Football Fans Form The Longhorn Club
Twenty local men at Bronte School organized the Longhorn Club to support the athletic program. Clark Glenn was elected president with Bob Wilson as vice president and Ben Oglesby as secretary treasurer. The group plans to improve the football field this fall and set monthly meetings on the first Tuesday. Dues are four dollars per person or five dollars for a couple. A film of the 1958 Texas Oklahoma game was shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballinger
Conda Richards
Clark Glenn
Bob Wilson
Ben Oglesby
Longhorn Club
Glenn
Coal Miner’s Strike Photo Sparks Russia Mockery
A press photo of a striking American coal miner and his family circulated in Soviet Pravda, painting a stark image of poverty. The miner protested, saying he would rather be broke in the U S than a billionaire in Russia and vowed to keep fighting for better conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pravda
Russia
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Log June Dates
The record lists admitted and discharged patients by date from June 8 to June 16. Names include Mrs. Bobby Baker Mrs. Donnie Oakes Cullen Clark Norma Lynn Pruitt Margie Oglesby Joyce Glover and others with several dismissals and one death noted for Cullen Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Baker
Donnie Oakes
R. H. Hord
C. E. Tekell
Ethel Cole
A. E. Gentry
Cullen Clark
J. T. Brice
Maud White
C. E. Wright
Bertha Dailey
Margie Oglesby
Joyce Glover
Norma Lynn Pruitt
R. E. Cowan
Delma Walker
Fedencio Longoris, Jr
Novia Barnes
Paula and
Dean Coppedge
Joe Pena
A. J. Best
J W. Warner
D. T. Hunt
Evert Best
Clyde Lee
Nelvin Barnes
Dean
Paula Coppedge
C. T. Mills
Joe Davis
Blackwell
Bob Ragsdale
Roy Sanderson
Iudencia Longaria
James Allen
Henry Fewell
James Ash
Esther Landin
Bronte Scouts Attend Camp Sol Mayer This Week
Eleven Bronte troop members spend the week at Camp Sol Mayer on the San Saba River west of Menard. Visitors day is Thursday with parents invited. Scouts include Bob Strickland Jim Morrow Royce Lee Ronnie Lee Jack Baile y Rex Harris Charles Coppock Ronnie Sims Johnny Renfro and Jimmie Wells.
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Bronte
Sol Mayer
Menard
San Saba
Concho Valley Council
Bob Strickland
Jim Morrow
Royce Lee
Ronnie Lee
Jack Bailey
Rex Harris
Charles Coppock
Ronnie Sims
Johnny Renfro
Jimmie Wels
E. J. Smith
Smith
Robert Hugh Sims
Guy Strickland
Sol Meyer
Strickland
Clyde Lee
James Wells
Emmett Coppock
Legislature Approves Kickapoo Water District Plan
The Texas Legislature approved the Kickapoo Water District creation on the Kickapoo watershed. Rep. A J Bishop and Sen. Dorsey Hardeman reported House and Senate passage, awaiting the governor's signature. The district, spanning much of Coke County Commissioner's Precinct 2, aims to fund flood prevention structures with surveys planned for late summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kickapoo
Texas
A. J. Bishop
House of Representatives
Bishop
Sen
Dorsey Hardeman
Senate
Funeral Services For Cullen Clark Held Here Friday
Funeral services were held at the Kickapoo Baptist Church on Friday at 5 p.m. for Cullen Clark 74 long time area resident who died June 11 en route to the hospital after a heart attack. Burial followed in Fairview cemetery with Clift Funeral Home directing. Clark born December 13, 1884 in Runnels County was survived by his wife two grandchildren his son Royce Dean Clark four brothers and one sister.
