Special mayoral election set in Bronte city hall
Bronte residents vote Saturday to choose a new mayor at the old Main Street office after delays in completing the new city hall. Only Norman R Riker has filed for the ballot to succeed the late J A Stephenson, with Royce Fancher serving as mayor pro tempore. All qualified voters may cast ballots.
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Bronte
Norman R Riker
Central Drug
Hop
Main Street
J. A. Stephenson
Royce Fancher
Stephenon
Fancher
Last Rites Held For Mrs Jim Clark
Funeral services were held at Newby-Davis Chapel Ballinger for Mrs. Jim Clark 83 pioneer of the Brookshire community Dr Ray Tatum officiated assisted by Bill Gibson Burial was beside her husband in Mt Victory Cemetery Survivors include son Homer Clark Big Spring daughter Mrs Herbert Holland Brookshire brother Hubert Toombs Eastland sister Mrs Jim my Cheatam Houston six grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren Pallbearers were grandsons James Junior and Tony Holland and grandsons in law Rob Jensen Cecil Lowery and Robert Lowery
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Newby-Davis Chapel
Ballinger
Jim Clark
Brookshire
Ray Tatum
Salem Ave. Baptist Church
Lubbock
Bill Gibson
Ballinger Church of Christ
Huband
Mt. Victory
Clark
Cameron
Church of Christ
Tom Toombs
Homer Clark
Big Spring
Holland
Hubert Toombs
Eastland
Jimmy Cheatam
Houston
Johnson Takes Charge at Home Motor Auto Repair Shop
A. N. Johnson, seasoned mechanic with Ford and General Motors experience, now leads the shop at Home Motor Co. He has lived in Louisiana and Texas, with six children. Johnson invites friends and customers to visit and discuss repair needs.
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Johnson
Home Motor
A. N. Johnson
Home Motor Co
Louisiana
Texas
Ford
General Motors Products
R. W. Rees
U. S. Navy
Rees
Anl
Hart Couple Sail for Houston and Libya Assignment
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hart departed Friday for Houston. He will fly to Libya in North Africa to work on cementing projects. Mrs. Hart plans to return to Bronte after departure.
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C. H. Hart
Houston
Libya
North Africa
Hart
Bronte
Football Banquet Honors 1962 Longhorn Squad
The annual football banquet honoring the 1962 Longhorn football squad will be held Saturday at 7 p.m. in the school lunchroom. Tickets cost $1.00 and may be purchased from Supt. C. B. Barbee, Principal Joe B. Simpson, or Bob Wilson. Bob Wright, coach of the Ballinger Bearcats, will be principal speaker with Royce Lee as master of ceremonies. Special recognition and awards will be given to players.
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Longhorn
Supt. C. B. Barbee
Prin
Joe B. Simpson
Bob Wilson
Bob Wright
Ballinger Bearcats
Royce Lee
Lee
Wright
Bronte High Girls B team opens district with 3 0 record
Bronte High School girls basketball improves to 3 0 in district after a 43 25 win over Christoval. Marla Rees scored 19 in the Christoval game and earlier led the 48 31 Robert Lee win. Boys also split district, with Royce Lee leading Robert Lee and Stout Broussard both scoring 10 in win over Christoval.
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Bronte High School
Christoval
Robert Lee
Wall
Bronte Lassies
Marla Rees
Bronte Longhorns
Jim Morrow
Roy Wayne Stout
Stout
Weldon Broussard
Longhorns
Royce Lee
Miles
Roby
Brown Freeman Visits Brownwood Friends During Stay
Brown Freeman of Brownwood, former Bronte resident, spent Monday in town visiting friends.
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Brown Freeman
Brownwood
Y Bronte
Bronte Hit by Two Cold Spells and Three Crashes
Bitter arctic cold settled over Bronte with two fronts in a week causing three vehicle accidents. A horse truck driven by James Reed overturned near the river bridge, another truck veered into a ditch, and a car trailer accident on the Kickapoo Creek bridge injured no one. Damages were estimated at 2400 dollars total.
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Bronte
Mercury
River Bridge
Joe Lemley
San Angelo
James Perry Reed
Mildred H. Chiles
Kerrville
Kickapoo Creek
North Bronte
Chiles
Worther
Tax Collector Here Next Week Bronte Office Setup
County Tax Assessor-Collector O. B. Jacobs will open a temporary office January 29 and 30 at First National Bank in Bronte to collect property and poll taxes locally. Delinquent status begins February 1, and only 357 poll taxes have been paid so far. a poll tax receipt is required to vote in all Texas elections.
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O. B. Jacobs
First National Bank
Bronte
Robert Lee
Jacobs
Texas
Mothers' March Set for Friday in Bronte Drive
The Mothers' March for the March of Dimes is set to begin Friday at 3 30 p m in Bronte led by Mrs N M Curlee chairwoman of the drive Volunteers are sought from Bronte federated clubs PTA and others to help with a house to house canvass to raise funds The National Foundation supports polio patients funds research and covers care costs despite reduced polio incidence due to vaccines The PTA sponsors the January drive with Mrs Curlee as chairwoman.
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N. M. Curlee
Bronte
National Foundation
Curlee
Parent Teachers Association
Coke County forms historical committee in Robert Lee meeting
A Monday night gathering in Robert Lee organized a Coke County Historical Committee for two year terms. Officers are Mrs Yarbrough, Caperton and Mrs Odom with chairmen Ulmer Bird museum A J Kirkpatrick archives Elton Mims legislative Robert Vaughan publicity Ben Oglesby. The group aims to preserve historic buildings markers and records while coordinating with the Texas State Historical Survey Committee.
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Robert Lee
W. W. Thetford
Coke Committee
Ulmer Bird
Royce Fancher
A. J. Kirkpatrick
Sterling Lindey
Bob Odom
Ben Oglesby
Fay C. Roe
Bob Vaughan
Harry E. Weaver
Bryan Yarbrough
C. E. Arrott
Elton Mims
Willie I. Tubb
Conda Richards
Matthew Caperton
Judge Thetford
Yarbrough
Caperton
Odom
John Connally
Texas
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Coke County
Rupert N. Richardson
Abilene
Thetford
Richardson
J. F. Haynes New Santa Fe Agent
J. F. Haynes appointed Santa Fe agent in Bronte succeeding H. O. Whitt. He has 20 years with the railroad, previously at Merizon depot and 2 years at Abernathy with additional service at other Santa Fe towns. The Hayneses reside in a rental house near First Baptist Church. their son lives in Dallas.
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J. F. Haynes
Bronte
Santa Fe
H. O. Whitt
Haynes
Railroad
Merizon
Abernathy
Plains
Mertzon
Eldorado
Meadow
Joe Carter
First Baptist Church
Dallas
Caperton Mechanics Earn Plaques for High Exam Scores
Three Caperton Chevrolet mechanics Roy Robinson Clifford Hageman and Louis Galloway were awarded plaques after passing a technician examination held January 10 in San Angelo. Robinson achieved a perfect 100 percent in a field where 60 to 70 area mechanics tested, with a banquet following the ceremony attended by Royce Fancher Caperton partsman and Matthew Caperton co owner of the agency.
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Caperton Chevrolet Co
San Angelo
Roy Robinson
Clifford Hageman
Louis Galloway
Robinson
Royce Fancher
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Loek
Sweetwater Cotton Oil Mill
Orvil D. Purvis
Sweetwater
Lemley
Cotton Oil Company
Mothers’ March
Coke Historical Committee
New Santa Fe Agent
Caperton Mechanics
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