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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1964
Page
5
Turbulent discussion centers on poll taxes and voting eligibility across elections. Texans face deadlines and confusion as officials seek final word while local groups plan improvements at Winters Lake, including a dock and picnic areas, amid vandalism and safety concerns at the rifle range.
Mrs. E. E. Vaughan is reported to be improving from a serious illness at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene.
A magazine style 34 page UT football history book on the 1963 national champions is published by Bill Little and Associates, journalism students at the University of Texas. Ten thousand copies will be sold in stores and on newsstands statewide with no advertising and thanks to Merrick Spill for assistance.
Winters High School lists students with 90 plus averages in all subjects for the first semester of 1963 64. Freshmen include Anna Holder Bobbie Gans Sylvia Moore Gary Pinkerton. sophomores Kathy Dunn Susan Roberts Linda McGregor Larry Hensley. juniors Linda Hill Elaine Paske Mary Young Judy Matthews Zanette Moore. seniors Jacque Nelson.
Mrs. Weldon Collins chairs the VFW and Auxiliary MOD drive in Winters business district. They report work done and discuss a new Americanism program. Monthly gifts were given to Winters Public Library and the VA Hospital in Big Spring. J. L. Morrow presided. several members attended. Ladies Auxiliary plans regular meeting the first Monday night in February.
Winters Young Farmers sponsor a five day welding course from February 3 to 7 held at 7 p m in the long building. The Forney Co conducts the instruction with a $10 tuition for the full course. Aimed at non welders and novice welders, interested persons may attend or contact Lon McDonald Billy Joe Colburn or Weldon Minzenmayer. At a January 28 meeting Dr Tim Mason of Abilene Christian College spoke on fertility testing and displayed slides from a beef factory trip.
Harvey and Bill Little, students at Texas University in Austin, visit their parents Mr and Mrs W E Little. They are accompanied home by Bill Melton of Dallas, a January graduate of the university. Miss Mary Gardner of Waco, University student, was a guest in the Little home last weekend.
Collier Randolph of Abilene, a Texas University student, visited friends in this area over the past weekend.
City voters will choose three councilmen for two year terms on the first Tuesday in April. Mayor Harvey D. Jones indicated he will act to order the election soon. Incumbents W. M. Hays J. W. Bahlman and R. C. Thomas may seek reelection. the mayor and two council seats hold one more year. School board terms for Raymon Lloyd and A. L. Mitchell end this year and a vote will occur on the first Saturday in April. A paid poll tax receipt must be shown to vote. deadline January 31 for paid receipts.
Martha Sandal of Central High School San Angelo was elected president of District 11 Future Teachers of America at the Winters convention. Other officers include Carol Wilson Coleman vice president and Jo Ann Albano Mason recording secretary. About 230 students attended the district gathering hosted by Winters High School Alpha Chi chapter.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gardner of Austin visited for the weekend at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Gardner and attended the Davis Stone wedding.
Mary Young a Win ters High junior and Ronald Kraatz a senior were named Boy and Girl of the Month by the WHS student council. Kraatz serves as District 11 Future Teachers of America president and student council president, with three years on the council, NHS member for two years, and multiple leadership roles. Young is Glacier yearbook editor, band member and flute player, featured twirler for two years, and December gold medal winner.
The Winters Blizzards lost to Anson 70-51 in the district opener on Tuesday and host Ballinger Friday night. Winters boys trailed 57-55 to Haskell last Friday while girls beat Anson 48-45 to move to 3-2 in district. Standings show Anson at 5-0 and Stamford 4-1 with Ballinger 1-4 and Winters 1-4.
The Winters Lions Club hosts its annual chili supper in the Winters High School cafeteria tonight. Tickets available at the door or from members. Proceeds support club projects including glasses and scholarships to state meetings and sponsorships for a youngster at the Lions Crippled Children’s Camp Kerrville. Serving will begin in time for the Winters Ballinger basketball game at the Winters High School gym.
Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Winters will dedicate its education and activities hall with a breakfast for the Altar Society and Men's Club, a Mass by Bishop Drury of San Angelo, and a public Mexican supper. The project began in 1940 and includes military barracks repurposed as classrooms, land donations by Manuel Orona and Mrs. Angelita Barrera, and plans for future expansion.
With the February 3 filing cutoff near, candidates across districts rush to file and pay a $50 county fee. Runnels County races include District Court Clerk, 119th Judicial District judge, District Attorney, and Tax Assessor-Collector, along with county commissioner and sheriff contests. Several offices may see opposition while others lack challengers as the primary date of May 2 approaches. Poll tax payments loom, with a 30 day receipt window and voting restrictions for those not paying.
Winters and five other Texas schools join a six-city tel eclass pilot offered by the University of Texas Extension Department. The adult course Mathematics 360 M will be taught by B G Nunley starting February 3 in Winters Room 21 Elementary Building with 28 teachers enrolled.
The Winters Sportsman's Club aims to build a boat dock and loading ramp at Winters Lake, replacing torn-out docks. A 1964 membership drive is underway with $5 dues. Cards and information available at Western Auto Harrison Auto Parts Talley's Garage and Hatler Robinson Barber Shop. The first 1964 meeting was held January 23 to discuss membership and projects.
Mr and Mrs George Poe have come back from an extended stay with their daughter Miss Jeanine Poe and other relatives in Phoenix Arizona.
Weekend visitors from Richardson and Dallas attended the Davis Stone wedding held Saturday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Grover Davis. Guests included Mr and Mrs W J Renick and Mr and Mrs Terrell Davis.
College students Pat Patterson Billy Pumphrey and Jimmie Johnson return home for mid term recess visiting their families.
James B. Nevins, superintendent of Winters Independent Schools, urges parents to register first year pupils by the end of the week. Registration affects state funds and first grade planning for 1964. Notify the school if six year olds are not in the census.
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