good place to start is in Students need to learn that conservation means more than merely saving or setting something It means intelligent and conservation of natural of are especially interested in and wildlife but gas and other resources are Copies of the leaflet are free i and can be obtained from the Runnels County SCS Randall Conner On Dean's Randall Conner has been named to the Dean's Honor List at Texas Tech University for the Spring will be a senior this majoring in agricultural free for you at your Electric appliance will get much more done i if you crack the whip at FREE MINI OVEN BRUSH A LOOK AT THE NEW ELECTRIC SELF-CLEANING So automatic that a mini brush is all you need to whisk away the few little 220 volt wiring to WTU residential who buy an electric range from a local dealer or Appliances at Company he had an arrow in the calf of his but Hittson was able to pull it out and relieve I the One man had wounds so severe that they never did 1 although he lived ten i Another was bleeding j profusely and the cowboys did the only thing they procured clean clay from a nearby creek and applied it to his bleeding arm and The bleeding soon the pain and Johnson gave the cowboys credit for saving his short time after this Hittson sued the government for the loss of his horses and Most of the cowboys had either moved away or died and he couldn't find an forty years later he learned that M. L. Johnson was living in So he renewed the suit and in 1909, because of Johnson's he was paid for his scene of this Indian struggle is now well populated Runnels with and school houses the trail the murderous band of Comanche warriors is only one incident recorded by Mrs. Poe in her thoroughly researched The author begins with the days of the Spanish exploration by goes down through the telling of the pioneers who settled this area of West and ends her book with mechanization and changes in the Names of individuals and plus well-known make this of interest to every citizen in the grand celebration will be held in Winters on September 19th, in connection with the release of RUNNELS IS MY four state forests in are used for forestry demonstration and research Jan Underwood Larry Don Smith Married Here Aug. 15 a double ring ceremony at the Presbyterian Church at 5 p. m. August 15, Patricia Jan Underwood became the bride of Larry Don The Rev. Glenn C. pastor of the First United Methodist The bride is the daughter Grade Coach Search On For New eighth grade coach at Winters the past resigned Sunday to enter private business in it was announced replacement had been signed as of Wednesday of this and Winters School Athletic Jerry is searching for a new The eighth grade coach also assists in coaching the high school Marva Jean Underwood of Winters and Pat E. Underwood of Mr. Smith is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Smith of Archer bride wore a white street length dress and carried a bouquet of pink bride is a 1970 graduate of Winters High The bridegroom is a 1968 graduate of of Archer City High and attended Business school at Wichita He is employed by Megargel Drilling a wedding trip to points in West the couple will be at home in Be Busy Sewing Club will meet in the home of Mrs. M. H. August 24. service was begun between New York and Chicago in 1919. 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