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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1966
Page
4
County Tax Assessor Collector C B Jacobs warns Jan 31 is final day to pay regular taxes and poll tax receipts. Deputy from Bronte will visit Jan 26 27 28 to issue polls at First National Bank while state and county taxes remain in Jacobs office. Delinquency penalties apply after Feb 1 for schools and city taxes.
Kenneth Bradberry of San Angelo and Bronte native Martin Lee announce Bradberry Lee Insurance Co opening in San Angelo via this week’s Enterprise advertisement. The firm offers casualty, life, hospitalization and other insurance, and the partners also run a local real estate business.
A pending suit questions poll tax legality while Texas residents must buy a poll tax by January 31 to vote. With elections planned for state and local offices and possible bond issues, citizens are urged to visit the bank next week or the Robert Lee tax office to pay $1.75.
Conda C. Richards of Bronte was elected chairman of the board of directors of First National Bank in Ballinger at a directors meeting on Tuesday January 11. Harry Lynn president announced the officers including F M Pearce honorary chairman R G Erwin president emeritus Drury P Hathaway vice chairman Harry Lynn president Joe Forman vice president and cashier C R Owens vice president Mrs Pat Parker assistant cashier and Mrs Iris Nell Bryan assistant cashier. Richards had been a director since 1956 and served as vice president since then.
Deposits at First National Bank Bronte climbed by 235 307 33 from 1964 to 1965 totaling 2 762 680 36 on December 31 1965. Loans rose to 1 086 594 28 and total assets reached 3 197 160 36. Capital structure grew with undivided profits up to 174 500 00 and total capital at 374 500 00. Bank leaders include L T Youngblood chair and president E F Glenn executive vice president and B D Snead cashier.
Bronte independent board renews Supt C B Barbee for three more years ending term. They approve stadium work at Stephenson Field and advertise sale of a 1961 Corvair bus after a single bid. Lion Hardware Co wins $3785 addition contract below expected 5500. Textbook committee named. Residents Kemp visit San Antonio for surgery updates.
Deadline for the Coke County Golf Tournament benefiting the March of Dimes is Saturday January 22. Entries can be mailed to Clyde Lee Bronte with a $3 fee. the event features a low ball format, a barbecue supper included, and proceeds support birth defect programs.
Bronte Housing Authority members depart Sunday for a two day conference with state officials in Fort Worth. A $3600 loan was approved for preliminary surveys by the Public Housing Administration to aid a planned 18 unit low rent project including eight units for elderly residents. Chairman Royce Fancher Executive Director Norman R Riker and other directors plan to attend as available.
Bronte high school basketball split district games at Forsan with the girls losing 62 28 and the boys winning 61 60. Royce Lee led Bronte boys with 20 points while Kreta Kiker topped Bronte girls with 16. In Garden City, Bronte boys won 65 63 as Tad Richards scored 25 and Garden City’s Miks Hoch led with 20. Bronte girls fell 61 34. Next week Bronte schedules Sterling City and Water Valley with games at 6 30 p.m. and a Saturday 5 p.m. boys B tilt.
Snow lingered across Coke County after a Monday to Tuesday storm, with rain and sleet mixing in. Roads froze in the north, highway crews sanded bridges, and forecasts called for continued cold, with light drizzle and a colder end of the week.
Karl Hoblitzelle and Ronald Perkins of Dallas drill No 1 Ann Perkins 244 miles southeast of Bronte. The test, reported by Clyde Lee in charge, is at 3220 feet with projection to 4500 feet. Location 866 feet from northeast and 467 feet from southeast lines of Amis Gates No 335.
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