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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1969
Page
5
The article explains 1970 voter registration periods from October 1, 1969 to January 31, 1970 and the voting year from March 1, 1970 to February 28, 1971. It lists qualifications, who must register, and where to register with guidance from Secretary of State Martin Dies Jr.
The Texas Health Careers Program will hold an assembly at Winters High School at 2 30 p m on October 16. The event uses a 16mm film sequence and live presentation to show students the future in health care. Spokesmen Spencer Guimarin and Gerald Spraggins RN will discuss demand for 50 000 health workers by 1975 and opportunities in the field.
Winters High School Blizzards travel to Hamlin for a Friday night district game. Kickoff is at 8 p m as Winters aims for their first win while Hamlin, 3-1 on the season, seeks to extend their success after a 29-0 district opener over Merkel. The teams share a common opponent in Clyde with recent losses and a likely similar starting lineup.
In a homecoming game Winters Blizzards lost 25 to 12 to the Anson Tigers. Eddie Liner scored most of Anson's points with three TDs and an extra point, while Winters' Mike Mathis and Arlon Barnes added their scores. The loss sets up a Friday trip to Hamlin to face the Pied Pipers.
The fall District 22 VFW and Ladies Auxiliary convention met in Eden with 85 registrants from Winters Rowena Ballinger Eden and San Angelo. Hosted events included a social, a Post Commanders breakfast and a Sunday joint meeting led by Max Lewis and Mrs Tony Zentner. The next district gathering is set for Rowena on May 30 for officer elections.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Boone of Refugio spent the weekend in Winters visiting their sister-in-law and brother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Little.
Central Texas Opportunities Inc offers a free nursing aide course for locals starting October 20 at the Humble Building Wood Street taught by LVN Mrs. Lillie Baldwin. Registration opens October 10 at Winters Federal Office 110 South Main and runs through October 17. Classes meet 7 to 9 p m on Mondays and Thursdays for about five months. Enrollees attending 70 hours earn a certificate qualifying them to work in hospitals nursing homes and private homes.
Friday October 10 is the final day for boys ages 8 through 13 to sign up for the Punt Pass and Kick contests on the Winters football field October 11. Dale's Ford Sales sponsors the event now in its ninth year, offering free entry and 18 all metal trophies plus a PPK Tips book by Dallas Cowboys figures and Don Shula.
Mr and Mrs Hugh E Ritch of Plainview were weekend visitors at the home of his sister Mrs Lora Coupland in Coupland.
The 15th annual Women’s Conference of West Texas Utilities is planned in Abilene on October 13 with about 200 attendees. Ruth Tinton opens the morning session with the theme Roaring Reddy Maids. Afternoon activities include a space viewing slide show, a planetarium trip, and an Abilene Country Club banquet. Special guests Claudine Woolridge and Jean Cowden will join the workshop sessions.
The Edwards Plateau Historical Association will hold its eighth annual meeting October 18 in the Robert Lee High School auditorium with registration at 9 30 a m. The Coke County Historical Survey Committee hosts. Morning papers cover focal and area history, lunch is served, Jerry Rogers from Texas Tech University presents ranch history efforts, a business session follows, then a motor caravan to local historical sites. The public is invited.
A 757 975 HUD contract secures a Winters housing development for 46 units. Thirty units will serve the elderly and the rest low income families. Sites include Parsonage Murray Mulberry Pec an Concord Walnut streets with land purchase and bid processes to follow.
Harvest of the 1969 cotton crop is unusually slow due to weather. By Tuesday noon only three bales had reached Winters Warehouse, all from farmer W. F. Kornegay and ginned at Winters Wilmeth and Wingate. The bales were picked by hand, with wet weather also hindering progress.
October 12 to 18 is National School Lunch Week proclaimed by President Richard Nixon and Governor Preston Smith. Winters School Cafeteria plans observance alongside 27 million students nationwide receiving hot noonday meals. The American School Food Service Association cites ethics urging service, integrity, and ongoing improvement in school meal programs.
A record crowd of 770 attended the Winters Livestock and Agricultural Association barbecue at the new Winters Community Center. Secretary F R Anderson said the number fed surpassed last year’s record by 170 as the organization drives membership, now at 390 with $5 per family dues to fund the annual January FFA 4 H livestock show.
A Texas State Teachers Association representative Leon Douglas will speak at Bal linger High School Auditorium October 14 at 7 30 p m to discuss The successful education program as approved by the 61st Legislature. Winters school staff will attend.
Mrs Arthur Fairey of Winters returned from a nine day Washington DC visit hosted by daughter in law and son. She received a VIP White House tour arranged by the Washington Daily News and toured landmarks including the Smithsonian Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials the National Capitol and Arlington Cemetery. A weekend trip south covered Monticello and Mount Vernon. Her son in law Marc Beckman is advertising supervisor at the Washington Daily News.
Mr and Mrs Randall Watson of Coleman announce the birth of their daughter Lorrie DeAnn born in Coleman Hospital on Friday September 26. She weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces. Maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Jack Whittenberg of Winters and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs R B Watson of Silver Valley. Great grandmother Mrs Pete Wessels of Winters.
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