Thodist Redties Social Held At Ardson
A Methodist social event was held at Ardson with attendance noted and participation by local residents. Organizers reported a warm welcome and plans for future gatherings.
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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1959
Page
5
Man Sell Bros. official views 1959 John Deere tractor
G. W. Sneed, manager of the Man sell Bros. local store, is pictured at the company tractor works in Waterloo Iowa inspecting a 1959 John Deere tractor during a visit to the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Sneed
Mansell Bros
Waterloo
Iowa
Winters Tops Runnels County in Growth and Remodeling
Winters leads Runnels County towns in business expansion per Dun and Bradstreet with planned remod eling and new facilities. The town pursues long range planning and faith in the business climate while other towns show declines. A White Elephant Sale at Heidenheimer's and a March of Dimes dime sign at Winters State Bank highlight local commerce and civic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dun & Bradstreet
Winters
Runnels
Business Men's Bible Class Chili Supper Friday Night
The Business Men's Bible Class of First Baptist Church will host a chili supper for members wives and guests Friday at 7 in the church Fellowship Hall. Two groups competed in an attendance contest with Ernest Smiths group winning and Tom O Carrolls group taking the consolation prize. The losing group will host the winners. Planning committee members were Grover Davis Earl Dorsett and Russell Mote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Ernest Smith
Tom O. Carrol
Winters High senior featured in national poetry anthologies
Johnny Key, WHS senior son of Mr and Mrs John G Key Jr, had a poem Comes the Spring accepted by the National Anthology of High School Poetry Young America Sings and Songs of Youth. This marks his third consecutive year with poems in the National Anthology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Key
John G. Key Jr
American Poetry Society
Johnny
Myrle Frazier
WHS
the Quill and Scroll
Authors Anonymous
Gale High School
Harrisons Move Auto Parts Store In Remodelled Main Street Building
About 250 friends of P. L. and Jack Harrison attended their open house for the new auto parts store three doors south on Main Street. In a drawing during the event C. E. Sullivan Tip McKnight and Jack Patton won men wrist watches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L
Jack Harrison
Harrisons
Main Street
C. E. Sullivan
Tip’McKnight
Jack Patton
Sneed Wins John Deere Dealer Trip to Iowa Plants
Mansell Bros. implement store manager G W Sneed was among John Deere dealers who earned a free three day tour for meeting sales quotas. The group traveled by chartered United Airlines jets to Waterloo and Dubuque, Iowa and Moline, Illinois with wives for the awards trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Sneed
Mansell Bros
John Deere
Iowa
Illinois
Sneed
Waterloo
Dubuque
Moline
Ilinois
United Airlines
Mr. Sneed
Band Mothers Club Sponsored Game Party
The Band Mothers Club hosted a forty-two game party Thursday night in the Band Hall at 7 30. Proceeds will aid the Winters Bands and the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band Mothers Club
Returned Home From California Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Walker returned home Friday after spending two weeks visiting friends in Los Angeles San Diego and El Centro California En route they visited his sister Mrs Shorty Foster in El Paso and an aunt in Phoenix Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Walker
Los Angeles
San Diego
el Centro
California
Shorty Foster
el Paso
Phoenix
Arizona
Wayne E. Larsh Killed in Texas Auto Crash
Wayne Eugene Larsh 42 superintendent for G W Strake Oil Co in Winters and resident here eight years was killed Tuesday about 4 40 p m when his 1956 Chevrolet struck a pipe laden truck four miles east of Robert Lee on State Highway 158. The truck driven by Pete Garcia belonged to Texas Natural Gas Corp of Tulsa Oklahoma. A passenger Douglas Smith escaped injury as pipes flew into the truck cab. Larsh was en route to Sterling City to investigate a field tank fire injuring J W Martin also of Winters. Burial in Pampa after services in Spill Memorial Chapel. He leaves wife two daughters mother two brothers three sisters and several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Eugene Larsh
G. W. Strake Oil Company
Winters
Robert Lee
Larsh
Highway
Jerry Zachary
San Angelo
Pete Garcia
Hayrick Road
Texas Natural Gas Corporation of
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Douglas Smith
Presbyterian Church
Spill Memorial Chapel
B. O. Wood
B. T. Shoemake
Winters First Baptist Church
Pampa
Spill Brothers’ Ambulance
Dunkel-Carmichael
Vinson Named Outstanding Airman for Six Months
