Winters Ballinger shootout marks 50th football year
Winters and Ballinger meet in a yearly shootout as Winters celebrates 50 years of football since 1923 the first Winters High School team. The article notes the first touchdown by Jim Fields at Ballinger on November 8 and lists early players and coaches. It also recalls that Ballinger started a program a couple of years earlier.
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Winters
Ballinger Bearcats
Winters School
Ballinger
Charlsie Poe
Jim Fields
Mack McComb
O. D. Sandeford
Floyd Sykes
Gattis Neely
Gerald Knight
Otha Hillyard
Fannin Lowe
George Key
Charley White
John Barnett
Bailey McCaughan
Howard Rankin Pace
Jim Gardner
Rankin Pace
North Runnels Hospital opens after open house crowd
More than 1,000 visitors attended the Sunday open house for the new North Runnels Hospital. State Representative Lynn Nabers cut the ribbon at 2 p m, with ceremony remarks by John W. Norman Winters Mayor Homer Hodge and hospital officials. Equipment moves began Monday and patients transferred Wednesday as the old Winters Municipal hospital ends decades of service.
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New North Runnels Hospital
Lynn Nabers
Brownwood
Nabers
Texas
North Runnels County Hospital
Carroll Tatum
John W. Norman
Winters
Homer Hodge
Jim Shook
Ted Meyer
Winters Municipal
North Runnels Hospital
Lynn Naber
Winters Junior Varsity Teams Clash With Colorado City
The Winters High School junior varsity football squad hosts Colorado City on Blizzard Field Thursday with a 7 30 p m kickoff. The 8th grade travels to Colorado City for a 6 p m game and the 9th grade follows at 7 30 p m.
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Winters High School
Colorado City
Blizzard Field
Christmas Seals To Be Mailed In Big Country Area
Local postal workers will deliver thousands of Christmas Seal letters as the 1973 campaign opens. The practice supports the American Lung Association’s fight against lung diseases through research education and community service. Contributions are tax deductible and help address air pollution and cigarette smoke impacts.
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Texas
Big Country
Raymon Lloyd
Winters
Doyle Condra
Ballinger
American Lung Association
Runnels County
Christmas Seals Agency
Lloyd
Constitutional Revision Commission Finishes Texas Constitution Text
The Constitutional Revision Commission completed the new Texas Constitution text after nearly seven months of work by 37 members. The Legislature will meet as a Constitutional Convention January 8 to study the report and seek voter approval. The document reduces length and retains essential reforms.
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Constitutional Revision Commission
Revision Commission
Texas
Senate
Cancer Society District Holds Basic Orientation in San Angelo
American Cancer Society District 4 held three orientation sessions for volunteers and the public in San Angelo on October 3 10 and 17. Sessions covered cancer problems treatment facilities and the service committee roles with doctors nurses and public health staff participating. Attendees from Winters included Mr and Mrs George Garrett and several local residents.
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Cancer Society
District 4
American Cancer Society
San Angelo
George Harrison
Tom Green County
Don Armstrong
Jesse Long
Winters FTA Heads to District Meet in San Angelo
Seventeen members of the Winters High School Chapter of the Future Teachers of America will attend a district convention in San Angelo on Saturday. Kyle Tatum from WHS seeks district vice president for next year. Glenda Sneed serves as district treasurer and Miss Nancy Grundy is the faculty advisor. Elections will be held Saturday.
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Winters
The
Future Teachers of America
San Angelo
Glenda Sneed
Kyle Tatum
WHS
Nancy Grundy
FTA
Billy Graham Film Time To Run At State Theatre
A one night showing of Time To Run a Billy Graham World Wide Pictures feature filmed in Eastman and Southern California stars Ed Nelson Randall Carver Barbara Sigel Joan Winmill and Gordon Rigsby. It follows a tech executive son and family conflict with a religious thread showing possible new life through faith. The film aims to strengthen family relationships and encourage audience reflection.
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Billy Graham
State Theatre
Eastmancelor
World Wide Pictures
California
Ed Nelson
Randall Carver
Barbara Sigel
Joan Winmill
Gordon Rigsby
Dr. Rossi
Peyton Place
Jeff
Michelle
Miss Carla Walker Graduates ACC With High Honors
Carla Walker daughter of Mr and Mrs Carlos Walker of Wingate was among 211 students at Abilene Christian College summer graduation. She earned a bachelor of science in home economics in June and received highest honors. She is employed as a dietary technician at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene.
