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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1961
Page
9
In a reflective piece the author contrasts secular noise with the meaning of Christmas. They ponder if removing commercial symbols would reveal the true birth of Christ or erase essential rituals. The text debates whether faith persists without outward Christmas displays.
Christmas weekend services are planned at several Winters churches. The Nativity Mass with Holy Communion is at 10 a.m. Christmas Day at the Lutheran Church with a choir anthem The Holy Night and readings. First Baptist changes Sunday School to 9 a.m. and morning worship to 10 a.m. on Christmas Eve. Mt Carmel Catholic offers confessions Saturday morning and a 10 a.m. Mass Sunday with a 11:30 p.m. Christmas Eve service and midnight Mass conducted by a visiting pastor. The choir, organist, and altar servers are named, with Father Robert Knebelsburger presiding Christmas Day Mass at 9 a.m.
Two special services planned at St John’s Lutheran Church. The 6 p.m. Christmas Eve program titled Holy Night features a Sunday School worship presentation with scenes filmed in the Holy Land and a narrator guiding the congregation in song.
At the First Methodist Church Sunday School begins at 9:00 a.m. and worship at 9:45 a.m. The altered schedule applies only to Sunday, December 24.
Mr and Mrs Guy Hildebrand of Loraine hosted a gathering at their home with guests including Eboney and others, reflecting local social ties and community hospitality.
In Winters, three cotton gins pushed 6,104 bales by Wednesday noon as favorable weather accelerates harvest. Much of the 1961 crop remains in fields with farmers seizing every advantage to gin the cotton.
Master Sergeant Garland C. Van Meter of Belton Missouri is named among seven airmen who died in the C-124 crash. He is described as the brother of Don Van Meter of Winters. The accident report notes the loss during a military airlift mission.
Winters officials remind residents that fireworks are banned within city limits under a long standing ordinance. Fire department heads warn of property damage and injuries from fireworks while noting a recent cotton bale fire caused by firecrackers. The ban carries misdemeanor penalties of 5 to 25 dollars. The Enterprise also reports the second $100 Christmas drawing held Friday with five cash awards and tickets distributed by Chamber of Commerce members.
Mr and Mrs Calvin Holloway plan to spend the Christmas holidays in Spur at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Cecil Fox. Bill and Mike will join them for the family gathering in Spur Texas during the holiday season.
Robert Gannaway of Chicago Illinois visited last week at his mother Mrs W R Gannaway's home. Evelyn Gannaway of Midlothian joined her brother for a weekend visit in the same house.
Mr and Mrs T F Hantache spent Sunday in Roscoe visiting friends and relatives and attended the golden wedding celebration of Mr and Mrs B O Mueller.
Mr and Mrs J F Brown leave on Friday for Houston to spend the holidays with their children Mrs Bill Rogers and family, Mr and Mrs Dean Mc Kee and family, and Mr and Mrs Wesley Brown and family.
The Winters Independent School District will conduct a January census of children six to eight and those turning six by September 1, 1962. It runs January 1 to January 31, with a contact number for uncounted households and a census trustee named Mrs. Voleta Smith. Parents urged to provide birth certificates and smallpox vaccinations.
The 1960 class reunion will be held December 23 at 8:00 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Pumphrey located at 211 Roselane.
Lowell C Waldern 29 of Odessa employed by Brown and Root Construction fell about six feet at the missile base east of Winters. He was taken to Winters Municipal Hospital with back injuries but no fractures.
Mr and Mrs B T Gardner traveled to Austin Sunday to visit their son Mr and Mrs Robert Gardner.
Caskey chosen as the top Blizzard coach for 1961 amid selections by Texas Tech leadership. The report notes previous season efforts and hints at upcoming teams and schedules in the program’s context.
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