Car-truck crash kills former Winters resident Alex Sanders
Alex Sanders 74 of Lynn County a former Winters resident was killed February 9. Funeral was held Friday in Tahoka at the Church of Christ with Darnell Boyd and Dr. F W Mattox officiating. Burial in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery Lubbock. Sanders born July 3 1897 in Seargeville. He was a member of the Church of Christ and worked as a contractor. He moved with farming and gardening interests to Lynn County in 1948. Survivors include two sisters, Lillie Tinson and Katie Jackson, both of Forney, and Mrs Juanita Warren.
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Alex Sanders
Lynn County
Winters
Tahoka
Church of Christ
Darnell Boyd
North Dakota
F. W. Mattox
Lubbock
Peaceful Gardens
Mr. Sanders
Seargeville
Juanita Warren
Trudy
Sanders
Lillie Tinson
Katie Jackson
Forney
Grateful thanks for prayers and visits after hospital stay
Mrs. Elmo Mayhew thanks friends for kindness during hospitalization and after returning home. She expresses gratitude for prayers visits cards flowers and food from the community.
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Elmo
Mose Melendez Dies in San Angelo at 68
Mose Melendez, 68, died Saturday at St. John's Hospital in San Angelo. Funeral services were held Tuesday at St. Margaret Catholic Church with burial at Calvary Cemetery. He was born September 13, 1903, in Barstow and lived in Winters for 40 years, serving as custodian of North Runnels Hospital for 30 years. Survived by his wife Lucy Flores and five sons, plus two brothers and several grandchildren.
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Mose Melendez
St. Margaret Catholic Church
San Angelo
Calvary Cemetery
Massie Funeral Home
Melendez
St. John’s Hospital
Barstow
Runnels County
North Runnels Hospital
Presbyterian Church
Lucy Flores
Mertzon
Miss Flores
Mose Jr
Bakersfield
Calif
Esavou
San Francisco
Ralt
Mercedes
David
Carlos
Winters
John
Los Angeles
Frank
Riverside
Wade Announces Birth of Daughter Danalynn Wade
Mr and Mrs Wayne Wade announce the birth of a daughter Danalynn born January 29 Grandparents include Mr and Mrs Alvin Rice of San Antonio and Mr and Mrs Wesley Wade of Winters Great grandparents are Mrs Thelma Johnson of Abilene and Mrs W P Rice and Mrs W W Wade of Winters
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Wayne Wade
Danalynn
Alvin Rice
San Antonio
Wesley Wade
Winters
Thelma Johnson
Abilene
W. P. Rice
W. W. Wade
Engagement Plans for Carol Blakeney and Ricky Robinson
Carol Jean Blakeney and Ricky Joe Robinson announce their engagement and forthcoming wedding on April 15 at 7 30 p m in the First Baptist Church Abilene. The bride elect, a Cooper High School and McMurry College graduate, has taught and worked as a secretary while earning teaching honors. The groom, a Winters High School and Texas Tech University alumnus with a teaching degree, is employed by Wallace Murray Corp in Winters.
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Carol Jean Blakeney
Ricky Joe Robinson
First Baptist
Abilene
Cooper High School
McMurry Collge
Delta Beta Epsilon
Kappa Delta Pi
Cassie & Cassie, Inc
Winters High School
Texas Tech University
The
University
Dry Manufacturing
Wallace-Murray Corporation
Winters
Brother of Local Residents Died At Brady
Frank Robinson Kittrell 76 of Kingsland died February 9 in an Odessa hospital after a career as carpenter contractor shipbuilder in WWI and WWII and a Hanford project worker. He was born January 17, 1896 in Stephenville and was survived by two Winters sisters, wife Florence Yantis, several nieces and nephews, with funeral at Wilkerson Memorial Chapel Brady and burial Live Oak Cemetery Brady.
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Frank Robinson Kittrell
Kingsland
Rankin Pace
Lucy Kittrell
Winters
Odessa
Brady
Wilkerson Memorial Chapel
Live Oak Cemetery
Mr. Kittrell
Stephenville
Florence Yantis
Tuscola
Hanford
Ash
Trudy Inman
Jal News
Jal
N. M
William H. Kittrell
Dallas
Card of Thanks for Mrs. George Shoffield
The children and grandchildren of Mrs. George E. Shoffield express gratitude for sympathy help and kindness shown after their mother and grandmother's passing. They thank the First Baptist Church for food and those who served.
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First Baptist Church
George E. Shoffield
Kathy Sims and Kenneth Scott to Wed in May
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Sims announce the engagement of their daughter Kathy Ann to Kenneth Wayne Scott son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer W. Scott Route 3 Seminole. Miss Sims a May graduate candidate and Mr. Scott a 1970 graduate plan a May 21 wedding. She is granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lockhart of Winters.
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Kathy Sims
Kenneth Scott
Alfred E. Sims
S. W
Seminole
Kathy Ann
Kenneth Wayne Scott
Homer W. Scott
Route 3
Miss Sims
Mr. Scott
W. H. Lockhart
Winters
Crunchy Peanuts and Peanut Cookies Featured in H D Agent’s Column
Mrs. O Connor praises peanuts as a versatile snack available shelled or in the shell. The column notes peanuts are legumes like peas and beans with light green leaves and ground-hugging vines. A simple recipe combines peanuts apricots condensed milk and lemon juice baked into cookies yields about three dozen treats.
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USDA
School Week Menu Feb twenty first to twenty fifth
The menu lists daily meals from Monday February 21 to Friday February 25 offering hot dogs or sandwich with fries and fruit, Italian spaghetti and corn muffins, chicken fried steak with potatoes and salad, barbecue on a bun, and fish with rice and cookies plus drinks. It includes milk or chocolate milk each day.
Be Busy Sewing Club Meeting Recaps Hostess Home
Be Busy Sewing Club met Monday at Mrs. George Lloyd s home for hand work. Refreshments served to Mesdames Babston Brannon Smith Martin Poe Milliorn Hogan Shott Blackmon Parks and guest David Allen. Next meeting set for February 28 at Mrs. J C Martin s home.
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Be Busy Sewing Club
George Lloyd
Vada Babston
Yallie Brannon
Nadeen Smith
J. C. Martin
Fred Poe
Bill Milliorn
M.H. Hogan
G. T. Shott
Lewis Blackmon
Bud Parks
Little David Allen
Dorcas Sunday School Class Sets March Dorcas Day
The Dorcas Sunday School Class of the First Baptist Church met at Mrs. Gladys King’s home with Mrs. Artie Smith presiding and Mrs. Lillian Roberson giving the opening prayer. The group voted to hold Dorcas Day on the first Sunday in March and organized a Valentine Motif program with heart cards and a spelling contest won by Mrs. King.
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Gladys King
Artie Smith
Dorcas
First Baptist Church
Lettie Davis
Valentine
Jesus Saves
Mrs. King
Ida
Maud Davis
Ella Phipps
Stella White
Jewell Gardner
Ruby Hollingshead
Merle Bains
Verda Smith
Lizzie Whitley
Lillian Roberson
Nadeen Smith
J. A. Traylor
Lora Coupland
Opal Matthis
San Saba
R. McWilliams
Winters
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Mr. Robinson
Billy Joe Robinson
Paloma
Explorer
Winters Independent Schools
Washington
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