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Kickapoo Baptist Church
Cullen Clark
Mr. Clark
C. W. Coleman
Grapevine
R. W. Blackmon
Kickapoo Church
Fairview Cemetery
Clift Funeral Home
Hollis Ensor
Garland Spencer
Truman Parker
Clayburn Webb
Rome Richards
Claude Beaver
George Cullen Clark
Runnels County
George Clark
Coke County
Union
Fort Chadbourne
Robert Lee
Maudie Keefer
Blackwell
Clark
Royce Dean Clark
Davey Wayne
Janice Ann Clark
Homer Clark
San Angelo
Hershel Clark
Chillicothe
Freeman Clark
Condie Clark
Bronte
Birdie Clift
Methodist Board Plans Parsonage for Bronte
The First Methodist Church of Bronte official board met last Wednesday and approved a program to build a new parsonage while ordering the pastor’s current home sold. Rev. Bob Grimes led the discussion. New officers were elected Conda Richards chairwoman D K Glenn vice chairwoman Mrs C E Arrott secretary B D Snead treasurer and Mrs W W Millikin financial secretary. A finance committee led by D K Glenn includes Barney Modgling and Ben Oglesby. The building committee is led by Mrs Royce Lee with Mrs Edna Butner and Bob Wilson as members.
Grimes Reinjured After Fall Returns to Hospital
Frank Grimes, recently home from the Veterans Hospital in Big Spring, fell at his residence Friday and was sent back to Big Spring hospital. He previously sustained a broken hip in February after an icy pavement fall and has been hospitalized since. Doctors reported the hip had reenforced in a different location and awaited a specialist.
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Frank Grimes
Veterans Hospital
Big Spring
Big Spring Hospital
Grimes
Last Rites Held At Blackwell for Mrs D T Hunt
Funeral services for Laura E. Hunt 82 long time Blackwell resident were held at First Methodist Church in Blackwell. She died Saturday night in Bronte hospital after a short illness. Survivors include two daughters two grandchildren six brothers and two sisters. Pallbearers were Earl Cook Charles Ragsdale Henry Raney Kelly Richards Walter Sanders Ernest Ware.
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D. T
Laura E.) Hunt
Blackwell
First Methodist Church
Jerrell Sharp
Hunt
James
Holly Springs
Miss
Texas
Goldthwaite
D. T. Hunt
Nolan County
D. T. McDonald
Irene Ellis
Glendale
Calif
Davis Ellis
Dan McDonald
Calgary
Canada
Ben Palmer
Talmadge Palmer
Albany
Joe Palmer
Henry Palmer
Fort Worth
Will Palmer
Alberta
Barney Carter
Katherine Parker
Tyler
Earl Cook
Charles Ragsdale
Henry Raney
Kelly Richards
Walter Sanders
Ernest Ware
W. E. Johnsons Celebrate 60th Anniversary
Mrs. Charles Ragsdale reports a June gathering at Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Johnson home to mark their 60th wedding anniversary and a family reunion. The couple wed May 7, 1899 near Fort Chadbourne with attendants Ernest Kirkland, Jack Counch, Fannie Moore, and Elbert Kirkland.
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Charles Ragsdale
W. E. Johnson
Johnson
New Hope
Fort Chadbourne
W. &.Burn
Iernest Kirkland
Jack Counch
Fannie Moore
Elbert Kirk
John W. Ecker
Slaton
H. L. McGuire
Deming, New Mex
Ladies Night at County Pool Returns Weekly
Aubrey Denman park caretaker announced weekly ladies night at the county park pool. The event runs from 7 30 p m and invites all women and girls in the community to participate Thursday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey Denman
Little League Schedule for June matchups
The schedule lists games at Robert Lee Norton Bronte and Bronte venues. Teams include Indians Giants Dodgers Cardinals Yankees and times 6:00 or 7:30 p m across June 22 23 and 26 with matchups such as Indians vs Giants Dodgers vs Cardinals and Yankees vs Indians.
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Indians
Giants
Robert Lee
Dodgers
Cardinals
Norton
Bronte
Yankees
Cards
Edwin McDaniel Visits Grandparents in Chillicothe
Edwin McDaniel of Chillicothe is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Lasswell, and staying for a family visit.
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Edwin McDaniel
Chillicothe
Mrs. M. J. Lasswell
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The
Bronte School
George Newby
Nelson Jackson
Hospital News
Kickapoo Water Dist
Daniel
F. S. Higginbotham
Coke’ County
First Methodist Church of
Orient Townsite Co
W. E. Johnsons
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