Winchester Donates to Flooding Victims

The Center Point Volunteer Fire Department has lost all its equipment in the flooding in the Texas Hill Country of the last few weeks. The Winchester Area Volunteer Fire Department will be sending Center Point a donation of $5,000 in their efforts to restore their station.

Winchester Area Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fry 

The 27th Annual Fundraiser Fish Fry and Auction will be held on July 26 at the St. Michael’s Pavilion in Winchester. The meal will be served from 5-7 p.m. The meal will be a free-will donation, and you may dine in or carry out. There will be a silent auction running from 4-6 p.m. and a live auction will begin after 6 p.m. If you are interested in donating to the auction, please call or text Jacki Short at (979) 702-2229.

Neighbors Night Out 

The July Neighbors Night Out will be held Wednesday, July 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Zilss Hall. Hosts for the evening are Michele Weth and Liz Wallace. Please come and bring a dish to share with your neighbors. The theme will be Nacho Night. All are welcome.

Recycling Trailer 

All cardboard boxes need to be broken down before placing them in the recycling trailer. 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. The Winchester Recycling trailer is located on the side of Zilss Hall on Memorial Hall Street. Please place your recycling in the appropriate bins.

Winchester Quilt Block Trail 

Drive out to Winchester, pick up a map at Murphy’s or Zilss Hall, and enjoy viewing the sixty-five quilt blocks displayed in our area on the Quilt Block Trail. 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, Zilss Hall, Murphy’s Steakhouse, 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 available for rentals.

The Little Free Library 

The library is on the covered patio at the 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.

Round Table Book Club 

The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. on July 15 at Zilss Hall with the book selection being Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. All are welcome.

Birthdays 

Happy birthday greetings are sent to Kayla Jakobeit – July 15; James Wannamaker – 16; Sandy Zoch – 17; Billy Jo Edson, Easton Leopold, and Robert Hamff – 19 and Mary Ann Liebscher – 21.

Anniversary 

Wishing anniversary congratulations to Barbara and Richard Schafer – July 16; Kelly and Tommy Franke – 17 and Della and LeRoy Bartlett -18.

Winchester United Methodist 

The United Methodist Church has service on the first and third Sunday of the month at 9 a.m. Richard Johnson 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) 629-1428.

St Michael’s Lutheran 

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 10:30 a.m. The Reverend Nate Hill is the pastor. You are welcome to visit.

In Our Prayers 

Kourtney Burton, Sam Gibbs, Bea Kilian, Ramona Lopez, Travis Miertschin, Scott Miller, Kolton Montgomery, Dana Srubar, and Layne Schramm.

Remembering Our Shut-Ins Charlene Franke, Evelyn Kasper, Lillian Pietsch, Thelma Kieschnick, Marie and Raymond Schulz.

Calendar of Coming Events July 16 – Neighbors Night Out – 6:30 p.m. Zilss Hall July 22 - Young at Heart – 2 p.m. – Zilss Hall – games and light lunch July 22 - Winchester Area Volunteer Fire Department meeting – 7 p.m. – Fire Station July 26 – Fire Department Fundraiser and Fish Fry – St. Michael’s Pavilion - meal begins at 5 p.m.

Have News? 

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