To Honor Soil Essay Winners at Bronte High School
The Bronte Lions Club and Bronte PTA with the Coke County Soil Conservation District will honor essay contest winners Tuesday April 42 at 7 30 p m in Bronte High School Auditorium. Awards will be presented and essays read by writers with a talk by O F Armstrong of the Texas State Soil Conservation Board.
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Bronte’s Lion’s Club
Bronte Parent Teacher’s Association
Board of Supervisors
Coke County Soil Conservation District
Bronte High School
O. F. Armstrong
Texas State Soil Conservation Board
Abilene
Armstrong
W. E. Burns
Fort Worth Press
Soil Conservation District
Robert Lee and
Bronte High Schools
Services Held for Mrs. O. S. Everett of Post
Mrs. O. S. Everett 62 of Post, native of Nolan County, died at Sweetwater Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services were conducted at Decker Methodist Church with ministers from Spur and Blackwell officiating. Interment followed in Decker Cemetery on land donated by her family. she was born Minerva Russell in 1893 and married O. S. Everett in 1912. Surviving are her husband, a daughter, a granddaughter, four brothers and three sisters.
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O. S. Everett
Post
Nolan Countian
Blackwell-Decker Area
Sweetwater Hospital
Everett
Sweetwater
Decker Methodist Church
Carl C. Wright
Spur
Jim Dell
Blackwell
Decker Cemetery
Marie Russell
Clyde
J. P. Russell
Sterling City
Cass
George Russell
Ed McAulay
Lee Richards
Bronte
Wylie McRorey
New Bronte School Annuals Feature Community Dedication
The 1954 55 Longhorn annual of Bronte High School issued this week has a white leather cover with red lettering and includes photos of students teachers and staff. Editor Bill Maxwell notes it doubles pages from last year and thanks the community school board and students for making the new building possible. Mr and Mrs Arnold Ballweet traveled to Austin to visit relatives and planned a Blanco detour to see her parents.
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Longhorn
Bronte School
Bill Maxwell
Bronte High School
Mrs. Arnold Ball
Austin
Mrs. Sterling
Blanco
Mrs
Elmer Dale
Red Cross Drive Totals $667.60 in Coke County
Total Red Cross collections reached 667.60 with volunteers still working to meet the quota. End of county contributed 466.60 while the other side raised 201 in the drive.
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RED Cross
Coke County
Easter Services at First Baptist Church
Easter programs at First Baptist Church feature Sunday School at 10 a m with age group classes and lessons on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The 11 a m worship includes Maynard R. Rogers preaching Christ Risen the World's Hope followed by the Lord's Supper. Training Union at 7 p m and 8 p m preaching with the pastor's subject Taught In The Sepulchre. Everyone is welcome.
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First Baptist Church
Jesus Christ
Maynard R. Rogers
Little League Play Starts April 14th
The Little League opens practice at the football field on April 14 at 5 30 pm to organize and select three teams for the summer league. About 65 boys and 9 adult managers expected. league games start May 1 after two weeks of practice. Not affiliated with the national setup this year but will follow Little League rules. Out of town games with Robert Lee and Blackwell. Players born before January 1 and after July 31 are to report April 14. Suits provided for league play.
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Robert Lee
Blackwell
Bronte School Maintains State Accreditation Status
Supt O K Wolfenbarger announced a report from State Department of Education critic Goodson confirms Bronte School remains on the accredited list. Items checked included trustees minutes policy statements personnel files schedules and library budgets. Also notes that patrons had feared loss of accreditation but the favorable findings were received. visitors include Mr and Mrs Edgar Talley and Steve of San Angelo at the Ben Oglesby home.
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O. K. Wolfenbarger
W. R. Goodson
State Department of Education
Goodson
State Department
Edgar Talley
Steve
San Angelo
Ben Oglesby
Weekend Visitors and Stamford Storm Safe
Mr and Mrs W W Hayes and children of Amarillo spent the weekend with the Guy Strickland home. Mr and Mrs K M Cook and children visited her parents M G Gilreaths. The Cooks came from Stamford after the storm on Tuesday. Other locals in Stamford during the storm were Claude Ward Billy Joe Luckett Dewey Luckett and the Darwin Scott family. All were reported safe.
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W. W. Hayes
Amarillo
Guy Strickland
K. M. Cook
M. G. Gilreaths
Stamford
Claude Ward
Billy Joe Luckett
Dewey Luckett
Darwin Scott
Sophs Sponsor Gospelaire Program at High School
Bronte sophomores sponsor an April 15 appearance by the Gospelaires from Abilene at the high school. The radio and TV singers perform at 7:30 p m with admission 30 or 60 cents. Advance tickets yield a larger share for the class.
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Bronte
Gospelaires
Abilene
Arizona youths held for theft of auto
Ammon McElhaney 15, befriended by attorney Frank Dickey, is held with two brothers Larry Moore 17 and Jim Moore 15 in Robert Lee on a stolen 1954 Studebaker station wagon from Mesa Arizona.
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Ammon McElhaney
Frank Dickey
Robert Lee
Larry Moore
Jim Moore
Studebaker
Mesa
Ariz
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Wanda Kirkland
Carolyn McDaniel
Focal
KIM Dog Food
Swift
Hormel’s
Vienna
Hormel Spam
Carrots
Cello
Hormel Midwest Bacon
Okey
Sophs
Arizona
Bronte, Texas
Travelers Insurance
U. S
F.D.I.C
Member
Federal Reserve System
Youngblood
Glenn
Automobile Complete Coverage
Credit Insurance
Texas
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