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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1965
Page
4
A slow drizzle Tuesday and Wednesday boosted spring grazing prospects and a small grain crop in the area. Local reports indicate general rainfall with some totals around .65 inch and livestock in unusually good condition amid mild winter temperatures. An elderly resident noted 1965 may have seen wetter January and February.
Announcement says starting Thursday February 18 adults may use Bronte School gym for volleyball. If interest grows, teams will be organized and all community members are invited to participate.
The Enterprise reports illness across the community amid heavy rain and upcoming events. National FFA Week and Public School Week are planned with J T Henry yet to comment on FFA programs while the Masonic Lodge and Lions Club organize a March 2 banquet to honor teachers and schools. Jaycees prepare for a March 2 rattlesnake roundup in Coke County.
Bronte School Board met to extend the contracts of High School Principal Joe B. Simpson and Elementary Principal James Golson for one year. They discussed a proposed new high school with architect George Sowden of Wilson Patterson Sowden Dunlap Epperly and agreed to a study and report in about six weeks. A trustee election was set for Saturday April 3 with Cumbie and Bell seeking reelection. filing closes 30 days before the election. County trustees from precincts 2 and 4 and at large will also be elected.
Bronte area gears up for the second annual Rattlesnake Roundup on February 27 and 28 drawing hunters from near and far. Prizes total 110 dollars with 50 for most pounds of snakes, 25 for second day, and additional awards for longest and shortest snakes and most rattles. Bill Ransberger leads the snake shows with Shelly Downs assisting, inside the Rawlings building with refreshments by Bronte Zeta Delta Home Demonstration club.
Bronze girls defeat Water Valley 71 to 54 as Marla Rees pours in 40 points and Peggy Corley adds 16. Bronze boys roll 81 to 61 with Tad Richards scoring 25 and Jim Morrow 22. Water Valley top scorers include Nita Thomas with 41. Bronte yearlings overwhelm visitors 61 to 16 led by David Glenn 16 and Charles Masterson 13.
First Methodist Church First Baptist Church and Church of Christ sent delegates A S Masterson Harry Morris and C E Bruton to a Monday meeting at the Methodist Church The group outlined ten tentative plans for a religious census to be conducted in Bronte and nearby areas Six Bronte churches including Central Baptist and St James Catholic are expected to participate in the survey.
The San Angelo Eastside Lions Club will join the local club at the Methodist Church for today’s noon luncheon. The visiting group will present the program and all local members are urged not to miss it.
W J Gideon longtime Bronte resident died Wednesday morning February 17 in a Christoval rest home. Funeral arrangements were pending at Williams Funeral Home in Bronte. He married Annie Lockhart February 11 1911 in Bronte. Survivors include son George W Gideon of Del Rio and daughters Mrs Mack Gillham of Odessa and Mrs Ralph Myer of Chicago Illinois. Mrs Gideon died in 1961.
Community donations support a Bronte football field scoreboard project. Contributions from First National Bank Williams Funeral Home West Texas Utilities Hurley Pharmacy Mackey Feed & Supply C. B. Barbee Bob Wrinkle and others total to several dozen dollars, with individual gifts ranging from five to fifty dollars.
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