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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1964
Page
5
The Citizens' Band radio network, authorized by the FCC in the late 1950s, gains popularity in rural areas with no telephones. Base stations link with up to five mobiles, allowing household and farming pairs to stay in touch. Channel 11 is widely used, and the system is praised for resilience while remaining inexpensive.
Winters post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Ladies Auxiliary wrap up a year of community work. A private ceremony presented a 50 star U S flag and a Christian flag to First Presbyterian Church with J L Morrow and Mrs L Guy in attendance. The group reports nine points of service including youth activities health and safety and aid to education with projects for crippled children library support Heart Fund and Scouts. New officers will be elected in April with installation in May.
The Rev. Wilfred Sager regional youth director for the American Lutheran Church will speak at St John s Lutheran Church Winters on Sunday March 22 at 1040 AM The public is invited Sager a native of Bartlett Texas and son of a pastor has served as missionary in Corpus Christi and led Luther Leagues at district and international levels He will discuss Luther Youth inventory results and church programs accompanied by his wife and three children
Winters High School selects cheerleaders for the 1964 65 school year in a Tuesday election. Named are senior Ann Bean Beard and sophomore Daniel Smith. listed are families of Mrs George Beard and Mr Mrs Jin C Smith with student members John Linda Ethan Dan and others.
Jimmy J. Roberts son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Roberts Route 3 has been named to receive a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship beginning in the fall Roberts a 1961 Abilene Christian College graduate will use the fellowship to pursue a doctorate He earned a summa cum laude BA in Greek and is to receive a B D from Harvard this spring The fellowship provides 1800 plus full tuition and fees and 1964 fellows total 1507 from 904 colleges and universities in the US and Canada announced by Sir Hugh Taylor president of the foundation
Jasper Allbright of Longview, former Winters resident, was elected president of the Longview Chamber of Commerce at the January meeting and installed at the March 3 banquet. He serves a second term as chamber director, was previously first vice president in 1961, and has held multiple community and banking roles including past Missouri state? wait.
Winters High School students elected officers and class representatives to the Student Council. Larry Rives was chosen president with Hank McCreight as vice president and Mary Young as secretary-treasurer. Other officers include Bill Cathey and Donny Buchanan. Class reps span seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen. The outgoing officers are Ronald Kraatz Larry Rives and Mary Young. The new council will attend the State Student Council Convention in Houston with Eva Kelly as sponsor.
Miss Sharon G. Johnson of Winters, a McMurry College freshman in Abilene, pledges the TIP Social Club. She is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Johnson of 30 S Jewell Winters. She plans Elementary Education as major and Business as minor.
Winters High School track team finishes second with 100 points at Brady Relays. Standout results include Steve Grissom winning high and low hurdles and multiple top finishes by Richard Shade, Mike Patterson, LeRoy Kettler, Larry Rives, Chester Puckett, Van Spill, and others across hurdles, sprints, jumps, and relays.
Supt. James B. Nevins announces Easter observance with schools dismissing at 4 p m on Thursday March 26. Classes resume Monday March 30 after Friday March 27 holiday.
Winters area churches outline Holy Week programs led by First Presbyterian and Mt. Carmel Catholic. Palm Sunday services on March 22 feature sermons on Jesus the King, Maundy Thursday and Easter events begin at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian, with Easter Sunday at 11 a.m. Mt. Carmel offers Mass at 7 a.m. on Holy Thursday, Stations of the Cross Friday at 3 p.m., confessions after, and Easter Mass at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Public invited to all services.
Winters City Council approved a 4450 dollar street maintenance plan to re surface several streets with seal coats. About 8 947 feet of pavement will receive seal coating with work likely starting in April and total cost staying under the approved amount.
Nelan Bahlman buys T A McMillan interest in McMillan Cleaners and renames the business City Cleaners. McMillan will continue rug cleaning at home. Bahlman, tied to Bahlman Jewelers and Winters cleaners, has 11 years in the trade and lives at 503 Fannin with his wife and two daughters.
Wilmeth Baptist Church organized as Mazeland Baptist Church in 1906 will hold Easter Sunday homecoming on March 29. Dr Virtus Gideon former member and Fort Worth Baptist Seminary teacher will deliver the message during a morning service with special singing and music.
Winters residents formed a band in 1901 to boosts tourism and social life. The group played at rallies, weddings, and tours across Texas with blue and gold uniforms costing 140 dollars each. They built a band stand on the John Grey lot and held Friday practice nights drawing townspeople.
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