Grand Jury Called for Monday to Probe Murder Charge
Coke County grand jury convenes Monday at 10 a.m. to investigate the murder charge against 27 year old Glenn of Bronte for the fatal shooting of 31 year old Hollis Stevens last Wednesday morning behind the Bronte post office. Glenn is free on a $5,000 bond. jury includes E L Caperton and others, with E F Glenn recused due to relation to the defendant.
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Vernon ‘Glenn
Bronte
Coke County
Glenn
Hollis Stevens
Joe L. Mays
Mays
E. L. Caperton
E. F. Glenn
J. M. Parker
Robert I. Brown
Charles Sims
Bob Edwards
Leonard Fletcher
Bill Aven
Curtis Walker
Eddie Good
Ernest Ivey
J. D. Gilbert
Billy Sid Evans
James A. Wells
Garland Spencer
Crowley Harmon
Stevens
John Coulson
Chark Glenn
Bronte readers note rampant Libben speeders and oddly told tale
Local readers report speeding on weekends in Bronte. A speaker laments reckless driving and youth speedsters while recalling a farmer who phoned the sheriff about pig theft. The tale includes a farmer’s fable like detail about a lost sow and a pigeon.
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Bronte
Tabie
Moe
Bobby Sanderson Completes Army Training at Camp Chaffee
Bobby Sanderson son of Mr and Mrs J Roy Sanderson of Blackwell completed eight weeks training at Camp Chaffee Arkansas and is now stationed at Granite City Illinois with the Engineers Corps of the Army Pvt Sanderson entered service after McMurry College Abilene about a year ago prior to joining the Army
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J. Roy Sanderson
Blackwell
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Granite City, Ill
Engineers Corps
Army
Pvt. Sanderson
McMurry
Abilene
First Baptist Evangelistic Meeting Opens Sunday
The First Baptist Church Bronte opens its evangelistic meetings at 10 30 a m Sunday with evening services at 8 00 p m A cottage prayer push runs this week as Rev Frank L Harris evangelist and Rev Douglas G Brown pastor lead the effort Rev Bob Sorenson of San Bernardino directs music Ivey 90 Bronte resident is reported critically ill in Robert Lee hospital after six weeks.
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First Baptist Church
Frank L. Harris
First Baptist Church of
Banning
Calif
Douglas G. Brown
Brother Harris
California
Bronte
Bob Sorenson
San
Rev. Brown
O. C. Ivey
Mr. Ivey
Robert Lee
Bronte Democrats vote strong for O'Daniel in first primary
Bronte box records 265 votes about 1 percent of poll tax payers. O'Daniel led with 133 to 128 over his rivals, carrying many statewide races noted with Governor Yarborough and other candidates. Voters backed segregation, school attendance, interracial marriage limits, and states rights in the third proposal.
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Itaxes
W. Lee
Pappy
O’daniel
Bronte
O'Daniel
Coke County
D. x. Glenn
Texas
Dams on Kickapoo Discussed by Bronte Officials
Talk around Bronte centers on building dams on Kickapoo Creek. Meetings included state board representatives to assess local costs after a preliminary survey and determine who would benefit most from the project.
Bronte Men Win Softball Tourney Title
Bronte's softball squad claimed the tournament crown in a late Sunday finish after edging Salvato Drug 7 to 6 in nine innings. Key plays included Allard driving in two in the first, Tidwell with a two run double, and Caudle leading the tourney with seven hits. Salvato rallied with three in the seventh but Bronte held on for the victory.
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Bronte
Salvato Drug
Salvato
Jie Allard
Je OW
Caudie
James Titwell
Marlon McCutchen
Caudle
Tourney
Cotton Mize
Bronte Mally
Tidwell
Johnson
Alfred Cates
W. Salvato
Ndndis
Eurceesiva
Ein
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Bobby Sanderson
First Baptist Meeting
Harris
Yarborough
Senterfitt
J. J. Holmes
D. J. Evetts Haley
Price Daniel
Smith
Ramsey
Aikin
Hill
Carlton
Wilson
Moore
Grifffin
Eal ‘Harding
James
Rodger
Price
Commissioner of Agriculture
White
Jones
Barber
Elkins
Fisher
Metcalfe
9 Mays
Grindstaff
Bishop
Henner
Stokes
Kever
Paul Good
Tinkler
Dickey
Constable
Sims
R. B. Allen
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