Winters historical project seeks local archives
Winters area residents are forming a group led by Mrs. B B Bedford and Mrs. George Poe to collect family Bibles old newspapers magazines clippings and other items to document the town's early history. The effort aims to establish a base year and potentially create a small historical center or museum invites locals with usable material to contact organizers. The column also shares light local humor and a fishing tale from McGee's Tank and notes a local hitching ring on West Dale Street.
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Winters
B. B. Bedford
Winters Chamber of Commerce
George Poe
Heart Fund Drive Totals $200 In Winters
The Winters VFW post and Ladies Auxiliary completed a fund drive with $200 raised. The Goal Diggers Club helped by a balloon blockade on Winters streets. Joyce Wilkerson John Gardner F R Anderson and Mrs E E Dodson assisted. Mrs W L Collins chaired the effort for VFW and Auxiliary.
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Winters Post
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Goal Diggers Club
Winters
Joyce Wilkerson
John Gardner
F. R. Anderson
E. E.dodson
W. L. Collins
VFW and
Auxiliary
District President Makes Official VFW Auxiliary Visit
Mrs. Bob Donalson of San Angelo led District 22 on an official visit to the Winters auxiliary meeting at the post home Monday night. Mrs. John Richardson, also of San Angelo, attended along with local president Mrs. James Crockett who chaired the session and reported on the past year’s activities.
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Bob Donalson
San Angelo
Ladies Auxiliary
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Winters Auxiliary
Post Home
John Richardson
James Crockett
Mmes
Arlee Fountain
Bernice Mitchell
la Cola Bates
J. L. Morrow
Deward Awalt
D. W. Giles
Ferry Fuller
Dee Waggoner
Aaron Wells
Clarence Huckaby
Ted Meyer
W. E. Arnold
W. L. Collins
Revival Begins At Methodist Church Sunday
The Rev. Don Youngblood of Electra will preach during a week long Mission To People revival March 8 to 13 at First Methodist Church. Bishop William C. Martin and area superintendents approved the pulpit assignment for the Central and North Texas Conferences. Services are daily at 7 am and 7 30 pm with no early service Saturday. coffee and doughnuts will follow morning services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Elliott
First Methodist Church
Don Youngblood
Electra
Youngblood
Mississippi
Milsaps College
Jackson
Miss
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
Sanger
Bridgeport
Jacksboro
Ben Barnes to Speak at Maverick Event
Rep. Ben Barnes will address an appreciation day for early settlers at Maverick Church on Sunday March 22 starting 2 30 p m. Event sponsored by Runnels County Historical Survey committee with a tribute to Samuel A Maverick and other settlers. The committee plans a historical marker on the Maverick highway this summer and notes the local cemetery holds the oldest grave in the county from 1875.
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Maverick Church
Runnels County Historical Survey Committee
Ben Barnes
de Leon
Samuel A. Maverick
Maverick
W. H. Rampy
Winters
Rankin Pace
Loyd Roberson
George Poe
Pace
Blue Gap
Mrs. Vernon Bowman Visits Rome Family in Dallas
Mrs. Vernon E. Bowman and her children Beth and Jana of Rome Georgia are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Melvin Mapes in Dallas. They arrived by plane and were welcomed at Love Field by Mr Mapes.
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Vernon E. Bowman
Beth and
Jana
Rome
Georgia
Melvin Mapes
Dallas
Love Field
Mapes
Runnels SCD Receives 155384 For Land Conversion
The USDA will pay 155000 plus to 52 Great Plains Conservation Program participants in Runnels SCD. Woodrow Hoffman reports 52 contracts on 29210 acres since the program began, mainly converting cropland to permanent grass with 80 percent cost shares.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Great Plains
Runnels Soil
Runnels County
The
Soil Conservation Service
Ballinger
Texas
Pvt Lonnie Pounds Assigned To Nike Base In Illinois
Pvt Lonnie R Pounds son of Mrs Laura B Pounds 109 Spill Winters Illinois was assigned to Battery B of the 62d Artillery Nike Hércules unit at Hecker Illinois late in January The unit is part of the U S Army Air Defense Command guarding the St Louis area He is 18 and entered the Army in October 1963 after basic training at Fort Polk Louisiana He is son of Wesley L Pounds Rusidio New Mexico
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Army
Lonnie R. Pounds
Laura B. Pounds
Spill, Winters
62D Artillery
Hecker
U.S. Army Air Defense Command
St. Louis
Fort Polk
Wesley L. Pounds
Rusidio
N. M
Farm Bureau Secretary Jo Ann Switzer to Attend School
Jo Ann Switzer secretary of the Runnels County Farm Bureau will attend a secretarys school in Waco from March 9 to 14. The program runs March 8 to 14 with emphasis on office procedures and a class on Farm Bureau history and philosophy.
