Democratic Primary Set With Precinct Conventions Saturday
Voters will attend 2 p m precinct conventions Saturday July 26 at polling places to elect delegates for the county convention August 2 in Robert Lee. Absentee ballots rise to 177 with 173 returned. Bronte leads with 87 applications. County races include county judge and treasurer contests. several district and state races also on the ballot in eastern Coke County.
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Enterprise
R. B. Allen
Silver
Robert, Lee
Price Daniel
Coke County
J. L. Tinkler
Bronte
Robert Lee
Mrs. R. H. Reaves Dies in Austin
Mrs. Ruth Waggoner Reaves, formerly of Blackwell, died early Thursday in Austin where she and her husband had lived for 18 months. Funeral services planned for Friday at Blackwell Baptist Church with Clift Funeral Home in charge. Burial in Blackwell cemetery. Survived by husband, two sons Ross Reaves and Robert Reaves, two daughters Opal Holden and Mary Louise Currey, nine grandchildren.
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R. H. Reaves
Blackwell
Austin
Blackwell Baptist Church
Clift Funeral Home
Bronte
Blackwell Cemetery
Reaves
State Capitol
Ross Reaves
Plains
Robert Reaves
Houston
Opal Holden
Mary Louise Currey
Tohoka
Vote Reminder and Local News Roundup Note
A brief urges citizens to vote and notes an expected turnout of 1200 in Coke County. The column also mentions a noninjury trailer accident involving three cows and three calves and a courier delivery of 270000 lady bugs from Bronte to Norton to release for cotton pest control.
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Tennyson
Green Mountain
Wildcat
Hayrick
Fort Chadbourne Voters Move Ballot Site to Bronte
Coke County Commissioners Court voted to discontinue the Fort Chadbourne voting box at the Fort Chadbourne precinct. No public building exists in the precinct to hold elections, so residents will cast ballots at Bronte city hall.
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Fort Chadbourne
Bronte
Coke County Commissioners Court
City Hall
Whitfield and Pearson Visit Relatives in West Texas
Mrs. Anna L. Whitfield and Miss Nannie Marie Pearson spent last week visiting relatives and friends in Lubbock Idalou and Lorenzo. Mrs. Leslie Fields of Brownwood was a guest in their home over last weekend.
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Anna L. Whitfield
Nannie Marie Pearson
Lubbock
Idalou
Lorenzo
Leslie Fields of
Brownwood
Election party planned in front of The Enterprise office
The notice invites all readers to a Saturday election party in front of The Enterprise office. A blackboard will display returns as they arrive and election judges are asked to call in their results to Greenwood 3-2001 collect after counting ballots.
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Greenwood
Special Subscription Prices End Next Week at Bronte Enterprise
Six days remain for readers to lock in a yearly subscription rate from Bronte Enterprise. The offer provides a 50 cent saving across locations, with $2.00 for Coke and adjoining counties and $3.00 elsewhere, ending August 1 when regular rates resume $2.50 and $3.50.
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Bronte Enterprise
Surplus Food Distribution Planned for Coke County
Judge Jeff Dean reports 105 people qualified to receive six varieties of surplus food commodities in Coke County. The first distribution is set for next Wednesday at 9 a.m. with additional aid to follow in August. Qualified recipients should inquire at the courthouse after 9 a.m. to learn pickup locations.
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Coke County
Jeff Dean
Court House
Game Night Ice Cream Supper Planned Aug 1
A game night and ice cream supper are planned for Friday night August 1 at First Methodist Church. Sponsored by the MYF the event will raise funds for youth projects. The public is invited to attend.
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First Methodist Church
MYF
Young People's Department
Bronte City Council Extends Bank Note Six Months
The Bronte city council met in a called session to renew a note due to the First National Bank and extend its maturity by six months. Dr. Dean Adams was appointed city health officer succeeding Dr. John R. Harris with no remuneration. The council discussed right of way for widening U S Highway 277, with two or three tracts still to obtain. Mayor J A Stephenson presided. present were C E Bruton Bill Thomas and Bob Wilson.
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Bronte
First National Bank
Dean Adams
John R. Harris
J. A. Stephenson
C. E. Bruton
Bill Thomas
Bob Wilson
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Jeff
Dean
Ernest Ivey
Ww. W. Thetford
Charlie Blodecking
Gertrude Gray
Lillian Caraway
Annie L. Forehand
Howard Brock
C. E. McGuire
Justice of the Peace
Charlie Knierim
Ben Timmons
Earl’ D
Pete) Nutter
George Wrinkle
Jess Liles
Claude Dumore
A. J. Bishop
Runnels County
Parker Nunley
Coleman County
Dorsey Hardeman
O. C. Fisher
U. S. Senate
Ralph Yarborough
William Blakeley
Blakley
Allen Shivers
Yarborough
W. Lee (Pappy) O’daniel
Henry B. Gonzalez
Joe A. Irwin
J. A. Percifull
Norton
Game Party
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