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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1967
Page
5
Texas high school seniors scored above the national average on ACT tests with a 16.6 17 boys 16.2 girls in 1967 breaking down to 16.3 in math and 17.3 in natural sciences. About 13 percent of senior boys and 63 percent of senior girls plan to attend college.
William F. Minzenmayer of Winters was re elected to the Runnels Soil and Water Conservation District board last Thursday night. C.T. Parker explained election procedures before landowners chose B.T. Gardner and Ellis Ackert as chair and secretary. Jake Presley was named chairman with Grider Hays vice chairman Arthur Eggemeyer and Kirby Robinson as board members.
Winters Blizzards seek to end a long losing streak as they face Hamlin in a 5-AA contest Friday night at 8. The Pirates boast a stingy defense allowing 21 points per game and feature scoring ace Phillip Simpson with 14 TDs and 87 points. Injuries and inexperience have hampered Winters this season as they prepare for a potential upset.
Harvest of the 1967 cotton crop in North Runnels County proceeds slowly as farmers await killing frost and some begin defoliating. Winters Warehouse Company reports 88 bales received by Wednesday morning, with expectations of a rapid increase before week’s end.
Everett J. Grindstaff a Ballinger attorney announces his bid for State Representative in Texas district 64. He follows incumbent Ben Barnes who runs for Lieutenant Governor. Grindstaff is 36 and a Baylor Law School graduate with extensive civic service in Ballinger and the Concho Valley. He is married with two children.
Sam E Hilburn grand warder of the Grand Commandery of Texas will present special awards and speak at a Royal Arch Masons open meeting at Winters Masonic Lodge. The event in Midland begins Tuesday night October 24 at 7 30 with Hilburn presenting for 25 years of continued service.
The Rev Eugene B Robertson pastor of First Methodist Dublin is the sole Texan among 30 missionaries from 20 states invited for October 12 to November 2 in Britain. They will preach speak to groups study British Methodist work and explain mission concepts. Robertson is son of D C Robertson Winters and husband of Peggy Hays Ballinger with two children Cheryl and Greg. He graduated Winters High School 1952 served in the U S Army 1954 56 and earned BA from McMurry College 1959 and BD from Perkins School of Theology SMU 1962. While at McMurry he pastored Wingate Drasco Norton churches.
St John Lutheran Church will host a Hymn Festival on Sunday Oct 22 at 1040 a m. under Rev Walter Probst with the local Chancel Choir directing Erwin Henniger at the organist Emma Henniger. Choir members include sopranos Mrs Charles Adams Minnie Belitz Miss Rianne Hoppe Mrs W F Minzenmeyer Mrs Erwin Ueckert and Miss Helen Lisso altos Estella Bredemeyer Mrs Louis Ernst Mrs L E Jacob Mrs Walter Onken Mrs Jake Presley basses Walter Onken Marvin Onken Walter Spill and Erwin Henniger. Public invited to attend.
Winters City Council ordered a November 11 election to issue 120000 dollars in general obligation bonds to fund the city’s share of U S Highway 83 widening through Winters. Construction will be paid by the state with the city covering right of way and damages, with no tax increase expected.
John Waddell of Winters Chevrolet was named vice president of the Texas Highway 83 Association at its Abilene meeting. Other officers include Bert Chapman, president. Bob McGarvey, vice president. John Mayfield, secretary-treasurer. The group aims to expand interstate use of US 83 from the Canadian to Mexican borders, with Winters slated for highway widening projects.
Lloyd R. Bell of the Texas State Teachers Association is scheduled to address the Runnels County Local Unit of TSTA on October 24. The meeting aims to discuss association goals and teachers’ interests in the county.
Three Winters FFA members led by Charley Brown Allen Mills and Tommy Antilley won silver emblems in national livestock judging contests in Kansas City. The team judged cattle swine sheep and lambs to U S standard grades earning high marks en route with the group traveling from Oklahoma.
Runnels County Commissioners Court designated polling sites for the North Runnels area for the November 11 election. Due to low participation, some boxes are consolidated. East and West Winters Cochran Crews voters use the Nov. 6 Winters poll. Pumphrey residents vote at Wingate and Oak Creek North Norton and Maine at Wilmeth.
The Dallas Morning News names Winters native Denny Aldridge defensive player of the week for the Southwest Conference. Aldridge, UTHalfback, credited with eight unassisted tackles and four assists, plus two key saves preventing Oklahoma scores. He is married to Mary Young and is son of J. D. and Mrs. Aldridge of Winters.
Bill Pumphrey a Winters native and former Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania completes his service and travels through Europe and the Middle East. He writes Dateline dispatches from Europe and Greece and shares impressions of Jerusalem shrines mosques and the Church of St Peter.
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