Bronte Council Names Poundmaster and Through Streets
Bronte city council last Thursday named B. E. Modgling as poundmaster and amended the 1923 stock ordinance to raise penalties for loose stock. Five streets were designated through streets with noted exceptions, aimed at easing traffic flow and preserving right of way to State and Main streets. Mayor Norman R. Riker noted traffic benefits and Lions Club may place stop signs at key intersections.
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Bronte
B. E. Modgling
Oliver Road
State St
U. S. 277
Park
Washington St
Holmes and
Main
Holmes Street
State and W. Railroad
West Railroad
Main Street
East Railroad
Holmes
Norman R. Riker
State Street
Riker
Bronte Lions Club
Blackwell City Election Sets Open Mayor and Aldermen
Mayor Austin Jordan will not seek re election in April after six years in office. Alderman W O Tucker plans to run to replace Jordan, with Joe Gene Conradt running for Tucker’s seat. Earl Cook seeks re election. All three currently face no opposition. Mrs Henry Raney named to City-County Library board in Sweetwater to replace Therrell Burwick. Desmond Ragsdale becomes Village Cafe manager March 1 and will extend hours. About 120 guests attended the school open house. Homemaking girls and Mrs J T Dyess served coffee punch and cookies. centerpiece a wooden Dutch shoe with tulips. Mr and Mrs Joe Joiner and children from Ft Worth visited Kelly Richards family. Mr and Mrs S M Evans visited daughter in Jackson Miss. Mrs Horace Ratliff of Yuma Ariz visiting her father J W Leach ill in Sweetwater hospital and relatives. Mr and Mrs Sonny Watts and Mrs Sallie Watts attend funeral of Mrs Salinlaw, Mrs Er Friday.
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Blackwell
Austin Jordan
Blackwell Hhas
W. O. Tucker
Jordan
Joe Gene Conradt
Tucker
Earl Cook
Henry Raney
Sweetwater
Therrell Burwick
Desmond Ragsdale
J. T. Dyess
Holland
Joe Joiner
Ft. Worth
Kelly Richards
S. M. Evans
Walter Philips
Jackson
Miss
Horace Ratliff
Yuma
Ariz
J. W. Leach
Simmons
Mission Week Observed by First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church members observe Home Mission Week of Prayer with daily W M S meetings through Friday. Missionaries Rev Lester Vinson and wife will attend Sunday services to present a program on home missions. Vinson is a former local pastor. Theme is If My People Pray. Mrs Denman invites all locals to join remaining programs and hear Rev Vinson Sunday.
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First Baptist Church
W.M.S
Lester Vinson
Texas
Oklahoma
Vinson
A. Z. Denman
Rev. Vinson
Large Crowd Attends Bronte School Public Week Banquet
A joint Bronte Masonic Lodge and Lions Club banquet drew 89 diners and 22 Junior High Band listeners in the Bronte School lunchroom. Jack Denman urged Americans to return to loyalty and hard work while Ida Lee Parker spoke on debating value.
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Bronte
Bronte Masonic Lodge
Lions Club
Jack Denman
Silver
Masonic Lodge
Leonard Fletcher
Denman
A. S. Neely
Barbee
Former Resident Mack W Whigham Dies at 61
Funeral services were held in Winters for Mack W. Whigham 61 uncle of Mrs. Roy Robinson of Bronte. He died Saturday in Houston after heart surgery and was buried in Wingate cemetery. He had lived 25 years in Cotulla and 40 years ago in Bronte where he worked as a bookkeeper for the late Bob Knierim.
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Mack W. Whigham
Roy Robinson
Bronte
Wingate Cemetery
Mr. Whigham
Houston
Cotulla
Wingate
Bob Knierim
Hospital News Admissions and Discharges Report
Hospital notes list admissions on February 25 to March 4 including Mrs. T B Beavers Mrs. Dixie Bagwell Mrs. Henry Sanders Mrs. J W Warner Joy Lynn Wilkins Matthew Caperton Jr Otis Allen Mrs E H Hilliard Ches ter Jones and others. Discharges include Stella Woodrow L E Maybew Lucy Denton O T Allison Joe Carter and several others.
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T. B. Beavers
Dixie Bagwell
Henry Sanders
Stella Woodrow
L. E. Maybew
Lucy Denton
O. T. Allison
Joe Carter
Chrisann Boyles
Helen Chew
J. W. Warner
Joy Lynn Wilkins
Mattie Gibson
McAdams
Mat
Basquez
C. B. Smith
Robert Fell
Charles Coppock
Ester Warner
Matthew Caperton, Jr
Chester Jones
Floyd Condra
L. J. Sonnenberg
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Charles Ragsdale
Cist Baptist Church
Treasury
Hospital News
Otis Allen
W. D. McDonald
W. D. Mce- Adams
Matthew Basquez
E. H. Hilliard
George Cope
Claude Ditmore
J. A. Brown
Rudy Phillips
T. B. Beaver
L. W. Beaty
Maggie Gilliland
Marcella Sanchez
Saluting Bronte
Ronnie Lee
Roy Stout
Tommy Glenn Sims
Royce Lee
Barry Curlee
Edwin McDaniel
Lazykin’s
Jell-O - Lge
Kimbell’s
del Monte
Supreme Saltine Crackers
Blue Ribbon
Kimbell
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