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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1966
Page
4
A Texas fishing piece discusses line weights for bass and trout, recommending 10 to 12 pound test for most bass and 20 pound line or a 20 foot shock leader for big bass and rough-bottom bites. It notes that heavy lines resist spines, brush, and shell, with Sam Welch advocating 20 pound test for night bass and impounded waters.
The document lists liabilities and capital accounts for a Texas bank as of January 12, 1965. It shows total deposits of 1,161,884.52 and total liabilities plus capital accounts of 1,339,514.29, with 52,500.00 in common stock and 67,690.10 in surplus. Notary public P. H. Cozby attests the sworn statement.
A salt water fish such as red snapper heads for reef or channel after being caught. Sharp shells sever the line and the fish disappears. The moral: use a heavy line and a steel loader.
The Firemen's Auxiliary installs new officers for 1966 at a meeting at the Hatcher home. Mrs. Jerry B. Whitlow becomes president with Mrs. Hatcher as vice president, and others named include Mrs. Carey secretary and Mrs. Easterly treasurer. A covered dish dinner followed as members and guests viewed yearbooks and names were read.
Ballinger Masonic Lodge No. 643 hosts an official visit by Grand Master of Masons Texas H W Fullingim of Odessa on January 29. Congressman O C Fisher will speak. a Dutch treat steak dinner at Lawlake Inn precedes a tiled meeting at Ballinger Lodge and a public address at Ballinger Community Center at 8 p m.
Mrs T V Jennings and her guests Mr and Mrs J H Mikkelson of Thompson Falls Montana spent the past weekend in Irving visiting Mr and Mrs Lawrence Jennings.
Granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Davidson of LaPlace Louisiana is named Tania Lorraine born January 1. Mrs. Davidson is remembered as Linda Balke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Balke, who is visiting in the area.
The Davidson home note references the Patent Office receiving about 350 applications daily. It notes that less than one fifth of one percent of all credit union loans have remained unpaid.
Rankin Pace, Winters post master, was elected chairman of the Runnels County Historical Survey Committee at a Ballinger courthouse meeting. Pace succeeded Herman Giesecke Jr. Ballinger’s Bob Northington became vice chairman. Mrs. George Poe was re elected secretary. Judge W. H. Rampy treasurer. A new subcommittee will compile county history with Mrs. Loyd Roberson editor.
The Patent Office maintains a library of three million domestic and seven million foreign patents, forming a substantial archive of intellectual property.
Funeral services for Oscar W. Howard, 76, were held Sunday at Spill Memorial Chapel with George Black officiating. He died at Wichita Falls Hospital and leaves wife May Childress, four sons Earl Allen W. T. Carl, two daughters, 17 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren, plus siblings. interment Wingate Cemetery.
The typical patent application reaches final action in roughly three years, one month and fifteen days, indicating a lengthy processing period for inventors seeking approval.
Credit unions are described as early innovators in the personal loan field, establishing flexible access to borrowing for members and shaping consumer credit practices in their formative years.
Abraham Lincoln received a patent in 1849 for a device designed to buoy vessels over shoals, reflecting his early technical ingenuity alongside his political career.
The Whooping Cranes wintering at Aransas Refuge have strong public support from sportsmen and observers. Officials report no recent crane shootings amid strict safety rules, with guns banned within a quarter mile of the 47,261 acre refuge and ongoing vigilance by staff.
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