Community Ice Cream Social Aug. 16 at Zilss Hall

The next Neighbors Night Out will be on Aug. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Zilss Hall. Rhoda and Sherwood Gersch will host an ice cream social. The community is invited to come share ice cream with all the trimmings, cool off and enjoy fellowship with their neighbors.

Recycling Trailer

The Winchester recycling trailer is located on the side of Zilss Hall on Memorial Hall Street. Please place your recycling in the appropriate bins. We would appreciate it if you made sure that you close the bins so that any trash will remain in the bins and not blow out.

Barn Board Quilt Trail

This summer is the perfect time to drive out to Winchester, pick up a map at Murphy’s or Zilss Hall, and enjoy viewing the 65 quilt blocks displayed in our area. The trail is self-driven, available at your convenience, and is a wonderful way to spend an afternoon viewing quilt blocks on fences, gates, barns, and houses that can be seen from the road. Winchester Barn Board Quilt Trail maps may be picked up at the Texas Quilt Museum, Casino Hall, the Wendish Museum, quilt stores, and other businesses in Giddings, Smithville, and La Grange.

Zilss Community Hall

Anyone wishing to rent Zilss Hall should contact (512) 434-0292. The hall is inexpensive and air conditioned and is now available for rentals following renovations.

The Little Free Library

The library is on the covered patio at Hall and is always open and has a variety of authors. Space is limited, so please, if you donate a book(s) look through the current selection and take as many as you leave. Also on the patio, there is a bulletin board available to post event notices.

Birthdays

Birthday wishes are extended to Dorothy Loewe – Aug. 8; Glenda Herzog – 9; Kyle Koenning and Isaac Odom – 11; Irma Gersch – 12; Stacey Lehmann and Ricky Schultze – 14.

Anniversaries

Wishing happy anniversary to Betty and Don Jakobeit – Aug. 13.

First United Methodist Church

The Winchester First United Methodist Church has service on the first and third Sunday of the month at 8:30 a.m. The Rev Patricia Zaiontz-Newcomer is the pastor.

Shiloh Baptist Church

The Shiloh Baptist Church is located on FM 153 at North Raymond Road. For more information, please contact Rev. Paul Whitmill at (512) 6291428. St Michael’s Lutheran Church The weekly worship service takes place at 9 a.m. on Sunday morning in the sanctuary. Following the worship service, you may gather in the Education Building for Bible Study and Sunday School beginning at 10:15 a.m. You are welcome to visit.

In Our Prayers

Kourtney Burton, Dale Dunk, Sam Gibbs, Evelyn Haschke, Bea Kilian, John Kocurek, Mary Lehmann, Ramona Lopez, Travis Miertschin, Colton Montgomery, Sam Odom, Marceil Prestridge, and Layne Schramm.

Remembering Our Shut-Ins

Charlene Franke, Evelyn Kasper, Lillian Pietsch, Thelma Kieschnick, and Audrey Koenning.

In the US Armed Forces US Air Force

Nathan Brothers, Wilson AFG, Fairbanks, Alaska Ryan Spray, San Antonio, Texas

USArmy

Caleb Burton - Ft. Benning, Georgia

Warren Evans - Ft. Wainwright, Alaska Jake Hagood - Ft. Hood, Texas Byron Taylor - South Korea Seth Lopez - Army Reserve National Guard - Egypt Kaleb Pyle - Ft. Jackson South Carolina

US Marines

Damien Hernandez - San Diego, California Kevin Gonzalez - San Francisco, California Dylan Robbins – Newport, Rhode Island US Navy

Christopher Brand - Great Lakes, Illinois

US Coast Guard

Brett Smith - Corpus Christi, Texas

Texas National Guard Erik Vallejo – US Border Calendar of Events

Aug. 8 – Young at Heart – 2 p.m. – Zilss Hall Aug. 8 – WAVFD meeting – 7 p.m. – Fire Station Aug. 16 – Community Ice Cream Social – 6:30 p.m. Zilss Hall Aug. 22 - Young at Heart – 2 p.m. – Zilss Hall Aug. 22 - WAVFD meeting – 7 p.m. – Fire Station Have News?

If anyone has news to share and/or correction call me, Rhoda Gersch, at (512) 2370842 or email rmgersch@yahoo. com.