Local election registration deadline and weathering civic duties
Registration slips must be obtained by January 31 at the Runnels County Tax Assessor's sub-office in Winters to vote in 1969 elections and beyond. The notice notes possible upcoming City and School District elections and the value of registering. Also: James Sinclair named Winters Volunteer Fire Department chaplain, responds to first fire call. editorial reflects on film and TV messaging in entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runnels
Winters
Tibet
James Sinclair
First Presbyterian Church
Jim
Loyd and Wheat Named Shell Oil Jobbers in Eight-County Territory
Bob Loyd and Gene Wheat, owners of Bob Loyd LP Gas Co., Inc., were appointed Shell Oil jobbers with a ten county sales area including Runnels Taylor Nolan Concho and Coleman counties. Loyd moves to Abilene to head the territory office while Wheat remains in Winters to run the local office. Both bring decades in the industry with Loyd a 23 year Humble Oil commission agent and Wheat over 17 years in the business. Shell Oil Co. operates globally in pipeline production and marketing.
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Bob Loyd
Gene Wheat
Bob Loyd LP Gas Co., Inc
Shell Oil Company
Loyd
Abilene
Wheat
Runnels
Taylor, Nolan
Concho
Coleman Counties
Governor's Education Group Pushes Redistricting of Texas Schools
The Governor's Committee on Public School Education launches a media campaign to back a Texas school system overhaul. Leon Jaworski says lawmakers will sponsor bills, with Sen. A. R. Schwartz and Rep. L. DeWitt Hale introducing legislation. Critics fear centralization harms rural districts, while supporters argue the plan offers a workable framework for a first class system.
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Leon Jaworski
Houston
Texas
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Jaworski
Wingate School District Opposes Governor Committee Proposals
Sixty four people attended a Wingate School District meeting to discuss the Governor's Committee report on Public School Education. Superintendent James Williams moderated and outlined proposals. The group launched a letter campaign against many recommendations and plans to seek support from small districts and state officials, with a delegation to Austin forthcoming.
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Wingate
James” Williams
Austin
Williams
Mothers March Nets Record Local Fund Drive Total
A Mothers March drive raised 727.88 dollars Tuesday evening to support birth defect opposition efforts. Participants named include Mesdames Monroe Boles Dorothy Wade Deward Awalt Carson Easterly Jay Vinson David C. 0indeburg.
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Groory
Becof
Mesdames
Monroe’ Boles
Dorothy Wade
Deward Awalt
Carson Easterly
Jay
Go Register Go Register urged at Winters Chamber lunch
Winters Chamber of Commerce members were urged to register to vote before January 31 and to encourage others to do the same. Woodrow Watts, new president, told attendees at Huffman House the 1969 year includes city and school elections and possibly other districts, stressing the voting franchise. The Third Monday luncheon introduced the new president and urged members to bring guests to the February 17 event.
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Winters Chamber of Commerce
Woodrow Watts
Chamber of Commerce
Huffman House
R. C. Thomas
Chamber
Winters City Council Purchases Heaters and Clearance Lights
On Monday the Winters city council approved buying six gas heaters for the Community Center now under construction and six airport clearance lights for the landing strip. The Community Center exterior is largely finished with interior work to start immediately and completion expected in a few weeks.
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Winters
Winters Airport
Worship Time Changed at Presbyterian Churches
The First Presbyterian Church shifts Sunday morning worship to 8:30 a.m. under Rev. James Sinclair who also serves Meker Presbyterian Church. Sunday School remains at 9:45 a.m., with services adjusted to the earlier time.
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First Presbyterian
James;Sinclair
Ea. m
Sinclair
Presbyterian
Rural Heroism Award Set For March 31 in Houston
Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Council will honor a rural hero living in a community of 2500 or fewer with its Rural Heroism Award. Nominations due by March 1, detailing the heroic act and involved names, with supporting clippings if possible.
