Winners List From Coke County Junior Livestock Show
The Coke County Junior Livestock Show crowned champions across divisions including Heavyweight and Lightweight Steers with Kenneth Wink and Kay Wink earning top honors. Breeding divisions featured Herefords, Rambouillet sheep, and hogs with winners such as Dean Black Neill Black and Frank Blair.
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Coke County
Frank Blair
Douglas Ashworth
Mary Corley
Morgan Ashworth
Bobby Allen
Ronnie Cole
Sammy Belcher
Robert Wink
Douglas Robertson
Kenneth Caulder
Bronte City Council Reports Fund Totals At Friday Meeting
Bronte city council met Friday night at city hall for routine business. City secretary Helen Kirkland itemized fund balances totaling 10 156 80 across Waterworks General Fire Police Street and Alley Sinking and related funds, noting growth since January and tax collections of 8517 05.
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Bronte
Helen Kirkland
Kirkland
Bronte Teams Edge Toward District Showdowns in Local Games
Bronte High reports a split in basketball results with the Bronte Longhorns losing to Mertzon 54 to 49 as Richard Rees tallies 14 points for Bronte and Brooks leads Mertzon with 20. Bronte Cowgirls fall 61 to 40 with Gentry scoring 18 while Wancrech leads Mertzon with 28. Bronte later defeats Wall 37 to 32. A polio benefit game sees Murtishaw and Hageman contributing for Bronte while Dorsey tops the outside squad. Tonight both Bronte teams face Robert Lee at 7.
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Bronte Longhorns
Mertzon
Bronte
Richard Rees
Brooks
Bronte Cowgirls
Gentry
Wancrech
Bronte Girls
Wall
Braden
Murtishaw
Hageman
Roboert Lee
Aletha Murtishaw
Oscar Dorsey
Archie Phillips
Longhorns
Robert Lee
Diversity Club Hosts Patrolman Joe Perry Talk
The Diversity Club met January 31 at Mrs Annie Wilkins home with hostess Mrs Ernestine Powell. Patrolman Joe Perry of San Angelo Texas spoke on highway traffic hazards. Other guests included Patrolman Kemp and Miss Eudora Hawkins of Abilene.
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Annie Wilkins
Ernestine Powell
Joe Perry
San Angelo
Texas
Kemp
Eudora Hawkins
Abilene
Mmes. Vetal Flores
D. K. Glenn
Cecil Kemp
R. W. Rees
T. F. Sims, Jr
H. A. Springer
Joe George Wilkins
Claude Ward
Otis Smith
Powell
Bronte Farm Sold to Charles Sims Near Bronte
Charles Sims purchased the J. R. Johnson half section stock farm three miles northeast of Bronte. The Johns ons recently retired to Melvin. Bill Braswell holds this year’s lease. Sims lives in Robert Lee and co owns the Gulf service station in Bronte with his brother-in-law Bill Wrinkle.
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Charles Sims
J. R. Johnson
Bronte
Mrs. Johnson
Melvin
Bill Braswell
Mr. Sims
Robert Lee
Bill Wrinkle
Robert Lee to Get Dial Service Feb 21
Robert Lee will receive dial telephone service on February 21 as General Telephone Co. officials announce. Ted Maxwell district manager says 280 new dial phones replace crank magnetos and will be ready for operation on dial day. Bronze phone users expect service next month as crews finish installation locally.
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Robert Lee
Ted Maxwell
General Telephone Co
Southwest
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Bird Pentecost
Annice Gartman
Gaylon Pitcock
Kenneth Wink
Kay Wink
Bub Burson
Dee Arrott
Freddie McDonald
Monte Trimble
David Waldrop
James Harmon
Butch Service
Jessie Ensor
Joe Harmon
Fat Lambs
Bobby Cowley
Bob Burson
Finn Wool Lambs
Lambs
Freddie McDon
Lamb
Fat Barrows
Terry Frank Bryan
Frankie Casey
Benny Corley
Sam Skipworth
Frankie Wojtek
Jackie Corley
Dennis Blair
Marlowe Wojtek
Peggy Corley
A A. J. Summers
Larry Rabb
Dennis
Blair
Barrow
Herefords
Bull
Dean Black
Jimmy Burson
Heifer
Neill Black
Rambouillet Rams
Eugene Gentry
Rambouillet Ewes
Shop Bronte
Pangburn’s Chocolates
Lee Tas
Bronte HI
Outsider Games
Patrolman
Maxwell
Dreuth
the Orient Tavern
Dave Bowen
Mer
A. B. Carter
del Monte
Wilson
Cumbie’s
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