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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1971
Page
5
R C Thomas urges community to locate a loaned wheelchair held by Winters Lions Club and promotes personal health checks. The piece urges TB skin tests and eye exams at the Community Center Friday from 1 to 7, noting tests are free and non invasive. It encourages scheduling regular checkups and maintaining a personal maintenance chart.
February 1971 precipitation recorded with multiple entries. Notable totals include 0.27 inches on Sunday February 21 and traces on several other days, with 0.02 inches of snow on Monday February 8.
Record of temperatures two days apart showing a cold low of 29 degrees on February 26 1970 and a warm high of 74 degrees on March 2 1970. The data highlights wide daily swings typical of the period.
J S Brown and Albert H Brown from Winters received 1970 NK and Northrup King Sorghum Club awards for high single hybrid yields. T N Meador presented the honors at a district winners meeting in Lawake on February 11, highlighting growing sorghum importance nationally.
Winters Lions Club sponsors a free painless TB skin test clinic at the Winters Community Center Friday March 5 from 1 to 7 pm for North Runnels County residents aged 3 months and up. Tests are free, read Monday at North Runnels Hospital, with chest X-rays and a separate eye test available the same day.
The Winters Lions Club sponsors free eye tests for eye diseases on Friday March 5 from 1 to 7 pm at the Winters Community Center. Dr. James T. Tucker of Abilene will perform the tests, which are not sight tests, with no charge. The clinic coincides with the TB Skin Test Clinic to allow simultaneous testing for North Runnels County residents.
A three way race is developing for Place 1 on the Winters Independent School District Board of Trustees as Dale Whitecotton Delbert Kruse and Dennis Poe file for the seat. Election is set for April 3 with incumbent J W Bahiman seeking re election for Place 2 and Billy J Colburn for Place 6 both unopposed. Place 1 vacancy comes from Jake Presley.
Mr and Mrs Troy McKnight of Winters accept a gold plaque from Funk Bros Seed Co official John Shaw after McKnight tops the dryland division with 3174 pounds per acre on 25 acres using Funk G 522 in 40 inch rows. He planted April 11 and harvested August 26.
Winters city council to study the City Airport to judge current facilities and possible improvements. Aldermen James Spill and Hal Dry named to a special airport committee. Increased traffic prompts call for more space and a longer, better asphalt runway in the future.
A driving class to begin March 9 is sponsored by the Winters Multi-Purpose Center for all persons 18 and older. It will prepare participants for the DPS examination for operators licenses. Information is available at the Center, 110 South Main Street.
Winters Industry will exhibit at the Outdoor Sports and Vacation Carnival in the Taylor County Coliseum Abilene. John’s International will show utility boxes for pickups headache racks and ladder rack attachments. Admission is 1 dollar for adults, 25 cents for children under 12. discount tickets reduce adults to 50 cents.
Mrs. Nonia McGregor of Coleman visited the Pumphrey Community one afternoon last week for a social call to learn about local activities and greet residents.
District 7 presidents met in Brownwood to review the proposed four story Texas Farm Bureau headquarters in Waco. Construction is expected soon. members have contributed toward the building cost for 19 years. The modern building, about 100 square feet, sits on a suburban site overlooking Lake Waco in north West Waco.
Track and field squads from thirteen schools prep for the Blizzard Relays on Saturday in our area. Events start at 9 a.m. with broad jump, shot put, pole vault, and 440 relay, followed by discus and high jump at 1:30 p.m. Trophies and medals will reward top teams and individuals.
Winters High School Band under Kirke McKenzie will compete for four trophies at the Heart of Texas Band Festival in Brady with bands from across the region. Events include show band, concert, sight reading, and parade contests on Friday and Saturday.
The Norton Lions Club will hold a farm equipment auction Saturday March 13 at the Norton community building. Proceeds fund club service projects including a recent town clean-up and a planned picnic area near the historic marker in the town square. Col Tex Herring of Abilene will auctioneer beginning at 10 30 a m with farmers and dealers invited to attend. John Hobaugh leads the club as president with committees led by C J Robinson Jr Lester Schaefer Leon Frerich Paul Pruitt Frank Greger Roger Bryan and others handling unloading buying registration and food service. County officials Marvin Sallings and Pat Pritchard assisted in the clean-up effort.
Bruce Smith, Winters High School junior, won the Texas Future Teachers of America state parliamentarian post at the Houston convention February 26-27. He serves as District XV president and will serve 1971-72. Dallas installation is April 3. His advisers, Mrs. Eula Mae Kruse and Miss Nancy Grundy, become State Advisers on the State FTA Executive Board. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny B. Smith, received one of three Outstanding Service Award certificates at Awards Night for superior district leadership.
Mr and Mrs Rusty Allen visited Lub bock with their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Kenneth Moore. Mr Moore and Mrs Moore are the parents of a son born Sunday. Mrs Moore is the former Sandra Allen.
The Little League Association will meet at Winters City Hall on Monday March 8 to begin planning the 1971 season. President James West announced the 7 30 a m session invites all managers prospective managers and players parents. West was re elected president with Bill Robinson as vice president and Gayland Robinson as secretary treasurer.
The annual Red Cross drive begins with Winters business canvass March 8-12 and residential canvass March 15-19. The goal is 800 dollars, covering Wingate Wilmeth Pumphrey Drasco and Crews areas. Uncontacted residents may leave contributions at the Winters Chamber of Commerce office.
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