Six Longhorns Headed to Red Raider Relays Meet
Six members of the University of Texas track team will travel to Lubbock for the Red Raider Relays, an exclusive qualifier for state finals. Traveling athletes include Tom my Boecking, Bronte’s champion, and the 440 yard relay squad Rudy Oli vas Dee Arrott Charles Lee Buddy Walker Barry Curlee. An alternate will be named from the relay team. Coach Bob Howard described a tightened athletic fund, seeking an extra 25 dollars to cover travel costs for Odessa regional meet participants and the Austin state finals trip next weekend.
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Longhorn
Lubbock
Red Raider
Tommy Boecking
Bronte
Rudy Olivas
Dee Arrott
Charles Lee
Buddy Walker
Barry Curlee
Bob Howard
Howard
Odessa
Austin
Campaign ads and political reporting fill The Enterprise
The Enterprise highlights political ads and candidate efforts urging votes. It notes editorial neutrality on local offices and discusses concerns about farm programs and government payments in recent cases, including Estes and various agricultural subsidies and land deals.
School Students To Ballot on 1962 63 Officers
A secret ballot election at the school will name student council officers and cheerleaders for the coming year. Nominees include president Johnnie Sims and Vic Glenn. vice president Glenn Sims Jimmy Wells Janice Hester and Greg Whalen. Five cheerleaders selected from listed candidates.
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Johnnie Sims
Vic Glenn
Glenn Sims
Jimmy Wells
Janice Hester
Greg Whalen
Barry Curlee
Jerry Roach
Margie
Jim _ Morrow
Janiceter
Georgia Owens
Jim Morrow
Lynda Taylor
Ray Sissom
Tricia Andrews
Georgia Owen
Nancy Wilson
Peggy Corley
Mary Corley
Janet Caperton
Jeanna Denman
Weldon Broussard
National Home Demonstration Week Observed in Bronte
Next week Bronte observes National Home Demonstration Week with three displays in town businesses. Displays cover recreation and crafts, civil defense, and sewing as the shared observance.
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Bronte
Tractor School Well Attended At Local Vocational Building
From 10 to 15 men attended the tractor maintenance classes conducted by Harold T. Wiedemann. The program was run by the Vocational Agriculture Division of the Texas Education Agency and the Department of Agricultural Engineering of Texas A and M College. Classes covered lubrication air cleaners carburetors fuels firing systems tappets and intake and exhaust valves over five evenings last week. The course was praised as educational for men who operate tractors by J. T. Henry the local vocational agriculture teacher.
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Vocational Agriculture
Harold T. Wiedemann
Vocational Agriculture Division
Texas Education Agency
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Texas A & M College
J. T. Henry
Campaigns Build Momentum Ahead of May 5 Primary
Politicians are busy as the May 5 Democratic primary nears with races across Coke County. Key contests include county judge W. W. Thetford versus Charlie Boecking and district clerk J. L. Tinkler versus Pauline Roe Holland. Unopposed candidates include D. K. Glen for county Democratic chairman and J. T. Liles for precinct 2 justice of the peace. An election night party will gather at the Enterprise office to tabulate results.
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Coke County
Boecking
Bronte
J. L
Chilly) Tinkler
Pauline Roe Holland
Robert Lee
Gertrude Gray
Inez Burns
J. T. Liles
Roy P.ross
Justice of the Peace
D. K. Glen
Penrose Metcalfe
San Angelo
State Board of Education
David Rothmann
Mason
Enterprise
Fire Truck Fund Growing Slowly
Bronze Volunteer Fire Department continues a slow fundraiser for a new tank type fire truck. About $400 has been raised toward a $4,300 goal. Landowners are asked for 3 cents per acre and city property owners for 10 cents per $100 valuation. Dolan Mackey urges prompt contributions at The Enterprise office or First National Bank. A contributor list is kept to return funds if the drive fails.
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Bronze Volunteer Fire Department
Dolan Mackey
Fire Department
Enterprise Office
First Natorial Bank
Youth Canteen Planned by Mrs Lionel Perry
Mrs. Lionel Perry invites interested people to help form a youth canteen for the summer months and asks them to contact her in the near future.
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Lionel Perry
Candidates Must File Statement
Texas candidates must file a sworn statement of gifts loans and other valuables received by the candidate and campaign staff. The deadline falls 7 to 10 days before the election. for the Democratic primary on May 5 the filing date is April 27 or April 2 as corrected. County level filings go to the county clerk. district or state filings go to the Secretary of State. The form includes all expenses and debts related to the office.
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Secretary of State
Kickapoo Church Barbecue Planned at Bronte Park
Kickapoo Baptist Church holds a barbecue tonight in Bronte County Park. Rev. Wayne N. Stout invites all members and friends to attend where barbecue beans and trimmings will be served.
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Kickapoo Baptist Church
Bronte County
Wayne N. Stout
Meeting Set on Colorado River Dam Plan Near Ballinger
The U S Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District schedules a public hearing at 10 a m May 22 in Ballinger to review reports on the Colorado River and tributaries and to solicit oral and written briefs for or against a multipurpose improvement plan for navigation flood control and related aims. Local residents and groups are urged to participate and provide a comprehensive report on possible flood control dam prospects. A mapping crew recently surveyed Coke and Runnels Counties.
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U. S. Army Engineer District of Fort Worth Corps of Engineers
Ballinger
Colorado River
Corps of Engineers
Coke
Runnels
Fort Worth
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Board of Engineers
U. S
Get Acquainted Day Planned For Incoming First Graders
Friday May 4 is set for all children joining first grade this fall. Prospective students should report to Room 2 at 12 30 p m and will be dismissed at 2 30 p m. Activities include story time play period and refreshments under elementary principal James L. Golson. He asks phone names of any census-listed child missing from the count.
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James L. Golson
Easter Weekend Visit Between Three Ladies Recalls Eden Fort Worth
Miss Julia Herndon of Eden and Mrs. Stanley Daulong of Fort Worth spent Easter weekend in the home of Mrs. Ernestine Powell.
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Julia Herndon
Eden
Stanley Daulong
Fort Worth
Ernestine Powell
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United States
Billie Sol Estes
Goverment
Colorado
Nebraska
W. W
Bud) Thetford
Charlie Boecking
Thetford
Howard Brock
C. E. (Eldred) McGuire
Claude Ditmore
J. D. Huffaker
E. J
Gene) Halamicek
Robert I. Brown
Jack Corsey
Dorsey Hardeman
W. A
Bil) Stroman
Stroman
David Read
Ed J. Carpenter
Howard County
Big Spring
Read
Texas
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