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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1972
Page
5
Residents urged to protect Winters pecan trees from walnut caterpillar infestations as web bags threaten foliage. County agriculture agents and state licensed pest controllers offer safe pesticide guidance and treatment methods to save the cherished trees.
Mrs. Clifford Huffman won a set of tires in the grand opening celebrations at the Gulf Service Station on South Main. The drawing was part of a month long event run by Buck Campbell and his wife at the new station.
Weather notes show last year’s Friday June 97 had a low of 62 degrees while Saturday June 26, 1971 reached a high of 95 degrees. Data indicate notable heat levels with a cooler start and hotter peak values for the period.
The West Central Texas Council of Governments approved and recommended funding for a North Runnels rural water distribution project. Plans call for a $875,000 system with a $400,000 federal grant and a $475,000 FHA loan, serving about 400 rural customers with water supplied by Winters or Ballinger.
The Content Community homecoming is planned for Sunday July 2 at the old picnic grounds west of Goldsboro. A basket lunch will be served at noon and all residents are invited to attend and bring a lunch.
The eighth annual Winters Shetland Pony Show will be held at John W. Norman's Lazy N Stables on Saturday July 8. Judge Louis Hooker of Tyler will officiate across Halter Stallion Mare and performance classes with trophies for first place and ribbons to fourth. Show chairmen are John W. Norman and C. W. Allmond. there is no admission.
The Rev. Robert Elkins of Brownwood will be the evangelist, with Don Hughes of Lubbock as singer. Morning services run Monday to Friday at 7 a.m., and evening services start with prayer at 7:30 p.m., followed by preaching at 8 p.m. The public is invited.
A best ball golf tournament will be held at Winners Country Club on Tuesday July 4. Members and their guests may enter. A covered dish luncheon is planned for noon in the club house. A casual dance for members and guests starts at 8 30 p.m. on July 3.
Judge Elliott Kemp reports his court handles about eight DWI cases monthly, with 95 percent pleading guilty and placed on probation. Five percent originate outside the county, and most cases come from Highway Patrol writt en reports in the rural area around Highway 67 southwest of Ballinger.
At the request of several building contractors the bid opening for the new North Runnels Hospital has moved from July 6 to Thursday July 13. Bids will be opened at 2 p m at the Winters Community Center.
The Winters Riding Club will meet Friday at 5 p.m. at the Riding Club Arena to groom horses for the Coleman Trail Ride on July 11. Members are urged to attend to prepare for the overnight trail ride and parade in Coleman.
Weather records show June this year has been cooler overall than June 1971 despite more frequent 100 degree days. Through Tuesday only 1.84 inches of rain fell, far below June 1971’s 8.33 inches as heat waves push average highs toward but not past last year’s marks.
Carroll Tatom, superintendent of Schools, will attend the School Superintendents Conference at the University of Texas in Austin. The summer workshop covers school financing and vocational education and is jointly sponsored by the Texas Association of School Administrators, Texas Education Agency and the University of Texas.
O Jackson, 20, son of Mr and Mrs Hershel Jackson of Wincote, is named to the University Honor List at Sul Ross University Alpine for the spring semester. Jackson is a junior majoring in physical education and is enrolled for the 1970 term.
Harvey R Kahlden resumes leadership as district conservationist in Runnels County SCS succeeding Woodrow Hoffman who moved to Edinburg. Kahlden began in Brenham and Wharton before joining Runnels in 1965 earning merit certificates for 1967 and 1970 with the Work Unit. He and his wife Phyllis and five children will reside in Ballinger and attend Catholic services.
Town records show hot weather two days at 105 degrees yet daily water use has not reached one million gallons. W. D. Waggoner of the City Water Department reports a peak of 968000 gallons in the current spell and sustained 900000s on many days. Rain showers and coolers helped, and Winters City Lake is nearly full after catching runoff in recent months.
Winters Chamber of Commerce steering committee advances a plan to form a nonprofit corporation to obtain Farmers Home Administration loans for rental housing. A $2,000 base is to be raised by selling 50 shares at $40 each, with units to be duplex or single family spread across sites. initial build possibly four to five units.
Congressman Omar Burleson announces a $12,000 General Community Programming Grant to Central Texas Opportunities Inc in Coleman. Effective July 1, 1972 the 10 month program will train 750 youths in leadership, youth tutoring and pre vocational activities across Callahan Coleman Concho McCulloch Brown and Runnels Counties.
The Runnels County Farm Bureau Talent Find contest will be held at Norton Community Center on July 8 at 8 p.m. Entries must be submitted by June 30. Senior division ages are 17 to 30 as of December 1, 1972, while Junior division ages are 12 to 16. Participants must be Farm Bureau members or from Farm Bureau families and must be amateurs.
House Speaker Rayford Price appoints four representatives and two public members to the House Interim Study Committee on No-Fault Automobile Insurance and Competitive Automobile Insurance Rate-Making. Grant Jones chairs, Lynn Nabers vice chairs. members include Sid Bowers and Walter Parker. public members Frank Abraham and Robert Greenberg. The panel will study all aspects and report to the 63rd Legislature in 1973.
Sam Scott of Winters earned a 3.2 grade point average for the spring semester at Sul Ross State University in Alpine. He will play on the Lobo football team the next two years and majors in physical education with a minor in math. Scott is the son of Mr and Mrs George Scott Jr of Winters and will be a junior next year.
First Savings of San Angelo with offices in San Angelo Winters and Ballinger will compound interest daily instead of quarterly on regular accounts and savings certificates. Virgil Savoy president announces daily compounding yields a higher annual rate and is first in the San Angelo area to offer this service.
The Winters post office will suspend deliveries on rural and city routes and will offer no window service on July 4. No regular window service or mail distribution will occur, affecting residents and businesses.
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