Longhorns win 8 B District track. regional bid earned
District 8 B track meet at Robert Lee saw Bronte Longhorns top Miles by 18 points with 139 total. Willie Zuniga led with 39 points and firsts in long jump high jump 440 relay 880 and 100 dash among others. Regional meet set for April 25 at Texas Tech in Lubbock.
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Robert Lee
Miles
Willie Zuniga
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Zuniga
Donnie Thompson
Bobby Skelton
Nicky Arrott
Wil
Randy Barbee
Barbee
Arrott
Skelton
Thompson
Band Boosters Present Fascinating Fashions Style Show
Band Boosters plan a Saturday show titled Fascinating Fashions from Lovely Land with Fathers of band members modeling. George Newby hosts, Leonard Fletcher accompanies on piano. Concession stand after show offers cake pie coffee and drinks. Admission 75 cents adults 35 cents children.
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Boosters Club
Lovely Land
George Newby
Leonard Fletcher
Bronte Longhorn Band Prepares for UIL Contest
Bronte Longhorn Band enters UIL contest Saturday at Sweetwater for concert and sight reading. Other Class B bands include Jayton and Rochester. Bronte performs at 1 30 p m with sight reading at 2 p m. Band director Louis Thornton says the program features Conroe's March Beau Galant and Poor Wayfaring Stranger and invites local residents to attend.
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Bronte Longhorn
Sweetwater
Jayton
Rochester
Bronte
Louis Thornton
Conroe
Beau Galant
Thornton
First National Closing for San Jacinto Day
First National Bank in Bronte will close Tuesday April 21 in observance of San Jacinto Day a Texas legal holiday. Executive vice president urged customers to plan banking accordingly.
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First National Bank
Bronte
San Jacinto
Texas
EH «Uf
Ogtenn
Bronte High Students Busy Weekend With Contests
Bronte High School students head to Forsan on Thursday and Friday for district literary events and speaking activities. The band enters a Sweetwater contest on Saturday while girls volleyball begins regional play in Levelland at 9 15 a m versus Adrian. The elementary track team competed Thursday at a Rob ert Lee invitational.
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Bronte High School
Forsan
Sweetwater
Levelland
Adrian
Robert Lee
Tom Boecking Receives Navy Service Award
Charles T. Boecking known as Tom received a Navy Achievement Medal for meritorious service while on USS Saint Paul as Electronic Warfare Officer and CIC Watch Officer. He led the electronic countermeasures team in early detection of aircraft and coordinated gunfire support missions. Boecking, discharged in November, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Boecking and a Bronte High and Texas Tech graduate now employed at First National Bank in Ballinger.
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Sandusky
Bronte High School
Texas A&m
Angelo State
Abilene Christian College
University of Colorado
Levelland High School
Lake View
San Angelo
Ruth Sandusky
Bronte
Austin Sandusky
Cal
Charles T. Boecking
Tom
Navy Achievement Medal
Uss Saint Paul
Sea of Japan
Boecking
U. S. Navy
Charlie Boecking
Bronte High
Texas Tech
Navy
First National Bank
Ballinger
Friday Services For Joe Owens
Funeral services for Joe Bailey Owens age 63 will be Friday at 2 pm at First Baptist Church. Burial in Fairview Cemetery under Newby Funeral Home direction. Owens died Wednesday at Bronte Hospital after illness. He was born June 3 1906 in Hunt County and was a retired clerk and Baptist Church member. Survivors include a son, three sisters, one brother and five grandchildren. Pallbearers are seven Bronte and Robert Lee residents.
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First Baptist Church
Joe Bailey Owens
Harry Morris
Wayne N. Stout
Fairview Cemetery
Newby Funeral Home
Owens
Bronte Hospital
Hickory Creek
Hunt County
The
Baptist Church
Billy Jack Owens
Greenville
Fannie Gilreath
Bronte
C. S. Adams
Beaumont
Ida M. Farris
Slaton
W. N. Owens
Electra
Leslie Lammers
Steve Badley
Henry Rogers
Bill Wrinkle
Dean Mackey
Lester Webb
Bill Joe Luckett
Douglas Ditmore
Robert Lee
District Tennis Meet Yields Multiple Event Winners
In San Angelo district contests, Miles claimed the meet with 60 points, Bronte 42, as district titles were won by Norma Pruitt in high school girls singles and by high school girls doubles team Kathy Riker and Jolene Vaughn. Junior and elementary divisions also produced champions.
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San Angelo
Norma Pruitt
Hola
Water Valley
Miles
Miss Pruitt
UIL
Kathy Riker
Jolene ‘Vaughn
Garden City
Michelle Golson
Paint Rock
Eola
Jean Ann Raughtion
Forsan
Ginger Snead
Jan Magness
Mertzon
Wayne Alexander
Jim Dan Raughton
Downing Mertzon
For
Kim Barrett
Tuffy Buie
Milles
Bronte
Cathy Bryan Wins Coke County Essay Contest Medal
Cathy Bryan placed first in an essay contest sponsored by the Coke County Soil and Water Conservation District. Susan Cumbie and Randy Barbee also received medals for their essays.
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Cathy Bryan
Coke County Soil and Water Conservation District
Entente Noon Lionas Club
Susan Cumbie
Randy Barbee
Suzanne Perry
Zula Sweeten
SCC
Natural Resources of
Texas
Henderson Promoted to President of North Shore National Bank
Kenneth Henderson, son in law of Mr and Mrs R T Caperton, has been promoted to president of the North Shore National Bank of Houston. A former bank examiner, he has served as vice president in recent months and is married to the former Jacque Caperton.
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Kenneth Henderson
R. T. Caperton
North Shore Naational Bank of Houston
Henderson
Jacque Caperton
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Cecil Toliver
Gerald Sandusky
Longhorn
Bronte Longhorns
Bronte School
Cecil Tipliver
Dublin
Endar
Tion
Offic
Russell Carlton
Glenn Skelton
Joe Rawlings
Wayne Arcot
Marvin Corley
Houston
Clark Glenn
Tommy Lee
B. D. Snead
George Braswell
R. W. Sims
Kenneth Whitten
Evert Best
Pete Gentry
James M. Raughton
Ben Hambright
Clayburne Webb
Tom Boecking
Joe Owens
James J. Golson
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