Enterprise Subscription Special To Start July 1
The Enterprise announces a one week annual subscription sale starting Wednesday July 1. New renewals or extensions will receive a 50 cent discount with Coke and adjoining counties at 2.00 and all other areas at 2.50, regular prices 2.50 and 3.00. Subscriptions may be placed via Enterprise reps in outlying communities or at the office, by mail, with local contacts listed for Blackwell Brookshire Tennyson and area residents.
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Enterprise
Coke
Blackwell
Charles Ragsdale
Brookshire
Herbert Holland
Tennyson
John Gaston
Tom Green
Community notices invite vacation reports from readers
In a light hearted plea the Bronte Enterprise asks locals to share vacation plans or travel notes. Readers are encouraged to mail or call with long trips or visits to towns and relatives, with a sample feature about Mrs. George Thomas helping in Washington.
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Enterprise
George Thomas
Bronte
Congressman O. C. Fisher
Washington, D. C
Congressman Fisher
Dover
Delaware
Ocean City
July Fourth Holiday Closes Bronte Merchants Saturday
Bronte merchants plan to close for a holiday on Saturday July 4 while earlier Memorial Day closures drew mixed opinions. More details on the closing will be published in next week’s Enterprise.
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Bronte
Halbert Named New Preceptee in Bronte Study
John T. Halbert of Nacogdoches arrives at Bronte Hospital for a ten week study under Dr. John R. Harris. A UT Medical Branch senior, he lives with his parents at the James Allen rent house during the assignment.
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John T. Halbert
Nacogdoches
Bronte
John R. Harris
Bronte Hospital
University of Texas Medical
Galves
Mrs. Halbert
James Allen
Swimming Lessons Expanded After Fourth of July Start
Additional swimming classes will begin Monday after the Fourth of July. A beginners course and an intermediate course will be offered. Joe Don Wilkins, a qualified Red Cross swimming instructor, will teach the sessions.
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Joe Don Wilkins
Red Cross
Ladies Softball Practice and Intergenerational Game
The Ladies softball team practices Monday and Thursday at 6 p.m. All ladies and girls are invited to join. A game is scheduled Thursday with the ladies facing the girls.
Coke County Women Home Demonstration Council Meets
The Coke County Women Home Demonstration Council met in regular session at 2 p m in the Robert Lee Courthouse conference room. Four members plus Miss Hooper attended. Four clubs reported May activity and upcoming events include June workshops in Bronte and Robert Lee, a July 21 22 4 H camp, a June 27 bake sale, and yearbook planning for 1960. Delegates to the state meeting were elected, and notes on an Abilene fair exhibit and workshop dates were announced.
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Coke County Women Home Demonstration Council
Robert Lee Court House
Pat Rives
Miss Hooper
Bronte
Robert Lee
Robert Lee Park
THDA
Loretta Allen
Abilene
Coke County
Norton Telephones Contract Let At Merkel
The Norton exchange outside telephone plant contract for the Taylor Telephone Cooperative will be awarded Tuesday, June 30 at 10 a.m. at the Merkel headquarters building. The low bidder must start within 30 days and finish within three months.
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Norton Exchange
Taylor Telephone Cooperative
Merkel
Quarterback Meeting Set for Monday Night
Clark Glenn president of the Longhorn Club calls a meeting for Monday at 8 p m in the school auditorium. Membership cards will be ready for sale and distributed. A committee of D K Glenn Howard Brock and Marvin Corley will lead efforts to prepare the football field for fall.
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Clark Glenn
Longhorn Club
Qarterback Club
Glenn
D. K. Glenn
Howard Brock
Marvin Corley
Bronte Norton Pony League Schedule Opens Season
The Bronte Norton Pony League from Ballinger enters a four team schedule starting June 25 with Doss Bible Class Lions Club West Texas Utilities. Matchups include Doss vs Lions Bronte vs WTU at 6 30 and 8 30.
