19 Oct 1973
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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1973
Page
1
Community gathering at the Winters 5 building with attendees including Rickey, Danny, and Terry. The record lists several participants and hints at discussion topics and local business matters.
VFW Post announces a member barbecue this Saturday evening led by Post Commander RC Kurz. Veterans are invited to attend and share in the community gathering and meal at the post location.
The article outlines a new hospital with a north entrance and visitor parking, plans for an outside fountain, a large lobby, and a modern kitchen. It describes advanced utilities including oxygen lines to patient rooms and operating areas, wound suction, and a central monitoring system for safety.
The document outlines hospital design with a nurses station in the east wing, intercom links to patient rooms, and visual contact to ICU and isolation areas. It notes four bed ICU, seven private rooms, seven semi private rooms, one isolation bed, 25 patient capacity, individual climate control, oxygen piped in, future TV units, and phone jacks in each room.
Mr and Mrs Kirby Robinson marked their 50th wedding anniversary with a nine day guided tour to New Mexico. They visited Santa Fe Albuquerque Taos and Carlsbad Caverns National Park, a gift from their son and daughter in law Morris and wife.
Jodie Lynne Sanders daughter of the Rev and Mrs Robert Sanders of Winters is a junior English major at Texas Wesleyan College in Fort Worth for the 1973 fall semester. She is a graduate of Western Hills High School in Fort Worth and resides in Elizabeth Hall on the TWC campus.
The North Runnels Hospital employs 22 staff members including administrator James D. Shook RN and director of nurses Kathleen Black RN. The on call CRNA is on duty, and LVNs and MTASCPs fill roles in nursing, laboratory, kitchen, bookkeeping, and maintenance. Aides and on call relief nurses supplement the staff.
Johnny L. Allen, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Allen of Winters, has been promoted to army sergeant in Würzburg, Germany. He serves as a radio operator in Company C of the 3rd Infantry Division's 123rd Signal Battalion.
Hopewell Baptist Women held their regular session at the home of Mr and Mrs Sam Faubion with eight members and three children present. Mrs Allen Bishop presided. Mrs Arthur Kerby read missionaries birthdays. Mrs Faubion, program chair man, led a question and answer discussion on Rhodesia.
The hospital notes infant viewing through a lobby window and nursery access behind the nurses station. An isolation room, storage areas, and electrical panels are described, with limited landscaping. The Winters Lions Club will coordinate future landscaping projects inviting participation from individuals and organizations.
Joseph D Meek 79 of Waco formerly of Winters died at 10 p m Monday in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Waco Graveside services were held 11:30 a m Wednesday in Northview Cemetery Winters Rev Bob Sanders officiated Spill Funeral Home Winters had charge He was born Feb 16 1894 in Nolanville and later lived in Belton before moving to Winters area in 1906 He served in World War I and was disabled Survivors include one sister Mrs Vida Tinkie San Antonio and one half sister Mrs Lee Tinkie of ?
Winters High School will name its football sweetheart during halftime of the Winters Hamlin game Friday October 19. The matchup marks Hamlin as the Blizzards first district opponent and a large crowd is expected.
Representative Carlos Truan of Corpus Christi calls for an investigation into 38 deaths reported in state mental institutions over the past two years. He urges public disclosure and accountability amid concerns about oversight and patient safety.
Winters and several nieces and nephews. Members of the Winters American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars were pallbearers.
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