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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1971
Page
3
Families and friends share visits across towns including Hoppe Goetz Jones Morrison Campbells and Martins. Births include Melinda Ann daughter of Luther Summerville. Attendance at Runnels County Youth Rally and multiple Sunday and weekend gatherings are listed with names and places.
The Wingate Sew and Sew Club gathered in the fellowship hall last Wednesday with Mrs. Minnie Williams hosting. Members and nine visitors enjoyed quilting, hand work, and refreshments of punch and coffee, listing numerous attendees and four new members.
The piece notes longer days and signs of garden activity, predicting daylight saving time for many people. It warns against advising others and uses a weather motif to hint at April showers leading to May pavement washouts. The tone blends social observation with practical humor about everyday life.
Charles Wayne Rice son of Mr and Mrs Roy Rice was honored on his fifth birthday Thursday at Ballinger Park. A picnic lunch was served with numerous relatives and friends attending including Tammy Walters Paula Hicks Bill Wayne Doug Wheat James Lynn Wade Jeffrey Rodney and Darla Smith Monty Dean Smith Todd and Karmen Watkins Sherry Reid Lana and Charles Wayne Rice alongside several Mrss.
The article notes Good Friday’s archaic sense of holy and Christmas meaning of good tide. It mentions the Samaritans as a diminished sect with a few hundred members and a 332 B C schism created an independent religious community separate from Jews. It discusses Genesis patriarchs as tribal rather than individual and the unresolved nature of life spans. It also explains the origin of jockeys as hot walkers who cool horses after workouts.
The Den Dieters Club held its regular meeting Monday night at the Den. Circle leader Mrs. Carl Pendergrass led the program. Club queen for the week was Mrs. Bill Webb. Attending members included Mesdames Paul Gerhardt, Bill Millorn, Carl Pendergrass, Boyd Bedford, Bill Webb and Pearl Dunnam.
The schedule lists Western spaghetti and sides on Monday April 26, hamburgers or sandwich on Tuesday April 27, Southern fried chicken on Wednesday 28, pizza with meat on Thursday 29, and fish portions on Friday 30. Each day includes sides and milk or chocolate milk.
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The article notes San Antonio as the site of the first flying school in the United States owned and operated by a woman, marking a milestone in aviation history and women’s entrepreneurship.
In Wingate the town enjoyed 3.7 inches of rain with more on the way. The pancake supper was a success. Local residents Clyde Dunn and Enoch Doggett attended church and meals with friends. Mrs. Willard Middleton plans a home stay before San Antonio tests. Families from Wayland College Graham and Winters visited kin and neighbors during the weekend.
My wife joins me in saying thank you for all the kind deeds shown to us during my illness. C H Shorty Stoecker and Mayme Stoecker express gratitude for support and well wishes.
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