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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1973
Page
3
A two bedroom one bath house on Parsonage Street offers a large utility area and carport as part of a corner lot. The listing notes a price reduction for a quick sale and mentions a possible trade for a mobile home. Wood Street is also listed among available properties.
Local sponsors from Winters joined the March of Dimes Walk-A-Thon route from the courthouse to Rowena with numerous area businesses aiding walkers. The list includes retailers banks service shops and service firms across the county.
Mrs. Marguerite Poe Copeland, 57, of Roscoe, died Tuesday afternoon at Simmons Memorial Hospital in Sweetwater after a brief illness. Funeral held Thursday at Spill Memorial Chapel Winters with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Born December 20, 1915 in Winters she was daughter of Benton Poe. Survived by daughter Mrs. Stanley McGlothlin of Roscoe a brother Tom Poe Winters a sister Mrs. John R. Kennedy Phoenix two grandsons. Pallbearers named Collins Welch Clifton Poe Harold Poe Dennis Poe John Gardner.
A proverb-like remark notes that errors are not fatal if one can recognize who caused them and learn from the experience. It emphasizes awareness and accountability in personal missteps.
A compact quotation contrasts medicine and fun, noting that caution harms more than active peril and that medicine itself contains a form of play. The aphorism hints at discipline in medical practice and the lighter side of human endeavor.
Austin reports new leadership in both houses and many first term members convening January 9 to tackle a vast agenda. Top item is reforming school finance tied to a Supreme Court ruling, with a plan for statewide basic education funding over years. Also on the docket are ethics, lobby and campaign finance rules, election law overhaul, redistricting, and regulatory reforms. Seagoville land later eyed as state park. Atty Gen Crawford Martin, who died recently, said the Air Control Board shares responsibility for feedlot waste stockpiling with two other agencies.
Attorney General elect John Hill places top priority on clearing pollution case backlogs and boosting consumer protection. He proposes new legislation, fights organized crime with a five member task force, and aims to accelerate air and water pollution docketing along the Gulf Coast.
An extremely volatile campus situation at the University of Texas at El Paso prompted an emergency appointment of Dr. Arleigh B. Templeton from UT San Antonio. UT regents confirmed the selection after Dr. Joseph Smiley resigned as EP president. DOJ advised corrective steps to avert a campus tragedy amid protests.
Texas Parks and Wildlife plans to add 50 acres to Lyndon B. Johnson State Park along the Pedernales River near the former president’s ranch. The commission approved 554 acres at Bryan Beach near Freeport for a third Gulf Coast Beach Park. A Mustang Island master plan is in preparation for Commission review in about two months. Dallas County orders a study to explore converting 603 acres of federally owned land.
Charles G. Purnell of Dallas named executive assistant and chief advisor to Gov elect Dolph Briscoe. New Attorney General Hill selects Larry York of Houston as executive assistant and Mary Jane Bode of Austin as press secretary. B. R. Fuller named executive director of the Department of Community Affairs, after serving as city manager of Eagle Pass and San Marcos. Charles Freeman of Pleasanton reappointed to the Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District by Smith.
At a November 30 hearing two Railroad Commission officers reviewed views on gas curtailment and later recommended priorities to the three-member Commission. The session heard opposition to a statewide standard while testimony favored giving priority to homes, schools and hospitals during drastic shortages.
A January 15 fund raising and victory dinner will honor Governor Briscoe and Lt. Governor Hobby. The $25 plate event features entertainment by Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass, remarks by Briscoe Hobby and National Democratic Chairman Robert Strauss, with Calvin Guest of Bryan as master of ceremonies.
Local political subdivisions may call elections on granting homestead property tax exemptions not less than 3000 dollars to persons over 65 on petition of community groups and officials.
The article reports climbers trashing high altitudes from Grand Teton Wyoming to Mount McKinley Washington and White Mountains New Hampshire. Rangers note rucksacks of junk after summits and high annual climbs with limited cleanup options.
The State Supreme Court ruled tavern owners may run more than one vending machine and need not pay a $300 tax for each. Other notes include auto inspection amendments, a new House floor contact rule, welfare litigation, migrant dropout reductions, securities revocation, inmate crime perceptions, and a Mansf ield bank charter filing in Tarrant County.
The Colburn residence hosted invited families and friends over the holidays including Pyburn Brown Rae of Winters Tony Spaar of Lamar Colo Cathy Gardner Sean Clifton B J Colburn and others from Abilene Ralls and Portland Mrs W E Colburn accompanied by Mr and Mrs Craig and their Portland guests later headed to Trinidad West Indies where they will reside for two years Mr Craig is employed by Texaco Oil Co.
The piece argues that steady planning is essential for work success, noting a shift from plain hard work to a struggle simply to maintain position in today’s economy. It reflects on how workers face greater pressure and uncertainty.
Mrs. Clayton Storey, 35, of Corpus Christi, died at 6 a m Wednesday in a Corpus Christi hospital. Funeral services are pending at Spill Funeral Home in Winters. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs E L Wilborn of Winters. Other survivors include her husband, a son, and several step children.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Collinsworth of Abilene and former Winters residents sustained multiple fractures. Mr. Collinsworth had a broken hip and was hospitalized before returning home to convalesce. Mrs. Collinsworth remains hospitalized at Hendrick Memorial Hospital with a broken leg in room 8606.
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