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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1972
Page
5
Fire safety guidance urges caution as grass and trash fires threaten both urban and rural areas. Readers are reminded to soak and never leave fires unattended while highlighting local anecdotes about lost and found items and a note on new school books arriving for August 21 opening.
A weather table shows daily high and low temperatures for July 26 to August 1 with values ranging from 96 to 100 for highs and 65 to 71 for lows. It compares to last year's Friday July 30 high of 92 and Saturday July 31 low of 59.
Precipitation amounts for July 1972 shown by date include 0.11 on July 1 0.58 on July 3 0.94 on July 4 0.49 on July 5 and 0.12 on July 24 with several trace readings on multiple July days. The record lists daily totals in inches for July and notes trace precipitation on several dates.
Parents and students at Winters Primary and Elementary School are advised of the 1972-73 supply list issued by Principal George M. Beard. The list covers items for all grades including crayons, scissors, glue, construction paper, notebooks, rulers, pencils, erasers, Kleenex, tablets, and music supplies, with grade specific additions for fourth through sixth grades.
The Winters High School coaching staff attends the annual coaching school in Houston this week. The Texas Coaches meeting features the All-Star basketball and football games. Attending are Head Coach Chili Black and coaches Waco Reynolds, C. A. Milam, Randall Causey, and Bill Cathey.
The 50 stockholders in a Winters non profit formed to build low cost rental housing will meet next Tuesday August 8 at the Winters Chamber of Commerce office. A board of directors will be named, then officers elected, a constitution and by laws adopted, and steps taken to apply for a corporate charter and a long term FHA loan for construction. The project aims to provide rental housing and not for resale. Fifty investors bought shares at 40 each to reach a 2000 minimum for administrative costs and incorporation.
Winters Lions Club members voted to become charter members of a new eye bank in District 2-A1. The eye bank will list people willing to authorize eye donation after death to aid the blind, while membership alone shows support and effort to build a donor pool.
Grainmen report early planted milo in the area suffering heavy damage from chinch bugs and stink bugs. A promising field that could yield about 2500 pounds per acre produced only about 1100. Overall, early milo acreage is small this year and harvest of later planted grain will not start for several weeks.
Dr Richard Pierce has joined the staff at Georgetown Medical and Surgical Hospital and Clinic. He is married to Barbara Baldwin of Winters. Pierce attended Emory University and Tulane University Medical School, interned at Charity Hospital, served as a flight surgeon in the U S Air Force, and worked at John Peter Smith Hospital before settling in Georgetown.
Second Lieutenant Donald L. Simpson son of Mrs. R. C. Simpson of Winters has finished the U S Marine Corps Engineering School at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. He is assigned as platoon commander in Second Bridge Company Fleet Marine Force Atlantic based at Camp Lejeune. Lt and Mrs Simpson and their son Robert Lewis visited his mother and sister, Karen, along with Mrs Larry Henrichs of Dallas and Mrs Charles Simpson Missy and Shay of Stephenville.
Stanley Blackwell and Charles Albcorn of Winters High School attend the annual conference and in service education workshops in Fort Worth August 1 4. About 1300 vocational agriculture teachers join at the Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel for area meetings and sessions on electric safety welding beef cattle brakes and lighting regulations. Awards will be presented to legislators school administrators Texas news media and individuals aiding vocational agriculture.
A Sunday August 6 ABCD tournament for members and guests will tee off at 1 30 at Winters Country Club. Prizes go to the top three, entry is 3 dollars per player, and players should bring a box lunch for themselves and families. drinks provided and lunches served after play.
VaRue Williams chief deputy in the Runnels County Tax Assessor-Collector office announces a write-in campaign for Tax Assessor-Collector as a Democrat in the November general election. On the ballot are B J Farmer Democrat and Gordon Brookshier Republican. Williams has 20 years in the office and lives on Route 4 Winters.
Captain Len Stone, U S Air Force meteorologist, assigned to duty in a remote area of Thailand. Mrs Stone and children Martha and Russell live in Winters until his return from overseas.
Construction of the new North Runnels County Hospital will start next Monday August 7 in Winters on FM 53. Rose Sons Inc Abilene bids $508 403 for the project with potential deductions to meet the $475 000 bond authorization.
County officials, led by Judge Elliott Kemp, deploy soil analysis to value farm and ranch land. Monty England, Frank Nance, and Bob Moore verify USDA soil survey data with on site inspections across Winters Ballinger areas. The program aims to standardize valuations and reduce guesswork in property taxes.
Winters Elementary principal George Beard announces registration for all children not in local kindergarten or first grade last year. Parents received appointment letters for sign up during the week August 7 to 11 at the principal's office.
Winters Public Schools schedule ahead: equipment issued August 9 and 10 with physicals for players August 9 10 and 11. First varsity and junior varsity workouts August 14 in shorts, full uniforms August 18. Freshmen begin August 21. Scrimmages set against Comanche August 25 and Eastland September 1. Season opener September 8 vs Clyde.
Groundbreaking for the North Runnels Hospital will be at 11 a m Monday August 7 at the site two blocks east of US 83 and FM 53 on the southeast edge of Winters. The ceremony is planned by the hospital district board and the Winters Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs committee. Rose & Sons of Abilene will begin work next Monday.
Glynn D. Hill a Winters native and Burnet School vocational agriculture teacher received the 1972 Outstanding Vocational Agriculture Teacher award from the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association. The banquet coincided with the association’s 57th convention in Fort Worth on July 25. Hill’s career includes teaching at Wall Eldorado and Burnet, Army service, and leadership roles in 49th Armored Brigade and local clubs.
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