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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1936
Page
5
Voters in Texas will choose officers from U S Senator to constable in Saturday primary. Local races focus on State Representative County Attorney and County Treasurer with precinct conventions at 2 30 p m for election delegates.
Runnels County Singing Convention set for Sunday July 26 at the First Baptist Church expects to draw several hundred singers from across the county and nearby communities. The program features male quartets duets solos and class singing using the new 1937 Stamps song books. L Jennings of Wingate serves as president with H H Low of San Angelo as vice president and H W Bigler of Inles as secretary.
Winters Lions Club held its weekly luncheon with Morey Miller and Autrey Smith on the program committee and Al Afflerbach as toastmaster. BH D Stringer gave an inspiring report on summer work at the University of Texas. The club will meet at Hatchel next Tuesday at noon with Mrs Inc Q McAdams presiding.
Family Circle issue dedicated to Texas highlights an article by Stewart Robertson titled Now's the Day and Now's the Hour. It traces Texas history and describes Dallas Centennial celebrations Fort Worth Frontier events and vast Lone Star landscapes. The piece praises Texas lead in cotton oil and rice and notes routes for vacation tours through historic scenery missions and highways.
The University of Texas announces 713 students in the Arts and Sciences honor roll for the second semester. Arc hie Strother of Winters and Laura Edith Miller of Ballinger are named among the honorees, reflecting strong quantity and quality of work.
Workers repaint and redecorate the interior and exterior of the First National Bank this week, renewing its storefront and lobby look.
Urden Peterson was carried to Shannon Hospital Thursday afternoon after a fall from an 85 foot ladder while working on the Pumphrey church appendix. The Injuries were treated at the hospital and the incident is under local investigation.
Public weigher Guy Mullins asks voters in Precinct 5 to write his name on tomorrow’s ballot since his candidacy wasn’t printed. With no opposition and a blank line under For Public Weigher Precinct No 5, Mullins urges a write-in.
Royce Brooks, 14, son of Mrs J A Brooks, was shot through the left hand by an accidental discharge of a .22 rifle while rabbit hunting on a cultivator. He was brought to Winters for medical care after the injury broke a bone.
Runnels county young live stock growers will compete at Texas A M College during Short Course Week July 20 to 25. The 4 H club team includes Douglas Cole Winters Park Kemp Ballinger Neal Fagan Norton and Ross Campbell Hatchett who will judge beef cattle hogs sheep and horses in fat and breeding classes.
Mrs. John G. Key Jr has shown improvement after several weeks of illness. She was carried to Abilene last weekend for treatment at the West Texas Baptist Sanitarium.
Mrs. Milton Case and her daughter Creta Key of Merkel are visiting the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. John G. Key Sr.
H. C. Campbell arrived back Wednesday night after a stay in San Angelo ending with a bedside vigil. The report notes his return and references the hospital stay and family support during his absence.
Citizens invited to attend the Enterprise Election Party to view primary returns posted on a large bulletin board after polls close at seven. State results will be read at intervals as county boxes report throughout the evening.
Kenith Fletcher, secretary treasurer, reports 74 checks totaling 1186.18 have been issued to Runnels county corn-hog producers from the 1935 year end. Nineteen checks remain unpaid. notices have been mailed and producers may claim them at the county agents office per J. A. Barton.
State Board of Education requires any child wishing to attend a school outside their home district to transfer or pay tuition. All students attending other districts should transfer before August 1. Rural students should obtain transfer forms at the County Superintendent's Office in Ballinger and Winters district students should contact Supt. E. D. Stringer or the Winters school board.
Paducah preacher Rev. W. R. Davis returns to Crews Baptist church to lead a two week revival starting Saturday night July 26, with services continuing through the week. He is known in the Crews community for last summer’s meetings and invites the general public to attend.
Dr and Mrs C T Rives and son C T Jr returned home Monday after visiting Dr and Mrs Harold D Parks in Lancaster. They attended the Frontier Centennial in Fort Worth and the Texas Centennial in Dallas while away. They were joined by Mrs Parks and her two children visiting with them.
San Antonio pastor T. B. Thompson of a large church brings splendid messages at morning and evening services at the Main Street Church of Christ tabernacle. The revival began last Sunday and grows daily. large crowds are expected Sunday. The meeting ends Tuesday with an invitation for all to attend.
Austin hosts the University Centennial exposition from June 1 to December 1 highlighting Texas history and science on the UT campus. Dallas stages a 25 million dollar Texas Centennial exhibit drawing 2 million visitors with standout architecture and lighting. Fort Worth opens a frontier show with wild west acts and modern entertainment under the Frontier Centennial.
The Resettlement Administration's first year ending June reports in Runnels county show loans helped 105 families purchase 104 horses 28 mules 21 dairy cattle 50 hogs and 301 chickens totaling 12840 dollars of 38690 loaned. Loans average 369 dollars per family and carry five percent interest repayable in one to five years. Twenty five percent of 1935 Texas rural rehabilitation loans have been repaid.
Rev and Mrs J W Joiner and their son Wilbur returned home Friday. The family visited East Texas and Wilbur visited in Dells and Lanes with his sister Mrs.
The Hinson family held a two day reunion July 18 19 near Lubbock Texas at the home of Seth Alcorn. 117 relatives gathered including seven living Hinson children and four generations with Mr I N Hinson aged 88 the eldest and Roy Milton Wetzel seven months old the youngest.
The Works Progress Administration District 14 based in Brownwood notified the Commission that abutments for the Bluff Creek bridge west of the city and a new creek channel are to be built. The project plans 80 workers split into two shifts from July 22 to August 5 and onward, with an estimated 20 to 30 working days to finish.
Austin announces Texas Relief Commission offices will open in counties by August 1 to accept applications for WPA employment and surplus commodities. Adam R. Johnson states eligibility is need based. the commission will intake and refer applicants to WPA while continuing surplus distribution with county cooperation.
Weather notes show varied rainfall with Winters recording 0.75 inch and outlying areas up to 2 inches. Farmers welcome a general rain followed by clear weather to aid crop growth and predict a beneficial impact on the season.
Echols presents a Bradshaw concert Friday featuring Frank of Greensboro NC in person. Also listed are N. B. C. Boys Quar tet, Vickory Girls Qpet, with Lawrence Ivey and other talented singers.
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