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Winters Enterprise

Location

Winters, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1936

Page

5

QYTATION TRACK AND FIELD MEET SET FOR SATURDAY

The first invitation track and field meet hosted by Coaches Fulkerson and Johnston will bring about twenty five teams to compete with preliminaries at 8 am and finals at 1 pm. Standout Blizzard athletes include Bill Roundtree George Brown Homer Hodge Erskine Davis and Bill Rogers Clyde Wood plus Grady Bakers Charles Gardner and others. Local merchants backed the event with support from ahaa Coffee Shop Smith Drug Cozy Cafe Owens Midget Cafe and The.

Fulkerson and Johnstono Arch Ts Talpa Tuscola Ca -Wingate Bradshaw di Ballinger Bangs Santa Anna Coleman Miles Ontent Crews Haskell Abilene San Angelo Bill Roundtree George Brown Homer Hodge Erskine Davis Bill Rogers Clyde Wood Grady Bakfers Charles Gardner Cecil Wood James Gardner Cipriano Chavarixia Dewey Shott Riley Jackson Martin Cooke Jar Awalt McMurry Ahaa Smith Owens ‘Midget Cafe

William Mosley Glaze Dies After Brief Illness

William Mosley Glaze, 57, died Friday morning after a heart attack. He passed at home with his children at his bedside. Funeral services were held at Erley Chapel with Waldrop Church officiating at New Mont Olive.

William Mosley Glaze New Mont Olive Erley' Chapel Waldrop

High School Operetta Date Set For March 13

The high school music club plans the seventh operetta An Old Spanish Custom by Clark and Clark set for March 13 at 8 oclock in the high school auditorium. Director Mrs C S Jackson and accompanist Mrs L T Smith lead colorful chorus groups including Spanish Irish Chinese and French themes.

Clark California C. S. Jackson L. T. Smith

Local men meet with hiway commission Tuesday

Joe Mapes and Roy Carter led a Winters delegation to Austin to seek a designation for a highway from Sweetwater to Coleman via Winters. The commission warned that such a designation now would cancel federal state funds for 9.7 miles of lateral road work near Winters and ordered bids for grading and drainage on that 9.7 miles set for March 10.

Joe Mapes Roy Carter Wingate T. D. Coupland RE. C. D Austin State Highway Commission Sweetwater Coleman Winters

Wingate Driver Licenses and Auto Plates Planned

Troy Garter reports W A Forgey appoints Bud Lloyd as deputy tax collector at Wingate to issue drivers licenses and collect and deliver auto license plates starting Monday.

Troy Garter W. A. Forgey Bud Lloyd Wingate Lloyd

Funeral Rites Held For Mrs D W Yeager

Mrs D W Yeager 57 a longtime Runnels county resident died at her Winters area home following pneumonia After services at the Main Street Church of Christ conducted by Pastor L R Mickey interment was in Fairview Cemetery She was born November 7 1878 in Rosenthal and married D W Yeager in 1908 Survivors include son Hughlin Yeager Winters daughter Mara Van Dyke Galveston two sisters and two brothers Five grandchildren Also named pallbearers are Jim and Frank Seals Bryant Bishop W B Worthington Roy Pumphrey and W T Billups

D. W. Yeager Runnels County Winters Main Street Church of Christ L. R. Mickey Fairview Cemetery Merkel Stella Evans Waco Watt Clay Harris Normandie Jim Frank Seals Bryant Bishop W. B. Worthington Roy Pumphrey W. T Billups

McAdams to Speak to Sweetwater Service Clubs Thursday

Q McAdams Otis Grisham and T D Coupland will address Sweetwater service clubs Thursday in an event described as a community gathering. Details indicate local leaders and civic figures will participate in the meeting.

McAdams Sweetwater Messrs. Inc Otis Grisham Coupland

Negro Minstrel Profits From High School Show

Vocational agriculture class earned 38.00 profit from a Friday night minstrel at the high school auditorium. About 350 attended the 51.50 total receipts. Tony Q. Dyess of Lubbock headlined with songs, music, and humor. Proceeds fund an educational trip to the Texas Centennial and visits to Carlsbad Caverns and experiment stations.

Tony Q. Dyess Lubbock Erskine Davis Carlsbad Caverns and Experiment Stations Williams

Two Boys Given Suspended Sentences In County Juvenile Court

Three petty thefts were reported over the weekend. Ewell Coleman and Hershel Baxter allegedly broke into Musser Lumber Co. and received three-year suspended sentences after being picked up by Chief Terry and Deputy High tower. John Shipman and W. T. Coley reported wheels and tires stolen from their cars, as did a transient at Hotel Winters. No arrests reported yet.

