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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1970
Page
5
In the Dog Days of August, residents discuss weather and drought. Data show May to July 1970 was unusually dry in Winters with only 3.50 inches of rain, while 1966 and 1959 provided wetter benchmarks. Winters Lake remains usable though near spillway level, reflecting soil and water conservation benefits.
Weather data for Winters shows monthly rainfall and totals. Figures list precipitation amounts from January through December with a final annual total. Strong entities include U S Weather Station and Winters location.
The Runnels County Farm Bureau Queen contest will be held Friday, August 7, at 8 p.m. in Ballinger High School auditorium. Six entrants compete for the county crown judged by five out-of-town judges led by master of ceremonies Ed Cumbie.
Miss Rhonda Sneed Miss Teresa Havlak Miss Joan Rohmfeld Miss Sharon Hallmark Miss Kathy Gesch Miss Lorene Eggemeyer plus Rebecca Dean and Sharon Hallmark named for the Junior and Senior Talent Find contests. Hallmark will represent Runnels County in Brady August 14 with the event organized by the district Farm Bureau women's committee.
Season tickets go on sale August 17 with a week to hold existing seats and adjust quantities. Regular sales begin August 24 to September 3 on a first come basis. Tickets are sold as five seat books at 6.25 dollars per book or 1.25 each, with reserved seats at 1.75 after September 3. General admission is 1.50 adults and 0.75 students.
Regina Guevara, six, receives her diploma from James Jones at Winters School Head Start graduation Friday morning. Olive Hancock taught in the summer program. About 45 pupils were enrolled. some advance to first grade when school starts August 24, others move to kindergarten in Winters School’s first year offerings.
A Winters Red Cross fundraising drive aims to help Celia hurricane victims along the Texas coast. Chairman Gayland Robinson notes State Red Cross HQ expects at least $6 million needed to continue relief efforts for those who lost most of their possessions. Contributions may be left at Winters State Bank or mailed to Winters Red Cross.
The 1970 milo crop in North Runnels County began the week with fair strength and good quality grain. Moisture tests remained high and hot dry weather threatens losses as some fields have burned and fallen, with combines expected to run by Friday if rain is avoided.
The Winters Little League team visited the Astros Cardinals game at the Astrodome Houston on Sunday. They express gratitude to sponsors Heidenheimers Herman's Men's Store Western Auto Winters Enterprise Waddell Chevrolet Osborn Don Emmert Eldon Gray and Pool Company for making the trip possible.
Wallace-Murray Corporation reports second quarter and six months sales and earnings fell versus a year earlier due to broader economic pressures and industry slowdowns in autos and housing. Six month sales reached 108.6 million with net income 3.57 million. earnings per share 92 cents. Technological advances include Schwitzer turbochargers aiding Indianapolis 500 cars and Eljer plumbing fixtures in new modular housing prototypes.
Winters High School Blizzard Band will begin rehearsals at 7 p m Monday August 10 for the fall schedule. Director Kirke McKenzie announces a boosters back to school concert and picnic. About 107 members are anticipated with new marching devices and a veterans salute in the halftime lineup.
Win Tex Cattle Feeders Inc wins a permit from the Texas Water Quality Board to build an 8000 head cattle feeding complex three miles northwest of Winters. Mike Odom will move to Winters to manage the project and Alderman Cave Milling will supply grain and services. Construction starts soon with completion expected in five to six months.
Winters City Council approved a direct-line telephone connection between the Winters Police Department and the Runnels County Sheriff's Office in Ballinger. The tie-in, part of a West Central Texas Council of Governments network, provides instant communication without the San Angelo switchboard and links via teletype to other counties and agencies, in addition to existing radio systems.
Winters High School students interested in enrolling in the Distributive Education and Industrial-Commercial Training programs for fall must contact program coordinator Robert L. Stathem. Students may meet Stathem at the high school on Monday Tuesday or Wednesday August 10 11 or 12.
Winters Primary and Elementary School principal George M. Beard announced interview slots for parents of first graders and kindergartners. Cards will mail this week. classes start Monday August 24. new families must register next week in the principal’s office from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Birth certificates and smallpox vaccination records are required for kindergarten and first grade pupils.
Winters City Council approves mayor signing a contract with Lone Star Gas Company to supply natural gas to the City Power Plant at special commercial rates. The deal includes at least a 20 percent rise in gas costs for the plant’s electric generators. Council also authorizes buying more hard section hose for the Fire Department and a weed and grass shredder for the Street Department.
Ernest Killingsworth of Bal linger, former pastor, will preach at services at the Cal vary Baptist Church 216 North Melwood Sunday August 9. Services will be held at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
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