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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1925
Page
5
The page highlights a continuation with the High School Song performed by Alliene Jones and the class. A sextet gives musical readings including Bendina Spill and Miss Wilson contributing to the illustrated song segment.
A school column lists numerous 1925 seniors and their post graduation paths. George Key at Shriners Institute Kerrville, Ruby Nell Roberts and several others at Simmons University, McMurray College, Wayland College, and Georgetown. Jumbo Winters suffers a back injury from football but returns to school.
Miss Ruby Nell Roberts of Winters is listed as a grand aunt from Winters High School now a freshman at Simmen University. The brief item notes her educational transition and current status in the local social page.
A tattered catalog shows numerous mostly used items with prices ranging from fractions of a dollar to several dollars. Items include wool garments, blankets, socks, hats, khaki clothing, leather jackets, blankets, gun shells, lines, and fishing tackle with Notes of “New” or “Like New” condition and occasional percentage discounts. The listing reads like a wartime or postwar surplus sale with diverse apparel and gear.
Students lined the campus as freshmen endured a run the gauntlet amid a warm reception. Belts and two long lines formed on the south side as the display tested courage and community spirit in the school event.
A collage of student quips and classroom moments features Elizabeth’s upcoming birthday, a hole in trousers found by a wife, chewing gum mystery under a desk, arithmetic misreads about Caesar, jokes on girls versus boys, a daring splash with sulphuric acid, and a student praising her father’s checkbook as the most helpful book this year.
Miss Barber assists students in forming a staff for a monthly high school magazine contest with a prize of one year's subscription. Turney Neely is Code Manager for a drive to secure yearly subscriptions and ads. The magazine will feature editorials social activities short stories sports news and jokes.
A call to action encourages students to boost publicity for the school and obtain the missing affiliation credits. The message prompts teamwork and effort to make the endeavor successful.
Winters high school under Miss Ruth Jones supports a strong pep squad led by Leon Campbell Marie Griffis and Lawrence Allison a senior. West Texas Fair Abilene Shriner Day visitors Mr and Mrs W L Poe report a big time. Myrie Pack from Post City works relief stenography at First National Bank in Christine McDuff’s absence 721.4 Rev Ledwig lectures Catholicism at Tinkle Park amid growing crowds. Meredith Patterson visit Bronte and Robert Lee on Mutual Aid Association business. W W Crowson Route 2 recovering well after operation in local sanitorium.
Daily proof of Ford model popularity shows crowds at showrooms and streets with thousands of orders. Enrollment in the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan rises from 13 167 to 16 064 in early September, with over 175 009 enrolled and rising by about 1 600 daily.
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