Tennyson Road Job Under Way
Construction on a 6 mile Texas Highway Department farm road project runs east and south from here toward FM 2333, with over three miles in Coke County. E M Bailey of Abilene handles grading and structures, completion set for May 1960, traffic routed through work as heavy equipment operates.
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Tennyson
Texas Highway Department
Coke and Runnels
J. A. Snell
San Angelo
Coke County
Coke
Claude Ditmore
E. M. Bailey
Abilene
Snell
Mr and Mrs Eddie Alexander and Wayne Return From Vacation
Mr Eddie Alexander Mrs and Wayne came home last weekend after several days sightseeing in New Mexico and Colorado with a brief vacation trip.
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Eddie Alexander
Wayne
New Mexico
Colorado
Braswell Appointed ASC Office Manager in Sterling City
Eddie Roy Braswell has been named office manager of the Sterling County ASC office in Sterling City, starting August 7. He previously worked in the ASC office at Robert Lee for two years and has trained for a manager's position in Ballinger. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Braswell of Bronte and is married to Carolyn Childress. they have a 10 month old daughter Ginger. The family plans to move to Sterling City once arrangements are made.
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Eddie Roy Braswell
Sterling County
ASC
Sterling City
Robert Lee
Ballinger
Eddie Roy
George Braswell
Bronte
Carolyn Childress
Melvin Childress
Ginger
Oliphant Visiting Grandparents In Town
Charles Robert Oliphant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Oliphant of Houston, spent two weeks with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Modgling. The Modglings took him home last weekend.
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Charles Robert Oliphant
Charles Oliphant
Houston
Floyd Modgling
Electric range promises effortless cooking and living
A promotional piece touts an electric range that “thinks for itself” to simplify meal prep. It claims time and temperature controls deliver delicious meals without constant supervision, enabling readers to live and cook better through electricity.
Funeral Rites for Jim Robbins in Rankin Today
Funeral services for J. W. Jim Robbins 76 of Rankin will be at Rankin Methodist Church at 10 a m today with graveside rites at Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens San Angelo at 4 p m Moore Funeral Home McCamey and Johnsons Funeral Home San Angelo are directing Robbins longtime rancher and oil interest holder died Monday night at St Johns Hospital after several years ill He was born March 1883 in Taylor County and leaves a wife a son a daughter four sisters two brothers and five grandchildren
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J. W
Jim) Robbins
Rankin
Coke Countian
Rankin Methodist Church
Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens
San Angelo
Moore Funeral Home
McCamey and Johnson’s Funeral Home
Robbins
St. John’s Hospital
L. C. Robbins
W. G. Cresap
Bronte
Mr. Robbins
John Scott
Merizon
J. Phillip Robbins
Fort Stockton
Randy Moore
McCamey
Frank
L. C
L. B. Bonner
Eureka
Jim Perry
LaMarque
J. W. Labenske
Snyder
Cresap
Hughes Family Reunion in Comanche Oklahoma
Mr and Mrs J F Hughes attended a weekend reunion of the Hughes descendants in Comanche Oklahoma. Eighty six attendees from Oklahoma Texas Kansas and California gathered for the first time in 13 years. A deaf and almost blind uncle taught sign language to the group as picnics and photos marked the three day event.
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J. F. Hughes
Comanche
Okla
James F. Hughes
Texas
Kansas
California
Hughes
Local Visit Notes From Vaughn and Timmons Families
Sunday visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Jack Vaughn and daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Vaughn with James Lynn Vaughn visiting the Brunsons in Meriz. Odessa guests Mrs. Charles Timmons and daughters joined by a San Angelo friend. Mrs. Nannie Thetford spent a week in McCamey with the Thetford family. Seguin trip joins LeDrew Arrott and child to their husband and father working there.
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Jack Vaughn
H. E. Vaughn
James Lynn Vaughn
Meriz
Rance Brunson
B. G. Timmons
Charles Timmons
Odessa
Jean Timmons
San Angelo
Nannie Thetford
McCamey
J. T. Thetford
LeDrew Arrott
Seguin
Baptist State Youth Rally at Bronte Park Saturday
Youth of the community are invited to attend a rally at Bronte Park next Saturday night August 8 at 7 30 sponsored by the First Baptist Church. The event will be youth led and conclude with an old fashioned watermelon feast and invites intermediates and young people to attend.
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Bronte Park
First Baptist Church
Weekend Visitors Gather in Small Town
Tommy Latham from Midland visited his mother Mrs. Alene Latham for a weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Von Simpson of Field Creek and Mrs. D. E. Taylor of Brady stayed Friday and Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Simpson and family. The Simpsons met Harold Von Simpson of Austin in Field Creek Saturday. Durwood Clark from Palmdale, California, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Corley and their children.
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Tommy Latham
Midland
Mrs
Alene Latham
von Simpson
Field Creek
D. E. Taylor
Brady
Joe Simpson
Joe
Harold von Simpson
Austin
Durwood Clark
Palmdale, Calif
Marvin Corley
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Kenneth Bradberry
Braswell
Frigidaire
West Texas Utilities
Jim Robbins
Baptist State Youth Rally
Shop Bronte First
Bronte Flowers
Hiway
Bronte Flowers & Gifts
Hurlin Lee
Oleo, Hormel
Clover Leaf
Gandy Frozan
Gooch
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