Airman First Class Jimmie W. Vinson son of Mr and Mrs J D Vinson of Route 1 Winters Texas was chosen outstanding airman for July to December 1958 in the 3920th Combat Support Group Operations Squadron at RAF Brize Norton England He is a telephone operator with the Strategic Air Command 7th Air Division and is a 1954 Winters High School graduate married to Valerie Joy of Oxford England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie W. Vinson
J. D. Vinson
Route 1
Winters Texas
Vinson
Raf Station
Brize Norton
England
Strategic Air Command
7Th Air Division
The
Winters High School
Valerie Joy
Oxford
J. W. Martin Burned In Oil Field Fire
J W Martin field foreman for Strake Oil Co of Winters suffered third degree burns on hands and second degree burns on face when an oil line broke and sparked a fire on a Davis base rig fifteen miles northeast of Sterling City. A hose failure caused an explosion. Martin crawled to safety as crewmates Baldwin Simpson and Boles escaped unharmed. He was moved from Sterling City Hospital to Winters Municipal Hospital Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Martin
Strake Oil Co
Winters
Davis
Sterling City
Martin
Dun and Bradstreet Finds Runnels County Firms Fall Since 1954
A Fort Worth Dun and Bradstreet report shows 311 active firms in Runnels County in January 1959 versus 322 in 1954, a 3 percent drop. The Reference Book lists manufacturers wholesalers and retailers, excluding many service and professional businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Hemphill
Fort Worth
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Runnels
Dun & Bradstreet
Runnels County
Hemphill
United States
Perod
Pet. Inc
Miles
Rowena
Ballinger
Winters
Credit Reporting Agency
U. S
Winters Sportsman Club Rodeo Starts With Tagged Fish Prizes
The Winters Sportsman Club launches its Fishing Rodeo on February 1 with 150 tagged fish released in Winters lakes. First prize is a 5.5 hp outboard motor, second prize laminated water skis, plus about 18 smaller prizes. Tagged crappie bass and channel cat may be entered by members registering fish with intact tags. Final rules set at Tuesday’s meeting. The club also plans selling Oak Creek property. March of Dimes drive gains momentum. $313 from balloon sale and $40 from coffee sales. Mother's March canvassing pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Huddleston
J. W. Phillips
Winters Sportsman Club
Oak Creek
March of Dimes
Fredric Poe
Winters
Main Drug Co
Smith Drug Co
Acapulco Cafe
The
Cowboy Cafe
Eagle Scout Court Of Honor Set For February 2
The Eagle Scout Court Of Honor will be held at the Winters Scout Hut on Monday February 2 at 7 30 p m. Warren Dodson Abilene chief of police and an Eagle Scout will be guest speaker. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters Schout Hut
Warren Dodson
Abilene
Naomi Busher Named WHS Homemaker of Tomorrow
Naomi Busher daughter of Mr and Mrs Cullen Busher was named the 1959 Homemaker of Tomorrow at Winters High School She earned the highest score on the homemaker test taken December 2 and received a home making pin with the slogan Home is Where the Heart Is Her exam will enter state competition judged by Science Research Associates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Busher
Cullen Busher
Winters High School
Busher
Science Research Associates
Porter relatives attend funeral of Bill Day
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Porter attended the funeral of his nephew Bill Day in Aspermont. The burial took place at McBee Cemetery near Tuscola. Other relatives present included Mr. and Mrs. Bernice M. Porter of Abilene and Mr. and Mrs. J. Edgar Porter of Crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Porter
Aspermont
Bill Day
McBee Cemetery
Tuscola
Ange
Bernice M. Porter
Abilene
J. Edgar Porter
Crews
Bakersfield man visits mother amid Texas business trip
Mr. Seitz of Bakersfield California visited his mother Mrs. George Seitz this past weekend while continuing business in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Seitz
Bakersfield
California
George Seitz
Seitz
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. C. Thomas
Heidenheimer’s
Winters State Bank
Business Men’s Bible
Grover Davis
Earl Dorsett
Russell Mote
John Deere Tractor Works
Wayne E. Larsh
Strake Oil Company
Artesia
N. M
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Okla
Oregon State College
Army Corps of Engineers
Italy
Mr. Larsh
Texas Company
Houma
Marie Melancon
Gwen
Martha
Iona Larsh
D. L
Santa Anna
Harold
J. A. Hurt
Odessa
Gerald Adams
Bernice Larsh
3920Th Combat Support Group
B. E. Baldwin
Gary Simpson
Monroe Boles
Dun and Bradstreet Credit Report
Two Lakes
Huddleston
Herman Baker Sr
Harrison Auto Parts
Speers & Phillips Boat and Motor Dealers
West Dale
A. J. Wells
Lester Warlick
Jim Hamner
Herman Baker Jr
Chub Winton
T. Sprinkle
Eagle Scout Court of Honor
WHS Homemaker of
W. T. Stapler
Jerry Kraatz
Blizzard
Ing
Kraatz
Little
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