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Carla Walker
Carlos Walker
Wingate
Abilene Christian College
UIL reshuffles place Winters in larger 6-AA after moves
UIL district realignment for 1974 75 names Winters Ballinger Hamlin Coahoma Stamford Colorado City and Anson in 6-AA. Haskell moves to 1-A. Colorado City shifts to 3-A and back to 2-A in 6-AA. Winters schedules four non district games and six district games with one open date, facing Clyde Merkel Coleman Eldorado Ballinger Hamlin Coahoma Stamford Colorado City and Anson.
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University Interscholastic League
Winters
Haskell
Colorado City
Coahoma
Ballinger
Hamlin
Stamford
Anson
Hays Celebrate 25 Years In Winters Western Auto Store
Mr and Mrs W M Hays mark a silver anniversary in Winters as owners of Western Auto Associate Store. They opened in 1948 and have operated from four locations on South Main Street. Hays's naval service, civic roles, and family details are noted.
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Hays
Winters
Western Auto
South Main Street
North Main Street
Snap-On Tools
Carlsbad
N. M
Novice
Sam Jones Opens Water Purification Business in Winters
Sam Jones launches Jones Water Purification in the McMillan Building at 138 West Dale Street Winters. He becomes regional distributor for X L Laboratories of Des Moines and offers nitrate removing, chlorination, and high capacity filtration with softening in one unit for home and stock use.
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Sam Jones
Jones Water Purification
McMillan Building
West Dale Street
Jones
X-L_ Laboratories
Des Moines
Iowa
Texas
Iowa Company
Midwest
VFW Buddy Poppy Sale Set for Saturday
Winters Post 9193 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold the Buddy Poppy Sale on Saturday October 27. All proceeds go to the Veterans Assistance Programs of the VFW of the U S.
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VFW
The
Winters Post 9193
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Assistance Programs
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
U. S
Blizzard Bearcat showdown set for Ballinger Friday
Winters visits Ballinger for the Blizzard Bearcat confrontation in a no-holds barred game. Kickoff is 7 30. Ballinger features Frederick Snell and receiver Randy Hutchins, while Winters relies on Donald Rogers and Glenn Colburn along with backfield standout Ricky DeLaCruz.
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Winters
Ballinger
Chili Black
Black
Hamlin
Donald Rogers
Glenn Colburn
Ricky DeLaCruz
Bill Pendergrass
Pendergrass
Bobby Poindexter
Poindexter
Blizzards
Brady
Coleman
Bluecats
Mike Moore
Joe Ray de LaCruz
Ballinger Bearcats
Bearcats
Frederick Snell
Winters to host Social Security visits in November
Ken King, a San Angelo Social Security representative, will visit Winters at the Chamber of Commerce on Monday November 12 and 26 from 9 30 to 11 30 a m. He will assist with claims information and other business. Residents unable to meet him can call the San Angelo office or toll free Enterprise 2058 for Winters residents.
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Ken King
San Angelo
Social Security Administration
Winters
Enterprise 2058
Square Dancers Meet in Ballinger Next Tuesday
Square dancers will gather in the Community Room of the First National Bank in Ballinger next Tuesday at 7 30 p m Beginners lessons will be offered and admission is free.
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Ballinger
First National Bank
Wingate 4-H Chili Supper Planned for Saturday
The Wingate 4-H Club will sponsor a chili supper in the Wingate School cafeteria this Saturday October 27. Serving starts at 5 30 p m and proceeds will help fund 4 H Club obligations.
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Wingate
Winters High School Names Football Sweetheart Friday Night
Susan Poe, WHS Senior, selected as Blizzard Football Sweetheart amid halftime ceremony at Winters Hamlin game. Other nominees included Chris Hays and Linda Sneed. Poe holds NHS secretary role, Student Council parliamentarian, and presides Chess Club. she also played basketball and tennis and participated in Miss Winters and FFA events.
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Susan Poe
Winters High School
Blizzard
Winters- Hamlin
Clifton Poe
Chris Hays
W. M. Hays
Linda Sneed
L. Q. Sneed
Miss Poe
National Honor Society
FTA
FFA
David McAdoo
Miss Hays
Lonnie Briley
Miss Sneed
Stan Tatom
Winter Airport runway topping delayed until spring
City officials say topping the new runway at Winters Airport will wait until early spring due to remaining work. The old runway will become a taxi strip after completion. Reese-Albert Construction, Texas Aeronautical Commission approval, and installed beacons and wind cones are noted, with boundary lights ordered.
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Reese - Albert Construction Co
San Angelo
Texas Aeronautical Commission
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