Ewell Coleman Hershel Baxter Musser Lumber Co Terry Hightower John Shipman W. T. Coley Winters

Amateur program draws crowd at Queen Theatre

The event sponsored by Coaches Bob Fulkerson and Amon Johnston drew an overflow audience last Tuesday evening. Twenty two amateur performers competed with three prizes awarded to Frances Miller first Annette and Jeanette Tucker second and Floyd Shackleford third. Half the receipts go to buying football sweaters for the boys on last year’s squad.

Bob Fulkerson Amon Johnston Queen Theatre Frances Miller Annette Jeanette Tucker Floyd Shackleford

Mrs Chapman Piano Pupils Recital Tonight at High School

Abilene hosts a piano recital by Mrs Charlie Chapman’s pupils at 7 30 PM in the high school auditorium. Soloist Miss Maxine Higgs from Abilene voices, with accompanist Miss Nona Gilvin from Fort Worth, both noted in West Texas musical circles. Students include Wilma Tyson Ladell Denton Carter Chapman Billie George Russell June Frances Williams Emma Jean Pounds. Public invited.

Maxine Higgs Abilene Chas, Chapman Nona Gilvin Charlie Chapman Fort Worth

Rachael Barrett Laid to Rest After Prolonged Illness

Miss Rachael Barrett died Saturday at 8 30 after years of illness leaving a long disability. Funeral at Main Street Cemetery conducted by Rev W T Hamer with pallbearers Chas Graham Arthur Smith Henry Butts Frank Pumphrey Bob Jeffrey and E T Bridwell. She was born December 29 1870 in Tennessee and lived about 35 years in Winters. Survived by four brothers Will Barrett Clint Barrett Dee Barrett Jim Barrett and two sisters Mrs Eli Case and Bettie Barrett. She was a member of the First Baptist church and attended regularly.

Rachael Barrett Main Street Cemetery W. T. Hamer Tennessee First Baptist Church Will Barrett Baird Clint Barrett Winters Dee Barrett Ada Oklahoma Jim Barrett Abilene Eli Case Merkel Bettie Barrett Chas. Graham Arthur Smith Henry Butts Frank Pumphrey Bob Jeffrey E. T. Bridwell

Wingate Program Tonight To Support Football Gear Funds

A program is planned at Wingate tonight at 7:30 to raise money for football sweaters and equipment. Local high school members are involved in organizing the event to support the team.

Wingate

Field and Track Meet at Bradshaw Saturday

A public schools field and track meet will be held in Bradshaw on March 14 with 492 contestants from Wingate Drasco Content Divide Tuscola Lawn Ovale Shep Valley Creek and more. Events include volleyball play ball tennis and field and track with medals for top individuals and pennants for playball and volleyball winners.

Bradshaw Wingate and Drasco Runnels County Content Coleman County Divide Consolidated Nolan County Tuscola Lawn Ovale Epworth Clarence Ledbetter George Newby Natdie Hale Glenn Browne Ocie Hunt Tri-county Washington-Johnson George Washington Walter Johnson Rappahannock River Johnson Old Ball Club Tri- County Baseball League Washington Johnson

Raymond Spill and Howard Spee ts Off TA

Fragmentary text shows Raymond and Howard involved in a TA event last week. Details remain unclear due to OCR errors. Further readable context is needed to confirm names, actions, and location.

Raymond “Spill Howard P

Prize Winners to Be Awarded at Winters FFA Livestock Show

The Winters Future Farmers of America show opens Friday at 9 80 a.m. with judging at 10 a.m. on a vacant lot opposite The Enterprise office. Prizes totaling 150 are offered with ribbons for all divisions. Exhibits include 18 calves 32 lambs three breeding lambs and 11 pigs.

Future Farmers Livestock Project Enterprise Office Writers Board of Community Development Amos Womble San Angelo Jim Byrd Abilene

Mrs M J Goolsby Laid To Rest In Fairview

Mrs M J Goolsby 72 died Tuesday night at home of daughter near Winters after ten days illness. Funeral 3:30 Wednesday at First Baptist with Rev M A Mahurin officiating. Burial in Fairview cemetery. Native of Mississippi she moved to Runnels County in 1904 near Winters. She was a Primitive Baptist for many years.

M. J. Goolsby J. N. Newsom First Baptist Church M. A. Mahurin Wingate Fairview Cemet

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