Sweetheart Gwen Graham Leads Winters Rodeo Parades
Gwen Graham daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Graham selected as Sweetheart of Winters Riding Club to lead parades Thursday and Saturday at the Winters Annual Rodeo. She rode Quatro a chestnut bay quarter horse in white satin and rhinestone trim. Graham is a Winters High School junior, drummer in the Blizzard Band, Future Homemakers of America member and Goal Diggers Club treasurer.
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Gwen Graham
Bill Graham
Winters Riding Club
Miss Graham
Ballinger
Graham
Winters High School
Blizzard
Future Homemakers of America
Goal Diggers Club
Rain Eases Worries as Winters Farmers Gauge Crops
Runnels County receives soaking rains that calm farmers fears for maize and cotton prospects. Winters area reports unofficial rainfall of 2.5 inches, Drasco 2.4, Hatchell 3.5, with 13.82 inches for the year in Winters. Tanks run over. town discusses cleanup, weed control, and a lighthearted note on House Bill 684 for paperhanger licensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runnels
Drasco
Hatchell
Hitler
Winters High Students Take Driver Education Exams
Sixty eight Winters High School students completed a two week drivers education course with written exams led by Highway Patrolman James L. Bridges. The course continues four more weeks focusing on practical driving learned in two cars, one owned by the school system and one from Waddell Chevrolet.
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Winters High School
James L. Bridges
Department of Public Safety
Robert Christian
Ed Cheek
Winters
Winters School
Waddell Chevrolet Company
Rotan Visitor Calls on Rotan Lowe Family
Tom Colwell of Rotan visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. W F Lowe last weekend. Colwell is a brother of Mrs. Lowe.
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Rotan
Tom Colwell
Mr. Colwell
Rev Thormeyer Preaches Sunday at Winters Lutheran Church
Rev Walter Thormeyer will preach Sunday at St John’s Lutheran Church in Winters. He was ordained last Sunday as the first man from St John’s to enter the ministry. He will be installed as pastor in Walker on July 5 after visiting with his parents E. E. and Mrs Thormeyer. He recently graduated from Capital Seminary in Columbus Ohio after three years of study.
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Walter Thormeyer
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Winters
St. John’s
E. E. Thormeyer
Waller
Thormeyer
Capital Seminary
Columbus
Ohio
Returned Home Of Mrs Splawn And Son
Mrs I J Splawn and her young son Gregory returned to Fort Worth last Friday after visiting the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Dick Kruse and other relatives.
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I. J. Splawn
Gregory
Fort Worth
Dick Kruse
Carol Best Visiting in Eunice NM at Poe Home
Carol Best daughter of Mr and Mrs John B Best is visiting Eunice New Mexico in the home of Mr and Mrs Clifton Poe.
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Eunice
N. M
Carol Best
John. B. Best
Eunice, New Mexico
Clifton Poe
Tomorrow's Drivers Drive 68 Students into Class
Three sophomore girls were among the sixty eight students taking the drivers course, highlighting a large turnout as the program progresses.
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Ithie
Wingate Little League ends regular schedule July 7
Regular Little League schedule concludes July 7 1959 with rained out games to be rescheduled. An All Star team for regional play will include 11 and 12 year old players. Wingate leads Winters Community League 7 0 while Lawn Cubs and Winters Indians sit 4 3. Batting leaders include Colburn D 390 Puckett C 368 Beck J 345 Awalt L 320 Langford J 276 Adams J 267 Puckett R 180 Cathey B 160 Hensley L 125.
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Wingate Pirates
Lawn Cubs
Winters Indians
Wingate
Little
Colburn
Puckett
Beck
Awalt
Langford
Adams
Cathey
Hensley
Fishing Rodeo Ends Tuesday June 30 at Winters
The Winters Sportsman Club hosts a fishing rodeo from April 1 to June 30 with tagged fish. Prizes include an outboard motor for the top catch and many awards donated by local merchants. Entrants must be Winters Sportsman Club members and report tagged catches.
