First Baptists Collect Clothing and Food for Valley
The First Baptist Church of Winters with the Texas Baptist General Convention Missions Commission gathers clothing bedding and canned food for the Rio Grande Valley hurricane Beulah flood victims. Items sorted at the church basement will head to Ballinger then Harlingen for Valley distribution. deadline noon Monday Oct 9.
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The
First Baptist Church of
Winters
Missions Commission
Texas Baptist General Convention
Rio Grande Valley
Ballinger
Harlingen
Harry Grantz
First Baptist
North
District 4 soil district supervisor election set in Winters
Jake Presley announces that landowners in Zone 4 of Runnels County will elect a soil and water conservation supervisor for five years. Election is Oct 12 at 7 30 pm in the Winters High School Vocational Ag Building, with incumbent William F Minzenmayer seeking re election. Voters must be 21, own land in the zone, and live in Runnels County. C T Parker Jr will oversee the vote and urges turnout.
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Jake Presley
Runnels
William F
Bill) Minzenmayer
C. T. Parker Jr
Runnels County
Parker
Winters Students Event College Night At Abilene
Winters High students and area juniors and seniors will attend College Night at Abilene High School on Tuesday October 17 starting at 7 30 p m. Thirty colleges and universities will be represented with three discussion groups covering entrance requirements application procedures costs and fields of study to help families gather firsthand information early in the school year.
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Winters
Abilene
Winters High School
Abilene High School
Cooper High’ School
Ex-Students Return For Winters Homecoming Events
Former Winters students gathered for last Friday’s homecoming activities. Attendees included Jay Davidson of Texas Tech Davey Brock from North Texas State Ronnie Gray and Max Briley from Connally Tech Pete Higgins from Tarleton Minor Nelson and others. Local residents Mr and Mrs George Briley of Colorado joined the reunion along with Leroy Kettler Skippy Sheppard George Mostad Terry Collins and the Morgans from Columbia South Carolina.
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Winters
Jay Davidson
Texas Tech
Davey Brock
North Texas State University
Ronnie Gray
Connally
Tech
Max Briley
Connally Tech
Pete Higgins
Tarleton
Minor Nelson
George Briley
Colorado
Leroy Kettler
Skippy Sheppard
George Mostad
Terry Collins
Card of Thanks for Grady Polk Loss
Our recent sad loss at the death of our brother Grady Polk leaves us with a better understanding of our friends and neighbors. With grateful hearts we wish to express our thanks for the many comforting expressions of sympathy, for the flowers, cards and food which we received. May we be as comforting to you in your hour of sorrow as you have been to us, is our wish. Miss Eunice Polk, Mrs C H Ham bright and family.
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Grady Polk
Kirkham Sells Locker Plant to J B Dunnam
D. J. Shorty Kirkham announced the sale of his locker plant on South Church Street to J B Dunnam who will operate as Jay's Locker Plant. Dunnam, a Winters native and Air Force veteran, returns with a background in butchering and electrical work and is married to Lilamarie Compton with four daughters.
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D. J
Shorty) Kirkham
South Church St
J. B. Dunnam
Jay
Dunnam
G. L. Dunnam
Winters
Air Force
California
Washington
Kirkham
US Air Force
Fresno
Calif
Lilamarie Compton
L. W. Compton
Winters High School
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Former Winters Native Grady Polk Dies in Corpus Christi
Grady M. Polk, 59, a Winters native, died in a Corpus Christi hospital Thursday night. Funeral was held Monday at Cage Mills Funeral Home in Corpus Christi with burial there. He was born December 4, 1907 in Winters, worked on a farm and in a family service station, married Iva Asry in Winters in 1927, and is survived by his wife, a son Kenneth of Corpus Christi, and two sisters Eunice Polk and Mildred Hambright of Winters.
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Grady M. Polk
Winters
Corpus Christi
Cage Mills Funeral Home
Corpus’ Christi
Mr. Polk
Sam Polk
Iva Asry
Kenneth
Eunice Polk
C. H
Mildred) Hambright
Lutheran Church Men to Host Northwest Conference
The American Lutheran Church Men of the Northwest Conference convenes at St John Lutheran Church on Sunday October 8 with local hosts led by president L W Kettler. Rev Will F Bigott of Kerrville will speak on Our Ministry to Youth and deliver the morning sermon at 10 30.
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American Lutheran Church Men of the Northwest Conference
St. John
L. W. Kettler
Will F. Bigott
Lutheran Association of Southwest Camping
Kerrville
Bigott
Grateful note from Mrs. Bettie Baldwin after surgery
Mrs. Bettie Baldwin expresses sincere thanks for neighbors friends cards letters and flowers during her hospital stay and after returning home. She is joined by her children in thanking everyone for the kindness and comfort received.
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Bettie Baldwin
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