Bronte Receives Final Sewer Aid Installment
The city of Bronte received a $1,392 check from the U.S. Public Health Service as the final balance of federal aid for the sewer project. Together with an earlier $11,700 payment, the total federal contribution amounts to $13,092 toward the southeast town’s sewage treatment plant. Dr. Richard F. Boyd informed Mayor J. A. Stephenson that audit papers were in order and the remaining payment was being sent.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Bronte
Richard F. Boyd
J. A. Stephenson
The
Health Service
Two Swimming Classes to Start Here Monday
Aubrey Denman announces two swimming classes beginning Monday at 10 00 am. Intermediate swimming and pre school beginners will run Monday through Friday for two weeks at 1 50 dollars per person. The current beginners class ends Saturday due to a rain cancelation. Participants include Nancy Rawlings Patty Rawlings Keith McCutchen Linda Kay Wolf Gene Glenn Matt Caperton Jan Mag ness Rocky Ivey and Tamalia Grigg.
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Aubrey Denman
Denman
Nancy
Patty Rawlings
Keith McCutchen
Linda Kay Wolf
Gene Glenn
Matt Caperton
Jan Magness
Rocky Ivey
Tamalia Grigg
Rodeo Boosters Promote Sannu al Winters Event
A caravan promoting the Sannu al Winters Rodeo toured Bronze on Tuesday. The rodeo runs this weekend June 22 23 and 24. Two Shetland ponies will be given away to lucky persons.
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Sannual Winters
Water samples from Bronte sites pass health analysis
Three water samples sent to the State Department of Health were received and marked okay. Tests at Coffee Shop Cafe Central Drug and Golf Service Station show Bronte water free from harmful organisms.
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State Department of Health
Coffee Shop
Central Drug and Golf Service Station
Bronte
Personal visitors and travels in local communities
Mr and Mrs Sam Gray visited in Miles Friday with their son in law and daughter. Tuesday visitors in the Gray home were Mr and Mrs Vance Green of San Angelo. Weekend visitors in the Tom Williams home included their son and family. Mr and Mrs Alfred Williams and Mr and Mrs T H Rogge, all of San Angelo. Mr and Mrs Earl Box and Edna Earl left Monday for Houston to visit relatives. They were joined by Rev R W Blackmon and Bette. Lonnie Forman and Bobby returned to Jal New Mexico after a week visiting here and Corpus Christi. Mrs Formans mother Mrs Rome Richards accompanied them to Corpus. The Formans daughter Judy remained here with her grandparents.
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Mr. i
Sam Gray
Miles
Dawson Coleman
Gray
Vance Green
San Angelo
Tom Williams
Alfred Williams
T. H. Rogge
Earl Box
Edna Earl
Houston
R. W. Blackmon
Bette
Rev. Blackmon
Lonnie Forman
Bobby
Jal
N. M
Corpus Christi
Coke County records 413 traffic incidents this year
From January 1 through June 19 Coke County reports 413 traffic accidents. Sheriff Melvin Childress notes seven one vehicle incidents, three two vehicle crashes, one car scooter, and one pickup motorcycle. no fatalities. He urges safe driving during vacation season. The department cooperates with the State Department of Public Safety to enforce traffic laws.
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Coke County
Melvin Childress
Childress
Coke County Sheriff's Department
State Department of Public Safety
Rainy June Brings Big Totals Across Bronte Area
Wide rain in June drenched Bronte and surrounding areas with amounts from 4 to almost 6 inches. Ranchers welcomed the moisture boosting prospects for crops while noting clogged sewer lines and ground soaking rains. Countywide totals vary with 8 inches in Edith and up to 6.25 inches at Atlantic Pump Station. several areas reported 4 to 5 inches for the week.
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Bronte
Texas
Atlantic
Hooks Dismore
Maverick-Norton
Herbert Holland
Enterprise
Brookshire
Coke County
Edith
Rites Held Monday For Mrs. Sneed
Funeral services conducted at Kickapoo Baptist Church for Mrs. Fannie Moore Sneed 77 who died while visiting a sister in law in Brownfield and who lived in Fort Worth. Burial followed at Ross cemetery. Survivors include two sons, two sisters, five brothers, and six grandchildren.
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Kickapoo Baptist Church
Fannie Moore Sneed
Brownfield
Fort Worth
Tom Sneed
Ross Cemetery
Fort Chadbourne
Olga
Clift Funeral Home
Tom Sneed Jr
Kenneth Sneed
Mary Porter
Pampa
Amelia Silen
Hollywood
Calif
Bob
Oscar
Ed Moore
Portales, N. M
Walter Moore
Blackwell
Ernest Moore
Rule
Noted Lecturer To Speak Here In Bronte
George A. Roberts of Houston, noted lecturer on Communism, will speak in Bronte at the school auditorium on Thursday afternoon June 29 as guest of the Anti-Communism Study Group. Edward Cumbie, president of the local group, says Bronte residents should welcome the visiting authority. Roberts plans a lecture series at Abilene Christian College each evening next week and has extensive background in Citizenship Training and Army Intelligence in World War II. Time to be announced in next week's Enterprise.
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George A. Roberts
Houston
Bronte
Edward Cumbie
Roberts
Abilene Christian College
Abilene
United States
Communist Party
Cumbie
New Post Office Building Near Completion Bronte
Noah Pruitt Jr announces the Bronte post office will move to a new building at Oliver Avenue and Washington Street in early July. The 2,603 square foot facility includes 410 new lock boxes, parking, loading dock, central heating and refrigerated air, with a 10 year lease to the post office and private ownership benefiting local tax rolls.
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Noah Pruitt Jr
Bronte
Pruitt
Kenneth L. Musgrave
Abilene
Post Office Department
Oliver Avenue
Washington Street
South Texas Lumber Co
Santa Fe
Hoblitzelle Stakes 2nd Well Planned in Runnels County
Karl Hoblitzelle of Dallas has staked a second test in the Ronald Perkins Field upper Canyon in Runnels County. The No 3 F Jack B Herring will be drilled as a 4100 foot wildcat on a 318.2 acre lease, located southeast of Norton. The No 1 F Herring produced 289.27 barrels of 46 degree oil daily from perforations between 3275 and 279 feet. Royce and Clyde Lee of Bronte oversee the venture.
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Ronald Perkins
Runnels County
Karl Hoblitzelle
Dallas
Upper Canyon
Jack B. Herring
Norton
F Herring
H. C. Wylie
H&gn
Royce and
Clyde Lee
Bronte
J Adair to Undergo Major Surgery in San Angelo
J. I. Adair was scheduled for major surgery Thursday morning in a San Angelo hospital. He has been a patient since last Thursday afternoon. Over the weekend visiting the Adair home were their daughter Mrs. George Faulk and family from Midland. Their son J. T. Adair of Houston arrived Friday night for a week’s visit.
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J. I. Adair
San Angelo
Adair
George Faulk
Midland
J. T. Adair
Houston
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Texas State Department of Health
Oak Creek Lake
H. A. Springer
W. O. Eubanks
R. C. Lasswell
Clifford Clark
Hamp Thomas
Tennyson
Mrs. Sneed
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