Winters notes on state talent and civic pride
The column highlights a KPAR TV program featuring college and university students from across Texas, noting Winters connections via Wesley M. Hays Jr. and Jerrel Elliot. It also welcomes Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Richie back to Winters and laments rising calls for centralized control, urging individual initiative and warning of potential loss of liberties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Area T
Kpar-Tv
Houston
Winters
Wesley M. Hays Jr
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Jerrel Elliot
Winters High School
Windjammers
McMurry College
Hays
W. M. Hays
Elliott
Ray Elliott
Cisco
Hsu
Wingate Girls basketball team wins Little Five title
Wingate grade school girls finish first in the Little Five conference. Right, front row players include Ruthie Albcorn Carla Walker Linda Lynch Dottie Folsom Candy Allen Landa Walker. Back row features Diane Maggee Kathy Lynch Wanda Parrish and Pam Beck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingate
Ruthie Albcorn
Carla Walker
Linda Lynch
Dodie Folsom
Candy Allen
Landa Walker
Diane Magee
Kathy Lynch
Wandrae Parrish
Pam Beck
Winters Band Sweeps Honors At Brady Heart O Texas Meet
Winters High School band won concert and sight reading honors in Class AA at Brady's 18th Heart O Texas Band Festival. 17 bands competed, including Breckenridge, Lake View San Angelo, Taylor, and Abilene groups. Winters earned performance trophy for Relax Voodoo and Trombrero with strong percussion and winds under Jim Swafford, while sight reading was judged by Everett Maxwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters ‘High
Brady
Breckenridge
Lake View of
San Angelo
Taylor, Winters
San Saba
Robert E, Lee Junior High
Ballinger
Burleson
Lincoln Junior High
Abilene
Menard, Burnet
Eastland
Ira
Santa Anna
Blanco
Bertram
Rising Star
Breckenridge High
Winters High
Taylor
Winters
Jim Swafford
Winters Tracksters Set New Records at Blizzard Relays
Winters High School trackmen set multiple records and took third at the Blizzard Relays. Richard Puckett matched the pole vault event record at 11 feet in Division AA. Terry Rives ran 880 yards in 2 05.5 and Gary Awalt clocked 52.2 in the 440, tying the Blizzard Relay record. Abilene JV led Division AA, Brady second. Roscoe led Division A B. Twenty four teams competed for medals and trophies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters High School
Abilene
Brady High School
Richard Puckett
Brady
Roscoe Tracksters
Winters
Winters Band Mothers Style Show set for March 14
The Winters School Cafeteria hosts the Annual Band Mothers Style Show Monday March 14 at 7 30 p m Mrs Walter Spill provides commentary Donnie Buchanan accompanies with Sno Flakes and Robbie Sue Davidson sings soloist Heidenheimer fashions modeled by local women Fashions from The Fashion Shop shown by others Door prizes and refreshments tickets 50 cents admission 25 cents per plate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Winters School
Walter Spill
Donnie Buchanan
Robbie Sue Davidson
Heidenheimer
Sam Jones
H. N. Nichols
Frank Brown
Pam Gilbert
Maria Shaw
Chris Hays
Trisia Sharpes
Band
Band Mothers Club
VFW and Auxiliary Donate Chairs to Boy Scouts
Winters Post 9193 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Ladies Auxiliary donated six folding chairs to the Winters Boy Scout Hut. Presentation made by post commander W. E. Arnold and accepted for the Scouts by Mrs. R. C. Kurtz, a Scout leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Boy Scouts
Winters Post
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies “Auxiliary
Winters Boy Scout Hut
W. E. Arnold
R. C. Kurtz
Weekend Visit By College Seniors Reported
Linda Hill and Jan Porter of Eldorado, seniors at Angelo State College, spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs George R Hill. Porter is a college senior attending the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Hill
Jan. Porter
Eldorado
Angelo State College
George R. Hill
Miss Porter
the College
Eddie Little Exhibits Five Portraits in New Orleans Show
Eddie Little, Winters photographer, had five portraits hang in the Southwestern Photographers Association exhibit in New Orleans March 5 8. About 100 pictures were chosen from hundreds of prints by top photographers across Texas Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma and New Mexico. The five Little works Night Shift The Troubadour Sir Knight I ll Raise and Old Timer all won Gold Medals. The Littles also served on the print and publicity committees and planned to return home later this month after visiting their son Lt Harvey E Little.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters
Eddie Little
Southwestern Photographers Association
New Orleans
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Little
George Cave
Charles Walker
Sir Knight
B. D. Jobe
Harry Herman
J. B. Denson
Winters Hi Girls Make All-District Basketball Team
Winters High School earns four players on the District I AA All-District girls team with two honorable mentions. Ida Martin of Winters earns forward honors while Ginger Ivie of Winters is named a guard. Pritchard and Faubion receive honorable mention as guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters Hi Girls
Winters High
Ida Martin
Ginger Ivie
Miss Martin
Miss Ivie
Eileen Faubion
Mary Lynn Pritchard
Miss Faubion
Miss Pritchard
Swimming Pool To Be Painted This May
Winters City Council approved buying materials to repaint the Municipal Swimming Pool before the May opening. Wayne Roberts, rehired to operate the pool, will oversee painting and season preparation this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters
