St. Michael’s Annual Picnic June 15
The annual picnic of the St. Michael’s Lutheran Church is scheduled for Saturday, June 15 at St. Michael’s Park in Winchester.
Events include a barbecue meal consisting of pork or chicken barbecue, sauce, potato salad, beans, noodles, bread, dessert, and drinks; a washer tournament, bounce house and arts and crafts, beer and soda stand, and live auction.
Activities begin at 3 p.m. with the meal from 5-6:30 p.m. The meal is served by the plate at $15 per plate and to go plates will be available. The auction will begin at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Childrens Movie Night At the monthly meeting of the Winchester Area Civic Association, it was announced that an Outdoor Children’s Movie Night would be held on June 8 at 8 p.m. on the lawn of Zilss Hall. Anyone attending is asked to bring their own drinks, lawn chairs/blankets and bug spray. Popcorn will be provided. The movie selection is TBD.
Round Table Book Club The Round Table book club met last Tuesday evening with seven people attending. Following a lively discussion of the book “If the Creek Don’t Rise” by Leah Weiss, the group selected “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver to be the June read. Everyone is welcome and will be held on June 18 at 7 p.m. at Zilss Hall.
19th Annual Casino Nite The Annual Casino Nite sponsored by Combined Community Action will be held at the St. Michael’s Hall on June 7. Dinner will be served prior to the gaming, with doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 each and include dinner, drinks (BYOB) and $10,000 gaming tokens. VIP tickets can be purchased for $75 each and include reserved seating, dinner, drinks (BYOB) and $30,000 gaming tokens and more. There will be door prizes, a silent auction, and a grand prize of a $1,000 Southwest Airline gift card. Tickets are available online at www. ccaction.com.
75th Anniversary Calendar In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Winchester Community Center & Winchester Civic Association the association is working on a historic calendar to sell for 2025. Funds will be used for building maintenance/painting or scholarships.
The association is looking for historic Winchester area pictures, buildings, people, family, or events. If you have any pictures that you might like included, please call Michele Weth at (281) 4359245. Your pictures will be scanned and returned to you.
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, quilt stores, and other businesses in Giddings, Smithville, and La Grange.
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.
Zilss Community Hall
Anyone wishing to rent Zilss Hall should contact (512) 434-0292. The hall is inexpensive and air conditioned. The hall is now available for rentals.
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
Wishing happy birthdays to Grant Fryer and Linda Dunk-May 28; Jason Kasper and Prince Murphy-29; Harper Spencer and Kaidence Kana-30; Joann Copeland-31; Sherry Murphy-June 1; and Jerry Rhodes-2.
Anniversary
Anniversary congratulations to Alicia and Chris Wich -May 28; Alice and Mark Wilson, Janet and James Wannamaker and Pat and Clayton Kleiber-29; Leigh Ann and Bobby Bedient-30; and Marvy and Sam Gibbs-31.
First United Methodist The Winchester First United Methodist Church has service on the first and third Sunday of the month at 9 a.m. Richard Johnson is the interim pastor.
Shiloh Baptist Church The Shiloh Baptist Church is located on FM 153 at North Raymond Road. For more information, 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 10:15 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, Colton Montgomery, 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, Langley, Va.; Ryan Spray, San Antonio; Manuel Comancho, Jordon; USArmy: Caleb Burton, Ft. Carson, Colo.; Warren Evans, Fort Bragg, N.C.; Jake Hagood, Ft. Hood; Byron Taylor, South Korea; Seth Lopez, Army Reserve National Guard, Egypt; Kaleb Pyle, Ft. Bliss; US Marines: Damien Hernandez, San Diego, Calif.; Kevin Gonzalez, San Francisco, Calif.; Dylan Robbins, Jacksonville, N.C.; US Navy: Christopher Brand, Great Lakes, Ill.; US Coast Guard: Brett Smith, Corpus Christi; Texas National Guard; Erik Vallej, US Border.
Calendar of Events
June 3-Winchester Area Civic Association meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Zilss Hall.
June 7-19th Annual Casino Nite sponsored by Combined Community Action, Inc. at St. Michael’s Hall, 310 Frio St. in Winchester. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
June 8-Childrens Outdoor Movie Night at Zilss Hall begins at 8 p.m.
June 21-St. Michael’s Lutheran Church picnic begins at 3 p.m. at Park Pavilion in Winchester.
Have News?
If anyone has news to share with readers of the Winchester News column, conatct Rhoda Gersch at (512) 2370842 or email rmgersch@yahoo. com.