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Newspaper

Bronte Enterprise

Location

Bronte, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1959

Page

4

Bronte Scouts Aid Wreck Victims After Scout-O-Rama

Bronte Boy Scout troop and leaders assisted three injured people at a highway wreck near San Angelo after returning from the Scout-O-Rama event with over 5,000 Scouts participating. Scoutmaster E J Smith commended the boys for their timely first aid.

Bronte Boy Scout Troop E. J. Smith Nolan Butler Robert Hugh Sims San Angelo Ballinger Tims Orama Charles Coppock Rex Harris Jimmy Wells Kenny Maybew Jack Bailey Jim Morrow John Shaffer Ronnie Sims Kenneth Wilkins Ronnie Lee Royce Lee Marshall Freeman Ellis Freeman

Boy Scouts Aid During Weekend Car Wreck

In Bronte the Boy Scouts of Bronte assisted victims of a Saturday night car wreck. Scoutmaster E J Smith plans a June camp at Camp Sol Mayer and seeks volunteers. A dam hearing on Kickapoo Creeks is set for 10 am Saturday at the Robert Lee courthouse with calls for cooperation to aid flood damage areas.

Boy Scouts Bronte E. J. Smith Camp Sol Mayer

Firemen appeal for crowd control at fires

Fire Chief Martin Lee says volunteers struggle to do their job as spectators follow the fire trucks after alarms. He notes a state law forbids following emergency vehicles and asks residents for cooperation to avoid trouble.

Martin Lee Lee

Deanie Allen Places Third at Regionals in Declamation

Bronte students competed at the Stephenville regional Interscholastic League meet. Deanie Allen, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Allen, earned third place in Senior Girls declamation, the only Bronte pupil to place.

Bronte Stephenville Deanie Allen James Allen Hico Epsie Hageman June Moore Yvonne McCutchen Eloise Hester Modene McGuire Odell Brice Oleta Bradshaw Carolyn Glenn Bettye Blackmon Jettie Kirkland Albert Grace Dean Black Rudy Olivas Benny Corley Grace

Last Rites Held for Mrs Ed McAulay at Bronte

Funeral services for Mrs. J E McAulay 76 were held at 4 30 p m Thursday April 23 at Bronte First Methodist Church Reverend James Campbell officiated Burial was at Fairview Cemetery Clift Funeral Home handled arrangements Pallbearers were J B Parrish Wm Carter Lee Alderman Clyde Lee Don Edminston Howard Brock Alton Bradberry and Leonard Bowden She died at 5 p m Wednesday April 22 in Menard Hospital after illness since February 1958 Born Eva Russell May 1 1882 in Brown County Texas she came to Coke County as a child and married John Edward McAulay December 20 1907 They farmed near Bronte and later lived in town Now in Menard Retirement Home she was a Bronte Methodist member Survived by her husband a granddaughter Nealon Carter of Monahans two great granddaughters Marcia and Donna Carter also of Monahans three brothers Mike Russell Clyde George J P and two sisters Mrs Lee Richards and Mrs Wylie McRorey

J. E. McAulay Bronte First Methodist Church James Campbell Fairview Clift Funeral Home J. B. Parrish Wm. Carter Lee Alderman Clyde Lee Don Edminston Howard Brock Alton Bradberry Leonard Bowden

Bronte High Sophomores Host Bake Sale and Car Wash

Bronte High School sophomore class offers cakes and pies for order with Saturday delivery and car washing at Texaco and Gulf service stations. Contact class members to place orders or arrange service.

Bronte High School Texaco Gulf Service

Hearing on Water District Saturday in Rob ert Lee

A hearing on forming a water control district for the Kickapoo Creeks watershed will be held Saturday May 2 at the courthouse in Robert Lee. The meeting follows a postponed April 18 date due to legal questions raised by County Attorney Frank C. Dickey.

Bronte Kickapoo Creeks Robert Lee Frank C. Dickey Carl Runge San Angelo Dickey Water District Kickapoo

Miss Campbell Resigns as Bronte School Band Director

Miss Mary Stefen Campbell resigned as director of the Bronte School Band after two years. She came from Bells elementary near Waco and lives in Pleasanton. Her Baylor degrees are listed. The resignation frees seven faculty slots. a Saturday board meeting will interview many applicants with Co. B. Barbee assisting.

Mary Stefen Campbell Bronte Harlin Lee Miss Campbell Bells Waco Pleasanton Baylor University Lee Co. B. Barbee Tomball

Crutches Missing Belonging to Beth Ivey Recovered

Readers asked to locate a pair of metal crutches lost near the Tom Williams place on the San Angelo highway. Beth Ivey, polio victim and daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Ivey, forgot them after a flat repair while en route to Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation Hospital for a check up.

Aiso Enterprise Beth Ivey W. W. Ivey Iveys Enterprise Office Beth San Angelo Tom Williams Place Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation Hospital

Seniors Leave On Annual Trip From Bronte High

Fifteen Bronte High School seniors depart by bus for the Lazy Tf dude ranch near Kerrville for a weekend trip ending Saturday. Principal Joe Simpson and sponsors accompany them as they fund the journey through yearlong fundraisers including a recent school play that raised about 140 dollars.

Bronte High School Kerrville Joe Simpson Ilva Underwood C. E. Hageman Horace Taylor Albert Grace Ray Eubanks Abel Martinez Ronnie Cole Dean Black Stover Taylor Epsie Hageman DaNel

Firemen Called Out To Grass Fire North Of Ivey Place

Bronte volunteers rushed to a grass blaze along the railroad right of way north of the W. W. Ivey place Saturday afternoon. No serious damage was reported as a result of the fire.

Bronte W. W. Ivey Place

Timmons Family Visiting Odessa This Week

B G Timmons is spending the week in Odessa with his son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Charles Timmons and the family.

B. G. Timmons Odessa Charles Timmons

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Smith Vic Innes Ed McAulay Coke County Commissioners Court The Soil Conservation Service Department of Agriculture
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