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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1936
Page
2
Court records show three drunks two Mexicans and a white man fined 60 dollars at City Court after arrests by Chief Guy Copeland following a fight at a Mexican dance on Dale Avenue Saturday night. Identity of the fighters remains unknown. In fall, city docket notes light enforcement despite transient crowds and cotton season.
Reverend J W Sharbutt and Mrs Sharbutt with Mrs Skaggs traveled to Abilene on Thursday night to hear evangelist Gipsy Smith speaking.
George Briley of Dallas visited in the home of his mother Mrs. G. W. Briley over the past weekend. He was accompanied by his mother and Billie Jean Mills who are attending the Centennial Exposition.
The N F Club met Tuesday at Mrs H M Roberts home with a social hour and salad plates for Harmony members and visitors. Local residents including Mr Spence Chambers a teacher at Cochran school and several couples noted visits to and from the Roberts, Williams, and Yeager households with trips to Plains and San Angelo.
W F Clark spent the past weekend in Fort Worth on a business visit, meeting local officials and assessing market opportunities. He toured downtown offices and discussed potential collaboration with regional partners.
Visitors at the Crews community include the Lambert family of Winters Roy Bray and Hudspeth families of Edith J P Thompson Freeman and D S White of Talpa Bro Carraway conducted services Saturday night and Sunday Aubrey Morrison and Glenn Iivin visiting from Wink Pecos Claude Mathis returns from California Joe Irvin and Pink King visit in Wink and Fredricksburg relatives attend Ben F Thomas funeral in Fredericksburg Mrs Raymond Phillips in Hendricks Memorial Hospital Abilene in critical condition
Residents travel for family visits. Mrs. N F Smithson plans to visit Gale with daughter. L E O Larkins conducted translated business in San Angelo. The community mourns the death of Mr. Harter as Henry Harter and family attend the funeral for his brother in Tohoka.
Community items report marriages in Winters and visits by many families. Edith Green received a love shower. Juanita Mayhew and George Yates wed by Rev. J W Sharbett with Mrs Odell Clayton present. Local church and school connections, travel, hospital visits, and relocations are noted.
The Texas Association of Future Farmers of America awarded certificates of merit to members for skill in farm operations. Recipients include Rufus Williams Wilburn Phelps R Q Marks Gerald Proc tor Frank Brown Franz Belitz Willis Davis Cecil Vinson Eugené Hopé Ellis Lee Pricky Steveris Merle Proctor J B Guy. One hundred lambs were bought at Barnhart for 7 cents per pound averaging 73 pounds. The Winters Chapter leads caponizing demonstrations at the Runnels County fair with ration mixing and shows for capons laying hens baby chicks dairy cattle beef cattle hogs and lambs.
Miss Kathleen Stanley of Abilene visited her parents Mr and Mrs W T Stanley Saturday night. Miss Stanley is a nurse at Hendrick Memorial Hospital.
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