Runnels Exhibit Wins Third Place At Abilene Fair
Abilene Sept 27 The West Texas Fair officers report a strong opening day despite rain limiting Tuesday activities. Callahan won first place and $200 with 914 points, Haskell second with 912 points and $150, Runnels third with 911 points and $100. County exhibits by Collin Comanche Coleman and others earned prizes, while 28 community displays await judging by John T. Egan and P B Wood. Weather caused auto and Abilene Day postponements to Friday. Thavin's Band and Halcyon Players drew large crowds on Monday.
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Abilene
West Texas
Association
Agricultural Department
Callahan
Haskell
Runnels
County
Collin County
Comanche
Coleman
John T. Egan
P. B. Wood
A. & M. College
A. & M. College of Texas
Thavin
Halcyon
Girls Organize Club Named T-Pott in Local Skits
Ina Mae Owens reports on a new girls club formed Tuesday at 5 pm with members Verdis Riordan Evelyn Hartzog Lucille Denham Annie Mae Ragsdale Velma Griffis Ruth Woodrow Ina Mae Owens as secretary. They held a swimming party Thursday and promise more stories in Winters Enterprise.
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Evelyn Hartzog
Evelyn
Verdis Riordan
Lucille Denham
Annie Mae Ragsdale
Velma Griffis
Ruth Woodrow
Ina Mae Owens
Winters Enterprise
Winters Cash Markets Prices for Farm Produce
Winters buyers posted wholesale cash prices on Wednesday for country produce including cotton seed oats corn maize turkeys hens bakers fryers roosters feeds and hides. Prices shown cover farm level sales rather than consumer retail, with figures such as cotton seed ton at 35 dollars and corn old bushel near 90 cents.
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Bakers
Maererseevaee
Fryers
de Kare
GOK
Ossvessessesseess
Sao
Ft Worth weekly stock prices show lighter receipts and steady hogs
Following heavy gains, receipts eased but trading remained active. Best steer lot was white-faced from South Texas sold at 10.00, cake-feds up to 10.75. Cows 6.00 to 6.50, cutters 4.25 to 4.75. suckling calves 9.75. Heifers scarce, stock cows limited. heavy calves 8.50 to 9.25, baby beef up to 10. Lambs 12.60 to 13.00. hogs steady at 10.75 to 11.20 with a 11.20 bid for choice butcher hogs.
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South
Texas
Hamlin Couple Guests at Nicholson Home This Week
Rev and Mrs J H Littleton of Hamlin visited and stayed with Mr and Mrs G E Nicholson for a few days this week in a cordial social gathering that highlighted neighborhood ties.
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J. H. Littleton
Hamlin
G. E. Nicholson
Local residents host Lindbergh greet at Abilene event
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Low visited Mr. and Mrs. Bert E. Low in Abilene Monday and joined the crowd welcoming Lindbergh. Friends of Mr. A. T. Stokes report he has been seriously ill recently.
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L. E. Low
Bert E. Low
Abilene
Lindbergh
A.T. Stokes
Ee Bae
May Put Asphalt Topping on Main
Reports from the Winters chamber of commerce indicate a plan to hard surface North and South Main Street within the corporate limits. The proposal involves a fifteen foot asphalt topping and aims to keep costs low if implemented soon. T. D. Bishop, recently ill, is about again.
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Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Robs Bakery But Fails in Getaway
A Mexican robber broke into Star Bakery at noon Friday, taking 30 dollars. The thief was chased through the back alley toward the county west of town, captured two miles from Ballinger by Vernon Humphrey and Robert Bacon. Seventeen fifty was recovered and the suspect jailed after a formal complaint.
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Star Bakery
Ballinger
Winters Visitors From Abilene Weekends
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ashburn Mr. and Mrs. G E Nicholson and children Dr. and Mrs. R C Maddox and children were among the Winters visitors to Abilene Monday.
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Ralph Ashburn
G. E. Nicholson
R. C. Maddox
Abilene
Lindy Sets Record on Engagements in We Tour
The We team of Charles A. Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis has flown over 25 000 miles since May from San Diego to Europe Canada fifty U S cities and thirty states. The trip, organized by the Guggenheim fund, included daily events and a near flawless record with one fog delay in Portland Maine.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Spirit of
San Diego
Lindbergh
Daniel Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics
Portland
Maine
Mitchell Field
Atlantic
Texas
Plain States
Seaboard
Sillix Well to Be Put on Pump Near Ballinger
Ballinger reports the Sillix et al McMillan No 1 averaged about 20 barrels per hour for Saturday night and Sunday as its best daily flow since coming in. Owner C E Sillix said tubing will be run and pumping started promptly. May-Schneider No 1 test near 105 feet, with rapid progress toward 2500 feet if no oil is found at the current depth.