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Texas Farm’ and Ranch Safety Council
Texas Safety Association
Houston
Texas Farm & Ranch Safety Council
Waco
Texas
14 483 Bales Ginned From 1968 Cotton Crop Winters
Winters warehouse reports 14 483 bales of the 1968 cotton crop brought in by three gins in North Runnels County one in Winters and two in Wingate with the last bale received January 15 and no word of further cotton.
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Winters. Warehouse Co
North Runnels
Winters
Wingate
Drivers Needed for Operation Eddie in Winters
Volunteers are sought to drive Eddie Little to the West Texas Rehabilitation Center in Abilene two or three times weekly for concentrated treatment. Drivers depart Winters to reach the Center by 9 a.m. on appointment days and return him to Merrill Nursing Home. WTRC attendants assist him from the car in Abilene. Call Mrs. Little at the Nursing Home or her home to volunteer. Eddie Little, a former Rural Mail Carrier, has been bedbound and in a wheelchair at the Nursing Home for months after a stroke.
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Eddie Little
West Texas
Abilene
Merrill Nursing Home
Mr. Little
WTRC
Basketball Schedule Sketch for Ballinger and Opponents
Schedule fragment shows Ballinger teams facing Robert Lee Merkel Anson and others in January. It lists Boys A and B and Girls 8th and 9th grades with venues at Lackwell and mentions Anson and Merkel. Details are fragmented and dates are inconsistent.
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Ballinger
Robert Lee
Merkel
Lackwell
Winters Volunteer Fire Department elects new officers
Rankin Pace is elected president of the Winters Volunteer Fire Department at the January 14 meeting. Officers include Cecil Scott as vice president Jimmy Seals as secretary treasurer Buford Baldwin recording secretary Marvin Bedford as fire chief James E Spill first assistant chief Jerry B Whitlow second assistant chief Robert Carey Company 1 Captain Joe Emmert assistant Neal Chambliss Captain with Milton G Perry as assistant James E Spill named to Pension Board along with Tommy Cham Bliss and Ellis Z Moore. Reverend James Sinclair elected chaplain.
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Rankin Pace
Winters Volunteer Fire Department
Cecil Scott
Jimmy Seals
Buford Baldwin
Marvin Bedford
James E. Spill
Jerry B. Whitlow
Robert Carey
Joe Emmert
Neal Chambliss
Milton G
Butch) Perry
Tommy Chambliss
Ellis Z. Moore
Measles Must Go vaccination clinic set for Feb 4
Winters Lions Club sponsors a measles vaccination clinic at the Elementary School on February 4 for school children through age 10 and preschool children from age one. The event runs 1 30 to 4 pm for students and 3 to 4 pm for preschoolers with no charge, donations welcome.
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The
Winters Lions Club
Lee Harrison
Lions Club
Harrison
Henry H. McCreight
Fred Young
State Department’ of ‘Health
Farm Bureau Leaders To Austin Meet
Run nels County Farm Bureau leaders will attend a statewide joint legislative membership conference January 22-23 in Austin sponsored by the Texas Farm Bureau. Hugo Vogelsang says the event opens the 1969 state and national legislative program and reports on statewide enrollment for new members. More than 400 county leaders are expected. the purpose is to clarify state and national agricultural issues and discuss implementing FB policies.
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Runnels County Farm Bureau
Austin
Texas Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Runnels County
Hugo Vogelsang
Mallon, Hays
Ben Frerich
Singing At Shep Community Center Monday Night
A community singing event at the Shep Community Center takes place Monday January 27 starting at 6 30 o clock. Residents are invited to attend and several quartets are expected to be present led by Troy Pillion.
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Shep
Shep Community’ Center
Troy
Pillion
Parents urged to report children for school census
Winters Independent School District asks patrons to return blank census forms for all children ages six to eighteen by January 31 1969. Contact the School Business Office at 754 4415 if you have not received a blank. A complete list supports state financial payments and enrollment planning for next year.
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Winters Independent
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Third Marines
Cua Viet River
Schoo Problems
C. of C
Rankin Pace Fire Department
George Beard
Winters Enterprise
Beard
John Black
State Department of Health
Health Department
Phioné
County
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