Red Cross Fund Drive To Begin In Coke County
The Red Cross annual drive starts March 1 in Coke County. The local quota is 708 dollars with 390 kept locally and 318 sent to National HQ. National goal is about 60 million dollars. Local leaders include Ben Oglesby, A J Kirkpatrick, 1H Whitt, Frank Keeney, B D Snead, and Dr J K Griffin.
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Red Cross
Coke County
H. A. Springer
The
Ben Oglesby
A. J. Kirkpatrick
O. Whitt
Home Service
Frank Keeney
B.D. Snead
J. K. Griffin
Health and Safety
Rain Drenches Bronte Area With Wide Spread Moisture
The Bronte vicinity received about a half inch of rain over the last two days with the first shower Tuesday and a second on Wednesday. Robert Lee reported over an inch, and other parts saw more rain than Bronte. The system stretched from Wichita Falls to beyond Del Rio, where five inches fell soaking the Rio Grande. By Thursday morning the sun appeared and fair weather was expected.
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Bronte
Robert Lee
Wichita Falls
del Rio
Rio Grande
Mrs Josie Candle Buried Saturday In Texas Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Josie M. Candle were held Saturday at 3 PM at First Baptist Church. She died Friday morning in a San Angelo hospital and is buried in Fairview cemetery Bronte. She was born Mary Josephine Robison in Navarro County Texas on April 5 1887 and was 61. Surviving are three children two sisters and two brothers and three grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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PL Mo
First Baptist Church
Josie M. Candle
San Angelo
Levi Price
Coleman
J. B. Eldridge
Sonora
Fairview Cemetery
Bronte
Mrs. Caudle
Mary Josephine Robison
Navarro County
Texas
Joseph Parker Lambert
Lambert
Robert Clovis Lambert
Lois Lambert Pahner
Sin Angelo
Dallas
John A. Caude
Maude Wood
Carrol Stroud
Midland
C. J. Rogers
Henry Robison
Lamesa
Larkin Pruitt
Booneville
Arkansas
Hospital News Bids Farewell and Admissions List
February notices show Mrs. C H Gibbs discharged. Mary Reyes and Jacque Caperton admitted for surgery and medical care. Several patients, including Ira Coppedge and Mutt Loftin, were discharged on various dates with other admissions noted through February 23.
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C. H. Gibbs
Mary Reyes
Pete Reyes
John Q. Hanna
Blackwell
Jacque Caperton
R. T. Caperton
Ira Coppedge
Marvin Landers
W. D. Latham
Matt Loftin
Five Coke County youths hurt in Bronte highway crash
Five youths from Tennyson and Bronte were injured when their pickup overturned about five miles north of San Angelo on the Bronte highway Tuesday night. Driver Jimmy Arrott and passengers Joel Webb Clarence Webb Jr L B Conger and Bobby Vaughn were not reported as critically injured. Four were taken to San Angelo by Cox ambulance and the fifth by a Highway Patrol car.
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Coke County
San Angelo
Bronte
Jimmy B. Arrott
Joel Webb
Clarence Webb
L. B. Conger
Bobby Vaughn
Tennyson
Vaughn
Cox
Junior Livestock Show Date Set for March 1 in Coke County
Coke County announces its Junior Livestock Show on Tuesday March 1 at Robert Lee. Entries are expected in divisions including baby beeves fat lambs hogs and purebred breeding animals. Eligible members must own and care for animals with supervision by a 4 H or vocational agriculture teacher. Animals must be on grounds by 9 am and stay until 5 pm. exhibitors provide their own feeds. Ribbons awarded and a purple champion ribbon. premiums paid around March 10. An Angus heifer is offered as an added prize.
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Coke County
Robert Lee
Travis B. Hicks
Tow Lh Club
S$ Acm
Hicks
Bernards Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Merc and Mas J Bernard celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their Bronte home on February 20, with both spouses marking sixty years of marriage.
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Bernards
Merc
Mas. J. BD. Bernard
Bronte
Mrs. Bernard
Coke County Home Demonstration Council Adopts Rules
Standing rules for the Coke County Home Demonstration Council were adopted with Mrs T M Wylie Jr presiding. District agent Miss Casey and county agent Miss Vernemma Freeman attended as seven county clubs sent reports. Gladys Waldrop THDA chairwoman led a true false test and a concession was set for the Coke county fat stock show in March.
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T. M. Wylie
Coke County Home Demonstration Council
Miss Casey
Vernemma Freeman
Gladys Waldrop
THDA
Coke County
Reburial Service for F O Kiker This Sunday
Flight Officer Chester HR Kiker will be honored with a Sunday 2 30 p m reburial service at Bronte Methodist Church with Rev Bo H L Bohuntalk of San Angelo officiating. Interment follows at Fairview Cemetery under Clift Funeral Home guidance.
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Chester HR. Kiker
Bronte Methodist Church
Bo HL. Bohuntalk
San Angelo
Fairview
Clift Funeral Home
Ken Riker
Sweetwater
Moly
Riker
Green Island
Pacific
New Guinea
C. J. Kiker
Bronte
Joe Kiker
Watsonville
California
Faye Rohde
Mrr
S.A. Kiker
Mas
Courthouse News Highlights Road Plans and Gas Tax Talk
A courthouse report discusses pavement plans for a road section between Robert Lee and Edith and mentions a state gas tax proposal. Officials estimate revenue impacts for schools and rural roads, with a March 7 hearing or vote referenced. The piece notes funding tied to Coke interests and a statewide gas production tax proposal. The article predicts listener updates on Mister Xo over local radio stations.
