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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1961
Page
6
Readable text shows scattered notes on storms near Winters and Big Spring with rain and traffic impacts. Mentions crossing roads west of Bly and downtown Winters, plus unrelated musings about culture and language. Overall the fragmentary report lacks coherent events or dates.
The Literary and Service Club presents its annual fall style show Monday September 11 at 8 p m in the High School auditorium with the theme Story Book of Fashion Fashions from Heidenheimer s and the Fashion Shop featured and children dressed as story book characters will pantomime childhood tales between segments. ModERATOR Mrs Max Lewis organist Mrs Floyd Sims and storyteller Mrs J T Randolph lead the program with models from the Fashion Shop and numerous local children appearing in character and as ads carriers.
The Winters Blizzards travel to Anson to take on the Tigers in a non conference game. Key players include Steve Grissom Tommy Young Johnny Caskey and Denny Aldridge who aim to repeat or improve on a 20 18 win last season. Anson defeated Coleman 19 0 last Friday with 11 first downs and 159 rushing yards led by Roger Huber.
Postmaster Rankin Pace announced Rural Mail Carriers will start distributing 1961 Acreage Survey Cards about Sept 14. The surveys, conducted with the U S Agriculture Department, rely on farmer reports to estimate Texas crop acreage for 1961. Carriers W S Cooke Ray L Hollingshead Weldon Collins and W E Little will deliver.
Blizzard Stadium features the Winters High School Blizzard Band with drum major Marcene Matthies and feature twirler Pamela Bedford. In the crow's nest left to right are Marcene Matthies, Pamela Bedford. on the ladder top to bottom Tamara Gans Barbara Baldwin Russell Bedford Mary Young Judy Matthews.
A Labor Day weekend cloudburst dropped 5.75 inches in Winters causing minor local damage. North of town and in the Abilene area heavier damage was reported. Lakes filled to capacity, spillways overflowed, FM 53 saw water on the road, and West State street flooded briefly. Birds died in the rain and winds damaged maize in Wingate where 6.50 inches fell. Valley Creek rose, stock tanks filled, and a corrugated steel barn near Jim Patton farm was destroyed.
Button Little of Lubbock spent the weekend visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Bud Little. He has enrolled at Texas Tech for the fall semester.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rhoads of Waco visit with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Reel and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hill and Darrell.
Winters Independent School reports first day 1961 62 enrollment up 14 from 1960. Total district figures rise to 1065 with gains in high and primary divisions and a small drop in elementary. Enrollment may grow 50 to 75 more students next week.
A Winters Civil Defense session led by associate director W L Collins covered first aid basics with W D Waggoner demonstrating equipment use from the fire department. Mayor Harvey Dale Jones announced monthly Civil Defense staff courses for volunteers. About 30 Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary first aid members and Jaycee Ettes attended the meeting.
Adolph Gottschalk son of Mr and Mrs Hans Gottschalk has returned to Winters after a twelve month tour of duty in Germany He was employed by the United States Army Dependent Schools as a teacher of commercial subjects During his stay he toured European countries including Paris Rome Switzerland Luxemburg Vienna Prague Warsaw Moscow Leningrad Stockholm Oslo Copenhagen London Brussels Amsterdam Monaco Berlin and other places in Germany
Winters school office will release 400 reserved seat tickets and 200 student general admission tickets for the Winters Brady game this Friday night at 8. Sales start Wednesday morning, September 13. Reserved seats cost 1.25 dollars and student advance tickets 0.25 dollars.
Winters city council scheduled a special session Thursday night to canvass ballots from the recent election and install Wesley M. Hays to the unexpired term of J. F. Richie. Mayor Harvey D. Jones said additional business would be addressed at the meeting.
Eddie Little, Winters photographer, was named director of the Texas Professional Photographers Association for 1961 62 term announced by TPPA president Lester M Lande of San Antonio He is a past president of the Central and West Texas Photographers Association Winters Country Club and TPPA board member since 1955 A Rice graduate and Winchester School of Photography alum.
Mrs. W. A. Eoff of Winters is visiting Abilene this week with her daughter and the Rogers family, Mr. and Mrs. William Rogers and their children.
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