Bronte School Board approves surplus vehicles and reports on new elementary building
Bronte School Board approved purchase of a 1951 Chevrolet station wagon for 94.50 and a Minneapolis morine tractor with mowing and grading gear for 140.69. The board also heard a building condition report by Wilson & Patterson and noted minor repairs, including a new IBM clock, while approving plans for two new school buses and discussing consolidation impacts with Coke County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronte School Board
Texas Surplus
San Antonio
State Board of Control
Wilson & Patterson
Houston Fire and Casualty Co
IBM Corporation of
Lubbock
First Methodist Church Announces Sunday Sermons and Activities
Pastor Rev Lin Loeffler outlines Sunday services at 11 a m The Power Within Us and 7 p m What Is That In Thy Hand Mrs Grady Baker will sing Lifes Weaving as a solo WSCS meets 2 30 Monday at Mrs H O Whitts home Bible Study is Wednesday at 7 p m The church will gather Monday at 5 p m for a basket supper and building grounds cleanup.
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Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
Lin Loeffler
Grady Baker
H. O. Whitt
Maxwell Family Weekend Visit in Abilene
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Maxwell and Bill spent the weekend in Abilene visiting Mrs. Maxwell’s mother Mrs. Emma Craft. Bill was home from Texas Tech University in Lubbock for the break.
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W. H. Maxwell
Bill
Abilene
Court House Grounds Get Trees Shrubs
Planting of shrubs and trees around the new court house the past week has added beauty. Schetz Nursery of San Angelo supplied and planted junipers, evergreens, hollies, Photinias, honeysuckles, and other trees at a cost of just over $500 to Coke County. Two large live oaks remain to be planted on the front lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Schetz Nursery of
San Angelo
Pfister
Coke County
Oil Field Plans 6200-Foot Wildcat Near Bronte
Liedtke, Ltd. of Midland proposes a 6200 foot rotary wildcat well in Coke County ten miles south of Bronte. The No. 1 Gas ton will spud on an 88 acre lease located 660 feet from the south and east property lines.
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Liedtke, Ltd
Midland
Coke County
Bronte
Gaston
Prospecting notes on Bland surveys near Honolulu Oil Co
The report details John Bland survey lines 229 230 referencing maps. A prospector located miles NW of Honolulu Oil Co No 1 Webb with a 6500 foot failure that was plugged and abandoned June 16 1953. Bolin Drilling Co moved a rotary this week on Plymouth No 1 Tidwell five miles SE of Robert Lee. Plymouths No 1 Sims completed recently for a daily pumping potential of 135 barrels.
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John Bland
Honolulu Oil Co
Webb
Bolin Drilling Co
Plymouth No. 1
Tidwell
Robert Lee
Plymouth
Sims
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Vocational Agriculture Department
Texas Surplus Agency
Texas
Garland Black
Texas Public
Daniel
Austin, Texas
World Book
America
Ed Nunnally
Gaston Wildcat
B. D. Snead
First National Bank
Mrs. Rees
At Home Motor Co
Joe Rose Construction Co
Sudan
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