President Eisenhower Visits San Angelo Newsroom Tour
The narrator recalls the Eisenhower visit in San Angelo with national journalists including Marvin Arrowsmith of AP and Roscoe Drummond of the New York Herald Tribune. A newsroom setup with teletype lines and press facilities impressed visiting reporters as Eisenhower attended a breakfast and exit for a brouth inspection tour.
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San Angelo
Eisenhower
Charles Smith
Goodfellow
Marvin Arrowsmith
Roscoe Drummond
New York Herald Tribune
General Telephone Co
Southwest
A. J. Kirkpatrick
Robert Lee
Secret Service
Bankers review drouth relief programs at San Angelo meeting
L. T. Youngblood of First National Bank in Bronte attended a bankers meeting in San Angelo this week aligned with President Eisenhower’s drouth inspection tour. The group wrote criticisms of government breath relief programs such as the emergency feed and soil bank programs and sent recommendations to the President.
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L. T. Youngblood
First National Bank
Bronte
San Angelo
Eisenhower
Youngblood
Drouth
Bronte Longhorns Dominate Area All Star Honors 1956
Three Bronte Longhorns earned second area all team and two earned honorable mention. Robert L. Moore, Joe Ramariz, and Bobby Hester made the all area squad while Bill Wrinkle and Jimmy Lee received honorable mention. Ramirez and Hester were co captains in 1956. Moore is the only returnee for 1957, as the others are seniors. Bronte did not win the district, yet officials praised the showing by the Longhorns.
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Bronte
Longhorns
Ramirez
Hester
Former Bronte Resident Wes Box Returns to Work in Town
Wes ley Box of Odessa returns to Bronte for a brief stay to work for a few weeks. He is lodging in the I. M. Cumbie home during his visit.
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Bronte
Wesley Box
Odessa
I.M. Cumbie
March of Dimes Programs Planned
The March of Dimes drive outlines events for 1957 including a Ta male Supper January 26 at Fuentes store with Latin American food for dine in or take home. A benefit basketball game Ballinger vs Blackwell January 28 is scheduled.
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Fuentes
Cecil Kemp
Bronte
Zym
Ballinger
Blackwell
Year’s Coldest Weather Hits the Area
The region faced its coldest weather of the winter with temperatures dipping to 19 degrees early Thursday. A front arrived Sunday night, another Tuesday night, and by Wednesday temperatures stayed below freezing with strong winds. A warm-up was forecast for the weekend. No moisture accompanied the fronts.
Bronte merchant marks fifty years in business milestone
R. E. Cumbie, partner in Cumbie & Mackey Store, observes his 50th year in Bronte mercantile trade. The firm evolved through multiple name changes and partnerships since 1906, weathering economic downturns while serving customers with quality merchandise.
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R. E. Cumbie
Cumbie & Mackey
Bronte
Mr. Cumbie
UCRA Officers Re-Elected At annual meeting
Upper Colorado River Authority directors reelected L. T. Youngblood as president Porter Henderson as vice president G. C. Allen as treasurer. Youngblood and Allen have led the group for 12 years. The board discussed a Christoval water district bond election set for Jan 28 and noted a completed Carlsbad water system financed by UCRA with loans repaid from earnings and no interest charged.
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L. T. Youngblood
Porter Henderson
G. C. Allen
Lecy-Treas
Youngblood
Allen
UCRA
Christoval
Carlsbad
First Baby of 1957 Born at Bronte Hospital
Frederick Warren Feist Jr. born to Dr and Mrs F W Feist with 7 pounds at 3 a m Wednesday January 16 at Bronte Hospital. Father a medical student under Dr John R Harris and a UT Medical Branch Galveston senior student.
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Frederick Warren Feist, Jr
F. W. Feist
Bronte Hospital
John R. Harris
University of Texas Medical
Galveston
Sims Resigns and Teague Named to School Board
T. F. Sims Jr resigned from the local school board and trustees accepted the resignation at their Jan 11 meeting. They appointed J. W. Teague, Red Chain Feed owner and former Crane County Clerk, to fill the unexpired term. The board also hired Mrs. Clark Glenn as school secretary, replacing Mrs. F. R. Collins. A deep freeze for the cafeteria and a film strip projector for the elementary were purchased. The PTA was thanked for an eye testing machine and a $300 library books and supplies donation.
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T. F. Sims, Jr
J. W. Teague
Sims
Teague
Red
Crane County
Clark Glenn
Tennyson
F. R. Collins
Garland Black
Wreck Victims Show Gradual Recovery in Tennessee Crash
W. J. Gideon reports his wife says their daughter Mrs. Jean Favor and her two sons are much improved after a Tennessee car wreck. All three regained consciousness and have an excellent chance to recover fully, though convalescence will be slow. The daughter woke on day four, one boy on day seven, and the other on day eleven.
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W. J. Gideon
Jean Favor
Tennessee
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Enterprise Photos
I. C. Oden
Matthew Caperton
Lin Loeffler
Diversity and
Sorosis
R. M
Upper
Colorado River Authority
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