Joe By 8. C. Thomas scores hole in one at Winters Country Club
John Edward McAdoo aces No. 5 at Winters Country Club Sunday in a nine-some with James West Wayne Stone Ed Roller Lot White Red Stanford James Gehrels George Hill and Pyburn Brown observing. Town talk shifts from weather to a local UIL district dispute and a plan for a demonstration in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edward McAdoo
Winters Country Club
James West
Wayne Stone
Ed Roller
Lot White
Red Stanford
James Gehrels
George Hill
Pyburn Brown
VFW Auxiliary Plans State Convention in Houston
Members of the Ladies Auxiliary of Winters Post 9193 discuss the state convention set for June 30 to July 3 in Houston. Delegates W. L. Collins and Mrs Ramon Haddon will attend. 64 members enrolled for the year. Henderson presides. Colling gives the invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Ladies Auxiliary
Winters Post
W. L. Collins
Ramon Haddon
Peace Corps Life in Tanzania Blends Food, Training, and Travel
A Peace Corps volunteer in Chunya Tanzania reflects on home economics training, daily meals, groceries, and cooking helpers. He notes Aaron the cook, imported produce from Mbeya, and the high cost of luxury foods while detailing weekly menus, weight changes, and sanitation concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chunya
Tanzania
Africa
Aaron
Chokan
Mbeya
India
Betty Crocker
America
Jim
Stan Hill Joins FDA as Inspector in Dallas District
Stan Hill son of Mr and Mrs Robert L Hill Route 4 has been employed by the U S Food and Drug Administration as an inspector. He covers the Dallas district overseeing Texas and Oklahoma. Hill graduated in June from North Texas State University with a biology major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Hill
Robert L. Hill
Route 4
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
Hill
North Texas State University
Headstart program in second week with parent interviews
Winters Elementary prepares for next week interviews as Headstart enters its second week. Principal George M Beard says interview periods start at 1 pm daily, with parents notified of times and locations. Nurses report Salk polio boosters for each child and additional doses where needed. Forty five children enrolled in this year's program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters
Beard
Fred Young
Winters School
Soldier In VII Letter Expresses Resolve On Vietnam War
A Winters native, U S Army Private Dickie Bellis, writes to his twin sister from Viet Nam about the hardship and conviction of service. He describes the heat and fatigue but believes the Army’s work there is right, a sentiment shared by many American troops. Bellis, 20, a 1964 Winters High School graduate, volunteered after serving in West Germany and left for Viet Nam on April 18, birthday May 2, with his twin brother-in-law also in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
U. S. Army
Dickie Bellis
Winters
Viet Nam
Orville Green
Cisco
U. S
Pvt. Bellis
R.C. Bellis
Lois Bellis
Winters High School
Missouri
West Germany
Runnels County Doctors Back Resolution on Responsibility
At a June 20 called meeting the Runnels County Medical Society voted unanimously to support the Texas Medical Association stance on individual responsibility. Physicians said patients pay for services and no medical contract exists with insurers or government agencies, preserving the doctor patient relationship and reducing administrative work. Members listed: C. T. Rives Jr., Henry H. McCreight, Louis J. Cole, John E. Green Jr., Oren Chandler, and James T. Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runnels County
House of Delegates
Texas Medical Association
Runnels County Medical Society
C. T. Rives Jr
Henry H. McCreight
Winters
Louis J. Cole
John E. Green Jr
Oren Chandler
Eastern Star installs Winters officers at Masonic Hall
Mr and Mrs B D Jobe are installed as worthy patron and matron of Winters Chapter 80 Order of the Eastern Star. Ceremony at Masonic Hall names Ray mond Balke installing marshal Mrs Ethel Mae Clark installing marshal was Mrs Emma Marks secretary organist Myra Dorsett and others including Nina Hale Eunice Polk Geneva Cook Ava Crawford Lois Swatchsue chaplain Juanita Taft marshal Louise Waggoner Ellen Meyer Jack Martin Roy Crawford Anita Woods conducted by electra family names listed with several roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.D. Jobe
Order of’ the Eastern Star
Masonic’ Hall
Raymond Balke
Ethel Mae’ Clark
Emma. Marks
Myra Dorsett
Dar-rené Sims
J. N. Clark
Sentinel
Nina~ Hale
Methodist Pastor Edward Otwell Named Winters Church Leader
The Rev. Edward H. Otwell, formerly of Cleburne, has been appointed pastor of Winters First Methodist Church. He moved with his family last week and brings six years as Executive Secretary of the Town and Country Committee in the Central Texas Conference. He is a Navy veteran of World War II and a graduate of Texas Christian University and Perkins School of Theology. His daughter Cynthia is a 1966 graduate of Cleburne High School and will enter Texas Wesleyan College or McMurry College in the fall.
