Boy Scout Drive Begins Tuesday at Cactus Cafe
Annual Boy Scout fund drive kicks off Tuesday morning with a free breakfast at 6 30 am at the Cactus Cafe. Billy Joe Luckett chairs the drive with captains Royce Fancher Cecil Kemp R T Caperton Jerry Parker A Z Denman and Eddie Alexander coordinating volunteers. Luckett urges full attendance if possible and generous donations when workers call. Public Schools Week program attendance exceeded two hundred with a joint Masons and Lions Club dinner serving 152 plates and a musical program by local students and staff at Bronte Schools.
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Cactus Cafe
Billy Joe Luckett
Royce Fancher
Cecil Kemp
R. T. Caperton
Jerry Parker
A. Z. Denman
Eddie Alexander
Luckett
Texas
Masons
Lions Club
Arrott Named to All-District in 11-B Basketball
Bronte senior Mike Arrott was the lone Longhorn on the AIL District 11-B all district team. Other top selections include Clark Kilpatrick and Ken Peel of Sterling City, Rudy Holquin of Forsan, David Smith of Garden City, with Bronze youths Bobby and Gary Skelton cited for honorable mention. Joe Tubb and Tommy Bledsoe of Blackwell also received honorable mention along with Ray Escobar Sterling City Jerry Parker Garden City Phillip Medlin Forsan. Bob by Skelton is a senior and Gary Skelton is a junior.
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Mike Arrott
Bronte
Longhorn
Clark Kilpatrick
Ken Peel
Sterling City
Rudy Holquin
Forsan
David Smith
Garden
Bobby
Gary Skelton
Joe Tubb
Tommy Bledsoe
Blackwell
Ray Escobar
Jerry Parker
Garden City
Phillip Medlin
Bobby Skelton
Band Boosters to Meet Tuesday
The Band Boosters Club called a meeting for next Tuesday March 14 at 7 p.m. in the band hall. All who support the school band program are invited to attend.
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Band Boosters Club
Scouts Seek Donated Tables for Scout Hut
Cub Scouts request an extra table for the Scout Hut and ask anyone with an old dining room or kitchen table to donate. Contact Mrs. J. W. Caudle or Mrs. Bill Grant.
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J.W. Caudle
Bill Grant
Services Thursday For W. O. Eubanks
Funeral services for William Ollie Eubanks 84 Coke County pioneer were held Thursday March 9 at 10 a.m. in the First Baptist Church of Bronte with Rev. Harry Morris officiating. Burial followed in Fairview Cemetery. He died Tuesday at his Bronte home reportedly of a heart attack. He was born August 22 1887 in Brown County and moved to Coke County in 1890. He married Ora Ivey in Bronte in 1911 and remained there. Survivors include his wife two sons Ivey Q. Eubanks of Robert Lee and W. O. Eubanks of Sweetwater a daughter Mrs. Walter Gilles of Comstock seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers were J B Mackey Dewey Luckett Cecil Kemp BE F Glenn Marvin Landers and Jesse Parker.
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William Ollie Eubanks
Coke County
First Baptist Church of
Bronte
Harry Morris
Fairview Cemetery
Newby Funeral Home
Eubanks
Brown County
Ora Ivey
Ivey QC
Robert Lee
W. O. Eubanks
Sweetwater
Walter Gilles
Comstock
J. B. Mackey
Dewey Luckett
Cecil Kemp
BE. F. Glenn
Marvin Landers
Jesse Parker
Bailey Withdraws From City Race
Bailey removed his name from the race for City Council leaving three candidates on the ticket for the April 1 election. Martin Lee seeks reelection as mayor with incumbents Tommy Lee Jimmy Badgett and Mrs. Cecil Kemp running for alderman seats to fill vacancies including the Elroy Butler seat.
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Don Bailey
Martin Lee
Tommy Lee
Jimmy Badgett
Cecil
Frances) Kemp
Bronte Track Team Finishes Third at Robert Lee Meet
Bronte placed third in the Robert Lee Invitational ahead of eighteen teams. Wall led with Benny Holik scoring 34 points as Robert Lee won with 108 points while Bronte totaled 51. Skelton brothers Bobby and Gary Mike Arrott Kim Barrett starred in relays and sprints. coach Gerald Sandusky plans Ballinger meet this Saturday.
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Bronte
Robert Lee
Wall
Benny Holik
Skelton
Bobby
Gary
Mike Arrott
Kim Barrett
B. Skelton
G. Skelton
Gerald Sandusky
Ballinger
Baseball Meeting Called by Bronte Boosters
An important meeting of the Bronte Baseball Boosters is set for next Thursday night March 16 at 7 p.m. in City Hall. Spokesmen seek bats balls and other equipment for summer programs and discuss plans for a fundraising effort. All interested are urged to attend.
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Bronte Baseball Boosters
P.m
Longhorn Band tops Brady Festival in Class B C group
Louis Thornton reports the Longhorn Band won first place as outstanding band in both concert and sightreading at the Brady Band Festival. Five bands competed including Poth Brady Georgetown Junior High Schools Rising Star and Bronte. The band traveled to Brady Friday, stayed overnight, then enjoyed a steak meal at Lowake Inn before returning.
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Longhorn
Poth
Brady
Georgetown
Rising Star
Bronte
Lowake Inn
Phil Lorfing
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Boy Scout
Lawake Inn
The
Masons and
Lions
Leonard Fletcher
Eren
Ida Lee Parker
Dale Ellis
Richard
Pam Beel
Louis Thornton
Lynn Lawhon
Bronte High
Supt. C. B. Barbee
Bronte Schools
Arrott
Bailey
R-Lee
Brady Festival
Plen
Thornton
E. F. Glenn
Mary Teschendorf
Wayne Dunnam
San Angelo
Bronte Longhorn Band
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