Western Gas and Fuel Award 76 Mile Gas Main Contract
Eastland dispatch reports Western Gas and Fuel Supply Company awarded to Atex Construction of Eastland a $2.5 million contract to lay 76 miles of 8 inch gas main from San Angelo to Bal linger Winters Miles Rowena Talpa Valera Silver City and lay a 20 mile 6 inch main to Winters. G A Phillips will supervise with 150 to 250 men at San Angelo and four months to complete. Carter holds a gas franchise expiring September 19.
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Eastland
Abilene
Western Gas and Fuel Supply Company
Barney Carter
Ranger
Atex Construction Company
San Angelo
Ballinger
Winters
Miles
Rowena
Talpa
Valera
Silver City
G. A. Phillips
Phillips
Carter
Winters Chamber Meeting Illustrates Civic Cooperation
The Winters chamber of commerce held a brief board meeting after a 2:15 p.m. call for a 2:30 p.m. session. Attendees discussed key community matters in under an hour, urging citizens with brains and money to “show up at the showdown” and actively support local progress.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Oe
Ani Organ
Open Forum Planned by Chamber of Commerce
The chamber of commerce outlines a heavy program with surveys and committees to boost community life. An open forum series will let all citizens express views and influence work by Winters and territory, with 500 to 1000 attendees planned across groups including a ladies session.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sanco Campmeeting Opens With Noted Speakers
Rev W E Hawkins founder opens the Sanco Campmeeting at Sanco on July 20 with preaching by Dr W B McKinley Fort Worth and Rev R V Johnson Phoenix. Rev Maurice Johnson Glendale will speak and sing. Johnson once aided Bob Shuler. Winters residents expect attendance. event began four years ago.
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W. E. Hawkins
Sanco
W. B. McKinley
First Congregational Church
Fort Worth
R. V. Johnson
Phoenix
Arizona
Maurice Johnson
Glendale
California
Johnson
Bob Shuler
Winters
Evangelist A. P. Lowry
Cooperation Boosts City Program Says New Secretary
The new secretary S. W. Cooper expresses pleasure with business leaders response to general and special calls. He is convinced a strong program for good citizenship will emerge through continued spirit of cooperation. Several chamber members beyond the board attended the meeting, seen as highly helpful and encouraging. All share interest in progress.
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S. W. Cooper
Chamber
Predicts Large Cotton Crop From Plains Tour
Walter Neely, local real estate dealer, returns from the Plains with a forecast that cotton production will drop to about 75 percent of last year, pushing the crop price near 20 cents. He estimates Winters will ship 30 000 bales and Crews area may gin 25 000 this fall amid good conditions and adequate moisture. county agent Lehmberg notes exceptionally strong prospects for a bountiful yield this fall.
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Walter Neely
Plains
Neely
Mr. Neely
Lehmberg
Mrs Dean rests at home after hospital stay
Mrs Bill Dean, long hospitalized at the Baptist sanitarium in Abilene, has recovered enough to return to her Wingate home last Wednesday.
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Bill Dean
Baptist Sanitarium
Abilene
Wingate
Bridge Planned Across Bluff Creek On Truett Road
Austin Bros. has won the contract to build a steel and concrete bridge over Bluff Creek on the Truett road about two miles northeast of town. Materials are ordered. Commissioner Yeager planned the project and said a celebration could follow completion.
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Austin Bros
Bluff Creek
Truett Road
Yeager
Revival Draws Large Crowds at Winters Church of Christ
The Church of Christ revival on North Main Street draws big crowds at every service. Elder R L Colley preaches morning and evening on themes about salvation and fighting sin. Bible school starts 9 45 a m with classes for all, followed by 11 a m and 8 30 p m services. Dr J D Eoff and wife visited before he departs for Baylor Medical College in Dallas.
