Inflation, land value claims from 1910 Texas field notes
The Ballinger Ledger clipping from January 17 1910 records W W Poe notes on land sales near Winters Texas. He refused $50 per acre for 1100 cultivated acres citing good crops and superior soil. He averaged a half bale per acre in 1909 due to improved seed and cultivation. He notes rents above $6 per acre. The item also mentions a federal court striking down a congressional redistricting plan and outlines critique of the legislature drawn maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballinger Ledger
W. W. Poe
Winters
C. A. Doose
Mr. Poe
Texas
Poe
Runnels
Gordon Wood to Speak at Brownwood Football Banquet
Gordon Wood, Brownwood High School football coach and former Winters mentor, will be principal speaker at the annual banquet in the school cafeteria at 7 p m on Saturday February 5. Mor ris Southall, Brownwood aide and former Winters coach, will join Wood in Winters. Tickets are 2 25 and available from team members cheerleaders or the school with a February 3 deadline.
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Gordon Wood
Brownwood High School
Winters
Morris Southall
Brownwood
Wood
Winters High School
Blizzard
UIL
Kirke McKenzie
Amazing Grace
Drums of America
Selec.ons
Weather snapshot from a January 1971 week
A brief weather note records temperatures of a low 30 degrees on Wednesday January 20 and Thursday January 21, 1971, with a high of 80 degrees on Saturday January 23, 1971, showing an unusually wide swing in winter weather.
Highway Department Uncovers Texas Past Through Archaeology
Texas Highway Department crews have located more than 800 archaeological sites since 1917, teaming with UT Austin to catalog over 4,500. Finds include an 80 million year old West Texas fish fossil, Indian campsites near Austin, a Civil War powder mill near Marshall, and plans for the 1899 temporary State Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Texas
Austin
Marshall
Texas Highway Department
University of Texas Archaeological Research Laboratories
Highway Department
Witte Memorial Museum
San Antonio
Inner Space Caverns
Interstate Highway 35
Georgetown
Winters Lions Seek Applicants For Summer Camp
Winters Lions Club invites handicapped children aged seven to sixteen to the Texas Lions Camp for Crippled Children in Kerrville. The first two week session begins Sunday June 4 with five sessions planned this summer. Camp is free and transportation is provided. local Lions handle all requests. Rankin Pace is the contact. Lions have sent more than 13,000 youths to camp in previous years.
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Texas Lions
Kerrville
Lions
Rankin Pace
Winters Lions Club
FFA Members Thank Supporters After Livestock Show
Winters Chapter of the Future Farmers of America thanks area supporters for promoting the Junior Livestock Show and for awards from the Livestock Association Chamber of Commerce and others. Special appreciation is given to Melvin Ray Williams for providing bedding hay for the livestock exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters
Future Farmers of America
The
Livestock Association, Chamber of Commerce
Melvin Ray Williams
Coleman Visitors Visit Watson Family Sunday
Mr and Mrs Jack Whitten berg visited Sunday at the Coleman home of their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Randall Watson in Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Whittenberg
Randall Watson
Coleman
Elm Creek District Set to Receive $5,000 State Aid
Elm Creek Water Control District is poised to get a $5,000 appropriation from the State General Revenue Fund for district operations. Attorney General Crawford C. Martin ruled the biennial item valid, despite a prior veto, enabling the Comptroller to issue a lump sum. The district plans to use the funds to pursue federal grants for surveys and construction of water-retarding structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Creek Water Control District
State General Revenue Fund
Crawford C. Martin
Robert S. Calvert
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Atty
Gen. Martin
Elm Creek
Texas
Hays
Tha
David Ratliff
Stamford
Grant Jones
Taylor County
Lynn Nabers
Brownwood
Helena couple visits Mile High?
