City Council Sets 67,865 Budget for Fiscal Year
The city adopted a 67,865.71 budget for the year starting April 1 1969 and ending March 31 1970 with surplus projected across funds. Mayor pro tem Cecil Kemp presided as Mayor Royce Lee was absent. other members present were Martin Lee Bill Clark Ben D Snead and Jerry Parker. A resolution protesting a tax on municipal bond interest was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Promte
Cecil Kemp
Royce Lee
Martin Lee
Bill Clark
Ben D. Snead
Jerry Parker
General Fund
Social Security Fund
Beginners Welding Course Graduates Honored at University
Certificates were presented Friday night to 17 men completing the beginners welding course held in the vocational agriculture building. Instructor Charles Yeats of Texas A and M led acetylene welding on steel and aluminum with emphasis on safety. Participants hailed from Bronte, Blackwell, and Robert Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Henry
Bronte
Charles Yeats
Yeats
Texas A&m University
Texas Education Agency
Texas A & M University
J. T. Henry
Harlin Lee
C. B. Barbee
J. A. Culpepper
Bill Luckett
Horace Grigg
Stanley Daulong
Jack Cervenka
Bruce Sonnenberg
Royce Fancher
Jack Corley
Dick Cooper
Brian Richards
Garland Richards
Louis Minjarez
Glenn Culp
Jimmy Jeffrey
Blackwell
Norman R. Wolfe
Robert Lee
Oak Creek Lake praised for fishing and upcoming club contest
The Standard Times fishing page lauds Oak Creek Lake in Coke County with strong black bass catches including an eight pound eight ounce fish and several over six pounds. The Concho Bass Club of San Angelo and the Odessa Bass Fishing Club plan to meet there Sunday for a contest. Lt. Johnny Spoonts, on leave from Fort Hood until July 22, was hosted by his Bruton family in Bronte with a barbecue and reunion, while he continues hospital treatment for Vietnam injuries.
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Oak Creek Lake
Last
Standard Times
John Gill
Gill
Concho Bass Club
San Angelo
Odessa Bass Fishing Club
Robert Lee Dam
Coke County
Johnny Spoonts
Bronte
C. E. Bruton
Fort Hood
Speck Nicholas
Yankees Cinch Little League Tie
The Bronze Yankees clinched at least a tie for the Colorado River Little League title by beating the Robert Lee Cardinals 4-3 in Robert Lee. They stand 10-1 on the season and only needed a win against Sterling City to secure the crown, after a 13-1 victory over Sterling City Giants last Friday.
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Bronze Yankees
Colorado River
Robert Lee Cardinals
Robert Lee
Yankees
Sterling City Astros
Yanks
Sterling City Giants
Yankee
Jesse Freeman
Wayne Alexander
Kit Carlton
Jim Dan Roughton
Alan Barbee
Joe Rivere
Wayne Coulson
Chris Ward
Randy Parker
Donald Butler
Gerald Brevard
Kerwin Denton
Mark Lee
Kevin Gibbs
Bronte Secretary Attends Texas Education Conference
Mrs. Clark Glenn Bronte school secretary spent Monday Tuesday and Wednesday in Austin attending the Texas Education Secretary's Association conference She said sessions covered many areas of work of interest and she visited with her son Vic Glenn while in the capital.
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Clark Glenn
Bronte
Austin
Texas Education Secretary’s Association
Vic Glenn
Capital
Enterprise Price To Drop Tuesday
The Bronze Enterprise announces a July subscription sale starting Tuesday July 1 with a 50 cent reduction on all one year subscriptions. Prices drop to $3.00 in Coke and adjoining counties and to $4.00 outside the Bronte trade area, with regional contacts listed for Blackwell Brookshire Tennyson and local offices. Ben Oglesby notes many subscriptions are sold during July bargains and urges customers to take advantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronze Enterprise
Blackwell
Rocky Thompson
Brookshire
Herbert Holland
Tennyson
Tom Green
Janet Thomas
Coke
Bronte
Enterprise Office
P. O. Drawers
Ben Oglesby
Lions Clubs Name Officers for Year
New officers for the Bronze Lions and Evening Lions clubs were installed. Earl F. Glenn leads the Noon Lions as president with H. O. Whitt as secretary treasurer Noah Pruitt Jr. is first vice president R. T. Caperton second vice president and Harry K. Morris third vice president. Directors include C. E. Clark Wayman Percifull Jack Corley and Joe Rewlings. Crippled Children director C. E. Bruton. Tail-twister George Newby and Lion Tanner Joe Dismore. Evening Lions elected Martin Lee president J F Hughes secretary treasurer Bill Luckett first vice Harold Moon second vice and Leslie Rolls third vice. Directors Harlin Lee Horace Taylor Joe Smith and C. E. Hageman A. E. Stroebel Tail Twister James A. Tidwell Lion Tamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl F. Glenn
Noon Lion's Club
H. O. Whitt
Noah Pruitt Jr
R. T. Caperton
Harry K. Morris
C. E. Clark
Wayman Percifull
Jack Corley
Joe Rewlings
Crippled Children
C. E. Bruton
George Newby
Joe Dismore
Lion Tanner
Evening Lions Club
Martin Lee
J. F. Hughes
Bill Luckett
Harold Moon
Leslie Rolls
Harlin Lee
Horace Taylor
Joe Smith
C. E. Hageman
A. E. Stroebel
James A. Tidwell
Robt Lee Bronte Masons Plan Joint Installation
Coke County Sheriff Melvin Childress of Robert Lee and L. L. Wilkins of Bronte will install officers at a joint Bronte and Robert Lee Masonic Lodge service. The event at Robert Lee Masonic Lodge is set for Tuesday July 1 at 8 p.m.
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Coke County
Melvin Childress
Robert Lee
L. L. Wilkins
Bronte
Robert Lee Masonic Lodges
Robert Lee Masonic Lodge
Bronte Masonic Lodge
T. O. Spiller
Royce Lee
E. G. Collins
Royce Fancher
H. O O. Whitt
Noah Pruitt Jr
Bill J. Luckett
Charles Ragsdale
C. E. Clark
Jesse Parker
Marvin Bryant
Tser
Norton Rites for Mrs W H McKown
Funeral services were held for Mrs. W. H. McKown 79 longtime Runnels County resident at the Norton Methodist Church. Burial followed at Wingate Cemetery with Allen Davis Funeral Home in charge. She married W. H. McKown in 1907. he died in 1963. Survivors include two sons Bill and Aubrey, three daughters Wade Carter Louise Stubblefield and Faye Ford, a brother Ed Drake, twelve grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren and three step grandchildren.
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W. H. McKown
Runnels County
Norton Methodist Church
Wingate Cemetery
Allen Davis
Nels County
Oak Creek
Norton
Bill McKown
Bronte
Aubrey McKown
Yuma
Ariz
Mrrs
Wade Carter
Ballinger
Louise Stubblefield
Happy
Faye Ford
Farwell
Ed Drake
Waco
Also Mentioned on This Page
Special Sanitary Sewer System
Contingencies Fund
Lions Clubs
Robt. Lee
Bronte Masons
Tom Sawyer
Truman Hines
Arthur Runnion
Garland Davis
Donnie Robertson
Floyd Prentice
Delbert Shoemaker
Eugene Hollis
Alton Roberts
L. E Heavel
Billy W. Roe
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