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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1972
Page
4
Hickory worms and bag worms are damaging pecan trees in the area. County Agriculture Agent C T Parker urges frequent inspections and immediate treatment. He notes hickory worms are harder to spot than bag worms and recommends consulting the county agent or a licensed pest controller for proper pesticides.
The annual barbecue goes on Thursday August 3 at 7 p m in Ballinger City Park. Phil Lorfing of Lowake will enter the barbecue. If rain occurs the event moves to the Ballinger Community Center.
Jana Kaye Gunn daughter of Mr and Mrs Delbert Gunn of San Antonio and Davis Masmeyer Jr both of San Antonio were married in the post chapel at Fort Sam Houston on Friday July 7. Gunn is granddaughter of Mrs W J Yates of Winters. Masmeyer is in the U S Air Force stationed in Colorado.
13 month old Jill Johnson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Cullen Johnson of Dallas, visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Raymon Lloyd. Other visitors include granddaughters Stacy and Lana Lloyd of Houston, daughters of Dr and Mrs Rod ney Lloyd.
The Runnels County 4 H Dress Review took place July 6 in Ballinger at the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. District review is set for August 9 in Abilene, with juniors and seniors named to represent the county.
Home Town Talk reflects on the evolution of mousetraps from heavy duty rat devices to delicate lightweight and multi tunnel designs. It recalls the spring type trap and childhood memory of its snap, noting the ongoing battle between humans and mice and the stubbornness of the rodent.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymon Lloyd have returned from a sightseeing trip through Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky Ohio and Arkansas. They attended a family reunion in San Antonio then visited the Rodney Llinyds in Houston and spent a week in Lexington Kentucky with their son Kenneth. They also visited Dallas with their daughter and family the Cullen Johnsons and in Tennessee they visited the Tom Hollands in Henderson. Debbie Lloyd stayed in Lexington for the summer.
The Winters Young Farmers held a family ice cream supper during their regular Monday night meeting at the Winters Community Center. Stanley Blackwell, a local teacher, showed a film of last year's Winters Livestock Show. Door prize winners were Mrs Arnold Thormeyer and Allen Andrae, donated by Alderman Cave Milling and Grain Co.
Mrs Lora Coupland traveled to Dallas with her brother Jerry Ritch of Oxnard California and sister Mrs J H Oliver of Los Angeles to spend time with her nephew Dennis Taylor and family. They also planned to visit brother Hugh Ritch in Plainview and Mrs Coupland's daughter Neil Scott and family in San Angelo.
Mrs. Lora Coupland hosts relatives over the Fourth of July. Her sister Mrs. J H Oliver of Los Angeles and brother Jerry Ritch of Oxnard California visit from July holidays. Also present are Dr and Mrs Allen Ritch and their daughter Mrs Jane Hubby with her two sons Allen and Clifford from San Antonio. Oliver and Jerry Ritch plan to stay several more days.
In 1790 Samuel Slater, an English immigrant, built the first successful cotton textile mill in the United States, marking the start of industrial textile production.
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