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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1969
Page
5
Winters will stay open late on December 19 as the chamber and high school cheerleaders sell 10 cent hamburgers on the streets to boost holiday shopping. The column muses on edible packaging and a future where meals and even newspapers could be eaten, satirically imagining a world of edible news and dishes.
Three Mexican-American youths aged 18 identi fied as Abi lene High School students were jailed in Ballinger on $200 fines each after being arrested at Winters High School for disorderly conduct. In Ballinger, Paul Velasquez Joe Hernandez and Rudolph Rivera remained in Runnels County jail as they faced disorderly conduct charges filed by Carroll Tatum Winters school superintendent.
State Senator David Ratliff of Stamford will address the Winters Lions Club at the noon meeting next Tuesday December 16. Ratliff, appointed to the Legislative Council, chairs the Senate Oil Gas Committee and serves on multiple panels.
The Drasco Baptist Church Youth Choir directed by Alfred Staggs will present the Christmas Cantata The Night the Angels Sang by John W. Peterson on Sunday December 14 at 6 pm in the church. The public is invited to attend.
Blizzard Band thanks Band Boosters and the public for support during the University Interscholastic League band contests at Ranger. The note expresses gratitude for community backing and ongoing encouragement.
Mrs Neri Eoff and Mrs J C Lacy return home after a week visiting their children. Eoff visited her daughter and Mr and Mrs Fred Druman in Midland, while Lacy visited Mr and Mrs J C Lacy and Lonnie Lacy in Rankin. Lonnie recently finished Odessa school and moved to Lubbock for work.
The Winters Livestock and Agricultural Association sets Monday December 15 as the entry deadline for the Junior Livestock Show. Entries must be in by 5 p.m on official forms from Jimmy Smith Winters High School VOAG or County Agents C T Parker and Allen Belk. Late or non official entries are not allowed. The show takes place Saturday January 10 at the Winters Livestock Show barn with judges Fred Igo Edwin DuBose and Mack Heald presiding over sheep steer and swine divisions.
Mrs. Lee Blackwell of San Angelo and Mr. and Mrs. D L Owens of Wichita Falls returned home Tuesday after a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Green at Wingate.
Winters High School band and choir under Kirke McKenzie present their annual Christmas concert Monday December 15 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium with no admission charge. A film of the marching band from UIL Ranger will be shown. The program includes marches, patriotic and Christmas music by the band and mainly Christmas songs by the choir. The Winters Winds choir sub-group will perform several Christmas songs and folk tunes. Auditorium decorates by band and choir members.
Winters Chamber of Commerce coordinates a December 19 event featuring kids activities, 10 cent hamburgers, a money scramble with $50 hidden in hay, and a free kids film at The State Theatre. High School Cheerleaders sell burgers while merchants stay open late for sales.
North Runnels County 4-H members planning to enter livestock in the San Antonio and Fort Worth stock shows must sign up soon. Extension agents C. T. Parker Jr and Allen Belk urge members to meet at the agriculture building at 9 a.m. on December 12 with all livestock exhibit information.
Clarence Young of Winters and Angelo State University won first place with 188 points in the eleventh annual ASU Livestock Judging Contest held at the ASU Farm and Ranch near North Concho Lake. Sixty one students participated, cosponsored by ASU and the Concho Aggie Club.
Harroll Watkins of Paint Rock has been named District Deputy Grand Master for Masonic District 105, including seven lodges in the area. The appointment was announced in Waco during the 134th Grand Lodge Communication, led by Hal Burnett of Alpine, recognizing Texas Masons’ 240,000 members and 965 lodges.
Wallace Murray Corp announces acquisition of Dry Manufacturing Company of Winters Texas in an all stock deal. Dry will operate as a division with John P Dry as general manager reporting to Howard V Scott. Dry adds steel and aluminum registers and heating components to Wallace Murray’s building products portfolio.
The First United Methodist Church of Winters presents its annual Christmas Cantata this Sunday at 6 p.m. in the church sanctuary. Directed by Kirke McKenzie, the program Night of Miracles by John W. Peterson features Randy Stevens on organ, Mrs. Kirke McKenzie at piano, and Mrs. Weldon Middleton as narrator with soloists including Mrs. D. W. Williams and Kirke McKenzie.
Douglas R. Cole of Winters and Paul Michaelis of Wingate receive ASRM Texas Section honors at the Fort Worth meeting. They were praised by Joe Schuster for excellent grazing management and deep knowledge of range principles. Ronald Rugh notes their rangeland quality is well above average and tied to sound management.
Winters High School Blizardette team competes in the Nineteenth Annual HSU high School Girls Invitational Basketball Tournament from December 11 to 14 at Rose Field House. Opening game Merkel vs Hawley at 10 a.m. December 11. eight daily games. final at 9 p.m. December 14.
Airman First Class Jimmy L. Fine Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie L. Fine of Winters, Texas, is on duty at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. He serves as a security policeman with the 377th Combat Support Group under Pacific Air Forces, after previously serving at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.
The Winters Chamber of Commerce hosts its monthly Third Monday Luncheon at 12:45 p.m. on Monday, December 15, at the Fireside Restaurant. President Woodrow Watts urges all members and directors to attend for discussion of programs and planned Christmas season activities.
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