Free Polio Shots Set in Coke County Next Week
Coke County residents under 20 can receive Salk polio vaccine at two locations next week. From 3 to 5 p m on Tuesday and Thursday, April 16 and 18, shots will be given at John Harris Clinic and Coke County Memorial Hospital in Robert Lee from 1 to 2 p m. Drs Harris of Bronte and McDaniel of Robert Lee offer free service to immunize the county.
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Coke County
Robert Vaughan
John Harris Clinic
Coke County Memorial Hospital
Robert Lee
John R. Harris
Bronte
J. D. McDaniel
Cancer Crusade Underway In 1957 Fund Drive
A schoolhouse meeting inaugurates the 1957 Cancer Crusade. Mrs. J. B. Mackey chairs the east side fund drive with benefits planned over two weeks. A giant cake auction precedes a merchants drawing on April 27, followed by a bake sale and waffle supper April 29. Countywide giving has risen from 300 in 1954 to 700-plus last year. quota for 1957 is 600. A. J. Kirkpatrick of Robert Lee is county ACS chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Mackey
J. M. Rippetoe
C. E. Bruton
W. H. D. Club
Main Street
Coke County
A. J. Kirkpatrick
Robert Lee
American Cancer Society
Lake project faces doubt for Coke County water idea
The Upper Colorado River Authority doubts a Coke County lake impounding the Colorado would be practical without guaranteed repayment. L T Youngblood of UCRA supports the concept but warns residents of Runnels County must secure major water customers. Continued on Page 5
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Bronte
Coke County
Colorado
Upper
L. T. Youngblood
UCRA
Runnels County
Youngblood
Runnels County Eyes West Texas Big Lake Project
Runnels County citizens push plans for a dam 14 miles west of Ballinger on the Colorado River to create a lake up to 800000 acre feet. The project, sponsored by the Runnels County Improvement District, could supply West Texas water and span about 20350 acres with a 40 foot average depth.
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Bronte
Runnels County
Ballinger
Colorado River
Texas
Runnels County Improvement District
Ray Fuqua
John Brad
Tthe Bridge
Possum Kingdom
Buchanan
Gross Ranch
Cicero Smith Ranch
West
Kingdom Lake
Post Office to Close Saturdays in Bronte
Bronte post office to close this Saturday and on Saturdays thereafter as a five day week is adopted. Mail will be placed in boxes while the window and routes are suspended due to funds cuts from Congress. Postmaster Noah Pruitt Jr cites Postmaster General Summerfield and broader postal cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Pruitt, Jr
Washington
Bronte
Post Office
Pruitt
Congress
Arthur Summerfield
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Runnels Co
Big Lake
Mrs. Sandusky
Nellie Sandusky
Merkel
Merkel Church of Christ
Claude C. Smith
Rose Hill
Starbuck Funeral Home
Nellie Roger
Kentucky
E. S. Sandusky
Hunt County
Elijah Roger
Dewey
William
Eddie
Jessie
Bromide
Okla
Elmer
Harrison, Ark
Austin
W. N. Watson
Duncan, Ariz
L. W. Beaty
Annie Balckaby
Greenville
Oralé Hines
Coolidge, Ariz
Wilmeth O
Nortone
Hatchal
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