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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1970
Page
5
B M Talley, farmer north of Winters, brought a 13 pound muskmelon to Smith Drug Store with a tag noting weight and date, a record for a time when musk melons were common. The article contrasts muskmelons with cantaloupes and recalls farming practices and wild gourds affecting yields.
Mrs. Lloyd Bentsen visiting Winters for coffee with local voters as part of the Texas Forts Trails tour. Accompanied by political wives, she chats with attendees and signals support for her husband Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. in the U S Senate race. She plans receptions and events in San Angelo, Bal lenger, Coleman, Brady and Brownwood before returning to Houston.
Winters sees rising kilowatt hour consumption with a 10 percent increase in refrigerated air conditioners this year. City of Winters Electric Department and West Texas Utilities report higher May to June usage compared with 1969 and 1968, as temperatures climb and cooling needs grow.
The Winters Chamber of Commerce board of directors will hold a regular meeting at 5 15 p m on Tuesday August 4 All directors are urged by President Jim Cowlishaw to attend to discuss important chamber business.
Two photos capture Sidewalk Sale activity in Winters during a lull in the annual Sale abration. Merchants report high interest and crowds from nearby areas plus tourists, with plans for an even larger event next time.
A four man Superior Box & Bag Co. Abilene team won the fourth annual Industrial-Commercial golf tournament at Winters Country Club. Wiley Connally earned medalist with 103 on 27 holes. Ron English and Ed Kerley won partnership with 101. Runner up medalist Al Fernandez Ballinger 106. runner up partnership Paul and Bob Stuerzenberger Abilene 102.
The Mexican American United Methodist Church in Ballinger will dedicate a new $20,000 brick building on Strong Avenue behind the courthouse square at 3 p.m. Sunday August 2 led by Bishop Eugene Slater of San Antonio with regional church leaders and Pastor Miguel Ramirez.
Pan American Industries of Winters is renamed Wintex Industries Inc after acquisition by Oscar T. Hinds of Denver. The changeover took effect July 7, with Darrell Compton continuing as general manager and secretary treasurer. The plant shifts toward metal display shelving and related products while exploring injection plastics. Hinds aims to move operations to Winters. staff may grow from 26 to 85 within a year.
A series of gospel meetings runs August 2 to August 9 at the East Side Church of Christ located at North Cryer and Novice Road in Winters. Hollis Talley of California will preach. Lelan Bryan will lead singing. Services start at 8 p.m. daily, with Sunday services at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. The public is invited.
Winters High School homemaking teachers Mrs. Cecil Hambright and Mrs. B J Joyce will join more than 1 700 Texas instructors August 3 7 at the State In Service Education Conference for Homemaking Teachers in Dallas. The event at the Statler Hilton is sponsored by the Texas Education Agency with M Arthur Neiman of New York City delivering the keynote.
Rev and Mrs Chester Wilkerson visited Mrs Dora Wilkerson in Brownwood hospital Monday. She underwent major surgery on July 27 and has been seriously ill since.
Winters High School announces varsity players from the 1970 squad will take physical examinations at 7 p m on Thursday August 13. Seniors juniors and sophomores eligible to play will attend. Freshmen physicals follow at 7 p m Friday August 14 athletic director Coach Jerry Gibson said.
The Runnels Association of Baptist Men and the Brotherhood will hold a quarterly meeting August 4 at Southside Baptist Church Winters. Dinner starts at 7 30 with Dr Joseph T McClain Howard Payne College Brownwood as principal speaker. Allen Jackson Brotherhood director and Roy Rice Royal Ambassador Director are also noted.
Rev Leonard Barnett of Cuero will preach Sunday August 2 at the Winters Pentecostal Church of God. With no pastor currently, all members are urged to attend and the public is welcome to hear him.
The Department of Public Safety driver license examiner will not be in Winters on Friday August 7 to give tests. The first Friday exam date resumes September 4.
Drasco Baptist Church announces revival services August 2 through 9 with evangelist Dr Virtus E Gideon former pastor. Evening services start 8 p m weekdays Sunday schedule 10 a m Sunday school 11 a m worship. Training Union 5 p m and worship at 6 p m Sundays. Gideon is a New Testament professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Fort Worth and Randall Conner directs music at the church.
During the Winters Country Club city golf tournament, Dub Davis achieved a double eagle on the 415 yard No. 1 par 5. Teammates in the foursome were George Brown Pyburn Brown and Homer Hodge.
Parents of students who moved to Winters since May are urged to contact the school office. The district seeks names and grade levels of all new students to aid planning for the 1970 71 school year. The office number is 754 4618.
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