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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1970
Page
4
Winters 4-H Club held its regular monthly meeting Monday night with a poultry program presented by Mr. Smith of Ballinger. Members discussed the 4-H awards banquet planned for Ballinger Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Mord Tucker have returned home after a two week visit in Orlando Florida with their son Mord S. Tucker Jr. and family. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Bob Duncan in Arlington and Dr. and Mrs. B J Wroten in Fort Worth.
County committees for the Runnels County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service were named in elections by agriculturists. Four communities chose chairmen and vice chairmen and four alternates, with meetings set in Ballinger to elect county officers.
U S Air Force Staff Sergeant Kennith R Kraatz of Winters earned the Bronze Star Medal at Sheppard Air Force Base for meritorious service while engaged with Viet Cong forces. He served as an electronic systems specialist at Dak To Vietnam and is stationed with a USAF Communications Service unit providing global communications and air traffic control.
A Runnels County group led by Mr. and Mrs. Rankin Pace Mrs. John Q Mee Adams Mrs. M E Leeman of Winters and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Caskey of Ballinger returned from a grand tour of Europe. The trip covered Holland Germany Switzerland Italy England and France highlighting Reformation Protestant Heritage and the Oberammergau Passion play.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will issue antlerless deer permits to land owners in eight Hill Country counties on Sept. 24 for a special archery season running from Oct. 15 to Nov. 13. Issuance occurs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at designated county locations. a county map will be posted in the courthouse. Only long bows may be used and only one antlerless deer may be harvested during the archery season.
The Literary and Service Club started the year with a salad supper at Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Roberson’s home on Thursday evening September 17. Hostesses included Mrs. Glenn Bowman Sallie Gray J S Tierce M D Johnston and H M Nichols. Yearbooks were presented by Mrs. Bowman dedicated to Loyd Roberson for his many activities aiding the club. Other members present were Mesdames Max Lewis Velma Hart Charles Kruse Nadeen Smith Audra L Mitchell J C Jarrell Floyd Sims Martin Middlebrook Howard Worthington and Marshall Wharton.
Pumphrey and Williams families from Abilene visited Minnie Williams. Glynn Awalt and Jerry Brunson from Dallas visited Charlie Awalt on the way to Brownwood for guard camp. Perry Pierce from Austin and Polly Puckett and Linda Powers from Winters visited Alba Puckett. Minnie Stehl visiting Fort Worth with the Stehle family. Reverend and Mrs. Harry Martin guests at Douglas Colburn. Puckett grandchildren De Shay Brad and Blake visited Barney Puckett. Walter Patterson of Plainview visited J R Woodfin on the way to Falcon Dam for fishing. J R Woodfin visited Leon Walker of Shep.
Local tip suggests advertising a valuable oddity in The Winters En to reach buyers quickly. The suggestion emphasizes a broad audience and timely posting to maximize interest.
Jim Vaughan son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Vaughan of Winters has been named a technical assistant for the Abilene Christian College homecoming musical The Sound of Music to be staged November 5 6 and 7 in ACC's Civic Center. He is a 1968 Winters High School graduate and a junior Bible major member of the Big Purple band.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Anderson of Dallas visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Sid Anderson over the weekend, sharing time with the family.
Ronald Bredemeyer son of Mr and Mrs Walter Bredemeyer of Abilene earned his pilot wings at Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock and will spend three months at Perrin AFB for special training before returning to Reese AFB as a T 37 instructor pilot. His wife Brenda is mentioned as his spouse.
A six month old daughter named Kimberly is noted in the Gamblin family of Abilene.
The homecoming committee announces it will hold the event every other year rather than annually. The next homecoming is planned for 1971 and committee members are actively making plans for the event.
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