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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1968
Page
5
A local column urges citizen involvement in schools during Texas Annual Public Schools Week March 4 8. It argues for support oversight and curriculum review and warns against dangerous poisoning of stray dogs.
The Paint Rock Indians defeated the Talpa Centennial Rams 59-45 Tuesday night at Winters School gym to claim the Class B bi-district championship. Winters Chamber of Commerce presented the trophy to the winners.
Lt Col Wesley Bucks of Goodfellow Air Force Base San Angelo spoke at the Runnels County Unit of the Texas State Teachers Association banquet Monday. His theme A Teacher Affects Eternity stressed a teacher's lasting influence across the world.
Winters Blizzardettes, champs of District 5-AA with a 21-5 season mark, host Alpine High School in bi district play after upsetting Hamlin 51-41 to clinch the bid. Carla Walker led with 23 points, aided by Dora Snell and Eileen Faubion as Winters guards troubled Hamlin’s forwards.
The Elm Creek Water Control District board of directors will hold a regular meeting Tuesday March 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Winters City Hall. Chairman R C Thomas says the board will discuss a preliminary survey of the district, potentially scheduled by a State water district survey team in April.
The passage recalls a mother and father moving their family in 1904 to a new area where the subject attended school and pursued music. She studied piano as a prize and later accepted a position after completing her music studies.
Long periods of wet weather and freezing temperatures left Winters streets in poor repair with large potholes and alleys turned to mud. The Street Department, though behind, is prioritizing asphalt paving and repairs with 25 tons already ordered and more planned. Maintenance crews work long hours, a street sweeper operates nightly, and limb removal from trees adds to the load as residents are urged to wait for alleys until streets are restored.
Winters High School seniors Doug McLemore 18 and Rickey Dry 19 were in a near head on collision south of Winters on US 83 Monday at 5 30 PM. McLemore was moved to Hendrick Memorial Hospital Abilene with severe shoulder lacerations and bruises while Dry remained in Winters Municipal Hospital with severe lacerations.
The Winters Public Library enlargement drive progresses with $1706.50 raised to date. Board members say work must start soon to provide a strong summer reading program, and recent contributors are named in the list.
World Day of Prayer events will be held Friday at St. John’s Lutheran Church starting at 2 30 p m. Winters area churches participate including First Presbyterian First Methodist and the host Presbyterian Church in charge with the theme Bear One Another’s Burdens.
Mr and Mrs Paul Corby attended the 77th District Bankers meeting, joining attendees from various financial firms. The event highlighted industry topics and regional banking developments.
Two vacancies will occur on the Winters Independent School District board and incumbents Jake Presley and J W Bahman have announced plans to seek re election. The election is set for Saturday April 6 in the Winters Chamber of Commerce office. Filing deadline is March 7.
U S 83 Association official Laidig visited Winters this week to promote Interstate designation for U S and Canada Highway 83 from Canada to Browns ville. North and South Dakota and Kansas have endorsed the effort. Oberlin Kansas sent a representative supporting the plan.
The Blizzard Relays bring twelve schools to Winters on Saturday with 9:00 a.m. field events and a full schedule of sprint and hurdle finals. Notables include Jody Selmon of Stamford and Dan Steakley of Colorado City among others, as coaches test lineups.
Winters Schools will hold an open house Monday evening, March 4, as part of the 18th annual Texas Public Schools Week March 4 8. Superintendent Carrol Tatum invites patrons to attend and visit classrooms. The Winters Lions Club will also meet Tuesday in the school cafeteria.
Charles Mathis, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Mathis, is praised as captain of the track team and a letter winner on football and track squads. He earned honorable mention for All District football and is named a junior class favorite alongside Cherilyn Beard.
Bill Little son of Mr and Mrs Eddie Little has been named assistant sports information director at the University of Texas. He will report for duty in Austin March 4. A Winters High School graduate he holds a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas and was sports editor for the Daily Texan. He later worked in the Austin American Statesman sports department before joining the Associated Press staff in Oklahoma. Little is married to Mary Gardner of Waco. The couple have two sons Bobbi and David.
The Rev Dean Franklin pastor of the Eastern Hills Methodist Church Fort Worth will preach at a First Methodist Church revival starting Sunday morning March 3 and continuing nightly through March 10 Special music will be provided by the church choir under Dan Brittain with quartets and solos
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