Bronte Scouts Prepare for San Angelo Scout-o-Rama
Bronte will send two units to the SCOUT-O-RAMA in San Angelo on April 25. Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts will march in uniform and perform in circus style shows dressed as cowboys and Indians. Fess Parker will open the event with 5,000 scouts and leaders present.
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Bronte
San Angelo
Cub Scouts
Coliseum
Fess Parker
David Crockett
Parker
San Angelo Coliseum
Precincts Buy Motor Grader And 2 Trucks
Coke County commissioners awarded bids for a Galion 118 motor grader and two road trucks. Plains Machinery Co. of Abilene offered 17,850 with trade of an Adams 610, with other bids from Abilene Equipment and Trenor Equipment. Time warrants will be issued to pay for the grader. Proceeds come from county road funds and First National Bank of Bronte will handle the warrants.
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Coke County Commissioners Court
Plains Machinery Co. of
Abilene
Abilene Equipment
Allis-Chalmers
Treanor Equipment Co
Adams
Robert Lee State Bank
Ivegator Co
Precinct
Vaughan Chevrolet Co
Western Equipment Co
San Angelo
Caperton Chevrolet Co
Bronte Motor Co
Ford
First National Bank of
Bronte
Precinct Bond Vote Urged For Robert Lee Streets
A Bronte correspondent promotes a Saturday bond election in Precinct 1 to pave streets in Robert Lee. He claims 90 percent of precinct 2 would support it, noting tax costs are low and daily benefits are clear.
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Robert Lee
Bronte
Precinct 2
Precinct 1
Fourth Graders Tour Bronte Schools and Local Sights
Twenty seven fourth graders with one teacher and seven chaperones toured Bronte last Friday visiting the water filtering plant Santa Fe depot General Telephone Co housing the dial equipment Bronte Enterprise First National Bank and the post office They enjoyed a noon picnic at the county park and learned from the trip as no student had visited all sites before.
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Bronte
Santa Fe
General Telephone Co
Bronte Enterprise
First National Bank
Nannie Mianie Pearson
Robert Lee forfeits to Bronte in softball game
Robert Lee forfeited a softball game to Bronte last Friday. Both the grade school and high school teams will compete in the district meet at Miles on Wednesday May 6.
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Robert Lee
Bronte
Miles
Bronte School announces 1959 60 teacher contracts
The Bronte School renews contracts for the 1959 60 term including Mrs. George Tomas Miss Nannie Marie Pearson Mrs J T Henry Mrs R C Lasswell Mrs C C Glenn Miss Mary Helen Campbell and others. Several teachers not renewed and resignations noted along with updated budget deficit and tax plans to balance the books.
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Bronte
George Tomas
Nannie Marie Pearson
J. T. Henry
R. C. Lasswell
C. C. Glenn
Mary Helen Campbell
Royce Fancher
C. B. Campbell
Homer Phillips
R. E. Johnson
Ona Parker
Iva Underwood
Joe Simpson
Norman Porter
Douglas Whitenberg
Garland Black
Black
Hearing Postponed On Kickapoo Dams
Hearing on forming a water control district for the Kickapoo watershed was postponed to May 2 in Robert Lee. County Attorney Frank C Dickey Sr questioned legality, while Carl Runge urged reexamination of laws. Local officials and residents from Bronte attended, with doubt cast on election plans and scrutiny of state approvals.
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Robert Lee
Kickapoo
Atorney
Frank C. Dickey
Carl Runge
Bronte
Howard Brock
Fern Havins
Ed Hickman
W. W
Bud) Thetford
Runge
Dickey
Commissioners Court
Judge Thetford
State Board of Water Enginers
Upper
Colorado River Authority
Leonard receives outstanding senior boy award at SMU
Charles Duwain Leonard son of Mr and Mrs Woodrow Leonard of Denver Colorado and grandson of Dr and Mrs J D Leonard of Bronte was named the outstanding senior boy at Honors Day Convocation at Southern Methodist University Dallas He is a Phi Beta Kappa member and listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities After graduation he will study at Washington University Medical School in St Louis Missouri.
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Charles Duwain Leonard
Woodrow Leonard
Denver
Colo
J. D. Leonard
Bronte
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Leonard
Phi Beta Kappa
Washington University Medical School
St. Louis
Bronte Park Pool Set to Open May 14
Denman caretaker Aubrey says Bronte park pool opens Thursday May 14 from 4 to 7 p m and will stay longer after school lets out. Plans for summer swimming lessons are being considered but not finalized.
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Bronte Park
Denman
Aubrey
Bronte High Sends Teams to Stephenville Regional Meet
Bronte High School field hockey. Bronte girls volleyball team heads to Stephenville for regional competition Friday. Senior Deanie Allen, district champion in declamation, will also compete Friday. Bronte track team advances to regional events in Stephenville Saturday.
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Bronte High School
Stephenville
Deanie Allen
Bronte High
Youngbloods Attend National Bankers Convention
Mr and Mrs L T Youngblood left Bronte for White Sulphur Springs West Virginia to attend the American Bankers Association national convention where he serves as a director. They will visit relatives in the East and return home by week's end.
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L. T. Youngblood
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
American Bankers Association
Youngblood
National Organization
East
Bronte
Precinct 1 to Vote On Road Bond in Robert Lee
Voters in Precinct 1 Coke County will decide on a $15000 bond issue Saturday to pave city streets in Robert Lee. The proposal has strong backing from the Robert Lee BCD with significant local activity supporting it. A two to one margin is required for passage. Precinct 1 covers Silver and Sanco communities.
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Coke County
Robert Lee
Robert Lee Bcd
Silver
Sanco
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Ivern Boyett
Kickapoo Dams
SMU
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