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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1973
Page
5
A town notes that the theater’s marquee misled residents about a closing, while local chatter focuses on a Texas House bill HB 1374 aimed at ending Right to Work protections by forcing union fees. A public opinion survey highlights broad support for worker freedom from unions.
Bobby Mayo opens the Burger Hut a block east of the blinker light on Coleman Highway 53 in Winters near North Runnels Hospital. The steel building restaurant offers self service windows and indoor dining with an auto pickup window. Staff includes Jane Talley and Johnnie Spence among others. Mayo notes the State Theatre in Winters will remain under his management.
A Texas Historical Marker dedication will be held at Content Cemetery in northeast Runnels County on Sunday April 29 at 2 p.m. Sponsored by the Runnels County Historical Survey Committee the event features Rev Bob Sanders delivering the main address and Rev Roy Crawford giving the invocation. Adva Dyer will cut the ribbon and Mrs J W Barr will read the inscription. The tour afterward will visit rural schools in the county with maps supplied by George Garrett and Mrs George Poe.
Senior Angelo State University student Donna Dowd received the ASU Presidential Award for outstanding academic performance. She is the daughter of H. T. Dowd of San Angelo and relative to the Lehman family of Winters.
The Winters High School mile relay team Leo Choate Jerry Mack Jackson Scott King and Rickey de la Cruz ran 3 25.7 in the regional preliminaries at Odessa, setting a new school mark but they did not qualify in the finals.
The Winters High School band presents its annual spring concert at Winters Community Center on Tuesday May 8. The program titled We Believe in Music features performances by the band and includes presentation of awards won during the school year.
In the Garrett home, visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walker of Paris, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walker and Paula Beth of Hurst, and Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Garrett of Abilene, who were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Garrett.
Runnels County Commissioners last week employed Ben M. Davis- Kinard & Co. of Abilene to audit the Tax Assessor-Collector office. The outside audit begins about May 1, following a March call for such review after alleged discrepancies were reported.
The Hardin-Simmons University Brass Choir directed by Bill Owens will play at Winters First Baptist Church on Wednesday April 25 at 730 PM after school performances. The program features works by Dukas Nelhybel Gabrieli Beethoven Stainer Moussorgsky Kabalevsky Handel Nagel Gustafson and more with a full slate of trumpet trombone horn and tuba players from HSU including Wally York John Brawley Carey Roach David Morgan Don Woodlock and Richard Harwood among others.
The Drasco Moro and Bradshaw communities sponsor an Easter Sunrise Service in the Wayne Hunt pasture west of Bradshaw Sunday at 5 45 am. Participants include the Drasco Youth Choir Moro Youth Choir Rev Virgil James Bill Williams Rudy Fambrough and Claude Nixon. The public is invited to attend this annual service.
An arts and crafts exhibit and bazaar sponsored by the Junior Culture Club will be held May 12 and 13 at the Winters Community Center. Exhibits include paintings craft and sewing items and collections. A small booth rent fee applies with May 9 deadline. Proceeds go to the Winters Public Library. For details call 754-4019 754-4834 or 754-4976 or write to Junior Culture Club 712 Lamar St Winters.
Winters High School band director Kirke McKenzie served as UIL band judge in Temple and Waco last week. He judged 2A 3A and 4A bands at Waco and AA A and B bands at Temple Junior College for Region 8 on separate days.
An annual Easter Sunrise Service will be held Sunday at Winters Lake east of town starting at 6 00 a m If rain occurs services will move to First Baptist Church Kirk McCuistion is the main speaker and Stanley Tatum will lead the singing Coffee milk and doughnuts will be served Attendees needing rides may call 754 4620 or 754 5287 transportation to and from the lake will be provided
The Winters Lions Club schedules its annual broom and mop sale for next Wednesday April 29. Proceeds fund community service projects. items are manufactured by blind workers in Lighthouses for the Blind. Headquarters are set at Herman's Men's Store on South Main Street with volunteers assigned to city sections.
Winters FFA meats judging team placed second at the Area IV contests in Abilene and qualified for the state contest at Texas A&M on April 27. Team members Billy Hord Jay Henderson and Rex Marks led the effort with Henderson as second high individual and Hord fifth high. Abilene High School won the meet. Stanley Blackwell and Bert Montgomery accompanied the Winters team.
Winters Public Schools will restart regular classes on Tuesday April 24 at the usual time after Easter holidays. Students were dismissed last Wednesday for the break due to snow and ice disruptions, altering the original April 23 27 Easter holiday schedule.
Scott King of Winters High School advanced to the State UIL meet in Austin on May 4-5 after placing second in the intermediate hurdles at the Odessa Regional. He also ran on the mile relay team at Odessa last week.
City proclamation from the mayor emphasizes a worthy cause and seeks broad public awareness and involvement across the city. The document stresses community support and formal recognition by local officials.
Winters moves to spend 30000 on street paving and seal coating contracts, including work around the Winters Housing Authority project. City officials cite wear from heavy traffic and freezes, and bid calls follow a technical error about prior contractor. Separately, the council approves a 34500 grant from the State Aeronautical Commission to rebuild the airport with city matching funds. Paving plans include runway extension, relocated facilities, and runway paving.
Kirby Robinson, Norton farmer, won the Conservationist of the Year award from the Ballinger Lions Club. District Conservationist Harvey Kahlden praised Robinson for soil and water practices on his 335 acre farm, including terraces, crop rotation, and wildlife habitat efforts.
Runnels County commissioners last week approved a resolution to widen the Mud Creek bridge on the Crews Ballinger highway. The county will buy right of way while the State Highway Department will build the bridge. The bridge, built years ago on the farm to market road, is too narrow for current traffic after a petition urged widening.
The Winters City Council reorganized Monday night with new mayor Homer Hodge and aldermen Woodrow Watts Lloyd Gilbert taking seats. Watts was named mayor pro tem and departments were assigned with Watts heading Water and Sewer and Gilbert the Electric Department.
Charlsie Poe of Winters writes a moving True West article about a 1906 lightning tragedy near Garden City. Four Pumphrey Community men died on a prospecting trip. Jerry E. Ritch was father to Mrs. Lora Coupland who recalled many incidents for Poe.
Calvary Baptist Church holds a special Easter Sunday service on April 22 with D. Heflin as speaker at the 11 a.m. worship. Sunday School starts at 10 a.m.
A cemetery working is scheduled at Midway Cemetery on Saturday May 5. Volunteers are asked to bring their own tools.
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