Mr and Mrs Charles G Milliom of Helena Montana visited Wednesday in the home of Mr and Mrs Bill Milliom, extended family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G., Milliom
Helena
Montana
Bill Milliom
Moore and Baldwin Retire After 45 Years with Winters VFD
Ellis Zane Moore 24 years and Buford Baldwin 20 years 11 months 22 days have retired from the Winters Volunteer Fire Department. Moore served as president assistant chief and captain of a company while Baldwin led as president of the volunteers and sat on the retirement board. They recall major fires including the C L Green Milling Co plant Norton School and a Ballinger theatre blaze. They say they will miss the department and its comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters Volunteer Fire Department
Ellis Zane Moore
Buford Baldwin
Moore
Baldwin
Texas A&m
Baldwin and Moore
C. L. Green Milling Co
Ballinger
Abilene
Bronte
Norton
Gospel Sing at Southside Church Sunday
Southside Baptist Church at 617 Crews Road hosts a Sunday Gospel Sing after services on January 30. Out of town singers will attend and local singers are invited to participate. a basket lunch is encouraged. Plans call for similar programs every fifth Sunday.
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Southside
Southside Baptist Church
Crews Road
Subject of Mrs Poe dies in Mesa Arizona
Goldie Richmond author of Angel To The Papagos died in a Mesa Arizona hospital on January 13 at age 76 after almost a month of hospitalization. She and husband Jim once ran a trading post on the Papago Indian Reservation at San Simon Village Arizona and later lived in Mesa. Her life with Papago Indians inspired the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldie Richmond
Charlsie
George) Poe
Winters
Mesa
Ariz
Poe
County Contracts To Remodel Courthouse Annex
Runnels County Commissioners approved a 24974 dollar contract with Cary Lumber Co to remodel the courthouse annex. The old stone building will gain new ceilings windows doors partitions and a floor and will be rented to ASCS and Soil Conservation Service to cover remodeling costs. Also Frank H Carter of Brady was hired as appraiser for right of way land on FM 2011 crossing the Colorado River in the south county within Valley View to Old River Road.
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Runnels County Commissioners
Cary Lumber Co. of
Ballinger
Soil Conservation Service
ASCS
Ascs and Soil Conservation Service
Elliott Kemp
Frank H. Carter
Brady
Colorado River
Runnels County
Valley View
Old River Road
WHS Students To Name Glacier Royalty Tuesday
Winters High School plans a Tuesday February 1 election assembly to choose Glacier King and Queen from four classes. Nominees include Freshmen Keri Laughon and Mitch Davis, Sophomores Chris Hays and Jim West, Juniors Gayla Springer and Wayne Schwartz, and Seniors Denise Williams and Jimmy Benson.
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WHS
Glacier Royalty
Winters High School
Glacier King and Queen
Winters High School Class Favorites Selected
The four Winters High School classes announce their yearbook favorites. Freshmen Becky Dean and Alex DeLaCruz. Sophomores Selinda Allen and Gary Thomason. Juniors Tresia Sharpes and Fred DeLaCruz. Seniors Debbie Eoff and Larry Cooper.
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Winters High School
Glacier
Winters visits San Angelo SSA rep to assist February filings
Jackie Ashcraft field representative for the San Angelo Social Security Office will hold February visits at the Chamber of Commerce office on Monday Feb 14 and 28 from 9 30 a m to 11 30 a m to help with benefit claims information and other SSA business. Call the San Angelo office at 949 4608 for those unable to meet in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Ashcraft
San Angelo
Chamber of Commerce
Social Security Administration
Winters Lions Chili Supper Postponed to February 10
Winters Lions Club schedule shows the annual chili supper moved from January 21 to February 10 due to community illness. Event at the School Cafeteria honors January tickets and tickets may be bought from members or at the door.
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Lions Club
Gene Wheat
Faction Folders Tighten As Filing Deadline Approaches
As filing closes in early February the Runnels County race tightens with five candidates for Precinct 1 including Oscar Proctor Newman Smith Coy Estes and Charles Bradshaw plus Travis Barrett who announced but hasn’t filed. Pat Pritchard seeks re election for Precinct 3 and Sheriff Don Atkins also runs. Procedures for filing fees remain in place despite a court ruling deeming them unconstitutional. County Democratic Chairman Drury Hathaway collects deposits toward the total fee.
