Coke County Declares April 16 23 History Week
County Judge W W Thetford designates April 16 through April 23 as County History Appreciation Week in Coke County. The proclamation cites March and April historical events in Texas and the 1889 creation and organization dates of Coke County, urging residents to participate in the appreciation program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
San Jacinto
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Texas Historical Foundation
Coke County
Coke County Historical Survey Committee
I. W. W. Thetford
W. W. Thetford
Coke County 4-H Food Show Winners Named
Sterling Allen won the Coke County 4-H Food Show held April 8 in Robert Lee with Sheri Pitcock as runner up. Blue ribbons went to Sterling Allen and Sheri Pitcock among others, with 52 attendees and judges including Eloise Gurrant and Linda McDaniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coke County
Robert Lee
Sterling Allen
Sheri Pitcock
San Angelo
Sterling
W. H
Bill) Allen
Sheri
T. E. Pitcock
Sance
Jamie Craig
Susan Wallace
Cheri Baker
Sherill Davis
Karen Blair
Sue Ann Lee
Linda Havins
Darlene Brice
Kay Brice
Raylene Hallmark
Eloise Guerrant
Rinda Wojtek
Kaye Roberts
Linda McDaniel
4-H
Mesdame
Carl Blair
T. B. Pitcock
W. H. Allen
J. B. Lee
James Craig
E. J. Brice
Former Bronte Resident Returns After 53 Years in California
Hattie Miler of Modesto California, former Bronte resident Hattie Hennessey, says she left Bronte in 1914 for Roswell New Mexico and then California. She traveled with her son Wallace Boyd and his wife to Texas to subscribe to The Enterprise. Her sister Rose Hennessey, age 86, lives with her and is in good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Miler
Modesto
Calif
Enterprise Office
Miler
Hattie Hennessey
Bronte
Rose Hennessey
Miss Hennessey
Bronte HD Club Meets With Mrs Coalson Hostess
Mrs Ray Coalson hosted the Bronte Homemakers Day Club on April 5 with president Mrs J C Boatright presiding. A poem Rustic Shack was read and demo on table settings given by Mrs Zell Moore. Raffle prize won by Mrs R McQueen. Next meeting set for April 19 with hostess Mrs Edna Florence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Coalson
Bronte HD Club
J. C. Boatright
Coalson
Rustic Shack
C. E. Arrott
J. F. Hughes
Zell Moore
Moore
Co. R. McQueen
Charles Ragsdale
Truman Parker
Boatright
Leslie Rolls
McQueen
Floyd Brown
Coulson
Edna Florence
Flores speaks on education at Sorosis Club meeting
Vetal Flores urged stronger early grade teaching and parent involvement to ready students for further schooling at the Sorosis Study Club gathering hosted by Mrs. C. O. Richards. The group voted to support the Cancer Crusade and back the Zeta Delta Club in the April 18 canvass. A refreshment plate was served to Mr. and Mrs. Flores and several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vetal Flores
Sorosis Study Club
C. O. Richards
Flores
Cancer Crusade
Zeta Delta Club
Mmes. Co. B. Barbee
Davy Crockett
Royce Fancher
Clark Glenn
E. F. Glenn
Clyde Lee
Royce Lee
W. D. McDonald
Joe Rawlings
Clint Low
Vernon Glenn
Ben Oglesby
James Wells Recovers From Back Surgery in San Angelo
James Wells is recovering after back surgery at Shannon Hospital in San Angelo. His wife said the operation occurred Monday and he is making a good recovery. It is his second back surgery in recent months.
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James Wells
Shannon Hospital
San Angelo
Wells
Flores Reviews Story For Diversity Club
Vetal Flores, English faculty member at Angelo State College and Bronte resident, spoke last Thursday at Mrs. George Thomas home for the Diversity Club meeting. She reviewed Eudora Welty’s short story The Petrified Man to three guests and several members including Cecil Kemp, J. T. Henry, Helen Kirkland, Otis Smith, and Charles Ragsdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vetal Flores
Angelo State College
Bronte
Diversity Club
George Thomas
Flores
Eudora Welty
Willie Mae Glenn
Carroll Robbins
Mmes
Cecil Kemp
J. T. Henry
R. C. Lasswell
Helen Kirkland
Charles Ragsdale
Otis Smith
Thomas
Take a Look at the Ads A little time spent in reading them is time well spent
A brief note urges readers to examine the advertisements in the issue, suggesting that perusing the ads yields valuable information about goods, services, and opportunities available locally. The tone is promotional and periodical.
