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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1961
Page
5
Harvey D. Jones outlines Winters bond history from 1911 through 1961, noting bonds funded water sewer and city projects, with rising principal and interest payments. He urges public attendance at the upcoming budget hearing to discuss costs, revenue needs, and possible solutions to sustain services.
The annual junior-senior banquet used a space theme in the school cafe. A. L. Mitchell MC and James B. Nevins gave invocations while Mike Priddy answered and Margaret Guy spoke. Dr. Ray Johnson urged inner growth as the spaceman metaphor. About 200 guests attended the decorations featured rockets, satellites, and twinkling lights.
Winters high school graduate Rodney Lloyd, a senior at Abilene Christian College, receives a 50 dollar geology scholarship. Lloyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymon Lloyd, studies chemistry and plans a PhD at the University of Texas.
Area farmers report early grain samples with wheat receipts very low at 150 bushels and oats totaling 3500 bushels while barley yields per acre look modest. With fields still green and weather delaying cuts, predictions vary on overall small grain production and more data should emerge in a few days.
A provocative claim argues that gender affects access to favors and special allowances from a working father, suggesting bias in how parental influence is distributed between sons and daughters. The piece weighs social expectations and requests shaping opportunity.
Winters High School selects Bob Shoemake as band president for 1961 62 with Wes Hays as Band Lieutenant Pamala Bedford as Band Sergeant Don Adams as Band Historian and a secret Band Sweetheart to be revealed in the fall at a special show.
McMurry College will host its annual Summer Band and Twirling School from July 16 to 29. Dr. Raymond T. Bynum, Indian Band director, says several hundred young performers from high schools and colleges will attend. Instructors include top West Texas teachers with theory by Winters band director Robert Gans, and more McMurry graduates will join. Concerts and social activities are planned.
Cecil L. Compton and his family from Fort Bliss spent last week at the home of his mother Mrs. E. W. Compton and Darrell.
In a rambling Town Talk column a union leader comments on missile and space programs while a bizarre ad concept about besiders spreads through Texan towns. Jim Barnhill of Hillsboro develops a competing idea, prompting talk of a regional sales agreement and territory disputes.
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