Bronte Plans Big 75th Diamond Jubilee Celebration
Bronte prepares a Labor Day festival at Coke County Park to mark the town's 75th birthday. John Ben Sheppard will speak, a historical marker will be dedicated, and a queen mother contest winner will be announced. Local dignitaries, Scouts, Lions, and firemen organize a barbecue for about 1000 attendees.
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Longhorn
Bronte
H. Hornbeck
Bronte County Park
Coke County
John Ben Sheppard
Odessa
State of Texas
Sheppard
Royce Lee
Bronte “Boy Scout
Bronte Longhorn Band
H. QO. Whitt
George Scott
Cumbie
Bronte Jaycee
Coke County Historical Survey Committee
Bryan Yarbrough
South Bronte
Dorsey Hardeman
McCutchen to Receive Diploma at San Angelo Hospital School
Carolyn Yvonne McCutchen will receive a diploma and graduation pin from Shannon West Texas Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in San Angelo on September 2. The ceremony is at 7:30 p.m. in the San Angelo College Auditorium. She entered the nursing program on September 4, 1961 and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin McCutchen of Bronte. She is a Bronte High School graduate and plans to wed Mickey Black on September 11.
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Carolyn Yvonne McCutchen
Shannon West Texas
Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
San Angelo
San Angelo College
Calvin McCutchen
Bronte
Bronte High School
Miss McCutchen
Mickey Black
County History Feature Nears 75th Anniversary Edition
The Enterprise plans a 75th anniversary edition next week to cover the county’s history, with Royce Lee contributing a report on the Bronze Boy Scouts trip to the National Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge New York City and Washington. Some material will be omitted to finish the edition on time.
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Royce Lee
Valley Forge
New York City
Washington
Charles Timmons Joins Abilene Machinery Firm as Representative
Charles Timmons, reared in Bronte and son of Mrs. B. G. Timmons, has accepted a sales representative post with Plains Machinery Co. of Abilene covering 11 West Texas counties. He is married to Wilma Nell Hester and they have two daughters. Timmons has worked in machinery sales in the Permian Basin area for years. His new territory includes Hardeman, Childress, Motley, Cottle, Foard, Dickens, King, Fisher, Kent, Stonewall and Garza counties.
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Charles Timmons
Bronte
B. G. Timmons
Plains Machinery Co
Abilene
West Texas
Timmons
Wilma Nell Hester
R. W. Sims
Permian Basin
Hardeman, Childress, Motley, Cottle
Foard
Dickens
King
Fisher
Kent
Stonewall
Garza
City to Spray for Mosquitoes Tonight Says Mayor
Mayor Royce Lee announced Wednesday that Health Officer Dr. John R. Harris has flagged a heavy mosquito infestation and the town will be sprayed, likely tonight.
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Royce Lee
John R. Harris
Lee
Special Invitation To Old Timers In Coke County 1889
Bronte Diamond Jubilee organizers issue a special invite to residents who were in Coke County when it organized in April 1889. Names and addresses may be incomplete and descendants are urged to help locate those aged at least 75. Contact Ben Oglesby at Bronte Enterprise to ensure mail before Labor Day.
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Denman
Lee
Coke County
Bronte
Coke
Ben Oglesby
Bronte Enterprise
West Tex lowers electric rates by 1.1 million dollars
West Tex announces a company wide annual rate reduction of 1.1 million dollars, effective after August 31 1964. Marvin Bryant WTA local manager filed the new schedules with the city citing voluntary action to cut costs from reduced federal taxes and higher electricity use. President Si Phillips says the 3 percent cut reflects tax relief and improved operations plus new generating facilities.
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West Tex
Marvin Bryant
WTA
Bryant
Oong
Econo
Si Phillips
WTU
Swimming Pool to Close Next Week at Bronte County Park
Park caretaker Aubrey Denman announced Bronte County Park pool will close next week from Monday to Friday and reopen Saturday Sunday and Monday September 5 6 7. The pool will shut Monday Labor Day at 5 30 p.m. for a barbecue and program starting at 5 50 p.m.
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Aubrey Denman
Edward M. Cumbie
Bronte County Park
Denman
Mrs Jimmy Irwin and Andrea Mother Myrtle Keeney
Mrs Jimmy Irwin and her mother Mrs Myrtle Keeney were mentioned in a brief item. The record notes family ties and the relation between the two women. No further context or event details are provided in the fragment.
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Jimmy Irwin
Andrea
Myrtle Keeney
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Longhorns
Cecil Toliver
James ‘Raughton
Bronte Band
Jaycees
John Boyles
Jaycee Committee
Boyles
George Latimer
Whess Chairce
Latimer
Miss Bronte
West Texas Utilities
Tricia Andrews
First National Bank
Marilyn
Frances Glenn
Bronte Flowers
Lynda Taylor
Hurley Pharmacy
Sharon Hurley
Dorothy Ruth Martin
Joyce’s
Janet
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