Opening of First National Bank in Bronte Draws 500 Attendees
About 500 people visited the new First National Bank of Bronte opening last Friday and Saturday. An open house for bankers and families Friday, public viewing Saturday, with praise from visitors. Mrs. Bess D. Harrison, Honolulu missionary, traveled the farthest to attend. Attendees came from numerous Texas towns and from Arizona Colorado and Hawaii. Bouquets and plants, including Hawaii grown specimens, adorned the modernized building.
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First National Bank
Bronte
Honolulu
T. H
T. W. Whiteside
Blackwell
Texas
Hylton
Abilene
Ballinger
Fort Worth
San Angelo
Houston
Midland
Dallas
Brownwood
Robert Lee
Winters
Gilmer
Rowena
Merkel
Coleman
Miles
Nolan
Odessa
Waco
el Paso
Edith
Tennyson
Wingate
Maverick
Brownfield
Cleborne
Water Valley
Pasadena
Goldthwaite
Gregory
Lance
Lubbock
Silver
Monahans
Austin
Throckmorton
Tempe
Willcox
Ariz
Denver
Colo
West Texas Weather Roils Town with Hail Dust and Norther
The past week brought dramatic weather from 95 to 100 degree heat to hail winds and a strong norther. Dust filled the air as a cold front moved in lowering temperatures to about 60 last night. A storm near G C Bell’s farm 30 miles east flattened 40 acres of cotton and 100 acres of oats while a man on a tractor was injured seeking safety.
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West
Texas
G. C. Bell
Fire siren repair enables Bronte alarm sounds
Albert Lammers repaired the electric relay box on the Bronte fire siren making it usable for the local telephone office operator to sound the alarm. The issue left the operator unable to trigger the siren last Saturday during a fire at Oren Keesee until a town whistle was sounded.
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Albert Lammers
Bronte
Oren Keesee
McDonalds Spend Part of Week in Fort Worth
Mr and Mrs W D McDonald spent part of this week in Fort Wor.
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W. D. McDonald Apent
Fort Wor
Former Resident Buried Here
Former Bronte area resident Brunson, born March 30, 1892 in Hunt County Texas, died May 27 in Florence Arizona. He lived in Eloy Arizona and Bronte area, worked on farms and ranches, survived by four brothers and a sister. Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery with services conducted by Rev Clyde W Coleman.
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Ot Aoe Viffy
Restunday
First Baptist Church
Clyde W. Coleman
Kickapoo Baptist Church
Brunson
Florence
Ariz
Eloy
Hunt County
Texas
Bronte
San Angelo
Dave
Elbert
Altus
Okla
Lee
Abilene
Tom Brunson
Gregory
Pearl Mitchell
Grandbury
Fairview Cemetery
Clift Funeral Home
Last Rites Held for Miss Maxwell Wednesday
Funeral services were held Wednesday in Ballinger for Miss Sarah Maxwell with Rev. Wayne Reynolds officiating. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery. Miss Maxwell, who came from Tennessee in 1898 to Runnels County, had been ill for two months. Survivors include sister Mrs. Ella Garrett of Ballinger and brother B. C. Maxwell of Monahans, plus several nieces and nephews.
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Bronte
Ballinger
Sarah Maxwell
Newby Davis
Wayne Reynolds
First Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Miss Maxwell
Texas
Tennessee
Runnels County
Ella Garrett
B. C. Maxwell
Monahans
Earl Barr
Arthur Tubb
Robert Lee
Alvin Coursey
Wichita Falls
Ernest Ivey
W. H. Maxwell, Jr
I. M. Cumbie
Rev Fuller Assigned to Stockdale Move in Southwest Texas Plan
Rev Fuller and wife J E Fuller return from Southwest Texas Methodist Conference in San Antonio. He will lead the Stockdale Methodist Church. successor Rev R T Craig from San Juan will arrive. Other changes include Rev Ray Lee moving to Rankin and Rev Warren Ellis becoming pastor at Robert Lee.
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R.T. Craig
San Juan
Texas
Ray Lee
Robert Lee Methodist Church
Rankin
Warren Ellis
Robert Lee Church
Last Rites for Mrs Glenn Are Read Monday
Mrs Herman Glenn 50 of Crane died May 30 in Hendrick Memorial Hospital Abilene after eight months illness. Funeral service May 31 at Bronte Methodist Church with Rev J E Fuller in charge. Interment Fairview Cemetery. Survivors include husband two daughters Jeanelle and Sue two sons Jimmy Mack and Billy, and her father J D Luttrell Sr. among others.
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Herman Glenn
Crane
Bronte Methodist Church
J. E. Fuller
Fairview
Clift Funeral Home
Glenn
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Mabel Luttrell
J. D. Luttrell, Sr
Bronte
Jeanelle
Snyder
Sue
Jimmy Mack
Billy
J. D. Luttrell, Jr
Mrs
B D. Mackey
City approves oil test rules for limits drilling blocks
City council adopts ordinance restricting drilling inside city limits with ten acre blocks and requires a $200 permit fee. Operators must own 51 percent of leases in a block, hold public hearings, secure surface owner contracts, and follow safety measures with penalties from 100 to 1000 dollars per day for violations.
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Bronte
J. L. Scott Killed In Plane Crash Overton Tex
J L Scott a Bronte native and former World War II and Korea era pilot was killed when his crop dusting plane crashed near Honey Grove Texas Scott formerly co pilot for American Airlines died after a low altitude dive Funeral services were held in Overton for the late Bronte native survived by his wife Kathleen of Conrad Mont his mother three sisters and a brother plus numerous aunts uncles and cousins
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M. A. Scott
Walter Scott
Joe Edward Scott
Ray Coulson
Overton
Texas
Joseph Lee Scott
O. L. Johnson
Bronte
Scott
Honey Grove
Kilgore
American Airlines
Ralph Scott
Gertrude Whaley
California
Irving
Kathleen
Conrad
Mont
Jack Poff
Ennis
Jack Smith
Lancaster
Calif
Leon Whaley, Jr
Ralph A. Scott
Waco
District 4-H encampment trip leaves Coke County youths
Louis Bridges and County Agent Jack Wade led nine Coke County 4-H boys to the District 4-H encampment at the A&M Annex near Junction. Participants included Dee Arrott Tommy Latham Wayne Bridges and James Coulson of Bronte. They were expected to return today.
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Louis Bridges
Jack Wade
Coke County
District 4-H
A&m Annex
Juncion
Dee Arrott
Tommy Latham
Wayne Bridges
James Coulson
Bronte
Keesee Home Destroyed by Fire in Bronze
Bronze residents were awakened about four o clock Saturday by a blaze at the Oren Keesee home on Church Street. The frame house was engulfed before discovery, with little wind limiting damage to nearby structures. Keesee was away in town and the origin of the blaze is unknown.
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Bronze
Oren Keesee
Church Street
D. K. Glenn
Georgie Thomas
Keesee
San Angelo
Firemen View Film on Petroleum Fires
Bronze firemen screened a film titled Petroleum Fires at their meeting last night. The Fire Prevention and Engineering Bureau of Texas provides such films to local departments. Plans call for two films per month during the summer focusing on firefighting topics.
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Fire Prevention and Engineering Bureau of Texas
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Steve Badley
Rev. Fuller
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Barney Carter
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L. T. Youngblood
J. L. Scott
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