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Bronte-Norton Pony League
Ballinger
Doss Bible Class
Lions Club
West Texas Utilities
Balinger
Bronte-Norton
Doss
Lions
Bronte
WTU
Bank deposits rise at Bronte's First National Bank
June 10 call shows deposits at 2,432,388.33, up from June 23, 1958 and March 12, 1959 figures. Loans total 730,820.88, up from a year ago. Capital accounts grow with surplus rising to 150,000.00 and undivided profits 53,290.86, totaling 543,290.86.
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First National Bank
Bronte
First National
Royce Fancher Installed as W M of Bronte Lodge
Royce Fancher was to be installed as Worshipful Master of Bronte Masonic Lodge in a Wednesday night ceremony at Bronte Lodge Hall. The event was a joint installation with Hayrick Lodge of Robert Lee with Jack Denman installed as W M of Hayrick Lodge and several other officers named.
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Royce Fancher
Bronte Masonic Lodge
Bronte Lodge
Hayrick Lodge
Robert Lee
Jack Denman
W. M
Leonard Fletcher
J. B. Morrow
H. Q O. Whitt
J. A. Stephenson
Noah Pruitt, Jr
Brady Mills
Rainfall totals across the area this week
Light showers early in the week dropped amounts ranging from a half inch to one inch. Tennyson reported about a half inch, Austin Sandusky north of town also had a half inch, and Clifford Clark east of Bronte recorded one inch.
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Tennyson
Austin Sandusky
Clifford Clark
Bronte
National disgrace over Salk vaccine uptake voiced by Basil O Connor
Basil O Connor, president of the March of Dimes, calls the failure of many Americans to use the Salk polio vaccine a national disgrace. He cites Detroit outbreaks, rising polio figures, and vast vaccine surplus as urging wider immunization before the polio season. The statement references the 1955 field trials confirming safety and efficacy and notes ongoing epidemics across several states.
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New York
N. Y
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Detroit
New Jersey
Virginia
West Virginia
Montana
Hawaii
O'Connor
O’connor
Thomas Francis, Jr
University of Michigan Department of Epidemiology
Jonas E., Salk
University of Pitts
Little League Scores and Schedule for June
Last week results show Indians 8 Yankees 7 and Cardinals 11 Dodgers 6 on June 22. June 23 Cardinals 18 Giants 5 and Indians 13 Dodgers 10. Upcoming games list June 26 Yankees vs Indians Bronte 6 pm and Cardinals vs Dodgers Robert Lee 7 30 pm. Standings place Cards first, Yankees second, Indians third, Dodgers fourth, with Giants in Bronte.
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Indians
Yankees
Cards
Dodgers
Giants
Yanks
Bronte
Robert Lee
Bro
Norton
Trustees Meet Often at Bronte School Board
Bronte school board members have met regularly in recent weeks to interview teachers for vacancies. Board president Harin Lee said progress is being made and some vacancies are being vetted, but no new acceptances have been received since the last Enterprise notice.
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Bronte School
Harin Lee
Oil Prospects Improve On Two Abandoned Tests
A weekly report says oil prospects look good for two abandoned tests. Barney Carter of Tyler operates both sites. One lies on Sam Gray’s land north of Bronte and the other within Bronte city limits on L. T. Youngblood property. Gray site under work, Youngblood site shut in for about a week.
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Barney Carter
Tyler
Sam Gray
Bronte
L. T. Youngblood
Youngblood
Former Bronte Postmaster Carries Visit to Old Friends
Mrs. Carrie Williams of Grand Prairie, a longtime Bronte resident and former post master, traveled to Ralls and Lubbock with Mrs. C. Duncan to visit old friends and relatives last week.
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Carrie Williams
Grand Prairie
Bronte
Williams
C. Duncan
Ralls
Lubbock
Vaughns Visit Father Ill in O'Donnell
Mr and Mrs H E Vaughn traveled to O Donnell on Sunday to visit his father who is ill and staying with relatives.
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H. E. Vaughn
O'Donnell
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Dandemis
WHO Council
Council
Norton Telephones
Pony League
Royce Fancher New W. M
W. W. Millikin
Billy Joe Luckett
C. E. Clark
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