SWCD Meeting Set for Bronte August 31
West Texas Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts will hold a Bronte meeting August 31 at 10 a.m. in the Bronte Community Center.Sam Faubion is president. J. M. Sterling is vice president. Cone Robinson Sr. is treasurer. Coke County SWCD and the association host. Major speakers include David Firor of NACD and George C. Marks of the U S Soil Conservation Service.
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David Firor
National Association of Conservation Districts
George C. Marks
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
West Texas Association
Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Bronte
Sam Faubion
Association
West
Nolan County
Bronte Park Celebrates Golson 25th Anniversary
More than 100 people gathered at Bronte Park last Friday night to honor James and Liz Golson on their 25th wedding anniversary with homemade ice cream and cake. The couple received gifts and a money tree, with playful remarks about its size and color as friends toasted the pair for a quarter century together.
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Bronte Park
James
Liz Golson
Gossyns
Liz
Bronte 1976 Grads Head Off to College
Bronte High School reports a mass exodus as the 1976 graduates depart for college. Named students enroll at Texas A&M Howard Payne Wayland Baptist Angelo State Oral Roberts Baylor Texas State Technical Institute and other colleges with plans from additional graduates undecided.
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Bronte
Bronte High School
Kim Caperton
Texas A&m
Marian Clark
Howard Payne
Sherrie Coalson
Wayland Baptist College
Nelson Coulter
Oral Roberts University
Bobby Frazee
Texas State Technical Institute
Jodie Freeman
Angelo State University
Laura Glenn
Baylor University
Debbie Hurley
Billy Ren Lee
Texas State Techical Institute
Kyle Lee
Zena Murtishaw
Glenda Mills
Dale Patterson
Tennyson Plans Homecoming
The Annual Tennyson Homecoming is set for Saturday September 4 at the Community Center. Registration starts at 3 pm and a pot luck supper will be served at 6 30 pm. Attendees are invited to bring enough food for their families and guests. Ice tea coffee plates and cups will be provided.
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Tennyson
Hughes Receives 100 Percent Award From Lions Club
J. F. Hughes was honored with the 100 Percent Award at a Bronze Evening Lions Club meeting. He has served as secretary treasurer since the club’s start ten years ago, one of only two in District 2-A to earn the honor. James Arnold Tidwell presented the award. Tommy Lee leads Bronte Evening Club as president.
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J. F
Fred) Hughes
Bronze Evening Lions Club
Lion Hughes
James Arnold Tidwell
Tommy Lee
Bronte Evening Club
Enrollment figure at Bronte School reaches 338
Bronte School enrollment stood at 338 as of Monday August 21 with 179 in elementary grades K 6 and 159 in grades 7 12. Junior high accounts for 58 and four high school classes total 101 while elementary enrollment matches last year and grades 7 12 drop about three percent.
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Bronte School
C. B. Barbee
Sublett Named Local Manager Shifting to Bronte
Paul Sublett, local manager of West Texas Utilities Quiloque office, is transferred to Bronte as local manager replacing Dayton Jackson who served Bronte for three years. Sublett joined WTU in 1954 and has held roles in Shamrock Quitaque and Quiloque. He was born in Shamrock in 1931 and is married to Mary Wilson with three children and two grandchildren. The Subletts belong to the First Baptist Church and participate in community service clubs.
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Paul Sublett
West Texas Utilities Company
Quiloque
Bronte
George Field
WTU Ballinger
Sublett
Dayton Jackson
WTA
Shamrock
Quitaque
Sumnerwood
Samnerwood High
Mary Wilson
Wellington
Paul Jr
Pampa
Stephen Wayne
Becky
Subletts
First Baptist Church
Lions Club
Band Boosters Set First Meeting for 1976 77
The Band Boosters will hold their initial meeting Monday August 30 at 7 p.m. in Bland Hall. Because the first Monday is a school holiday a workshop on September 6 prompted the early date. Band Director Louis Thornton outlines needs and plans for the coming year and urges all interested supporters to attend.
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Bland Hall
Louis Thornton
Coke County Pageant Delivers History This Weekend
A History of Coke County Home of the Rabbit Twist ers will be staged Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Robert Lee School Auditorium. Lucille Bryan wrote and directed the musical history based on Jessie N. Yarbroughs forthcoming book. About 100 people participate in the production. Admission 1.00 for adults 50 cents for children under 12 preschoolers free.
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Coke County
Rabbit Twisters
Robert Lee School
Lucille Bryan
Jessie N. Yarbrough
Texas
U.S.A
Bronze Longhorns to Scrimmage Rule Bobcats Friday
The Bronze Longhorns meet Rule Bobcats in a Friday 7 p.m. scrimmage moved from Ruby. Coach Gerald Sandusky notes fair play last Friday with Rising Star as injuries thin the squad. The Horns open next Friday at home versus Forsan Buffaloes.
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Bronze Longhorns
Bobcats
Ruby
Longhorns
Gerald Sandusky
The
Horns
Forsan Buffaloes
Back to School Dance At Bronte Center Saturday
A Back to School Dance for eighth grade and older students will be held at the Bronte Community Center on Saturday night August 28. The event runs from 8 p.m. to midnight with Rod Gardner and his band providing music.
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Bronte Community Center
Rod Gardner
Voter Registration Drive Aims To Boost Texas Turnout
Coke County joins state effort to register voters before the October 1 deadline for the presidential election. An application blank is printed in this paper, with mail to Tax Assessor O. B. Jacobs in Robert Lee. Texas voters can also request forms by calling the state toll free line 1-800-292-9602.
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Coke County
First National Bank
Bronte
White
Austin
Robert Lee
Revival Set At First United Methodist Church Weekend
The weekend revival at First United Methodist Church runs Thursday night through Sunday with multiple services daily. Evangelist Bill Matthews of the Methodist Mission Home in San Antonio leads with a background in Christian Communications Systems and mission work in the Philippines and Fiji. The Rev Harle Lewis invites the community to attend any or all services, including Sunday School and worship sessions.
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First United Methodist Church
Bill Matthews
Methodist Mission Home
Southwest Home For the Hearing Impaired
San Antonio
Matthews
Texas Christian University
Brite Divinity School
TCU
University of Texas At Austin
Philippines
Fiji Islands
Christian Communications Systems
Harle Lewis
All-Sports Booster Club to Meet Tuesday
The All-Sports Booster Club will hold a meeting Tuesday night August 31 in the school cafeteria starting at 8 p.m. All interested in Bronte School sports are invited, and parents of Bronze Elementa ire Shorthorn teams are urged to attend.
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Bronte School
Bronze Elementaire
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SWCD
Hughes
WTU
Coke Pageant
Shorthorn
Bronte Shorthorns
Miles
Eden
Mertzon
Supt. C. B. Barbee
Forsan
Roby
Rochester
Santa Anna
Richland Springs
Methodists
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