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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1967
Page
4
The masthead lists Assistant Editors Melba Lewis and Bill Brock, Feature Editor Gene Templeton, Copy Editor Susan White, Sports Editor Beverly Sprinkle, and Extension Editor Mike O'Dell. The notice names newsroom roles and personnel.
On Tuesday October 17 Winters High School held club day and GALE publishes reports from the various clubs written by their reporters.
The Blue Norther Library Club met in the Gate Room during second period on October 17 with Gayla Beall as president. Members discussed rings and pins, passed a motion, and adjourned the meeting while some members straightened the Gate Room and the Library.
The Winters Future Home makers met Tuesday in the auditorium for a Club Day meeting. A panel discussed cheating with Linda Tischler Zola Crowley Linda Maas and Melba Lewis. Dick McNeill was elected club sweetheart. Mascots named Ketta Walker and David Cooper.
The Student Council met in the auditorium on Tuesday October 17. Danny Killough called the meeting to order as minutes were read and old and new business discussed. Committees reported progress and the lunch menu was read before adjournment. The District Convention is set for October 21 in Winters.
Approximately 27 students and parents from Winters and Wingate attended the annual college night at Abilene High School campus. A brief conference program featured three sessions with about 55 colleges and universities. Each 30 minute session included a college sketch and a Q and A period.
The Senior Class met in the auditorium on Tuesday October 17 electing five nominees for the DAR Good Citizen Award. Names will go to a faculty committee to select the winner. Dues were reminded and annual pictures distributed for return by Friday. College Night at Abilene High prompted a brief counselor and principal meeting.
The Future Farmers of America group and sponsors attend the Dallas State Fair. Delegates listed include David Carroll Randy Brede Meyer Michael O Dell Charles Brown Allen Mills Randall Sneed Jim Morrow and sponsors Mr Huden White Mr RT O Dell and Mr JL Morrow with vocational agri- guidance.
Fifteen lambs from the Winters FFA showed at the state fair with strong placing in multiple classes. Randall Sneed, Huden White, Jim Morrow and others earned top finishes in Dorsett crossbred, Suffolk crossbred, Suffolk purebred, Hampshire purebred, and Southdown events. The chapter celebrates a successful showing and plans to return with on hand lambs.
The WHS student body met on the front lawn Friday morning for a surprise pep rally for the Blizzards. Cheerleaders Linda Smith Sherri Bedford Cherilyn Beard Phylis Smith and Lynanne Hill led the group in several years. The regular pep rally followed at 2:30 that afternoon.
The Alpha Chi FTA sponsors a fundraising project to aid an African student’s education. They sell School Records books with pages and envelopes for grades K-12 for parents to store report cards medical records photos and keepsakes. Contact FTA members or advisers Mrs. Charles Kruse or Mr. David Ledbetter to participate.
By Susan Grant the Alpha Chi F T A met October 17 in the high school auditorium. President Jimmy Vaughan and Mike Pumphrey led the pledge and prayer, Randy Stevens led in prayer, and Randy Pendercrass presented Theresa Meyer who read an article from the NEA Journal about a first grade teacher. A business meeting followed with Mrs Kruse among those present.
A feature on the high school athletic coach as teacher psychologist and mentor. It explores the pressures of coaching, the need for discipline, and the rewards felt when former players recall lessons long after the trophies fade. The piece cites the WIAA Bulletin.
Winters Elementary and Junior High School announces honor roll for the first six weeks of the 1967-68 year. Fourth grade students Tonya Bahlman and Bill Pender Grass earn 90 or above in all subjects. Fifth grade names Mary Kay Bauer Pattie Hill Denice Rodgers Mikeal Moore Randy Rougas Glen Colburn Susan Burns Paula Meyers Jay Simpson. Sixth grade Cynthia Wolford De Ann Wilson Barbara Fairey Stanley Tatom Keva Harrison. Eighth grade Mike Smith Steve Tatom Denise Williams.
Sponsors reminded the club Winters Chanter will run the District XI Mr and Miss FTA contest this year Mrs Kruse shared information about the District Convention and members discussed raising 100 to aid an African boy education The chapter elected a committee Zola Crowley Darrell Hill Rhanne Hoppe Bill Grantz Rusty Nichols Bill Baldwin to select a play and then adjourned the meeting.
A personal profile of Dennis Kye Nitsch born August 13, 1949 in Winters. He lists EXODUS as favorite bank, steak as favorite food, Dean Martin as favorite movie star, Casino Royal as favorite film, Laredo as favorite TV show, Let It All Hang Out as favorite song, and Confidential as favorite girl. He aims to attend college and notes not beating Ballinger as a past disappointment and looks forward to future success.
Readers note the Texas highway maintenance costs are 15 cents per dollar spent by taxpayers versus a 25 cent national average. The comparison highlights lower state spending on road upkeep.
Winters FFA members exhibited lambs at the Junior Livestock Show in Dallas. In Class 6 Suffolk, Winters took first four places plus sixth and fourteenth in a field of 35, with Charles Brown Randall Sneed Randall Sneed Johnny B. Pritchard and Allen Mills earning top positions. Other entries earned spots across Classes 1 3 4 5 7 and 8 with several Winchester boys placing in the top 15.
Winters Post 9193 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Ladies Auxiliary announce a community service project with the Texas Heart Association. Programs by Al Campbell cover 15 minutes to an hour on heart health, including Smoking and Your Heart used in Winters schools, with Coach L G Wilson directing. Groups should contact Mrs. Collins after 5 pm at 754-4131 a week in advance to schedule a showing.
The Runnels County Historical Survey Committee qualified as a Distingu ished Service Award county and will be honored at the Galveston meeting October 26 28. Rankin Pace, chair, was notified by Charles Woodburn of Amarillo. The county earned points for markers speeches tours and preservation projects and 2,500 bonus points. Dr and Mrs Edgar Boelsche of Ballinger also noted as county history figures.
The Winters High School principal releases the first six weeks honor roll for 1967 68. eligibility requires at least one A and no grade below a B in academics excluding band and physical education. the list includes numerous students across grade levels with varying A counts and B grades.
From Dallas Mr and Mrs Floyd Milliorn accompanied her mother Mrs Parklee Griffith back to Winters and spent the past weekend in the home of Mrs Griffin and Mr and Mrs Bill Milliorn.
Sandra Allen, a Methodist Nursing School student in Lubbock, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Allen during the past weekend.
Bishops announce a special Beaulah hurricane relief offering for Texas area damage. The drive, led by Bishop W Kenneth Pope with Bishops Eugene Slater and Paul Martin, funds repair of church property flooded after the storm.
The Dale Sewing Club gathered Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Ernest Smith’s home. Members quilting blocks and a quilt, with refreshments for Mines, Charlie Adams, L. W. Compton, Norbert Ueckert, Carl Baldwin, I. W. Rogers, Bill Mayo, Tip McKnight, A. W. Stoecker, Walter Kruse, Clarence Hambright, Clifton Davis, Ernest Smith, and Jack Whittenberg. Next meeting set for Mrs. Leland Hoppe’s home on Nov. 24.
Mr and Mrs John Black visited Cameron last week with their son John Black Jr who was injured during a Cameron football game. He will be unable to play for the balance of the season.
A school menu lists meals for Monday to Friday with daily options. Items include toasted cheese sandwich, chili beans, and brownie pudding. Halloween offerings feature goblins brew and Halloween cupcakes. milk provided daily.
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