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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1967
Page
2
A Friday afternoon blaze at Pan American Industries in Winters damaged several hundred evaporative air conditioners and the northwest corner of the warehouse. Fire departments responded. loss later estimated below initial figures with most damage due to water and roof and siding, insured. Cause undetermined.
Coleman Texas seeks a salesman to represent Coleman Monument Works. Full or part time with good pay. full time includes office, large display, and no investment. Send responses to Box 931 Coleman Texas.
Notice is given of the regular annual stockholders meeting of Winters State Bank in the directors room at 10 a m on Thursday May 25 1967 to elect directors for the ensuing year and address other business. Stockholders are requested to attend. Q McAdams President. 5-4tc
Board of Directors calls a meeting for May 14, 1967 at 2 p m in City Hall to dispose of the inactive Winters Sportsman Club assets. Officers, directors, and 1964 dues paid members will decide and vote on the issue. Robert Bailey notes personal liability only.
Omar Burleson critiques a Supreme Court decision upholding a federal court doctrine that states must mix races in public schools. He argues federal guidelines push racial balance, threaten local control, and may require bussing as cities lose residents to suburbs and classroom balance worsens.
The piece argues that health and welfare guidelines will force school districts and other recipients to conform or lose federal funds. Hearings by Congress oversee these guidelines and authorizations, with enforcement extending beyond schools to highways hospitals and defense contractors. The central claim is the vast power of federal funding to shape local policy.
Relatives of the late Harvey Dale Jones who visited in Winters last week with his sister Mrs Eddie Little and Mr Little included another sister Mrs Dick Williams and her son Jay of Woodsboro along with their cousins Mrs Hugh Pate of Sanger and Jimmy Bannister of Paris their aunt Mrs J C Bannister of Paris a brother in law C S Boone of Refugio nieces Mrs Jack Slack and Mrs Gail Brundrett both of Refugio. The Littles son Bill and his family of Oklahoma City were here for several days also. Mrs Bill Little Bobby and David remained longer when Bill returned to work.
William Clarence Fine 44 a Fort Worth resident died in a Fort Worth hospital on Thursday April 20 from a heart attack. Funeral services were held Saturday at Greenwood Chapel with Rev. Roland Satterfield officiating and burial in Greenwood Cemetery. He served in the U S Navy Medical Corps in World War II and owned Physician's Laboratory in Fort Worth. Survivors include his wife Ona Faye Fine, son Steven daughter Sharon Thurman and several siblings.
Ten members of the Junior Culture Club toured Old Abilene Town and dined at the Golden Stagecoach restaurant. They enjoyed sing along silent movies, live entertainment, and browsed shops and attractions afterward. Attendees included Mrs. Douglas Cole, Mrs. Nolan Bahlman, Mrs. Forrest Meadows, Mrs. Tommy Russell, Mrs. Thurman Self, Mrs. Paul Michaelis, Mrs. O O Funderburg, Miss Nancy Grundy, Miss Leva Reagan, and Mrs. G K Beall.
Local ad promoting mattress service with pickup and delivery. Offers up to 50 percent renovation savings and matching box springs. Guarantees customer satisfaction. Provides phone number PL42914 and asks for caller name. Includes a 23-tfc designation.
Winters and Ballinger archers organize the Runnels County Archery Association led by Jerry B. Whitlow as president and 25 members join from Winters and Ballinger. They lease a Winters City area south of the dam for a range, install targets, and seek charters from the National Field Archers Association and the Texas Field Archers Association.
The article notes that designs are printed on cotton cloth in a method akin to paper printing, using paste as the ink medium.
The article notes that cotton gauze was first woven in Gaza in the Middle East, highlighting a historic development in regional textile craft and trade.
Winters Children’s Choir directed by Eddie Humphries will present a Spring Concert Tuesday May 9 at 7 45 p m in the Winters High School auditorium. The Winters Junior High Girls’ Choir directed by Mrs Myra Dorsett will perform, with Cliff Poe and Cathy Smith offering the closing piece from Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 2 and Mozart Sonata No 1.
A treatment for cotton reduces shrinkage to no more than one percent in either direction, promising more uniform fabric dimensions and fewer production losses across textile processes.
A historical note states that in 1050 Arab makers in Spain used cotton fiber to produce paper. This highlights early textile contributions to papermaking and cultural exchange across medieval Iberia.
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