Wetzel Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary Observed in Winters
Mr and Mrs Jesse Wetzel longtime Winters residents celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with an open house at their home 307 East Pierce from 3 30 to 5 30 p m Hosts were their three daughters and their husbands plus grandchildren and a larger house party of relatives and friends. Out of town guests came from Dallas Grand Prairie San Angelo Abilene and other Texas communities. The couple married in Winters and lived in DeLeon before returning in 1925. He is a retired Winters businessman and long serving deacon at the Church of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Wetzel
Winters
East Pierce
William Castleberry
James Hughes
Robert Zentner
Mesdames
W. G. Bedford
Marvin Bedford
Cal Mostad
Brevard Bedford
Fred Bedford
Homer Hodge
Wayne Bedford
John B. Bedford
J. S. Bourn
James S. Kendrick
Winters Volunteer Fire Department
Wetzel
Church of Christ
Dallas
Stewart Lehr
Paint Rock
Leslie Castleberry
Grand Prairie
John Mann
Waco
Martha Skipper
Little Rock
Bruce Sanders
Herb Stranch
Otis Sipe
A. J. Zentner
San Angelo
James Stewart Kendrick
Graham
David Bedford
Everett Ledbetter
Bo McMillan
Charles Awalt
Loretta McClaran
Kavanell McKee
Lois Crowe
Abilene
Reed McMillan
Gilmore Sanders
Ovale
Gene Heidenheimer
W.H. Rampy
Ballinger
Anthony Zentner
Rowena
Martyn McMillan
Martha McMillan
Priss Sanders
Holly Sanders
Stephany Bedford
Laura Bedford
Fredda Bedford
Jay Bedford
Visitors from Germany and Texas at Kraatz home
Miss Ursular Schmuck of Woell marshausen Germany Miss Verna Weidlich of Luetenrode Germany and Mrs Joe Kraatz of New Braunfels Texas visit the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Kraatz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Kraatz
Ursular Schmuck
Woellmarshausen
Germany
Verna Weidlich
Luetenrode
Joe Kraatz
New Braunfels
Texas
Farm Bureau urges teaching communism in schools and services
Runnels County Farm Bureau calls for explicit instruction on the true nature of communism in public schools and the armed forces to help people recognize its character, purposes, and aims and counteract its objectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runnels County
Olga Meyers and Dunnam wed at First Baptist Church
Olga Louise Meyers and Rodney Lee Dunnam were married Sunday at 2:30 PM in the First Baptist Church. The ceremony featured gladioli arrangements, music by Leslie Bishop, and a reception at the Fellowship House. The couple will reside in Big Spring after a short honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Louise Meyers
Rodney Lee Dunnam
First Baptist Church
Albert L. Meyers
Big Spring
R. B. Dunnam
James Gehrels
Leslie Bishop
Zola Crowley
Evening groceries reveal costs and constraints in a chalked breeze
In a gusty Washington evening a Puerto Rican mother shops a crowded grocer with six carts at two open lanes. The clerk and shopper count items, then trim the bill by returning multiple items to meet the shortage of one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Checker
Cathy Reynolds Is Crowned Miss Cisco in Cisco
Cathy Reynolds daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Reynolds of Cisco and granddaughter of Mrs Victor White of Winters was named Miss Cisco Monday night. Mrs Reynolds will be remembered here as Loretta White daughter of Mrs Victor White and the late Mr White. In Dallas visits Sid and Mrs Anderson attended a tea for Miss Sandra Edwards homemaking teacher in a South Carolina College. Miss Edwards will wed in July to Mr Lindell Spears in Singapore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy Reynolds
Don Reynolds
Cisco
Victor White
Winters
Reynolds
Loretta White
Mr. White
Sid Anderson
Bob Anderson
Dallas
Sandra Edwards
South Carolina
Miss Edwards
Lindell Spears
Singapore
Spears
GSI
Texas
Town Women Return from Trip to Maryland and Georgia
Mrs Albert Sykes Mrs Mary Margaret Leathers and daughter Meg Leathers return home Monday from a vacation trip to Hyattsville Maryland Washington DC and points of interest. They visited relatives in Maryland and stopped in Athens Georgia to visit Mrs W B Oliver and her daughter Mrs Tom Green former Winters residents. Mrs Green will be remembered here as Jane Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Sykes
Mary Margaret Leathers
Meg Leathers
Hyattsville
Maryland
Washington, D.C
