Speedy Oak Creek Lake Fishing Court Tale
Two Winters men fished without a license at Oak Creek Lake during Memorial Day weekend and faced an improvised local court held by a Justice of the Peace with a $10 fine. The piece notes park projects, wooden picnic tables, and a white footprint mystery on a Winters street, plus gar bage pickup complaints from City Councilman Joe Irvin as rain hampers routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Creek Lake
J. P
Hizzoner
Joe Irvin
Winters
Joy
Tegel
Shang
D S Moore Observes 90th Birthday At Home
Daniel Spurgeon Moore longtime resident of Runnels County marked his 90th birthday with Open House at his home Tuesday. Family and friends visited while his brother Hilliard Moore of California attended for the first time in 48 years. A sister, Mrs. Matilda Holamon of Arkansas, is in her late 80s. Refreshments on a linen table featured a daisies centerpiece and a four tier cake. Moore born June 4 1867 in Cherokee County Georgia later moved to Alabama and pursued education and teaching before studying medicine at Rhinehardt Normal College.
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Daniel Spurgeon Moore
Runnels County
Voctson
Hilliard Moore
Calton
Calif
Matilda Holamon
Benton, Ark
Salina, County
Georgia
Rhinehardt Normal College
Waleska
R. M. Moore
Alma Spill Wins Cash Award In Essay Contest
Alma Spill daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Spill won the Winters Garden Club Litterbug essay contest with The Breath of Spring earning a $15.00 cash prize. The piece describes spring renewal and civic beautification, urging care of vacant lots and town sprucing with nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Spill
A. B. Spill
Winters Garden Club
Balbris
Registration for Vacation Bible School Slated Friday
The Southside Mission Baptist Church will hold a Friday morning registration for Vacation Bible School from 9 to 11 o'clock. Regular sessions begin Monday morning, June 10, from 8:30 to 11:30. Children from nursery through intermediate ages are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside Mission Baptist Church
Winters Showdeo Promises Action Galore in June
Winters hosts the eleventh annual Showdeo opening June 13 with a downtown parade and three nights of rodeo at Blizzard Field. Giants Indians Yankees and Dodgers games headline a busy Little League stretch as community groups prepare floats prizes and entries for the parade and rodeo events.
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Red Sox
Yankees
Dodges
Indians
Lawn Cubs
Tuscola Tigers
Wingate
Drasco Pirates
J. F. Richie
Chamber of Commerce Youth Recreation Committee
Blizzard Field
Winters
Floyd Grant
Wanda West Returns to Fort Worth for Wesleyan College
Wanda West visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. Q. West and returned Sunday to Fort Worth to enroll as a junior at Texas Wesleyan College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda West
Fort Worth
Texas Wesleyan College
R. Q. West
Rodeos and Their Origins in the American West
The article traces rodeo origins from cowboy contests of frontier ranches to the formation of rodeo associations. It notes early events in Texas and Prescott, Arizona, the rise of public rodeos, and the creation of the Rodeo Association of America, now the International Rodeo Association, with five major events and a point and time based scoring system.
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Cos
Texas
Pecos
Prescott
Territory
Arizona
America
Colliseum
Fort Worth
Brooklyn
Madison Square Garden
Rodeo Association of America
Salinas
California
RAA
International Rodeo Association
Pendleton
Oregon
IRA
International Rodeo “Association
Commencement exercises set for First Baptist Vacation Bible School
Close Friday at 8 p m marks the end of this week long First Baptist Vacation Bible School at the church. Rev B T Shouemaker is principal with Mrs T H Worthington as general secretary and 162 pupils enrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Vacation Bible School
B. T. Shoemake
T. H. Worthington
George Briley
Carl Pendergrass
Earl Little
Ed Brandon
W. C. Briley
W. J. Briley
Claude Tatum
C. C. Clark
Jim Baldwin
Totsie West
Janice Colburn
Morris Southall
Worth Howe
P. L. Harrison
Eldridge Cox
Beverly Bedford
Mmes
R. D. Cathey
Ted Meyer
Jack Pierce
Bert Humble
H. G. Miller
Frederic Poe
Whitley Smith
Wayne Sims
C. E. Whitmire
George Poe
Mary D. Taylor
Marie Maughan
J. N. Clark
Jerry Sullivan
Bobby Anderson Receives BBA at Texas Tech Commencement
Bobby Anderson son of Mr and Mrs Sid Anderson was among 779 graduates at Texas Technological College. He earned a BBA with a major in accounting and will join the Army Auditing Agency in Dallas, leaving June 23. At college he belonged to Sigma Chi treasurer Tech Accounting Society and Circle K Club.
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Bobby Anderson
Sid Anderson
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Anderson
Army Auditing Agency
Dallas
Sigma Chi
Tech Accounting Society
Circle K Club
Vaughan Home Visit Noted By Muleshoe Family
Mrs. Lee Kimbrough and daughter Nancy of Muleshoe are visiting at the Vaughan home, staying with her aunt Mrs. E. E. Vaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughan Home
Lee Kimbrough
Nancy of
Muleshoe
E. E. Vaugh
Profile of Joyce C. Wilkerson Winters gas office manager
Joyce C. Wilkerson, native of Crews community, manages the Winters Lone Star Gas office. He attended Winters schools, played football in high school, and entered the U S Navy in 1942. He trained in San Diego, served in the Gilbert Islands campaign, and was discharged in 1946. He married Lenora Sykes in 1947 and they have three children, Mary Lou, James, and Joe. He is a Presbyterian and a vice president elect of the Winters Lions Club.
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Joyce C. Wilkerson
Winters
Lone Star Gas Company
Wilkerson
U. S.navy
San Diego
Carrie
Navy
Joyce Wilkerson
Lenora Sykes
Mary Lou
James
Joe
Hlkerson
Presbyterian Church
Winters Lions
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Alfrey Lumber Co
Winters Lumber Co
Higginbotham Lumber Co
Crouch
D. S. Moore
Savior
King of Creation
Vacation Bible School
Ippropria
Eague
Giants
Wingate’ Sox
Panin
Wer Bbloms
Akers Bregistais
Demakirgf
Coleman Rodeo Association
Showdeo
Davidson Gin
Lloyd
Sandy Woodly
Woodleys
Doug Greathouse
Graham
Winters Roundup Association, Inc
John W. Norman
Winters Roundup Association
Ralph Lloyd
W. H. Craven
Tributairman
R. M. Dix
And
Council
Austin
Texas Tech
J.C. Wilkerson
Lone Star Gas
Enginessee
Eeers
Hoppe
Mas Ieouen Sane
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