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Jo Ann Switzer
Runnels County Farm Bureau
Waco
Farm Bureau
Drive Away Roger Robinson Returns After Mass Corvair Sale
Roger Robinson of Waddell Chevrolet resumes duties after leading a mass driveaway event for new Corvairs in Arlington sponsored by the Dallas Zone of Chevrolet Motor Division. He and 157 dealers toured the GM assembly plant, toured the facility adding Chevrolet passenger car assembly, and discussed youth markets, multi car families, and the impact of women on marketing for Corvair sales.
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Roger
Spec
Robinson
Waddell Chevrolet Co
Six Teams In Invitational Track and Field Meet On Winters New Track
Six high schools Anson Ballinger Brady Cisco Mason and Winters compete at Winters High School on its new track in the 1964 Winters Invitational. The meet starts 10 a.m. with two sessions and features preliminary events in the morning and finals in the afternoon including sprints hurdles jumps and relays.
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Winters High School
Anson
Ballinger
Brady
Cisco
Mason
Winters
Pvt Frank O Deike Assigned To 101st Ordnance In Germany
Pvt. Frank O. Deike age 21 son of Mr and Mrs Fritz F Deike Route 3 Winters was assigned to the 101st Ordnance Battalion s 23rd Ordnance Company near Heilbronn Germany on Feb 13 He trained at Fort Polk Louisiana and was a dairy farmer before enlisting in September 1963
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Army
Frank O. Deike
Fritz F. Deike
Winters
101St Ordnance Battalion
23Rd Ordnance Company
Heilbronn
Germany
Deike
Fort Polk
Winters grows as urban shift boosts population and utilities
Census analysis shows Winters Texas defies county decline with steady city population rise from 2335 in 1940 to about 3600 within city limits and near 3900 in metro area. Utility installations and school attendance corroborate urban growth amid rural population loss.
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Runnels
Winters alderman E E Dodson resigns from council
E E Blondie Dodson resigns from the Winters City Council effective April 20 and plans to move to Albany to join a water flood enterprise. A special election will fill the vacancy, held with the April 7 regular city election and using a separate ballot. Ballots will be ready for absentee voting ahead of the election.
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E. E
Blondie) Dodson
Dodson
Albany
Winters Hospital
Winters
Roy Austin
James C. Colburn
R. C. Thomas
Homer Hodge
W. M. Hays
E. E. (Blondie) Dodson
J. W. Bahlman
Hays
Thomas
Jones
Cemetery Work Set At Pumphrey Cemetery
A cemetery working at Pumphrey Cemetery is scheduled for Friday March 13. Participants are reminded to bring tools plows and other equipment.
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Pumphrey
Pumphrey Cemetery
Mrs Yates and friends visit in Sweetwater
Mrs W J Yates, Mrs John Sawders and daughter Johnna along with Mrs Charles Yates visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs N C Egger in Sweetwater. Also present were Sharon and Gina.
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W. J. Yates
John Sawders
Johnna
Charles Yates
Sharon
Gina
N. C. Egger
Sweetwater
Plainview couple visits son during Austin trip
From Plainview Mr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Ritch head to Austin to see their son Dr. Hugh L. Ritch. They stop in Winters for an overnight visit with his sister Mrs. Lora Coupland.
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Hugh E., Ritch
Plainview
Austin
Hugh L. Ritch
Winters
Lora Coupland
Winters High Names February Girl and Boy of the Month
Winters High School announces February Student Council choices Nicki Eoff and Mike Mitchell as Girl and Boy of the Month. Eoff is an NHS honors student active in Future Teachers of America, tennis, volleyball, and serving as senior class secretary, while Mitchell is an NHS member, class president, treasurer, GALE staffer, and active in Quill and Scroll and Future Teachers of America.
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Winters High School
Alpha Chi Chapter
Future Teachers of America
Nicki Eoff
Mike Mitchell
Winters High School Student Council
Miss Eoff
Mike
GALE
Quill and Scroll
America
Farmers
Fone
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John Norman
West Dale St
News of the World
Uncle Sam
McGee
McGee’s Tank
Harrison’s Auto Parts
Gates
FTA
Ann Bean
Linda McGregor
Hank McCreight
Fred Dooley
Dick Young
VFW
Runnels Scd
Pvt
Lonnie Pounds
Nike Base
Illinois
Will
Enger Car Assembly
Gal de
Corvair
Glynn Awalt
Leroy Kettler
Richard Puckett
Chester Puckett
Larry Rives
Douglas Hart
Richard Shade
Johnny Mathis
Doyle Riddle
Mike Patterson
Ger O’neal
Steve Grissom
Mike Holloway
Gary Young
van Spill
Jimmy Green
Jerry Awalt
Neal Browne
Donald Parker
W. C. Dunn
Paul Jones
Ronald Kraatz
Randy Sprinkle
Terry Rives
Mike Deike
101St Ordnance
E. E. Dodson
E.E. Dodson
Nickieoff
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!