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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1964
Page
5
The Norton community near Winters lacks a fire truck, so the Norton Lions Club, with Winters backing, obtained a 1924 American LaFrance from the City of Winters. The aging truck will be repaired and used locally to respond to fires, avoiding reliance on distant crews. Explorers plan a Colorado River cano e trip but await rain.
Two Winters men from Winters post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars attended the Junior National Rifle Association meet in San Angelo. Max Lewis commander and J A Henderson senior vice commander District 22 assisted. Mrs. Max Lewis represented the VFW Auxiliary.
Winters city officials re emphasize August 1 enforcement of the sanitation ordinance requiring cans of galvanized metal with tight lids between five and 32 gallons. Big barrels won t be collected and dry refuse must be compacted or placed in regulation cans. Tree limbs must be four feet or shorter, and burning in containers is not allowed, with crews instructed to skip any burning vessels.
Mrs. J. M. Stanley attended with her children and most grandchildren at a Lake J. B. Thomas reunion near Big Spring. Thirty five family members and eight visitors were present.
St John’s Luther League stages a three act comedy The Other You at the high school auditorium on Saturday August 1 at 7 30 pm. directed by Mrs Edward Bredemeyer and Bobby Bredemeyer the plot centers on Willogo by Adams played by Fred Minzenmayer as he pursues geology while his aunt urges marriage sidney Roscoe by Mike Deike helps yet a messy chase with multiple interested women ensues. Free will offering collected. Cast includes Fred Minzenmayer Alvin Dunn Joan Ahrens Beth Spill Sally Spill Michael Deike Dan Kraatz Trisha Oaken Anna Gottschalk Myra Minzenmayer Roselyn Kraatz Donna Minzenmayer. Produced by special arrangement with Harper and Row Publishers Evanston Illinois and Elsford New York.
The District Seven 4-H Dress Revue themed A Roman Holiday will be in the Crystal Room at the Cactus Hotel on Thursday August 6. Runnels County entrants Carla Sue Walker Junior and Anna Gottschalk Senior will compete. West Texas Utilities Company sponsors and Hemphill Wells Company will award prizes after the luncheon. Senior winners in the top quarter advance to the State Dress Revue at the State Fair in October. Suzanne Orr of Abilene serves as mistress of ceremony and Paula Hardy of San Angelo is fashion commentator.
Winters High School Blizzard band starts rehearsals for the football season and new school year on Monday August 3 at 7 p m. Director Robert R Gans urges all senior high students who moved into the district to attend and bring their instruments to the first meeting.
Winters water level fell about two inches over the week, with the level now four feet below the spillway. City Water Superintendent W D Waggoner attributes the drop to usage, evaporation, and seepage, noting evaporation rivals consumer use in dry spells. The current supply is about 1249 acre feet and a full water-usage record is planned.
Local runners and throwers competed in the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation State Track Meet in Abilene. Mike Patterson of Winters High School won the discus with 149 feet 134 inches to set a meet state record. Richard Shade finished fifth in the shot put while Larry Awalt Chester Puckett Jerry Awalt and David Burnett also participated against teams from across the state.
At a Midway CB Club meeting July 25 in Crews Gym Mrs Aubrey Faubion answered a 10-30 call from Mr Storm near Rowena. The urgent message aided a grandchild en route to Ballinger hospital for poison exposure. Police were alerted and a clear hospital path was arranged. Sixteen CB operators attended and the club scheduled August 29 at 8 pm in Crews Gym for the next gathering.
Mrs A Belitz and Minnie Belitz with Mrs M D Wright and Theresa and Mrs R C Jr Kurtz Randall and Darrell visited Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Winters School Board reports a year of additions and repairs to improve the school plant. Improvements include paving and curbing on the east and west sides, new restroom fixtures, a chain link fence, acoustic tile, fluorescent lighting, and new furnishings. The Blizzard field press box was expanded and repainted, stands are being repaired, and an updated entrance aims to ease traffic.
Jack Hutton of Turkey will speak at a week long gospel meeting at Wingate Church of Christ from August 2 to August 7. Services are 10 30 a m and 6 30 p m Sunday and 7 30 p m on weekdays. Public invitation.
The Wilmeth Baptist Church will start a summer revival Friday night August 7 led by Pastor Rev. Lester Carter. Evangelist Rev. Lester Vinson of Burleson from the Home Mission Board will preach with Congregational singing directed by Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Lasater of San Angelo. Prayer services start at 7 30 and preaching at 8 p m each evening, with the public invited.
The Winters Independent School District board of trustees will hold a budget hearing on Tuesday August 11 at 8 p m to discuss the proposed 1964 65 school year budget. Citizens may attend to participate. Mrs A S Henley and Jaye Brown have returned from a trip with the D B Nichols family visiting Corsicana Houston Texas City Galveston Six Flags Dallas Fort Worth Waco Temple and relatives along the way. Miss Marie Hill leaves Thursday for Abilene to join Miss Marie Haney on a Colorado vacation in Boulder with friends.
Winters City Council approved a $165 rotenone purchase for a Saturday lake poisoning by Parks and Wildlife Commission staff. The goal is to kill trash fish while preserving water quality, with restocking planned within two months at no city cost.
A report by James Wilcox of the Parks and Wildlife Commission influenced the City Council to consider poisoning Winters Lake. He noted trash fish outnumber game fish across June counts and this week’s seining and gill-net counts. The counts recorded substantial crappie, shad, suckers, carp and drum, with one drum weighing 20 pounds 13 ounces retrieved by Herman Haker.
Chief YNC Donald and Mrs. Woodfin with son Greg returned to New Orleans Louisiana after a week with his parents Mr and Mrs J R Woodfin. Mr and Mrs Woodie Woodfin of Abilene were visitors.
All Boy Scout activities are suspended for the rest of the summer per A. W. Hilck troop committee chair. Beginning in September Winters Boy Scouts Troop No. 49 will start a new schedule of activities.
Norton volunteers from the Lions Club operate a City of Winters loaned fire truck, a 1924 LaFrance, long on Winters’ semi retired list. Shown on the vehicle are Marlin Davis Freddy Tidmore Lester Shafer Bobby Gregor Frank Gregor and Clarence Lee with Roger Bryan partly obscured on the seat.
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