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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1967
Page
5
Milt Bunger joined the Hole in One gang after acing on the fifth green at Win terrs Country Club. He notes the need for more witnesses to legitimize the feat, with Ernest Brown as his sole current witness.
Wingate School will host a Pee-Wee basketball tournament at the Wingate gym for ages 10 to 12 from Thursday to Saturday. Teams from Jim Ned Novice Norton Fairview Talpa Centennial Greenwood and Wingate will participate. Games start at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, with 8 a.m. Saturday. Concession food and lunchroom service will be available.
Kay Orr chosen drum major to lead the Blizzard Band next year at Winters High. Dora Snell named feature twirler with Jean Mostad as rank corporal. Assistants include Theresa Meyer Gayla Beall and Brenda Burns. Jill Matthews named alternate.
Woodrow W Hoffman of the Soil Conservation Service says wildlife in the Runnels Soil and Water Conservation District is becoming big business with hunting lease income expected to exceed 50000 in 1967. He notes growing outdoor recreation demand and farmers using brush control and seedings to support turkey deer and quail habitats while landowners offer hunting and fishing within conservation plans.
Wingate school gym hosts a three day junior high basketball tournament with Wingate girls winning the championship and Talpa boys taking first place. Norton boys opened with 35 points and Talpa beat Novice 48-23 while Norton beat Buffalo Gap girls 30-10 and Talpa defeated Novice girls 21-12. Elmdale edged Butterfield 30-28 and Wingate beat Tye 53-16 as Wingate girls later defeated Tye 18-? and Buffalo Gap girls forfeited to Niast on Saturday morning.
J A Snell district highway engineer at San Angelo announces a seal coat for five miles of FM 2111 from FM 53 at Poe's Corners to FM 158 near Valley View. Strain Brothers Inc of San Angelo won a $269,977.05 contract to seal 192,684 miles of roads in the area. project expected to take 15 working days.
Mrs Henry Manns District 22 president of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars visited the Winters Auxiliary unit with Mrs Penn Finley district secretary. Manns spoke on sponsoring a Miss Teen-Age contest with the district winner entering the state contest at the Corpus Christi convention in June. Ramon Hudson presided as the local unit president. A recent post game night raised 16.30 for the Heart Fund.
Bob Colburn son of Mr. and Mrs. B J Colburn Winters will join 280 FFA and 4 H Club members in the Calf Scramble during each rodeo performance in San Antonio February 10 to 19 tied to the San Antonio Stock Show.
Winters Chamber of Commerce directors on Tuesday evening endorsed studying the feasibility of forming a hospital district. A committee will work with the Winters City Council on a survey and assist city officials in maintaining and possibly updating the Winters Municipal Hospital. The group also called for research into transportation and freight issues and announced committee chairs across multiple departments led by President Neal Oakes.
The Winters Lions Club presents Ken Griffin TV Thrill-Drama Show at the State Theatre on March 2. Six acts including The Floating Princess and The Houdini Trunk Escape headline a two hour variety mystery revue to entertain all ages. Advance reduced tickets available from Lions Club members.
Eddie Little, Winters photographer, receives the Central and West Texas Photographers Association 1966 Print Competition plaque at his home. James Hallmark of Sweetwater and Lorainé elected VP presented the award for top prints and achievements during 1966. Little has served as director and officer of the association.
Winters High School girls basketball clinched the District 5 AA championship with a 44 to 38 win over Hamlin on Tuesday. Captain Ida Martin led with 19 points, followed by Eileen Faubion with 16 and Dora Snell with 9 as the Blizzardettes prepared for bi district play against the District 6 AA winner. The team has compiled 24 wins and 4 losses this season, with three-point margins in each of the four defeats.
Eighteen 4 H and six FFA members from Runnels County total 55 entries for the San Antonio Livestock Exposition running February 10 to 19 at the Joe Freeman Coliseum. Participants include Ted Sykes Tom Sykes Ronnie Switzer Joe Pritchard Mary Lynn Pritchard Kerry Glass Steve Glass and others as they compete for a share of more than 250000 in premiums prizes and purse money.
Mike Patterson son of Mr and Mrs E T Patterson of Winters was among 44 Texas Tech Red Raiders to receive letters for last fall s football season. Twelve seniors 17 juniors and 15 sophomores were recommended by Coach J T King. Patterson a sophomore at Texas Tech is a Winters High School graduate who played football basketball and was on the track and field teams.
Shirley Gates of Brownwood spent the weekend in the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Carl Turk.
Lanny Bahiman will represent the Chisholm Trail Council and Jimmy Vaughan will represent the Southern District at the annual Scout Report to the Governor during Scout Week in the State Capitol on Feb 10. Bahiman, Winters High School student and Explorer Post president, holds the Order of the Arrow and has staffed Camp Tonkawa near Abilene State Park.
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