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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1968
Page
8
An unsigned fragment references a 1968 event involving a baptism, a son named Andy, and a street name likely linked to a local wedding or church activity. The readable portion suggests an invite or religious ceremony notice in a community listing.
Patricia Elaine Paske and Specialist Fifth Class Donald Eugene Peterson announce their engagement. Paske, a 1965 Winters High School graduate and 1966 programming graduate, works at Winters Western Auto. Peterson, a 1961 Lebanon High School graduate, is on leave after a year in Vietnam and will join Fort Lee, Virginia.
Wingate Gater Tops Club met January 3 at the Humble Camp recreation hall with five members present and new officers presiding. Officers and members discussed scrapbook history plans and attendance at the January 20 area-wide Tops clubs meeting at the Riverside Motor Hotel in Brownwood.
Ad warns of functional kidney disorders with symptoms of nighttime urination burning and back or leg pain. Promotes Bukets tablets to take three daily for four days to regulate flow and alleviate aches. Claims relief for a 48cm back and directs readers to Main Drug Co.
1967 was poor for cotton in North Runnels County with harvests far below early estimates and about half of 1966's total. Winters Warehouse Co reports 5061 bales from one gin in Winters and two in Wingate, with modest further arrivals expected as weather clears. Adverse weather and insects blamed. locals foresee a 15,000 bale crop for 1968 depending on conditions. Receipt books available at Enterprise office.
Ballinger defeated the Blizzards 65 to 50 on Tuesday night as Ballinger exploited slick floors and cold shooting. Ronny Reel led with 13 points, Arlon Barnes 16 and Bob Colburn 15 paced the Blizzards, who drop to 9–5 and ride a two game losing streak.
Mr and Mrs M Ty Bridwell returned home last week after spending the holidays with their daughter in El Paso and Los Angeles California to visit their son Mr and Mrs oycee Bridwell and family
The menu lists meals for Monday to Friday with options and side dishes. Items include vegetable beef soup, chicken dumplings, fried steak, hamburgers, tuna noodle casserole, and various sides, desserts, and drinks.
Rural traffic accidents in Runnels County rose in 1967 with 101 total incidents versus 65 in 1966. Fatal accidents fell from five to three, while injuries more than doubled from 23 to 58. Property damage increased about 50 percent.
In 1967 there were 61 fatalities and 47 fatal accidents, down from 1966. Injuries dropped to 485 for 1967 from 503 the prior year. Property damage fell to $821,112 in the 13 county area versus $852,349 in 1966.
The Texas Hospital Association House of Delegates unanimously backed a minimum Health Careers Program budget of 200000 dollars per year for five years to recruit Texas youth into 200 plus health fields. Leaders said extra funding is needed to attract qualified personnel, while acknowledging hospitals’ past training support.
Mr. Epperson commends hospitals for training personnel for their own facilities and neighbors. Additional funds planned for the Health Careers Program total about seven and a half cents per patient stay. The average Texas patient stay ranges from six to seven days, with two years of activity establishing a recruitment climate for high school graduates guided by professional paramedical educators toward health-care careers.
A Rig Veda hymn dating about 1500 BCE indicates cotton usage in ancient India. The verse adds to evidence of early fiber cultivation and textile practice in the region.
The article notes that cotton used for textiles exceeds the combined use of every other fiber, highlighting cotton as the dominant material in the textile industry and implying its economic importance.
The adult boll weevil favors pollen in the unopen ed cotton flower bud as its primary food source.
Ruby Shannon traces teetotaler origins from 1815 temperance pledges in Hector New York. Early signers used O P Old Pledge and T Total Abstainer with the T symbol growing as the teetotaler label. The piece notes modern recognition of teetotalers mainly among Alcoholics Anonymous members in good standing.
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