Athens
Georgia
W.B. Oliver
Tom Green
Winters
Green
Jane Oliver
Eastern Star Officers Installed in Winters Chapter 80
Mrs Jetta Havlik of San Angelo installed 18 officers of Winters Chapter 80 OES Monday night. Officers named include Lehman Gardner as worthy matron John J Swatchsue as worthy patron Eunice Polk associate matron and Roy L Crawford sentinel. Remainings roles filled by Nina Hale Sally Gray Ruby Tharpe Joy Deike Ethel Mae Clark Ruth Jobe Ava Crawford Ellen Meyer Mattie Danniel Juanita Taft Lois Swatschue Thelma Bell Geneva Cook and others. Suporting assistants listed and charter drape ceremony held with memorial for Vinnie Tatum Ola Dunnam. Punch and cake served to members and guests from Hylton Tuscola and San Angelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jetta Havlik
San Angelo
Order of the Eastern Star
Grand Chapter of
Texas
OES
Lehman Gardner
John J. Swatchsue
Eunice Polk
R. W. Balke
Nina Hale
Sally Gray
Ruby Tharpe
Joy Deike
Ethel Mae Clark
Ruth Jobe
Marshall
Ava Crawford
Ellen Meyer
Adah
Mattie Danniel
Ruth
Juanita Taft
Esther
Lois Swatchsue
Martha
Thelma Bell
Electa
Geneva Cook
Warder
Roy L
Airman Hall Assigned to Clark Air Base Philippines
U S Air Force Technical Sergeant Billy J Hall reported for duty at Clark Air Base Philippines as supply supervisor with the 6200th Supply Squadron under Pacific Air Forces. He previously served at Fairchild AFB Washington and is a 1954 graduate of Science Hill High School. His wife Shirley is the daughter of Cecil and Shirley Scott of Winters Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Air Force
Billy J. Hall
U. S. Army
Luther S. Stout
Johnson City
Tenn
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Hall
6200Th
Pacific Air Forces
Southeast Asia
Far East
Pacific
Fairchild Afb
Wash
Science Hill High School
Shirley
Cecil Scott
Paloma St
Winters
Hamilton and Alaska visitors in Meyers home
Mr and Mrs William Collins of Hamilton Ohio and Sp Lar ry Meyers of Fairbanks Alaska visit the home of Mr and Mrs Albert Meyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyers
William Collins
Hamilton
Ohio
Larry Meyers
Fairbanks
Alaska
Albert Meyers
Wingate Visitors Host a Busy Weekend in Wingate
Social notices recap a flurry of visits across Wingate with families from San Angelo Abilene Fort Worth Ballinger Glen Rose and Colorado City stopping by the Voss Wheat Phillips and Rogers households. Community members travel for hospital bedside visits homecomings and reunions as Vietnam service adds to the farewells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Smith
Mary
M. R
Marvin
Kendrick Hospital
Myrtle Gannaway
Savern O’dell
Gannaway
Charlie Smith
New Mexico
J. M. McCrosky
Glen Rose
Doc Rogers
Duncan Hensley
David Bryan
Lena Wheat
Miles
Mr. McCrosky
Wingate
Luther Eason
Ila Mae
Abernathy
Leonard Phillips
Flossie Kirkland
Dessie Denson
Brownwood
Boots Denson
Red Huckaby
Abilene
Emma Doggett
Enoch Doggett
Dave
Richard Doggetts
Tama
Lisa
Gena Rogers
Ballinger
Ruth Guinn
Shannon Hospital
San Angelo
Landall Briley
Boys of
Boys of Eden Came By To See His Grandmother, Lena Wheat. He Left For Phu Bai
Vietnam
James H. Bryan
Mesa
Ariz
Ruby
Bob Phillips
Elmer King
Buck Rogers
Colorado City
Fluvanna
Clifford Burrow
Sandy Holder
Mrs Elby Merck Celebrated At Birthday Fish Fry
Mrs Elby Merck marked her 70th birthday with a fish fry at daughter’s home. Cake was served by the honoree to 25 guests including her daughter, four grandchildren, six great grandchildren and one sow A O Merck. Out of town guests joined from Zapata Texas St Paul Minnesota and Midland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elby Merck
Samphlenfeldt
Sow A. O. Merck
W. D. Shores
Zapata
L'Ex
Chuck Albrechet
St. Paul, Minn
Vernon Smith
Midland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bahlman Jewelers
BEL Air
Chevrolet
Cal
Nice
Waddell Chevrolet Co
Louis Dunnam
Joe Meyers
Ricki Robinson
Tommy Ambrose
Odessa
H. L. Gregs
Connie Dunnam
Paula Meyers
Fellowship House
Winters High School
Dunnam
Big Spring High School
Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home
Lancaster
Washington
Omar Burleson
Eastern Star
TSGT
B. J. Hall
Clark Ab, Philippines
Edwin Voss
Vanner Voss
Edwin
Mrs. Voss
John Oaken
Voss
Jack Boyce
Ft. Worth
Bobby Dunnam
Carl Green
Hubert Isbell
Bedford Insurance Agency
the Winters Enterprise
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