Campaign to Protest Winters Abilene Rail Abandonment Grows
Intensified protest drive urges shippers and residents to file objections with the Interstate Commerce Commission before September 1. Abilene & Southern Railway seeks permission to abandon 39 miles from Winters to Abilene, with petitions and letters calling for a local hearing and citing past traffic figures and rebuilt line improvements.
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Winters
Abilene
Interstate Commerce Commission
Abilene & Southern Railway Co
ICC
Ballinger
Santa Fe
Winters schools outline August enrollment and events
Kindergarten and first grade pupils will enroll August 4 to 6 at the Elementary principal's office, with all new students through grade 8 on August 7 and 8. Winters High School registration runs August 4. A Galilean Service at Hords Creek Lake is planned by Winters First United Methodist Church on August 3 with a covered dish supper. Birth certificates and immunizations are required for new students.
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Scott Spraberry
Mike Wetsel
Winters Elementary
George M. Beard
Winters
United Methodist
Lake
First United Methodist Church
Hords Creek Lake
Bob Lindsey
Coleman
Lakeside
Beard
Winters High
Jake Joyce
Vacation Bible School Scheduled At First Baptist
A bicycle parade starts the week leading to four day Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church. The VBS runs August 4 to 8 from 8 30 to 11 30 a m daily and ends with worship on August 10. Children in the area are invited to attend.
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First Baptist Church
Vacation Bible School
Philippine nurses to join North Runnels Hospital staff
Three graduate nurses from the Philippine Islands are set to begin work at North Runnels Hospital around October under a one year contract obtained through a medical agency. They will take state board exams here and, if licensed, receive RN certificates. This aims to relieve local staffing shortages.
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Philippine Islands
North Runnels Hospital
Jim Shook
Acc Ator
Shook
Winters Rental Housing to elect three directors
Winters Rental Housing Inc. stockholders meet August 4 at 7 30 p m in the Winters Chamber of Commerce office to elect three directors to fill terms of Nolan Bahlman and John E McAdoo and the vacancy from Raymon Lloyd s death. Other directors listed include Walker Tatum R C Thomas Woodrow Watts Ray Alderman Gene Wheat and Dale Whitecotton.
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Winters Rental Housing, Inc
Winters Chamber of Commerce
Nolan Bahlman
John E. McAdoo
Raymon Lloyd
Walker Tatum
R. C. Thomas
Woodrow Watts
Ray Alderman
Gene Wheat
Dale Whitecotton
Blizzard Band Rehearsals Set for August Dates
Winters High School Blizzard Band announces back to school practice sessions for grades 9 through 12 on August 7 8 and August 11 12 at 7 p m under director Kirke McKenzie. New students may contact the Band Hall. Members should pick up instruments and music August 1 or 4. The first public event is the West Texas Fair parade in Abilene on September 6.
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Kirke McKenzie
McKenzie
Blizzard
Pride of
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Willie J. Collins Jr
City Electric Department
Collins
Spill Funeral Home
West Roberts Street
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