C & C Company Wins Paving Contract in Coke County
C and C Asphalt Paving Co of Colorado City won the Bronte paving project with a bid of 66 415.70 at a Coke County Commissioners Court meeting. The bid was about 11 000 below the engineer's estimate of 77 639.90 and covers 111 blocks in the city. Work should start in a few days and be completed in 90 working days. The city discussed using surplus bond funds to pave more blocks, with engineer W. W. Greif estimating 15 more blocks possible. By Wednesday afternoon 33 people had signed up for curbs, with curb and gutter costs around 1.50 per foot for roughly 4 000 feet. signups extended the deadline.
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C & C Asphalt Paving Co
Colorado City
Bronte Paving
Coke
W. W. Greif
Coke County
Estimat
Red Cross Fund Drive Planned by County Leaders
The American Red Cross fund drive will start soon announced by County Chairman Charlie Boecking and fund chairman Claude Ward. Plans are being made and volunteers are needed with a Coke quota set at $985.
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American Red Cross
Charlie Boecking
Claude Ward
Local notices and birth news from The Enterprise column
Mrs. Charlie Phillips of San Angelo recalls the newspaper deadline while announces the birth of Larry Gene Phillips at 10 01 am Thursday weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces. He has Bronte grandparents and an older sibling Tommie Ruthan Mickey.
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Charlie Phillips
San Angelo
The
Enterprise
Bronte
J. S. Adair
Mary Phillips
Tommie Ruthan Mickey
Claude
Claude Ward
Claude Ray
Charles Ray
Denton Smith
Andrews
J Smith Hurt After Lake Fracas At Oak Creek Lake
E. J. Smith a West Texas Utilities employee was injured Sunday afternoon while fishing at Oak Creek Lake north of here. He suffered wounds to his ear and the back of his head from a boat oar and was hospitalized until Thursday. He described the incident involving a man identified as Walter Stepp, lake keeper for the City of Sweetwater.
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E. J. Smith
West Texas Utilities Company
Oak Creek Lake
Here
Smith
Walter Stepp
Sweetwater
Stepp
Girls Bi District Champs Play at Brownwood Today
Bronze girls rallied from behind in San Angelo to beat Sterling City 36 31 and secure a regional berth at Brownwood. Bronte will face Eula at 3 p m Friday, with Mary Ann Gray scoring 31 points and coach Grady Baker praising guards Ann Adams Wanda Tomlinson Flora Mae Brown and Mary Linda Lasswell for strong defense and late surge.
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Brownwood
San Angelo
Sterling City
Grady Baker
Eula
Baker
Bronte
Ter
Mary Ann Gray
Wanda Bell Snead
Jo Ann Rusk
B. Dunn
Jenny Davis
Patsy Martin
Ann Adams
Wanda Tomlinson
Flora Mae Brown
Mary Linda Lasswell
Bronte Public Schools Plan Back To School Week
Bronte public schools announce a week long back to school program March 7 through 11 with visits to classes and lunchroom hours. A PTA Back To School Night on March 8 features a general assembly, class visits, and parent Q A. teachers will explain schedules and activities.
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Bronte
Bronte Lions Club
PTA
Bronte Pta
General Assembly
1955 Longhorn basketball squad champions district 20 B
The 1955 Longhorns, coached by Oscar Dorsey, included players Dale Luckett Kenneth Scott Stanley Phillips Aubrey Phillips Johnny Smith Buford James Bobby Webb Richard Wayne Rees Harold McCutchen Leslie Dean Caperton and Noct Dean Scott. They won the north half of District 20 B but lost the district title to Mertzon.
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Longhorn
Dale Luckett
Kenneth Scott
Stanley Phillips
Aubrey Phillips
Johnny Smith
Buford James
Bobby Webb
Richard Wayne Rees
Harold McCutchen
Mertzon
Four Names On Ballot For City Council
Up to press time Thursday four candidates filed for the two Bronte city council seats to be settled in the election Tuesday April 5. Filed were J P McGuire H A Springer Joe Rose and Bob Wilson. Springer seeks re election Leonard Fletcher declines reelection. Wilson owns a Bronte barber shop MecGuire works in welding and pipeline construction Rose is an oil field contractor Springer manages West Texas Utilities Co. Last day to file was Saturday March 5 for ballot inclusion.
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J. P. McGuire
H. A. Springer
Joe Rose
Bob Wilson
Springer
Leonard Fletcher
Bronte
MecGuure
Rose
West Texas Utilities Co
Ernest Ivey
Joe George Wilkins
Charlie Boecking
Veryone
Heart Drive Underway In Coke County
The annual American Heart Association fund drive will begin in the next few days. Coin collectors will be placed in several business houses as last year. Donations may be placed in containers. Dr. John R. Morris and Vetal Flores lead the drive in the county with Dr. McDaniel in charge of the west part.
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American Heart Association
John R. Morris
Vetal Flores
Dr. McDaniel
Coke County
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C & C Company
RED Cross Drive
Eddie Cantor
Salt Mine
KE. J. Smith
Lake Fracas
Garland Black
Black
Purchase Auditorium
Bronze School
American Seating Co
Robert Lee School
Leslie Dean Caperton
Noct
Dean Scott
Oscar Dorsey
Longhorns
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