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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1963
Page
6
Fragmented text describes athletic program funding and credits, mentions profits and expenses, and notes adverse weather conditions including snow and ice causing road and business closures and a two day shutdown. Specific names, dates, or places are obscured in the OCR.
Weather delays push the Winters Heart Fund Drive to Friday and Monday February 18. Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Ladies Auxiliary sponsor with John Gardner as co chair. Local volunteers include J D Burr Ted Meyer James Crockett A Henderson J Wilkerson Wallace Watson and others. The drive supports heart research and local patient care through district Heart Association programs.
A benefit basketball game features a faculty versus footballers match among 1962 Blizard senior teams. The event highlights local school athletes and faculty members in a charity contest with proceeds used for community programs.
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The Winters School Board contracted with Bontke Brothers Construction of Abilene to build a six lane circular track with an eight lane straightaway on school property north of the football stadium. The project, funded mainly by the athletic fund from the football team’s playoff season, calls for a inch base of crushed rock and a three inch cinder topping. Construction begins within two weeks and should finish in 30 days at about $14 000 in cost. Supt Nevins says the facility will be among the area’s most modern and can host large meets possibly even college events.
A trio of McMurry College girls from Abilene will present a musical program at the annual Sweetheart Banquet at the First Methodist Church on Saturday evening. The performers are Karen Striebel a sophomore from Abilene Mollie Bynum a sophomore from Carlsbad New Mexico and Martha Webb a junior from Abilene.
Bill Miller, a Winters High School graduate and McMurry College student at Abilene, won his third straight broad jump title at the Third Annual Will ae Indoor Games in Fort Worth. He set a record with a leap of 24 feet 7 inches.
Fehr 19 Date For. Pre-School announces the annual preschool clinic for children planning to start school next September. Superintendent James B. Nevins says the meeting, at 2 p.m. in the school cafeteria, aims to aid parents in a smooth first grade start and verify six year olds on census rolls. Parents of previously enumerated six year olds will get invitations, while new district residents are urged to attend. Nurse Mrs. Fred Young will schedule examinations during the same week with notices to follow.
Winters Blizzards and Anson Tigers meet on Friday for the District 6-AA championship with Winters holding an 8-1 record and a potential playoff path if they lose. A Tigers win eliminates Anson, while a Blizzard loss risks a tiebreaker. playoff format under discussion.
The Winters School Board schedules the annual election for Saturday April 6 to elect three board members. Terms expire for E. E. Mathis Dr C T Rives and John W Norman. Mathis and Dr Rives seek re election. Filing deadline is March 6 with polls 8 am to 6 pm at the Chamber of Commerce office.
Charles E. Sewell of Abilene has been named to the sales staff of Alderman-Cave Milling & Grain Co of Winter. He will serve the eastern territory and is known to farmers and stockmen in the area. Sewell previously worked as district salesman for Purina Mills and with the Extension Service in Bexar County. He attended Abilene schools and graduated from Texas A and M College.
About 3,000 visitors attended the Winters State Bank lobby on Friday and Saturday to inspect Made In Winters displays. The event, a collaboration of the bank and local manufacturers, was sponsored by bank president John Q. McAdamis who praised the cooperative effort and the sample Winters products presented.
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