Assessment Budget Gap Prompts Tax Increase Plan
Winters Independent School District faces a $20 000 deficit this year prompting officials to seek raising the local property assessment percentage for 1971 72. Current levy is 1 70 per 100 valuation at 48 percent of actual value with 1 50 for operations and 20 cents for sinking fund. Local revenue shifts from oil to other sources are noted and the necessary increase amount is undecided.
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Winters
Winters Independent School District
Board of Trustees
Carroll Tatum
Judges named for Winters Junior Livestock Show
Judges have been named for the Winters Junior Livestock Show to be held Saturday January 9 in the show barns at Winters School. Lamb judging will be by L R McDaniel a vocational agriculture teacher at Robert Ise. Swine and steer judging will be by Dennis Ellebracht a vocational agriculture teacher at Anson. The Winters Live stock Association sponsors the annual event.
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L. R. McDaniel
Robert Ise
Dennis Ellebracht
Anson
The
Winters Livestock Association
Winters School
Winters student to perform in HSU Christmas Choir on TV
Jim Holcombe, junior member of the Herdin Simmons University Concert Choir, will appear on KTXS Channel 12 December 28 at 7 p.m. He is the Winters youth director and church music leader. The program features new carols a new chorus a standard anthem plus a folk trio and madrigal group under director James D. Cram.
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Herdin-Simmons University
KTXS
Jim Hocombe
Winters
Holcombe
First Baptist Church
James D. Cram
Black Gap Mule Deer Hunt Nets 38 Bucks
Austin Texas officials report that 251 hunters in the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area public hunt bagged 38 mule deer bucks, the same as last year, with a 15 percent success rate. Biologists tallied a 179 pound largest buck and noted wildlife viewing alongside the hunt.
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Texans Parks and Wildlife Department
Black Gap
Brewster County
West Texas
Texas
Basketball Schedule and Tournament Dates
Schedule lists Boys A and Girls A in Rotan Tournament from December 25 to 29 40 with future matchups. January 2 shows Girls A and B against Eldorado at Eldorado. January 4 has Boys Sth Ninth at Balineer and Girls Sth against Novice at Sere.
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Der
Anabalisa
Rotan
Eldorado
Balineer
Sere
Deborah Jo Rice Weds Cecil Wayne Wade in Winters Church
Deborah Jo Rice of San Antonio married Cecil Wayne Wade of Winters in a double ring ceremony at Winters First Baptist Church. Officiating was Rev. Virgil James. The couple plans a home in Winters after a Hobbs New Mexico honeymoon.
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Deborah Jo Rice
Cecil Wayne Wade
Baptist Church
Winters First Baptist Church
San Antonio
Winters
Virgil James
Southside Baptist Church
Alvin L. Rice
Wade
C. W. Wade
Jack F. Ellis Jr
Big Spring
Janet Ellis
Linda Dulme
Lana Rice
Donald Wade
Don Orr
Brownfield
Ronnie McGough
Austin
Charles Waller
Billy Don Low
Ballinger
Wesley MccGallian
Susan Rice
Ronnie Mc Gough
Melanie Bomar
First Baptist Church
Highlands High School
Winters High School
Heidenheimer’s
Hobbs
N. M
North Melwood
Traffic Crashes May Claim 87 During Holidays
Texas DPS Director Speir warned that Christmas and New Year periods could see as many as 87 traffic deaths. He projected 52 fatalities in 78 hours over Christmas and 35 during the New Year holiday. The department will mobilize patrols and launch Operation Motorcide to reduce holiday crashes.
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Austin
Wilson &. Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Speir
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Winters ISD Ends At Large School Board Elections
The Winters Independent School District council explains a new system where candidates file for a specific trustee place rather than at large elections. The board sets the election date and voters elect for designated positions rather than multiple top vote getters.
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Board of Trustees
Winters Independent
Home Town Talk continued on page one
A local column urges residents to support city needs and maintain streets for safe travel. The piece argues outsourcing funds harms the community by depriving local schooling and future opportunities. It frames fiscal choices as influencing children’s education and local well being.
Winters Schools Face Deficit And Tax Hike Plan
The Winters school system reports a 1970-71 deficit of about 20 000 and urges tax structure changes for 1971-72. Superintendent Tatum notes per pupil costs at 524, lower than nearby districts, while a plan to surface playgrounds and a covered play area is considered. Public invited to board meetings.
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Supt
Tatum
Coeman
Ballinger
Stamford
Th Nublic
Board of Trustees
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HSU
Winters Enterprise
Black Gap Hunt
Robinson Barber Srop Foster Bare
Skop
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Brown
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Betty Rose & Em
Pire
Pendleton
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