Winters Leads UIL District 5AA Literary Meet
Winters will host and defend its title at the UIL 5AA district meet in Winters with events such as Prose Reading Ready Writing Poetry Interpretation Persuasive Speaking Debate Spelling Shorthand Typing Science Slide Rule Number Sense and a separate one act play directed by Mrs Bauer. Sponsors include Mrs Kruse Mr Key Mr Ledbetter Mrs Holmes Mrs Bredemeyer Mrs Schwartz Mr Middleton Miss Grundy and Mr Robbins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters
Ansen
Hamlin
Haskell
Colorado City
Stamford
Kruse
Key
Ledbetter
Holmes
Bredemeyer
Schwartz
Middleton
Robbins
Miss Grundy
Bauer
Senior profile highlights Theresa Ray Meyer known as Tracy
Dalhart born Theresa Ray Meyer on January 15 1930 is profiled with personal favorites including chicken Just As Much as Ever Doris Day Dr Zhivago Star Trek West Texas State and John Lynn Patterson. She lists sewing an ambition to be a success and says her greatest achievement is making the National Honor Society while noting her worst disappointment as being so good at nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Ray Meyer
Tracy
Dalhart
Doris Day
Dr. Zhivago
Star Trek
West Texas State
John Lynn Patterson
Seniors Head to San Angelo for GATE Test
Thirty one seniors traveled to San Angelo on Monday January 29 to take the GATE test at the Texas Employment Commission. The test involved tasks with washers rivets pegs and holes demonstrated with two handed placement.
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San Angelo
Texas Employment Commission
Test Results Delayed By Weather For Local Youth Program
A busload of youths completed a written exam in math matching and word meanings at Zentners then ate a lunch within budget. They returned to seventh period class as rain postponed a Texas Employment Commission counselor visit to Feb 15 and a later date remains undecided.
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Zentners’s
Richard Carter
Texas Employment Commission
Junior Class Meeting By Bill Brock
The Junior Class met Tuesday Feb 13 in the Auditorium to distribute candy for sale to raise money for the Junior Senior Banquet on March 30. The message urges buying a box of candy for one dollar to fund the banquet and make it memorable.
WHS Try Outs Blur Into Union of Activities
Whs notes week of try outs for FTA contact play with no results yet while Mrs Kruse handles FTA State Convention UTIL contests and a grandbaby on the way. Student elections loom early March with Robert Moore and Randy Pendergrass seeking President posts Bob Cob hurn Vice President Babs Tatum Secretary Jean Mostad re election Song leader Cindy Pinkerton pianist.
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Love” Ledbetter
Kye Nitsch
Robert Moore
Randy Pendergrass
Bob Cobhurn
Babs Tatum
Jean Mostad
Cindy Pinkerton
New Hampshire
Winters High Faculty Upsets Seniors 54 52
In a close Friday night game at Winters High School the faculty beat the senior team 54 to 52. The junior boys also took the court earlier in the evening.
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Winters High School
Senior High Cheerleaders Lead Mixed Team Exhibition
A mixed exhibition featured senior and faculty teams with standout players and oversized, colorful nicknames. Coaches were Freddie Gardner for the seniors and Terrie Tatum for the faculty, while officials Slick Middleton and Marty Joyce came from the Texas School for the Blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Smith
Rabbit
Bedford
Cherilyn Beard
Phyllis Smith
Lynanne Hill
Dick McNeil
Kye Nitsch
Jim Morrow
Lanny Bahlman
Jim Vaughan
Benny Fine
Jimmy Fine
Larry Cook
Ronnie Rees
Randall Boles
Danny Killough
Sophia
Mary) Stanfield
Marilyn
Marguarite
Mathis
McMurry
Grubby Grissom
Jet Jones
Greenbay Packers
Krusher Key
Bradshaw Tech
Lumpy Ledbetter
Abilene School of Beauty
Wooly Wilson
Freddie Gardner
Terrie Tatum
Slick’? Middleton
Marty” Joyce
Texas School For the Blind
Reading Dynamics Program Presented To Students
A February 16 assembly featured Mr Jack Hill presenting Evelyn Wonder Reading Dynamics Institute to the student body. He outlined the course, showed a film with past participants, and explained how speeds may reach 6000 to 10000 words per minute. Coleman Ballinger sites to host the program, with Winters under consideration.
