Enterprise Publication Day Changes With Issue Next Week
The Bronze Enterprise will publish on Thursday mornings instead of Friday to accommodate Goodfellow Monitor distribution at Goodfellow AFB San Angelo. Deadlines shift to Tuesday for news copy and ads, with classified ads due Wednesday noon. major stories may run Wednesday but not after noon. Staff asks cooperation as readers adjust to the new schedule.
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Bronze Enterprise
Enterprise
Goodfellow Monitor
Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Angeo
Air Force
Goodfellow
Mail route changes alter Bronte schedules in Texas
A new San Angelo to Sweetwater mail route began Saturday and shifts Bronte mail times. W M Curry of Abilene won the bid for Jan 10 to June 30 1959 at 13210 annually. The route adds two daily round trips and replaces Santa Fe train service discontinued Nov 1.
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San Angelo
Sweetwater
Bronte
W. M. Curry
Abilene
Star
Jran
O. B. Fields
Santa Fe
Ballinger
Robert Lee
March of Dimes drive underway in Coke County
Matthew Caper ton leads the local campaign with strong planning and capable helpers. Citizens are urged to be generous to support the March of Dimes as the drive begins, stressing cooperation from residents for a successful effort. The note also mentions a publication date change for the Enterprise and asks for reader cooperation.
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Matthew Caperton
Coke County
Census Under Way For Bronte School January
Sept Garland Black announced the Bronte School census will be taken in January. He urged all parents without current pupils to sign a census slip or call the school to ensure every district child is counted. He noted that children turning six before Sept 1 1959 qualify for state tuition funds.
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Garland Black
Bronte
Black
Pruitt's Store Announces Closure After 13 Years in Bronte
Pruitt's Store in Bronte declares quitting business after 13 years. Noah Pruitt Sr. cites workload and Jr. Pruitt's postmaster role as factors. liquidation will take weeks. The store, once owned by Leroy Price and previously the Price Browning line, offered groceries meats dry goods and more.
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Bronte
Pruitt
Noah Pruitt
Noah Pruitt, Jr
the Pruitts
Leroy Price
Lubbock
Brooks Browning
Browning
Price
UCRA Meeting Sets Annual Organizational Session Requirements
The Upper Colorado River Authority will hold its annual organizational meeting on Tuesday January 20 at 4 p m at the Ranch House in San Angelo. L T Youngblood chairman says officers will be elected and plans laid for the year. Youngblood has led the group for eleven years with Gerald Allen of Robert Lee serving as secretary treasurer since his chairmanship began.
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Upper
Colorado River Authority
San Angelo
L. T. Youngblood
Youngblood
UCRA
Gerald Allen
Robert Lee
Local Social Notes Spotlight Joplings and Moore Family
Mr and Mrs G D Jopling of Junction spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Leslie Lammers. June Jean and Joy Kay Moore and Mary Helen Campbell made a trip to Midland Saturday.
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G. D. Jopling
Junction
Leslie Lammers
Jean
Joy Kay Moore
Mary Helen Campbell
Midland
Dimes Drive Planned Across Coke County For March of Dimes
Matthew Caperton announces a county wide March of Dimes drive with cafe coffee day on Jan 17, roadblock Jan 24, Mother's March Jan 30, tamale sale, and Jan 31 dance at Richards ranch. Funds support polio research and broader CNS disease study. advance tickets $1.50. Local schools receive dime cards. county organizers include Cumbie Ivey Jr and Arrott family and Richards.
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Matthew Caperton
Coke County
Caperton
Bronte
City Cafe
Coffee Shop Cafe
Cactus Cafe
Ben Oglesby
Tad Richards
Richards Ranch
National Foundation For
Cumbie Ivey, Jr
Robert Lee
James Arrott
Tennyson
C. E. Arrott
Lometa
C. O. Richards
Ft. Chadbourne
Methodist Talent Program Yields More Than $1100
Rev. Jimmy Campbell, pastor of the Bronte Methodist Church, reported about 65 participants from the Talent Program contributed 1142.37 last Sunday. He noted roughly 25 workers who took advances over three months ago have not yet turned in their earnings and urged completion and early remittance. For those finishing projects, funds will be turned in later.
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Methodist Church
Bronte
Jimmy Campbell
Campbell
Kemp Funeral Held Thursday
Funeral services for Nora Lee Kemp 72 mother of Cecil Kemp of Bronte were held at 4 p.m. Thursday from the First Baptist Church in Ballinger. She died Wednesday afternoon in Ballinger Clinic Hospital after a heart attack Tuesday night and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery Ballinger. She had lived in Runnels County 69 years. Born March 15 1886 in Moody she moved to Runnels in 1890 and married Frank Kemp December 16 1906. Survived by Cecil two Ballinger daughters a brother three sisters and four grandchildren.
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Nora Lee Kemp
Cecil Kemp
Bronte
First Baptist Church
Ballinger
Runnels County
Andrew Smith
Frank Kemp
Kemp
West Texas
Cecil
W. A. McDonald
Foy Farmer
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