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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1963
Page
5
The article outlines a week of horse shows and cattlemen demonstrations led by Alderman Cave, with a Friday Quarter Horse Show and about 33 events. It notes valuable, well groomed horses, crowds expected, and a festive municipal air in Winters amid local celebration talk.
A. L. Crockett sues the City of Winters over a disputed garbage pickup charge and utility disconnections. The case, with Lyndon Olson for the city and T. D. Smith for Crockett, is scheduled for April 23 after multiple postponements dating to 1961. The injunction against disconnecting water and electric service remains in force.
About 525 cattlemen attended a feed lot tour west of Winters showcasing commercial and custom feeding methods. Sponsors included Commercial Feeders Inc Alderman Cave Milling Grain Co and Ralston Purina. Raymond Walston led tours of pens and Alderman Cave hosted a milling view with a State Theatre panel discussion on local cattle feeding and grain use.
Former Texas A and M College graduates residing in Runnels County gather at Ballinger city park at 6 p m April 20 for the 60th anniversary Muster honoring deceased classmates and Texas heroes who won independence at San Jacinto. Woodrow Hoffman urges attendance with Dr. John Green and Claude Stone Jr among program speakers.
The Winters chapter of the Future Farmers of America announces its annual pancake supper next Thursday April 25. Serving runs from 5 30 to 7 30 with proceeds funding chapter projects.
Mrs Harold Ballinger and her baby from Council Bluffs Iowa are visiting in the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Albert Lewis in the Drasco Community.
Two of 22 Winters High School girls in the Candy Striper program at Winters Municipal Hospital pause during rounds. Martha Hale and Mary White are among the volunteers. the program trains girls aged 15 to 18 for medical careers under staff supervision and ends with certificates and a capping ceremony.
Two Winters men, Nathan Beneal Roles of Winters and Charles E Simpson Route 1 Winters, appear on Texas A&M College's newly announced Distinguished Student List. The registrar notes 612 students or 8.6 percent of eligible undergraduates made the list for the Fall Semester, requiring 15 credit hours, a 2.5 GPA and no grade below C.
Winters Public Library will observe National Library Week with two story hours for children on April 25. The 10:00 a.m. session targets pre schoolers, and the 3:30 p.m. session serves kindergarten through second grade. Mrs G B Evans will tell the stories and care for attendees.
Ronnie Brooker formerly of Lubbock has joined Winters Municipal Hospital as a medical laboratory technician. The new hire, a Levelland High School and Houston College of Medical Technology graduate, started Thursday under hospital supervisor Tommy Rougas. He previously worked at Medical Laboratory Service in Lubbock and prior to that at Methodist Hospital Lubbock and PBI Laboratories in Houston.
Ben Neel a ministerial student at Hardin-Simmons University will preach at the Drasco Baptist Church revival starting Thursday evening at 6 30. Daily services will be held each evening and everyone is invited to attend.
Williams Arena will host the annual Quarter Horse Show on Friday in West Dale with sponsors Winters Riding Club and approvals by the American Quarter Horse Association and the Quarter Horse Association of West Texas. Entries are received through Thursday, with 33 events, several trophies and ribbons, varied fees from five to ten dollars, and judges led by Edward J. Gole of Scranton PA.
Two aldermen J C Jarrell and E E Dodson and Mayor Harvey D Jones took office Tuesday night. Mayor Jones, elected to a third term, was sworn in by Alderman W M Hays. Jarrell and Dodson were sworn by the mayor. The council fills seats left by Ralph Lloyd and John Griffin Brown who did not seek reelection. J W Bahlman begins his second year as alderman and is mayor pro tempore. Existing members Hays and R C Thomas have one more year. The council plans to study a new city budget for the year starting October 1 and will hold a public hearing in May after staff proposals are reviewed. They directed the mayor to arrange for summer swimming pool operation and authorized purchasing a used hot asphalt spreader for street repairs to address paving holes and save costs.
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Winters School Board recently ruled that teachers reaching 65 will automatically retire from teaching, with certain exceptions. The decision applies to Winters Independent School District staff and follows a formal retirement age policy.
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