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The newspaper invites readers to submit notice of any erroneous reflection on a person, firm, or corporation. Corrections will be made upon due notice given to the editor at the office.
21 Aug 1959
Page 1
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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1959
Page
1
The newspaper invites readers to submit notice of any erroneous reflection on a person, firm, or corporation. Corrections will be made upon due notice given to the editor at the office.
Roger Babson notes attic discoveries may yield cash for Dana Hall's auction and warns that old items like mahogany furniture, Sandwich glass, and U S stamps can hold value if authentic. He contrasts worth with worthless stuffed furniture and offers appraisal tips and inflation hedges.
Abilene Christian College senior Sylvia Young of Winters will earn a BS in marketing at ACC summer commencement on August 21. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Young and has been active in the Business Administration Club and Delta Theta. Commencement speaker will be A. V. Isbell, president of Southwestern Christian College.
Howard Baldwin 79, longtime Runnels County resident, died Sunday at Winters Municipal Hospital after nine years of ill health and a ten day serious illness. Born November 10, 1879 in Navarro County, he lived in Erath, Bronte, and later Winters where he ran a grocery with relatives, served as city alderman and hospital board member, and taught at the Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife Mae Cox, one son Coy, four daughters, three stepchildren, two brothers, ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday at the First Methodist Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
Congressman O C Fisher details a Life magazine led plan to deploy several mercy ships to aid the hungry and sick worldwide. President Eisenhower endorses the idea and a House sub committee, chaired by Fisher, investigates feasibility aiming to mirror Roosevelt's 1907 world cruise with white armed battleships.
The proposal envisions a new Great White Fleet era unarmed and generous, carrying doctors technicians and nurses to mercy missions worldwide. It would sail on invitation to ease disasters, financed by public subscriptions with a trial run in the Far East. A ship is being equipped now to serve as Project Hope and may sail next January.
A light note reminds travelers that popular scenic spots attract many visitors while they are away. The line plays on how even calm destinations can feel crowded as tourists seek pictures and memories.
A concise aphorism asserts the higher value of knowledge over tyrannical force, praising scholarly work as sacred compared to violence. The statement contrasts intellect with coercive power in a terse historic voice.
A saying exalts books as wonders beyond living men. The remark underscores literature's enduring value and the human spirit's affinity for knowledge and imagination across ages.
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