Townsfolk urged to vote in key spring elections
North Runnels residents are urged to register and vote in the April 1 school and hospital district elections and the May 6 primaries. A light turnout risks losing County School Board and County Commissioner representation for North Runnels. The piece also notes the interrobang punctuation mark and praises creek drainage work in Sunlawn.
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Winters
Wingate
North Runnels
North Runnels County
Winn's Stores honors 43 years with gold watch
Lynn H. Spears of Winn's Stores presents M. G. Middlebrook a gold watch at Winters Airport for 43 years of service. Middlebrook retired as Winn's Winters Store manager. Attendees include Winn's officers, family, city officials, and local staff.
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Lynn H. Spears
San Antonio
Winn’s Stores
M. G. Middlebrook
Winn’s
Middlebrook
Winters Winn’s
R. V. Spears
Winn's
Frank Shipley
Winters
Winn
Air
Colorado
Tommy Russell
Russell
Rick Davis
Wade White
Rankin Pace
Clifford Huffman
Buford Baldwin
Winn’s Stores, Inc
Cancer Crusade Begins April 1st
The North Runnels Unit of the American Cancer Society opens the 1972 Cancer Crusade on April 1 with chairman Mrs. Bill Bell urging every woman to have a Pap test. The drive seeks to motivate women nationwide to get tested by 1976, with 45 million Take Time Out for Life pamphlets to be distributed in April.
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North Runnels Unit
The
American Cancer Society
Bill Bell
Unit Crusade
North Runnels
U. S
Elm Creek Water District to report progress Tuesday
A special Elm Creek Water Control District board meeting will be held in the district courtroom at Ballinger on Tuesday March 28 at 7 30 p m. Chairman Wesley M Hays says the board will present a progress report to sponsors and outline actions for the coming months. The district is sponsored by Lions Clubs Winter Ballinger Winters Ballinger chambers of commerce city councils and other local bodies.
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Elm Creek Water Control District
Ballinger
Wesley M. Hays
Elm Creek Board
Hays
Lions Clubs of
Winters and
Winters and Ballinger Chambers of Commerce
Runnels County Water Authority
Runnels County Soil and Water Conservation District
Commissioners’ Courts
Runnels
Taylor Counties
Ballinger Jaycees
Ballinger Rotary Club
Runnels County Farm Bureau
Runnels County Farmers Union
Student leader wins $500 College of Agriculture scholarship
Michael Wayne Smith, Winters High School senior and student council president, earns a $500 scholarship to Texas A M University in agriculture economics. He is son of Truett and unnamed Smith, active in National Honor Society and FFA, with four years of council service.
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Michael Wayne Smith
Winters High School
College of Agriculture
Texas A&m University
Michael
National Honor Society
FFA
Winters Lions Club
Winters Chambr of Commerce
Harrison
First Baptist Church
Mark
Keva
Winters Housing Project Progresses Ahead of Schedule
The Winters Housing Authority reports the elderly and low income housing project is about 20 percent complete. Alston Construction Co. of Sweetwater holds the contract and expects work tempo to increase within a few days as more tasks are put on the job.
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Winters Housing Authority
Winters City Sales Tax Would Fund Needed Services
City Council urges voters to approve a 1 percent Winters sales tax on April 1 to raise about $30,000 to $35,000 annually. They argue the tax is fairer than higher property taxes and essential to repair streets and maintain facilities as the town grows.
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Winters
Blizzard Band Seeks Sweepstakes at UIL Ballinger Contest
Winters High School Blizzard Band, a first division winner, seeks another sweepstakes, competing Saturday in Ballinger with 34 bands and about 2300 students. The Blizzard and Brady bands are the only Class AA entrants with prior sweepstakes wins, judged on concert performance and sightreading.
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Winters High School Blizzard
Ballinger
Ballinger High School
Winters
Blizzard Band
Brady Bulldog Band
Kirke McKenzie
VHS
UIL
Brady
Bill Spencer
Abilene High School
Pete Martinez
Lee High School
Tyler
Don Craig
Dumas High School
Richard Crane
Belton High School
Joe Rodgers
New Braunfels
Jack King
Dalhart High School
Hamilton
Clyde
Eastland
Granbury
Coleman
Cisco
Ozona
Llano
Breckenridge
Comanche
Rae Brown
Pam Beck
Tandy Medford
Ginger Fairey
Linda Rob
Methodist Choir To Present Easter Cantata Sunday
The First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir sings Hallelujah What a Savior by John Peterson at 6 p m Sunday worship. Soloists include Kirke McKenzie D W Williams Bob Jones Roy Crawford and Dr Tommy Russell with Rev Bob Sanders narrating. Public invited.
