Bronte Show Draws Record Crowd at County Livestock Fair
The Coke County Livestock Show in Bronte drew the largest crowd yet with exhibits in tents and pens. Winners included Lindy Duvall with a 690 pound club calf and Lyndon Waldrop for Rambouillet crossbreds. Thelma Jo Bryan led the 980 pound Duroc boar. Willoughby bred the champion lamb and third place calf in the dry lot division.
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Bronte
County
Coke County
Messrs
Avis. B. Hicks
Coke County Gent
J. Henry V
Thos. Stewart
Menard
Sent
Menard County
Lindy Duvall
First &Ward
Lyndon
Waldrop ‘Poahd
J.arrott
Corriedale
Corriedale _gross-b ‘pounds to win the cross-bred section. Thelma Jo Bryan
Duroc Barrow
Stewart
Barton Waldrop
Pratt
C. H. Willoughby
Willoughby
Fort Chadbourne Service Honors Local Service Members
Sunday at the Fort Chadbourne Baptist Church stars were placed on a flag to honor service members in the Army and Navy. The program, planned by the Sun day school and church, featured prayers, songs, and a three part poem by Rev. Dunlap. A visiting minister from Abi lene preached, and ten minutes of prayer for service men was adopted for Sunday nights. Twenty-one boys were named in the program with 18 stars placed and more to come. Mrs. Addie Calloway reports.
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Fort Chadbourne
Baptist Church
Doughty McDonald
Lee Parks
Dunlap
Wade
Abilene
Caleb Moore
Sanders
Sanders Brothers
Bill
Warner Moore
Réyee
Jim. Calloway
Denny
M. BR
Dude Greggston
Sam Grant
Dolph Richards
Percy Suggs
Chester Hallm
A. J
Edsell McDaniels
Orville White
James Terry
H. M. Stevens
Addie Calloway
World Is Our Parish at Robert Lee Methodist Church
Next Sunday the Robert Lee Methodist Church holds a morning service with a message titled The World Is Our Parish. The church urges action on the great commission and aims to canvass members in the afternoon for the Crusade of Christ gifts.
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Robert Lee Methodist Church
Church of Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Crusade of Christ
National 4-H Week Observed Across Texas
Texas will join the national observance March 8-11 with 103 000 boys and girls among 1 700 000 participants. National reports note 400 000 acres of victory gardens and 47 million quarts canned, two million head of livestock and dairy cattle produced for wartime. Texas 4-H members also aided war bonds sales and scrap drives totaling substantial sums and values.
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Texas
T. B. Hicks
Fay D. Croslin
Coke County
Victory Gardens
Texas Club
Texas 4-H Club
Bronte Methodists Hit Crusade for Christ Fund Target
Bronte Methodist Church members raised 705 dollars during a special Sunday service led by Mrs. Jeff Dean and Mrs. George Thomas. The Bronte community joined a national drive to collect 25 010 000 dollars for wartorn nations, with each church assigned a quota.
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Bronte Methodist Church
Jeff Dean
George Thomas
A. N. Rawlings
Coke County
West Texas
Ed Ratliff Ram Is Grand Champion At The Stock Show
Bronte breeder Ed Ratliff, owner of Rambouillet rams on his ranch south of Bronte, won multiple placements including a grand champion ram in the breeding bucks class at the Livestock Show. Ratliff’s rams are increasingly in demand.
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ED Ratliff Ram
Ratliff
Bronte
Mr. Ratliff
Winston Smodgling Promoted to Tech Sergeant in France
Winston Smodgling son of Mr and Mrs B E Smodgling was promoted to technical sergeant at a U S Troop Carrier base in France. An aerial engineer on a troop carrier plane he received the Air Medal for his part in the airborne invasion of Holland. He graduated Bronte High School in 1941 and entered service in October 1942. His unit was awarded the Distinguished Unit citation for its work in Normandy.
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Winston Modgling
B. E. Modgling
U.S
France
Holland
Bronte High School
Ite
Norman
Coke County H D Council Holds March Training and Plans
The Coke County H D Council met at the county courthouse with 25 members and 5 visitors. They reported 13 clubs represented with $11.80 raised for the Educational Fund, discussed an all day training school led by Mrs Worthen in March, planned a Better Baking Contest, and considered a concession at the Bronte Livestock Show.
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C. E. Arrott
Lometa
County Court House
P'nhert Lee
Flach
H. D
O. W. Chapman
Bronte
Big Spring
Jahen Jamison
Coke County
H. D. Council
Worthen
Sit Vng
H.D. Club
Bers of
Bewley Mills
Mis. Croslin
Croslin
Red Cross Drive Begins in Coke County
Despite bad weather, Coke County residents attended the County Chapter meeting at the Methodist church to start the Red Cross drive. County Chairman H A Springer outlined the effort and the county quota of 2809, higher than last year's 1800, urging all workers to visit residents and secure contributions.
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Red Cross
Coke County
Methodist
H. A. Springer
Homer Phillips Honored With Shower
Former Miss Loree Jackson now Mrs Homer Phillips was honored with a shower at the home of Mrs H A Springer hosted by Mrs C J Bruton Mrs A M Wynn Mrs J K Johnson and Mrs H A Springer Marion Mitchell poured punch and Miss Jerry Mitchell helped serve John Coulson kept the bride's book The bride received many gifts A poem by Mrs Springer read at the shower recalls Lore joining the WACs and wartime service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loree Jackson
Homer Phillips
H. A. Springer
C. J. Bruton
A. M. Wynn
J. K. Johnson
Marion Mitchell
Jerry Mitchell
John Coulson
Springer
Eddie Paul Good Completes Air Corps Reserve Training
Eddie Paul Good son of Mr and Mrs Paul Good or Robert Lee finished his training in the Air Corps Reserve at State College Las Cruces New Mexico and is now at home. He will stay home until turning 18 then receive an assignment. He and Coke county boys are expected to "make good" wherever assigned.
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Eddie Paul Good
Paul Good
Robert Lee
Air Corps Reserve
State College
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Eddie Paul
Coke County
Mackey Family Visit Mentioned in Short Note
Mr and Mrs J B Mackey and their baby from Childress are visiting town in a brief social item. The snippet notes the family's presence but lacks additional details or events.
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J. B. Mackey
Baby
Childress
Mra
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Cullen Clark
Ch’ Drouurnen
H. D. Club
Tues- Boecking
Heport
Mrss
Para
Bronte Methodists
Crusade For Christ
Winston Smodgling
Coke County H. 1. Council
Navy
Loree
Homer
Providence
Rhode Island
Oak Creek
Irs
Uncle Sam
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