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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1973
Page
7
Winters readers urged to spray and clean up to curb an unusually large mosquito outbreak fueled by recent rains. City crews will spray, but residents must remove standing water and tall weeds to reduce breeding sites and prevent a long, hot summer.
The Winters Young Farmers group will host an ice cream supper at the Winters Community Center on Monday July 2 at 8 p m. Committees are set to provide ice cream cake and cookies. All members and their families are invited.
The record notes extreme heat with a high of 105 degrees on Monday June 26, 1972. Daily highs listed as 38 80 87 and a high of 105 degrees indicate severe heat conditions across the period.
A private auditing firm reports a 15 335 83 shortage over 1971 and 1972 in the Runnels County Tax Assessor Collector funds. The report lists shortfalls in Ad valorem tax Auto registration Beer and wine licenses and Liquor licenses. County Judge Elliott Kemp said final findings await next days.
Winters police report two Sunday night break ins netted 230 dollars in cash at the Conoco station on South Main and no loss at Huffman House restaurant. A pryed door and identical entry methods suggest the same perpetrator. Police also arrested an adult male on a child molestation case over the weekend.
The Winters Country Club will host a watermelon cut for members and their families on Tuesday July 3 at 8 p.m. The event is free of charge.
The Winters Youth Council elected Mike Hamner vice president Monday night during the regular meeting at the Humble Building. A volleyball tournament planned for July 2 was discussed and open to any group of six players. information is available by calling 754-4443.
The Winters Riding Club will meet Friday June 29 at 8 p.m. at the Humble Building to plan a trail ride to the Coleman Rodeo on July 10.
George Beard president of the Winters Lions Club announced there will be no meeting next Tuesday July 3. Installation of the new officers is set for Tuesday July 10.
The Ladies City Championship Golf Tourney at Winters Country Club crowned winners in four flights. Mary Bauer defended her title by taking Championship Flight first place while La Juan Sprinkle led the first flight, Joyce Bahiman won the second flight, and Linda Dry captured the third flight. Marlene Wood was closest to the hole and Louise Davis had the longest drive. A salad supper followed with players and guests in attendance.
Miss Babs Tatum of Winters will represent Wayland Baptist College in the Miss Texas Pageant in Fort Worth July 16 21. A 1971 BA in physical education graduate, she won Miss Wayland College in November, and has since trained for state competition while performing locally with civic groups and a touring vocal group.
Winters Lodge 743 will install officers for 1973 74 at a stated meeting Thursday July 5 at 8 pm in the Lodge hall Installing officer will be B D Jobe past master and past district deputy grand master Installing marshal will be John Swatchsue past master and past district deputy grand master George M Garrett will be installed as worshipful master Other officers include James Brown senior warden O J Murray junior warden Joe Irvin treasurer John J Swatchsite secretary Roy Crawford chaplain Z I Hale senior deacon Robert Carey junior deacon R C Thomas steward J N Clark steward and J A Traylor tiler All Masons invited to attend this installation ceremony.
The annual Fourth of July ABCD golf tournament will be held at Winters Country Club next Wednesday. Tee off begins at 10 a.m. with registration by 9 a.m. to assign flights. A covered dish dinner replaces the hamburger feed.
Winters merchants promote Red Hot Bargain Days Fri and Sat June 29 30 under the Winters Chamber of Commerce. The event urges saving gas and money by trading at home with sidewalk displays and in-store specials. Gospel singing by Troy Stephens Paul Mercer Friday at 7 p m at Winters Assembly of God Church invites public.
Glen D. Green a conservation technician with the Runnels County Field office of the Soil Conservation Service retired Friday June 23 after 30 years of service. He began with the SCS in Floydada in 1943 and later moved to Ballinger in 1951. During his 22 years in Runnels County the district grew to over 1 000 cooperators with 5 000 miles of level terraces and 700 farm ponds built by cooperators. Green and his wife Darcie live in South Ballinger and have five daughters Janice Jo Ann Mary Lynn Glenda and Pam.
Neal Reed Garrett, grandson of Mr and Mrs George M Garrett and great grandson of Mrs Fred Tinkle, graduates from Arlington Heights High School Fort Worth with honors top five percent. He is enrolled this fall as a pre medical student at Texas Tech Lubbock.
Oliver Wood of the Winters Housing Authority reports the 46 unit low rental project has only two vacancies this week. Since opening, turnover has been light with four total moves and two more expected by July. Most residents are elderly or low income families with about 12 single persons in one-bedroom units and 35 in northeast multi-bedroom units. Street paving will begin soon and hail damage was minor across the complex.
Three delegates from the Winters Lions Club Homer Hodge Rankin Pace and Dr T L Russell travel to Miami for the Lions International convention running Wednesday to Saturday Wives accompany the delegates to the event.
Friday July 6 marks the entry deadline for the County Farm Bureau annual Queen contest talent fund and discussion meet. Eligible contestants must be Farm Bureau family members and may obtain details at the Farm Bureau office.
The First Baptist Church schedules an old fashioned dinner on the grounds and a special afternoon program. Sunday school starts at 9 45 a m with morning worship at 11 00 a m. Dinner is served at noon and the public is invited.
The Rev. Victor Ostrom, regional Christian education director for four Texas counties, will be guest speaker at both morning and evening services at the Assembly of God Church on Sunday July 1..Services begin at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Ostrom, a 25 year minister, has pastored in Fort Worth Pawhuska Okla Dallas and Garden Grove Calif and held education and youth roles. He and his wife Florence reside in Fort Worth with children Vicki and Bruce.
North Runnels County and nearby areas report about 80 percent of the 1973 wheat crop harvested with favorable weather expected to finish soon. Yields described as fairly satisfactory though affected by storms, with wheat averaging 20 25 bushels and oats about 50 bushels. overall grain output lower due to fewer acres planted and variable damage from hail and wind.
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