Winters Hi Girls Lose Regional Tilt To Spearman
The Winters High School Blizzardette girls basketball team, with a perfect district record, fell to Spearman 53 to 38 in a regional playoff at the Lubbock tournament. Ida Martin led Winters with 18 points, matching her season scoring pace. A stray line notes cottonseed fiber use.
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Spearman
Winters High School
Blizzardette
Spearman Girls
Lubbock
Ida Martin
Winters Girls
WHS Boys Grab Third at Blizzard Relays In Strong Show
Stamford wins Blizzard Relays with 153 points as WHS finishes third behind Hamlin. Jerry Awalt sets a 440 yard dash record at 50.5 and leads Blizzard mile relay record effort. Winters leads WHS with multiple top finishes and freshmen win decisive meet for WHS.
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WHS
Winters
Hamlin
Ballinger
Coleman
Stamford
Winters FFA Wins Houston Fat Stock Show Livestock Judging
Winters FFA judging team Allen Mills Charles Brown and Johnny Cathey won first in livestock judging at the Houston Fat Stock Show ahead of 286 FFA and 4 H teams. Brown placed ninth overall with 343 of 350. team tallied 1006 of 1050. Llano and Needville followed. Mills also placed in pig and sheep divisions. Morrow and Carroll earned junior show spots.
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Winters
The
Future Farmers of America
Houston
Winters Ffa
Allen Mills
Charles Brown
Johnny Cathey
Brown
Llano Ffa
Needville
Winters Boys
Berkshire
Steve Smith
Hampshire
David Carroll
Jim Morrow
Rural Carriers Change Routes at Winters Post Office
Postmaster Rankin Pace announces changes to rural main routes out of the Winters post office due to carrier retirement. Weldon Collins moves to route 1, Eddie Little to route 2, W. S. Cooke to route D, Cortez Robertson becomes substitute for route 3 until a regular carrier is appointed.
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Rankin Pace
Weldon Collins
Eddie Little
W. S. Cooke
Local Track Meet Standings Highlight Multiple Athletes
Gary Dry won the first place in pole vault and Johnny Pritchard captured first in the 1320 run. Joe Luguara finished third in high jump while Billy Ivey took fifth in shot put and Gary Antilley led the 440 relay with first place and was fourth in broad jump. Terry Awalt placed third in the 660 run and Wesley Crouch fifth in the 1320. John Black finished third in the 100-yard dash and fifth in the 220. Ronnie Wilson placed sixth in the 140 hurdles and fifth in the 70-yard high hurdles.
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Jerry Awalt
Pete Santillano
Terry Rives
Charles Mathis
Fred Wilder
Randy Boles
Carl Guevara
Sammy Graham
Jimmy Gonzales
Ben Shoemake
Donald Wade
Davis Torres
Kye Nitsch
Jimmy Vaughan
Winters
Alfonso Esquivel
Horace Johnson
John Sims
Jerry Avnwalt
James Greer
Alton Barnes
Rex Harrison
Alton Pierce
Reese McQuistion
Donnie Killough
Butch Spill
Tommy Chapmond
Gary Dry
Joe Ivey
Billy Ivey
Joe Luguara
Gary Antilley
Johnny Pritchard
Terry Awalt
Wesley Crouch
John Black
Ronnie Wilson
Airman Wearden Named Fuels Man of the Quarter
Airman Charles J. Wearden of the 380th Supply Squadron at Plattsburgh Air Force Base New York was chosen as 380th Strategic Aerospace Wing Fuels Man of the Quarter He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles W Warden of Winters He entered the Air Force in April 1966 and is married to Ruby Mae Cowlishaw of Ballinger His Wing nomination advanced to the Eighth Air Force where he earned second place.
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Charles J. Wearden
380Th
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
New York
Strategic Aerospace Wing
Airman
Wearden
Charles W. Wearden
Winters
Air Force
Ruby Mae Cowlishaw
Ballinger
Eighth Air Force
Six Flags Over Texas Announces April 29 Opening Date
Six Flags Over Texas will open its 1967 season on Saturday April 29 announced by Angus G Wynne Jr president of Great Southwest Corporation. The park near Dallas Fort Worth will operate on spring weekends 10 am to 10 pm and weekdays 5 pm to 11 pm in spring with daily hours 10 am to 10 pm from May 26 through Labor Day. The Run-A-Way Mine Train ride from a $1 000 000 Boom Town expansion is complete. The park aims to reach its ten millionth visitor in August having already hosted over 8.5 million since opening in 1960.
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Great Southwest Corporation
Dallas
Fort Worth
Six Flags
Boom Town
Baseball Contains About 150 Yards Of Cotton Thread
A short note explains that a baseball internally uses roughly 150 yards of cotton thread in its construction, detailing the winding and stitching process common to standard game balls.
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Anson
Coahoma
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Tebeless
Blackwall
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D. Cortez Robertson
Route
Switzerland
McCall's
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Joseph
Winters Enterprise
Pioneer
M. R. Smith Wingate, Texas
Haggar
Forever Prest
Donmoor
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