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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1962
Page
6
A fragmented note urges residents to use the county seat tax office for poll tax payments. It warns some may not travel due health or distance, advises mail or in person arrangements, and mentions public praise or critique in relation to a recent event.
The Winters Chamber of Commerce named J. W. Bahlman as the new president during a Thursday night dinner. General Dynamics astronaut Thomas Thomasson served as guest speaker, discussing space topics and community developments.
Mayor Harvey Dale Jones receives the 1961 Man of the Year plaque from A W Libbe at the Winters Chamber of Commerce banquet held Thursday night in the school cafeteria. The citation commends his leadership and service to the community.
The list of candidates for political office in Runnels County continues to grow as the February 5 filing deadline approaches. Reorganization of the State Legislature prompts changes in clerk positions and district representations, including Melvin T. County as a candidate for Commissioner Precinct No. 2.
James Nevins of Winters public schools joined Abilene educators for the fourth meeting of the organization held at the Coca Cola Building Auditorium. Wells, Abilene Public Schools superintendent, chaired the program focusing on School Safety and Civil Defense with panelists including George Beard and Robert Christian plus other area principals.
Fragmented text from an OCR page shows partial lines mentioning a number 33 and unclear names. The readable portion provides no clear event or identifyable entities to summarize into a full item.
The Winters Lions Club schedules a chili supper at the school cafeteria next Tuesday. Tickets cost fifty cents at the door. George M. Beard chairs the event with Fred Young heading the food committee. Numerous club members serve on publicity, tickets, entertainment, and various support roles.
Winters High School releases the rest of its 1961 62 basketball schedule for boys and girls. Boys games include Cisco Ranger Ballinger Coleman Cisco and others. Girls games list Cisco Lakeview Coleman Cisco Ballinger with home and away sites noted.
The 1961 cotton crop harvest is complete in the area with Winters gins reporting 8566 bales ginned by Wednesday noon. A few bales remain in fields as the season closes.
Sandra Hord daughter of Mr and Mrs J P Hord has joined Lorene's Beauty Shop as a beautician. A 1961 Winters High School graduate she completed Odessa Beauty College and specialized in 4 way haircutting. Miss Hord will begin work Tuesday January 23.
Granville Doyle Long is among forty five University of Texas College of Pharmacy candidates for January 27 degree conferred at the current semester’s end.
A fragmented reader notice mentions a location Regia SE 5 and a place named Saphenville with unclear context dated Saturday. The readable text provides no clear event participants dates or outcomes to confirm.
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman outlines 1961 rules allowing skip row planting to conserve land. The regulation permits skip rows only if their width matches four cotton rows, otherwise the entire acreage counts as planted to cotton or idle or shifted to other crops.
Mrs. J. B. Whitlow, local School Food Service Manager, attended an Executive Board Meeting in Austin on Friday and Saturday. She was chosen as Chairman from District XI to serve on the Executive Board of The Texas School Food Service Association. The association aims to improve all school cafeterias in Texas.
Due to Father Patrick Ryan illness the Sunday Mass at Mount Carmel Catholic Church moves from 10 a.m. to 11 30 a.m. The notice states the change and attributes it to the rector.
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