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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1963
Page
5
In a busy local page, fans line up for Jay night tickets for Ballinger, amid drought background and festive bonfires. Discussion covers poll tax receipts and registration costs, plus reflections on football and season outcomes.
The Rev. Paul Senff of Grace Lutheran Church spoke at St. John's Lutheran Church Mission Fest urging prayer as the basic need for mission work. About 275 attended with 150 at a noon meal. a highlight was a display of native dress from mission countries presented by Junior Lutherans.
City officials urge property owners to assist in clearing alleys for the new trash truck. Removal of overgrown weeds and tree limbs will be limited to allow access while avoiding unnecessary damage. If alleys cannot be cleared without harming trees, alternative pickup locations will be found.
Mrs Cullen Johnson of Dallas formerly Martha Lloyd is visiting in the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Raymon Lloyd.
Winters schools will again receive American Heritage films funded by the Winters VFW Post 9193 and Ladies Auxiliary. The program includes Our United States for elementary, Understanding Citizenship for junior high, and The Bill of Rights Its Meaning Today for high school, with 30 frame films used throughout the year. Also pledged are $10 monthly to Winters Public Library. Burglars hit several Winters stores over the weekend. West Dale Grocery lost $334, Home Bakery ransacked but with limited losses, and the Chamber of Commerce office opened via air vent with no missing items. A yard mower was taken from Andrea Rocha’s home. Police questioned several suspects. one Latin American youth jailed for breaking a window at Higginbotham Lumber Co. using a sling.
Winters chapter of the Future Farmers of America will host its annual Sweetheart contest at 7 30 p m Monday November 18 in the school cafeteria with Ronald Colburn president acting as master of ceremonies. Entertainment will be by Jim Prine Red Mitchell Wel don Brown Roy Calico and Clarence Hill.
Dr and Mrs C C McDaniel of Amarillo were weekend visitors in the home of her mother Mrs E Burton.
Thousands of TB Christmas Seal letters go out Friday November 15 to raise funds to fight tuberculosis. Ruth Morgan president of the Runnels County TB Association announces a county goal of 2750 dollars with 81 percent used locally.
Winters Blizzards, 6-2-1 in season and 4-0 in district, visit Ballinger Bearcats at Ballinger High Stadium in a storied Runnels County clash. Ballinger, 7-2, faces top district leaders amid limited reserved tickets and expected full turnout.
Runnels County Farm Bureau members attended the state convention in Fort Worth from November 10 to 13. Voting delegates included President and Mrs. Ben Frerich, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Multer, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hays, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Campbell, Hugo Vogelsang, and E. L. Albro, with other attendees listed among officers and spouses.
A Coleman Production & Credit Association representative and a Federal Land Bank representative will present a film and discussion on financing farmsteads and all farm and ranch operations. The Young Farmers group will meet in the vocational agriculture building at 7 p.m. next Tuesday night.
School officials said tickets for away football games will be limited to eight per sale to reduce confusion at the high school office. No details were available on tickets for next week’s bi district game. Winters is certain to represent the district, but the District 5 AA winner will be decided after Friday night games. Previously tickets for out of town games went on sale Wednesday morning.
Winters deputy tax collector Travis Jordon says poll tax receipts are ready for qualified voters. The $1.75 tax funds state schools, county election costs, and other state funds. Deadline to pay for 1964 election qualification is January 31, 1964.
Jerry Dunn of Wingate, a SAC sophomore, was named one of the school's outstanding students by the SAC Student Council. He serves as student council president and plans to study chemistry at the University of Texas after graduating this spring.
Southwestern States Telephone Company will start a new free service on November 15 that connects long distance callers to information operators in distant cities to obtain numbers. Callers can store numbers for future use and speed future calls, with no charge for the information connection.
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