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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1972
Page
4
Read more on the ongoing cycle of new textbooks at Texas schools including Reading Readiness for grades 1 3 and updated subjects in both elementary and high school. The piece notes the free textbook policy in Texas and contrasts it with other states while mentioning sale of receipt books at The Enterprise office.
The Winters Little League majors winners earned a trip to Arlington Stadium to see the Rangers vs Tigers. The event, on T-Shirt Day, included Texas Ranger shirts for each boy and a plaque of appreciation for James Spill, their manager.
The note lists required supplies including 1 box Kleenex 2 No 2 pencils 6 expansion folders notebook paper 1 box map colors 1 package graph paper 5 squares per centimeter 1 blue ink ball point pen no cartridges pencils 2 red ink pens notebook paper ruler compass protractor spiral notebook and repeats for Eighth Grade with minor variations Read Enterprise Classifieds.
The Board of Trustees of Writers Independent Schools will meet August 17, 1972 at 8 p m in the School Administrative Office to consider the proposed budget for the 1972 73 school year. Public notice is given by law and any person desiring to discuss the budget is invited to attend.
The Ford Allen Construction Company of Coleman won the Valley Creek Site No 13A floodwater control dam bid at 214 541 30 against four other bids. Estimated cost was 201 036 10. The project near Happy Valley Taylor County will span 33 acres of brush clearing and significant earthworks with 18 000 acre feet of flood capacity. Johnnie Bohuslav of Brownwood SCS will be construction engineer with an inspector on site throughout.
O. L. Claxton, operator of the Enco station at Bradshaw, received a Gates Rubber Company service award on July 25. The plaque included two silver dollars, two Kennedy half-dollars, and a commemorative coin set in an automotive engine design for exceptional customer service. The Denver based company runs a nationwide contest honoring station personnel.
Winters Native built a career planning and judging breeding sheep fat lambs range ewe lambs and carcass lambs and steers. He trained wool mo hair and range judging teams that earned state recognition and swept three Sul Ross awards while at Eldorado. Under his guidance two FFA members won the state Sheep and Goat Raisers Association award and he has judged 18 shows in seven years.
On September 12 the State Soil and Water Conservation Board will hold a public hearing in Winters at 7 p m to discuss the Elm Creek watershed flood control project. The session follows a watershed tour and aims to evaluate need and landowner interest with officials from Winters Ballinger East Runnels County and South Taylor County in attendance.
Mrs. Johnnie Lee Greer and her daughters Barbara Laxson and Valerie Greer of San Antonio spent the weekend with Mrs. A. D. Lee. This brief social note highlights family hospitality and a local visit mentioned in the classifieds.
The Coleman County Junior Rodeo will be held August 10 through August 12. Miss Jamie Hemphill, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jimmy Hemphill of Coleman, will reign as rodeo queen.
The Winters Young Farmers will meet at 8 30 p m Monday August 7 in the lodge building in Winters Dr Gass area agronomist from San Angelo will talk on improved pastures and improved grasses All members urged to attend others invited
An Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting is held every Monday night at 8 p m at the Texas Grill in Ballinger. For information call 365-3582 in Ballinger or 754-5101 in Winters.
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