Bronte Girls Eye Bi District Win Set for Sterling City Clash
Bronte girls basketball beat Mertzon to clinch district title and will meet Sterling City next Tuesday night at 7 30 in Lakeview gym San Angelo for bi district honors. Mary Ann Gray scored 34 of Bronte 59 35 victory at Mertzon with Scooter Snead 14 and Joe Ann Rusk 11.
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Bronte
Sterling City
Lakeview
San Angelo
Brownwood
Mertzon
Mary Ann Gray
Scooter Snead
Joe Ann Rusk
Bronte Basketball Tourney Prompts Scout Benefit Weekend
Local notice promotes a weekend basketball tournament at Bronte School gym to benefit the Boy Scouts. Several top teams compete, with high level play expected. Also included is a retrospective apology from the paper for a previous erroneous report on Fred Graham's condition after a car wreck south of town.
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Bronte School
Boy Scouts
Fred Graham
Here
Graham
Bronte
Dallas
An Andrews
Sign For Curbs By March 1
Up to Thursday morning 18 persons had signed to have curb laid around their property before paving. Estimated cost 1.50 per running foot for stand up curb and gutter. Total width 18 inches. City council set curbs ten feet from property lines to leave space for sidewalks utilities poles and trees. Deadline March 1 to sign up.
Red Cross Drive Begins March 1 in Coke County
Annual Red Cross fundraising drive starts March 1 with Coca Cola County chairmen Charlie Boecking and Claude Word organizing committees. They seek volunteers to meet a $985 quota, with more drive details to be announced next week.
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Red Cross
Coke County
Charlie Boecking
Claude Word
Word
Boecking
Bruton Couple Celebrates 35th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bruton marked their 35th anniversary last Tuesday. Their daughter Mrs. E. O. Nicholas and her husband of San Angelo hosted a supper for the couple.
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C. E. Bruton
E. O. Nicholas of
San Angelo
City Election Set for Bronte April 5
Bronte schedules its regular city election for Tuesday April 5 at City Hall. Two aldermen will be chosen as terms for H A Springer and Leonard Fletcher expire. Candidates must file by March 6 to appear on the ballot with filings handled by Mayor Ernest Ivey or City Hall.
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Bronte
H. A. Springer
Leonard Fletcher
Didate
Ernest Ivey
Ivey
Charlie Boecking
Ben Oglesby
Joe George Wilkins
Independent teams vie in Bronte post-season tourney
Seven Independent squads enter a charity basketball tournament in Bronte to support the Boy Scout drive. Opening games featured Ballinger, SAC Independents, Robert Lee, Bills Man's Shop, Gandy's Creamery, Blackwell, and Bronte with Blackwell earning a bye. Consolation and final rounds follow with games set Friday and Saturday evenings.
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Bronte
Ballinger
SAC Independents
Robert Lee
Bill's Man’s Shop
Gandy’s Creamery
Blackwell
SAC
Bills Man's Shop
Gandy’s
Blackwel
Ballinger-Sac
UCRA Seeks Permit For Robert Lee Dam On Colorado River
The Upper Colorado River Authority votes to refile for water impoundment at Robert Lee Dam in Coke County. A March 7 Austin hearing will review a reduced permit for 500 000 acre feet impounded and 132 000 acre feet annual runoff to serve 58 000 acres. The board also approves employee social security and lowers bank depository bonds to 50 000.
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Upper
Colorado River Authority
Colorado River
Coke County
Robert Lee
L. T. Youngblood
UCRA
Gerald Allen
Board of Water Engineers
Austin
Coke, Runnels
Tom Greene
Lake Thomas
Robert Lee State Bank
Bronte First National Bank
Bronte girls claim Dist 20 B basketball title
Bronte wins the district championship by taking the first two games of a best of three series from Mertzon last week. The photo shows co captains Mary Ann Gray ward and Flora Mae Brown in the bottom row with coach Grady Baker and team officials.
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Mertzon
Jo Ann Harkley
Wanda Wuestinger
Jewel Warneck
Sue Hartgraves
Bronte
Rusk
Snead
Gray
Ann Adams
Flora Mae Brown
Wanda Tomlinson
Grady Baker
Brown
Mary Ann Gray
Bronte Girls
Westbrook
Lake View
Sterling City
Christoval
Women serve on Coke County jury for first time
Three women served on a Coke County jury this week. Zelda Caraway and J S Ferrell heard the damage suit of C R Richards versus C J Henry filed over windmill work near Blackwell, with Richards seeking 17500 dollars and the jury awarding 325. Mrs Otis Smith joined Wednesday on the case John Burroughs and S E Adams versus Ervin Halfman, over lease terms on 740 acres south of Robert Lee. district Judge Joe L May presiding. Mrs Smith called the first day long but jurors were polite.
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Bronte
Otis Smith
John Burroughs
S. E. Adams
Ervin H. Halfman
J. S Ferell
Zelda Caraway
Robert Lee
C. R. Richards
C. J. Henry
Coke County
E. Adams
Ervin Halfman
Adams
Burroughs
Halfmann
Halfman
Joe L. Mays
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Wanda Belle Snead
Jo Roland
Patsy Brock
Rickie Dell Hester
Jo Ann Gentry
Iris Mae Brice
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