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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1968
Page
5
Coach James N. Raughton's Longhorns defeated Forsan 70 to 66 at Roscoe gym to clinch the District 7-B championship. Five starters led the balanced attack with scores of 16, 14, 12, 12 and 12 as Bronte prepares to face Miles in the regional bracket.
Bronte Housing Authority will open bids at 2 p.m. on March 12 for a north of Main Street project between Washington and East Railroad. The 18 housing units include eight elderly units and ten for family rentals, with an office and maintenance building. About 13 contractors have requested plans and specifications.
Bronze volunteer firefighters will be guests at the Evening Lions Club meeting tonight at 7 15 pm at the Methodist Church. They will report for the regular fire drill, then attend the supper meeting. The program features a film titled The Nozzle Men.
Four Bronte students enrolled at Angelo State College are named to the Dean's Honor Roll for the fall semester. The honorees include Mrs. Garland Black, Mrs. E. M. Reilly, Miss Lillian Strickland and Eddie Spiller. Mrs. Black and Mrs. Reilly, aspiring teachers, are practicing teaching at Austin Elementary School in San Angelo.
Funeral services for William Reeves Ussery 82 of Carbon were held at 2 30 p m Tuesday at First Methodist Church Layne with Rev Len and Rev Jon O Neal officiating. Burial followed at Murray Memorial Cemetery Carbon. Ussery father of Mrs LaRue Broussard Colorado City.
Merlin the man of 1000 mysteries will perform Saturday night at 8 in the Bronte school auditorium. Bronte Noon Lions Club sponsors with advance tickets at 1.00 for adults and 0.75 for ages 12 and under. at the door 1.50 for adults, 1.00 for students. The show promises awe and bewilderment with mind reading and hypnotic feats, plus tales of Hindu rope tricks from India.
A cold norther moved into the area around 4 a.m. Wednesday, dropping temperatures about 10 degrees to below freezing in under an hour. Cloudy skies and a light mix of snow and sleet followed, ending Wednesday afternoon. Earlier in the week many enjoyed springlike 60s before the approaching unsettled weather.
Coke County Commissioners Court approved a Feb 12 resolution to publish its plan to raise salaries of all county and precinct officials by 10 percent. The notice runs this week and will appear again next week. The March 11 regular meeting will consider and act on the matter.
The Bronze Longhorns crushed Garden City 86 to 38 to secure a tie with For san for District 67 B honors. David Glenn led with 25 points, followed by Doug McCutchen 16, Davis Corley 11, Willis Zuniga 11, and Charles Masterson 10. The Bronze girls fell 51 to 44 as Melisea Lee topped the visitors with 14 and Kreta Kiker 14, Norma Pruitt 18.
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