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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1955
Page
4
Mrs A D L Florist Tuscola lists blackberry plants for sale and offers contact numbers. The ad mentions price offers and a reduction on stage items at a Texas venue, with multiple incomplete lines and phone references.
Winters Manufacturing Co Inc hosted a turkey dinner and Christmas party for employes and their families in the Dillingham building on Main Street Saturday night. Rev B T Shoemake emceed, Mord Tucker presented invocations and thanks, Bill West lauded workers, W D Wilson showed films including Mickey Mouse Comedy Christmas Rhapsody and The Night Before Christmas, Santa distributed gifts and candy sacks, Curtis Prescott and Hal Dry led planning, St John Lutheran Ladies served dinner, and about 350 attended alongside guests from Wichita Falls Lubbock and Brady visits noted for the holidays.
Robert Dunivan and Fred Austin of Winters High School were awarded Eagle Scout badges at the District Court of Honor in Coleman on December 12. Both are sophomores. Robert is son of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Dunivan and is a football player, FFA historian, and San Angelo Standard-Times agent. Fred, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Austin, plays football and basketball and is a Red Cross Junior Life Saver. Dr. Dunivan serves as Scoutmaster. Boyd Bedford is the only previous Winters boy to win the award. Mack Young, Lawrence Smith received Life Awards. Kenneth Wilkerson the Star Award.
Mrs Ida Mae Scott 81 died Saturday in a Big Spring hospital after two years with her daughter Mrs W B Puckett in Big Spring. Born Oct 26 1874, she was buried beside her husband F P Scott in Winters after services at Spill Funeral Home and Temple Baptist Church. Nalley Funeral Home handled arrangements. Survived by two daughters Mrs Puckett and Mrs Ben G Rice of Houston, a brother Hal Cunningham of Bryan, four sisters, 10 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
More than 1500 people attended a Saturday event sponsored by John W. Norman and family. The program featured Lazy N Stables Shetland ponies with three acts per show, Santa Claus appearances, and Gulf Insurance reps in attendance from Abilene San Angelo Anson and ABilene entries.
Funeral services for 67 year old Alfred Carson were held Sunday afternoon at Spill Memorial Funeral Chapel with R. V. Hamilton of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial was at Pumphrey Cemetery. Carson died Saturday afternoon in Winters Municipal Hospital. Born in Mills County on November 10 1888 he moved to Winters in 1946 from Arizona. He had previously lived in California and married Molly Brown on February 16 1916. Survivors include his mother Pansy Carson a brother W S Carson and two sisters Mary Ann Hill Winters and Myrtle Graves.
The Sunflower Club held its annual Christmas party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Irvin on Saturday night. Gifts were exchanged and a Christmas supper was served to hosts Mr. and Mrs. Irvin and attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Slatton Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conner, Randall, Carrie Lee, Jewell Mitchell.
Crews Home demonstration club held a Christmas party at the home of Mr and Mrs Virgil Fisher with members and husbands and families. The rooms were decorated for the season, gifts were exchanged from a tree, and domino games followed refreshments for 27 people including children. The next meeting is set for January 6 at 2 p.m. with Mrs Harvin Hale hosting.
Mr and Mrs T B Poe Sr spent part of last week with his sister in Fort Worth visiting Miss Jones and Mrs White.
Mr and Mrs Chilton Brown of Abilene announce the birth of a daughter, Vicki Gale, at Hendrix Memorial Hospital in Abilene on Saturday, December 17. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Scottie Danford of Winters.
Vernon Adams of Pierre South Dakota is spending the holiday period with his father J. W. Adams and family.
Mr and Mrs W R Kennedy attended the golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Eugene Richie at Talpa on Sunday noon Mrs Charley Chapman accompanied them and visited her sister Mrs R C Terry Do your best and rejoice with him who can do better.
Sunday School class of the First Baptist Church held a Thursday afternoon Christmas party at teacher Mrs Florence Branham's home. Mrs W T Cummings opened with prayer and Mrs John Shipman read a Christmas story by A J Essary. Gifts were exchanged and a sald plate served.
Members of the WSCS held a Christmas party Monday morning at the church. The program featured devotions from Luke, a Christmas story, and a Silent Night finale. A sick member was remembered with a packed box, and prayers closed the gathering.
From San Angelo Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Kelly and daughter Shelia visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Best and other relatives in the area.
Grady Poe of Balmorhea visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Poe, for several days last week.
Mrs Frances Campbell spent the week end visiting her son Jimmy Campbell and family in Texas. It is noted that fishing is said to bite better between the new moon and the first quarter.
Messrs Neal Oakes and W. H. Thate, owners of Piggly Wiggly stores in Santa Anna and Winters, announce Christmas bonuses for all employees. Those with a year or more of service receive an extra week's pay, while those with less than a year receive half a week's pay.
Mrs Mollie D Smith a registered nurse is now employed at the Dr Barron Clinic. Barron Clinic announces the hiring noting her nursing credentials and new role in patient care.
Mr and Mrs Hal Dry and their children plan to relocate to Abilene where he will oversee the Dry Manufacturing plant. He leaves the Winters Manufacturing Co where he was assistant manager and will be succeeded by James Hinds as assistant here.
From Oklahoma Mr and Mrs Billy Bagwell and their sons of Wilson visit relatives in Wingate and with Doyle Branham family for the holidays Barbara Branham a student at San Angelo College is home for the holidays.
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