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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1963
Page
4
Rainfall from late Monday night into Tuesday brought up to three inches in parts of North Runnels County with Winters proper at 2.30 inches. The moisture refilled stock tanks and may allow additional grain planting after a dry period left early crops mostly lost. Total rain for the year reached 3.3 inches. prior months were much drier with September at 0.8 and October at 0.1 inch.
Mr and Mrs Monroe Boles attended the funeral of John Rosford in Weatherford. Attendants included W H Senne C W Schwartz and Mrs Walter Adams. Rosford was an uncle of Mrs Boles.
Mrs Glenn D Henson and her children Stephen Gregory and David Wayne of McCamey are visiting this week in the home of her parents Mr and Mrs B B Bedford in town.
Wingate 4-H Club met in the school cafeteria with Sammy Helmers detailing Parliamentary Procedure. Sixteen members, twelve parents, five guests attended. two new members Rex Pritchard and Jan McNeil joined. Gary Green appointed committees for the December 19 Christmas party at the school cafeteria.
Winters Jaycee Ettes held their regular meeting Tuesday night at Mr. and Mrs. James Buxkemper residence. Mrs. John McAdoo presided and Mrs. Morris Robinson reported on the Hallowe'en Carnival. A gift was given to the outgoing president, and the next gathering is a December 17 Christmas party at Mr. and Mrs. Obie Bradford. Each member should bring a gift for exchange.
Mrs. Pat Neilan 54 formerly of Winters died November 13 in Oakland California. Funeral services were held November 16 at C P Bannon Mortuary Oakland and her remains were sent to San Antonio Texas for burial. She was born Ruby Roberts in Winters and her father A F Roberts once served as mayor. Surviving sister Jewel Bartholomew lives in Menlo Park California.
Staff Sergeant James D. Owen, son of Mrs. Eldon Bagwell of Bradshaw, serves with a United States Air Force advisory unit in Viet Nam. The flight engineer trains and assists Vietnamese Air Force personnel in mastering technical specialties for modern military units. Owen is a Tuscola High School graduate. His wife Patricia is the daughter of Mr and Mrs B B Kear of Amarillo.
City sanitation crews report strong resident cooperation in clearing alleys for the new trash pickup vehicle. Limited accessibility in some areas means residents may need to move barrels closer to accessibility points or risk missed pickups due to overhanging branches and brush.
Mr and Mrs B B Bedford spent the past weekend in Tyler visiting in the homes of her sisters Mrs Charles Gabriel and Mrs Morris Rodreick.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Conway left Monday for their home in Amarillo after a brief visit with his sisters Erma Willis and Mrs. Harless Butts. The article notes the adage a man with a new idea is a crank until it succeeds.
In this column the writer reviews district results with a 4-1 Winters record and 3-2 runners up. Ballinger is praised as an intrepid Bearcats squad amid a clean game and rising tempers in the stands. The piece delivers a weekly picking slate including Air Force over Colorado and Texas Tech over Arkansas.
Texas ranchers face severe dry conditions as Uel D. Thompson of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service advocates energy feeding with sorghum grain and salt to regulate intake. For no pasture scenarios, options include selling, early weaning, culling, or confining cattle to drylots with a self fed mix of sorghum grain 34 percent, protein supplement 33 percent, salt 31 percent, and trace minerals 2 percent.
The Hirschi squad coached by Stiles features probable starters on offense and defense with players from Midwestern University and other regional programs. Key names include Denny Aldridge at QB, Grissom and Awalt on defense, and Ramoz and Puckett among linebackers.
John D. Rockefeller began life hoeing potatoes earning four cents per hour, a modest start before rising to vast wealth.
Winters High School Blizzard football team members from the District 6-AA champions will play against Wichita Falls Hirschi in Stamford Saturday night. The squad is in practice jerseys and will wear different numbers in the game. Players shown include 21 Gary Young HB 15 Bo Killough G 30 Van Spill wingback 42 Roger O'Neal tackle.
National Farm City Week runs November 22 to 28 with activities to link rural and urban residents. Co chairs Dolph Briscoe Jr. and Calvin Pigg urge broad participation, while Texas Extension Service and Kiwanis International coordinate county and community events. Texas agriculture totals exceed two billion in annual sales.
Linda McCartney has returned to her Lovington residence after a week with S. P. Gray's grandparents while family members Vernon Dorothy Lane and Carolyn hunted deer in New Mexico. Lane reportedly bagged a 10 point buck, weight 200 pounds, Dorothy a 5 point buck and Vernon a 5 point buck. Also announced is the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jer of Denton named Kaye born in November with Brandparents noted.
The fragment hints at a showdown or confrontation but provides no clear persons, places, or outcomes to anchor a full news card summary.
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