Bronte Club Outlines Postwar Growth Plan For Town
The Bronte Community Service Club revived after the war to promote a municipal development program tied to an irrigation dam project on the Colorado River. Thirteen proposals outline committees on water, fire, housing, roads, parks, and other civic improvements with aims to attract trades, secure a frozen foods locker, and support rural electrification and farm organizations in Coke County.
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Bronte Community Service Club
Bureau of Reclamation
Colorado River
Here
Bronte
Frank Keeney
Keeney’s Variety Store
BCS
Upper
Colorado River Authority
Kemp Kleaners
Bronte Enterprise
Better Roads
American Post
Staly
Securit
Coke County
F.F.A
Bronte Abilene Highway Contract Let December Fourth
Texas Highway Commission awarded the Bronte to Abilene highway contract on December 4 for the eight mile gap in Nolan County along Highway 158. Work is expected to start by January.
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Texas Highway Commission
Nolan County
Bronte
Abilene
LeDrew Arrott Wins National Sheep and Goat Award
Bronte youth LeDrew Arrott, son of Mr and Mrs C E Arrott, earns the 1945 national honor in sheep and goat work after a history of 4-H achievements since 1939. He traveled to Chicago for banquets and then to San Antonio for the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers convention before returning to school.
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LeDrew Arrott
C. E. Arrott
Bronte
Chicago
LeDrew
San Antonio
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers
Association
Young Arrott
C. E. Arrottt
Sonora
Coke County
Youngblood Named Vice-Preside The Colorado River Basin Authors
The gathering honors 4 H youths at an Achievement Day in Robert Lee with awards for long term leadership and 4 H sponsors. County Agent Travis Hicks outlines Boys awards while Youngblood chairs an Upper Colorado River meeting noting directors and potential flood control actions.
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Youngblood
Vice-Preside
Colorado River Basin
Judge Sandusky
Jesse Ted Simpson
Theron Tidwel
Lyndon Waldrop
Robert Lee
Harold Gene Sheppard
Weldon Schooler
Jerome Sheppard
Don Austin
Richard Boon
Bobby Cox
Douglas Dean
Junior Devoll
Lindy Devoll
Don Fields
Raymond McGallian
Russell Cox
Alfred Dale Lofton
Weldon Deil Lofton
Malcolm Braswell
Paul Burns
Jack Austin
Tennyson
Milton
Rev George B McCrary Named Pastor at Bronte Church
Rev George B McCrary, former Junction pastor and Third Army chaplain with five European battle stars, will assume the Bronte Method ist Church pastorate on Sunday December 15. His wife and three of four children plan to move into the parsonage next week as his parents join them. the Bronte Enterprise notes no photo was available but hopes to print one soon.
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George B. McCrary
George S. Patton
Third Army
Junction
Medical Corps
The
Bronte Enterprise
Rev. McCrary
Vera Ann Baldwin Moves to Bronte
Seven year old Vera Ann Baldwin has moved to Bronte to live with Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas. She previously lived in McCamey and Ft. Chadbourne and is the niece of Mrs. Thomas. Her father Stephen Baldwin is in Japan and expected home by spring.
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Vera Ann Baldwin
George Thomas
Bronte
Thomas
McCamey
Ft. Chadbourne
Stephen Baldwin
Vera Ann
George
Japan
Ain
Waco
J. A. Baldwin
Two Women Injured In Highway Collision Near San Angelo
Mrs Nedra Brock and Mrs B G Timmons were injured when Brock's 1936 Ford collided with J C Webster's 1940 Ford about noon last Saturday on the Bronte highway ten miles north of San Angelo. Brock and Timmons were hospitalized with head lacerations and a leg fracture respectively. Five children in the Brock car were unhurt and Webster escaped injury. both women were listed in good condition.
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Nedra Brock
San Angelo
B. G. Timmons
Brock
Ford
J. C. Webster
Sweetwater
Bronte
Webster
Bronte Enterprise Changes Ownership in San Angelo Deal
J H Mullane Exton Talley and Ed Nunnally Jr of San Angelo purchase the Bronte Enterprise from D M West on November 3. West suffered a paralysis stroke September 12, ending his 23rd year as editor and publisher since 1923. Nunnally to manage and move family to Bronte early next year.
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J. H. Mullane
Exton Talley
Ed Nunnally, Jr
San Angelo
Bronte Enterprise
D. M. West
West
Mullane
Talley
West Texas
Nunnally
Bronte Y
E. L. Nunnally
J. W. Knapp
Water Valley
Pioneer Ranch
San Angelo College
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Bronte - Abilene Highway
LE Drew Arrott
Nelda Ann Sheppard
Fred Blake
Raymond Schooler
Bob Odom
Silver
4-H
W.H.D. Council
Donna Jean Jameson
Rayma Bagwell
Juanita Coulson
Bobbie Kathryn Davidson
Zona Mae King
Green Mountain
Jewell Bloodworth
Esther Louise Allen
Gwendolyn King
Eula Fae Smith
Bessie Mae Clark
Elna Avis Jameson
Dorothy Scott
Marlene Arrott
Norma Jean Gentry
L. T. Youngblood
Hai Upper
K. V. Northington
Ballinger
Coleman
Cooper
Northington
Herman Bettis
Brownwood
A. D. Winters
Brady
Curtis Stephens
Millersview
Fred Harmon
J. H. Green
Big Spring
M. O. Martin
Lamesa
Lee Reed
Sterling City
Joe Whaley
Menard
W. W. Adams
Merizon
Milo K. Roth
M. C. Ulmer
Midland
Roy Ratliff
Colorado City
J. E. Sturrock
Texas Water Conservation Association
Colorado
Sturrock
Supreme Court
Congress
North Concho
Bronte Methodist Church
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