Father of Local Residents Dies in Sweetwater
James Crenshaw father of two Winters residents died at 2 40 p m last Tuesday at Edge Cliff Manors Sweetwater. Funeral at 10 a m Thursday Patterson McCoy Chapel of Memories Sweetwater with Rev Raymond Dunn officiating. Burial Wilmeth Cemetery with graveside rites at 1 p m Thursday. Surviving include four daughters and four sons. Born July 9 1894.
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James Crenshaw
Edge Cliff Manors
Sweetwater
Patterson- McCoy
Memories
Raymond Dunn
Wilmeth
Crenshaw
Vera Lindley
James H. Crenshaw
Winters
B. F. Kirkendall
Haskell
Lindley
James Cage
San Angelo
Willard Perry
Brownwood
Clifford L
James H
Curtis H
James M
Roswell
Barney Campbell
Fannie Hass
5587 Bales Ginned and Delivered to Local Warehouse
Ras Gideon, manager of Winters Warehouse Co., reported Thursday that 5587 bales of the 1969 cotton crop had been ginned and delivered to the local warehouse. He notes that 13,700 bales had reached the warehouse by December 20, 1968, and explains that sporadic fall weather will delay completion of stripping the 1969 crop compared with prior years.
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Ras Gideon
Winters Warehouse Co
Winters High to resume classes January 5 after holidays
Winters High School will reopen for regular classes on Monday January 5 after a two week Christmas and New Year holiday. Classes were dismissed at 3 p.m. Friday.
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Winters High School
Roswell Family Ties Noted in Large Kin Count
Mrs. Claude Esslinge and Mrs. Claudine Belton of Roswell listed among many relatives including a brother in California, 23 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild in a family notice.
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Claude Esslinge
Claudine Belton
Roswell
Joe
California
Dunns suffer injuries in Sunday car crash near Sweetwater
Report notes Mr and Mrs Raymond Dunn were involved in a road accident en route to Sweetwater. Mrs Dunn received injuries and is hospitalized at Hendrick Memorial in Abilene. The piece corrects earlier hospital names and lists local visitors and busy cotton striping by farmers with gins operating day and night.
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Raymond Dunn
Sweetwater
Dunn
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Bro
Hollis Swafford
Clarence Talley
Myrtle Gannaway
Hendrick Hospital
Myrtle Allen
Merrill’s Rest
Winters
Edwin Voss
Henry Vogler
Emma Galle
Nitsch
Nancy
Mrs. Williams
Charlie Polk
Pete Polk
Community Christmas Social and Local Visits Highlight Winters News
The Hopewell WMS held a Christmas gathering at Effie Dietz home with a program of songs and a Christmas Story Q A. Numerous relatives and friends from Norton Dallas San Angelo Winters Ballinger Fort Worth Abilene Midland and Santa Anna attended or sent greetings.
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Effie Dietz
Evelyn Hillard
Norton
Curry
Houston
Thomas Curry
Dallas
Dietz
Gerald Dietz
Stephanie
G. A. Clevenger
San Angelo
Cecil Hambright
Lillie Osborne
Selma
Winters
Marvin Hambright
Clara McKissack
Nancy Causey
Hopewell W
Thad Traylor
A. S. Allcorn
Arnold Allcorn
Bennie
Floy Brevard
Willie Hale
Janie Landrum
Otto Spreen
First National Bank
Calvin Hoppe
Wilmer Gerhart
Gus Gerhart
Raymond Kurtz
J. M. Pyburn
Ballinger
Dennis
Doyle Jayroe
Pecos
Chester McBeth
Greda Schwartz
Abilene
Cora Petrie
China Porcelain Art Guild
Owen Bragg
Methodist Church
James McGlothon
Marvin Gerhart
Barney Wright
Ballinger Hospital
Gerhart
Parker
Twilight Arces
Robert Hill
W. T. Sharpton
John Parker
Santa Anna
New Tax Form For 1040A Card Users
The IRS announces a consolidated Form 1040 package replacing the 1040A. About 18 million taxpayers who used the 1040A will get a post card or see changes as the larger form includes basic 1040 plus optional schedules. The move allows credits and deductions to be used more fully. Most taxpayers should receive forms by the first week of January.
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United States
Internal Revenue
Exhibitors Poised for Winters Junior Livestock Show
Exhibitors completed entry requirements for the Winters Junior Livestock Show set for Saturday January 10. December 15 marked the entry deadline with 187 animals slated: 55 lambs 44 calves and 88 pigs. Participants include Winters FFA members 4 H and high school students from the Winters Independent School District. Judges are Fred Igo Sterling City voc tech sheep Ed win DuBose Abilene Christian College steer Mack Heald Floyd County swine.
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Winters Livestock and Agricultural Association
Winters Chapter
Future Farmers of America
Winters Independent
Fred Igo
Vo Ag
Sterling City
Edwin DuBose
Abilene Christian College
Mack Heald
Floyd County
St John’s Evening Circle Monty Meeting Notes
Regular monthly meeting of St. Johns Evening Circle held Monday at 7 in the Educational Building. Mrs R C Jr Kurtz hosted. program included carols, Bible study lead by Mrs Kurtz, offering meditation by Mrs Walter Spill, and a prayer. Secretary Schroeder outlined mission study for Feb 23 and Mar 2. Gifts exchanged, readings from Luke, and refreshments served by Mrs Kurtz.
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St. John’s Evening Circle
Monty
R. C. Jr. Kurtz
Walter Spill
Erwin Schroeder
Secretary of Education
Jesus
Luke
Kruse
Kurtz
Charles Kruse
Edward Bredemeyer
Walter Probst Sr
M. D. Wright
Spill
Minnie Belitz
Teresa Wright
Joann Blackmon
Kathryn Bredemeyer
Darrell Kurtz
Sergt Monty L England Admitted To Brooks Army Hospital
Sergt Monty L England arrived at Brooke General Hospital on December 16 after transfer from a Field Hospital in Japan. Doctors hope to save his mangled left foot and place him in the Beach Provision Orthodomic Division for several months. His wife Christa came from West Germany on December 13 and will stay in San Antonio during his recovery.
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Monty L. England
Brook General Hospital
Japan
Beach Provislion Orthodomic
Christa
West Germany
San Antonio
Monty
Three-Cent Nickel Coin Introduction and Alloy Details
The U. S. three-cent nickel coin debuted in 1865, a year before the five-cent nickel. Both coins used an alloy of 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel.
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U. S
Cotton is a 7000 year old static-free material
A brief note states cotton is a static-free fiber reportedly dating back 7000 years, highlighting its long-standing use and its electrical insensitivity in daily textiles.
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Lemma Fuller
M. S. Hale
Lowell Fuller
Amy Leigh
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L. C. Fuller Jr
D. W. Giles
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Brooks Army Hospital
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