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Edward H. Otwell
Cleburne
Winters First Methodist Church
Winters
Otwell
Central Texas Conference
Texas Christian University
Bright Seminary
TCU
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
DeLeon
DeLeon High School
U. S. Navy
Blooming Grove
Granbury
Town and Country Committee
Orwell
Cynthia
Winters veteran earns top VFW district commander honor
J A Henderson Jr of Winters won Division 4 in the state district commander contest and placed among the top 10 in 27 district chiefs. His district 22 includes Winters San Angelo Ballinger Eden Rowena and Miles with 711 members as of June 1. Henderson to be honored at the Houston State VFW convention July 1 2 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Henderson Jr
Winters
Department of Texas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
San Angelo
Ballinger
Eden
Rowena
Miles
Henderson
Houston
L. N. Kirkpatrick
Thomas H. Parrish Jr
J. M. Stanley
Bob Donaldson
Jill Matthews To Band School At McMurry College
Miss Jill Matthews of Winters has been accepted for the 19th annual summer vacation band and twirling school opening July 10. Dr. Raymond T. Bynum will head a 15 member faculty on the McMurry College campus. The opening worship service is in Radford Auditorium. The week includes movies dancing a recital and classes in concert band marching percussion and drum majoring.
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Jill Matthews
Winters
McMurry College
Raymond T. Bynum
West
Texas
Bynum
Radford
Perforellis
Area Rains Bring Brighter Crop Prospects in North Runnels
Rain across North Runnels County boosted 1966 crops with 0.5 to 3 inches reported. Winters received 1.9 inches over Friday and Saturday. Hatchell area around two inches. Unofficial yearly rainfall in Winters totals 14.9 inches while grain cutting resumed after the showers. More rain is hoped in the next two weeks to improve yields for milo and cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Runnels
Hatchell
Gospel Meeting at Wingate Church of Christ Begins July 3
The Wingate Church of Christ announces its regular summer gospel meeting starting Sunday July 3 and running through Sunday July 10. A.C. Polk will preach each evening at 8 00 p m with 9:30 a m Sunday services and a 6 30 p m evening service. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Wingate Church of Christ
Wingate’ Church of Christ
Mr and Mrs Clyde Spain Featured in Brownwood Note
In Brownwood an afternoon note highlights Mr Clyde Spain and Mrs Yates in a social spot. The brief mentions Mr Spain of the Yates family and remarks on a daytime gathering.
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Clyde
Spain
Wheat harvest winds down as season nears conclusion
Winters area sees strong wheat production with harvest nearly finished. Little League heads into second half as teams compete for district titles with Lawn Jets Indians Dodgers and Mets atop divisions Minor Major and Teen-Age standings. Abilene Southern Railway reports 184 grain cars shipped from Winters yards this week, with more likely before season end.
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Winters Area Little League Association
Sweetwater
Lawn
Wingate
Jets
Indians
Dodgers
Yankees
Abilene Southern Railway
J. C. Jarrell
Carpenter Attends ROTC Camp at Fort Sill Oklahoma
Cadet Jimmy D. Carpenter aged 21 son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Carpenter Route 2 Wingate attends a six week ROTC summer encampment at Fort Sill Oklahoma starting June 15. He studies at Texas Technological College in Lubbock and may earn a commission as a second lieutenant upon completion. Carpenter is a 1962 Winters High School graduate.
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Jimmy D. Carpenter
Clarence Carpenter
Route 2
Wingate
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Fort Sill
Okla
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Army
Carpenter
Winters High School
Davis Visit in Fluvanna Mrs Davis Remains Seriously Ill
Mr and Mrs Roy Davis visited his mother Mrs Sarah Davis at Fluvanna Sunday. She is seriously ill and had been released from the hospital Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fluvanna
Roy Davis
Sarah Davis
Content Fourth of a Series Preserves Early Runnels County Life
Fourth in a series by Charlsie Poe recalls Content the early Runnels County town founded 1881 by Daniel W. Hale. It notes the post office, 1888 hotel, 1896 teacher’s convention, first woman doctor, first cotton gin, and decline after 1909 railway bypass. Only three houses remain at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlsie Poe
Runnels County
Content
Daniel W. Hale
Blue Gap
Hale
Goldsboro
Ft. Concho
Rangers
Conterit
Winters Boys Win Ribbons And Cash In State Fire Poster Contest
Three Winters school boys won top places in a state fire poster contest during the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals Association 90th annual convention in Fort Worth last Wednesday. Cliff Poe and Roger Nichols won second place with blue ribbons and $10 cash, while Richard Sharpes took third place with a white ribbon and cash. The posters were created in Winters schools during Fire Prevention Week and later entered in the Hill Country Firemen's Association contest in April.
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State Firemen's and Fire Marshals’ Association
Fort Worth
Cliff Poe
Roger Nichols
Richard Sharpes
Cliff
M Dennis
Poe
Winters
David Clabaugh
Hill
Country Firemen's Association
Roger
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association
Eldredge Cox
Austin
Cox
Bluff Creek
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VFW
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Everett Dirksen
Washington
White House
Johnson
Billy M. Pumph
Food
Order of the Eastern Star
J. A. Henderson, Jr
Brownwood
Little League Baseball
Pirates
Cardinals
Giants
Teen-Age League
Mets
Area
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