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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1927
Page
3
City Drug Co announces its annual One Cent Sale starting Thursday October 20 and running through the following Saturday. Rexall representative Mr Paxton says the stock is larger and newer than ever with staple home articles offered at one cent and guaranteed as firmly as higher priced items.
Report of a baby show conducted at the Pure Food and Style Show details multiple daily entrants. Thursday results list first prize to the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Denham and second to Joe Mack, son of Dr. and Mrs. A. T. Lindley. Friday shows age one to two years with first prize a sweater.
The announcement lists prize salaries for a children’s contest with multiple age groups. Al Lewis and the Duke child receive first prizes, followed by second place awards for several participants. A sweater or pair of shoes is mentioned as prizes and no second winners received prizes in some categories.
The Parent Teachers Association schedules a rummage sale Saturday afternoon. Donations of clothing are requested and residents are asked to place items on their porch Friday afternoon for pick up.
Wingate notes welcome the Cross family from Brady with Mr Cross taking the position of superintendent of the local school. Other items include Mr and Mrs Gordon Hensley visiting Ballinger friends, Mrs Myrtle Shaw visiting her mother Mrs Graham at Shep, and Mr and Mrs B J Smith spending Sunday in Abilene with Mrs Clyde Dunn. J B Moore traveled to Abilene to fetch Mrs Moore and children who had been there for several days.
Harmony resident Mrs. Jim Tunnell lies unconscious after a fall on October 5 as family members gather at her bedside. The town notes visits, church efforts, a burglary at E. E. Smith, school opening October 17, and various residents’ movements and events.
Harwell-Hickman extends its Fall Opening and Unloading Sale to Saturday October 29 due to rainy weather and bad roads. Mr. Hickman notes customers near Winters asked for extra time to visit town and take advantage of bargains during the two week extension.
Miss Showalter spent the week end with relatives at Abilene. Jno Q McAdams was a business visitor to Austin. Wm Perkins and family, Fern Lake Ranch near Uvalde, and Mrs J A Allen Jr and son James of Uvalde left for home after visits with Mr and Mrs Forbus and Mr and Mrs Jordan. Mr Perkins, age ninety and Civil War veteran, attended the reunion at Christoval.
Miss Ethel Finch and Mr Ace Rollin were wed Sunday October 2 with Rev A H Stephens officiating. The bride is known in An telope and Runnels county where she has lived for five or six years, while the groom moved to the area from Stock Montana a year ago and is an ex service man. They return from a short honeymoon and plan to settle in Runnels county. A Tuesday bridal shower hosted by Mrs Barney Cotton bestowed many useful gifts.
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