Bronte School Opens Amid New 1969-70 Term Plans
Bronte students return to classes with a six period day and a 179 day calendar. Supt Barbee heads the district with Golson and Raughton as principals and a full faculty, including teachers in math English science and vocational areas. An election in precincts two and four seeks voter approval to form a hospital district to fund a local nursing home.
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Bronte
Supt
Co. B. Barbee
Barbee
Prin
James L. Golson
James N. Raughton
C. B. Barbee
George Thomas
Jerry Lawdon
J. T. Henry
Royce Fancher
Bennie Hambright
East Coke County Hospital District Vote This Saturday
Voters in precincts two and four decide the future of the East Coke County Hospital District and a Bronte nursing home. The issue impacts elderly residents forced to seek care elsewhere, with families affected by the current lack of local nursing options.
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East Coke County Hospital
Bronte
Services Held for Jodie D Van Zandt
Graveside rites were conducted for Jodie D Van Zandt 63 at Old Fort Chadbourne Cemetery. Cate Spencer Funeral Home of Sweetwater arranged the service with Nephews acting as pallbearers. He died in Simmons Memorial Hospital Sweetwater after a long illness. Born March 22 1906 in Coke County he married Vernet McCurdy March 6 1937 in Bronte. They lived in Blackwell 33 years. He was a pumper for an oil company. Survivors include his wife three sisters and one brother.
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Jodie D. van Zandt
Old Fort Chadbourne
Cate Spencer
Sweetwater
Mr. van Zandt
Simmons Memorial Hospital
Coke County
Vernet McCurdy
Bronte
Jimmy Rawlings Wins Camp Award at Kerrville Session
Jimmy Rawlings, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rawlings, attended a two week Texas Lions Club Camp session near Kerrville from July 27 to August 8. He earned the most improved camper award at a program on the final day, with certificate signed by Counselor Thomas Blase and Program Director E W Stobaugh.
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Jimmy Rawlings
Texas Lions Club
Jimmy
Joe Rawlings
James Rawlings
Kerrville
Thomas Blase
E. W. Stobaugh
Bank to Close Labor Day Observed by Bronte Institution
First National Bank in Bronte will be closed Monday September 1 for Labor Day. Executive vice president E F Glenn said the closure gives customers ample notice to arrange transactions without inconvenience.
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First National Bank
Bronte
E. F. Glenn
Reverend Harry Morris completes divinity degree at Southwestern
The Rev. Harry K. Morris, pastor of the First Baptist Church, finished the course of study for a Master of Divinity at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. He previously earned a Bachelor of Divinity in 1955 and, after a comprehensive three year study, his degree was revised to a Master of Divinity.
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Harry K. Morris
First Baptist Church
School of
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Fire Destroys 5000 Acres Near Robert Lee in West Coke
Weary volunteers report the season’s worst grass fire under control after burning about 5,000 acres along the Sterling City to Water Valley corridor. Fire trucks from Robert Lee Bronte and Sterling City, with bulldozers clearing trenches, helped contain the blaze as ranchers watch for rekindling. Livestock loss appears light, wildlife loss not yet known, and a new Robert Lee fire truck replaces the burned unit from Goat Mountain.
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Robert Lee Observer
Robert Lee
Sterling City
Water Valley
Melvin Childress
R. L. Flanagan
Bronte
Wall
Coke County
J. D. Harma
Childress
Flanagan
Reynolds Foster
Foster Price
Cooper Chapman
Tom Peays
Leo Radde
Norma Sheppard Ruth
Sparks Place
Robert Lee Fire Department
Goat Mountain
Ivey Motor Co
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Hospital Dist
Linda Jones
Wayne King
Suzanne Perry
Gerald Sandusky
Zula Sweeten
Louis Thornton
Cecil Toliver
Willie Mae Glenn
Clark Glenn
Tommie Lee
BE. L. Champion
Evert Best
Pete Gentry
Ben Hambright
James Baughton
Kenneth Whitten
Marvin Corley
Clayburn Webb
Mary Walker
George Braswell
R. W. Sims
Bronte School
TSTA
Commissioners
City Hall
Matthew Caperton
Tennyson
Sam
Gaston
Coke County Commissioners
Texas
Noon Lions Club
Bronte Hospital
John R. Harris
Harris
Jodie van Zandt
Nancy
Patty
E. L Hopson
BANK
Harry Morris
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