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Ballinger
Sillix Et al
McMillan No. 1
C. E. Sillix
Fort Worth
Three Forger Youths Arrested After Local Probe
Three young men were arrested here last Saturday on forgery and hot checks charges. Identified as Cox of Wichita Falls Mullen of Lubbock and Hopper, they stole blank checks from Reid Gin Co and bought goods at Rosson Jewelry Goren Goldman Spill Bros paying with stolen checks and receiving cash. They attempted to pay J M Skaggs with Reid Gin checks but used a personal check instead. They had bus tickets to Abilene and were detained by local officers, with most money and goods recovered and the trio jailed in Ballinger.
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Cox
Wichita Falls
Mullen
Lubbock
Hopper
Reid Gin Company
Rosson Jewelry Store
Goren & Goldman
Spill Bros
J. M. Skaggs Dry Goods
Abilene
Ballinger
Little Miss Anna Lee Cobb Ill at Coleman Hospital
The family announces Miss Anna Lee Cobb is seriously ill at Coleman Hospital where she was taken last Friday with her aunt Mrs W E Hickman. Her father remains at her side and Mr Hickman was called Monday. Reports say she is somewhat better now and condition shows encouraging signs.
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Anna Lee Cobb
Coleman
W. E. Hickman
Dittrich Joins Higginbothams as Bookkeeping Clerk
N. P. Dittrich of Dallas has accepted a position in the bookkeeping department at Higginbotham's Bros. & Co. The move adds staff to the firm's accounting team.
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N. P. Dittrich
Dallas
Higginbotham’s Bros. & Co
Gardner visits northern friends in town
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gardner of Santa Anna spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Gardner, continuing a family visit and sharing local hospitality.
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Bob Gardner
Santa Anna
W. P. Gardner
Winters to send repr esentative to Old Fiddlers Meet
Floy England of fourteen miles east learned he was chosen to represent Winters at the Old Fiddlers State contest to be held in Christoval on October 5 6 and 7. The top fiddlers in the state compete for cash prizes for the first second and third places. The event will be broadened across the state.
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Floy England
Town
Christoval
Broadig i
Winter Norther Brings Cold Weather and Rain Across Region
A sharp norther swept through the section Monday night into Tuesday, bringing intermittent rains and a near two inch total by Wednesday. Winter conditions reached western Texas and as far as San Antonio, with temperatures dropping about twenty degrees in four hours. The rain helped some farmers but hindered cotton replanting and insect control efforts. By Wednesday the sun returned and warmer weather appeared.
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Texas
San Antonio
Marks of a Fool Defacing Paint Rock's Ancient Paintings
The Dallas News condemns vandals who carved initials beside prehistoric cliff paintings at Paint Rock. It argues literacy does not justify destruction of heritage and urges curbing such vandalism as it harms a shared record of a departed culture.
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Dallas News
Paint Rock
America
Lindbergh Lands at Abilene in West Texas Welcome
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and the Spirit of St Louis landed at Kin solving Field Abilene last Monday amid West Texas crowds and a parade of representatives from about eighty towns. Miss Naomi Hunt led the Winters Spirit while Mrs Dan Moody introduced the aviator at the federal lawn before Lindbergh briefed Fort Worth departure.
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Col
Chas. A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Kinsolving Field
Abilene
West Texas
Colonel
Winters
Col. Lindbergh
Naomi Hunt
S. W. Cooper
Geo. C. Hill
Lindbergh
Federal Lawn
Thos. E. Hayden, Jr
Bird Family Visits Eoff Home Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs S T Bird and their daughter Miss Fannie Mae of Coleman were visitors in the home of Mr and Mrs Jim Eoff over the past weekend.
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S. T. Bird
Fannie Mae
Coleman
Jim Eoff
Bonnie Rives Enters Galveston Medical School
Miss Bonnie Rives left Tuesday to enroll at Galveston Medical School in Galveston, beginning a medical training program.
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Bonnie Rives
Galveston Medical School
Galveston
First Conference Football Friday Opens Season in Winters
Winters Blizzards host Junction high school Friday at four. After two prep wins over Clyde and Merkel the team, coached by C. R. Smith, aims for a strong home crowd and a successful season. Probable 11 includes Bedford at quarterback and Keifer at right half. Schedule lists games through November with two open dates.
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Junction
Clyde
Merkel
Winters
C. R. Smith
Smith
Ray Young
Jac. G. Key
Lawrence Kelly
J. S. Ensor
Vernon B. Campbell
R. V. Hardegree
Brevard Bedford
Gaylord Singleton
Bill Phillips
Albert Keifer
Eden
Runnels Co. Fair
Santa Anna
San Angelo
Coleman
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Winters Cash Markets
Remy
Mr. Hughes
Charles E. Hughes
Ft. Worth
T. D. Bishop
Robs
Lindy
Old Fiddlers Meet
Herbert Hoover
Mississippi Valley
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