Primary runoff election drives Coke County Texas
Voters in Coke County and Texas face a Democratic Primary runoff on Saturday June 3 with four statewide contests including U S senator and governor. Ballot locations listed across towns with polls 8 am to 7 pm and absentee voting closed May 30. A separate Tuesday special for state senate replacement Bill Tippen is the lone candidate. A beer sales measure also appears in Justice Precincts 1 and 3.
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Coke County
Texas
U. S
Barefoot Sanders
Ralph Yarbrough
Frances Farenthold
Dolph Briscoe
Leutenant
Bill Hobby
Jim Wilson
Yarborough
Briscoe
Hobby
Calvert
Recreation Hall
Robert ,Lee
Cumbie Ivey Jr
Bronte
Green Mountain
Dave King
Jame
David Ratliff
Bill Tippen
Abilene
W. E
Pete) Snelson
Midland
Justice
Commissioners’ Court
Grandson to Debut With Santa Fe Opera This Summer
Mike Matthews a junior from Alamogordo New Mexico chosen from 600 auditioners will join the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers. He will sing chorus understudy major roles and perform minor parts in six performances plus understudy tenor leads in Salome and La Grande Duchess de Gerolstein. Matthews has a piano and voice background and previously placed third in regional National Music Teachers Association contests.
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Mike Matthews
Alamogordo
N. M
Santa Fe Opera
Matthews
United States
Europe
Mary Phillips
Bronte
Edma van Diel
Sacramento
Calif
Herod
Salome
Strauss
Fritz
Offenbach
Salome.”’ Matthews
Eastern University
New Mexico
National Music Teachers Association
Screwworm Case Reported in Coke County
Coke County reports a screwworm case on the Nolan Pentecost place five miles NW of Robert Lee. County Agent Sterling Lindsey notes similar cases in Runnels Mitchell and Howard Counties and urges livestock watchfulness, especially newborns, and avoiding surgery when possible.
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Coke
Coke County
Nolan Pentecost
Robert Lee
Overall
Sterling Lindsey
Mitchell
Howard
Lindsey
Cheerleaders Plan June 8 9 Rummage Sale at Food Store
Bronte School cheerleaders announce a rummage sale on June 8 and 9 at the Food Store location. Proceeds support cheer activities.
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Bronte School
Pee Wee League Schedule Includes Four Town Teams
The Pee Wee League draws teams from Bronte Sterling City Robert Lee and Ster ling City. The season runs June 1 to July 6 with matchups including Bronte Giants versus Sterling City Bronte Astros versus Bronte Giants and Robert Lee against various opponents. Bi Grant manages the Astros and Roy Ball the Giants.
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Pee Wee League
Bronte
Robert Lee
Sterling City
Bronte Astros
Bronte Giants
Robert
Sterling
Bi Grant
Astros
Roy Ball
Ghents
Church of Christ Bible School Next Week
The Bronze Church of Christ invites all young people to Vacation Bible School from Monday June 5 to Friday June 9. Classes run 9 to 10 a.m. with the theme Jesus Never Changes. A Friday night program follows the school, with intermissions and refreshments provided.
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Bronze Church of Christ
Jesus
Bronte Yankees blank Indians 5-0 in weekend clash
Bronte Yankees defeated the Robert Lee Indians 5-0 last Saturday night. Jimmy Tidwell and Ling City Giants beat the Giants 3-2 on Tuesday night with Donnie Jackson and Wayne Coulson on the mound. Bronte Senior Little League lost to Winters 51 with Alan Barbee pitching. Upcoming games include a Saturday night at Wingate and a Monday night at Robert Lee.
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Bronte Yankees
Robert Lee Indians
Jimmy Tidwell
Ling City Giants
Giants
Donnie Jackson
Wayne Coulson
Bronte
Alan Barbee
Wingate
Robert Lee
Courthouse to Close for Election Day in Coke County
County Judge W. W. Thetford said Coke County Courthouse offices will close next Tuesday due to an election held in the building. The notice underscores a brief disruption of normal operations in the courthouse complex.
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W. W. Thetford
Coke County
Cemetery vandalism at Fort Chadbourne prompts reward effort
Deputy Don Thorpe searches for leads after over 50 tombstones were toppled and some broken at Fort Chadbourne Cemetery. Ed and Mrs Richards of the Wylie Ranch have offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to conviction, with others in the area reportedly considering raising rewards.
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Don Thrpe
Fort Chadbourne
Ed Richards
Wylie Ranch
Memorial Day Showers Reported Across Area
Showers fell over the Memorial Day holiday with amounts from .6 inch to 1 inch in much of the area. Gorman Walker reported 2% inches on the Wendland Ranch southwest of Bronte.
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Gorman Walker
Wendland Ranch
Bronte
Somorrow Family Portrait Includes Four Bronte Children
The Somorrow scene shows Melinda Serrett nine born to Mr and Mrs Clifford Serrett of Bronte. Pictured with Bill Grant and wife are three Bronte sons Bill nine Cornie seven and Craig three years old.
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Melinda
Clifford Serrett
Bronte
Bill. Grant
Bill
Cornie
Craig
Heaner Named Methodist Pastor in Bronte
The Rev. R. Russell Heaner was appointed pastor of First United Methodist Church in Bronte by the Southwest Texas Annual Conference in San Antonio. Heaner moves from Kennedy where Rev. Fred Brown will relocate to Kennedy. Brown arrived in Bronte in December 1968 from Aqua Dulce. Heaner and his wife Dorothy have two children, Sarah, 17, and John, 13. Other appointments included Rev. Charles L. Giesler as district superintendent and Rev. Arthur Kendall returning to Robert Lee Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Lasswell attended as lay delegates.
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R. Russell Heaner
First United Methodist Church
Bronte
Southwest Texas
Bible School Commencement at First Baptist Church
Commencement exercises for the Bible School at First Baptist Church will be held at 7 p.m. Friday. All friends are invited to attend. Rev. and Mrs. Harry Morris and Becky will leave Saturday for a revival June 4 through 11 with Rev. J. H. Helliford preaching for morning worships and Jerry Brock speaking Sunday night. Morris says a speaker from Howard Payne College in Brownwood is planned for Sunday, June 11.
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First Baptist Church
Harry Morris
Becky
J. H. Helliford
Ballinger
Jerry Brock
Morris
Howard Payne College
Browerwood
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Tennyson
James Arrott
Noah Pruitt
Silver
H. L. Bloodworth
James Vernon Andrews
San Angelo
Murl Andrews
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Thorpe
Somorrow
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