Wayne Roberts
Judy Kettler Named to Texas Tech Dean's List
Judy Elaine Kettler, a sophomore from Winters, earned a place on Texas Tech University's Dean's Honor List for the fall semester. The honor reflects a semester grade-point average of 3.00 or higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Kettler
Dean
Texas Tech
Willa Vaughn Tinsley
School of Home Economics
Judy Elaine Kettler
Winters
Miss Kettler
L. W. Kettler
Tekell Finishes Training as Air Force Navigation Repairman
Airman Roland N. Tekell son of Mr and Mrs C D Tekell of Winters Texas has graduated from a navigation equipment repairman training course at Keesler AFB Miss He will be assigned to Charleston AFB SC for duty with the Military Airlift Command after graduation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland N. Tekell
C. D. Tekell
Rt. 1
Winters
Keesler Afb
Miss
U. S. Air Force
Tekell
Winters High School
Charleston Afb
South Carolina
Military Airlift Command
Glacier Queen and Football Sweetheart Honor Honors
Class Favorites Miss Daniel daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon Daniel led as head cheerleader in the 1965 football season and was crowned Football Sweetheart. She also earned Glacier Queen in 1964 65 with Killough son of Mr and Mrs C C Killough as tri captain of the Blizzard football team and basketball team statistician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Daniel
Leon Daniel
Glacier
Winters High Students Take National Merit Test
About 14 Winters High School students took the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test on March 1 as part of the 12th annual Merit Scholar competition. Scores will be reported by May 15, with semifinalists announced September 22, 1966, and finalists earning Merit Scholarships from $100 to $1500 yearly based on records, tests, and achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters High School
Lee Harrison
NMSC
Southwestern States Telephone Plans Winters Expansion
Southwestern States Telephone Co announces a 281500 expansion for Winters 1966 68 including a new central office building 1968 and new cables 1967 1968. The plan aims to install Direct Dialing by 1968 69 as receivers are replaced and the firm seeks a city operating franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters
Southwestern States Telephone Co
Carroll Rowbotton
Service Consulant
John S. Skinner
Telephone Company
General Telephone System
Hospital Fund Still Climbing
The Winters Municipal Hospital special fund for painting and repairing rooms and refurbishing furniture continues to grow. Officials report the total contributions reached 2525.00 with progress on the project, up from 2455.00. Donors include Mr and Mrs Neal Oakes and Mrs Dulcie Middleton of Houston along with Edwin Cooke of Loving New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters Municipal Hospital
Neal Oakes
Candidate Beats Deadline To File For City Council
J. A. Henderson filed Saturday the last day for city council candidates for April election. Five candidates now seek three seats. incumbents Homer Hodge and W. L. Bean, Ray Alderman, Billy Joe Emmert had filed earlier. Jimmy Chaney withdrew last week. Election will be at the fire station on Tuesday April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Henderson
Homer Hodge
W. L
Bill) Bean
Ray Alderman
Billy Joe Embmert
Jimmy Chaney
Central Texas WSCS to Host 25th Annual Meet
The Central Texas Conference Woman's Society of Christian Service will hold its 25th annual meeting March 15-16 at First Methodist Church in Waxahachie Texas. Guest speaker Mrs Glenn E Laskey of Ruston Louisiana leads the national organization for about 1.8 million Methodist women. She has held regional and national roles since 1956. Delegates include Mrs Vada Babston and Mrs Robert Walker with Mrs Frank Mitchell and Mrs M L Dobbins as attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Central Texas Conference
Womans Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Waxahachie
Texas
Glenn E. Laskey
Ruston
Louisiana
Board of Missions
Laskey
United States
South Central Jurisdiction
The
Vada_ Babston
Bids Asked For Two Retarding Dams In Valley Creek Watershed
The Valley Creek Water Control District invites bids for two additional floodwater retarding dams in the Valley Creek Watershed Project. Bids open Thursday April 7 at the Wingate office. The project will be half complete with 10 of 20 dams built and aims for a storage capacity of just over 18 000 acre feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Creek
Valley Creek Water Control District
Hugo Vogelsang
Wingate
Vogelsang
Carl Gottschalk
Viners
Ww. T. Talley
Shep
Taylor County
The
Soil Conservation Service
Woodrow Hoffman
H. N. Smith
Temple
Valley Creek, Water Control’ District
Hoffman
Weber McNeese
R. C. Moore
SCS
Dames
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IoVk
R. C. Thomas
City of
Winters Public School System
Blizzard Booster Club
Winters Country Club
Winters Chamber of Commerce
Richie
J. F. Richie
Humble Oil Company
James Williams
Wingate Pirates
Wingate School Pirates
James Wil
Coahoma
Winters Band Mothers
Luther Minzenmayer
Dennis Poe
Emma Marks
Joanie Fuller
Cindy Antilley
Denise Williams
Kenneth Cook
J. W. Swofford
Judy Jenkins
Hamlin
Linda Bailey
Madelon Hunt
Anson
Connie Butts
Jennabeth Pitman
Haskell
Debby Wiseman
Cynthia Middlebrook
Linda Parker
Kay Hodnett
Donna Compton
Linda McConnell
Sue Reeves
Bonnie Howard
Gerre Colbert
Vickie Burson
Roland Tekell
Keesler
Barbara Daniel
BO Killough
WHS
Phone Co
Central Texas
WSCS
Robert Walker
Alernate
Frank Mitchell
M. L. Dobbins
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