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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1961
Page
7
Disjointed OCR text presents scattered lines on socialism and national fate. References to an executive director and Heritage projects appear amid garbled phrases about facing or doom and moral foundations of the country.
A damage suit filed by A L Crockett against the City of Winters in Runnels County District Judge 149th continues to November 9 after an initial hearing set for October 26. Crockett seeks a temporary and permanent injunction to stop the city from levying a sanitary service or garbage pick up charge. The city is represented by Bryan Maxwell Wilson Olson of Waco. Crockett is represented by Sonfield Kin Sonfield and Smith of Houston.
The VFW will assist Winters Post members with the American Heritage Program at Winters School, part of a Texas-wide effort. At the same meeting the VFW Auxiliary announced a membership drive and set a November 4 dinner for dues-paid members, with a free chicken dinner served.
Twenty three juniors and sophomores at Winters High School received Certificates of Educational Development for top quarter scores on the National Education Development Tests. Principal Robert Christian announced the awards, prepared by SRA Chicago, with scores in English social studies mathematics natural sciences and word usage.
William D. Parish was elected cashier of the Winters State Bank at a board meeting last Friday night. Parish began work days earlier, coming from Abilene where he spent nine years with the Citizens National Bank.
W. W. Alder, once a Winters resident and school board member when the town’s Negro school was built, now serves as sergeant major in the th Armored Division. The dedicated veteran, later tied to the 30th Division in World War II, has been called to active duty again.
Dr C T Rives, a Winters physician and World War II veteran, was elected unanimously by the Winters School Board to fill the vacancy left by Homer Hudgins. He will serve the unexpired term to April 1963, and is married to Katherine Hill with three children.
The three Winters gins had processed 1485 bales of 1961 cotton by Wednesday noon as the harvest season began. Local gins are expected to process several thousand more bales as the season advances.
Reneal Bates, son of Mr and Mrs Monroe Bates, a junior at A and M College, has been promoted in rank to staff sergeant.
The Winters Blizzards host the Coleman Bluecats Friday night for a second district game and the final meeting between the teams in the same district. Winters opened with a 27 6 win over Ranger while Coleman lost 19 0 to Ballinger as both eyes on the district crown.
Winters and Coleman opponents show mixed results with Winters at 4-3 and Coleman 2-4-1. Blizzard team ahead in district talk with Ballinger, Cisco and Ballinger ahead. remaining games set at Cisco November 4 Ballinger November 10. Conference games start 7 30 p m.
Lazy N Oracle's Dream a pony from Lazy N Stables Winters will compete in the shetland Pony at Halter division of the Dixie Horse Show Jubilee at Louisiana State University Baton Rouge on November 25. The Dixie Jubilee, entertainment feature of the Louisiana Stock Show, draws about 700 cattle swine and sheep with twenty two states represented. Re entries include parade horses and road horses pulling four wheel road wagons.
David C. Burleson son of Mr and Mrs W H Burlson is stationed with the U S Air Force in England and has been promoted to Airman First Class. He is assigned to an Air Police squadron in England.
Ribbons and cash awards were given to six schools in the Winters Chamber of Commerce event for a two division poster contest. Winners include Richard Sharpe fourth grade first place in primary division and Joyce Englert first in seventh grade, with multiple first, second, and third places listed across grades and classes.
Jaycee Ettes sponsor a Halloween Carnival on Tuesday October 31 in the vacant building beside the Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds fund a hospital bed for the cancer fund. Attractions include cake walk fish pond fortune telling and more. Carnival opens at 6 pm admission is 10 cents per child under 12.
On Saturday October 28 the Winters Lions Club leads a citywide fruit candy roll giveaway to raise funds for crippled and blind children and sight conservation. Lions members will be on the streets handing out rolls with no sale, accepting donations instead to support the causes.
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