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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1954
Page
5
Fire costs to farmers reach 139 million annually with over 3000 farm deaths. The piece lists nine hot spots for fires including faulty chimneys, spark arresters, safe roofing, careful smoking, proper fuel storage, electrical repairs, and regular rubbish removal. It stresses water supply, extin guishers, ladders, and portable pumps as essentials.
Runnels Soil Conservation District cooperators reporting first conservation practice in September include Dan Woodruff Ralph Russell Valley View Robert Latzel Rowena Boyd McClure Benoit Bruce Howell Hatchel and I D Little southeast Ballinger.They built 193 miles of terraces and 6432 feet of diversion terraces. Alexander and Brookshier built terrace work plus two acres of waterways. Ponds for livestock water were built by McClure and Little. Woodruff and Russell reported 134 acres of stubble mulching and 87 acres of cover crops by Berry Crews Hensley Wingate and Flannagan. Technicians advise reseeding grass in old fields and how to seed on firm seed beds with appropriate drills and moisture storage methods. Grazing guidelines and weed control are noted for young perennial grass establishment. From Tahoka Mrs N B West visited Travis Jordan’s family.
Melvin Mapes and son Ronnie spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. A B Badgett in Lovington New Mexico.
Dr and Mrs J W Dixon returned home Thursday from Happy where they visited friends and transacted business. They also visited at Canyon Plainview and Tohoka.
A Texas epidemic in Hidalgo County during August and September is declared ended though a specific cause remains unknown. State Health Officer Holle and lab director Irons describe ongoing tests at state and U S Public Health Service facilities, considering a new or unusually appearing virus as the culprit.
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Emma Seymour were held Sunday afternoon at Spill Funeral Chapel with E. B. McCown officiating. Interment was in Wingate Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter Mrs J R Watson of Wingate and three sons Archie L Seymour Amarillo F O Seymour Monroe Indiana and Ira C Seymour Houston. She died Saturday in Winters Municipal Hospital at age 91. She was born February 22 1863 in Valley Mills and lived in Wingate since 1915. Her husband R R Seymour died in 1949. She was a Church of Christ member.
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