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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1963
Page
5
An article reflects on hunting season duties and volunteer work at a Winter’s Texas hospital. It highlights a Candy Stripers program where young volunteers train, assist nurses, and support patients, balancing school and activities while preparing for deer hunting season and other duties.
A city business invites neighbors and customers to attend an open house running from 2 PM to Saturday. Will Tucker announces prize drawings with no purchase required and eligibility based on presence. Guests are encouraged to visit the new shop and meet staff and friends at the event.
A group of junior hospital volunteers at Winters Municipal Hospital earned their candy stripe caps in a Friday night ceremony at First Baptist Church. Among the honored staff were Mrs. W L Bean and Mrs. Tommy Rougas as cap leaders with Dr H H McCreight, Rev Ray Elliott, and Rev B T Shoemake officiating. Principal speaker Mike Jones of the University of St Louis Medical School and Mary Jane Matthews addressed the group. Doris Allen, Joyce Allen, Barbara Baldwin and others were named in the class.
Winters Municipal Light Plant reports a sustained rise in summer electricity output for the three-month period. Superintendent N D Waggoner says hot dry weather boosted consumption as air conditioners ran longer and new appliances added demand. Total three-month output reached 1 487 400 kilowatt hours with July the peak, and 1962 summer production up 13.6 percent from 1961.
Definite action to pave blocks on North Rogers Street was taken Tuesday night with property owners meeting to finalize plans. Work could begin this week from East Pierce to Novice Road, funded by owners and a city share for intersections and fill. the 2260 feet project covers 30 foot wide paving.
John Gardner named campaign chairman for the Winters Girl Scout fund drive to raise 1000 dollars for seven to 17 year old girls. Volunteers are urged to join the effort with Mrs. W. L. Collins leading the Winters Girl Scout Association and Veterans of Foreign Wars groups assisting.
Patricia Emmert daughter of Geneva Emmert and the late J H Emmert of Winters completed teaching practice at Pershing Junior High in Houston. She studied English French and Secondary Education and will earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in May from Sam Houston State College Huntsville. She is a Winters native who began high school locally.
The Lazy N Stables of Winters led by John W. Norman won major titles at the Ashton Pony Farm show near Abilene. Lazy N Topper's Dream was named model stallion and Sis Oracle model mare. Topper's Dream captured grand championship. Norman exhibited ponies at the West Texas Fair in Abilene that week.
Airman First Class and Mrs Kenneth Vinson and their daughter Paige are spending a three week leave with kin in Salina. They visit Mrs Emma Marks and Mr and Mrs J D Vinson and other relatives and friends during the leave.
Alderman-Cave Milling and Grain Co advances its operations with eight 10-ton finished feed holding bins and 100-ton raw ingredient bins. The project, by Riza Manufacturing Co of Cleburne, enables continuous pellet production, faster truck loading, and centralized automatic ingredient handling, improving service to local livestock feeders.
Billy Ray Jet Chapman, longtime employee at Heidenheimer’s Winters store, moves to Hamlin to take assistant manager duties at the Hamlin outlet run by David Casey. The Chapmans relocate with their son. Mrs. Chapman previously owned Winters Retail Credit Bureau, now taken over by Mrs. David Carroll.
Winters cotton warehouse reports 879 bales of the 1963 crop received since season start. Bales come from two gins in Winters and two in Wingate.
Reserved seat tickets for the Winters Brady football game set for Sept. 21 in Brady go on sale at the Winters School business office next Wednesday. Tickets cost 1.50 with 50 cents retained by Winters school. Fans are urged to buy before leaving for Brady.
Winters High School Blizzards travel to Mason for the second game of the season following a 22 to 8 victory over Colorado City. Captains Grissom and Benson lead a returning squad minus injured Johnny Mathis, with Hank McCreight ready to play. Mason, the 18-AA champions last year, is seen as the favorite to win the district this season.
Winters schools will dismiss Friday at 2 30 p m to provide buses for the trip to Mason. Regular routes run at dismissal and all buses bound for Mason depart at 3 45 p m with an estimated Mason arrival around 7 20 p m.
Mrs. C. R. Kennedy of Sulphur Springs is visiting at the home of her daughter Mrs. C. R. Mote and Mr. Mote.
Mrs. Ruth Smith of Arlington former Winters resident visited friends in town on Monday, recounting her travels and hometown ties.
Denny Aldridge of Winters Blizzard leaps in midair and lands across the goal line for a TD in the season opener against Colorado City last Saturday night. Aldridge helped set the tone with a strong running game and scoring burst.
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