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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1968
Page
5
The Gale staff shows Mike Pumphrey as Editor and Melba Lewis and Bill Brock as Assistant Editors. Gene Templeton is Feature Editor, Susan White Copy Editor, Beverly Sprinkle Sports Editor, and Mike O Deil serves as Extension Editor.
The Winters Blizzard band competed last weekend at Brady Band Festival. Students were assigned host homes, then performed an 8:25 p.m. concert with a Mexican influence. After an awards ceremony, they attended a Lock Hop and later rehearsed for the competition program including Pharos March From Foxen's Glen and Toccata for Band.
The Winters band competed in a city festival with a mass band finale before judges. Winters won first place with a superior sight-reading rating and received a trophy, completing a memorable weekend as bands dispersed.
Seniors encouraged to start sending graduation invitations as the Student Council sells thank-you note cards. Cards feature the high school picture on front and are sold in packs of 20 for 50 cents.
Beverly Foster known as Berry born December 24 1949. She enjoys walking and winter pastimes. Favorite book is Gone with the Wind and favorite movie Bonnie and Clyde. Her favorite star is Paul Newman and she follows the TV show High.
Glen and Lot win recognition in Chaparral as the Favorite school of beauty and the Favorite boy Larry Donica is named. The Glacier Queen honors highlight ambitions to complete beauty school while lamenting local football performance and noting greatest success as election to Glacier Queen.
The Freshman class met on March 4 for monthly guidance. Mrs. Harrison presented the first of a two part film on teenage values. A discussion panel including David Harrison, Cindy Davis, Ray Cooper, Lyr ianne Hill, Joe Pritchard, and Phyllis Grissom followed the film. The second part will be shown next month.
Seniors study Charles Dickens novel The Tale of Two Cities in English and civics classes and view the film adaptation. A degenerate alcoholic sacrifices his life for love while readers praise the book's warm passages and overall merit.
The Friendly Ladies Sunday school class held a party at the First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall on Tuesday night. Rev. Ed Orwell gave the invocation. Mrs Sallie Gray shared a St Patrick's Day legend and the group sang Irish songs. 27 members played 49 and refreshments were served by hostesses.
Mr. and Mrs. Gayle W Gard ner Sr and their sons Gayle Jr and Ton traveled to Graham over the weekend to visit the home of Mr and Mrs C L Sims the parents of Mrs Gardner.
Readers express reluctance about an upcoming test on the novel. Participants fear difficult questions and worry about grading, preferring more discussion and guidance before final evaluations.
The Junior Class elected Cherilyn Beard Glenda Coopner as girl representatives and Charles Mathis Robert Moore as boy representatives for 1968 1969 The Junior Senior Banquet was moved from March 30 to May 11 and the meeting adjourned for 7th period classes
A concise roster highlights standout figures shaping the organization with notable energy and realism. It emphasizes leadership, expertise, and progressive outlooks across departments.
Sgt Jerry L Davis is assigned to the Army Recruiting Station at the Post Office building in Little Rock with enlistment procurement responsibility for the southern part of Sebastian Logan Yell Scott and Polk counties. A veteran of nearly ten years, he has served in Vietnam and earned the Air Medal Army Commendation Medal Vietnamese Campaign Medal Vietnamese Service Medal and National Defense Service Medal. His last duty station was An Khe Vietnam where he served in Military Police.
Regular Win gate Gator Tops Club meeting held Monday morning at Humble Recreation Hall. Mrs Alpheus Hill weighed members and weights recorded by Mrs Wayne Owens. Eight members attended with two visitors. A banquet was prepared for Tuesday night honoring Winters Tops members. Mrs Wayne Owens is queen this week. Members present include Mesdames James Williams, E F Albro, Joe Bryan, George Cave, Wayne Owens, Alpheus Hill, Bill Hamilton and Richard Beck.
A daughter named Alisa Joy arrived Monday evening March 11 at Balboa Naval Hospital San Diego. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Gordon Hass of Baird and maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs John Schaffrina of Winters. Father serves in the U S Navy in Vietnam.
Regular monthly meeting of the Wesleyan Service Guild of the First Methodist Church was held at the home of Mrs. Nan Wright. Mrs. F R Anderson was elected voting delegate for the annual meeting. Refreshments followed as members and guests participated in a program on American Indian culture led by Mrs. David Dobbins.
Mrs. Myrtle Bagwell 80, half sister of W. L. Pratt, died Saturday in Wichita Falls after several weeks illness. She was known as Myrtle Nall and Newby Pratt in local communities. Colorado City resident W. L. Pratt and Winters native W. L. Pratt attended the funeral in Wichita Falls Monday at 2 o clock.
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