Runnels Historians Tour Coke County
A delegation from Runnels County toured Coke County during Historical Appreciation Week visiting Bronte Fort Chadbourne Cemetery Hayrick Robert Lee Sanco Silver Sun Oil Perkins Prothro plants and Green Mountain Edith area. The visit included a welcome at Bronte and meetings with officials.
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Runnels County
Coke County
W. W. Thetford
Bryan Yarbrough
Fort Chadbourne
Hayrick
Coke
Robert Lee
Sanco
Silver
Sun Oi! Co
Perkins- Prothro
Green Mountain
Edith
Blackwell Schools Readying for Monday Open
Blackwell students register August 25 and 26 for the fall term. A faculty work day is set for August 26 at 8 a.m. School opens August 29 with buses and cafeteria operating and a short assembly in the new gym. The board hired three teachers for 1966-67 and listed returning staff. Lunch prices rise to 30c for grades 1-6 and 35c for 7-12, with teachers paying 45c, to cover a deficit.
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C. B. Barbee
Barbee
Golson
Blackwell High School
Blackwell
Blackwell School
Bille Joe Luckett
Bronte
Edward Poehls
Calvin Helms
Katherine Dyess
Willie Bell Cornett
Julia Hanby
Davie Brownfield
Nina Cowan
Nola Shedd
Evla Mae Johnson
la Rue Broussard
Broussard
Flying Missionaries Bring Color Slides To Bronte
This Sunday evening August 28 at 7 pm First Methodist Church hosts Mr and Mrs Cliff Carlburg of Missionary Aviation Service with their two children. They describe seven months in Mexico and upcoming work in the Philippines. A free will offering will be taken. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Glenn
Mary Walker
George Braswell
R. W. Sims
Jason Culpepper
Marvin Corley
C. B. Webb
Louis Baker
Tennyson
Evert Best
Pete Gentry
Clint Low
Longhorns
Santa Anna Mountaineers
Santa Anna
First Methodist Church
Cliff Carlburg
Missionary Aviation Service
Mexico
San Angelo
Carlburg
Austin Masterson
E. P. Conner
Carlburgs
Bronte
Philippines
Mrs. Carlburg
Bronte Area Ends Morning Downpour Rains Reach Record Levels
Rain fell across Bronte and surrounding areas all morning with gauges reporting varied totals from 1.6 to 5 inches. Farmers welcomed the moisture as it aids crop growth before frost arrives, with several measurements cited by local observers and residents.
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Bronte
Robert Lee
Plans Progressing For Labor Day Feed
Labor Day 1966 event plans advance with a music based program organized by the city four ministers headed by Austin Masterson. Mayor Royce Lee will give the welcome after the invocation and 1000 attendees are expected as meat is purchased and desserts will be provided by local women. Bennie Carol Oglesby returns from Midland after a week with relatives.
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Austin Masterson
Wayne Stout
Cecil Cox
Harry Morris
Royce Lee
Howard Brock
Merchants of Bronte
Abilene Man Killed in Wingate Cutoff Car Crash
One man died in a single vehicle crash near the Wingate cutoff west of the caution light at Highway 277 and Farm Road 35 in Nolan County. Luis Fabela 22 of Abilene was the sole occupant. Investigators theorized he fell asleep at the wheel before the wreck shortly before 2 a.m. Williams Funeral Home Bronte to handle arrangements with services likely in Abilene.
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Nolan County
Wingate
Luis Fabela
Abilene
Willams Funeral Home
Bronte
Sam Williams
Williams
CrMWD Sets Oct 6 Bid Date for Robert Lee Dam
Colorado River Municipal Water District authorizes a $30 million revenue bond sale to finance an 488000 acre foot Robert Lee reservoir. The project includes a 4.4 mile dam 111 feet high, 10 million cubic yards of earth moved, spillway cost about 2.5 million, and related work with land purchases and power line relocations. A 99 year lease to Coke County for an airstrip was approved along with rip rap rock contract and utility relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Observer
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Robert Lee
Coke County
Fred McCabe
West Texas Utilities Co
Bell New Head of Booster Club
A. E. Bell Jr. was elected president of the Longhorn Club at its meeting last Thursday in the county park. Marvin Bryant was reelected secretary-treasurer. The club assists the Bronte Longhorns football program and is running a $5 membership drive to fund its activities, including filming Longhorn games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Bell Jr
Longhorn Club
Marvin Bryant
Bronte Longhorns
Also Mentioned on This Page
Runnels
City Hall
Assembly
Tne
Royce Fancher
Russell Fuller
James L. Golson
J. T. Henry
Linda Jones
James M. Raughton
Cecil Toliver
Darrell Windhaus
William E. Green
W. H. Thomas
Jack Corley
L. J. Sonnenberg
Esmo Black
Austin Sandusky
Edward Cumbie
Joe Rawlings
Bennie Carol Oglesby
Midland
CRMWD
R-Lee Dam
Water District
Bell
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