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Jack Hill
Evelyn Wond
Reading Dynamics Institute
Perhaus
Reading Dynamics
Coleman
Ballinger
Hill
Bredemeyer
Winters
Social Security Beneficiaries To Get Increase
The 1965 amendments signed by President Johnson raise benefits for about 2,349 people in the Winters area with increases of at least 13 percent. Nationally, 23.7 million beneficiaries will see automatic checks in March as high speed computers calculate new amounts. The minimum retirement at 65 rises from 44 to 55 dollars, the average worker from 86 to 98, the couple’s average from 145 to 165, and the widow’s average from 75 to 86.
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Johnson
San Angelo
Social Security Administration
Treasury Department
Post Office
Belmar Couple Welcome Baby Girl Lesa Helen
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Murphy of Belmar New Jersey announce the birth of a daughter named Lesa Helen born February 11. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Smith of Belmar and great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Condra of Drasco.
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Gerald Murphy
Belmar
N. J
Lesa Helen
Elwood Smith
Floyd Condra
Drasco
Mary Lynn Pritchard to wed James Ronald Presley
Mary Lynn Pritchard and James Ronald Presley plan a late June wedding. The bride is a Winters High School senior and the groom a Winters High School graduate of 1967 now engaged in stock farming. The couple’s families invite friends and relatives to attend.
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Mary Lynn Pritchard
James Ronald Presley
Pat Pritchard Sr
Wingate
Mary Lynn
Crews
Faye Presley
Hollis Presley
Winters High School
Muddy Caliche and Rain Talk In Small Town
Residents joke about muddy roads and a driver Marvin hauling mud away in his car. The column riffs on weather math, Texas land area, and implausible rainfall calculations, noting the trouble of weather talk and the humor in local conjecture.
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Marvin
New Directors Named At Winters Country Club
Winters Country Club announces new board members after a recent membership meeting at the club house. Elected officers will follow from among the directors. Current directors include George Lloyd Jiggs Nichols Clarence Shade James West Ed Roller Wayne Stone and Art McLemore.
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Winters Country Club
George Lloyd
Jiggs Nichols
Clarence Shade
James West
Ed Roller
Wayne Stone
Art McLemore
Logan schedules March Social Security office visits in Winters
Bob Logan, field representative for the San Angelo Social Security Office, will hold March sessions in Winters at the Chamber of Commerce from 9 30 a m to 11 30 a m on March 13 and 27. Claimants and others may seek information or file benefits during these times.
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Bob Logan
San Angelo Social Security Office
Chamber of Commerce
Social Security Administration
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Care
We thank neighbors and friends for expressions of sympathy in our bereavement. Special thanks to Mrs. Merrill and the staff of the Senior Citizens Nursing Home for their care of our mother. Deeply appreciated, Dr. Z. I. Hale and family.
Chat and Sew Club Meets at Easterly Home
Members of the Chat and Sew Club gathered at Mrs. Carson Easterly's home. Pecans were picked for the hostess as Mesdames Jobe East erly and Cavanaugh attended with one visitor, Mrs. Hillard of Norton. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. L. Ernst at 1109 West Parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson Easterly
Mesdames B. D. Jobe
Calvin Cavanaugh
Hillard
Norton
L. Ernst
West Parsonage
Heart Attack Fatal to Mother of Mrs. C. L. Winton
Mrs. Pearl Kidd of New Caney, mother of Mrs. C L Winton, died unexpectedly Tuesday night from an apparent heart attack. Funeral arrangements are pending at Medcalf Funeral Home in Conroe, and Mr. Kidd remains a patient in the hospital.
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Pearl Kidd
New Caney
C L. Winton
Winton
Medcalf Funeral Home
Conroe
Kidd
Dale Sewing Club Meets at Mrs. Rogers Home
Mrs I W Rogers hosted the Dale Sewing Club on Tuesday with members sewing hand work. New member V E Fisher was welcomed and refreshments were served to a list of club members. The next meeting is planned for February 27 at Mrs Herman Spills house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Sewing Club
I. W. Rogers
V. E. Fisher
E. Fisher
Leland Hoppe
Bill Mayo
Marvin Traylor
Carroll Stoecker
Walter Kruse
Tip McKnight
E. E. Thormeyer
Carl Baldwin
Tack Whittenberg
Herman Spill
Thankful note for kindness during illness and sorrow
Mrs J S Bourn thanks those who showed sympathy and offered practical help during illness and after loss. She expresses appreciation for the food flowers cards and letters and specifically thanks Dr Rives and the nurses at the Abilene hospital and Winters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rives
Abilene
J. S. Bourn
Itc
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Mike Pumphrey
Melba Lewis
Bill Brock
Gene Templeton
Susan White
Beverly Sprinkle
Mike O'Dell
Winters Enterprise
Texas
Social Security Field
Chat
C. L. Winton
Washington
Ladies
Nylow Cn
HI Shades
Mirco
Abe
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