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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1927
Page
7
The Winters and Ballinger volunteer fire departments held a large banquet in Ballinger with 200 attendees including guests. Carl Henslee served as toastmaster while Red Robertson welcomed visitors and lauded Texas pride with humorous remarks and speeches.
Seven year old James Clubb son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Clubb suffered a skull fracture after stepping into the street and being struck by a car driven by Chas L. Chapman near Dry and Wilsons. He was taken to Winters Sanitarium for treatment. doctors report a small skull fracture but no operation needed.
Winters High School net squad trains hard as the county meet nears with a round robin schedule for boys and girls. Boys compete for singles and doubles spots with Robert Burton, Brevard Bedford, Parham Witt, Gaylord Singleton and H K Ried in a series of matches. Ladies' first round features Marie Griffis, Ina Mae Owens, La Vere Neely, Clementine McCoughan, Victoria Dry, Isabel Adams, Clara Nell McAdams, Margaret Nicholson, Ruth Stephenson, Lucille Neely, Maggie Sue drawing a bye. Coach Miss Wells oversees the event with hopes of producers winners for the meet.
Mrs H F Busher of route 5 visited the office on Thursday and asked to renew her subscription for another year. She has been a longtime subscriber to the Enterprise, reading the paper regularly for eighteen years.
The Anne Warner Baker Company presents the last Lyceum here on Wednesday March 23 at the Queen Theatre. The 8 15 program follows the prayer meeting hour and features Miss Baker and Miss Esther Baldwin with a varied act including music colored sketches and ventriloquism. Admission is worthwhile for fans of high class entertainment.
The dining room at the new Hotel Winters opened yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Bradley in charge. They will serve excellent meals on weekdays and offer special Sunday dinners. The Bradleys bring hotel experience and expect the dining room to enhance service.
Community-Wide Singing Sunday set for March 20 at 3 p.m. at the Baptist church. Attendees may request any song and the singers will perform it for the gathering.
W E Dunnam former local resident now head of Dunnam Bros owners of the "M" System grocery store announce plans to open next Wednesday. Dunnam will run the business under the "M" System policy removing nonconforming lines and will manage the store. The Enterprise welcomes him and his family to the city. An upcoming notice promises economical feeding options via the new system.
A chamber of commerce committee raised funds last week to buy uniforms for the Junior Band. The plan is to order uniforms that exclude skirts and trousers, which will remain permanent property of members. To ensure uniformity all pieces will come from the same fabric sample.
Miss Bonnie Rives of Littlefield spent the weekend at home with her parents Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Rives. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Chapman and grandsons David and Robert visited Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Guin at Concho on Sunday, with Mrs. Guin noted as a daughter of the Chapmans.
Mrs. W. D. Farris of Ennis returned home Wednesday following a pleasant visit in the home of Miss Mollie Farrar.
The Runnels County Medical Association met in Ballinger on Thursday March 10 at the offices of Drs Love and Hailey. Visiting Abilene doctors Dr Snow spoke on Diseases of Children and Dr Cooper on Diseases of the Kidney, followed by a round table discussion with Winters attendees Drs C T Rives T V Jennings J W Dixon and Fred Tinkle.
Robert Kellum Spence 26 of Mount Vernon was found dead at 605 South Lake Street Fort Worth from a gunshot wound. An inquest ruled it self inflicted. He had recently resigned from First National Bank to enter Baylor Medical College in Dallas. He is survived by his mother Mrs Fada Spence and brother Rev Albert Spence. The body was sent to Mount Vernon for burial. Spence had lived in Winters and was well known there for his courteous service.
A Methodist church program last Saturday evening featured Thomas Elmore Lucey a noted poet lecturer. He opened with Kipling’s Gunga Din impersonating a Hindu and followed with The Raven and Poe impressions with songs. Lucey appeared under the Literary and Service Club for the high school benefit and a neat sum was realized.
The McMurray Debating Teams of Abilene traveled through the city yesterday en route to Brownwood to debate two Brownwood colleges this evening and tomorrow. Benton Neely, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sid Neely, joined the delegation as a junior team member.
Jewett Smith and his father Jim Smith return from Fort Worth with a full fixture set for a store to be opened in the Crest building on North Main street. They expect to be ready for business by the last Saturday of the month with Jim Smith taking charge of the grocery department. An official announcement appears in next week’s Enterprise.
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