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Runnels County
Precinct 1
Ballinger
Drury Hathaway
Drury
Winters High announces first semester honor roll
Winters High School releases the first semester honor roll led by Keva Harrison with six A grades. Others earning multiple As include Landa Walker and John Parra. several students posted four and three A grades alongside B and C level marks.
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Winters High
Winters High School
Keva Harrison
Landa Walker
John Parramore
Mary Kay Bauer
Debbie Lloyd
Paula Meyers
Mike Smith
Trish Hill
Mike Moore
Martha Pritchard
Gwynne Gerstmann
Kathye Wolford
Bruce Smith
Steve Tatom
Denise Williams
Susan Burns
Kyle Tatom
Patty Smith
Noel Nichols
Wandrae Parrish
Tresia Sharpes
Paul Gerhardt
Sheree Tekell
Barbara Fairey
Brenda Smith
Weather Holds as 4786 Bales Entered at Winters Warehouse
Weather holds allow rapid stripping of remaining cotton from the 1971 crop. Abilene Classing Office reports 28,000 bales sampled for the week ending January 2, pushing season total to 151,200 bales in the Abilene area. Low Middling Light Spotted is 36 percent, Strict Law Middling Spotted 33 percent, 57 percent downgraded due to bark. staple distribution 30, 29, 31. Prices stay strong from 22 to 32 cents, with about 80 percent of ginnings selling from 28 to 30 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Consumer and Marketing Service
USDA
Mayo Installed as 43rd President of Local Soil Group
Bailey Mayo of Post was installed as president of the South Plains Chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America at a Lub bock meeting. Jim Mertes is president elect and Dan Blackstock is secretary treasurer. Mayo, son of Mr and Mrs Dick Mayo, formerly lived in Winters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Mayo
South Plains
The
Soil Conservation Society of America
Lubbock
Jim Mertes
Dan Blackstock
Mayo Is
Dick Mayo
Winters
Swofford Birth announced for Shelley Ray
Mr and Mrs Jerry Swofford of Clyde announce the birth of their daughter Shelley Ray on Friday January 21 1972 at 824 am weighing 5 pounds 4 ounces The couple also has a daughter Sharla Kay with paternal grandparents listed as Mr and Mrs Chick Swofford of Clyde and great grand parents Mr and Mrs Charlie Graham of Winters.
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Jerry Swofford
Clyde
Shelley Ray
Swoffords
Sharla Kay
Chick Swofford
Charlie Graham
Winters
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Th By 'S
C. Thomas
Dallas
U. S
Bluff Creek
U. S. Weather Station
High Low
Sun
Winters Housing Authority
East Parsonage
Grant Streets
Digging
Frank Weir
Weir
Texas State Library
FFA
TO Coleman
W. M. Hays
Preston Smith
Kemp
Keri Lynn Laughon
Ray Laughon
Mitch Davis
Joan Howard
Chris Hays
Wes Hays
Jim West
James West
Gayla Springer
Leon Springer
Wayne Schwartz
Raymond Schwartz
Jim Williams
Jimmy Benson
John Benson
Becky Dean
Hollis Dean
Alex DeLaCruz
Joe de LaCruz
Selinda Allen
Floyd Allen
Gary Thomason
Keith J. Thomason
Bill Sharpes
Fred DeLaCruz
Louis DeLa Cruz
Debbie Eoff
Ete Eoff
Larry Cooper
J. E. Cooper
Repoets
Democratic
Democratic Committee
Rae Brown
Emma Ortegon
Benina Aguilar
Bobbie Wood
Wesley Wharton
Debby Smith
Susie Spence
Janie Casias
Judy Hodnett
Geoffrey Sanders
Janice Stevens
Alex DeLa Cruz
Susan Poe
Andy Gann
Wynette Burson
Dwayne Jonas
Ebien Sanders
Lesli Bishop
Ronnie Stevens
Ricky Grenwelge
Rodney Kruse
Luther Smith
Rex Pritchard
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