Winters Scout News Highlight Explorers Plan river trip
Boy Scout Week honors Scouts nationwide with visits to state capitols and the White House. Winters Troop 49 members Collier Randolph and Wes Hays describe Explorer plans for rescue squads, long hikes, river trips to Buchanan Dam, and survival training. Girl Scouts announce annual cookie sale next Friday.
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Washington
Lions Club
Collier Randolph
Wes Hays
Explorer
Colorado River
Buchanan Dam
Chisholm
Kurtz Angus Farm Wins Five Awards at Fort Worth Show
Kurtz Angus Farm of Winters won five awards in Aberdeen Angus breeding cattle judging at the 1959 Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth. The Winters exhibitor earned honors in summer yearling bull junior yearling bull junior bull calf two year old heifer senior yearling heifer junior yearling heifer and summer yearling heifer classes. The 1989 Stock Show was the exposition's largest in 62 years with attendance and entries rising. event closed February 8.
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Kurtz Angus Farm of Winters
Fort Worth
Winters
W. R. Watt
Penny Ram Wins Grand Champion at Fort Worth Show
A ram owned and shown by Bobby Penny of Winters was named Grand Champion South Down Ram at the Southwestern Livestock Exposition in Fort Worth. This marked the ram’s second consecutive year winning the same honors at the open show, which featured competitors from several states.
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Bobby Penny
Winters
Fort Worth
States
Senior Play Slated For February 20 in School Auditorium
Winters High School senior class presents Her Kissin Cousin a three act comedy February 20 at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium a matinee is scheduled for February 19 The play written by Patricia Clapp is directed by Miss Leah Miller cast includes Marc Knox Glorijean Briley Jodie Armstrong Marilyn Watkins Mollie Farrell Sherry Mote Lucy Lee Saunders Worth Howe and others Attendance remarks note family visits and Airman Harvey Hantsche left February 12 for Dauphin Mobile Alabama.
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Winters High School
Patricia Clapp
Leah Miller
VHS
Marc’ Knox
Jennifer Desmond
Glorijean ‘Briley
Jodie Armstrong
Marilyn Watkins
Mollie Farrell
Sherry Mote
Lucy Lee Saunders
Worth Howe
Bruce Bartlett
David Dobbins
Harry Ames
Tolue
Gary Weren
Randolph Filughs
Ambiguous Note on Early Winters City Activity
Fragmentary OCR reads of Winters scene describe a man opening a shop, taking a coffee break, and encountering an unknown visitor. The passage is incomplete, offering few clear facts about people, places, or outcomes beyond a basic urban setting.
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George Dolea
Five Local Boy Scouts Leave Today For Austin
Five local Boy Scouts of Troop 49 will depart Friday for Austin to report to Governor Price Daniels. Scouting units from Winters join the Chisholm Trail Council parade with about 4,000 scouts, travel by three chartered buses, stay overnight at Bergstrom AFB, tour the capitol and governor's mansion, then return to Abilene by 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Austin
Price Daniels
Winters
Chisholm
Richard Shade
Waggoner named vice president of Hill Firemen Assn
D Waggoner of Winters Volunteer Fire Department was elected vice president of the Hill Country Firemen's Association at the mid winter convention in Junction with 196 firefighters registered. Other officers include Earl Ashley as president and John Martin as first vice president. The event featured a shooting exhibition by Billy McElroy and races won by teams from Brownwood Sonora Winters Brady and others.
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D. Waggoner
Winters
Hill Country Firemen’s Association
Junction
Earl Ashley
John Martin
Sonora
al Brown
Shelia Raye Bruns
Billy Jacoby
Eden
John M. Hawkins
Austin
San Angelo
Department of Public Safety
Brownwood
Brady
Ballinger
Brown
Floyd Sims
Rankin Pace
George Poe
Bobby Drake
H.L. Crowe
J. T. Sprinkle
Mia
W.D. Wag
Jack Haréee Breay
Girl Scout Cookie Sale Opens Friday February 20
Girl Scout cookie sale kicks off Friday February 20 and runs to February 28 in Winters. Mrs. Wes Hays, cookie chairman, says the event funds camping for Heart of Texas council girls and teaches business skills and citizenship to Brownies to Seniors. Proceeds aid troop treasuries and council camping programs.
