Committees To Study Coke Building Needs
Coke County Commissioners will appoint four or five person committees from each of the four commissions to study permanent improvements including a jail sheriff’s living quarters a show barn for the livestock show and pens and sheds a Bronte Park recreation center and an addition to the Robert Lee recreation center. A bond issue feasibility study is also being considered. In Precinct 2 Commissioner Howard Brock named Mayor Royce Lee Joe McCutchen E F Glenn J T Henry and Ben Oglesby to the committee.
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Bronte Park
Robert Lee
Commissioners Court
Howard Brock
Royce Lee
Joe (Binks) McCutchen
E. F. Glenn
J. T. Henry
Ben Oglesby
Lions To Help Kids Find Summer Work
Bronze Evening Lions Club formed a committee of Harlin Lee Bill Luckett and LeDrew Arrott to create a summer job clearinghouse. A card file will be kept at Lee's Humble Station to match young workers with employers and Bronte students will hear a presentation.
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Bronze Evening Lions Club
Harlin Lee
Bill Luckett
LeDrew Arrott
Lee
Humble
Bronte
Golf Meeting Called By Coke County Association
A Coke County Golf Association meeting is set for 7 p.m. Friday at the Bronte County Park club house. All members are urged to attend.
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Coke County Golf Association
Bronte County Park
Salvage and Demolition Work Set to Alter City Front
A pair of city salvage efforts progress this week. The Bronte Ice Co. building is cleared for Bronte's low rent housing project and a neighboring structure owned by Mrs. Ed Stevens is being demolished. The work aims to improve the business district’s appearance.
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Bronte Ice Co
Bronte
Scott Butane
Ed Stevens
History Week Planned in Coke County April 16 23
Coke County Historical Survey Committee announces History Appreciation Week from April 16 to 23. Activities include church heritage observance, a Tom Green County Historical Society visit, talks and pictures for local schools, courthouse open house, and a joint historical sites tour with Mitchell County.
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Coke County
Bryan Yarbrough
Coke County Historical Survey Committee
Yarbrough
Church of
Tom Green County Historical Society
Officers Quarters No
Old Fort Concho
Texas
Robert Lee and Bronte
Tennyson Home Demonstration Club
Mitchell Coun
Bronte Track Team Heads to District Meet at San Angelo
Bronte High School travels to Bobcat Stadium in San Angelo Friday for District 44-B competition. Field events start 9 a.m. and running events at 10 a.m., with finals at 2:15 p.m. Entries include Bronte teammates in multiple sprints relays hurdles jumps and throws.
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Angelo
Bronte High School
Bobcat Stadium
San Angelo
Cecil Toliver
Bids Sought for Farm Road 2662 Linking Major Highways
A bidders notice calls for paving 9 462 miles of Farm Road 2662 to connect U S Highway 277 with State Highway 208 running east west through ranch land south of Robert Lee and Bronte. Rights of way are secured and fenced with construction to begin in Precincts 4 and 1.
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Robert Lee Observer
U. S. Highway 277
Ranch Land
Bronte
Robert Lee
Stroebel Advances to Regional UIL Meet in Big Spring
Gary Stroebel of Bronte High School earned a regional UIL literary meet spot after a second place science finish. The District 44 B contest at Robert Lee saw host team win with 110 points, followed by Miles 98 and Mertzon 87. Bronte also had several placers including Glenn, Barbee, Morris, Wells, Carlton, Hageman, and Stroebel in various events.
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Gary Stroebel
Bronte High School
UIL
Big Spring
Stroebel
Robert Lee
Pionship
Miles
Mertzon
Sterling City
Water Valley
Bronte
Wall
Christoval
Garden City
David Glenn
Randy Barbee
Keith Morris
Gayle Wells
Wayne Carlton
Don Hageman
Joint FFA FHA Banquet A Success at Bronte High
The first joint Bronte High School FFA and FHA banquet drew 121 attendees including parents and sponsors. It featured invocations, welcomes, FFA and FHA reports by year, musical numbers, and awards presented by J. T. Henry to Sid Eubanks and Charles McGuire, and Mrs. Royce Fancher to Frances Glenn.
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Bronte High School
Future Farmers of America
The
Future Homemakers
Tipton Masterson
FFA
Davis Corley
FHA
SuLynn Henry
Lillian Strickland
Bruce
Otto Sonnenberg
Garland Richards
Sandy Lee
Doak Snead
Steve Williams
FFA Report
Manfred Thompson
Dana Cunningham
Janet Thomas
Bob Wells
J. T. Henry
Sid Eubanks
Charles McGuire
Royce Fancher
Bettey Crocker Homemakers
Frances Glenn
April Cancer Crusade D Day Moved To Bronte Drive
April is Cancer Crusade Month and April 18 designated as D Day. Mrs. C. O. Richards chairs the Bronte drive with Zeta Delta HD Club and Sorosis Study Club canvassing all Bronte homes at 5 pm to collect donations and distribute cancer education. East side coordinators include Mrs. Barrett Lometa Juniper area E F Glenn and others. Robert Lee and west side reactions noted. New educational material adds post cards asking cancer questions mailed to the Cancer Society with confidential responses.
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C. O. Richards
Coke County
Zeta Delta HD Club
Sorosis Study Club
Bronte
C. Barrett
Lometa-Juniper
E. F. Glenn
Royce Lee
T. F. Sims
Edward
Bronte Netters Sweep Three Divisions in District Tennis
Bronte players won all divisions in the District 44 B meet in San Angelo. Senior high failed to send regional qualifiers as first place seniors were in junior or elementary classes. Notable results include Charles Masterson and Doug McCutchen in high school singles, Keith McCutchen in junior boys, Norma Pruitt in junior girls, and Cynthia Robinson with Kathy Riker in elementary girls doubles.
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Bronte
San Angelo
Charles Masterson
Doug Mc Cutchen
Christoval
Keith McCutchen
Norma Pruitt
Cynthia Robinson
Kathy Riker
James Vaughn
Tipton Masterson
Jolene Vaughn
Sallie Richards
Melissa Lee
Joe Basquez
Bronte Band Heads to UIL Contest Saturday
Band Director Russell Fuller and the Longhorn Band will leave Bronte at 6 30 a m Saturday for Sweetwater to compete in a University Interscholastic League concert contest The event runs in the morning with the group expected to return by noon in Bronte
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Russell Fuller
Longhorn
Sweetwater
Bronte
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Lions
Nan-Rex
Z. Z. Gabor
Charleston
S. C
History Group
Doug McCutchen
Gary Allen
Marvin Thompson
Allen
McCutchen
Mason Glenn
Barbee
Carlton
M. Glenn
D. Glenn
Brian Richards
Richards
Corley
Forsan
Wall Mertzon
Barnhart
Cancer Crusade
American Cancer Society
Bronte Netters
Melody Holcombe
Kreta Riker
Freddy Fuchs
Bronte Band
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