Coke County 1956 Rainfall Totals Only Twelve Inches
Soil Conservation Service reports 1956 drought with 12.2 inches total rainfall in Coke County. January through December yields show 4.9 inches in mid-October providing brief moisture. Widespread crop failures include cotton, grain sorghum, and feed, with notes from W. A. Sheppard on soil moisture retention. Wreck near Louisiana sends Lt. and Mrs. Hipp home from leave after foggy highway crash. no injuries but vehicle damage.
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Coke County
Soil Conservation Service
Robert Lee
Coke County Soil Conservation District
A. V. Sheppard
Bill Hipp
Fort Benning
Warnock Hipp
Texas
Hipps
Louisiana
Georgia
March of Dimes appeal urged for Bronte area
A Bronte area appeal urges strong support for the March of Dimes polio drive. The notice highlights a local polio victim, Beth, receiving treatment in Gonzales, and calls for wider community generosity this year. It notes Coke County residents have historically contributed well and encourages continued support despite whimsical local anecdotes.
March of Dimes Campaign Gets Underway in County
The March of Dimes launches a county drive running through January with a twofold goal to fund polio care and to promote the Salk vaccine. County organizers led by I C Oden and Robert Vaughan outline posts, from treasurer Cecil Kemp to collectors at Bronte School and Lone Star, plus a west side chair Lew Heuvel Edith. A film Look at Me will be shown to PTA members January 8 and Tennyson residents January 12, with no admission but donations welcomed.
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March of Dimes
Basil O’connor
March of Dimes Organization
Mr. O’connor
I. C. Oden
Robert Vaughan
Robert Lee
Coke County
Oden
Cecil Kemp
Garland Black
Bronte School
Robert L. Moore
Lin Loeffler
A. J. Deans
PTA
Tennyson Area
Tennyson
Services Held for Mrs Eva Key 88 in Bronte
Funeral services for Mrs Eva Key 88 were held at 2 p m Wednesday from Bronte First Methodist Church with Rev A Lin Loeffler officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery under Clift Funeral Home direction. She died January 1 in Bronte Hospital after 16 days illness. She moved from Kentucky to McCulloch County as a child, married W R Willoughby in 1886, later married Folden O Key in 1901, and lived in Bronte since. Survivors include son Oden H Willoughby two sisters Mrs Lilly Revell and Mrs Pearl Roberts and brother Jim Stark. Pallbearers listed.
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Eva Key
Bronte First Methodist Church
A. Lin Loeffler
Fairview
Clift Funeral Home
Kentucky
T. S. Stark
McCullogh County
W. R. Willoughby
Folden O. Key
Bronte
Oden H. Willoughby
Lilly Revell
Sterling City
Pearl Roberts
Monument
N. M
Jim Stark
Hunt, Texas
L. T. Youngblood
F. S. Higginbotham
A. N. Rawlings
O. R. Mqueen
Collins Sayner
B. E. Modgling
J. A. Percifull
D. K. Glenn
Youngblood Reappointed to UCRA Board for Six-Year Term
L T Youngblood president of First National Bank Bronte was reappointed by Gov Shivers to the Upper Colorado River Authority board for six years. Other Coke County directors named were Rufus W Foster Sterling City and Dale Leddy San Angelo. Youngblood helped secure Bronte Robert Lee water supplies and the North Concho lake project.
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L. T. Youngblood
First National Bank
Bronte
Upper
Colorado River Authority
Allan Shivers
Youngblood
UCRA
Rufus W. Foster
Sterling City
Dale Leddy
San Angelo
Drouth Feed Program Extended To Feb 15
Walter T. McKay state director of the Farmers Home Administration advised Paul C. Shillingburg Coke County supervisor that the Emergency Feed Grain Program is extended to February 15 for farmers and ranchers to file applications. The extension allows feed grain to carry livestock through March 15 while the Emergency Roughage Program faces a brief delay in accepting applications as financial aspects are sorted in Washington.
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Walter T. McKay
Farmers Home Administration
Paul C. Shillingburg
Coke County
Seven Holidays Set for 1957 by Local Businessmen
A meeting at the Enterprise office set seven holidays for 1957 including six regular holidays and a two day close-up around Christmas. The schedule lists January 1, May 30, July 4, September 2, November 28, and December 25 and 26 as holidays, with January 1, 1958 added. Veterans Day was skipped due to proximity to Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Enterprise Office
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Beth
Gonzales
Jooks
United States
Citizens OF Tomorrow
The
Enterprise
Ann Ivey
Ernest Ivey
Joe Simpson, Jr
Joe Simpson
Mark Allen Murtishaw
Pamela Beck
Richard, Beck
Fort
Chadbourne
Humble C.p. Ronnie Sims
Rhert Hugh. Sims
David Sims
R. H. Sims
Conco Lake
Drouth
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