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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1936
Page
4
Commissioners' Court of Runnels County Texas invites sealed bids by 10 A.M. February 10 1986 for maintainers and tractors. Purchases may be paid with time warrants not exceeding 9000 dollars. Bids opened publicly in Ballinger. A 5 percent certified check is required.
Mrs Lillie Pool Pennington 67 died at her daughter’s home north of Pumphrey on Wednesday January 15. Funeral at grave in Shep cemetery with Rev Mahurin. Born December 19 1869 in Catahoula Parish, moved to Texas at eight, lived in Jasper county. Survived by three children Mrs W A Faircloth Clara Pennington Coleman Pennington two sisters six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
The Mercury cold snap dropped to 3 above and persisted into Saturday night with snow. conditions remain icy with drifted patches. Church attendance dwindled while many residents reported illness. Mozelle, though seriously ill, shows gradual improvement. Local births include Ferrell Marie Young on January 16. Bro H B Carraway awaits first Baptist appointment this Saturday with services planned through Sunday.
On January 18 Leona Cohen donated three books to Winters Free Library. Burleighs The Hill Top Boys, Zane Grey The Heritage of the Desert, and Ralphsons Boy Scouts on Motor Cycles were added, reflecting strong demand for Grey titles and for boys books amid growing reading patrons.
Commodities listed include cotton middling at 11.35 per unit, cottonseed at 20 dollars per ton, maize from 7.50 to 8.60 per ton, oats 256 per bushel, wheat 1.00 per bushel, shelled corn 50 to 70 cents per bushel, barley 35 to 39 cents per bushel, eggs 18 cents per dozen, hens 12 to 14 cents per pound, fryers 18 to 15 cents per pound, bakers 10 cents per pound. Cream sour price unclear.
The Winters Home Demonstration club staged the three act comedy Peek-a-Boo drawing a good crowd and raising over $50 for the club treasury. The cast included Marie Lambert Doris Gannaway Holyce Weldon and others with Miss Edgar Parten directing. Local members ran candy sales and prizes were donated by merchants while music came from school and local performers. Nearby residents visited before a club meeting highlighted by a linen demonstration and yard landscape plans for the clubhouse.
Candidates appearing subject to Democratic Primary action to be held Saturday July 25 1936. Co C Sessions seeks re election for County Attorney in this announcement column.
R B Gannaway aged 19 died at his father Guy Gannaway's Wingate home Monday morning after a brief pneumonia illness. Funeral at Wingate cemetery Wednesday 10 with Rev. E C Mahurin officiating. Born July 31 1916 he leaves his father stepmother and four sisters Doris Christine and others. Pallbearers and flower girls named.
The Wilmeth Baptist church box supper raised about $50 for the Wilmeth P T A to fund primary department equipment. A one act play by students, a prettiest girl contest won by Bobbie Ruth Gould, and an ugliest man cake prize for George C Hill highlighted the event.
Census analysis by Floyd L. Stainback shows tenant farmers in Runnels County shifting to poorer land over five years. Sharecroppers dropped from 267 in 1930 to 156, with total farms down 207 to 2,387. Ellis County mirrors this trend with sharecroppers falling from 2,673 to 1,232 as land values rise.
A fragment notes a Thursday event tied to Mrs Busher and her son. Details are sparse but indicate a local institution handling a matter involving the Busher family.
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