Boy Scout Fund Drive Begins with Early Bird Breakfast
D K Glenn announces the Boy Scout fund drive starts next Tuesday February 8 with an Early Bird Breakfast at First Baptist Church from 7 to 8 am. The Concho Valley Council covers 23 counties with a $75000 district quota. Jack Moore leads the event with Scoutmaster Oscar Dorsey and Bronze Scouts providing a traffic enforcement skit and shoe shine prizes for early arrivals.
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Boy Scout Fund
D. K. Glenn
First Baptist Church
Concho Valley
Denmothers
Cith
Jack Moore
Runnels County
Oscar Dorsey
Mr. Glenn
C. E. Bruton
Rev. M. R. Rogers
Charlie Boecking
Ben Oglesby
H. A. Springer
Community mobilizes after fire at the Baggett home
Residents donate cash and furniture within an hour of the blaze destroying the Baggetts' household goods. Volunteers secure new living quarters and plan a community shower as several hundred dollars in aid arrives. The day also notes light rain and a poultry editor's joke about hens and eggs.
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T. C. Baggetts
Re-Elected L T Youngblood Heads UCRA Board in San Angelo
L T Youngblood president of First National Bank reelected chairman of the Upper Colorado River Authority at a Friday meeting in Hotel Cactus San Angelo. Porter Henderson of San Angelo named vice chairman and Gerald Allen of Robert Lee secretary treasurer with bonds set at 10000. Directors rename Bronte Bank and Robert Lee State Bank as joint depositories. replacements for Frank Cannon and C S Coleman await Texas Legislature action.
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L. T. Youngblood
First National Bank
Upper Colorado River Authority
UCRA
Bronte Bank
Robert Lee State Bank
Allen
Frank Cannon
San Angelo
C. S. Coleman
Miles
Texas
H. C
Suggs Construction Wins Coke County Court House Bid
Suggs Construction Co of Big Spring won the Coke County Court House contract with a base bid of 263 493 plus 7 325 for marble wainscoting totaling 270 818. Warner Construction Co of San Angelo was next lowest about 6 000 higher. The project must be completed in 270 working days with 11 bids opened.
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Suggs Construction Co
Big Spring
Coke County
Ballant Construction Co
Abilene
Suggs
A. E. Suggs
Curtis Fish
Bill Myers
Fort Worth
Harry Weaver
Robert Lee
Wyatt C. Hedrick
Court House
Fire destroys Boecking farm home near Bronte
A gasoline ignition Friday morning leveled a ten room two story frame house on Charlie Boecking’s Bronte area farm eight miles north of town. Residents T C Baggett and family escaped uninjured though uninsured. Bronte Volunteer Fire Dept could not save the structure, built in 1915 for the Vanzant family and remodeled recently.
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Charlie Boecking
Bronte
T. C. Baggett
Boechings
Baggetts
Boeckings
Bronte Residents Rally for Baggetts Family Aid
Bronte residents raise money clothes and household goods for the Baggett family of Mr and Mrs T C Baggett aiding them after hardship in the Bronte area. Community members organize collections and deliveries to support the family's needs.
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Bronte
T. C. Baggett
Dimes Drive Nets $1280 on East Side
Coke County reports the March of Dimes East Side drive raised 1280.22 dollars for polio efforts with 210.38 from Tad Richards dance and 40.50 in cards. Local chairwoman Mrs. Boecking thanked volunteers. Dr. Harris praised the community’s support and hinted at post campaign deductions of 62.30 in expenses.
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Dimes Drive
Nets
Coke County
Charlie Boeecking
John R. Harris
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Earl Little Humble
Ideal Cafe
Tad Richards
The
Lions Club
Lone Star Gas
Boecking
Grand Jury To Meet Monday in Coke County
Judge Joe L. Mays orders a grand jury panel without women to convene in Robert Lee at 10 a m Monday Feb 7 opening a new term of District Court for Coke County. The panel includes Tom Wiginton B A Austin Bobby Baker W L Barnett Matthew Caperton Edward Cumbie D K Glenn Melvin Simpson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe L. Mays
Robert Lee
Coke County
Weldon Fikes
Tom Wiginton
B. A. Austin
Bobby Baker
W. L. Barnett
Matthew Caperton
Edward Cumbie
D. K. Glenn
Melvin Simpson
W. D. McDonald
Raymond Schooler
J. L. Carwile
Melvin Childress
Corley 13 Wins Grand Champion Lamb at Coke County
Ny Corley, 13, son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Corley of Tennyson, shows the grand champion lamb in Coke County Live A 4 H. The lamb, bred by Collins Sayner of nearby Tennyson, earns the top prize while Dee Arrott, also of Tennyson, displays the reserve champion in the same event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corley
Marvin Corley
Nyson
Collins Sayner
Tennyson
Dee Arrott
James Arrott
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Oden
Dean Myrick
Rex Harris
Eddie Glenn
Rudy Phillips
Greg Whalen
Jimmy Wells
Kenneth Mayben
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