Oak Creek Village Open House Weekend Formal Opening
The Oak Creek Village resort and shopping center north of Oak Creek Lake opens this weekend with Friday Saturday and Sunday open house days. The May brothers own the $100000 project with various stores and services including a grocery cafe cafe and service station. Prizes and special resident inducements are offered daily with drawings at the grocery store and a free tenth hamburger coffee and Sunday dinner promotions.
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Oak Creek Village
Oak Creek Lake
May Bros
J. P. Sexton
Sweetwater
Herman Craft
Craft
Blackwell
Fort Worth
Dorothy Milner
San Angelo
Ralph C. Pike
Oak Creek
Lubbock
Washateria
Mildred Leatherwood
Oak Creek Village opens with open house and ads
Oak Creek Village shopping center near Oak Creek Lake and Blackwell hosts an open house as Oak Creek Grocery and Crafts Meats advertise in The Enterprise. John King and George Helton seek $685 to buy a bus for tuberculosis patients at Carlsbad, enabling more group outings. donations accepted at The Enterprise office. Last Saturday featured Six Flags Over Texas near Fort Worth.
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Mays
Oak Creek Village
West Texas
Oak Creek Lake
Blackwell
Oak Creek
John King
The
Robert Lee Observer
George Helton
Carlsbad
Helton
King
Enterprise Office
Six Flags
Texas
Fort
Cafe Burglarized in Bronte Break-In
Sheriff investigators pursued a burglary at the Coffee Shop Cafe in Bronte between 3 30 and 4 00 a m Saturday. About 50 dollars was stolen from the cigarette machine and the juke box run by Mr and Mrs Frank Hageman.
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Sheriff's Department
Bronte
Frank Hageman
Labor Day Barbecue At Bronte County Park
Residents will celebrate Labor Day with a free barbecue at Bronte County Park on Monday. Aubrey Denman, park caretaker, organizes the event sponsored mainly by Bronte merchants. Gates open about 5 PM, pool closes at 5:30, supper at 6, pool reopens at 7 with swimming free. Ladies are asked to bring salads but not desserts.
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Aubrey Denman
Labor Day Holiday Observed in Bronte
Bronte merchants close for Labor Day Monday September 4 and sponsor a free barbecue at the county park. Some along Highway 277 stay open to handle traffic. Bronte Schools will dismiss for the holiday.
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Bronte
Longhorns Idle This Week Before Sept. 8 Opener
The Bronte Longhorns have an open date this weekend giving coach Bob Howard extra time to prepare for the season opener with May on September 8. Ten lettermen return as they are picked to win District 6-B. other league games include Robert Lee at Menard Hermleigh at Coahoma Clyde at Roby Aspermont at Trent and Loraine at Roscoe.
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Bronte Longhorns
Bob Howard
Longhorns
Abilene Reporter-News
Trent
Robert Lee
Roby
Loraine
Hermleigh
Menard
Coahoma
Clyde
Aspermont
Roscoe
Rainy Interlude as Bronte Sees Brief Shower Tuesday
A light shower occurred in the Bronte area around noon Tuesday. Cooler conditions followed in West Texas on Wednesday as the weather cooled.
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Bronte
West Texas
Bronte approves low bid for water project
The City of Bronte and the Upper Colorado River Authority accept a $55,955.96 bid from Texas Lawn Sprinkler Co. for a water improvement plan. A 500000 gallon covered reservoir and new mains, fire plugs, electrical and pumping gear will be built near the filter plant to ease summer shortages. Work is expected to start soon after final approval at a river authority meeting in San Angelo.
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Bronte
Upper
Colorado River Authority
Texas Lawn Sprinkler Co
Amarillo
UCRA
L. T. Youngblood
The
River Authority
San Angelo
North Bronte
Mrs Looney Dies After Long Illness
Funeral services for Mrs Jack Looney 36 were held at Robert Lee Baptist Church with burial in McKenzieville Cemetery. She died Saturday in John Sealey Hospital Galveston after a long illness. She was the widow of Mr Looney and mother of four sons. Survivors include her father and stepmother Mr and Mrs Robert Walker of Robert Lee and brother Tommy Walker of Sweetwater. former resident of Robert Lee and once Leta Walker.
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Jack Looney
Robert Lee Baptist Church
McKenzieville
Clift Funeral Home
Leta Walker
Oklahoma
Robert
George
Bill
Joe Dan Looney
Robert Walker
Robert Oj Lee
Tommy Walker
Sweetwater
289 Students Enroll at Bronte School in 1961
A total of 289 students enrolled in Bronte School by Wednesday noon. The high school reports 74 students and the elementary school 215. The 1961-62 term began with an assembly, followed by a full day of classes. A Labor Day holiday is upcoming.
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Bronte School
Joe B. Simpson
Simpson
Reverend Blackmon attends evangelistic conference in Lamesa
Rev. R. W. Blackmon traveled to Lamesa today for an evangelistic conference at Bryant Baptist Church and plans to return Friday night. His daughter Bette will leave Monday for Jacksonville to enroll as a freshman student.
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R. W. Blackmon
Lamesa
Bryant. Baptist Church
Blackmon
Bette
Jacksonville
T O Spiller Faces Major Surgery in San Angelo
T O Spiller underwent major surgery Monday at a San Angelo hospital. The report notes the operation was performed after the individual's health concerns, with no additional details on diagnosis or outcome provided.
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T. O. Spiller
San Angelo
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New Oak Creek
J. May
Bill May
Terry Franks
Suand
Bronte County Park
Clyde Construction Co
Odessa
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