Abilene High Students Visit Winters High for Exchange Program
Abilene High School Student Council members, totaling thirty with sponsors Max Irwin and Elmer Wright, visited Winters High School for the final portion of a reciprocal exchange. They attended classes, observed student government campaigning, and discussed benefits of small school environments.
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Abilene High
WHS
Abilene High School
Winters High School
AHS
Max Irwin
Elmer Wright
Wright
Abilene
Winters Hien
Winters
Winters High Council
Scott King
Lee Harrison
Jake Joyce
Lone Star Buys Gulf Coast Gas Contract
Lone Star Gas Company signs a 20 year centract to buy at least 100 billion cubic feet of natural gas from Houston Oil and Mineral Corp. A $5 million prepayment was made and initial deliveries are expected this year from wells off Bolivar Point in Galveston Bay. Gas to service Houston and Dallas Fort Worth markets.
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Dallas
Texas
Lone Star Gas Company
Houston Oil and Mineral Corp
Lone Star
Houston Oil and Mineral
Bolivar Point
Galveston Bay
Houston
Dallas-Fort Worth
Birth Announcement Shannon Kay Colburn 1973
Mr and Mrs Ronald Colburn of Victoria announce the birth of a daughter Shannon Kay born March 19 1973. Maternal grandparents Marvin Hutto Del Rio paternal Douglas Colburn Winters and great grandparents Willie Colburn and Jim Sprinkle Winters.
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Ronald Colburn
Victoria
Shannon Kay
Marvin Hutto
del Rio
Douglas Colburn
Winters
Willie Colburn
Jim Sprinkle
Winters Students With H-SU Group To Ind. Revivals
Four Winters students from Hardin-Simmons University join 120 peers for the ninth annual H-SU revival tour in Indiana March 16 25. The Winters group helped coordinate rallies at Seymour and Sellersburg First Baptists and contributed to two singing groups True Light and Eureka.
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Hardin-Simmons University
Winters
H-Su
Indiana
Blanche Wharton
Marshall Wharton
Cliff Poe
Dennis Pes
Bill Grantz
Harry A. Grantz
Brenda Ixing
Wayne King
Abilene
First Baptist Church
Seymour
Ind
Sellersburg
Sinsine
Fureka
True Light
Miss Wharton
Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church
Charlestown
New Hope Baptist Church
Clarksville
Rolling Hills Baptist Church
Jeffersonville
Miss King
Arlington visitors stay at Yates home over weekend
Barbara and Johnna Sawders of Arlington spent the weekend in the home of Mrs. W. J. Yates. Mrs. Baxter Wilson of San Antonio spent several days in the Yates home.
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Barbara and
Johnna Sawders
Arlington
W. J. Yates
Baxter Wilson
San Antonio
Yates
Winters Couple Wed In First Baptist Church Ceremony
Brenda Kay Smith and Mark Steven Briley married in a 7:30 p.m. Saturday ceremony at the First Baptist Church. Rev. Harry Grantz officiated. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Bob Smith and a Winters High School graduate employed at Main Drug in Winters. The groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Briley Jr., also a Winters graduate. A reception followed in the church Fellowship Hall with family members and local hotels hosting the house party.
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Brenda Kay Smith
Mark Steven Briley
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Harry Grantz
Johnny Bob Smith
Homer Briley Jr
Barbara Rodgers
Gary Boyer
Sneed
Winters
Virginia Fairey
Abilene
Bride
Winters High School
Main Drug
Mrs. Briley
North Main, Winters
Debra Kay Lloyd
Mickey Kay Smith
San Angelo
Laura Rae Brown
Becky Louise Simpson
Denise Williams
Fellowship Hall
James C. Colburn
Bridgeport
Jack Purns
Pyburn Brown
Jean
Fowler Rites Held for Odessa Resident
Mr and Mrs Monroe Boles and Mrs Bailey attended the funeral of their brother in law Morris Fowler of Odessa Tuesday. Mr Fowler was a former resident of this area.
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Monroe Boles
Bailey
Morris Fowler
Odessa
Mr. Fowler
Card of Thanks from D L Moreland
I thank friends for prayers cards flowers gifts and visits during hospital stay. I also thank Rev Grantz Dr McCreight and all the nurses who eased my stay. My wife joins me in saying thanks for everything.
