Bronte Bronte Jaycees Rattlesnake Roundup Draws Big Crowd
A Bronte event attracted an estimated 2,000 visitors for the Jaycees Second Annual Rattlesnake Roundup. The snake shows and concessions drew locals and out of town guests as photographers captured participants and spectators at the pits.
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Bronte
Jaycees
Texas
Villa
Acuna
Mexico
Bedford
England
Tehran
Iran
Oregon
Kentucky
Alaska
North Carolina
Iowa
Montana
Washington
California
Georgia
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Massachusetts
Robert Lee
Coke County
James Calder
Bronte Jaycees
Robert ‘Lée
Louis Caulder
Wayne Caulder
Johnny Beck
Dyess Air Force Base
Dale Luckett
James Ash
Billy Ransberger
Sweetwater
West Texas
Ranshberger
Ransberger
Last Rites Held For Mrs. Good
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Kate Good 93 at First Baptist Church Bronte. She died Wednesday morning Feb 24 in a San Angelo nursing home. Burial in Fairview Cemetery Bronte under Williams Funeral Home and Johnson Funeral Home. Mrs. Good born Oct 27 1871 in Joplin Missouri came to Rockdale Texas as a child then Coke County. Her parents were R H and Sarah Ratliff Hearrell. She married in 1893.
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First Baptist Church
Bronte
Kate Good
Harry Morris
Fairview
Williams Funeral Home
Bronte and Johnson Funeral Home
San Angelo
Mrs. Good
Joplin
Rockdale
Texas
Coke County
R. H
Sarah Ratliff Hearrell
No Candidates File for City Council Seats in April
No candidates have filed for two council seats expiring this year. Election day is Tuesday April 6 with balloting set. City Secretary Mrs Helen Kirkland said no names have been filed nor petitions received. The terms expiring are C E Bruton and Royce Fancher. Mayor Royce Lee and councilmen Bill Luckett Elmer Hurley and Martin Lee will remain.
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Helen Kirkland
C. E. Bruton
Royce Fancher
Royce Lee
Bill Luckett
Elmer Hurley
Martin Lee
Bronte Track Team Heads to Ozona Saturday
Bronte high school track team will travel to Ozona Saturday to compete in a meet as preparation for Interscholastic League district contests in April. Jim Morrow won the high jump at the Mason meet last Saturday. other meets are planned for March 16 in Sonora and March 20 at Melrose.
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Bronte
Ozona
Mason
Jim Morrow
Sonora
Mer
Blackwell Baptists To Have Revival
The Rev. Ira Harrison will lead a revival at First Baptist Church in Blackwell from March 14 to 21 with services each evening at seven and daily morning sessions at ten. Harrison resides in Abilene and is a Hardin-Simmons graduate.
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Ira Harrison
First Baptist Church
Blackwell
Bolts and Nuts Senior Play at Bronte High Friday
Bronte High School senior class presents a three act comedy titled Bolts and Nuts on Friday at 7 30 p m The late spring resort setting features humor and a cast led by Tricia Andrews Beth Ivey and Rebecca Bolt The lunchroom will offer cake pie and coffee tickets priced 75 and 50 cents Proceeds support senior activities.
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Bronte High School
Tricia Andrews
Benita Bolt
Beth Ivey
Lutie Spinks
Peggy Corley
Rebecca Bolt
Margi Oglesby
Martha Grubb
Ronnie Lee
Twink Starr
Bob Strickland
Dr. Hippocrates Joy
Jim Morrow
Henry Goober
Edwyn McDaniel
Phineas Plunkett
Kathy Terry
Prunella Figg
Mike McKown
Cadwallader Clippy
Marla Rees
Gertie Glossop
Gerald Parker
Wilbur Glossop
Ronnie Sims
Jack Gordon
Churches to Take Religious Census in Bronte Area
Five Bronte churches cooperate on a religious census. A meeting last Friday set plans. census cards were distributed at services. volunteers will canvass Friday and Saturday to collect and distribute cards. Areas are divided among Central Baptist, First Baptist, Church of Christ, and First Methodist.
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Bronte
Austin Masterson
Harry K. Morris
Wayne N. Stout
C. E. Bruton
Horace Taylor
Bronte Church of Christ
Central Baptist
Main Street
Highway 277
First
Church For Christ
Four candidates file for Bronte School trustee seat
Four individuals filed for Bronte School District trustee positions with County Judge W. W. Thetford. Incumbents A. E. Bell Jr. and Edward Cumble initially appeared among names, with Wayne Axrott Matthew Caperton and Clyde Lee added before Cumble withdrew. Other local trustee filings include D. K. Glenn seeking reelection county trustee at large and precinct 4 candidate Clarence Arrott while Nealy Pruitt Sr. runs in precinct 2. Holdover trustees Hale Kincaid and D. O. King remain in precincts 1 and 3.
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Bronte
W. W. Thetford
A. E. Bell Jr
Edward Cumble
Wayne Axrott
Matthew Caperton
Clyde Lee
Cumbie
Thetford
D. K. Glenn
W. D. McAdams
Robert Lee
Clarence Arrott
Nealy Pruitt Sr
Holdover County
Hale Kincaid
D. O. King
Elth
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Billy Joe Luckett
J. B.arrott
James A. Tidwell
Johnny
Beck
Abilene
James
Ash
Louis
Caulder
Blackwell Baptists
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