Way Family Spends Holidays With Houston Children
Mr and Mrs H L Way are visiting their children in Houston for the holidays.
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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1952
Page
4
Mr and Mrs H L Way are visiting their children in Houston for the holidays.
Local social items list births visits and illnesses. Debra Ann Harper is born December 10 at Hendricks hospital Abilene to Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Harper. Visitors visit the Lee Boatright home for the holidays from Winters Levelland and Anson. Ralph Routh heads to Korea. Mrs. Ralph Routh and daughter plan nine months in Houston. Church social at Crews Methodist noted along with FFA banquet at Talpa. Families attend surgeries hospital notices and weekend visits across Ballinger Morton San Angelo and Lubbock. Mrs. H H Finch of California visiting in Lewis home with daughter Mrs. Willie Lewis.
Funeral services for J. P. Wessels native of Germany were conducted Tuesday at the Lutheran Church with Rev. L D Braun officiating. Burial followed at the Lutheran cemetery in Winters under Spill Funeral Home direction. Pallbearers were grandsons Irvin Ray Wessels Clarence Wessels Richard Kruse Delbert Kruse J C Wessels Harvey Wessels Alfred Wessels Milton Gerhart. A brief family service preceded the church rites. Wessels a longtime farmer and landowner was born October 15 1865 in Germany and came to America in 1881 settling first in Illinois He married Anna Manning December 31 1890 The couple moved to Runnels County in 1913 living on the home place south of Winters He was a devoted Lutheran church member serving as trustee and helping with building the present church He is survived by five daughters Tena Meek Johanna Reints Gertie Wessels Mrs Robert Gerhart and Mrs Dick Kruse Winters four sons Johnny Ballinger Pete Carl and Alfred Winters one brother O J Wessels Casper two sisters Mrs George Oaken and Mrs J G Goetz Winters twenty seven grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren.
Steve Norman, Nancy Norman, and John W. Norman will visit relatives in Killeen and Belton on Christmas Day.
In San Angelo W. L. Pratt visits his sons and the family will share Christmas dinner with Clyde Pratt and family. From Goldthwaite Jack and Ann Wright visited the past weekend with grandparents Mr and Mrs Lee H Wilson as women are noted for keener sight and hearing than men. Classified Ads Gat Results.
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