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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1936
Page
4
Announcements list JOHN B. RAYBURN seeking re election for County Attorney in County C Sessions notes the primary vote to be held Saturday July 25 1986 and indicates candidate appearances are contingent on that action.
Winters FFA awards list includes Fr anz Belitz and Ellis Lee with top finishes in pig and pen of five events. Other placings feature Proc tor and Wearden among 10th to 17th in individual, plus various Proctor and Vinson placements. W. F. Latham moved from Adolph Belitz farm and plans poultry and feed enterprise. R C Mayo and Leon Hennig conduct business nearby.
The President articulates a new soil conservation plan funded by a $500 million tax shift to replace invalidated AAA levies. Grants will reward good land use, encourage farmers to shift from surplus crops to erosion preventing crops, and aim for parity of farm income without contracts. He says consumers will benefit from stable supplies and prices.
A local column lists Reverend C. P. Coward and Mrs Coward returning to Caddo after a visit to Mrs W A Pace. Rep H B Sessions and Mrs Sessions of Ballinger attended a Lions Club banquet with Mr and Mrs H O Jones. Families from Fort Scott Kansas, Albany and Sanger are noted visiting or being mentioned, along with health updates on A Krauss and Mrs Verner. A discussion on soil conservation quoting Roosevelt and AAA confirms plan to start in the South with cotton planting.
San Angelo opens the Fifth Annual Fat Stock Show and Rodeo with Governor Allred as grand marshal and the Hardin-Simmons University Cowboy Band as official rodeo band. About 2000 to 2500 animals from West Texas counties on parade along with 200 horse riders and horse-drawn vehicles. 40 rodeo contestants expected for daily afternoon performances drawing around 40,000 spectators. The Cowboy Band, recently in Tuscan Arizona, has a history of performances from Madison Square Garden to Europe and will also play during the Texas Centennial events in Dallas.
Sam Ashburn and John Casey of the San Angelo Standard attended the F F A livestock project show in the city last Friday. More than 200 head of rodeo stock await opening day with hard bull dogging and riding events shown in practice. Fort Thomas Ariz cowboy Everett Bowman is named world champion, joined by Pete Knight and Smoky Snyder as top bronco and steer riders.
The party taking the books left in a vacant house is asked to return them to Odessa Morris. Mr and Mrs A F Roberts of San Antonio spent the first of the week here attending business in Winters. Mr and Mrs H F Busher and son Vinson visited Mr and Mrs Leonard Busher of Shep on Sunday.
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