Bronte Faces Polio Outbreak and City Clean‑Up Planned
Bronte reports four new polio cases with Diane Kirchman, Kenneth Scott, D L Brunson, and Mrs Finnell Smith among patients. Mayor Whitt proclaims Friday Clean‑Up Day, urging residents to close businesses at noon and assist with garbage disposal, spraying, and mowing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John BR. Harris
Diane Kirchman
Robert Kirchman
Kenneth Scott
Walter Scott
San Angelo
D. L. Brunson
Tennyson
Finnell Smith
Edith
Harns
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Bronte
J. D. Luttrell
Belva Rippetoe
Belva
Decision delayed on Oak Creek dam plans in Coke County
The State Board of Water Engineers continued the Oak Creek reservoir hearing for Sweetwater to present more evidence. A 3,500 acre lake would flood 600 acres of the 19,000 acre Odom ranch, affecting several households. The project would supply 10,000 acre feet annually for domestic municipal and industrial use across West Texas towns.
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State Board of Water Engineers
Sweetwater
Coke County
Oak Creek
West Texas
Austin
Odom Ranch
Odom
Sallie Odom
G. C. Odom
Edna Odom Wiley
Nellie Currie
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Hazlewood
R. B. Kirk
Arthur Hendry
Robert Lee
Bronte and
Blackwell
Roscoe
Rotan
Roby and
Trent
Gift tea honors Miss Marjorie Percifull bride elect
Miss Marjorie Percifull, fiancé Floyd Gravitt of San Angelo, was the guest of honor at a Tuesday afternoon gift tea from four to six at Mrs. H. A. Springer’s home. Relatives and friends from San Angelo Alpine Robert Lee Honolulu Macon Texas attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Percifull
Floyd Gravitt
San Angelo
H. A. Springer
O. 'J. Gravitt
J. A. Percifull
Springer
Jack Belcher
Alpine
W. A. DeReimer
Robert Hickman
Walter Phillips
F & Carnation
Mmes
Alfred Taylor
H. O. Whitt
O. R. McQueen
Emmett Caperton
B. E. Modgling
George
Ross Welch
Jean Ledbetter
Robert Lee
Caperton Named Bronte Enlisted Reserve Corps Recruiter
R T Caperton appointed recruiting officer for Bronte in the Enlisted Reserve Corps. A new Army ruling allows selected reserve officers to serve as recruiters while off duty, and civilian physicians may perform the required physical exams for Enlisted Reserve applicants, boosting enlistments and reenlistments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.T. Caperton
Bronte
Army
City Cash Grocery & Ice Opens On San Angelo Abilene Road
F. Sims Jr. and Dale Glenn announce the new City Cash Grocery & Ice on the San Angelo Abilene highway across from Motel Victor. The store offers curb service and will wholesale and retail distribute Banner milk ice cream and ice alongside a full grocery line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Sims, Jr
Dale Glenn
Enterprise
San Angelo-Abilene Highway
Motel Victor
City Cash Grocery & Ice
Local Boys Enroll at Hardin-Simmons University
Hervey H. Latham of Bronte and G. W. Conger from Tennyson enroll in Hardin-Simmons summer term. Classes run through July 9 with a second term starting July 12. Summer enrollment reaches 1,165 students. both are Bobcat Club members and live with their parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Latham and Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Conegr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hervey H. Latham
Bronte
Hardin-Simmons University
Latham
Bobcat Club
J. W. Latham
G. W. Conger
Tennyson
Royce Berry Receives Suspended Sentence for Rape
Royce Berry, 24, of Seminole found guilty of rape in Coke county district court in Robert Lee. A five year suspended sentence was imposed after a two hour and 45 minute jury deliberation. District Judge John H. Sutton announced the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royce Berry
Seminole
Coke County
Robert Lee
John H. Sutton
Reburial Rites For A N Coulter Set In Bronte
Austin Nelson Coulter 26 will be honored with reburial services at Bronte Baptist church Saturday at 4 p m. Burial follows at Blackwell cemetery with military rites by Sweetwater VEW. Survived by parents A C Coulter Bronte Mars Hettie Coulter Las Vegas stepmother and others.
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Austin Nelson Coulter
Bronte Baptist Church
Vod. Price
Focal Church
CR. Dunaway
Ballinger
Blackwell Cemetery
Sweetwater Vew
Sweetwater
Clift Funeral Home
Coulter
Germany
Pattoh
Third Army
Louisiane
Loy
Texas
Lake View Tui
Daniel Baker College
Brownwood
Army
Air Corps
Godman Field
Know
Kentucky
Goodfellow Field
Ryan Field
California
Blackhand
Waco
Tennessee
Georgia
A.C. Coulter
Bronte
Mars
Hettie Coulter
Las Vegas
Nevada
A. C. Coulter
Neleen
Nutters Plan Pacific Northwest Vacation Trip
Mr and Mrs Pete Nutter and family depart Thursday morning for a vacation along the Pacific Northwest visiting California Washington and Oregon. They will stay in San Francisco and visit Pete’s mother and sister in Ashland Oregon before returning about July 0.
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Mroo
Pete Nutter
Pacific Northwest
California
Washington
Oregon
San Francisco
Pete
Ashland
Bronte Texas Proclaims Clean-Up Day Against Polio
Mayor EH O Whitt proclaims an official Clean-up Day in Bronte to curb poliomyelitis spread. Businesses are asked to close on Friday afternoon June 14 1949 and residents urged to remove filth and garbage sources of infection.
