Bronte Area Receives First Notable Rainfall Since Fall
Heavy rain across Bronte totals range up to 4 inches with 3.7 inches on A N Rawlings ranch and 4 inches on Joe Ed Scott farm. Strong winds caused no major damage while electrical activity accompanied showers. Three day totals reported to The Enterprise show significant moisture aiding pastures and crops. 1.6 inches recorded by the Soil Conservation Service at Robert Lee.
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Bronte
Enterprise
A. N. Rawlings
Joe Ed Scott
The
Soil Conservation Service
Robert Lee
Parade of Cottons 4-H Dress Revue Friday Night
The Bronte School auditorium hosts the Parade of Cottons and Coke County 4-H Dress Revue at 8 p.m. on Friday July 20. Local models from Robert Lee and Bronte will showcase 1962 Cotton fashions including evening and daytime wear. Ribbons and door prizes awarded. narration by Mrs. Jahen Jameson and music by Ida Lee Parker.
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Bronte School
Coke County
National Cotton Council
Robert Lee
Bronte
Jahen Jameson
Silver
Ida Lee Parker
Fire calls Bronte area spotlight needs more protection
The Enterprise notes another disastrous fire in Bronte destroying two homes and urges continued community support for fire protection. The column mentions a locally built boat by Conda Richards, Charlie Boecking, and Royce Lee, with plans to test it in the Gulf after a week’s photos and an engraver delay. A lost white bulldog ad is also requested.
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Bronte
Conda Richards
Charlie Boecking
Royce Lee
Gulf
West
Texas
Many Readers Take Advantage Of Special Rates
Antal barges days on the Bronte Enterprise are over half done. A rush of subscriptions and renewals has arrived in the first of the month. Readers urged to seize 50 cent savings on a year’s subscription. Coke county rates are 2.04 incl tax. elsewhere 2.55 incl tax. Regular prices may rise at end of July. Subscriptions or extensions may be left at The Enterprise or with local correspondents Mrs. Ragsdale Blackwell Mrs. Holland Brookshire Mrs. Green Tennyson or Mrs. Corley.
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Antal
Bronte Enterprise
Coke
Charles Ragsdale
Blackwell
Herbert Holland
Brookshire
Tom Green
Jack Corley
Tennyson
California Visitor Returns to Bronte to Visit Kin
California resident T. A. Mitchell of Norwalk is in Bronte visiting relatives. He is brother of Mrs. Faye Scott and brother-in-law of Mrs. Frank Grimes. Mitchell says he left in 1932 and now works for U S Steel.
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T. A. Mitchell
Norwalk
Calif
Bronte
Faye Scott
Frank Grimes
Mitchell
U. S. Steel
Two Men Die in Headon Collision Near Bronte
A brutal two car crash on U S Highway 277 six miles south of Bronte killed Aubrey Don Denman 22 of Bronte and Fred C Ohlenbusch 58 of Sweetwater. Denman was driving a 1959 Chevrolet and Ohlenbusch a 1958 Buick. both died instantly. The bodies were taken to Clift Funeral Home. Denman's funeral set for 4 p m at Bronte First Baptist Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Ohlenbusch funeral at Patterson Funeral Home Chapel of Memories in Sweetwater. Survivors listed for both men include families and relatives.
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Bronte
Sweetwater
Aubrey Don Denman
Fred C. Ohlenbusch
Denman
Ohlenbusch
Renshaw
Texas Highway
Clift Funeral Home
Young Denman
Bronte First Baptist Church
Fairview Cemetery
San Angelo
A. Z. Denman
McCamey
Dixon Drilling Co
Abilene
Wingate
Bronte High School
Lanny
David
Jeanna Kay
G. H. Denman
Robert Lee
J. R. Patterson
Cecil Coulson
Doyle Rogers
Jerry Parker
James Arnold Tidwell
Dale Luckett
Ronnie Robbins
Kermit
Bob Burson
Kerrville
Wilburn Martin
Orient
Patterson Funeral Home Chapel of Memories
Herman Ohrlenbusch
Bronte Approves City Hall Bond 3 to 1
Voters approve an $18,000 city hall bond by 79 to 24 in Bronte. The plan calls for an 80 by 27 foot building north of the post office with offices for law enforcement justice of the peace city secretary a meeting room fire truck stalls jail cells and rest rooms. No bids or start date yet announced.
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Bronte
Noah Pruitt Sr
Justice of the Peace
Passerby First to Reach Bronte Fire on Monday
A Huey Nivens family from Palestine on vacation stopped at Bronte and helped move furniture from the Coal son house after seeing smoke. They were en route to Robert Lee and then Kermit.
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Passerby
Bronte
Huey Nivens
Palestine
Robert Lee
Coalson
Wolf resigns as Bronte Church of Christ minister
Joe Wolf announced Sunday his resignation from the Bronte Church of Christ ministry effective soon He came to Bronte in 1960 from Weslaco to take a new post as minister at Iraan The Bronte church built a new building during his tenure and he and his family were active in community and church affairs A statement to Bronte residents will run in next week's Enterprise
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Joe Wolf
The
Bronte Church of
Weslaco
Iraan
Wolf
Bronte Church
Bronte
Three Gatesville youths captured after West Texas escape
Three youths, escaped from the State School for Boys at Gatesville, were tracked west of Bronte. They stole a 1962 Buick in Dublin, fled to Abilene for fuel, then rode a tractor before abandoning it. Identified as Bill Wright 16, Greenville. George Williams 15, Columbia SC. Michael Hall 15, Midland. Authorities from multiple counties aided in the pursuit.
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State School
Gatesville
Bronte
Ollie Eubanks
Here
Walter Stapp
Oak Creek Lake
Texas Highway
Jim Cantrell
Sterling City
Melvin Childress
Winters
Dublin
Childress
Abilene
Bill Wrinkle
Bill Wright
Greenville
George Williams
Columbia
S. C
Michael Hall
Midland
Colorado City
Sweetwater
Coke County
Enterprise
Gatesville School
Bronte Fire Destroys Two Homes Amid Storm
A heavy rain and wind blaze destroyed the Lena Shaver home and damaged the Coalson residence in Bronte on Monday. Firefighters from Robert Lee and Blackwell aided as insurance valued both homes total losses, with the Coalsons rebuilding nearby.
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Bronte
Lena Shaver
Rayson
Bill Luckett
Shaver
Reunion of John Riker Family at Lake Sweetwater
Mrs. B. E. Modgling and Mrs. J. A. Percifull attended a family reunion held Sunday at Lake Sweetwater, gathering relatives for a social event and reconnecting with kin.
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B. E. Modgling
J. A. Percifull
John Riker
Lake Sweetwater
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Clifford Clark
O. L. Pittman
Edward Cumbie
Sam Seay
J. L. Sonnenberg
Annie Wilkins
Will Gideon
By Fay C. Roe
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Headon
City Hall
Nivens
Church of Christ
Mr. Wolf
B. G. Timmons
W. H
Bud) Maxwell
Coalsons
Luckett
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