Campaign totals rise in Coke County March of Dimes drive
Coke County reports total March of Dimes contributions at 3241.00 with west side donations totaling 1795 and east side 1446. Drive chairmen Victor Wojtek and Ernest Ivey note strong showing as candidates for city council and mayor fill ballots for April election.
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Billy Gene Thomas
Joe George Wilkins
Paul McGiure
J. B. Mackey
Jess Percivfll
Chartheno Entor
Jess Percifull
Ben Oglesby
Charlie Boecking
H. O. Whitt
Arnold Ball
Ernest Ivey
Coke County
West Side
Robert Lee
Edith
Victor Wojtek
East Side
East
Bronte Independents remain undefeated in league play
Bronte's independent basketball club beat Marine Reserve 70 to 99 at the community gym in San Angelo Saturday night and lead the San Angelo Minor League. Lasswell led Bronte with 18 points for the locals.
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Bronte
Marine Reserve
San Angelo
Lasswell
Spend Local to Grow Bronte Texas, Almanac Notes
A Bronte town appeal urges local spending to boost merchants and county revenue. Cites Coke County income of 4 006 000 dollars and retail sales of 2 280 000 dollars to argue spending locally strengthens tax values and public finances. An Indian proverb ends the fragment.
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Bronte
Coke County
Coures
Cambrian wildcat to drill near Bronte Texas No 1 F E McDonald
Oil men Auld & Auld of Kerrville and Woodward of Dallas plan a Cambrian wildcat eight miles north of Bronte in Coke County on the No 1 F E McDonald prospect. Location details and previous nearby Cambrian and Ellenburger data are noted along with financing from Phillips Petroleum and farmout by Stanalind Oil & Gas and American Republics.
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Auld & Auld
Kerrville
Woodward
Dallas
Coke County
Bronte
F. E. McDonald
R. E. Douglas Survey
Fort Chadbourne
Dan Auld
Murray Petroleum I
Moore Et al
Ellenburger
Humble
R. E. Butner
Rawlings
West Texas
McDonald
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
American Republics Corp
Phillips Petroleum Co
School Favorites Announced for Annual Honors
Bronze class selections name senior Jo Dell Walton and Jimmy Wayne Best as boy and girl favorites followed by Mary Ann Gray and Donnie Ray Braswell for junior, Linda Lasswell and Billy Tounger for sophomores, and Carolyn Kemp and Bobby Hester for fileshmen. Bill Maxwell and Flora Mae Brown win Mr and Mrs Bronte High. Dean Stephenson and Ruby Overstreet named most popular students. FHA king Martin Lee and FFA queen Ruby Overstreet. Jane Powell as most beautiful girl and Kenneth Scott as most handsome boy with Rita Beth McCutchen and Eddie Braswell as best all around couple. Who's Who reps include Linda Feil English, Joy Lynn Wilkins math, Dean Stephenson Boys P E, Jo Dell Walton girls P E, Frances Carlton Social Science, Martin Lee agriculture, Rickie Dell Hester Homemaking, Bill Maxwell commercial, Rudy Gutierrez music and science, Linda Feil.
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Jo Dell Walton
Jimmy Wayne
Mary Ann Gray
Donnie Ray Braswell
Linda Lasswell
Billy Tounger
Fileshmen
Carolyn Kemp
Bobby Hester
Bill Maxwell
Flora Mae Brown
Bronte High School
Dean Stephenson
Ruby Overstreet
FHA
Martin Lee
FFA
Jane Powell
Kenneth Scott
Linda Feil
Joy Lynn Wilkins
Frances Carlton
Rickie Dell Hester
Rudy Gutierrez
Church of Christ Building Remodeling Under Way
The Church of Christ is receiving a face lifting this week with interior and roof repairs in progress. Austin Sandusky, an elder, oversees the project.
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Church of Christ
Austin Sandusky
Bronte Girls Face Water Valley In District Playoff
Bronte's girls basketball team visits Water Valley tonight at 7 15 for the first of a best two out of three district series. Bronte earned the north half, Water Valley the south half. second game set for next Tuesday in Bronte.
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Water Valley
Bronte
Water Valley Girls
Bronte Girls
Bard Water Valley Girls
Ailay
Christoval
Leon Wyatt
Archie Phillips
Wyatt
San Angelo
Best and Hooker Tie the Knot in San Angelo Wedding
Mrs Laura Hooker of Loraine and Jess Best of San Angelo wed Saturday February 6 in San Angelo. The Rev R L Denton of West Side Baptist Church performed the ceremony. The couple will reside in San Angelo where he works at the courthouse. Best is well known in the area for his long residence.
Gospel Meeting Set at Church of Christ in March
A gospel meeting is announced at the church of Christ beginning March 21 and ending March 28. Ronnie Pope of Yorktown Texas will preach each night with further announcements to follow.
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Church of Christ
Ronnie Pope
Yorktown
Texas
Dato
Foy Moore Calls for Tax Rise in Bronte School District
Bronte School board member Foy L. Moore told a PTA meeting that the district’s 1 percent tax rate and land values are too low and should be raised. He noted oil industries pay 80 percent of local taxes and that valuations have stayed fixed since 1932 39, urging a 14 percent rate to fund facilities in 10 years. He cited 1000 percent district valuation growth since 1934 and rising per pupil costs from 100 in 1934 to 287 recently.
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Foy L. Moore
Bronte School Board of Trustees
PTA
Moore
Bronte
Humble Company
Two Sentenced For Robbery Attempt
Marvin Eugene Whitaker and Robert Leroy Wberhardt received five-year suspended sentences after pleading guilty to assault with intent to rob. They attacked H. C. Murtishaw at his filling station on Oct. 13. Both face additional auto theft indictments in Tom Green County.
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Marvin Eugene Whitaker
Ohio
Robert Leroy Wberhardt
San Angelo
H. C. Murtishaw
Tom Green County
Joe L. Mays
51St District Court
Robert Lee
Aubrey Stokes
Justin A. Keever
Everett Jimerson
Andrews
Jimerson
Coke County
A. A. Griggs
Odessa
Raymond Stoker
Griggs
Bronte Boy Scout Drive Totals $397.50
The Bronte Boy Scout drive raised 397.50 by weekend end with 60 collected Saturday. A. Suricer led the effort and thanked all contributors for their generous support and assistance in making the drive a success.
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Boy Scout
Bronte
Ana"rh
TT A. Suriicer
New Tax Exemptions Born to Sharp and Ivey Families
Two births recorded at Bronte Hospital. Roy Mark Sharp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sharp, weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces, born February 14 at 5 30 a m. Elizabeth Ann Ivey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ivey, weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces, born February 17 at 1 a m. Grandparents and relatives listed.
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Leon. Sharp
Roy Mark
Bronte Hospital
Eddie L. Sharp
Grapevine
Lee R. Woodle
Dallas
Noah A. Seiber
Godly
Teas
Elizabeth Ann Ivey
Ernest Ivey
Victor
Ava Maxwell
O. C. Ivey
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Billy Thomas II
Bronze
Foy Moore
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