Around About Town in Coke County
Lester Webb helped during Everet's illness and his wife and Rob Herron painted the Webb home as a surprise. Jim Keeney plans to stay near Bronte while preparing to return to school. H C Grata recovered a missing mattress after a trailer incident. Two Grata sisters praised local honesty. The Hayrick picnic on July 4 sponsored by Monroe McCutchen was a huge success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Webb
C. E. Bruton
Everet
Mrs. Webb
Lester
James Keeney
Lynn Keeneys
Bronte
Jim
Midland
Safeway
H. C. Grata
Tennyson
Monroe McCutchen
Methodist Church Bronte Service and Revival Attendance
Reverend Geo B McCrary led Bronte Methodist Church services after the Mertzon Revival. Sunday School attendance reached 122 and total church attendance 129, with 10 00 Church School 11 00 Morning Worship 8 00 Evening Worship and 3 00 Preaching Service noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
Mertzon
Classified Advertisements for Sale and Trade
For sale or trade 1942 model seven foot Frigidaire almost new. Also six foot Electrolux and American electric meat slicer. Tuffy Sims Bronte KCRK. Sale four room frame house twelve miles north of Robert Lee Leeper Supply Co Robert Lee Texas. For sale three year old Hereford bull Noah Pruitt Bronte. Heavy record player automatic forty five eighty. Tyler W Taylor and Son 62 64 N Chadbourne San Angelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electrolux
Bronte
KCRK
Robert Lee, Leeper Supply CO
Robert Lee
Texas
Ty. W. Taylor & Son
N. Chadbourne
San Angelo
Blackwell Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Resignations
Blackwell notes show Will Barnes and family visiting relatives in Lincoln Arkansas and friends in Blackwell. Theo Weideman resigns as vocational agriculture teacher to take a post in Eola. E. T. Shaffer observed a 75th birthday with family gatherings. Local residents visit relatives in Sweetwater Divide Comby and Levelland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Barnes
Lincoln
Arkansas
Bert Kinard
Casa Grande
Arizona
Roy Sanderson
Henry Raney
Walter Leach
Sweetwater
J. W. Leach
Theo Weideman
Blackwell
Eola
George Hartin
Lubbock
D. T. Hunt
W. L. Parker
W. A. Shaffer
Divide
Mack Shaffer
Comby
Louis Shaffer
Burl Bryant
W. R. Wheeler
Levelland
J. A. Wheeler
Personal notes from Bronte and surrounding towns
Jack Norman of Sweetwater visited Bronte last Friday and plans to return each Friday morning to offer sewing machine service to Coke County folks. Mac Coker campaigned in Bronte for Railroad Commissioner last Saturday, with others like Bob Keyes near Robert Lee and F E Modgling active in the region. Travis Hicks, county agent, bought 26 carloads of wheat 250 tons of cobas and hay for Robert Lee. rainfall delays loom. C C Holder returns home after two operations and 30 days in hospital, grateful for kindness from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Norman
Sweetwater
Bronte
Coke County
Mac Coker
Mac
Bob Keyes
Robert Leeway
F. E. Modgling
Jerry Thomason
Angelo
Carrie Williams
Edward Edmundson
Palm Dale
California
D. M. West
Edmundsons
Colorado
Coleman
C. C. Holder
Coke County 4-H Group Back From Camp
Fourteen 4-H boys and County Agent T B Hicks returned from a weekend outing at Foster Park near Tankersley starting June 27. Bobby Vaughn of Bronte was high point man in rifle shooting with a 203 of 300 and won a new .22 rifle prize. Coke County 4-H district participants listed include Clayton Bloodworth Bobby Walker Jessie Ted Simpson G Weddle Jack Neal Vaughn Bobby Hugh Odom Weldon Schooler Lyndon Waldrop Wa Arrott Don Joel Vaughn Bil Cabot and Jay Westbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Hicks
Foster Park
Tankersley
Bobby Vaughn
Bronte
Coke County
Clayton Bloodworth
Bobby Walker
Jessie Ted Simpson
G Weddle
Jack Neal Vaughn
Bobby Hugh Odom
Weldon Schooler
Lyndon Waldrop
Wa Arrott
Don Joel Vaughn
Bil Cabot
Jay Westbrook
Cox Family Purchases Vautrain Funeral Home in San Angelo
Emmett and Richard Cox acquire the Vautrain Funeral Home forming Cox Vautrain Funeral Home Inc with 40 000 incorporation and stockholders including Harold Rogers and Eugene Carpenter. Rogers to run daily operations with Richard Cox and Carpenter joining. Emmett Cox as secretary treasurer. Ed Vautrain remains director while Rogers oversees management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Vautrain Funeral Home
Emmett
Richard Cox
The
Cox-Vautrain Funeral Home, Inc
Emmett Cox
Harold Rogers
Eugene Carpenter
Rogers
Banslips School of Mortuary Science
Houston
Cox
Army
OSS
Carpenter
Vautrain
Ed Vautrain
Night Play Described As Warm On Monday Evening
Onlookers recall a warm Monday night with mentions of a large swimming hole as a favorable activity. The vivid recollection hints at pleasant weather and community leisure.
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John Hodiak
Harvey Girls
Ted Donaldson
Margaret Lindsay
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Dale Evans
George
Gabby” Hays
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Rabbit Twister
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Vinton
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