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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1962
Page
10
Precinct meetings will nominate county delegates who will select state convention delegates in September. May 5 referendums on horse race betting and poll tax repeal appear on both ballots. Padre Island state park question also on GOP ballot. Results are nonbinding but guide legislators.
Governor Daniel sent telegrams to 31 oil producing state governors urging support for an oil imports limitation amendment. U S Congressman Tom Steed of Oklahoma introduced the measure to cap oil imports at the 1956 ratio to U S production. At the 1957 Governors Conference Daniel secured signatures from 32 governors.
State Agriculture Commissioner John C. White reports 40 000 bushels of sweet potatoes valued at 100 000 are at risk from the sweet potato weevil. About 1 200 growers in 10 counties join a two month campaign to dust crops and protect 100 storage houses across multiple counties. The pest battle follows a costly Kaphra beetle fight, while Texas cotton farmers gain a 10 day extension to plant or replant due to dry weather.
Attorney General Will Wilson rules that public school authorities may suspend or expel a student who solicits members for a fraternity or other secret society and bars non listed public welfare groups from doing so. the law permits school formation of Boy Scouts Hi Y Girl Scouts DeMolay Rainbow Girls Pan American clubs scholarship societies and similar education organizations sponsored by authorities.
The McGee Bend Dam project and other U S Army Corps of Engineers plans relate to impoundments and drainage systems in the state. The document outlines proposals for water storage and flood control, highlighting locations and intended infrastructure associated with long term improvements.
The Texas Highway Commission will install large cast aluminum markers at roadside parks and turn offs to highlight historic sites and points of interest. Two plaques already cost $1,000 each, one near Tyler marking a Confederate POW camp, the other funded by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce for the Meteor Crater. A third will be placed at McCamey May 4 to mark Castel Gap. The AG approved funding, mass production could reduce costs to $700 each, and about 100 sites are under consideration by a committee from the Historical Survey, Highway Department, Parks Board, and Game and Fish Commission.
The Sportsmen's Clubs of Texas study boat safety as 177 082 motor boats join warm weather activity. Rep. Ben Atwell leads questionnaires to clubs to assess boat accidents and review the Boat Safety Act from the 56th Legislature. Henry J. LeBlanc Sr. calls a Fort Worth board meeting the same day.
Texas officials announced a set of recognitions and scores. Daniel selected Lewis Spears of the Texas Education Agency to represent him at the White House Conference on the Youth Fitness Program. Robert E. Wade, a Dallas law graduate, achieved an average of 87-14 to top 145 bar exam candidates in 1962. Odessa placed second in the National Cleanest Town contest, with Devine Brazoria Pleasanton El Paso Fort Worth and San Antonio honored as well. The Texas Animal Health Commission ended its fiscal year with a 38838 balance from a 654880 appropriation and may accept private donations for brucellosis efforts.
St. John s Lutheran Church Women group will hold their quarterly meeting Sunday April 29 at 2 30 p m The Ladies Aid Circle hosts with Mrs W F Minzenmayer presiding The program includes a Philippians 2 5 11 devotional by Mrs E E Thormeyer a skit by several members and two films The public is invited to attend sponsored by Lutheran Church Women president Mrs Charles Kruse Jr presiding
The 1961 convention in Houston will host a panel discussion with twenty-two U S congressmen invited to participate. The event centers on the eradication program and the year ending August 1961 saw no contributions.
Abilene Garden Club presents its annual Spring Flower Show Waltz of the Flowers honoring the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra. Admission is fifty cents for adults, free for children. The show runs April 28 from 4 to 8 pm and April 29 from 2 to 7 pm at the Abilene Garden Center North 3rd and West Wood Drive with invitation classes for the Dyess Air Force Base Garden Club.
Gray Gardner of Texas University spent the Easter holidays visiting the home of his parents Mr and Mrs John Gardner.
Diane Buckner a Mary Hardin Baylor student visited over the Easter holidays at the Buckner family home where her parents Mr and Mrs E Y Buckner reside.
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