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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1966
Page
6
The report notes main excavation completed and 16 inch supply lines installed to the new clarifier. Sumps for draining and cleaning poured, reinforcing steel for the 90 foot diameter basin expected soon, with concrete pouring to follow. Water demand peaked June 14 at over a million gallons, with more expected as summer progresses.
Donna Carroll the six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs David Carroll has taken swimming lessons since age three. Instructors include Bo Killough lifeguard Susan Roberts and Wayne Roberts. Regular sessions begin June 27 at Winters Municipal Pool with forty five minute classes each morning and more teachers added as enrollment grows. Pool opened three weeks ago has logged about 2700 admissions.
Charlsie Poe surveys Fort Chadbourne as a key focal point in the mid 1800s Indian fighter era. This installment notes its role in frontier life and ongoing historical study by the Runnels County Historical Survey Committee.
The narrative traces Fort Chadbourne’s establishment by Robert E. Lee in 1852 on the frontier, the surrounding settlement pattern, and the retreat of civilians as bands of Indians roved in 1861. It notes O T Taylor and Herman Aken’s nearby farm, government springs, and the 1861 occupation by Henry McCulloch’s command before Federal troops left.
Miss Mary Jane Matthews, a senior chemistry major at McMurry College, is named to the Dean's List for the spring semester. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis James Matthews of Winters and a 1963 Winters High School graduate.
The Rev. Travis LaDuke pastor of First Baptist Booker will headline a Bradshaw Baptist Church revival from Monday June 20 to Sunday June 26 with 8 pm services. Song leader Buddy Sipe and pianist Donny Buchanan join the event. LaDuke is a Hardin-Simmons graduate who has pastored Midland and Happy churches.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Lloyd returned from St Louis Missouri where they attended the graduation of their nephew Mike Jones who received his M D degree. They made the trip by plane.
A Peace Corps volunteer describes the unpaved Mbeya Chunya road in Tanzania. The 45 mile trip into Mbeya offers a grand drive past huts and green vegetation toward the Great Rift Valley. The scene includes distant mountains and oil trucks on the Great North Road.
The Rev Edward H Otwell formerly of Cleburne is appointed pastor of the First Methodist Church of Winters succeeding Rev Robert W Walker He and his family moved into the church parsonage at 705 State Street This week His daughter is Cynthia The former pastor Rev Walker goes to the Eleventh Avenue Methodist Church in Corsicana with his wife and daughter Susan The new pastor has served as Executive Secretary of the Central Texas Conference Town and Country Commission since 1960 with offices in Cleburne and visited Winters church earlier this year
Vacation church school at the First Methodist Church starts Sunday June 19 and runs through June 26 with sessions at 9 30 a m on Sundays and 2 30 to 5 p m on weekdays. Nursery classes for 3 year olds are taught by Mrs B D Vinson and Miss Carolyn Brown.
Private Willie L. Kraatz, visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Walter Kraatz, will report to Camp Dix New Jersey on June 18 for reassignment to Heidelberg Germany.
Mrs. Fred Gerhart spent the weekend in Odessa visiting Mr. and Mrs. Otto Straach and attended the Straach family reunion.
Johnny Denson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Denson of Wilmeth, completed twelve years of public schooling with perfect attendance. He was a Winters band member for eight years, served as vice president last year, and was a bus leader for three years. His sisters and families attended from Houston and Pasadena.
The Shep community announces its first homecoming, set for Sunday July 8 at the Shep Community Center. It will be an all day event with attendees asked to bring a picnic lunch and welcomed include community members and former residents.
Patsy Mathis Mayo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathis, a Texas Tech junior majoring in Elementary Education with a minor in English, is listed for the spring semester on the Dean's List and will continue studies in the summer.
Edwin Robbins and Byron Anderson from Winters High School attended the Sixth Annual Nuclear Science Symposium at the University of Texas from June 12 to June 15. The event, co-sponsored by Texas Atomic and General Dynamics, featured lectures by leading nuclear scientists and included area students and teachers from West Texas Utilities' service area.
Winters City Council approved the 1966 67 budget after a public hearing. Officials expect General Fund revenue of 175 473 with expenses of 174 875, noting Medicare's July 1 start may affect Municipal Hospital figures. Tax receipts rise from 87 985 to 89 985 plus 2 000 from new construction.
Seaman Recruit Charles W. Carter aged 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Carter of Winters, completed seven weeks of basic training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. He studied military subjects, learned seamanship and survival skills under experienced petty officers and was assigned to further schooling according to Navy needs and tests.
Winters Municipal Hospital joins 14 San Angelo area facilities eligible under the Civil Rights Act to participate in Medicare. After a prior inspection by the HEW and State Health Department, the July 1 effective date was set. Officials Mrs. Tommy Rougas and Mrs. Johnnie attended the review class as more Texas hospitals were added to the eligible list.
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