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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1966
Page
6
Winters headlines a busy season start with the Moonlight Sale on November 17 when merchants extend hours and host drawings with merchandise prizes totaling hundreds of dollars. The chamber promotes the event and urges merchants to announce their own gift offerings and entry rules.
Winters voters face a broad ballot on November 8 with sixteen constitutional amendments and 43 candidate names. Most Democratic nominees for county and precinct offices face no opposition, making the general election largely ceremonial. The key contest is the U S Senate race between incumbent Republican John Tower and Democrat Waggoner Carr. Local Democratic candidates listed include Omar Burleson for Congress 17th District, David Ratliff for State Senate 24th District, Ben Barnes for State Representative 64th District, plus county offices. Voting sites are the Chamber of Commerce and Winters Fire Station.
Revival begins Sunday November 13 at First Methodist Church with Rev Edward H Otwell as pastor and Rev Quay Palmer from Fort Worth as evangelist Earl Ward of Fort Worth will lead singing Services at 1040 a m and 6 p m on Sundays and 7 a m and 7 p m on weekdays Donuts coffee milk and orange juice will be served before and after the morning services Public invited to attend
Mrs Gehrels, who has been in Houston with her husband for several weeks, spent Monday at the family home here. She stated that Mr Gehrels, who had surgery Tuesday of last week at the M D Anderson Hospital, is improving nicely and responding satisfactorily to the treatment.
A cottonseed house at the Wilmeth Gin in Winters burned completely early Tuesday morning, with an undetermined tonnage of seed lost. Winters firefighters arrived around 4 30 but could not save the seed house, while damage to the gin itself was not reported. Fire crews continued in town to combat a burr pile blaze at the Winters Gin around 10 30 Tuesday morning, and had been called Monday night to a small refuse fire at Davidson Gin caused by sparks from the burr burner.
Winters and North Runnels County kick off Salvation Army fund campaign with a $1000 goal. J A Henderson and Marshall Wharton co-chair, Ted Meyer announces kickoff breakfast at Huffman House Friday Nov 4. Team captains include Dry Loyd McBeth Emmert and others with five workers each. North Runnels Service Unit aided 320 people last year with groceries clothing shoes medicine and transportation.
Winters City Council approves membership in a 15 county regional Council of Governments to streamline access to Federal and State aid. The group will gather information and aid applications for communities, though it has no authority to approve or disapprove projects. Runnels County has also approved its membership. Mayor Hays says the move will help if Winters seeks assistance in the future.
The Winters High School Cheerleaders will host the annual bonfire on Thursday night November 10 before the season finale game on Friday evening November 11. They seek scrap lumber brush or other burnable material and will pick up items called in to 754-3502 or 754-3166.
Ann Bean, a student from Texas University, spent the past week end at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bean.
Mr. and Mrs. Paris Burnham and their children from Lubbock visited in the home of Mrs. M E Leeman, the mother of Mrs Burnham, over the past weekend.
Miss Nancy J. Norman of Winters has enrolled as a first year student at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth to pursue a master of religious education degree. She earned a bachelor of science at Hardin-Simmons University Abilene in 1964.
Winters Lions Club voted to purchase glasses for Headstart pupils in need during next summer's program. Superintendent Robert Christian cited Federal Headstart guidance urging local service clubs to support pupils who otherwise cannot obtain eyewear.
The Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post 9193 will honor post members with a surprise project on Veterans Day November 11 at the Post Home from 530 to 7 PM observance. Arrangements are led by several members including Mrs W L Collins Mrs M L Guy and others. Auxiliary president Mrs Ramon Hudson urges all members to attend.
A meeting is called for Monday evening November 7 at 7 30 to elect seven members to the Head Start advisory committee for the Winters Independent School District program led by project director George M Beard. The committee will include three or four parent members and will help identify eligible children for the program set to run June 12 to August 4, 1967. Parents must submit information forms in person to Beard to enroll their children for the next academic year.
Winters High School Blizzards, 2-1 in district play, host Colorado City Wolves as they seek a comeback after a loss to Stamford. Colorado City sits 1-1-1 in district with wins over Hamlin and a split with Stamford. Key players include Higginbotham, Steakley, Franks, Cowan, and starters led by Dunn at QB and Mostad at end.
The Rev. Jim Sinclaire of Kansas City will preach at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday at 11 o clock. He is an assistant minister of a large Kansas City church. All members are urged to attend to greet the visiting minister.
Mr and Mrs William A Kingsley of Orange California visited Rev and Mrs Roy Crawford on Monday and Tuesday this week. Mrs Kingsley and Mr Crawford are cousins.
The Runnels County School Food Service Association held a regular session on Saturday October 29 in the Winters School cafeteria. Grady Benson vice-president called the meeting to order. Dee Waggoner and Jerry Whitlow of the Winters Volunteer Fire Department presented a fire prevention program highlighting grease hair spray gasoline fumes and paint thinner hazards and the use of baking soda as a home extinguisher. Schools represented included Ballinger Rowena and Winters.
Mr and Mrs Carl Turk traveled to Lubbock Saturday to visit their daughter Mrs Roy Strube and her family.
Mr. and Mrs. Baxter J. Wilson of San Antonio were weekend visitors in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Yates.
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