Christmas Week in Winters 1932 Highlights
In December 1932 Winters stores closed for Christmas plus a busy week of community events. Lions Club raised 132.65 for Christmas Cheer and distributed toys. Fire Department held a banquet with a chief’s suit gift. Charity Carnival offered 25 cent dinners at Jordan Building. Prohibition organizers met in Ballinger to back state and national movement. Two men tried to rob Wingate Bank. 1750 dollars recovered near the scene.
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Lions Club
Jordan Building
N. Main
The
American Legion and Auxiliary
Abilene Gun Club
Winters
Abilene
Winters Lions Club
Methodist Church
Ballinger
Runnels County
United Prohibition Movement
Wingate Bank
Winters Home Demonstration Club Chief Hamilton Award
A 1937 event at the Winters Home Demonstration Club House featured the presentation of an award to Chief Hamilton during the week of December 23 1937.
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Winters Home
Hamilton
Chief Radioman Kenneth R. Wilson To Return Home
Kenneth R. Wilson chief radioman USN son of Mr and Mrs Leonard F Wilson Sr of Winters is due back in the United States on December 20 after six months in the Western Pacific aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. Hornet part of Seventh Fleet visited Hong Kong the Philippines Japan and Hawaii. The ship homeports in Long Beach California when not deployed and hosted thousands of visitors on guided tours.
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Kenneth R. Wilson
USN
Leonard F. Wilson Sr
Winters
United States
Western Pacific
Hornet
Seventh Fleet
Long Beach
Calif
Far East
Hong Kong
Philippines
Japan
Hawaii
Task Force 70.4
Local 1937 Events Highlight Community Ties and Ventures
Mrs C S Jackson and her high school choral club performed a cantata at First Methodist Church earning praise. Margaret Barnes named Sweetheart of the local band. A play That's One On Bill announced. Mrs C W Lacy opened Smart Tress Beauty Shop next January. Dillingham of Abilene spoke to Lions Club about closing Winters ice facilities while retaining other business. Car theft reported with two year penitentiary sentence. Cotton ginned to date totals 14,93 bales. TB testing planned for county cattle. county agent J A Barton urged cooperation. Christmas Seal sales end Dec 25. TB association funds planned for local use.
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C. S. Jackson
First Methodist Church
Margaret Barnes
C. W. Lacy
Smart Tress
QO. D. Dillingham
Abilene
Banner Creameries
Lions Club
J. A. Barton
County TB Association
Christmas Day Pearl Harbor Show At State Theatre
Twenty years ago, December 25, 1942, the State Theatre planned a Christmas showing of the Pearl Harbor sneak attack story. A wartime bond rally in Ballinger aimed to raise $50,000 in December, with Mrs. David Jones of Winters as speaker.
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State Theatre
Pearl Harbor
Ballinger
David Jones
Winters
M. C. Jaynes
Arizona
Brownie Troop Christmas Party At Griff Brown Home
Mrs Ed Hall and Mrs J G Brown hosted Brownie Troop 6 for a Christmas party at the Brown home Thursday afternoon. Girls made popcorn balls decorated cookies exchanged gifts and played games. Attendees included Delores Arnold Patricia Hill Brenda Blackerby Susan Easterly Becky Brown Karla Hall Louann Cole Karla Brown Jerrilynn Ward Sylvia Costello Vickie Gossett Helen Tinney Dianne Sheppard Cecilia Faye Lentz with only three absentees in the first half of the program.
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Ed Hall
J. G. Brown
Brownie Troop 6
Mrs. Brown
Delores Arnold
Patricia Hill
Brenda Blackerby
Susan Easterly
Becky Brown
Karla Hall
Louann Cole
Karla Brown
Jerrilynn Ward
Sylvia Costello
Vickie Gossett
Helen Tinney
Dianne Sheppard
Cecilia Faye Lentz
Christmas Thanks From Hospital Bound Family
Johnnie Woodfin expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for prayers, cards, food, and gifts received during five months in hospital. The message thanks Abilene visitors and crop helpers and wishes readers a Merry Christmas.
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Abilene
Johnnie Woodfin Lip
Card of Thanks from Homer Ford Family
The Homer Ford Family expresses gratitude for every word of comfort and act of kindness shown during their recent bereavement. May God bless each of you.
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Homer Ford
Itp
J L Swiggart Honored On 88th Birthday Dec 14
J L Swiggart celebrated his 88th birthday December 14 at a dinner hosted by his daughter and son in law where he resides. Attending were grandson Wayne Wilson and wife Dru and great grandchildren Melinda and Paul. He thanks friends for cards visits and birthday gifts and for spending the evening in song.
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J. L. Swiggart
W. D. Wilson
Wayne Wilson
Dru
Melinda
Paul
Carey family returns home after Baytown visit
Mrs Winford Carey and her three daughters Janey Janice and Cathy returned to Baytown from a visit with Mr and Mrs Fritz Deike and their grandmother Mrs O K Paschal in the home of her parents.
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Winford Carey
Janey
Janice
Cathy
Baytown
Fritz Deike
O. K. Paschal
Raleigh Paved Way for English Settlement of America
Sir Walter Raleigh, an English courtier of Queen Elizabeth I, helped establish English interest in the Americas, facilitating later colonization and exploration efforts. His sponsorship and voyages shaped early North American endeavors.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth
America
Diversity Club Christmas Party at Ledbetter Home
Mrs. Clarence Ledbetter hosted the annual Diversity Club Christmas Party at her Bradshaw Community home. Decorations reflected Yuletide themes as Mrs. Sam Jones presided at tea with a candle centerpiece. A Christmas story by Mrs. C. R. Kendrick followed by the Lord's Prayer. Gifts were exchanged from a decorated tree and donations sent to Abilene State Hospital. Attendees included Mesdames C R Bellis W T Billups James Glenn Edgar Graham Sam Jones C R Kendrick Elmo Mayhew John Q McAdams Fred Young Roy Young and the hostess.
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Clarence Ledbetter
Diversity Club
Bradshaw
Sam Jones
C. R
Kendrick
Abilene State ‘Hospital
James Glenn
Edgar. Graham
Elmo
Mayhew
Fred Young
Roy Young
Christmas Meeting Recap At Mrs Chapman’s Group
Members gathered for a Christmas class party with eddish and gifts exchanged. Mrs John Shipman read The Christmas Story while Mrs Burton led a prayer. Nine members sent best wishes as Mrs Ellis Chapman planned the next meeting.
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Chapman
John Shipman
Burton
Ellis Chapman
Jefferson Compiles Personal Bible for Private Use
The article notes that President Thomas Jefferson assembled his own Bible by selecting and arranging passages from the scriptures for personal use. It highlights his method of curating a unique compilation rather than following a standard edition.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Griff Brown
Mr. Swiggart
Ledbetter Home
Fron
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VY Sterling
Wallace
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GYMNS
Bret Sai
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