Winters High hires Thomas Lancaster as new principal
The Winters Independent School District board names Thomas Lancaster 37 from Sweetwater as principal of Winters High School to replace the late Jake Joyce. He will begin duties November 24. Lancaster, a Kyle native, is a Texas A&M graduate with a master's from Abilene Christian College and pursued a doctorate at Texas Tech University. He spent 12 years leading Sweetwater Elementary and is married to Charlotte with two sons and a daughter.
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Winter Dependent
Thomas Caster
Sweetwater
Winters High School
Lancaster
Jake Joyce
Kyle
Texas A&m University
Abilene Christian College
Texas Tech University
Charlotte
Winters Harvest Days Arts and Crafts Show Planned
The Women’s Committee of the Winters Chamber of Commerce will sponsor an Arts and Crafts Show during Winters Harvest Days on Friday and Saturday. Displays and sales will be at 127 North Main in the former Beauty Center building with about 15 exhibitors. A concession stand will operate during the event.
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Winters Chamber of Commerce
North Main
Beauty Center
Women's Committee
Winters FFA Teams Shine in District Contests at Abilene
Winters High School FFA won two firsts and two seconds in the Big Country District Leadership Contests in Abilene, qualifying for November area meets in Stephenville. Senior conducting and radio teams led with firsts. senior skills and junior conducting teams took second. members named along with contest dates and area sites.
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Winters Ffa
Winters High School
FFA
Abilene
Stephenville
Gary Lett
Gary Schwartz
Leslie Dunlap
Mike Henderson
John Hurt
Johnny Miller
Kenneth Tankersley
Larry Walker
Winters to Host Christmas Extravaganza and Sno Queen Contest
The Winters Chamber of Commerce announces a December 6 Christmas program and parade featuring floats, a Sno Queen 1975 contest with Winters High School girls eligible, sponsor drawings, and prizes for winning entries. Merchants back Harvest Days sale events November 14-15 with special discounts.
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Winters Chamber of Commerce
Winters
Chamber of Commerce
County Screwworm Epidemic Warns Livestock Owners
Runnels County faces an alarming screwworm outbreak with 10 to 20 cases daily. County Agent C T Parker Jr warns stockmen to monitor herds and avoid surgical work until frost. Sterile fly drops suspended and likely paused until next spring. eradication efforts focus on South Texas and border regions. Navy Seaman Recruit Tommy W Scates graduates radioman school in San Diego.
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Runnels County
C.T. Parker Jr
Parker
Texas
Navy
Tommy W. Scates
E. A. Scates
Winters
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Seates
Ground Breaking Set For Twelve-Unit Housing Complex
A 12 unit housing project will break ground at 10 a.m. Friday November 14 on the site between Huffman House and the Winters housing area. Roy Clark of Fort Worth president of the Bright Co. James West Winters Chamber of Commerce officials and a Farmers Home Administration representative are slated to attend. Construction begins immediately. The Bright Co. also is building a similar Colorado City project. The two six unit complexes will each have two bedrooms kitchen dining living bath carport and storage and will be rental units administered by the Bright Co.
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Huffman House
Winters Housing Authority
Roy Clark
Fort Worth
The
Bright Co
James West
Winters Chamber of Commerce
City of
Farmers Home Administration
Colorado City
Northwest Runnels Under Hormone Herbicide Control
Runnels County Commissioners approved a one year partial control in the northwest county for hormone type herbicide application. The area runs from the Colorado River north to the Taylor County line and from US 83 west to the county line, with spraying prohibited May 10 through October 1, 1976. County Judge Purifoy advised contacting the county agent for details.
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Runnels County
Colorado River
Taylor County
John Purifoy
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