Coke County Stock Show Opens With Arts Exhibit
Two visitors in the Veterans Administration Library in Washington view Royce Phillips art. The Coke County Stock Show will be held Monday in Robert Lee with 185 animals from 67 FFA and 4-H members. Activities begin Sunday with animal check in and weigh ins, followed by judging Monday starting at 9 am and a premium sale at 3 pm.
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Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C
Royce Phillips
Texas
Coke County
Robert Lee
FFA
4-H Club
Town To Close For New Year Holiday Observance
Most Bronze businesses will close Friday for New Year s Day as residents plan to watch bowl games. Post Office and rural routes halt Friday with mail back Saturday. City hall First National Bank West Texas Utilities Bronte Enterprise and county offices in Robert Lee close until Monday. Bronte School kids end Christmas vacation and return Tuesday.
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U. S
First National Bank
West Texas Ubilities
Bronte Enterprise
Robert Lee
Bronte School
Basketball Games Set for Saturday Night in Roscoe
Bronze basketball teams have games scheduled for Saturday night with Roscoe. Action begins at 6 30 p m. Next contests for the high school teams are Jan 5 when Sterling City teams visit for district play. Junior high games follow holidays Jan 7 hosting Miles. Time for the upper game is 6 30 p m.
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Roscoe
Sterling City
Miles
Funeral Held for Mrs Lelia Spruell in Bronte
Funeral services for Mrs. Lelia Spruell were conducted at Central Baptist Church with Rev. M. E. Patterson and Rev. C. R. Blake officiating. Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery. she died December 25 after a short illness in Bronte Hospital. She moved from Fisher County to Bronte in 1931. survived by sisters Dannie Stevens and Claudia Gentle and brother Gene Langford, plus nieces and nephews.
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Lelia Spruell
Central Baptist Church
Pasto
M. E. Patterson
C. R. Blake
Fairview Cemetery
Newby Funeral Home
Fisher County
Bronte
Sam Spruell
Spruell
Dannie Stevens
Wingate
Claudia Gentle
Maryland
Gene Langford
Odessa
Band Booster Meeting Set for January 5
The Band Booster Club will meet January 5 at 3 p.m. in the band hall. All members are invited to attend. Mrs. Winnie Tidwell hosted a Christmas gathering with many relatives visiting from Lamesa Bronte Wingate and San Angelo.
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Winnie Tidwell
Theron Tidwell
Beth Ann
Michelle
Theron Kirk
Lamesa
James Arnold Tidwell
Shelene
Jimmy
Bronte
Douglas Stevens
Janice
Wingate
Lane Jackson
San Angelo
Christmas Births in San Angelo Area
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Walker of San Angelo announce a baby boy Courtney Royce born Christmas Day at 8 51 p m in a San Angelo hospital weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces. Grandparents are Mrs. Mary Walker of Bronte and Mr and Mrs T D Bloodworth of San Angelo. Mr and Mrs Harold Keele announce a daughter Mary Lee born Saturday Dec 27 at 9 30 a m in Shannon Hospital weighing 6 pounds 7 ounces. She has a sister Tammy age 4. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Verlin Oates and Mrs Ruby Keele of San Angelo. Great grandparents Caudie of Brookshire and Mrs John Oates of San Angelo.
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Buddy Walker
San Angelo
Courtney Royce
Mary Walker
Bronte
T. D. Bloodworth
Harold Keele
Shannon Hospital
Mary Lee
Tammy
Verlin Oates
Ruby Keele
Caudie
Brookshire
John Oates
Christmas Happenings Across Several Towns
Mrs. Myrtle Keeney spent Christmas in Lubbock with her daughter and family. Many relatives visited from Tulsa Oklahoma City Irving Houston and Abilene with festive meals and describes reunions. Mrs. Brown reported on a recent European trip and the Wrinkle family gathered for the first time in years.
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Myrtle Keeney
Lubbock
Jimmy Irwin
James Burkhart
Tulsa
Okla
C. R. Blake
Robert Lee
Dale Brown
Orville Blake
Irving
Charles Blake
Houston
Mary Walker
Clarence Doggett
Selling
Dwain Walker
Oklahoma City
Joe Armontrot
New Home
Buddy Walker
Brandie
San Angelo
J. F. Hughes
Stanton
E. A. Baugh
Ronald Hughes
Tennyson
Evelyn Mangum
Louis
Hightower
Dennis Wrinkle
Loveland
Roy Wrinkle
Basketball Battle Set Between Bronte Lions Clubs
The Noon Lions Club team from Bronte will meet the Bronte Evening Lions Club quintet in a January 18 game at the Bronte gym. Referees Horace Grigg and George Newby. Coaches J. T. Henry and Leonard Fletcher. Admission 75 and 50 cents. Concession overseen by H. O. Whitt and L. L. Wilkins.
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Bronte Gym
Bronte Noon Lions Club
Bronte Evening Lions Club
Horace Grigg
George Newby
J. T. Henry
Leonard Fletcher
Henry
Fletcher
Noon Club
H. O. Whitt
L. L. Wilkins
Visiting relatives during Christmas holidays
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Hart of Odessa and Mr. and Mrs. Sid Jones of Ballinger visited Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Marshall. Also present were Mrs. Nora Airhart and Mr. Boyd Airhart of Arlington, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Paul Thomason and family of Dallas, Mrs. Vera Green of Lamarque, Mrs. Edna Anderson of Houston, and Mr. and Mrs. Will Thomason of Midland.
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Ernest Marshall
Chet Hart
Odessa
Sid Jones
Ballinger
Nora <Airhart
Boyd Airhart
Arlington
Billy Paul Thomason
Dallas
Vera Green
Lamarque
Edna Anderson
Houston
Will Thomason
Midland
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Air Force
Veterans Administration Dvb
Winters
Bill Scott
Vocational Ag
Riculture
Abilene High School
Scott
Stock Show Association
Direc
Frank Percifull
J. W. Service Jr
J. F. McCabe Jr
H. H. Brunson
Joe McCutchen
Fay Askins
Wilbern Mullican
Roy Tinkler
Bill Magness
B. A. Boykin
Edward Cumbie
Garland Davis
Coke County Home Demonstration Clubs
Mrs
R. J. Millikin
Abilene
Willie B. Millikin
J. W. An
Derson
A. N. Rawlings
R. G. Lewis
Carolyn Simpson
Gene Lewis
Carolyn
Dennice
Jim
Tucson
Ariz
Clifford Warner
Aquila
Marvin Simpson
Bill Simpson
Marvin Simpson Jr
Bill
Marty
J. L. Pope
Denton
Randal Meador
Cynthia
Linda
Joe Rawlings
Patty
Nancy
W. D. McDonald
Doughty
Lions Clubs
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