LVNs Meet At West Coke County Nursing Home
Mrs. Herman Baker spoke to LVNA Division 58 at the West Coke County Nursing Home in Robert Lee. She described the Neurological Organization from the Institute for Achievement of Human Potential and demonstrated patterning therapy on her cerebral palsy son Troy. Plans for the division anniversary dinner at Winters School Cafeteria on May 4 were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Baker
LVNA
Division 58
West Coke County
Robert Lee
Baker
LVN
Institute For Achievement of Human Potential
Troy
George Cave
Winters School
H. C. Murtishaw
Brady Mills
Public Health Committee
Austin
Kathryn Lackey
R.N
Elaine
W. H. Dismore
Joe Dismore
Bronte
666 Savings Bonds Sold Here
G. Allen, chairman of the Coke County Savings Bonds Committee, announced February sales in Coke County totaled 666 dollars. Through the first two months of 1967 Coke County sales reached 1,879 dollars, 5 percent of the county’s 1967 goal of 40,000. Texas total for January-February 1967 stood at 29,451,247 dollars, 16 percent of the state goal and 15.2 percent higher than 1966. National February Savings Bonds sales reached 426 million, up 23 percent from a year ago, the highest February in seven years. January-February 1967 total was 917 million, up 12 percent from 1966 and the best start since 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. ©. Allen
Coke County
United States Savings
Texas
Ashes Celebrate 25th Anniversary with Open House
Mr and Mrs James Ash mark their silver wedding anniversary with an open house to be held Sunday afternoon at their Bronte home from 2 to 5 pm They were married April 25 1942 in Winters Parlee Bryan Ash is daughter of Elmer and Mrs Bryan of Traan They have a son Wesley an eighth grader at Bronte School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ash
Bronte
Ash
Winters
Parlee Bryan
Elmer Bryan
Traan
Wilmeth
Wesley
Bronte School
Three Area Lodges To Be Recognized
Three Masonic lodges in the area Bronze Lodge 962 Phill Head Lodge 1415 and Hayrick Lodge 696 will receive Honor Roll Awards from The Grand Lodge of Texas at a workshop Monday April 17 at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple Robert Lee Sterling City Lodge invited M W Baker of San Angelo will present the awards and lead the workshop as part of a quarterly semi annual program serving about 250 000 members of nearly 1 000 Texas lodges. The fraternity emphasizes charity and self improvement.
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Robert Lee
Bronze Lodge
Phill Head Lodge
Carlsbad
Hayrick Lodge
Grand Lodge of Texas
Sterling City
M. W. Baker
San Angelo
Masonic Fraternity
Clark Promoted to Senior Master Sergeant at Dyess AFB
Master Sergeant James R. Clark of Dyess Air Force Base Abilene has been promoted to Senior Master Sergeant. He has 16 years in the Air Force eight at Dyess and seeks overseas duty where his family can join him. He is son of Clifford Clark Bronte and married to Billie Jean Millikin, Bronte native. He is a Bronte High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Clark
Dyess Air Force Base
Abilene
Air Force
Dyess
Clifford Clark
Bronte
Billie Jean Millikin
Willie B. Milikin
Bronte High School
Mrs Kirkland Visits Kin Then Faces Illness News
Mrs Helen Kirkland spent the weekend in Big Spring with daughter Mrs Leslie Dean Caperton and family. En route home she called on Mrs Walter Johnson who is seriously ill in a Sweetwater hospital. Mrs Johnson is formerly of Blackwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Kirkland
Big Spring
Leslie Dean Caperton
Walter Johnson
Sweetwater Hospital
Johnson
Blackwell
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Bronte Lodge
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Kenneth Reed
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