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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1968
Page
3
Officials warn that water fatalities rise as more outdoorsmen use lakes and rivers. The piece urges practical life preservers, stressing that cushions are often inaccessible and unsafe, and advocates around the body life preservers for all swimmers and children aboard.
The fragment provides a newspaper masthead from Winters Texas dated Friday June 28 1968 on page 6 with no readable story text or identifiable events.
Mr and Mrs Walter Kraatz announce the engagement of their daughter Roselyn Jane Kraatz to Alan Craig Hudgens of Ballinger. The couple will wed August 16 at St John’s Lutheran Church in Winters. Roselyn is a 1967 Winters High School graduate. Alan is a 1968 Ballinger High School graduate employed by Safeway in Ballinger.
Summary of Farmers Home Administration activity in Coleman County for fiscal year 1968. The unit made loans and grants totaling 202 590 dollars and assisted more than eighty people with home and farm improvements. Brown notes private lenders insured 174 500 dollars of the 1968 total.
Descendents of John and Alice Lail gathered at Glen Rose Park for the first annual family reunion in June. Over 150 relatives attended the event, the first time all siblings had met since 1918, with numerous Lail and Spurrier names listed among attendees from Fort Worth, Midland, Abilene, Decatur, Dallas, and other Texas towns.
A reader describes a father letting his 12 year old son drive a boat at full throttle through congested water, while the man sits in back. The father appears unconcerned about the risky setup and questions safety. The incident prompts concern over parental judgment and public safety near active waterways.
Governor Connally issues an executive order establishing an emergency resources management plan coordinated by Maj Gen James E Taylor. State officials agencies professional groups and private institutions are assigned responsibilities under the plan with overall coordination by the Department of Public Safety Col. Texas. Plan financed through the federal Office of Emergency Planning.
Ronald Rugh of the Soil Conservation Service notes Buffalograss as a key local grass in the Runnels District. He describes it as a native perennial, short, drought tolerant, with runners that root at joints and leaves close to the ground. It provides reliable winter grazing and is readily eaten by livestock.
Approximately 200 pheasants were released in Brazoria County by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The 12 week old birds are crosses between Iranian black necked and the common ring necked pheasants. The release location included Ramsey Prison Farm near Rosharon and nearby ranches. Department biologist Joe Davidson said the program seeks exotic species adaptable to changing land use and habitat loss. Read the classified ads.
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