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EH. O. Whitt
Bronte
Texas
City of
Trequest
State of Texas
G B West Rites Held at Blackwell
Funeral services for G B West known as Pam were held Tuesday afternoon at the Blackwell Methodist church with Rev Raymond Dyess and Rev Clyde Rich officiating. West born in December 187? in Williamson County married Ida Melannghdin 59 years ago in San Saba. He lived in this county since 1899 and moved to Blackwell 13 years ago. He was a retired farmer and Methodist. Survived by his widow one son Pen is of Littlefield two daughters Daisy Henderson of Blackwell and Dwight Grey of Denio. Twenty three grandchildren twenty great grandchildren three brothers and one sister. Grandsons served as pallbearers. Interment in Blackwell cemetery under Wells Funeral Home of Sweetwater.
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G. B
Pam) West
Blackwell Methodist Church
Raymond Dyess
Methodist Church
Clyde Rich
Blackwell Baptist Church
Mfr
West
Williamson County
Ida Melannghdin
San Saba
Blackwell
Penis
Littlefield
Daisy Henderson
Dwight Grey
Denino
No Mi
Robe
Hatch
Alvie
Herleigh
Elzie
Abilene
Mary Earp
Blackwell Cemetery
Wells Funeral Home
Sweetwater
William Lar- Lin Hayles
Snyder
First Methodist Church
H W. Hanks
O. Bo Herting
Slaton
M. W. Clark
W. W. Adcock
Havley
Coke County
Calvin McCutchen
D. C. Branson
J. L. Branson
Thelma
Fewell Sims
Gertrude Hayley
Mines
Edna Butner
O. H. Willoughby
J. A. Percifal
J. W. McCleskey
Lester Rice
Walter Phillips
Dorothy Ruth Stephenson to Wed Allen Williams
Mr and Mrs J A Stephenson announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Dorothy Ruth to Allen Williams son of Mia and Mrs O L Anderson of Colorado City The wedding date is Monday May 20 Miss Stephenson is a 1968 graduate of Bronte high school and recently completed her first year at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene
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J. A. Stephenson
Dorothy Ruth
Allen Williams
Mia
O. L. Anderson
Colorado City
Miss Stephenson
Bronte High School
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Bronte Declares Clean-up Day to Fight Polio Spread
Town leaders urge a 100 percent cooperative Clean-up Day after four new polio cases appeared in Bronte. The mayor asks businesses to close Friday afternoon so owners and workers can participate, using donated equipment to tidy streets and curb the outbreak for children’s safety.
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Bronte
School Year General Report Details Enrollment and Finances
Supt J L Carroll presented the general report for the 1UAS 9 school year listing 891 initial enrollments and 49 transfers for 380 total. Sixty nine withdrawals left a net decrease of Sil. Average enrollment and daily attendance figures are given for grade and high schools along with promotions. The district logged 57 250 miles by dive school buses carrying 140 students. Staffing includes 12 to 13 regular teachers one superintendent and two vocational teachers. Indebtedness stands at 15 000 with interest and sinking fund costs about 30 cents per 100 for 1 year and debt payoff expected in five to six years though final payment not due for 20 years. Tax rate remains one dollar per 100 dollars. Home district tax increase to 344 from 504 year over year. Needs cited include four more classrooms for 1949 50, repairs to buildings, new maps and reference books. Gilmer Akin school bill expected to help. new teachers may be added next year. Carroll is abroad at Sul Ross Alpine and will search for new staff, returning to Bronte next weekend.
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Supt
J. L. Carroll
Sil
Arcnue Chaos
Caroll
Carroll
Gilmer-Akin
Sul Ross
Alpine
Bronte
Band prospects good at Bronte schools next year
Supt. J. L. Carroll announced promising prospects for a Bronte schools band next year. Interest was shown at the Monday meeting in hiring J. E. Price of Abilene as part time band director. Equipment is limited to three horns a bass drum and possibly a snare drum with another horn usable if new parts are added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
J. L. Carroll
Bronte
J. E. Price
Abilene
Funeral in Snyder for W L Hayley
Funeral services for William Larlin Hayles known as Havley were held June 3 at the First Methodist Church in Snyder with several local pastors officiating. Interment followed in Snyder Cemetery. Survived by wife, two sons, a daughter, ten grandchildren and three sisters.
Bronte Faces Robert Lee in Sunday Clash at Bronte Field
Bronte and Robert Lee clash Sunday in Bronte on Bronte field at 30 p.m. Bronte seeks a rematch win after losing a close 5 to 4 game to Miles Giants. Veribest Cultivator Jockeys beat San Angelo Nathan's Jewelers 15 to 1 while Robert Lee won 13 to 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concho Basin
Jeane
Bronte
Robert Lee
Miles Giants
San Angelo Nathan's Jewelers
Betty Jo Glenn Finishes Victoria Teaching and Mexico City Trip
Betty Jo Glenn arrived home after teaching journalism in Victoria and a visit to Mexico City. She will spend part of the summer in San working on her master's thesis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jo Glenn
Victoria
Mexico City
San
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L. T. Youngblood
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Humble
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Robert Forman
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J. L. Keeney
J. K. Wadley
Sam Gray
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Sun Oil Co
Annie Cummings
Millican
Otis Smith
Edward Cumbie
J. T. Henry
C.K. Bruton
White Auto Store
Hiss
Oak Creek Dam
Hongcrs
Miss Marjorie Percifull
H. M. Box
Lamesa
A. K. Wil
O'Donnell
G. A. Best
Mr. Ing
Houston
E. Wilhelm
R. T. Caperton
Reserve Corps
City Grocery & Ice
Hardin-Simmons
Morris L. J
Awe
New Mexico
A. N. Coulter
Nutters
G. B. West
Charles Ragsdale
Dorothy Ruth Stephenson
W.L. Hayley
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