PTA fair to open Tuesday night after meet
PTA plans a fair opening Tuesday night following a meet. Attendees include families and local residents as organizers prepare attractions and refreshments.
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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1964
Page
4
PTA plans a fair opening Tuesday night following a meet. Attendees include families and local residents as organizers prepare attractions and refreshments.
Back copies of The Enterprise from 1963 are on sale at the newspaper office. A few complete files of all 152 issues are available for $1.50, with single copies three cents each. Purchasers must select the issues they want. sale is for a limited time to move stock. Science students will guide visitors through exhibits.
The Enterprise lists a long roster of possible Bronte players including Joe Simpson John Boyles T F Sims Jr N M Curlyce D K Glenn Bud Thetford Royce Lee James Golsan C B Barbee Marvin Bryant J T Henry Matthew Caperton Joe Rawlings Norman Riker Clyde Lee and several ministers and warns others may be drafted. A fan comments that if the coach can assemble a team from this list he could coach a pro squad.
Bronze PTA schedules a regular meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the audio-visual room. Clint Law, science and math teacher, will present the devotion and later provide a tour of the Science Fair.
The Dun and Bradstreet Reference Book tracks manufacturers wholesalers and retailers but omits some service and professional firms. Nationally total US businesses exceed three million with 33 changes in Coke County listings last year including 10 additions nine deletions and 14 rating changes versus a rate of about one change every five seconds nationally.
Ronnie Lee, Bronte High School junior and son of Clyde and Mrs. Lee, achieved a hole in one on the No 1 hole at Bronte County Park course using a seven iron for 130 yards during a Scotch Threesome Sunday. His group placed third behind John Boyles Jim Pitts Charles Masterson and Norman Jones Charlie Brown Bob Bell. Plans are underway to add five more holes to make a nine hole course.
Bronte and Mertzon varsity teams headline a multi school event with girls leading off the bari competition at 3 p.m. Thursday against Mertzon. Bronte boys face Mertzon at 4 p.m. Semi finals run Friday and Saturday with finals Saturday evening including girls and boys championships. Schools entered include Bronte Mertzon Ballinger Paint Rock Christoval Wall Miles and Eola.
Word was received Wednesday that Mrs. Marie Peel of Brownwood died Tuesday night after a long illness. She was the sister of Clint Low, a teacher in the Bronte Schools. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today.
Two to three inches of rain fell in the Bronte area over the past week, delighting ranchers and farmers as small grain crops and winter weeds benefited. A Wednesday drizzle became a heavier rain at night totaling one to one and a half inches, followed by another moisture front Monday. Measured totals ranged from 2.28 inches near Rawlings to 3.5 inches in Brookshire community, with Bronte area readings around 2.8 to 3.3 inches.
Bronte boys fall 45 44 and Bronte girls lose 76 45 as Forsan dominates early led by Betty Conger 32 and Donnie Gooch 14 with Marla Rees 19 for Bronte. Forsan top scorer Gooch earns game honors while Bronte ends district play with two wins four losses for the girls and three wins three losses for the boys. Upcoming games set Friday at Sterling City and Tuesday at Robert Lee.
Coke County Historical Committee with the state organization appointed by Gov. Connally sponsors a contest for high school students on Civil War history. Rules are with school officials and eligible students in grades 9 through 12 may enter.
Tom Boecking, a Texas Tech student in Lubbock, spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Charlie Boecking.
Poll taxes collected totaled 1 073 with no balloting for president or vice president. The last presidential poll appeared in 1960. Local officials cite an amendment to the U.S. Constitution as a potential factor in reducing poll tax payments.
Dr James Fyjerstad a doctor of dental surgery opens a new dental office in Robt He earned surgery degrees from the University of Minnesota and did undergraduate work at Texas Western in El Paso New equipment of the latest design is installed and he has begun practice.
Bronte Jaycees plan a rattlesnake round-up set for February 22 and March 1 in Coke County assisted by a Game Management Association committee led by Otis Smith and C. E. Arrott. The event will include a live snake show at Albert Lee, with judging and prizes to be announced. Local hunters and landowners will be invited to participate and registration details will follow.
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