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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1961
Page
6
The column discusses city elections ending April 4 and urges candidates to present their platforms clearly. It notes unseasonal February weather, recent snow, and the impact on streets. A tax referendum idea is explored, contrasting taxes and taxpayers deciding their fate with political pressures and next election considerations.
Winters notes a Feb 27 target date to issue bicycle license tags under a November ordinance. Registrants must carry a license certificate listing registration and frame numbers and pass a safety exam. The Junior Culture Club and police will oversee registration with exams at the school. A 50 cent license fee applies and bikes must have front and rear reflectors or headlights for night operation.
A brief piece recalls last Saturday's snow storm bringing winter fun for children. An improvised sled fashioned from a ladder carried kids in a snow filled street, listing Martha Armstrong Bodie Williams David Burnett Richard Cook and Jimmy Armstrong as the participants.
Winters High School announces term honors under Principal Rodney Cathey. First term honors include five As: Donald Adams Barbara Baldwin Andrea Bishop Linda Easterly Tamara Gans Beverly Huddleston Ronald Kraatz Willie Kraatz Linda White. Four As: Russell Bedford Alan Benson John Caskey Nicki Eoff James Everett James Little Cecile Nitsch Collier Randolph Diana Roper Jean Seals Bob Shoemake Margaret Stoecker Bryan Webb. One B: Bernard Adams Ronald Colburn Wayne Dobbins Jerry Dunn Jerrel Elliott Carolyn Helm Mary Jane Matthews A L Mitchell Mike Mitchell Edward Pope Carolyn Scott Virginia Sullivan Larry Webb. Three As and one B: Lou Awalt Jim Carpenter Virginia Foster Mike Hill Evelyn Hudgins Judy Kettler Marcene Matthies Nancy Norman Don Orr Judy Patterson Ann Richie Nancy Spill Tommy Webb Charles Wetzel. Three As and two Bs: Charles Bahlman Marion Burrows Lynn Cornelius Virginia Gardner Cheryl Gray Earl Green Dickie Hale Stan Hill Alvis Jackson John Jackson Jeannette Lewis Floyd McMillan Eugene Mathis Wanda Powers Jim Louis Simpson Roger Stanford. Nineteen students are listed for the third six weeks: Ninth Grade Mike Hill Charles Nitsch Mike Mitchell Ronald Kraatz Alan Benson Ann Richie Judy Kettler Russell Bedford Louis Simpson. Tenth Grade Carolyn Scott Jerrel Elliott Linda White. Eleventh Grade Bob Shoemake Judy Patterson Collier Randolph Bryan Webb Gene Dunn Johnny Caskey Don Jr. Twelfth Grade Diana Roper Cecile Nitsch.
Kurtz Angus Ranch of Winters showed the champion five Angus pen at the 1961 Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth from January 27 to February 5. The show attracted 5,394 cattle sheep and swine, surpassing last year by 624 head. total entries neared 10,000 across all departments.
Mrs Roxie Floyd longtime Winters City Secretary retired this week with her last day Tuesday January 31. She will take a month long vacation and retirement becomes effective February 28. Charles Hester administrative assistant takes over duties per Mayor Harvey D Jones.
Thomas Hord and several patients are listed as medical inpatients or recent dismissals. Several new births are recorded with multiple couples noted as parents of a baby girl or baby boy.
The annual Winters Lions Club chili supper is planned for Tuesday February 21 in the school cafeteria. Proceeds from ticket sales will aid the crippled children's camp at Kerrville and fund other Lions Club services.
Runnels County Tax Collector reports about 2400 residents had paid poll taxes by midweek with Tuesday the deadline passed. The figure trails last year’s roughly 3500 due to lack of presidential election‑year interest. Possessing a poll tax receipt or exemption certificate remains the first voting eligibility requirement.
Mid semester holiday visitors in the home of Mr and Mrs Raymon Lloyd include Darla Gloff of Clifton Betty Shulk of Philadelphia Penn Marcella Green of Texarkana Leta Albritton Paducah Ky Martha Lloyd a student of Abilene Christian College and Mr and Mrs Rodney Lloyd of Abilene.
Abilene resident Tom Colwell spent Sunday calling on his sister Mr. and Mrs. W F Lowe in their Abilene home during a family visit with no other details provided.
The Rev. Albert Baker of Fort Worth will lead a five day Enlistment for Christ revival at First Methodist Church from February 12 to 16. Services start at 7 30 p m each evening with sponsoring groups rotating. after sessions a fellowship hour with refreshments will follow. Baker is a Winters native with two brothers living there. Public invited.
A style show by the second and fourth year homemaking classes will be held in the high school auditorium February 3 at 7 36 p m FHA mothers and officers will assist. Each girl models the garment she made as class and home project. Garments took 13 to 18 hours to make and cover play business school and formal wear. No admission charged. the public is invited.
Automobile registration tags for 1961 went on sale in Winters Wednesday morning. W. L. Pratt bought the first set of tags. Mrs. Henry Rampy, in the office of Norman Insurance Agency, is the Winters agent handling license sales. Prefix JM for the county and tags started with JM2800 for Winters owners.
Four Winters youths joined the U.S. Air Force on a Wednesday and were sent to San Antonio for basic training. They are Kenneth Ray Crowe 18 Donald R. McWright 18 Jerry D. Hood 18 and Gary D. Worthington 18.
Dickie Rickey and Kathy Frier, children of Midland, visit their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Frierson and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Minzenmayer in a family gathering at their home.
Rev. B. T. Shoemake will present slides from his South American tour at Drasco Baptist Church Friday Feb 3 at 7. The piece notes city officials election plans for April 4 with filings not yet official. Mayors Jones and Poe are named hopefuls along with aldermen candidates Brown Ernst Smith Bryant.
Maurice Holle son of Mr and Mrs E H Holle suffered a badly injured foot when a pipe fell on him near Tye while working as a roughneck. He lost one toe and remains in Hendrick Memorial Hospital Abilene. The McMurry College senior had attended two days of the semester before the accident.
William A. Minzenmayer son of Mr and Mrs W F Minzenmayer of Winters earned a bachelor of science degree in Range Management at New Mexico State University Las Cruces He accepted a job with the New Mexico State Department of Agriculture He was active in campus groups including the Rodeo Club earning the Outstanding Member award in 1959 and was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho He is married to Charlene Ferrel and they have a son 18 months old.
Floyd B. Ellington of the San Angelo Social Security Office warns self employed workers may lack full protection. If you earned 400 or more in 1960 you must file a tax return and pay self employment tax of 15 2 percent on net earnings. Farmers may use an optional method to report income for social security credits.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob McClelland and their daughter Debra of Waco spent the weekend visiting relatives in Winters with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Milliam and in Ballinger with Mr. and Mrs. J A McClelland Sr.
Lt. and Mrs. John C. Tibbs and family of San Diego visit Mrs. Nina B. Puckett in California. Lt. Tibbs plans to report for duty in Maryland around February 25.
Winters will meter bulk water sales from two city lakes to curb unauthorized hauling. An ordinance will be drafted and published soon. Buyers may still obtain water but must use coin operated meters at each lake. Meter equipment will be installed promptly.
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