Voters Urged to Register in Coke County for 1967 Election
Prospective voters aged 21 through 65 must register in Coke County to vote in 1967 elections. County Tax Assessor-Collector C B Jacobs confirmed info with Attorney General Crawford Martin. Judge Herman Jones had ruled the poll tax amendment vote invalid and 465 registration certificates had been issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coke County
C. B. Jacobs
Crawford Martin
Dist
Herman Jones
Austin
Texas
Judge Jones
Jones
Texas Supreme Court
Jacobs
Tax Assessor
First National Bank
Bronte
East Side
Attorney General’s Office
Coke
Bronte Area Faces Financing for Kickapoo Creek Dam
Residents hear of a proposed Kickapoo Creek dam between Bronte and the Colorado River. The 4400 acre foot lake would cover 313 acres with 8 miles of shoreline and may need federal grants. local funds and water sales could cover the rest. Authorities note Oak Creek Lake overtaxed in summer and say a nearby small lake could aid Bronte and a future Robert Lee recreation hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Kickapoo Creek
Bronte
Colorado River
Robert Lee
Coke County
West Texas
Historical Group To Meet Friday In Robert Lee
Coke County Historical Survey Committee will meet at 7 p m Friday in the courthouse at Robert Lee. The session is held in cooperation with Gov John Connally who proclaimed the week of January 1921 as See and Save Texas History Week urging committees statewide to meet and organize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Thetford
Coke County Historical Survey Committee
Robert Lee
John Connally
Texas
Bronte School Seeks Help With Annual Census
Bronte School takes its annual census of district school age children. Mrs. Clark Glenn directs the effort, asking families to list current and next year entrants. Call the school if your child turns six on or before September 1 and you did not receive a census blank. The count affects state aid to the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronte School
Clark Glenn
Glenn
Bronte School Receives Federal Funds for Remedial Reading
Supt C B Barbee announced Bronte School will use 7427 in federal money for special remedial reading this year and eight weeks of preschool training next summer for prospective first graders. Teachers aides Mrs Clint Low and Miss Manuela Reyes were hired to relieve teachers for the program duties. Report cards were issued covering the first half with new grades for the third six weeks and first semester. cards must be signed and returned by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. C. B. Barbee
Bronte School
Barbee
Clint Low
Manuela Reyes
Residents Move in Bronte Add New Families
Three moves in Bronte last week added one family to the city. George Latimer and wife relocated to a new east addition home. J W Martin and wife moved from the Jake Scott house to the Latimers former residence. Scott and wife, previously in Robert Lee, moved back into their house.
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Bronte
George Latimer
J. W. Martin
Jake Scott
Latimers
Mrs. Scott
Robert Lee
Longhorns Take Basketball Lead Over Garden City
The Bronze Longhorns opened district play with a 69 54 victory over Garden City Tuesday, led by Gary Allen with 17 points and supporting double digits from Davis Corley 16 and David Glenn 15. Corley topped Bronte scoring Friday as Forsan beat Bronte 68 65.
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Longhorn
Garden City
Robert Lee
Forsan
Longhorns
Gary Allen
Davis Corley
David Glenn
Doug McCutchen
Wayne Carlton
Keith Mr
Bronte
Corley
Glenn
Allen
Carlton
McCutchen
Services Friday For C. L. Derrick
Funeral services for Clarence Lee Derrick 71 were held at Tennyson Baptist Church with burial in Mule Creek Cemetery. He died January 11 in San Angelo after a long illness born August 18 1895 in Mullin Mills County he was a farmer and World War I veteran survived by his wife a son a daughter four brothers and four sisters. Pallbearers included Herbert Holland Douglas Bryan and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lee Derrick
Tennyson Baptist Church
Mule Creek
Williams Funeral Home
Mr. Derrick
St. John’s Hospital
San Angelo
Mullin
Mills County
Coke County
Brookshire Baptist Church
Olive Sm
Tennyson
Chester
Odessa
R. L. Denton
Herman
Burnett
Hubert
Colorado City
Lewis
Robert Lee
Tom
George James €S
Lottie Berry
Lula Miller
Big Lake
Mary Mitchell
Herbert Holland
Douglas Bryan
John Clark
Jack Corley
Robert Brown
Floyd Gibson
Pete Nutter Suffers Finger Injury at Cactus Cafe
Pete Nutter operator of Cactus Cafe was badly cut and had a mangled finger after getting tangled with a car fan last Saturday. He was treated at Bronte Hospital with X rays and later sent to a specialist. San Angelo doctors hospitalized him for a couple of days and the cafe remained closed early this week.
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Pete Nutter
Cactus Cafe
Nutter
Bronte Hospital
John R. Harris
San Angelo
Back Issues for Sale at Bronze Enterprises Office
Old papers from 1966 Bronze Enterprises offered for sale at the office for a limited time. A few complete year files are available and will be destroyed soon. Persons needing back issues should visit within the next days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronze Enterprises
Condemnation Suit Appeal Heard in County Court
An appeal of the Colorado River Municipal Water District versus Montgomery Sand and Gravel Co Inc proceeds this week in county court before Judge W W Thetford. Objections challenge a 984 282 award for sand and gravel rights along the Colorado River as part of the reservoir project. Jurors Allen Freak Demerere and Fred McCabe Jr. were seated with testimony in Tuesday session while P B Shannon of San Angelo represents the sand and gravel firm and a Snyder law firm for GRMIWD.
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Colorado River Municipal Water District
Montgomery Sand & Gravel Co., Inc
W. W. Thetford
Montgomery
Colorado River
Ufder
CRMWD
Allen
Bronte
Freak Demerere
Luttrell Buys New D8 Caterpillar Root Plow Tractor
J D Luttrell bronze earth moving contractor buys a new D8 Caterpillar root plow weighing 75008 pounds at a cost just under 60000 dollars. The maiden job starts Thursday on the Clark Glenn place south of Bronte with Tom Luttrell operating.
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J. D. Luttrell
Bronze Earth Moving
Luttrell
Clark Glenn Place
Bronte
Tom Luttrell
Rev Harry K Morris Attends Texas Baptists Conference
The Rev Harry K Morris pastor of First Baptist Church traveled to Dallas for the Texas Baptists annual Evangelism Conference. The gathering, featuring about 50 state personalities and four groups of musicians, runs during the week with Morris accompanied by Serris Akins of Ballinger.
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Harry K. Morris
First Baptist Church
Dallas
Texas Baptists
Morris
Serris Akins
Ballinger
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kickapoo Water District
Bronte Girls
Norma Pruitt
Kreta Kiker
Linda Carlton
Lisa Morrow
Pruitt
Kiker
L. Morrow
Sterling City
Water Valley
C. L. Derrick
Rev. Morris
State Baptist Meeting
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