Deer Killed After Collision With Car On Main Street
Mrs. Luther Smith watched a buck dart onto Main Street and collide with her car on a dry Monday morning in Winters. The deer died instantly. police recovered the carcass for the game warden and a local family received it. The column notes regional deer sightings and local water concerns amid a drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther
Doc) Smith
North Main Street
Mrs. Smith
West Truitt Street
Main Street
Baptist Youth Rally at Drasco Church
The Runnels Baptist Youth Rally will be held Saturday January 16 at the Drasco Baptist Church. A film Without Onions will be shown. The rally begins at 7:30 PM and welcomes all youths in the Runnels Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runnels Baptist
Drasco
Runnels Association
New Chapman-Denham Organ Installed at Local Church
The Chapman-Denham Memorial Organ dominates the north end of the sanctuary in the newly completed First United Methodist Church building. Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Chapman Sr. of Columbus Ohio, the instrument is praised for its versatile, transparent tone and responsive pipework suitable for most organ literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman - Denham
First United Methodist Church
Donald C. Chapman Sr
Columbus
Ohio
Donald C. Chapman
Belle D
H. Larkin Chapman
Annie O
William D. Denham
Mr. Chapman
Winters Junior Livestock Show awards total $2046 in premiums
Readable excerpts show the Winters Junior Livestock Show awarding $2046 in premiums from the Livestock Association and Winters Chamber of Commerce. Champions, reserve champions, and class winners across dry lot steers swine and lambs earned substantial cash and trophies from sponsors and local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Livestock Association
Winters Chamber of Commerce
Mike Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Rickey Dean
Marks Brothers
Rodney Richards
Rogers Brothers
James Blackwell
Kelly King
Hampshire
Martha Pritchard
Charles Alderman
Mike
Mitchell O'Dell
O'Dell Brothers
Kathryn Bredemeyer
Rex Marks
Rickey Marks
Rickey Dunlop
Runnels County
Winters High School Band Seizes Regional Honors
Eight Winters students earned chairs in the Region VII All-Region Band in Brownwood with over 500 participants from 30 towns. Two qualifiers advance to the all-state tryouts in Austin on January 23, while Lampasas and Brady claimed many chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters High School
Brownwood
Austin
Lampasas
Brady
Maurine Riess
Janet Schwartz
Waco Reynolds Named Assistant Coach At Winters
Waco Reynolds formerly of Post High School is named assistant coach at Winters High School. He takes over the vacancy after Charles Black’s promotion to head coach following Jerry Gibson’s resignation. Reynolds starts January 18 and brings coaching and teaching experience from Post High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Reynolds
Wesley
Waco) Reynolds
Post High School
Winters High School
Carroll Tatum
Charles
Chili) Black
Jerry Gibson
Birdville High School
Fort Worth
Southern Methodist University
McMurry College
Abilene
Texas State Teachers Association
Texas High School Coaches Association
First United Methodist Church Dedicates New Organ Sunday
Mr and Mrs Donald C Chapman Sr gift organ and chimes to Winters First United Methodist Church in memory of Chapman grandparents. Dedication Sunday January 17 at 10 40 a m with Rev Glenn Bowman Rev Gordon Dennis and Dr Wilbur Held presenting morning organ music and an afternoon recital. reception follows in Fellowship Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church
Glenn C. Bowman
Chapman
Gordon Dennis
Brownwood
United Methodist Church
Bowman
Wilbur C. Held
Des Plaines
Union Theological Seminary
New York
American Guild of Organists
Ohio State University
Trinity Episcopal Church
Columbus
Ohio
Dr. Held
Held
Bach
Franck
McKinley
Karg- Elert
Sowerby
Liszt
Randy Stevens
Kirke McKinzie
Ham
Winters
Uvalde
University of Ters
Gloria J
Revival Continues Through Sunday at Pentecostal Church
The revival at Pentecostal Church of God began last Friday and will run through Sunday January 17. Rev. A J Morris of Midland preaches each night and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentecostal Church
Pentecostal Church of God
A. J. Morris
Midland
Weather snapshot for early January 1970 week
Readable fragments show temperatures for a January week in 1970 with a low of 10 degrees and highs around 59 degrees. Dates mentioned include Wednesday January 7 and Saturday January 11.
Big Kitty Lanham Bishop Bags 25-Pound Bobcat
Lanham Bishop bagged a 25 pound bobcat Monday last week on the Wayne Hunt Ranch in South Taylor County. He used a shotgun from about 25 feet amid reports of bobcat sightings and mentions of bigger cats in the area. Lanham is a first year agriculture major at Tarleton State College and a 1970 Winters High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Kitty
Lanham Bishop
Wayne Hunt Ranch
Taylor County
Dick Bishop
Bishop
Lanham
Tarleton State College
Stephenville
Winters High School
Chamber of Commerce Names 1971 Standing Committees
Chamber President M. D. Johnston appoints 1971 standing committees with at least one director on each. Groups include Budget and Finance, Industrial, Streets Highways, Government Affairs, Civic Public Affairs, Publicity, Membership, Water Conservation, Athletics Sports, and more, listing chairs, directors, and member rosters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
M. D
Doc) Johnston
Chamber
Burleson to Speak at Friday Banquet on Feb 19
Congressman Omar Burleson will address the annual membership banquet on February 19 in the school cafeteria. The event was rescheduled from February 12 to fit his schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burleson
Omar Burleson
Winters Chamber of Commerce
Cong. Burleson
Visiting in the Home of Miss Elsie Lee Sanders
Mrs. Aaron Blankenship of Wewoka Okla and Mrs. W A Frymier of Tuscola visited at the home of Miss Elsie Lee Sanders on Wednesday of last week in Sanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Lee Sanders
Aaron Blankenship
Wewoka
Okla
W. A. Frymier
Tuscola
Forty Eight Building Permits Issued In Winters In 1970
Forty eight permits for new construction and additions were issued by Winters in 1970 totaling 325 978 dollars. Ten permits covered new construction residential and commercial. others covered additions and improvements to existing buildings. The United Methodist Church was valued at 105 000 dollars. One old residential structure was torn down and another removed. Early 1971 permits for several new buildings were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters
Buford Baldwin
United Methodist Church
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E. E. Vaughan
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