Bronte Three Elections Set With Multiple Local Races
Bronte voters head to polls Saturday for three elections the Bronte School officials city government and East Coke County Hospital District. Balloting centers include city hall and a Tennyson box for school board. School trustees race features incumbents Skelton Carlton Coulter and newcomers Ward McCarty with three incumbents seeking four seats. City council races list Adair Thornton and Clark vying for two seats. Hospital district two directors face incumbent Bruton and new candidate Sims with Glenn GlennF. Glenn listed. Election judges are Otis Smith W Y Green for Bronte and Noah Pruitt Sr for the city with Milti kin presiding hospital district.
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Bronte
Bronte School
City of
East Coke County Hospital
Tennyson
Rinning
Glenn Skelton
Russell Carlton
Grady Coulter
Joe Ward
A. D. McCarty
Otis Smith
Bronte Box
W. Y. Green
Tennyson Box
Dennis Adair
Louis Thornton
L. O. Clark
Jenny Parker
Bill Thomas
Noah Pruitt Sr
Dc. E. Bruton
Glenn Sims
KE. F. Glenn
Willie B. Miltikin Willl
White Auto marks fifth anniversary with Open House
Mr and Mrs Aubrey Denman celebrate five years owning White Auto Store with an Open House this Saturday from 8 am to 5 pm. A Shower of Savings sale runs through April 21 with free refreshments gifts and door prizes. catalogues mailed locally. The celebration mirrors the April 1968 opening and includes expanded display space and new improvements.
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Aubrey Denman
White Auto
Mrs. Denman
Ettie Hubbard
Brenda Tidwell
Wanda Dyess
Mark Lee
Denman
C. E. Bruton
Bronte Longhorn Band Entering Abilene Contest
Sixty three H bronte Longhorn Band members will participate in a University Intercollegiate League Concert and Sight Reading Contest at Cooper High School Abilene on Wednesday April 11. Competing bands in Class B include Trent Rochester Jayton and Throckmorton. Band director Louis Thornton says a Division I rating in both events would qualify the group for a sweepstakes award. Bronze bandsmen have already earned a Division I rating in a UIL marching contest.
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Bronte Longhorn
Cooper High School
Abilene
Bronte
Trent
Rochester
Jayton
Throckmorton
Louis Thornton
Bronte Golfers Win in Ballinger Tournament
Matthew and Gilbert Basquez of Bro yue won third place in the second flight of the annual Partnership Tournament last weekend at Ballinger Country Club. The local men posted a score of 160.
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Matthew
Gilbert Basquez
Broyue
Ballinger Country Club
Scotch Tourney Sunday At Local Golf Course
A Scotch tournament is set for Sunday at the local golf course starting at 1 30 p m. All golfers are invited to participate.
Bank Donates Books to Bronte and Blackwell Libraries
First National Bank of Bronte donated funds through the Coke County Historical Survey Committee to provide two copies each of The Vantage Point by Lyndon B. Johnson Harry S Truman by Margaret Truman and White House Diary by Lady Bird Johnson to Bronte and Blackwell High School libraries. The committee has supported high school libraries for eight years and expressed gratitude for the bank's generous gift.
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First National Bank
Bronte
Coke County Historical Survey Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry S Truman
Margaret Truman
White House
Lady Birg@ Johnson
Historical Survey Committee
Juniors to Hold Car Wash at Owens Gulf Station
Bronte High School junior class sponsors a Saturday car wash from 8 am to 6 pm at Owens Gulf Station. Proceeds will help defray costs of the upcoming Junior-Senior Banquet.
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Bronte High School
Owens Gulf Station
Bronte Shares Top District Tennis Honors With peers
Bronte, Miles and Irion County tie for first with 25 points apiece in the District 94B high school senior meet held in San Angelo. Jean Ann Baughton and Sharon Cooper won girls doubles and advance to the regional in Lubbock April 13 and 14.
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Bronte Longhorn
San Angelo
Bobby Reyes
Mark Duncan
Jim Dan Raughton
Dave Chapman
Wayne Alexander
Bronte
Miles
Irion County
Jean Ann Baughton
Sharon Cooper
Christoval
Janie Raughton
Kelly Lawdon
Eden
Leah Barbee
Sherri Cooper
Wayne Coulson
Randy Parker
Jean Ann
Sharon
Lubbock
Westport Couple Visits Kin in Local Home
Mrs. Robert Marcato and Rob bin of Westport Connecticut visited last week at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Cecil Kemp in this town.
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Robert Marcato and
Robbin
Westport, Conn
Cecil Kemp
Bronte High Wins District UIL Literary Meet
Bronte High School took first place in District 9 B UIL Literary Meet with 119 points. Larry Hooper led Bronte with three firsts and a third in writing and spelling events, while Brian Pruitt added two firsts in Number Sense and Science.
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Bronte
Jim Dunnam
Larry Hooper
Jodie Freeman
Brian Pruitt
Michelle Golson
Janie Raughton
Kim Caperton
Hooper
Pruitt
Miss Raughton
Miss Golson
Barbara Saunders
Blackwell
Services for Mrs Vinson Held at First Baptist Bronte
Funeral services for Mrs Nobie Lela Vinson 82 of Bronte were held 3 p m Tuesday at First Baptist Church with Rev Harry Morris and Rev C R Blake officiating. Burial followed in Old Runnels Cemetery under Newby Funeral Home. She died Sunday in a Sweetwater nursing home after an eight year illness. She was born Nobie Cunningham January 10 1891 in Cooper and married James H Vinson January 2 1910 in Hatchel. Survivors include four daughters Mrs Leonard Fletcher Bronte Mrs Charley Fletcher Sweetwater Mrs Leon Rogers Warco and Mrs Tony Fantozzi Joliet Ill two sons James Abilene Lee Quinlan eleven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Grandsons served as pallbearers.
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Mrrs
Nobie Lela Vinson
Bronte
First Baptist Church
Harry Morris
C. R. Blake
Tennyson Baptist Church
Lester Vinson
Abilene
Buri 1
Old Runnels Cemetery
Newby Funeral Home
Nobie Lela Cunningham
Cooper
James H. Vinson
Hatchel
Vinson
Coke County
Leonard Fletcher
Charley Fletcher
Sweetwater
Leon Rogers
Warco
Tony Fantozzi
Joliet
Blackwell Names City Officials
Cecil Crain elected mayor of Blackwell with 41 of 44 votes. Austin Jordan and Lee Lackey each received one write‑in. Aldermen elected were Douglas Thorn with 26 votes and Frank Tate with 23. Lackey 19 and Ware 16. Billy Joe Stevens 32 votes for city marshal. C I Rickards 12.
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Cecil Crain
Blackwell
Austin Jordan
Lee Lackey
Douglas Thorn
Frank Tate
Jerry Don Ware
John Sparks
Billy Joe Stevens
C. IR
Keltey) Rickards
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Forsan
Alexander
Mr. and
Mrs
Ballinger
Bronte and
Blackwell High School
Libraries
Bryan Yearbrough
James L. Golson
Bronté High School
Mac
Beth
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