Winters Chamber of Commerce Recaps 1926 Progress
The Winters Chamber of Commerce reviews a year of efforts including bond issues for a new high school and water system improvements, poultry shows, Boys and Girls Clubs support, road work, gas franchise statistics, and advertising campaigns. It notes 1927 goals like city mail delivery and a larger band, with other city-wide improvements not directly tied to the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Winters Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scouts
State Health Department
Mid-West Poultry Producers Association
Austin
Sweetwater
Coleman
Winters
Texas Commercial Executives Conference School
Lubbock
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Bowie
Ballinger
Runnels
District Governor Visits Lions Club at Methodist Church
District Governor Fred R. Newman was guest of honor at a Lions Club luncheon last Tuesday at the Methodist church. He conducted the meeting after introduction by President Nance. Visitors included Miss Wells Mrs. Faris Callan and Jack Callan editor of Winters high school paper The Gate. The program featured piano solos by Mrs. Callan and readings by Miss Wells. A roll call with 10 cent fines for missed names drew laughs and fines totaling about 40 cents. The group planned a flag and framed charter display and appointed an entertainment committee for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred R. Newman
Lions Club
Methodist Church
Nance
Miss Wells
Faris Callan
Jack Callan
Lion Newman
QO. C. Williams
Lion Davis
Davis
Maddox
Hill
Damon and
Pythias
Bob Bacon
Bob Thornton
G. E. Nicholson
Geo. Hill
Black Joe
Newman
Lions
Tailtwister Shepperd
Lion Jno
Q. McAdams
Frank Paxton
Buford Owens
Reed Family Update and Local Visits
H K Reid returned from Dallas where he was at the bedside of his son Noel Reid who remains ill in a sanitarium. Friends report Noel’s condition improved and hope for a speedy recovery. Mr and Mrs J M Skaggs plan a trip Saturday to St Louis and other eastern markets to select new store merchandise. Miss Margaret Kirk of Ballinger visits the Hartzogs for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Reid
Dallas
Noel Reid
J. M. Skaggs
St. Louis
Construction marks forward move with new buildings
The report notes the start of a new high school, a church, a laundry, a modern country club and grounds, and the completion of six business houses. These developments illustrate forward movement and progress in the community.
Bankers and Businessmen Plan to Avert Future Crises in Texas
A Dallas meeting of bankers and businessmen outlined a multi year program to shift Texas farming from cotton dependence toward balanced agriculture. They endorsed the Texas Safe Farming Association and urged credit terms supporting crop diversification, tenant landlord guarantees, and home gardens to stabilize prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Adolphus Hotel
Jnc
Texas Safe Farming Association
Clarence Ousley
J. A. Kemp
Wichita Falls
Dallas Morning News
Farm News
Texas Bankers’ Association
Natham Adams
H. W. Ferguson
C. C. Renfro
Geo. Leachman
George M. Easley
Eli Sanger
C. R. Miller
H. M. Rogers
Albert Feldman
J. Perry Burrus
D. B. Canidler
E. §. Morgan
J. G. Morean
J. G. Webster
Herbert E. Carpenter
Arthur A. Everts
L. Worley Read
Carr P. Collins
A. C. Adkins
W. T. David
R. Liebman
C. L. Norsworthy
John W. Carpenter
M. G. Mayfield
R. L. Thornton
John E. Owens
Ray Shelton
J. H. McDonough
Ed Woodall
J. P. Poteet
W. M. Williams
Hillsboro
Fred A. Newton
Ennis
John Q. McAdams
Winters
H. O. Wooten
Abilene
Henry D. Lindsley
New York
W. G. Hargrove
Pittsburg
John T. Forison
Corsicana
W. A. Canon
Farmersville
Charles M. Campbell
Temple I
Brown
Fort Worth
Walter Allen
Terrell
Local Visitors and Trips Highlight Weekend Notes
