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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1973
Page
5
Christmas activity rises despite energy woes as Bronte area residents and groups rally to help. Post office volume climbs with mail, churches plan programs, and schools set early dismissal. The Enterprise will publish a Christmas edition featuring local merchant greetings. Santa letters are due Monday.
A crowd of about 350 attended Monday night’s Bronte Longhorn Band Christmas concert and a homemaking department style show. Santa Claus greeted children, refreshments were served, and organizers Mrs. Clifford Barnett and Mrs. C. N. Webb Jr. thanked kitchen volunteers led by Mrs. Royce Fancher. all praised the event and hoped for a repeat next year.
Merritt Scott of Bronte named to the Vice President's Honor Roll at Texas State Technical Institute Rolling Plains Campus Sweetwater for a 3.5 GPA, enrolled in the combination wedding program. A carol singing is set for next Wednesday night at First Baptist Church with the Runnels Baptist Association churches attending the special services.
Randy Barbee of Bronte and Ralph Gil of Sam Angelo won the American College Theater Festival Southwest Region for original student plays. Barbee, a theater professor at Angelo State University, earns the normed winner title.
The area recorded the coldest morning of the season Monday with a low of 22 degrees. A warming trend develops as clear skies persist and the long range forecast shows no moisture through the week.
Judge W W Thetford announced that all offices in the Coke County Courthouse will be closed Monday and Tuesday December 24 and 25 for Christmas.
Bronte City Hall will be closed December 24 and 25 for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Officials urge residents to handle urgent business on Friday before the holiday.
A Coke County Court session set for Tuesziego was postponed after the prosecutor and all defendants reached a plea agreement. Jurors were summoned but told not to appear. The docket included three DWI cases and two speeding cases.
The Bronte High School junior class hosts a bake sale Saturday starting at 9 a.m. in the West Texas Utilities Building. Everyone is invited to buy baked goods for the holidays.
The Prrvate Longhorns earned four berths on the 3-B all-district team with Jim Dan Riighton and Marvin Waldrop on offense and defense respectively on the first unit. Bronte’s Louis Martinez and Jayton’s Dale Evers join the first defense with other district selections.
Beth boys and girls high school teams played in several tournaments last weekend. The girls finished fourth at the Hardline Simmons 16 teach event after a loss for third, while the boys fell to Baird in the Abilene Christian High School tourney consolation final. Sherrie Cordson led scoring with a crucial three, and Norma Thompson earned all tournament honors as coach Zula Sweeten praised guards Rum Raughton and Sharon Cooper.
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