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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1971
Page
5
A grass and brush fire near a vacant lot in Winters underscores the danger of fires amid dry, windy conditions. The piece urges caution, notes lack of trash burning ordinances, and suggests state regulation could extend to small towns as drought persists.
Mike Kozelsky of Winters Texas A M student was elected secretary of the Texas College Industrial Arts Association for 1971 71 The photo shows officers with Rudy Cantu president Randall Allen vice president and others from Southwest Texas State University and West Texas State students
The Runnels County Archery Association of Winters will host its fourth annual invitational on Sunday, March 21, at the Winters City Lake range under the dam. More than 100 archers from across the state are expected. Trophies and medals will be awarded in all classes. Visitors may view trophies at Bahlman Jewelers.
The Winters Country Club hosts the 18 hole medal play finals for the Men's City and Club Championship on Sunday May 2. Defending champ is Jerry Neely now coaching at Paducah High School. Entries by April 27 with fees eight dollars for Championship Flight four fifty for First Flight and Second Flight. Nonmembers pay green fee. Two trophies awarded per flight. Starting times posted at Winters Enterprise and pro shop.
Margaret Leathers of Winters earned a 3.0 average on the all A list at Texas Woman's University for the fall semester. She is a sophomore nursing major, daughter of Mrs. Robert B. Leathers and the late Mr. Leathers of Winters.
Mr and Mrs Ellis Zane Moore and Mike spent the weekend in Lubbock with their son Robert Moore a Texas Tech student and their daughter Sylvia Moore. Sylvia trained as a nurse at Temple and works at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock while continuing studies at Texas Tech.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Mayhew attended the funeral of Mrs. J. C. Massengale at Calvary Baptist Church in Lubbock. They afterward visited the home of their daughter and family, the Rev. and Mrs. Merrill Abbott of Idalou.
Winters High School sends a council delegation to Cisco High School as part of a exchange program. Cisco students visit Winters and attend classes with their counterparts. Delegation includes WHS president Huden White and officers, and Cisco sponsors Mrs. Lee Harrison and B J Joyce accompanied the group.
E. A. Scates, appliance serviceman in the Winters office of West Texas Utilities, attended a WTU appliance service training school in Abilene last week. The program trains servicemen in installation and maintenance of appliances and includes a tear-down and rebuild exercise on washers, dryers, refrigerators, ranges, and dishwashers led by WTU instructors and Frigidaire representatives.
City Water Superintendent W. D. Waggoner said the City Lake east of Winters is low but not near a water shortage. He noted the lake remains a fairly good supply for several months despite dry spells and rising consumption from lawn irrigation and nearby cattle feeding pens. A conservation survey last fall examined sedimentation. a formal report is expected soon.
Runnels County Judge Elliott Kemp said a Winters welfare commodity dispersing station is unlikely in the near term due to high costs and funding gaps. A Ballinger station serves 1 000 county recipients, with about 300 in Winters. Opening Winters would require new storage and multiple additional stations, making logistics infeasible.
Lambert Wilkes of the Texas A&M Experiment Station Bryan will speak and show slides on Bed Shaping and Precision Planting at a district vocational agriculture teachers meeting in Ballinger. The session is Tuesday March 23 at 4 p.m. in the Ballinger High School agriculture department. Stanley Blackwell of Winters High School urges attendance and can provide more information.
The Winters Country Club ladies group elected Mrs Richard Bauer as president, Mrs Bill Griffin as vice president, and Mrs Jack Harrison as secretary treasurer. Golf co chairmen are Mrs Pat Wood and Mrs John McAdoo. Plans include Saturday 2 pm games with prizes inviting all members and interested players.
Mrs Charlsie Poe will review her latest book Runnels Is My County for Bronte clubs. She will give her first review next week.
Mr and Mrs Bill Millorn visited over the weekend with their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Bob McClelland in San Antonio.
Attila Galamb is set to perform at Winters High School on Wednesday March 24 as part of a nationwide school tour. The teenage prodigy, son of accordionist Joseph Galamb, codesigns multiple instruments and has appeared on Ed Sullivan Show and Radio City. he also works on college correspondence and composes.
Robert J. Moore, son of E. Z. and Mrs. Moore of Winters, was among Texas Tech University students honored for academic achievement at the 25th University Recognition Service in Lubbock. Moore, a Tech sophomore, received the award for the second time. The ceremony at Lubbock Municipal Auditorium featured Dr. Grover E. Murray, university president, delivering the address with Mr. and Mrs. Moore in attendance.
Cherilyn Beard daughter of Mr and Mrs George M Beard of Winters has pledged Sigma Theta Chi social club at Abilene Christian College. A 1969 Winters High School graduate she is a junior business education major with ACC eligibility requiring 30 semester hours one semester attendance and a 2.0 GPA.
Winters Altar Society will host a Mexican dinner at Mt Carmel Catholic Church on Sunday March 21 from 1130 AM to 2 PM. Proceeds aid church activities with take out available. Tickets 125 for adults 75 cents for children. The Winters Chamber of Commerce reports 13 new members signed by Monday afternoon, bringing total to 106 including businesses individuals and farmers. New members include Varler Snrev ing Service Win-Tex Cattle Feeders Halliburton Winters Feed Yards Bishop and Sons and individuals M L Dobbins OC Hill WE Colburn Joe Stevens Bobby Rogers George Davis Buford Baldwin John Gardner.
Winters High School placed second with 82 points at the Ballinger Relays led by Billy Ray Grant winning the mile run and Mike Mathis taking the 330 hurdles and the mile relay team. Sonora won the meet with 101 points, Coleman scored 66 for third, and Winters posted strong showings in multiple events.
Girvin resident Mrs. Roger O Neal receives the Pallas Athene scroll in the Epsilon Sigma Alpha program and is named Rho Delta chapter’s outstanding ESAer for the year. She will compete in District VIII in April.
Mrs. Lora Courland welcomed her cousin Mrs. Harold Asquith and husband from Cincinnati Ohio to her residence last week.
Ronald E. Rugh, longtime range conservationist from Eden and later Runnels County, is promoted to District Conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service at Mason. The appointment by Clyde W. Graham takes effect April 4. Rugh, Bandera native, Texas A&M 1965, and his wife Carolyn Graham of Brady have two young sons.
Dr. Ronald A. Hough of Hardin-Simmons University organ department will present a concert at First United Methodist Church on March 28 at 3 30 in the afternoon. Rev. Glenn Bowman, the church pastor, announces the event and invites the public to attend.
Dr. John E. Larsen of Texas A&M University Extension Service will present a program on home gardens at the Ballinger courthouse on March 23. The talk begins at 2 p.m. on the third floor and will cover diseases and varieties of vegetables with a discussion time for gardeners’ problems.
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