Bronte Hosts Junior Rodeo Parade and Hospital District Vote
A parade through Bronte kicks off the annual Junior Rodeo on Saturday August 16 with events for boys and girls across junior and senior divisions. Entries close Thursday at 5 p.m. and rodeo begins at 8 p.m. A county election on August 23 will decide the Coke County Hospital District with ballot sites in Bronte and Tennyson. Absentee voting is available at the county clerk’s office in Robert Lee for qualified voters.
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Bronte
J. Lee Ensor
Robert Lee
Commissioner
Bronte City Hall
Tennyson
Matthew Caperton
Sam Gaston
Coke County Commissioners Court
Texas
Coke
John R. Harris
Bronte Hospital
Harris
East Coke County Nursing Home District Explained
Noon Lions Club leads drive for East Coke County Nursing Home with Austin backing and Gov signoff. Election set for Aug 23 to confirm district creation. bond issue planned next. Home to be independent, run by district trustees, cooperative with Bronte Hospital and John Harris Clinic.
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Noon Lions Club
Bronte
Evening Lions Club
Austin
House Committee On County Affairs
Commissioners Court
Bronte Hospital
John Harris Clinic
John Harris
Harris
East
Coke County
Lions Club
Hte Facta
First National Checks Remain Usable in San Angelo
An Enterprise notice states San Angelo banks will discontinue counter checks August 1 but only there. First National Bank in Bronte says existing checks with magnetic markings in the lower left corner continue to be usable.
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First National Bank
San Angelo
Bronte
L. T. Youngblood
Workers Conference Set for Aug 21 at Paint Rock
The Runnels Baptist Association Workers Conference will be held next Thursday August 21 at First Baptist Church in Paint Rock. Theme is Look Into the 1970s. Mrs J S Murtishaw and Mr and Mrs Johnny Murtishaw and Johnny Wayne visited last weekend in Dimmitt with J I Murtishaw.
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Paint Rock
Runnels Baptist Association Workers Conference
First Baptist Church
J. S. Murtishaw
Johnny Murtishaw
Johnny Wayne
Dimmitt
J. I. Murtishaw
Bronte School Valuations Up Ten Percent for 1969
Bronte Independent School District will raise property valuations by 10 percent in 1969, per the board of trustees. Superintendent C. B. Barbee said the increase funds quality education, though the tax rate will drop two cents per $100, making the net tax rise about 8 percent to a rate of 1.74 per $100 from 1.76.
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Bronte Independent School District
C. B. Burhee
Bronte School
Barbee
Board of Equalization
Burbee
Bronte
Bronte High pre registers next week for term start
Bronte High School announces preregistration days for the upcoming term set by Principal James L. Golson. Seniors 10am and freshmen 11am Tuesday. juniors 10am and sophomores 11am Wednesday. The term begins August 25.
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Bronte High School
Prin
James L. Golson
Golson
Pep Rally and Football Prep Scheduled in Bronte Area
A Monday night pep rally at Bronte County Park features a watermelon feast and band performance starting 8 o clock after a 7 30 assembly parade. Band director Louis Thornton and coach Cecil Toliver discuss planned routines and early season workouts for about 30 players ahead of Sept 12 home game vs Ellorado.
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Bronte County Park
Louis Thornton
Cecil Toliver
Toliver
Bill Wrinkle
Ning
Rising Star
Clyde
Eldorado
Alaska Visitor Cathy Bryan Visits Bronte Relatives
Cathy Bryan of Anchorage Alaska visits Bronte with her grandparents Mr and Mrs G D Luckett and other relatives. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen Bryan formerly Bronte residents and Mrs Bryan is Patsy Luckett. Cathy enjoyed her Texas trip and attended horse races with her uncle Dewey Luckett. Mr and Mrs A J McDaniel Jr and Glenda of San Angelo also visited last weekend.
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Cathy Bryan
Anchorage
Alaska
Bronte
G. D. Luckett
Allen Bryan
Bryan
Patsy Luckett
Cathy
Texas
Dewey Luckett
A. J. McDaniel Jr
Glenda of
San Angelo
Mrs. Luckett
Finishing Touches for Lake Spence Near Complete
Lake Spence project advances with spillway plates in place and super structure finished. Dirt work and top dam roadway completed with guard rails installed. Minor touch-ups remain before dam and reservoir are rated complete. A new pump station six miles upstream will push water to Big Spring Midland and Odessa.
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E. V. Spence
O. H. Ivie
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Big Spring
Midland
Odessa
Five Cheerleaders Attend SMU School in Dallas
Bronte's five cheerleaders Nor ma Pruitt Cynthia Robinson Kathy Riker Jolene Vaughan and DeAnn Percifull are attending the annual cheerleaders school this week on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
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Bronte
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Norma Pruitt
Cynthia Robinson
Kathy Riker
Jolene Vaughan
DeAnn Percifull
Golson Family Enjoys Snow Trip to Cloudcroft
Mr and Mrs James L Golson with Jake and Michelle spent Friday to Monday in Cloudcroft New Mexico. They faced low temperatures and kept a fire burning each night during their outing.
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James L. Golson
Jake
Michelle
Cloudcroft
N. M
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Coke County Roping Club
Ensor
Elton Millican
East Coke County Hospital
Lake Spence
Cheer Leaders School
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