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Tee
Wample
Jude Pell
Dean
Robert Lee
Edith
Ander
Vest Farm-Toanmarket
Waiple
Comets
Banat
Billo Divise
Minol
Cally
Faves
Pexas
Plans Nearing Completion for TB X-Ray Campaign
An editorial urges Bronte residents to participate in a three day TB X-ray survey at City Hall on March 8 9 and 10. The effort, funded by taxpayers, aims for early TB detection and successful treatment, with radio stations playing unidentified voice recordings and a prize for identifying the voice.
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Bronte
Jones To Open New Cafe Saturday
Jones prepares to open a new cafe with an open house on Saturday offering free coffee and doughnuts. The 21 by 34 foot building seats about forty, features a marble counter and fluorescent lighting, located beside Jones Station and Grocery on Highway 277.
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Miho
Mirso Bo Mio Jones
Jones
Jones Station
Highway 277
Bronte ‘Tractor Company
Artcraft
Lammers Enters Commissioner Race
Vernon C. Lammers of Lammmers Lumber announced his candidacy for one of Bronze city council seats in the upcoming April 4 election. Three vacancies exist including one year and two two year terms. Cecil Kemp W W Milliken and D K Glen turnover or vacancy details noted. petition requirements explained.
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Vernon C. Lammers
Lammmers Lumber Company
Cecil Kemp
W.W. Milliken
D. K. Glen
Sincce
Bronze Wednesday
Lummers
Kemp
Millican
Masonic meeting moved to school lunchroom in rain
The Masonic gathering and barbecue were shifted from Diesel Park to the school lunchroom due to rain. Visitors from Robert Lee Norton San Angeles and Rist Star attended. The program included a discus display and remarks by Supt Jot.
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Robert Lee
Norton San Angeles
Rist Star
Mister X Voice Contest Plays Across Local Stations
Radio stations KGKI and KHM San Angelo Ballinger schedule repeated Mister X clue broadcasts from March 5 to March 10 with multiple daily air times. The White Auto Store in Bronte will host additional plays before the contest ends. A $25 war bond prize is donated by the Lions Club.
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Agre Am San Angelo
Kruen Ao Ballinger
Mister X
KGKI
San Angelo
White Auto
Bronte
Lions Club
Wartime radio plans announced for prize display
Officials urge listening to stations from now to the astars event. Plans describe a prize display at the White Ante Store on Bronte. The notice encourages public participation and self help while recordings are phased in at several stations.
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Nooumeb
Berg
Bronte
Moouied Mare Pod Flner Noted In Ma i n Mas Choird
Fragmentary OCR text references a local event involving a choir and a matriarchal figure. It mentions weeklong activities, a social event, and a potential list of participants. Details are unclear due to garbled wording.
Joe Lee Scott and Jo Wo Athes In Denver City
Joe Lee Scott and Jo Wo Athes are wothing on Denver City. The fragment mentions two individuals and a place, suggesting a local item or notice. Further readable detail is limited.
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Joe Lee Scott
Jo Wo Athes
Denver City
Bronte Field Staking Increases Drilling Activity
In the Bronte field activity eased with six new locations staked and drilling continuing at others. Notable notes include American Republic's No. 2 well and several tests reaching depths near 4,500 feet with casing set and cement awaiting hardening.
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Bronte Field
Banner Milk and Ice to Build New Plant in San Angelo
An official of Banner Milk and Ice Company announces construction of a combined milk ice cream and ice plant in San Angelo. The building will be south of the Humble Service Station on highway 277 at the site of the old Banner ice house.
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Banner Milk and Ice Company
San Angelo
Humble
Highway 277
Banner Ice House
Reverend McWhorter leaves hospital to stay with Sterling City son
Reverend J D McWhorter father of Mrs Jeff Dean has been released from a San Angelo hospital and taken to the home of his son J D McWhorter Jr at Sterling City where he is improving
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J. D. McWhorter
Jeff Dean
San Angelo
J. D. McWhorter, Jr
Sterling City
Mass Meeting On Oil Development In Bronte
Bronte city residents are invited to a mass meeting Monday night February 24 to hear Judge George T. Wilson of San Angelo explain legal details for drilling permits. Mayor TH. O. Whitt urges full participation as plans are made for a large delegation to attend the Railroad Commission hearing in Austin on March 3.
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Bronte
TH. O. Whitt
Whitt
George T. Wilson
San Angelo
Railroad Commission
Austin
Sun No 2 Millican Well Produces Mud and Oil Blink
Distillate and distillate cut mud appeared on a drillstem test. Gas surfaced within five minutes and drilling continued. Sun No 2 C. C. Millican, seven miles south of Jameson field and west of Robert Lee, recovered 180 feet of mud with a salty taste and rainbow of oil. An air blow was observed. Other wells on the Sun lease in the western and northern county sections were making hole.
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Sun No. 2
C. C. Millican
Jameson Field
Robert Lee
Sun Lease
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Ou McQueen
Jess Percisfull
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J. Bo Mackey
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HD Council
Bom
Parker County
Pool Littlefield
Palestine
B. T. Younsblood
the Baptist Church
Bernard
F O Kiker
Dewd American Legion Post
Klight Officer
Chester R. Kiker
Courthouse News
Mister Xo
Kgkl
Krun
Hie
Onme
Cake County
Mystery Man
KGEL
Specie Plains
A. A. Banith
San Angelo College
Bronte Methodist Arch
Lammers
KHM
Ballinger
Mr. X
Lark Saat
Valtiste
American Republic
Hickok & Reynolds
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Planet Noo
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