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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1971
Page
5
The article recalls early driving lessons and compares them with modern driver education. It argues driving an automobile is an art and deserves school emphasis. It notes many states treat driver training as diploma requirements and cites a JC Penny ad executive on newspaper advertising as foundational to sales.
Mrs. G. W. Scott Jr. has returned home after undergoing major surgery at Hendrick Hospital in Abilene.
A two year hailstorm relief drive in Winters prompts a special Red Cross fund drive on Tuesday June 15 with a 5 p.m. kickoff. Areas are split into sections led by community groups and sponsors with solicitors to be named later. The drive has previously spent about 3000 for home repairs after hail damage.
Dane Bishop ex Winters High School center and linebacker named to 1970 all-district teams will play in the Greenbelt Football Classic at Childress on August 14. He plans to attend Angelo State University next fall. Bishop selects Miss Lynanne Hill Winters as queen nominee.
Lost Generation, World Wide Pictures latest, screens at First Baptist Church on Wednesday June 16 at 7 30 p m no admission charged Rev Harry Grantz announces The film uses Eastmancolor footage to explore dissent violence and America’s mood with appearances by Billy Graham Art Linkletter and Jack Webb It was filmed across Alaska the South mid America and Haight Ashbury San Francisco and urges viewers to decide how involved they will be in today’s troubles.
The Winters High School Homemaking Department offers three June workshops for adults. Mrs. Cecil Hambright announces sessions on crocketed bead making June 15, window treatments June 22, and cake decorating June 29. Classes start 7 pm in the homemaking cottage with Mrs. J D Vinson and Mrs. Lee Choate directing crocheted beads. Participants should bring five strands of beads a No 10 crochet hook and No 30 crochet thread.
Army Private Jimmy B. Brewer son of Mr and Mrs H E Brewer Winters completed eight weeks of basic training at Fort Polk Louisiana. He learned drills weapons map reading combat tactics military courtesy justice first aid and Army history and traditions.
Lewis Irvin a salesman for Adams Extract Co in the Lubbock area was named 1971 Distinguished Salesman by the Sales and Marketing Executives Club in Austin at a June 8 awards dinner. A Winters native, he and his wife Ila Mae live in Lubbock with their three children Jean Ann Julia Mae and Danny.
The Winters City Council approved a modest rate increase for General Telephone Company effective July 13, 1971. Sessions set new prices for business and residential service, with some unchanged extensions, and no progress on Extended Area Service for linking rural systems.
Winters school Neighborhood Youth Corps members under Coach Chili Black aided Sunlawn and Leeman Additions this week clearing debris from Monday night floods. They raked trash, tree limbs, fence posts, railroad ties and tires. City trucks hauled it away. Residents thanked the workers for restoring normal conditions.
Gerald W. Merz a range conservationist with the Runnels County Soil Conservation Service joined 27 others at the SCS Regional Technical Service Center in Fort Worth May 24 to 28 for a five day basic leadership course. Fred E. Minzenmayer of Corsicana son of Mr and Mrs F O Minzenmayer of Winters also attended as a soil scientist with the Corsicana office. The session aimed to develop basic leadership among new SCS employees.
The families of Paloma Street express gratitude to Albert Brown for lending a pump and pumping water from beneath their homes after Monday night’s flood. They say the pump helped limit damage.
The Rev. Patrick Ryan of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Winters attended a May 25 seminar at St. John’s Hospital San Angelo on The Role of the Priest in the Diagnosis and Treatment of the Hospitalized Sick. The Diocese of San Angelo plans more seminars for ministers of other denominations to learn hospital care techniques and spiritual counseling.
The Big Country Area Texas TB RD Association held its quarterly meeting in Monahans on Saturday June 5. Reports covered skin testing surveys in Region X and projects across the 32-county area. Representing Runnels County were Mrs Raymon Lloyd of Winters and Mrs Doyle Condra, secretary of the association and representative director of the Texas TB RD Association.
Congressman Omar Burleson voiced disappointment that Runnels County left his Texas district after the recent reapportionment. He argued population should guide lines but stressed personal ties and a wish to remain connected with the people and communities he has long served.
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus comes to Abilene June 22 and 23 for four Athlene performances benefiting the West Texas Rehabilitation Center. The center nets 20 percent of gross after initial splits, with no guaranteed cost to the center and proceeds split 20 80 after a $60,000 and $15,000 threshold. The event includes a train arrival June 21 and a march to the Taylor County Coliseum.
The Winters Riding Club will meet at the club arena on the Old Crews Road at 8 p m Thursday June 17. Plans for the annual trail ride to Coleman on July 6 will be made. All members and others interested in riding are invited.
A harsh hail storm and heavy rains struck North Runnels Monday night with high winds. Flooding followed in parts of West Winters and crops were damaged. Meteorologists reported about 9 inches of rain and hail poured from the north and west.
The Rev. Glenn Bowman leaves Winters First United Methodist Church for Coleman. The Rev. Robert W. Sanders takes over in Winters, moving with his family as moving day follows an annual Central Texas Conference session in Fort Worth.
The city council approved the proposed operating budget for the next fiscal year after a budget hearing. No taxpayers attended the hearing. The plan covers General Fund Administrative Fire Park Corporation Court Street Police Sewer Sanitary Cemetery Electric and Water Departments.
Vacation Bible School at St John Lutheran Church will close Friday June 11 at 11 am with a church program and city park picnic. Superintendent Mrs Edward Bredemeyer reports about 80 students and teachers daily, ages two to 12, with a teaching staff including Mesdames Elaine Miller Janice Pruser Nadine Bedford Ruby Carter Adela Ueckert Anita O'Dell Margaret Pruser Frances Holle Linda Gottschalk Laura Mae Kruse Minnie Minzenmayer and Miss Kathy Eubanks Dorie Miller Nelda Tischler Vera Mae Kraatz Jahlce Henderson Diane Marks and Rev Walter C Probst Sr pastor. Mrs Jerry Miller supervised daily refreshments.
Winters hires Reynolds from Winters High School coaching staff to direct a six week summer recreation program. The City Council approved the project using school facilities such as the gym and track fields with no charge for participation for youths and adults.
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