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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1963
Page
7
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In Winters a light election produced only two votes more than minimal. Incumbent Mayor Harvey Dale Jones won re election with 186 votes. Aldermen elected were J C Jarrell with 181 votes and E E Blondie Dodson with 185 votes. Installation set for Tuesday April 16.
The Winters school system announced that Friday April 12 will not be a holiday for students. The date was initially set as an Easter break but was changed to make up lost instructional days from a football season absence and icy weather closures.
Hardin-Simmons University vice president and associate academic dean Dean W. Truett Walton will preach at First Baptist Church on Sunday while Rev. B. T. Shoemake is away at Mason. Walton, a Bible professor, oversees university religious and civic activities and has led Abilene Rotary as president and served as Rotary International district governor in 1900.
Plans are progressing for a Quarter Horse Show sponsored by the Winters Riding Club to be held Friday April 19 at the Jim Williams Arena east of Cox Trucking Co West Dale Street. New facilities are being constructed and will be ready for the show. Invitations have been sent to many quarter horse owners across Texas and New Mexico. The event is sanctioned by the Quarter Horse Association of America and the Quarter Horse Association of West Texas. Jim Williams is manager of the show. Several trophies will be awarded to winners.
The annual junior class production Professor How Could You by Anne Coulton Martens will be shown Friday night April 5 in the high school auditorium. Cast members include Deanna Kozelsky Arnold Thor Meyer Ronnie Oaken Gary Hester Charlotte Dooley Patsy Winton Johnny Hopper Dick Young Betty White and Jan Byrd.
Mrs Carolyn Davis left Dallas for New York on Sunday March 24 and flew to Paris, then Bordeaux where she arrived Monday. She joins SP 4 Jerry Davis, her husband, stationed near Beaulac, France about 50 miles from Bordeaux, according to her parents.
Eight candidates compete for three vacancies in the Writers Independent School board election set for Saturday April six. Incumbents include John Norman and C T Rives with five newcomers: Wayne Bedford J Griff Brown Lloyd Gilbert E E Mathis and Gene Virden. Voting will be 8 a m to 6 p m at Winters Chamber of Commerce office North Main Street with Travis Jordan as election judge assisted by Mrs Elzie Cox and Mrs Grover Davis.
Winters Chamber of Commerce directors discussed moving back to the old West Dale Street offices after remodeling. An open house is set for Friday, April 12, from 2 to 5 p.m., with board members hosting. Officials noted the district office will remain on North Main through April 6 for the school election. A city hall lawn sign project and welcome highway signs were also discussed, with plans to invite attendees to the Commercial Cattle Feeding Field Day on April 16 sponsored by local firms. Directors present included Gattis Neely as president and members Bill Parish James Hinds Don Oakes John Gardner E Z Moore J W Bahlman P J Harrison Homer Hodge Bill Bell and secretary Mrs. B B Bedford.
The Easter Seal Drive began Monday, sponsored by the Jaycee-Ettes to benefit the West Texas Rehabilitation Center in Abilene. Local volunteers including the Junior Cal Culture Club and Girl Scouts will conduct the drive, which ends April 6.
Winters High School placed second in District AA UIL Literary Meet in Ballinger with 92 points. Students earned multiple placements including Jerrell Elliott first in Prose Reading and Doris Rice first in Shorthand, with several others in poetry, spelling, typing, and debate. Several qualified for the regional meet in Lubbock on April 19 20.
Winters seniors participate in a jointly sponsored ability contest by the Disabled American Veterans and the veterans commission. The event name appears garbled but highlights a community effort to recognize abilities and support participants.
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