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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1971
Page
3
County Agent outlines inspecting peach trees for lesser peach tree borer damage with gum and frass on bark and sawdust. Adults are blue-hinek moths. eggs hatch into larvae that weaken trees. Pruning, targeted oil applications with PDG and parathion sprays in spring reduce pests. also covers pecan phylloxera control and dormant oil spray guidance.
Local notes from Winters Texas report a Friday edition release dated January 15 1971 with community updates and small notices on page six. Details are limited in the OCR fragment but indicate standard hometown briefs.
Governor Preston Smith calls the holiday period traffic toll a Texas tragedy with at least 57 deaths from December 3 to January 30. He says the toll far exceeded DPS estimates and pledges intensified education and enforcement to cut fatalities. He urges lawmakers to act and stresses driver cooperation and the Drive Friendly campaign.
The Southside Baptist Men elected officers at the regular meeting held Tuesday at the church. Allen Jackson named president, C. R. Knight vice president, Vernon Wright secretary. Roy Rice presented The Big Question of Responsibility. Plans were made for Baptist Men's Day on January 24. Present were Frank Carter, Vernon Wright, Virgil James, Levi Smith, Truitt Bentley, C. R. Knight, Roy Rice, Mack Edwards, Allen Jackson and Troy Allen.
Mr and Mrs L B Watkins returned from church to a surprise birthday party with family and friends in Wilmeth January 10. A large white cake with red roses and a 55 was served after a covered dish luncheon. Attendees included children and grandchildren from San Angelo Ballinger Abilene and Del Rio along with many relatives. We can easily manage if we take each day the burden appointed for it.
John Baty 67 of Winters died at 4 10 a m Monday in North Runnels Hospital in Winters after a long illness. Services were held Tuesday at 2 30 p m at Davis Morris Funeral Home Brownwood with Rev Harry Haynes and Rev Virgil James officiating. Burial was in Greenleaf Cemetery Brownwood. Born May 2 1903 in Brown County he married Hortie Ann Morris November 9 1935 in Goldthwaite. He was a retired oil field worker and a Winters resident two years. Survivors include his wife one son Joe Baty Gravette Arkansas one step son Rev Robert Elkins Brownwood two step daughters Mrs Wayne Satterfield Winters and Mrs Helen Marshall Fort Bragg California one brother Melton Baty Tempe Arkansas one sister Mrs Bertie Neilson Lynwood California five grandchildren 10 step grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Farmers earning two thirds or more of 1970 income from farming must file the 1970 estimated federal tax by January 15 1971 using Form 1040 ES F. If they file the 1971 return and pay all due by March 1 1971 they may avoid the estimate. Fishermen with similar income rules follow the same deadlines.
The JOY Sunday School Class of the First Baptist Church met Tuesday night at Mrs. M W Boles home for a business session and social. Mrs Harry Grantz gave the devotional and Mrs Kenneth Sneed presided over the meeting. The class voted to send camp money for children in the Indian Reservation at Winslow Arizona this month. Attendees included Mrs Loyd Roberson and other members. The note ends with a moral verse about doing right.
A Runnels County guide explains how vegetation, terraces, diversions, and waterways protect soil during rain. It outlines eight land capability classes, soil surveys, and conservation practices like crop rotation, contour farming, and terraces to boost yields and reduce erosion.
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