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Wes Hays
Winters
Girl Scouts
Heart of Texas Girl Scout Council
Friends of Girl Scouts
City Election Set With April 7 Filing Deadline
March 7 is the final date for candidate filings for city offices. The city election is set for April 7 to fill three offices. Terms expiring include May or George Poe and two councilmen QO. B. Raper and Bob Loyd.
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George Poe
QO. B. Raper
Bob Loyd
Valley Creek District Plan Moves Toward Legislature
The Valley Creek Water Control and Improvement District steering group outlines proposed flood detention structures across Run nels Nolan and Taylor counties. Attorneys plan to draft a bill for the legislature to create the district and secure federal funding once approved.
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Bill Harman
Wingate
Valley Creek
Soil Conservation Service Planning Party
Duncan Hensley
Hugo Vogelsang
Farmer
Runnels County
Buell Moore
C. B. Robertson
Nolan County
J. H. Christian Jr
Frank K. Antilley Jr
Taylor County
SAS
Runnels
Nolan
Taylor Counties
Shep
Hylton
Rummels
Wilmeth
Ballinger
E. C. Grindstaff and Son
Everett J
W. H. Rampy
Soil Conservation Service
Harman
Commissioners Court
Harmon
Bays
Hison Creek
Taylor
Spring Creek
Fish Creek
Past Masters Night At Winters Masonic Lodge
Winters Masonic Lodge No. 743 will observe a past masters night next Thursday February 19. Supper at 6 30 special meeting and work following. All master Masons invited to attend.
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Winters Masonic Lodge
Winters Masonic Lodge No. 743
Earl Little
Tri County Singing at Hopewell Baptist Church
The Tri County Singing will be held Sunday afternoon February 15 at 2 o clock at Hopewell Baptist Church on Highway 63 between Winters and Coleman. The public is invited to attend.
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Tri-county
Hopewell Baptist Church
Highway 63
Winters
Coleman
Runnels Baptist Conference Meets At Norton Tuesday
The Runnels Baptist Association workers conference gathers at First Baptist Norton on Tuesday February 17 with Rev B T Shoemake presiding and Rev J B Fowler of Ballinger moderating. Program includes Rev Hulse Bob Alford John B King and Rev Sherman Conner with O D Carpenter directing song service. Evening program at 645 features WMU young peoples meeting with Aileen Yamashita and Ruth Ito of Japan as speakers.
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Runnels Baptist Associational Workers’s Conference
First Baptist Church of
Norton
B. T. Shoemake
Evangelism
J. B. Fowler
Ballinger
Hulse
Miles
Bob Alford
John B. King
Sherman Conner
Hopewell
O. D. Carpenter
Woman's Missionary Union
WMU
Aileen Yamashita
Hilo
Hawaii
Ruth Ito
Japan
Howard Payne College
Miss Ito
World Day of Prayer Service Friday at St John’s Lutheran
The World Day of Prayer sponsored by the National Council of Church Women will be held Friday February 13 at 2 30 p m in St John’s Lutheran Church. Women from First Methodist and First Presbyterian will participate in the program.
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Lutheran Church
The
National Council of Church Women
St. John’s Lutheran Church
First Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Winters Elementary teachers plan uniform courses of study
Principal Robert Christian outlines a district effort to standardize instruction across the five grades at Winters Elementary. With 18 rooms across grades four through eight, teachers will develop unified courses of study to keep all rooms at the same level, addressing prior accreditation concerns and improving consistency when school reopens in September.
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Robert, Christian
Christian
Accreditation Board
Winters Elementary School
Winters School administrators extend contracts and appoint principals
James B. Nevins, superintendent of the Winters Schools, received a two year contract extension at the Winters Board of Trustees meeting. New contracts were granted to all school principals including Mrs Kevan Russell, primary. Robert Christian, elementary. and Rodney Cathey, with John Powell resigning from the agriculture position.
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James B. Nevins
Winters Schools
Winters Board of Trustees
Kevan Russell
Robert Christian
Ele Feprage
Rodney Cathey
John Powell
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Mike Patterson
Charles Yust
Eric Tanner
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B. B
Fitz) Bedford
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Angus Farm
Ft. Worth
Penny Ram
Ted Hantsche
Ted, Jr
Stonewall
Harvey Hantsche
B. B. Bohls
Harvey Hantscche
Daupee ‘Afb
Mobile
Alabama
E and Sons
Sunewal
Waggoner
Hill Firemen
Ass'n
Girl Scout
Valley Creek Water Control District
Mike
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Houston
Mike Priddy
Southdown
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Pin Oak
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