Housing Work Races Toward November Completion
Bronte Housing Authority reports 16.97 percent progress on the new project as of June 15 with work advancing since. W D Ertel notes progress every 15 days and a July 1 update is due. concrete floors are poured, plumbing installed, walls rise, and Herman Bennett Co. of Brownwood serves as contractor for an estimated completion on November 18.
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Norman R. Riker
Bronte Housing Authority
W. D. Ertel
Evrey
Bronze Enterprise Opens 20th Annual July Subscription Sale
The Bronze Enterprise launches its 20th annual subscription sale starting Monday July 1 offering 50 cent savings on new renewals or extensions. Coke County price 3.00 vs 3.50 regular. distant areas 4.00 from 4.50. Publisher Ben Ogles notes broad savings and mail or in person orders accepted with local representatives listed.
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Ben Oglesby
Town to Take Holiday Observance for Independence Day
Most Bronze business firms will be closed Thursday July 4 in observance of Independence Day. City hall post office and First National Bank will shut. Some businesses stay open for treatment and local trade. The Bronte Enterprise closes Friday July 5 due to the Base newspaper schedule.
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U. S. Post Office
First National Bank
Bronte Enterprise
Monitor
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Enterprise
Bronte Enterprise Marks 20 Years Of Local Columns
A syndicated column note argues for Norton students joining Bronte high school, praising small student bodies and the home fit for Norton, while reflecting on limited funds and the value of quiet knowledge. Libby and I mark 30 years of work on the Bronte Enterprise with plans for a future retrospective.
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Libby
Bronte
Central Baptist Revives Congregation in Bronte
Central Baptist Church in Bronte hosts a weeklong revival led by Rev Earl Stout with Rev Wayne Stout assisting and Rev Jimmie Rogers leading singing. Services run daily at 7 am and 7 30 pm with doughnuts and coffee at 6 30 am. Everyone is invited. revival ends Sunday.
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Central Baptist Church
Bronte
Earl Stout
Wayne N. Stout
Jimmie Rogers
Pecan Baptist Church
Edith
Conway
Ark
Texas
Oklahoma
California
Arizona
4 H Horse Show Set for Tuesday
The Coke County 4H Club Horse Show will be held in Bronte Arena on Tuesday night July 2 at 8 p.m. Halter classes determine champion mare and gelding while five performance events run for Junior and Senior divisions: reining western pleasure pole bending barrel racing and flag racing. Each member exhibits at halter and enters two or more performance events. Public invited.
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Bronte Arena
Austin Firm Awarded New Highway Contract
M. E. Ruby Jr. Inc. of Austin submitted the low bid for building the highway between Robert Lee and Bronte. Bids were received Wednesday by the Texas Highway Department. Ruby bid $565,503 for grading and surfacing the 11.5 mile stretch.
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M. E. Ruby Jr. Inc
Austin
Robert Lee and
Bronte
Texas Highway Apartment
Ruby
Jess Craig Rites Set for Thursday
Funeral services for Jess B. Craig 72 of Blackwell are set for Thursday at 3 p.m. at Blackwell Methodist Church with Rev. Ross Tipps and Rev. Clarence Minton officiating. Burial will follow in Blackwell Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home. Craig, a Coke County resident born January 6, 1896, died Tuesday in Simmons Memorial Hospital Sweetwater. He married Josie Finley in 1936 San Angelo. He previously ran a cafe south of Blackwell and was known for his barbecues. Survivors include his wife, one brother J M Craig, three nephews and five nieces.
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Jess B. Craig
Blackwell
Craig
Simmons Memorial Hospital
Sweetwater
Blackwell Methodist Church
Ross Tipps
Clarence Minton
Blackwell Cemetery
Williams Funeral Home
Mr. Craig
Coke County
Josie Finley
San Angelo
J. M. Craig
Bronte Boy Scouts Camp Sol Mayer In Menard County
Seven Bronte scouts attend a week at Camp Sol Mayer in Menard County for training in camping swimming canoeing lifesaving and outdoor skills. Attendees include Jonathan Masterson Randy Barber Garland Richards Tipton Masterson Bobby Reyes Kenneth Stroebel and Steve Clark with former Bronte Scoutmaster Lucius Wood as camp ranger.
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Bronte Boy
Camp
Sol Mayer
Menard County
Bronte
Jonathan Masterson
Randy Barbee
Garland Richards
Tipton Masterson
Bobby Reyes
Kenneth Stroebel
Steve Clark
Lucius Wood
New Red Cushions Installed at Bronte Methodist Sanctuary
Red pew cushions were installed across the sanctuary of First Methodist Church in Bronte. The memorial fund funded the purchase, marking a refurbished interior upgrade.
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First Methodist Church
Bronte
Farm Bureau Plans Queen and Talent Contests in Coke County
Coke County Farm Bureau officials announced the Queen Contest and Talent Fund will be held July 27 at Bronte School Auditorium. Four Coke County girls plan to enter the Queen Contest, with entry details via Mrs. C. E. Arrott in Rob ert Lee. The Talent Fund welcomes nonmembers, plans to appoint contest committees, and more information will follow. The group will also send two youths to Baylor University’s High School Student Seminar July 30 to Aug 3, and observe National Farm Safety Week July 21–27.
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Coke County Farm Bureau
Bronte School
C. E. Arrott
Farm Bureau
Coke County
Robert Lee
Baylor University
Waco
Arrott
Janet Lee
Bronte
Darrel Pitcock
Bronte and Robert Lee Masons Plan Joint Installation
Bronte Lodge No. 962 and Hayrick Lodge No. 696 will hold a joint installation Monday night. Austin Masterson becomes Bronte’s worshipful master with officers T O Spiller Elmer Hurley Royce Fancher H O Whitt Mavin Bryant J P Gibson Clifford Clark Jesse Parker J T Henry. District Deputy Grand Master A H Jones of Robert Lee attends. Jack Denman and L L Wilkins will serve as installing officers.
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Bronte
Robert Lee
Bronte Lodge
Hayrick Lodge
Austin Masterson
T. O. Spiller
Elmer Hurley
Royce Fancher
H. O. Whitt
Mavin Bryant
J. P. Gibson
Clifford Clark
Jesse Parker
J. T. Henry
A. H. Jones
Jack Denman
Robrt Lee
L. L. Wilkins
Sheila Hubbard Chosen Junior Member of Texas Rainbow Assembly
Sheila Hubbard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Hubbard of Bronte, appointed Junior member of the Grand Finance Committee at the 45th Grand Assembly of Texas, Rainbow for Girls, held in Corpus Christi June 17 19. Ballinger Assembly 338, of which she is a charter member and past Worthy Advisor, was represented by eight girls and two adults and earned a merit certificate.
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Sheila Hubbard
Doyle Hubbard
Bronte
Grand Finance Committee
Grand Assembly of Texas
Order of the Rainbow
Corpus Christi
Miss Hubbard
Ballinger Assembly
San Angelo
Grand Assembly
Gran Rigby
Mildred Ann Bigby
Deborah Goetz
Joy Johnson
Chyrel Hadley
Cynthia Hays
Barbara Miller
Laura Jones
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Bronze Enterprise
Dana Cunningham
W. T. Green
Tennyson
Rocky Thompson
Herbert Holland
Brookshire-Maverick-Norton
Norton
Benjamin Disraeli
Central Baptist
Gaylon Woodard
Woodard
Blackwell School
Supt. C. B. Barbee
Jess Craig
Bronte Boy Scouts
The
Lee Masons
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