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Rev. Grantz
Aim in life found in heart not in foreign lands
The quote emphasizes that true purpose comes from within, not from distant places. It argues self discovery is found in the heart rather than in travel or external pursuits.
Junior Blizzard Relays Saturday
Five area schools enter nine teams for the Junior Blizzard Relays to be held Saturday. Eighth grade teams from Ballinger Colorado City Clyde Coleman and Winters compete. ninth grade teams from Ballinger Colorado City Clyde and Winters participate. Prelims start 9 30 a m with finals at 2 00 p m. Winters enters about 30 eighth graders and 18 ninth graders. Bill Cathey coaches ninth grade and Rick Lynch coaches eighth grade.
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Ballinger
Colorado City
Clyde
Coleman
Winters
Bill Cathey
Rick Lynch
District UIL Contests Set For Next Week
District UIL activities begin with tennis in Abilene March 26 27. Ready writing and literary contests occur in Hamlin March 28 and 31. Golf contests in Haskell April 2. Track in Anson April 5. Regional literary in Odessa April 7 with track and field. Winters girls compete in the Abilene Christian College meet April 12.
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Abilene
Hamlin
Haskell
Tracksters
Anson
Odessa
Abilene Christian College
Bill Pumphrey Joins Island Federal Honolulu Marketing Staff
Bill Pumphrey formerly of Winters and son of Mr and Mrs Doyle Pumphrey has joined Island Federal Savings and Loan Association of Honolulu Hawaii as customer service representative. He earned an MA from the University of Hawaii in 1972 and a bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Texas. He previously worked with the PEACESAT Project at UH and Penn Mutual Life Insurance advertising, and volunteered in the Peace Corps with time spent in Tanzania.
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Bill Pumphrey
Winters
Doyle Pumphrey
Island Federal Savings and Loan Association
Honolulu
Hawaii
James Joshimura
Pumphrey
University of Hawaii
University of Texas
Peacesat
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Peace Corps
Tanzania
Africa
Rattlesnake Round-up Set in Ballinger
The Ballinger Jaycees sponsor a rattlesnake round-up on March 24 and 25 with an antique show Saturday morning at the Ballinger Community Center. Local farmers may sign up to permit hunts. entrants must be 16 and within 25 miles. Trophies honor longest and smallest snakes and the most pounds. a Miss Snake Charmer contest features Ballinger Winters and St. Joseph's Rowena students. Joe Rushing of San Angelo directs the show. fried rattlesnake lunches and rattlesnake cubes offered by the Ballinger Jaycettes.
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Ballinger Jaycees
Ballinger
Ballinger High School
Winters High School
St. Joseph's High School
Rowena
Joe Rushing
San Angelo
Ballinger Jaycettes
Golf as Health Saver and Temper Tamer
A brief note extols golf as an ideal diversion for those seeking to protect health while tempering anger, framing the sport as a constructive outlet.
Wingate ISD sets April 7 election for two trustees
The Wingate Independent School District Board orders an election to elect two members to the board of trustees on Saturday April 7. Voting takes place at Wingate School with Ruby Phillips as election judge and Maggie Donica Lena Wheat as clerks. Pete Polk named alternate clerk.
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Board of Trustees
Wingate Independent School District
Wingate School
Ruby Phillips
Margie Donica
Lena Wheat
Pete Polk
DeVore Family Reunion in Winters Center
The DeVore reunion will be held at the Winters Community Center on Sunday March 25. All relatives and friends are invited to attend and a basket lunch will be served.
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Devore
Winters Community Center
To Be Capable of Respect and Worthiness
A concise reflection asserts that true respect is scarce and earned through genuine worthiness. underscores moral virtue as a valued, rare trait.
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Winters Enterprise
Gulf Coast Gas
J’ Lynn Russell
Stephen Chadwick Briley
Monty Lynn Briley
Bruce Ray Smith
Huden White Jr
College Station
Dwayne Cole Smith
Lonnie Briley
Tom Black Bulls
Richard Widmark
Frederic Forrest
Slack Sale
Haggar
Levi
Farah
P. S
Tania
W. G. Bedford
DR. Z. I. Hale
Jno. W. Norman
Winters, Texas
Dacron
Heidenheimer’s
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