Bronte Election Set With Three Posts On Ballot
Bronte faces three school, hospital district, and city posts on April 7. Filing shows three for school trustees, two for hospital directors, and none yet for city aldermen. Incumbents Parker and Thomas may depart. filing closes 30 days prior. Public Schools Week runs March 5–9 with a Tuesday night program at 8 p.m., family dinners, and a stage band performance at Bronte School.
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Bronte
Saaturday
Helen Kirklan
Sid
Jerry Parker
Bill Thomas
Deatdline
Glenn Skelton
Russell Carlton
Grady Coulter
Seniors to Present Play Friday Night
The 1973 Rentor Close presents Look Who's Laughing a three act comedy Friday night. Admission is 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for students. Cast includes Barbara Crocker played by Sandra Stroebel and Joanie Crocker by Jam Magness among others. Prop men and promotion staff listed. Area residents invited to attend.
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Barbara Crocker
Sandra Stroebel
Marie Crocker
Rosie Wells
Grendima Milligan
Vicky Minjarez
Waldo Patterson
Danny Carper
Mark Dunean
Arthur Martinez
Randy Gibbs
Gary Skelton
Mary Ellen McGuire
Funeral Held for Walter A. Fields
Funeral services for Walter A. Fields 64 were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Bronte Church of Christ with the local minister Melvin Placke officiating. Burial followed in Fairview Cemetery in a Newby Funeral Home service. Fields died at 6 45 p.m. Friday in Big Spring Veterans Hospital after an 11 year illness. He was born February 7 1909 in Big Cedar Oklahoma and had lived in Coke County since 1965. He was a World War II veteran and longtime West Texas law enforcement officer. Survivors include his wife Onita White a stepdaughter Tulby Giles of Dallas three brothers L B Fields and Ted Fields both of Big Spring Arnold Fields of Tennessee a sister Ione Fern of Utah two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers were George Bruswell Jack Corley M C Sissom Mast Andrews Tom Green and Horace Taylor.
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Walter A. Fields
Bronte Church
West Texas
Onita White
Ballinger
Tulby Giles
Dallas
L. B. Fields
Ted Fields
Big Spring
Arnold Fields
Tennessee
Ione Fern
Utah
George Bruswell
Jack Corley
M. C. Sissom
Mast Andrews
Tom Green
Horace Taylor
Indian speaker to headline at Central Baptist Church
Prakash Guruputra will be the featured speaker at the 10 45 worship hour Sunday at Central Baptist Church. He is from India and has spent two years in the United States studying the Bible and plans to return this summer. Rev. M E Patterson urges the community to attend.
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Prakash Guruputra
Central Baptist Church
India
United States
Proclamation Declares Public Schools Week in Bronte
Mayor Martin Lee proclaims March 5 to 9, 1973 as Public Schools Week in Bronte. The notice urges civic cooperation and invites citizens to visit local public schools to observe the education system and its actions. Governor Dolph Briscoe concurrence noted.
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Bronte
Dolph Briscoe
Public Schools
Martin Lee
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Turpen in San Angelo
Funeral services for Mrs Vina Turpen 81 of San Angelo were held Monday at Central Baptist Church with Rev M E Patterson officiating. Burial followed in Fernview Cemetery. She died Sunday at Bronte Hospital after living in San Angelo 40 years and Coke County since 1899. She was a homemaker, Baptist, married to E R Turpen in 1930. Survivors include a sister Mrs Lauria Burnmows of Long Beach California. Pallbearers were Charles Sims Arthur Wrinkle Ernest Ivey Garland Spencer Carl Blair and C R Smith.
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San Angelo
Central Baptist Church
M. E. Patterson
Fernview Cemetery
Arkansas
Coke County
Srn Angelo
E. R. Turpen
Charles Sims
Arthur Wrinkle
Ernest Ivey
Garland Spencer
Carl Blair
C. R. Smith
Rev Ron Clark to Preach at Bronte Church
The Rev Ron Clark of Amarillo will preach Sunday March 4 at 11 am at First United Methodist Church in Bronte. He is a Disciples of Christ minister and Amarillo hospital chaplain and son of L O Clark. He and his wife Paula have two children.
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Ron Clark
Amrillo
First United Methodies
Bronte
L. O. Clark
Disciples of Christ Church
Amarillo
Clark
Odessa High School
TCU
Brite College of the Bible
Brite College of Religion
High Plains Baptist Hospital
Almarillo
State Hospital
Austin
Veterans Hospital
Dallas
Harris Memorial Hospital
Fort Worth
Northwest Texas Hospital
The
Texas Chaplain Association
Paula
Yvonne
Heather
Three Horns Earn All District Honors in 11 B
Gary Skelton made the first team while Jim Dan Rauwshton and Wayne Alexander earned honorable mention. Other honorees include Ken Peel Sterling City, Davie Smith Garden City, Tommy Bledsoe Blackwell, and Rudy Holquin Forsan.
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Bronte
Gary Skelton
Jim Dan Rauwshton
Wayne Alexander
The
Tem
Ken Peel
Sterling City
Davie Smith
Garden City
Tommy Bledsoe
Blackwell
Rudy Holquin
Forsan
Bronze Longhorns Fall Close in District Playoff
The Bronze Longhorns lost 49 to 47 to Forsan at Robert Lee in a District 11-B playoff. Bob Waldrop scored 12, Jim Dan Akinghton 10, Gary Skelton and Wayne Alexander eight each as Bronze ends the season 15-13 with four starting players returning next year.
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Bronze Longhorns
Forstm
Robert Lee
The
Buffaloes
Longhorns
Forsan
Mertz
Hornets
Buffs
Bob Waldrop
Jim Dan Akinghton
Gary Skelton
Wayne Alexander
Alan Barbee
James M. Baughton
Bronze
Evenyone
Ballinger Tournament Looms for Girls Volleyball Team
The Ballinger weekend event features the girls volleyball team, with a Friday 2:30 p.m. opener against Breckenridge. If they advance, a 1 p.m. Saturday follow up is on tap, and a win could set a 4 p.m. game later. Coach Zula Sweeten leads the squad.
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Ballinger
Breckenridge
Zula Sweeten
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