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New Presbyterian Church
Hal F. Smith
Church of Christ Revival
North Main Street
R. L. Colley
David
Goliath
Saul
Bible School
J. D. Eoff
Jim Eoff
Dallas
Baylor Medical College
Lions Club Luncheon Plans Two Speakers at Tuesday
Carl Davis chairing the Lions Club luncheon announces two speakers. S W Cooper secretary manager of the chamber of commerce will outline future plans. Elder Colley pastor of the Church of Christ will speak on a broad topic per Toastmaster Davis.
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Carl Davis
Lions Club
S. W. Cooper
Chamber of Commerce
Elder Colley
Church of Christ
Davis
Epworth League to Present Play Safety First
The Epworth League rehearses a three act farce titled Safety First with a large local cast led by Auburn Neely Perham Witt Gattis Neely Fred Young Garland Nance Leon Campbell Louise Stephens Lavena Collinsworth Lavere Neely and Charisie Graham. The show debuts August 4 at the high school auditorium and carries a moral about telling the truth to your wife.
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Epworth League
Safety First
Auburn Neely
Perham Witt
Gattis Neely
Fred Young
Garland Nance i Turk
Turkey
Leon Campbell
Jack
Louise Stephens
Lavena Collinsworth
Lavere Neely
Charisie Graham
City Drug Fire Damages Stock and Window
A small blaze at City Drug Company on Main Street caused heat damage and a shattered plate glass window. Fire crews controlled the fire quickly. stock and building damages are estimated at 300 to 400 dollars. Paxton and Stevens praised the fire department and presented $25 checks each for their response.
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City Drug Company
Paxton
City Drug
Banner Creamery
Main Street
Mr. Paxton
Wm. Stevens
J. Frank Paxton
Cooper family relocates to North Church street house
S. W. Cooper and his family arrived Tuesday from Crosbyton and settled in the Jack Mullin house on North Church street. As secretary-manager of the chamber of commerce, Cooper says his wife Adeline and children Charles and Carroll will aid his work, already carried away with Winters and her people.
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S. W. Cooper
Mary Hood Visiting Grandparents in Wingate
Mary Edith Hood of Snyder is visiting in the home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs Jim Miller at Wingate.
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Mary Edith Hood of
Snyder
Jim Miller
Wingate
Fishers display two large yellow catfish catch
Allen Harrison and Guy Mullen exhibited two large yellow catfish on Wednesday morning. The larger fish weighed 31 pounds and the smaller 10 14 pounds, caught about ten to twelve miles below.
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Allen Harrison
Guy Mullen
Lone Star Gas begins town gas system construction
With the town platting for a gas distribution system, Lone Star Gas Company started construction after receiving a franchise last Tuesday. A car load of pipe arrived, ditch digging is underway, and about fifty workers are active. Construction superintendent R. E. Bagley arrived Tuesday and expects more labor as work progresses. The chamber of commerce secretary provided a local labor list, to be used as needed, as the company aims to hire locally.
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Lone Star Gas Company
R. E. Bagley
Mgr. Bagley
Cooper
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Bagley
Gas Company
Local Buyer Pays 16 1 2 Cents Per Pound for 102 Bales
Cartwright Bros of Terrell Texas sold 102 bales of cotton to Chas Meeks of this city at 16 1 2 cents per pound after samples and bids from many Texas points. W B Smith branch manager oversaw the deal.
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Cartwright Bros
Terrell
Texas
W. B. Smith
Chas. Meeks
Meeks
C of C Opposes Water Right Grant to Syndicate Co
The local chamber of commerce board and citizens met to condemn a State Board of Water Engineers grant allowing Syndicate Power to take Colorado River waters for a Marble Falls plant. Resolutions protested the action and urged mailed copies to Governor Moody and the board. The measure would divert waters from towns, farms, and irrigation downstream to Marble Falls.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
State Board of Water Engineers
Syndicate Power Company
Colorado River
Marble Falls
Moody
Colorado
Board of Water
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