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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1961
Page
6
A local column urges timely payment of poll tax ahead of the April election and describes extensive remodeling at Municipal Hospital including painted rooms acoustical tile ceilings and new fixtures. The piece also mentions city debt figures and a caution about frost and road conditions affecting drivers.
Members of the Winters Lions Club and spouses attended the District 2-A-1 Lions International Mid-Winter Conference in Ballinger on Saturday. Shown with District Governor Cecil Bridges and past International President Herb Perry Jr are Homer Hudgins, W. M. Hays, Dr. Z. I. Hale, and others including Mrs. Hudgins Mrs. Hays Mrs. Hale and Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Thomas.
The Winters audit shows bond principal of 876 400 plus interest to meet over 20 years with yearly maturities peaking in 1972 and 1973. Electric revenue bonds reach 220 000 with interest of 8 170 in 1961, and waterworks 148 000. The report notes total city receipts 359 289.13 and a 114 117.89 payroll, with recommendations to improve department operations.
Forty four pupils in the fourth grade and forty six pupils in the first semester earned averages of 90 or above in all subjects at Winters Elementary School. The lists name many students including Aurora Ruiz Jo Nell Simmons Cynthia Pinkerton Phil Harrison Darrell Hill Mary Lou Wilkerson Ben Shoemake Sylvia Moore Randall Pendergrass and Zanette Moore among others.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sneed and Jean visited Lubbock staying with their daughters Charlotte a Texas Tech student and Mr. and Mrs. Mabry Brock.
Mrs. Henry C. Satterwhite and her children left Wednesday to join Mr. Satterwhite who will relocate with Humble Refining Company to Kingsville where they will make their home.
Sportsman Club will meet Monday evening January 30 at 7 30 at the American Legion Hall. New officers will be elected and plans for the new year will be formulated. Bob Everett president urges all members and others interested to attend.
Members of the Winters High School 1960 football team received letter awards at a Tuesday assembly. Coach L G Wilson presented awards to twenty varsity players and two managers, with three reserves earning recognition. Underclassmen and B team letter recipients are listed, along with reserve and manager letters.
Mr and Mrs W F Minzenmayer and Serena Mr and Mrs Er win Ueckert and Betty Sue Wessels spent the weekend in Midland The Minzenmayers and Ueckerts visited the Friersons and Miss Wessels visited her sister Mrs Bill Howell
Winters FFA Livestock members earned awards at the Abilene Stock Show. Jerry Don Frierson claimed reserve champion lamb in Intermediate Mutton. Pat Pritchard placed fourth and sixth in lightweight lamb crossbred. Scotty Belew finished eighth in Crossbred Trio. Ronnie Green led a ninth place Finewool Trio.
Eddie Little of Winters earned a blue ribbon for Goldblocks a portrait of Debbie Duncan granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Mord Tucker at the Texas Professional Photographers Association convention in Tyler. The event marked Little third straight year with blue ribbons and he also assisted as a committee chairman at the convention.
The City Secretary reports about 75 percent of 1960 taxes paid with January 31, 1961 as the deadline to avoid penalties. For the April 4 city election, Mayor Harvey Dale Jones will seek re election, George Poe will run for mayor, and T A Smith for alderman. Official filings expected after receipts of election supplies, with terms of the mayor and two aldermen ending this spring.
A 2.94 percent rise in Winters telephones shows growth. A. J. Lacy of The Southwestern States Telephone Company reports 1435 phones connected at end of 1960, up from 1394 at year end 1959. The firm serves 150000 phones across 158 exchanges in four states.
County Agriculture Agent C. T. Parker Jr. says the brucellosis testing program in Runnels County is almost finished. Cattle owners with untested cows should contact the county agent by letter phone or in person. A list of missed cows will trigger full-day testing runs until all cattle are checked.
SnoFlakes with Robert Gans presented a musical program at the NABAC meeting Saturday evening at the Wooten Hotel in Abilene. This marks the third year the group has performed for the organization. Members include Diane Buckner Frances Saunders Marion Burrows Tamara Gans Barbara Bolden Sharon Denson Deanne Kozelsky and Pamela Bedford.
Diane Sims a student at North Texas State College in Denton is visiting at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Floyd Sims in Denton as shown in local society news.
Mrs. W. H. Jennings learned from Mrs. Cready Ragan in Knoxville that two relatives of the late W. H. Jennings had died. Taylor Hickey died January 15 and Myrtle Skinliver died January 19.
Mrs. J. S. Sanders and Elsie Lee spent Sunday in Tuscola visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Frymire. Elsie Lee later visited Chester Adams and Travis Downing, patients at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene.
Twenty eight members of the Winters FFA will have entries in the San Antonio Livestock Exposition on February 10. Under supervisor Lon McDonald the group will show ten junior goats eight junior Rambouillet sheep one Hereford steer twenty boys lambs eight Berkshire barrows twelve Duroc barrows twelve Hampshire barrows four Poland China barrows and two other pure breed barrows. Entries were listed for John E. Jackson Eugene Mathis Jimmy Simpson Joey Kozelsky Cecil Sudduth Donald Fulton Edwin Deike F. O. Deike J. W. Alley Vance Wilson Ricky Boles Russell Woffenden Ronald Colburn David Puckett Gary Poe Donnie Gibbs Don Orr Kenneth Crowe Ralph Whittenburg Ronnie Green Joel Butts Alvis Jackson Charles Kraatz Scotty Belew Jerry Don Frierson Johnny Mathis Kay Whitlow Connie Gibbs.
The Winters Municipal Hospital reports multiple patient dismissals including Mrs J C Gray Jr and baby boy on Friday along with Mrs Jake Cortez and baby boy. Several other patients were discharged Saturday Sunday or Wednesday including medical and surgical cases. Leslie Cole Jr and G W Timms are listed as medical and surgical patients respectively.
The Rev. B. T. Shoemake of Winters First Baptist will present slides from his South American tour Friday evening January 27 at 7 o clock at Drasco Baptist Church. The public is invited.
Patricia Wessels a student at Texas State College in Denton is spending the mid semester holidays at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs A C Wessels.
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