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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1967
Page
5
A reader column weighs the potential nationwide shift to Standard Time, warns of a loss of one hour on April 29, and jokes about a rooster adapting to time changes. It also cites a Brinkley letter on price trends, a poverty line debate, and a proposed Texas tuition bill, with comments on media coverage of protests.
In Crews Community near Winterson, residents sustain the old native stone gymnasium as a hub of activity. The Crews Community Club funds health drives, shares agricultural info, and secured phone service in 1960.
Winters High School seniors present the class play If A Man Answers in the auditorium Friday night April 28 at 8 p.m. Tickets are 50 cents. The brief production follows the tangled romance of three young Bostonians and a father moving the family to New York.
Miss Brenda Presley of Winters is among twelve nursing students from the Schools of Nursing at Methodist Hospital of Dallas and St Paul Hospital to receive $500 Piper Nursing Scholarships from the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation in San Antonio. The program awards $30,000 to aid beginning nursing students in Texas diploma schools.
Wingate School holds a May 1 gathering for all children entering first grade in September. Superintendent James Williams says the day runs 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with lunch in the cafeteria and on site eye and ear exams plus smallpox vaccination checks by county nurse Mrs. Watley of Ballinger. Parents are urged to bring their children. The school will operate on Daylight Saving Time starting May 1.
Nine Winters High School students competed in Region I University Interscholastic League events in Lubbock. Mike Magee took third in science Byron Anderson placed fourth in prose reading Jan Johnson was sixth in shorthand with 94.88 percent. The girls' debate team Englert and Kraatz won their preliminary bout then lost to Spearman. Other participants included Conner Moore Sanchez and Nichols. Superintendent Robert F. Christian and sponsors Bredemeyer Grundy Kruse accompanied the group.
Private First Class Dick V Bellis of Winters returned from Vietnam with a Purple Heart and Army Commendation Medal for Heroism. He served with the 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry, guarding Highway 1 north of Saigon and near Cu Chi. He was wounded by a 30 caliber bullet during the Fort Smith phase and later cited for heroism on January 11, 1967 in Hobo Woods, Republic of Vietnam.
Winters and the rest of Texas move to Daylight Saving Time starting Monday May 1. The change follows federal action allowing states to stay on Standard Time if desired, but Texas joined most states in observing DST. Winters Schools Superintendent Robert Christian announced the switch effective Monday, with Wingate schools making the same move.
Five of eight eligible young ladies sponsored by VFW Post 9193 and its Ladies Auxiliary enter the Miss VFW contest. W. L. Collins, contest chairman, says the event will be judged at the Post Home Loyalty Day May 1 at 8 p.m. Four San Angelo judges will decide. The winner will represent Winters VFW at the district contest May 7 at 1 p.m. in the San Angelo VFW post. Contestants should arrive at 7:30 p.m. for instructions.
Winters trackster Jerry Awalt posted a 49.5 in the 440 yard dash at the regional finals in Lubbock to secure a spot in the state contests in Austin next weekend. Regional qualifiers from District 5-AA included Hamlin Haskell Stamford and Colorado City.
Terry Collins of Winters Public Schools tied for fifth place at the Regional Golf Meet held at Meadowbrook Golf Course in Lubbock. Accompanied by Supt. Robert Christian and Coach L G Wilson, this marked Winters High's first regional golf representation.
Winters Postmaster Rankin Pace announces a revised mail schedule to speed delivery. The local office will receive a daily pouch from Abilene at 2:30 p.m. except Saturdays Sundays and holidays, and dispatch by bus to Ballinger for next day delivery to Austin Houston San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley. Closing times noted as 4:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. respectively.
Harvey Dale Jones 51 longtime Winters official and former mayor died of a massive heart attack Friday night during an acceptance speech at a Chamber of Commerce banquet. Funeral services were held Tuesday in Winters Church of Christ with burial in Austin. He had served three terms as mayor and held roles in the Lions Club and American Legion, and was a WWII veteran who also practiced law after attending Tarleton State, UT, and the University of Denver.
Winters Post 9193 VFW draped its charter on Monday night in memory of Harvey Dale Jones. The draped charter will remain for 30 days as the VFW Ladies Auxiliary sends a donation to the Memorial Chapel in Department Headquarters in Austin and a chapel key will go to Mrs. Jones. E. F. Miller Jr. presided as post commander.
Winters High School will host an orientation for eighth graders from Winters Junior High and Wingate School on Monday at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. Jake Joyce principal and Mrs Lee Harrison counselor will run sessions on course choices four year plan and transition to high school with testing program details. Parents and prospective students are urged to attend.
Sgt Standley, previously stationed, is now assigned to an Air Force base in Oklahoma, reflecting a transfer within the service.
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