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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1971
Page
1
The Winters Lions Club, a group of local business and professional men, meets weekly at the Winters Community Center with quiet courtesy and orderly ritual. After a holiday break, the club resumes on January 5, noting a curious incident of a member waiting alone in his car.
Mike Hays son of Mr and Mrs W M Hays a North Texas State University graduate student will leave Saturday from Love Field Dallas on a ski tour to Switzerland sponsored by NTSU. The group will visit France Greenland and Ireland on the return trip and they plan to return January 13.
Babson's Reports foresees improved 1971 performance across finance, industry, and employment, aided by fewer 1970 perils. The outlook warns of wage price pressures, potential steel and copper labor disputes, and a fiscal 1971 deficit near 15 billion dollars, with housing and construction providing modest strength.
The Rev. Hugh Jeter, director of Missions at Southwestern Assemblies of God College, will be the guest speaker at a Missionary Convergence January 2 and 3 at Winters Assembly of God. Services start 7 pm on Saturday and 11 am and 7 pm on Sunday, with a 2:30 pm Spanish service.
Winters post office will be closed Friday January 1 with no window service or rural or city delivery. First and second class mail will be boxed for box renters. Normal Saturday service will be available January 2 with city and rural deliveries and first and second class mail boxed. Service windows will be closed on Saturday as usual.
Cynthia Brown, daughter of Mr and Mrs James R Brown, is named DAR Good Citizen from Winters High School. The DAR selection notes dependability service patriotism and scholarship. She serves as corresponding secretary of the Future Teachers Association and holds NHS and other roles.
Chili Black is named head coach at Winters High School succeeding Jerry Gibson who resigned. A Texas Tech graduate, Black has served as line coach since 1968 and also coached track and basketball. Gibson leaves Winters for Fort Stockton in January.
The Winters City Council adopted an ordinance restricting drinking and possession of intoxicating liquor at the Winters Community Center and City Park with fines from 25 to 100 dollars per offense. The panel also ordered Electric Department work on Main Street for the US 83 reconstruction, and noted 17 old cars were collected in a drive to remove abandoned vehicles. Mayor Wade White said Bud Busher renewed the lease on the city sewer farm for another year.
Jules Gipson the San Angelo Social Security office field representative will hold January visits in Winters at the Chamber of Commerce on Monday January 11 and 25 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The public may file claims seek information or conduct SSA business. calls to the San Angelo office 949 4608 are available for those unable to meet in person.
In the Bradshaw home of Mr and Mrs J H Buchanan relatives gathered for Christmas. Attending were Bill Buchanan Cy and Josh of Winters Doyle Buchanan Kim and Billy of Dallas Roy Buchanan and Kelly of Arlington Don Buchanan of Denton Bill Bradshaw Aunt Finnie Dyess of Abilene and Randy and Billy Bagwell of Oklahoma City.
Winters Chamber of Commerce outlines its new board and officers for 1971. M. D. Johnston becomes president, with Roy Young as vice president and Mrs. J. W. Rahiman as treasurer. Board holds include John Gardner Lee Harrison Dr Tommy Russell Homer Hodge and holdovers H M Nichols Mrs J W Bahlman and Carroll Tatum. Outgoing members are Iay Dunnam Mrs Raymond Durns Woodrow Watts Jim Cowlishaw and George Garrett.
Gene Wheat reports strong response to the Winters Chamber of Commerce share sale for the Junior Livestock Show scheduled January 9. The drive aims to raise 1000 to 1300 dollars for premiums and trophies. proceeds fund prizes instead of livestock auctions for FFA and 4-H members in the Winters School District.
Navy Seaman Gary A. Young of Winters has returned to Alameda aboard USS White Plains after a five month Western Pacific deployment. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Young of Winters.
Winters may be required by the State Department of Health to halt burning trash at the city dump. Officials discuss covering mounds with top soil and grass and possibly switching to land fill disposal, which would need bulldozer equipment and remove fire hazards and pests. The exact timing remains uncertain, but action is expected within months.
Winters Warehouse reports 11 552 bales of cotton from the 1970 crop received from North Runnels county gins through December 18, the last day cotton had been received.
Staff Sergeant Daniel D. Standley of Sumner Washington has earned the U S Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with the V device for valor while stationed at Andersen AFB Guam. He served with SAC 3rd Air Division now Eighth Air Force and is a real estate and cost accounting specialist with the 43rd Strategic Wing.
Jan 2 Girls A and B travel to Eldorado. Jan 4 Boys 9th and 8th travel to Bal linger. girls 8th Novice host. Jan 5 Boys A and Girls A at Cis co there. Jan 7 Girls B and Girls 8th host Wylie. Jan 8 Boys A and Girls A plus Boys B host Clyde.
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