Prolific Production Expected in Bronte Area Well
A re entry Karl Hoblitzelle of Dallas No 1 B D K Glenn near Bronte is reported to flow 9 1 2 barrels in the first hour of testing. The well, originally drilled as No 1 I M Cumbie, had been abandoned in 1955 at 5660 feet and is now producing from the Palo Pinto formation about 1000 feet above total depth.
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Karl Hoblitzelle No
D. K. Glenn
Bronte
Karl Hoblitzelle
Dallas
Royce Lee
J. D. Wrather Jr
I. M. Cumbie
Palo Pinto
Noah Pruitt
Longhorn Club Meeting Called in Bronte
Longhorn Club will hold a meeting at 8 p m Thursday in Bronte County Park. All members and prospective members and parents of football players are urged to attend. Royce Lee, president, will show films of last year s games and discuss the coming football season. New officers will be elected. Lee urged attendees to bring their check books and suggested refreshments might be served.
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Bronte Longhorn Club
Bronte County Park
Royce Lee
Lee
Longhorn
Bronze Longhorns
Bangs
Cecil Toliver
James Baughton
Toliver
Heis
Bronte School Band Begins 1966 Rehearsals
Band director Russell Fuller led the Bronte School longhorn ensemble into 1966-67 rehearsals on Wednesday afternoon with two more sessions scheduled for Thursday and Friday at 2 p.m. In other news,Mr and Mrs Cecil Kemp and Mr and Mrs Royce Fancher departed Saturday for a brief vacation in New Mexico and Colorado.
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Russell Fuller
Bronte
Longhorn
Cecil Kemp
Royce Fancher
New Mexico
Colorado
One Inch Rainfall Boosts Local Fields and Pastures
Rain gauges recorded about one inch of moisture from weekend showers starting Saturday morning and ending after Sunday noon. Farmers and ranchers say the rain will help field crops and pastures.
1966 Football Schedule Announced for Horns
The Bronze Longhorns unveil a 1966 seven district games and three non district contests. Open dates include Sept. 16, and homecoming on Oct. 15 against Loraine with Bronte Schools. Preseason scrimmages July 26 and Sept. 2 feature Santa Anna and Merkel.
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Horns
Ual
Roby
Forsan
Bangs
Ozona
Rrescoe
Jayton
Loraine
Hermleigh
Trent
Robert Lee
Bronte
Longhorns
Santa Anna
Merkel
Santa Fe Plans To Close Bronte Depot Hearing Set
The Santa Fe Railway Co plans to close its Bronte depot. Local agent J. F. Haynes announced a hearing will be held before closure. He has prepared papers to support the claim the depot is no longer needed as passenger service ended years ago and the station now handles only freight. The hearing date will be announced once determined.
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The
Santa Fe Railway Co
Bronte
J. F. Haynes
Haynes
Tommy Boecking Heads to Naval Officer Training
Tommy Boecking left Tuesday for Newport Rhode Island to enter Naval Officers Training school. He will report next Saturday. The Bronte native is the son of Mr and Mrs Charlie Boecking and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from Texas Tech in Lubbock last May. He worked at First National Bank this summer.
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Tommy Boecking
Newport
R. I
Naval Officers Training School
Charlie Boecking
Bronte
Texas Tech
Lubbock
First National Bank
Tierce to Preach at First Baptist during Vacation
J. S. Tierce of Winters will preach Sunday at First Baptist Church while Rev. Harry Morris and his family take a vacation. Morris will fill the pulpit at First Baptist in Canadian where the family is visiting.
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J. S. Tierce of
Winters
First Baptist Church
Harry Morris
Morris
Canadian
Bronte Board Amends 1965 66 and Adopts 1966 67 Budgets
Bronte school trustees amended the 1965 66 budget and approved the 1966 67 plan after recording an $8 551 excess in spending. Major costs included a new bus 2 000, gym insurance 3 000, and band instruments 1 000 with the rest for ESEA Title 1 preschool. The 1965 66 expenditure exceeded original estimates due to a construction project.
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ESEA
Music for Bronte Labor Day Barbecue Planned
Bronte prepares a 1966 Labor Day program featuring local and visiting musicians at the county park. Austin Masterson heads the program committee with ministers Cecil Cox Harry Morris and Wayne N. Stout aiding. Mayor Royce Lee to give a welcome. invitation to enjoy music over speeches. Bronte Jaycees Lions Club and Volunteer Firemen assist with feeding a crowd expected around 1000, funded largely by Bronte merchants.
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Bronte
Austin Masterson
Cecil Cox
Harry Morris
Wayne N. Stout
Masterson
Royce Lee
Bronte Jaycees
Lions Clubs
Kickapoo Dam Work Order Advances Preliminary Study
A work order authorizes preliminary work on the Kickapoo Dam between Bronte and the Colorado River. Easement completion will allow core drilling and site testing by Trinity Testing Laboratories under Jake Oliver, with a $10,780 federal grant and the project led by D. K. Glenn of the Kickapoo Water Control and Improvement District. The dam would be on Annie Wilkins property and aim to serve Bronte’s municipal water needs with recreation as a secondary use.
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Bronte
Colorado River
D. K. Glenn
Kickapoo Water Control and Improvement District
Annie Wilkins
Jake Oliver
Austin
Trinity Testing Laboratories of
City
WCID
Cheer Leaders School Held at Southern Methodist University
Janet Lee Cynthia Robinson and Lisa Morrow attend a cheer leaders school this week on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas Clyde Lee drove the girls to Dallas last Sunday for the event
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Janet Lee
Cynthia Robinson
Lisa Morrow
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Clyde Lee
Sandusky Family Reunion Held In Honor Of Ruth Sandusky
Mrs Ruth Sandusky hosted a weekend Sandusky reunion with relatives Mrs Elmer Snyder and family from Dumas Dr and Mrs J E Sandusky and sons Koby Sam and Ross from Hondo Gerald Sandusky from Level land joining their mother for the gathering.
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Elmer Snyder
Jimmy
Ronny
Dumas
J. E. Sandusky
Koby
Sam and
Ross
Hondo
Gerald Sandusky
Levelland
Ruth Sandusky
Sandusky
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Clyde
Hoblitzelle
Pearsonnel
Glenn
H&tc
Longhorn Club
William Elton Green
Hardin Simmons University
Abilene
San Angelo
Santa Fe
Naval Officer Training
Tierce
Bronte School's Board of Trustees
Kickapoo Dam
Department of Housing and Urban Renewal
Cheer Leaders School
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