Grand opening of Krauss Dry Goods Store in 1833
Three decades ago in August 1833 Krauss Dry Goods Store opened to a large crowd with performances by a Mexican string band and local musicians including Miss Anna Lee Cobb and Merrick Spill. Queen Theatre added 200 seats as Lyric Theatre underwent remodeling while rural schools planned bus service to Winters High School for $2 per month and two bus lines were arranged for students.
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Krauss Dry Goods
Anna Lee Cobb
Merrick Spill
C. §. Jackson
Ruth Johnson
Marie Hill
Vergie Poe
Athene Ramsel
Annette and
Janette Tucker
Reading
Harold
Gerald Dixon
Gladys Graham
Queen Theatre
Lyric Theatre
H. J. Hodge
Winters High School
Winters Blizzard
Pratt
Blizzards
C. P. Sessions
Wilmeth
Roberts
Winters
Sullivan
Clift
Inman
Faubion
Benson
Clay
Townsend
Mullin
Northam
Lacy
Session
Duncan
Gardner
Vinson
Davis
Electrification Expansion Advances Rural Homes in 1838
Twenty five years ago in August 1838 rural electrification began with signups reaching over one hundred of the required six hundred. A minimum rate of 2.45 and 25 kilowatts were approved. Jan and Avonne Brookes, daughters of Mrs. Allie Brookes, won first place in an amateur Cisco contest for tap dancing under instructor Mrs. Floyd Sims. Three Winters students earned Summer School degrees. Miss Quida Pentecost earned a B.S. degree, Mary Strother a B.A., and Ethel Mae Cooke a B.S. Jess Wetzel bought the remaining half of Light Hoover’s share, becoming sole owner of the Hoover-Wetzel Motor Co.
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Jan
Avonne Brookes
Allie Brookes
Cisco
Floyd Sims
Quida Pentecost
Mary Strother
Ethel Mae Cooke
Jess Wetzel
Light Hoover
Hoover-Wetzel Motor Co
Concemn
Portable air conditioner installed at Winters Municipal Hospital
Twenty years ago on August 1 a new portable air conditioner was installed at Winters Municipal Hospital. The badly needed equipment was installed to improve comfort and patient care.
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Winters Municipal
Worthless Stocks Worth Investigating Before Disposing
Roger Babson counsels readers to check all avenues before discarding old stock certificates found at home. He recalls a broker who bought such certificates for pennies yet one in fifty could be worth up to a thousand dollars, often tied to dissolving or consolidating companies.
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Babson Park Mass
Wall Street
Cautionary note on stockholders and defaulted bonds
The passage warns against rushing to sell defaulted bonds, noting prices can plunge to fifty cents on the dollar yet may recover over years. It cites the Sheraton Hotel bonds once trading at a thousand, falling to two hundred, then repaid at par after investor Ernest Henderson bought up the "undesirable" bonds.
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Sheraton Hotel Chain
Ernest Henderson
Jennings Brothers Commissioned Lieutenants in WW II Service
Two Jennings brothers Ernest and Lawrence, sons of Dr. T V Jennings, entered service Feb 1942 and were commissioned lieutenants. Their father, also a doctor, served as a lieutenant in World War I, continuing the family military tradition.
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Ernest
Lawrence Jennings
T. V. Jennings
Jennings
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the Winters Enterprise
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Underwood
Patterson
McMillan
Grimm
Wood
W. A. Holt
Runnels County
Roger Babson
Younguns
Chevrolet
W. R. Bates
Novice
Parker
Winters Independent Schools
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Abilene Reporter
Buford Owens
Agen
Bedford and Underwood
Attorneys-At-Law
DR. Z. I. Hale
Optometrist
Ino. W. Norman
Winters, Texas
Dr. L. LaVarta Bellis
Spill Bros. CO
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Rogers Bros
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