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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1969
Page
5
A columnist urges Boosters to attend Tuesday meetings to support the Blizzards and notes politics in Texas. He critiques recent tax bills and legislative tactics, warns that public awareness grows with faster information, and calls for accountability from lawmakers returning for next year’s campaign season.
Army Private First Class Jerry N. Hudson, 25, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Hudson of Novice, was assigned as a disbursing specialist with the U S Army in Vietnam on August 1. His wife Zanda resides in Coleman.
Daily temperatures show a high of 96 degrees on Wednesday September 4 and a low of 59 degrees on Tuesday September 3. Local conditions indicate hot daytime heat with cooler nights across the period.
Allen Eugene Bryan, born August 22, 1927, died in a plane crash while returning to Anchorage after a three week North Bank fields tour with Rowen Oil Co. Funeral held March 3 at Bronte Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife Patsy Rut Luckett and three daughters. Burial under Newby Funeral Home direction.
Runnels County Judge and three town mayors sponsor a conference of local leaders on September 22 at 7 p.m. in Ballinger district court room. The program by Texas A&M University and the Texas Department of Public Safety covers disaster management, emergency glossary, phase problems, communications as resource control, and an open Q and A session.
West Texas Boys Ranch will host a Daily Team Roping and Calf Roping on Saturday September 27 at 4 00 p m at the Ranch Arena 17 miles west of San Angelo on U S 67 near Tankersley Entry fees are 36 00 per team and 36 00 per calf roping Ropers compete for monies in two go rounds and the average A Bar B Q supper is offered for 1 00 per plate Gate admission is 1 00 for adults and 50c for children 12 and under Proceeds support the West Texas Boys Ranch Livestock Round Up program.
Susan Roberts daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne Roberts has returned after two months in Scotland. En route home she visited Hanover New Hampshire with her brother Mr and Mrs Jimmy Roberts and Baltimore Maryland. In Scotland she visited London England for a week with friends. Miss Roberts is now a senior at Abilene Christian College.
The Winters Chamber of Commerce says a $50 cash premium will go to the grower who hauls in the first bale of the 1909 crop cotton weighed at Winters Warehouse this year. North Runnels County gins deliver to Winters Warehouse and any area farmer may win the award, a longtime local custom.
Five members and officers of the Runnels County Farm Bureau attended a District VII Farm Bureau meeting in Brownwood on September 4 for training FB leaders in procedures for effective county annual meetings and to discuss issues facing Texas farmers and ranchers. Attendees included Hugo Vogelsang president Marion Hays first vice president and membership chairman Ben Frerich policy execution chairman and Mr and Mrs Carl Gottschalk Livestock Committee chairman. The Brownwood event, themed Where the Action Starts, aimed to prepare for the county convention in Runnels County October 9 and the start of the annual policy development process.
Winters primary and elementary English teachers will attend a workshop Monday from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. led by Dorothy O Johnson of Harcourt Brace World in Dallas. The session introduces Transformational Grammar used in Texas schools starting in first grade to teach sentence construction earlier.
Seaman Apprentice Daniel E. Martinez USN son of Mr and Mrs Nate Martinez Winters serves aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bennington home ported in Long Beach California The Bennington an antisubmarine warfare carrier operating off the California coast preparing for its 12th deployment to the Far East It is flagship of Anti submarine Warfare Group Three The ship weighs 44000 tons and can steam 60 days without refueling its length equals three football fields and its height equals a 15 story building.
Labor Day visitors at Mrs. Mattie Simpson and Velma included nieces Delphia Ozee of Fort Worth Ollie Allison of Abilene H A Sheppard and Darwin of Wingate and Vesta Smith of Comanche in a family gathering.
Army First Lieutenant Roy M. Mitchell, 23, son of Mr and Mrs Audra L Mitchell of Winters Route 1, was assigned August 15 to the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam as a platoon leader. Mitchell, promoted from second lieutenant, now serves as company executive officer and second in command.
Ex-Students Association led by James Gehrels schedules a Friday October 3 homecoming at Winters High School with Coming-Home Queen from graduates and Homecoming Queen chosen from senior girls. Crowning set at halftime of Winters Anson game with family day on October 4 and class meetings. About 500 invitations will go out to ex-students nationwide. 1919 class to be honored.
James M Johnson earned a B A in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin at summer session close. He is employed in Houston by Proctor Gambill Co. His wife Betty Shoemake, daughter of Rev and Mrs Shoemake of Spearman, is mentioned as his wife.
Winters High School Blizzards host Sonora in a non conference opener at Blizzard Field Friday night. Kickoff is 8 p.m. Winters relies on scrappy play and strong attitude to offset Sonora’s greater size and recent State Single A title pedigree.
Runnels County Sheriff Don F. Atkins warns farmers and ranchers about deadly grass fires amid hot dry weather. He urges fire lanes two blades wide along roads to aid containment and notes a firefighting truck had a narrow escape. He also advises locking pickups carrying rifles or shotguns to aid crime prevention and safety while hunting or protecting against varmints.
In a discussion from Washington, Omar Burleson notes Nixon’s plan to replace current welfare with an annual income for all and a separate Manpower training reform. Governors endorse revenue sharing and state welfare funding control, while Hawaii’s negative income tax is criticized as wasteful. States test guaranteed incomes with varying credits, urging study of real outcomes.
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