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First United Methodist Church
John Peterson
Kirke McKenzie
D. W. Williams
Bob Jones
Roy Crawford
Tommy Russell
School Easter Holidays Begin Wednesday
Winters Public Schools release classes at 3 p m on Wednesday March 29 for the Easter holidays. Regular schedule resumes Tuesday April 4.
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Winters
Yarborough to Speak at Farmers Union Convention Friday Night
Former Senator Ralph Yarborough a candidate for the U S Senate will address the District VIII Farmers Union convention Friday March 24 at the Winters Community Center. State Rep Tom Moore a Senate candidate and Texas Farmers Union president Jay Naman will also speak along with district young people providing entertainment. The event starts at 7 30 p m with a barbecue supper and tickets available from local union directors or Winters Tire and Supply. District VIII includes eight counties and meeting officials are named.
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Ralph Yarborough
U. S. Senate
Farmers Union
Winters
Tom Moore
Waco
L. B. Watkins
Runnels County
Runnels County Farmers Union
Winters Tire and Supply
Dawson
Glasscock
Mar
April 6 Deadline for Registration for May Primary
Mrs. Ted Meyer, deputy in Winters sub-office of the Runnells County Tax Assessor-Collector, warns April 6 is the last day to register to vote for the May 6 primary and future elections. Voters must register in time to participate in primaries and in the November general election. school election deadlines have already passed.
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Tin
Midland
Mitchell
Runnels
Tom Green
Concho
Bobby Rogers
Winters
Vernon Chandler
Yarborough
John Tower
Ted Meyer
Runnels County
Baptist Choir To Present Easter Cantata At First Baptist
The First Baptist Church choir directed by Larry Newberry will present Hallelujah For the Cross on Sunday March 26 at 7 p m. Soloists include Larry Newberry Mrs Newberry and Mrs Bobby Rogers with Mrs Joel Butts as organist and Mrs Dennis Rogers as pianist. The choir numbers 25 voices and the public is invited.
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The
First Baptist Church
Larry Newberry
John Peterson
Winters State Bank Names Two New Vice Presidents
The Winters State Bank board named Lee Harrison as vice president and Estella Bredemeyer as vice president cashier at a meeting last week. Harrison, a 1970 joiner, Breckenridge native, former Dunigan Tool & Supply manager, now leads in civic and church activities. Bredemeyer, a Winters native and long time cashier, holds banking certificates and chairs the Abilene Bank Administrators Institute chapter, active in St. John’s Lutheran Church.
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Estella Bredemeyer
Lee Harrison
The
Winters State Bank
Woodrow Watts
Harrison
Miss Bredemeyer
Breckenridge
Dunigan Tool & Supply
Winters
American Institute of Banking School
Abilene
Bank
Bank Administrators Institute
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Tennis Courts And Park Playground Will Be Lighted
The City Council approved lighting for the municipal tennis courts near the pool and for the City Park playground. Officials cited rising activity on the courts and in the playground since newly added equipment by the Lions Club, noting children play well into darkness and lights will extend park use.
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Winters Lions Club
City Postpones Contract Letting On Generator
The Winters City Council postponed until March 29 the letting of the contract to buy a new dual fuel generator for the City Light Plant. An earlier letting was delayed by technical price and specification issues. The plan is to issue certificates of obligation to finance the purchase.
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Winters
Nabers Urges Governor to Call Immediate Special Session
Rep. Lynn Nabers of Brownwood pressed Gov. Preston Smith to summon a special session of the Legislature to address urgent state issues. He urged electing a new House Speaker first and highlighted needed laws on primary election financing ethics codes and a highway beautification act with potential loss of 24 million federal dollars if not acted. He urged ethics reform and reduction of Speaker power and conference committee influence to restore grassroots governance. He warned that public confidence would erode without swift action.
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Lynn Nabers
Brownwood
Preston Smith
Nabers
House
Senate Conference
Texas
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Methodist Choir
Bob Sanders
Farmers Union Convention
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