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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1936
Page
2
Sunday School at 9 45 a m preaching at 11 a m evening service at 7 45. Monday W M S meets at Mrs J W Dixon for missionary program and social hour. Tuesday Y W A meets at 7 with Miss Loraine Carwile. Wednesday mid week services at 7 30.
Sunday School at 9 45 preaching at 11 Gods Children Young People meet at 7 15 Preaching at 8 by Dr J T McClure Missionary Society Monday 3 00 Mid week service Wednesday 7 45 J W Sharb at pastor Methodist Women Missionary Conference Hillsboro Texas 21 22 Mrs W A Pace and Mrs J W Sharb at delegates Second Quarterly Conference at 8 00 pm presiding elder Dr J T McClure reports due for half year officials urged to attend
The church lists worship at 10 50 a m with preaching and 8 p m with preaching and 7 15 p m for young people plus Wednesday prayer at 8 p m Visitors are invited to worship and the pastor J W Joiner will meet all members after services on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Loux and family of Los Angeles visited Mrs. Loux's mother Mrs. Andrae and other relatives here last Saturday. Local residents Travis Dwain Archer City and Woodrow Wisdom Hatche visited Monday night at Mr. and Mrs. Alton Stehle's home.
Harmony Rev F R Cole of Abilene filled his appointments here Saturday night and both hours Sunday with Mrs Cole and their children. Mrs Cora Maddox of Coleman spent the weekend with her daughter Mrs W T Billups and attended church. Several others visited, attended funerals, or stayed with families in Winters and Mullin. Nellie D Cooke is bedfast with a sore throat. Mrs Joe Worthington teaches school in her absence.
Mr and Mrs L J Gray attended business in Ballinger Saturday. Mr and Mrs G F England and daughters visited Mrs Mollie England Saturday. Grady Atkins and family visited Mrs Atkins at Wilmeth Friday and Saturday. Miss Robbie Lou Foreman spent weekend with Miss Zuma Brown. Rev Howell filled regular appointments Saturday night Sunday and Sunday night. Content high school faculty hosted a picnic April 15 with wieners pickles light bread cake pie and punch. Oplin basketball team visited Friday and Content won 11 to 1. The fifth and ninth grades presented a play Up the Hill to Paradise enjoyed by many. Content Seniors plan Baccalaureate Exercises Sunday May 38 inviting all neighbors.
A reflective line notes that a person’s appearance often lags behind inner condition, suggesting mood and health influence outward demeanor more than attire or grooming. The saying implies resilience or weariness shape how others perceive vitality.
Man and Mrs Lester Siepp of Lampasas were weekend guests in the community. Jim Conway and family moved to Comanche. Miss Rampy Hensley and Mozelle Lewis attended a play at Barnett. Bro Call preached last Sunday at 10 and services are planned next Sunday with dinner on the ground and quarterly conference.
Wingate couple welcomed a ten pound son while Mr and Mrs Percy Rogers reported a nine pound daughter Ruth Busher of San Angelo visited sister Mrs Ches Busher. Visitors include Mrs Wilbur Hickham and twins visiting from Winces. Seniors plan Carlsbad cavern trip with Criswell. Wingate domino group hosted Wilmeth players with ice cream and cake afterward.
The Downing and Ryale families express sincere thanks to friends for kindness during illness and after the death of Carter Downing. Gratitude for the beautiful flowers and support is conveyed with a wish to comfort others in sorrow.
Ernest Jennings and John Belton Hallmark of John Tarleton College spent the past weekend with Ernest Jennings's parents, Dr. and Mrs. T. V. Jennings.
Text fragment shows a student named Woreth Nance associated with a teacher or figure John Tastéton. no further context or dates provided.
Drasco held a Sunday morning observance for Orphan's Home with a good collection. The death angel claimed Carter Downing in Drasco Saturday. Sympathy goes to his relatives. Jake Griffin left for Los Angeles on Wednesday. Bro Taylor and family visited Wednesday evening. Mrs Brooks and Royce stayed with Irvin Brooks in Dale Friday night. Harwood underwent surgery Tuesday at Sealy Hospital. V A Colburns had all children at home Sunday. Elton Cook and Marty John visited the Phipps home Sunday evening. Phipps remains on sick list this week.
Regular annual Runnels county singing convention to be held at Pumphrey on Sunday April 26 an all day song festival with dinner on the ground Thousands of singers and visitors expected Stamps Male Quartet Jennings Low Male Quartet Fisk Weaver S E Clark and daughter duet Otis Echol Henry Shipp and many other numbers will appear R L Jennings Wingate president H H Low Winters vice president H W Bibler Miles secretary Public invited.
Tom Harwood of Drasco underwent a major surgical operation in a Santa Anna hospital Tuesday evening. He was reported convalescing nicely yesterday.
The annual senior play The Marienburg Necklace directed by Miss Edgar Parten drew a large audience at the high school auditorium. Cast members including Doris Reid C. S. Jackson Mandy Lee Smith Bill Roundtree Marguerite Duncan Harry Dobbs and others delivered strong performances. Proceeds fund a San Antonio trip to visit historical sites and attend the Battle of Flowers. The grammar school choral club directed by Miss Marie Hill performed between acts and Jean Barlow with Floyd Shackelford offered an advertising skit.
Mrs W R Kennedy returned from the Southwest International Trade Show in Dallas where many leading American artists participated and some guests came from Paris.
Mrs QO T Cooper and Frances Hill of McMurry College were Sunday guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Brian.
J M Williams, local vocational agriculture teacher, held twelve community meetings near Winters to discuss the new soil conservation farm program. At the high school gathering Monday night about 150 farmers and interested parties attended, with Barton the county demonstration agent and several community committeemen present. Meetings occurred in Drasco Tuesday, Dale Wednesday, and Wilmeth Thursday, reaching roughly 600 farmers in total and showing about 55 percent in favor of cooperation.
Miss Loyle Kornegay and Mrs. C N Kornegay departed yesterday for San Antonio to join C N Kornegay and attend the Battle of Flowers event.
Uncle Bill Gee displays a Centennial Ingersoll watch and chain sent from Chicago as the first official Dallas Centennial timepiece. The watch bears the Texas lone star and marks him as the first and only Texas owner before the Dallas Centennial opens on June 6. The gift comes from the Ingersoll Watch Co. of Chicago.
Mr and Mrs T P Rogers announce the arrival of a baby boy born on Tuesday April 21 in a local hospital.
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