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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1970
Page
5
The recent Civic Betterment meeting at the Community Center drew wide local participation with reports on the school, city, hospital district, housing, and other services. Attendees offered oral and written feedback on what to improve, signaling strong local engagement and support for ongoing progress.
Mike Odom of Win-Tex Cattle Feeders observes the first load of cattle from Brownwood's B&B Cattle Co. being penned at the new facility northwest of Winters. Additional large loads arrive Monday as the yard aims for about 1200 head in the first operating week. The plant, among the area’s most modern, can handle 7,000 to 8,000 head.
North Runnels county residents may buy shares in the annual Junior Livestock Show set for Saturday January 9. Shares at about $10 each fund trophies and prize money, with $1,000 to $1,300 expected. The agriculture committee will canvass the area to sell shares through the Chamber of Commerce office or committee members.
Winters Independent School District will elect trustees by numbered places beginning April 1971 under Texas Education Code. The board adopted the new method to designate positions as Place 1 Place 2 and so on, with terms typically three years. Incumbents J W Bahlman and Jake Presley finish three years next April Billy Joe Colburn fills vacancy until next April and the unexpired two year term is discussed.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Dobbins of Winters led a Runnels County Farm Bureau contingent at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting in Houston December 6 through 10. It marked the first Texas AFBF gathering in 20 years, with former Governor John Connally among the main speakers and Kilgore Junior College Rangerettes providing a highlight.
Winters Public Schools will dismiss at 3 p m Friday December 18 for the Christmas holidays. Classes resume Monday January 4. The first semester of the 1970 71 school year ends January 8. Tests were held this week to avoid after holiday exams.
Winters retail businesses stay open late on Monday December 21 for Christmas shoppers. Santa will appear on the streets and meet children at his headquarters 133 West Dale Street. A free State Theatre show begins at 5 p.m. with Bobby Mayo promising a full-length feature.
Gate receipts for 10 A team games and several other games in 1970 exceeded 1969 totals, with overall receipts of 7 957 11 and 432 04 for other teams. 1969 receipts were 5 029 38 for A team games and 228 23 for other teams. Names listed include Hamlin Merkel Anson Clyde Coleman Ballinger Comanche Hamilton Eastland Cisco. Carroll Tatum reported to Writers Independent School District trustees.
St John Lutheran Church senior choir of 23 voices will present The Manger King a Christmas Cantata by Randolph Johnston Sunday December 20 at 10 40 am during morning worship Erwin Henniger directs and Emma Henniger is organist A public invitation is extended Also 6 pm Sunday School service for children and youth departments Christmas Day services December 25 at 10 am per Reverend Walter Probst
The Coleman District FFA in Brownwood High School recognized Winters High School members at a district meeting Monday. Winners included Lone Star Farmer Gary Antilley and contenders Sherill Alexander and Ricky Marks. Trish Hill served as District FFA Sweetheart with attendant Landa Walker.
Mrs. Annie Rich Oliver of Los Angeles California Mrs. Joe Murff of Hamlin Texas and Mr and Mrs Bill Armstrong of Hobbs New Mexico visited in the home of Mrs E H Baker.
Readable data shows weekly temperatures with a low of 27 degrees on Thursday December 1 1969 and a high of 74 degrees on Sunday December 14 1969, indicating a wide March weather swing from the period.
Winters State Bank president Woodrow Watts was named an honorary Lone Star Farmer by the Texas Association of Future Farmers. The honor was announced at the Brownwood district FFA meeting, with Watts to receive the degree at the Winters FFA banquet in the spring.
A Winters civic meeting drew over 150 residents with 72 percent of suggestion forms supporting a hospital build. The event, hosted by local boards and chambers, explored priorities from street work to parks and water systems. Northern Runnels Hospital board chair John W Norman cited a district levy up to 75 cents per 100 valuation, currently at 20 cents.
Mayor Wade White told citizens that Winters is in excellent financial condition and carries an AA rating from bond dealers due to strong past records of meeting debt obligations and ongoing fiscal stability.
The North Runnels Hospital District board explains creation in 1969. The district covers Precincts 2 and 3 and the whole county area, with facilities used across the region. Directors have upgraded facilities, purchased new equipment, and consulted architects about the current hospital structure.
At a regular meeting Monday night the North Runnels Hospital District board voted to begin planning a new hospital immediately. An architect will be invited to meet with the board within days, and they will study the needed hospital structure. The move follows growing community demand and strong public support for the project.
Winters Housing Authority chair Jake Joyce reported that land acquisition is near completion for a 46 unit seniors and low income family project. Construction could start within a short time once one final lot is secured, with funding totaling about 757 975 dollars from the Federal government.
Winters Independent School District aims to be free of indebtedness by December 1972, says Superintendent Carroll Tatom at a Civic Improvement meeting. He cites past boards' foresight and shifts in oil tax reliance, noting oil now accounts for 31 percent of income while other property taxes cover 69 percent, with recent school improvements funded without increasing debt.
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