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Winters Sportsman Club
Winters
Waddell Chevrolet Co
Harrison Auto Parts
Benson Auto Parts
Bahlman Jewelers
State
Herman's Men’s
Surplus
Western Auto
Lewis Paint and Wallpaper Co
Gus Voss
Magnolia
Barney Bryant Gulf Distributor
Main Drug Co
Alfrey Lumber Co
James West Texaco
Awalt Humble Station
Bay Tire Co
Patterson Humble
Herman Baker
City Grocery
Baines Grocery
Bob Loyd
Humble
Winters Paint & Body Shop
Roel White’s
Baker Barber Shop
McMillan Cleaners
Henslee Cleaners
Stovall Grocery
Waddell Chevrolet Opens Used Car Lot on Main Street
Waddell Chevrolet Company opens a used car lot on South Main Street in the former Paul Gerlach location. John Waddell, the Chevrolet dealer, says the new site will let them provide quick, dependable used cars to customers.
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Waddell Chevrolet
South Main
Waddell Chevrolet Company
Paul Gerlach
John Xddell
Chevrolet
Midshipman Bourn Completes Amphibious Training
James S. Bourn of Winters and 719 fellow Naval Academy Second Class Midshipmen completed two weeks of amphibious warfare indoctrination at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. A major exercise included an amphibious landing at Camp Pendleton on June 18 with a Marine Corps battalion. Earlier events included a Marine landing on June 11 and shipboard training starting June 15.
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Bourn
James S. Bourn
Winters
J. S. Bourn
Naval Academy
Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base
Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps
Thirteenth Annual Winters Rodeo Opens Amid Festivities
Winters prepares for the 13th annual rodeo with a downtown parade and three night shows on Blizzard Field. Entries fill fast in riding and roping events. highlights include a beard and mustache contest judging, dog and pony act, and calf scramble prizes.
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Fredric Poe
Rodeo
Poe
Callahan County Sheriff’s Posse
Portis
Mary Sims
Gainesville
Lloyd Woodley
Lampasas
Winters City Sprayed For Mosquito Control
Townwide insecticide spraying was done last week to curb mosquitoes. Mayor H D Jones said city crews will resume spraying streets and alleys when weather allows, noting eradication is unlikely but that spraying will prevent a troublesome infestation.
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H. D. Jones
Winters State Bank deposits rise despite small grain crop
The Winters State Bank reports a total deposits figure of 3,783,431.22 as of June 10, up from 3,771,978.45 at mid 1958. The bank notes a $11,442.77 year over year increase amid a bumper grain year and recent authorization to raise capital to 100,000.00.
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Winters State Bank
Winters Bank
Weekend Many Daughters Visit Jarrell Home
Weekend visitors at the Jarrell home included Gwen Jarrell of Abilene and Mr and Mrs Sandy Glover with their children Sandra and Gaye of San Angelo.
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J. C. Jarrell
Gwen Jarrell
Abilene
Sandy Glover
Sandra and
Gaye
San Angelo
Most Courteous Employee Contest Gains Momentum in Winters
Ballots for the Most Courteous Saleslady and Salesman contest receive votes as Winters Chamber of Commerce presses toward the August 3 deadline. The eight week event, open to employees only, offers $50 Savings Bonds to a man and a woman. Ballots must be official copies in The Winters Enterprise or mailed to the chamber or paper offices.
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Winters Chamber of Commerce
Winters
Winters Enterprise
Bal
The
Winters Chamber of Commerce Co
Winters Enterprise Office
Ieee
Economy Food Store Opens Indoor Parking Annex
Economy Food Store on West Dale Avenue unveils an indoor parking annex in a former Winters Motor Company site, recently home to Brown and Bean Construction. The annex joins the store building with the entire front removed except for supports and two new entrances planned.
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West Dale Avenue
Economy Food Store
Winters Motor Company
Brown and Bean Construction Company
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B. G. Owens
Lutheran Church
Little League
Jimmy Bourn
Chamber of Commerce
Rex Felker
Quanah
West Texas
Woodley
Blizzard Field
Robert Gans
Band Mothers Organization
Winters Chapter
Future Farmers of America
Sheriff’s
Jarrell
Svene Eet
Texas
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