Miss Vera Thomas Nominated for Texas Teacher of the Year
Mrs Vera Thomas of Bronze schools sec ond grade earns Sorosis Club nomination for Texas Teacher of the Year by the Texas Federation of Women s Clubs. Unity by local backers cites 38 years in teaching and wide community work including Methodist Church roles and Eastern Star membership. State judging to begin Feb 15 after district Feb 1 submission.
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Vera Thomas
Texas
Sorosis Study Club
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
Thomas
E. F. Glenn
Sorosis Club
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Methodist Church
Supt
C. B. Barbee
A. S. Neely
Neber
Bronte Band Wins First Place in Sight Reading
Bronte High School band won first in sight reading at Sweetwater last Saturday. Directed by Bobby Bingham the group performed before about 1,000 area high school bandsmen and received a trophy for the Longhorn Band.
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Bronte High School
Sweetwater
Bobby Bingham
Longhorn
Bronte School Practice Track Secured on Powell Place
Trustees secure a practice track site of just under 10 acres east of town on Ballinger highway near the old city lake. A western site deal fell through. a new track should be ready in a few days with County Commissioner Howard Brock leading cleanup and layout using county equipment.
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Bronte School
Powell Place
Old City Lake
Ballinger Highway
Howard Brock
Bronte Enterprise 1912 Ad and Bank Note Spars in Scraps
A preserved Bronte Enterprise page from 1912 shows a sale by McCallum-Wright Co offering four men suits at five dollars, twelve fifty overcoats at six, and other bargains. A First State Bank statement highlights deposits of 106706.60 amid editorials on prosperity and a jab at government and diet trends. Cartoon mocks slow telephone directory progress.
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George Wrinkle
Bronte
McCallum-Wright Co
First State Bank
Coke County
Type III Polio Vaccine To Be Given Here
Dr. John R. Harris announced that Type II of the Sabin oral polio vaccine will be offered to Bronze area residents with a tentative date of March 29. Inoculations will be at Bronte School, nurse Joy Bagwell in charge, using sugar cubes.
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Bronze Area
John R. Harris
Bronte School
Joy Bagwell
Harris
Youngblood to Show Films of Recent Tour
L. T. Youngblood will present films he made during a winter trip to Europe the Middle East at a school assembly at 9 10 am Thursday. The Bronte banker and his wife visited Israel Syria Lebanon and Jordan in January and photographed sites in the Holy Land. Supt C B Barbee says the public is invited to attend and Youngblood will narrate.
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L. T. Youngblood
Europe
Middle East
Israel
Syria
Lebanon
Jordan
Bronte, Banker
Holy Land
C. B., Barbee
Youngblood
Six Candidates File for Bronte School Trustee
Six candidates filed for Bronte School trustee to fill three vacancies in the April 6 election. County Judge W W Thetford said filing ends today as required by law. Names include James Wells Horace L J Sonenberg and incumbents Joe Rawlings Conda Richards and Bob Wilson.
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Bronte
W. W. Thetford
Thetford
James Wells
Horace L. J. Sonenberg
Taylor
Joe Rawlings
Conda Richards
Bob Wilson
Two Candidates File For City Councilman
Only two incumbents filed for the April 2 city election ballot Royce Fancher and C E Bruton seek reelection Bruton owns White Auto Store Fancher works at Caperton Chevrolet Riker Caperton Kemp and Luckett remain as holdover council members Balloting will take place April 2 at the new city hall.
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Royce Fancher
C. E. Bruton
Bruton
Fancher
Caperton Chevrolet
Norman R. Riker
Matthew Caperton
Cecil Kemp
Bill Luckett
Fire destroys home of Bronte residents and neighbors assist
Last Friday morning a fire leveled the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Terry and the Powell and Snyder families about ten miles north of Bronte. Bronze volunteers arrived too late to save the structure. The community organized a drive for clothing and furniture, collecting cash over 200 dollars and numerous donations.
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Bronte
Blackwell
James Terry
Oran Powell
Lenorah Snyder
Bronze
Bill Thomas
Cecil Coulson
C. E. Bruton
Tevery
Clark Glenn Place
Tennyson
Powells
Bob Wilson
Buddy Reed
West Texas Utilities Office
Forsan Girls Down Bronte In Bi District Play
Forsan girls defeat Bronte 59 47 in bi district at Colorado City to advance to regional playoffs in Odessa. Marla Rees scores 21, Jan Wilkins 17, Peggy Corley 9 as coach Joe Simpson guides Forsan to victory.
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Bronte High
Forsan
Colorado City
Odessa
Hgh
Johnnie Sims
LaJan Riker
Jessie Renshaw
Mary Corley
Marla Rees
Jan Wilkins
Peggy Corley
Joe Simpson
Coke Ranch Surpasses Screw Worm Drive Local Goal
Coke County donations push the regional total above the $11,783 county target with checks of 3,474.15 and 465.00 from J O Rudd’s committee. The drive aims to reach $3 million statewide by March 1 to unlock state and federal funds for screw worm eradication. A “Dollars for Deer” appeal invites deer hunters to contribute one dollar each.
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Coke County
J. O. Rudd
Bill Allen
Coke
The
Animal Health Foundation
Extension Service
Allen
College
Bronte Firemen Seek More Members After Meeting Push
Bronte volunteer firemen held a recruitment campaign before last Thursday's meeting, gaining ten new members from about 30 attendees. President Cecil Coulson chaired. Buddy Reed urged a larger active force to help lower residents' insurance rates and operate new fire equipment.
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Bronte
Cecil Coulson
Buddy Reed
Reed
Coulson
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