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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1964
Page
5
Local column discusses the 14th Annual Texas Public Schools Week urging community involvement in schools and student science goals. It also raconteurs Boomer the Abilene dog who rides trains, stays with a derailed engine, and draws nationwide notice in Readers’ Digest.
Winters High School Blizzard track team launches the 1964 season at the Hill Country Relays in Mason. About 25 athletes compete in sprints, distance and field events with coaches and managers accompanying them.
Winters Lumber Co manager Harvey D. Jones announces the north edge development will be called Skyline Heights after a developers contest. Mrs. A W Libbe won $25 Savings Bond. consolation prizes of $10 each went to Mrs. Minnie Cooper and W R Kennedy for similar entries Skyline and Skyline Drive.
Roy Scoggins Post No. 261 of the American Legion announces a regular meeting on Monday March 2 at the Legion Hall. Post Commander Arthur Bates and Post Service Officer H A Baker urge all members to attend for important business.
Winters resident A T Jobe marked his 80th birthday with an open house at 313 South Church from 2 to 4 pm. Hosts included his children and many relatives from Winters and out of town. The event drew 125 attendees with 89 guests signing in and featured salmon carnat ions and a cake inscribed Happy Birthday Dad.
Winters Public Library was featured in Texas Libraries, with 1 098 books checked out in January and a yearly goal of 15 000. New children's books were added, including biographies of Clara Barton and Amelia Earhart. Membership dues are 2.00 per year for a family, or 1.25 for six months, with hours 2 00 to 6 00 on Wednesday Friday and Saturday.
Bob Anderson left Tuesday for his Dallas home after spending several days with his parents Mr and Mrs Sid Anderson.
Winters teachers and delegates from 18 counties travel to San Angelo for District XI Texas State Teachers Association convention held March 5 and 6. David Ledbetter and Mrs Z I Hale serve as delegates, Marguarite Mathis on the District XI board, with sessions at Central High School and El Patio Motel. Dr Charles E Bish and Dr Paul Engle are featured speakers.
Rain sleet and snow in the past week added to the moisture picture for 1964. Winters Pros per reports five inches unofficially with variations across North Runnels County. Wingate farmers say moisture conditions are the best for this time of year with three quarters of an inch from last week’s snow and sleet and a 0.4 inch Winters reading. A half inch of rain Monday pushed the month to 3.1 inches and the year to five inches.
An Abilene Southern Railway freight engine derailed briefly in Winters switch yards last Thursday at about 11 30 p m causing rail damage. Six cars remained on track and the locomotive tilted 35 degrees. No injuries were reported and rails were replaced by Sunday as service resumed. The engine was towed to Abilene for repairs on a 54 mile Abilene Ballinger line.
Mrs. E. T. Patterson and her son Mike spent the weekend in Snyder visiting her sister and family, Mr and Mrs Bill Seals, and other relatives.
Miss Faye Reid of Dallas visited the home of Mrs. Noel Reid and Mr and Mrs Homer Stoecker during a recent week, staying for social calls and correspondence.
Winters Independent Schools plan a four day observance of Public Schools Week from March 2 to March 6 1964. The schedule includes music programs room visits open house and a high school science exhibit with parents invited to tour facilities and meet staff.
James C. Matt Colburn filed as a candidate for alderman in Winters becoming the second announced candidate for three council seats. Roy Austin filed last week. three incumbents W. M. Hays J. W. Bahlman and R. C. Thomas have not announced. Election is April 7 with March 7 filing deadline. Colburn works for G. W. Strake in Winters. Austin is plant superintendent for Dry Manufacturing Co.
The Jaycee-Ettes sponsor the Easter Seal drive from March 18 to 21 with a street blockade and Lily Sale on the final day. Funds support clinics and centers aiding crippling diseases and handicapped people, with most donations going to the West Texas Rehabilitation Center at Abilene. The center operates as a non profit, volunteer staffed facility offering free services to eligible individuals.
Mrs. J. B. Whitlow supervises school food service in Winters and serves as the state PTA representative. She attended the Texas School Food Service executive board meeting in Beaumont on February 22. The group discussed closer cooperation among school cafeteria home and community via PTA and set plans for the July State Food Service Convention in Lubbock.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Roberts of Lubbock visited Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Rives and Mr. and Mrs. Alton Roberts at Ovalo for the weekend, sharing time with the family.
Winters Explorers and Scout Troop earned top honors at the fifth annual Boy Scout and Explorer Rifle Meet held at Winters Lake. Collected scores show Winters Boy Scouts 112 for first, Explorers 111 led by Keith Sutton 36, Coleman Cub Pack 93, with Jimmy Martin 36 leading Winters and Coleman, Valera, and Coleman participants from three groups totaling over 250 attendees.
Winters VFW and Ladies Auxiliary will give multiple color illustrated Bill of Rights booklets to Winters Public School for use in the American Heritage program. Post officers note upcoming officer elections in April and May installations. A report covers hospital equipment maintained by the post, including a wheelchair and a hospital bed in use with other gear available.
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