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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1959
Page
3
Winters Lake now holds 3000 acre feet after heavy watershed rainfall. City water superintendent W D Waggoner says four inches of overflow over the spillway assures ample supply for months. A new 140000 gallon tank and a 1000 gallons per minute pump boost storage and capacity, though pumping slowed due to rainy weather.
Jim Everett of Winters displayed his quarter horse Cedar King in Abilene placing fifth in the aged stallion class. He plans to enter Ozona and Vernon shows this month and has earned five grand championships with the horse this year.
Winters High School athletic chief W. T. Stapler says workouts begin next week for the Junior Olympics in Abilene July 10 11. Boys ages 11 17 may join. brackets cover 11 12 13 15 and 16 17. Winners advance to the San Antonio state meet later in summer.
Mrs John E Griffin leads the Winters Garden Club installation using a Tree of Home Gardening motif. Officers 1959 60 include President Mrs Floyd Sims and First Vice President Mrs Robert Briley with others named, a district plant directory plan and a $25 prize to Mrs Griffin from Lone Star Gas.
James D. Abbott, son of Horace and unnamed spouse, and Bradshaw-Drasco native, is honored as area conservationist for the Lubbock Soil Conservation Service. Secretary Ezra Benson presented the award in Washington, D C, praising Abbott’s leadership in the SCS and the Great Plains Conservation Program after a career from 1948 with a BS and MS in agronomy from Texas Tech.
Mrs. Sherwood McNeely and her sons Lanny and Douglas of Roswell New Mexico are visiting Mr and Mrs C L Liddell. Lt McNeely expected to arrive this week for a visit in the Liddell home.
Judy Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Thompson of Midland visits at the home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs E C Collinsworth during a family stay in Midland.
Mr and Mrs Jack Nixon of Bal linger visited Sunday at the Collinsworth residence with Mr and Mrs E C Collinsworth in Collinsworth home.
Mrs. Jimmy Adair Mrs. Harold Allen and children and Mrs. Ruby Burkett spent the weekend in San Angelo visiting with Mr. and Mrs. James Gulley.
Mrs. Sims outlined projects and plans in her talk Looking Forward. Gifts were given to Mrs. Gladden and Mrs. Griffin by courtesy chair Mrs. Al Libbe. A club meeting is set for July 3 with location to be announced.
Robert Gannaway of Chicago Illinois visited his mother Mrs W R Gannaway in Amarillo and Midland during a Texas business trip. He was joined by his sister Mrs Ben Gannaway and Mr Gannaway of Midlothian. They left Sunday for Dallas where Robert secured a home in Chicago.
Out of town visitors include Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Glover and Janice of Odessa Mrs. Lolo Stoll enwreck and Mody Dandridge of Hillsboro Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Abbe of Mt. Bellview Buell Abbe of Richmond and Mr. and Mrs. Jean Mayo of New London visiting Mrs. C L Green and the Bill Mayo home and other relatives
Mr and Mrs T F Hantsche traveled to Hobbs New Mexico on May 31 to help celebrate Karen Sue Hantsche's first birthday at their son Arliss's home. They also visited Roscoe and noted Mrs Anna Hantsche's recent heart attack and hospital stay.
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