Hugh P. D. Howard Jr and J Clark Morgan III of Oklahoma City stayed at Mr and Mrs W F Hartzog's home last weekend. Mr and Mrs W T Knight of Wilson visit in Mr Knight's father's home this week. Luther Owens left Friday for Leonard and Greenville on a business mission. Gerald Knight, a Howard Payne College student, has recovered from tonsil surgery and returned to school after six days in the hospital. Silas Izard of Ballinger, connected with monument work, visited here Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh P. D. Howard, Jr
J. Clark Morgan III
Oklahoma City
W. F. Hartzog
Mrs. W. T. Knight of
Wilson
Mr. Knight
Luther Owens
Leonard
Greenville
Gerald Knight
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Silas Izard
Ballinger
Baylor Bus Crash Touches Townwide Grief in Round Rock
Relatives of Baylor accident victims are in Winters and Gatesville as the Sunshine Special rammed a Baylor bus bound for a game in Austin. Ten Baylor students died, others connected locally mourn the loss, memorial services held at Baylor campus amid statewide mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Rock
Sunshine
International Great Northern Railroad
Baylor
Austin
State University
Willis Murry
Gatesville
Jimmie Walker
Gitesville
Allene
Merle Dudley
Abilene
Dudley
Jack Castellan
Ennis
R. C. Pender
Winters
Weir Washam
John Washam
Brooks
Fire Destroys Kilpatrick Home in East Truett
Fire last Friday at about eight destroyed the Kilpatrick residence on East Truett avenue. Origin unknown. E R Kilpatrick and family escaped with only what they wore after missing early alarm due to misdirected call. Insurance totaled 1500 on goods and home. community raised about 1000 for sympathy purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Kilpatrick
East Truett Avenue
Kilpatrick
South Main Street
Ed Chapman
Churches Profit By Local Sale In First of the Year Sale
Krauss Dry Goods Co reported a ten percent donation from all sales to local congregations. Purchasers chose which church would receive ten cents per dollar. Local receipts listed Methodist 30.50, Baptist 24.14, Church of Christ 19.20, with others in city and rural areas benefiting but amounts uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krauss Dry Goods Co
Methodist
Baptist
Church of Christ
School Band Forms At Local School
Director Shepperd has organized a school band with about thirty members and aims to add more. Students supply many instruments while the director offers some on loan for fifty cents more per month, totaling five dollars monthly. Supt. Smith grants half credit in outside work to high schoolers who join, boosting participation. Instrumentation includes Cornets, Trombones, and Alto Horns with named players such as Lawrence Green and George Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepperd
Supt. Smith
Cornets
Lawrence Green
C. T. Rives
Ernest Vanzandt
T. B. Poe
George Graham
J. W. Dixon
George Hill
Perry Barber
Newton Key
Parham Witt
Bernie Robertson
Foy
Missionary From Africa to Lecture Here Friday
Dr. L. E. Smith, a medical missionary from West Africa, will lecture at the Methodist church Friday February 4 at 7 30 p m on Africa. He is described as a whirlwind and his talk will include African curios pictures and slides with no admission fee though a free will offering may be collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Methodist
L. E. Smith
West Africa
Methodist Church
Africa
Ensemble Musicians Listed by Name in Community Band
Ansell Marvin Bedford leads a community music set with clarinets Jnc McAdams Mosley Stokes Rountree Nicholson, saxophones Cobb Strother King McNeil Key, baritones Nicholson Smith, bass Barber Cook, drums Bartlett Key Stooksberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansell
Marvin Bedford
Jnc
Q. McAdams
Robert Mosley
Fannie Lou Stokes
Leta Rountree
Mary Helen Nicholson
Annie Lee Cobb
Archie Strother
J. L. King
J. E. McNeil
Maggie Sue Key
Graydon Nicholson
Travis Smith
Truett Barber
Raymond Cook
Ross Bartlett
Jno
G. Key
Harold Stooksberry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Margaret Kirk
Kilpatrick Home
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