Bronte Lions Sponsor First Rattlesnake Roundup This Weekend
Bronte hosts the first rattlesnake roundup in years at the Rawlings Building on Main Street with events Saturday and Sunday. Prizes include 75 dollars for most snakes and 30 dollars for second, plus trophies for shortest and longest snakes. Entry snakes accepted Friday from 4 p.m. at 25 cents per pound, dropping to 20 cents on Saturday and 35 cents on Sunday. Snake handler Cotton Dalton of Brownwood will demonstrate milking and speak at the show, with rattlesnake filet and other foods for sale. Register at the site. no fee to participate in the hunt. Local residents urged to support the Lions Clubs fund raiser.
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Bronte
Rawlings
Main Street
Bronze Lions Clubs
Cotton Dalton
Brownwood
Texas Home Demonstration District 7 Spring Meeting planned in Bronte
The annual Texas Home Demonstration Association District 7 Spring Meeting will be March 17 at the First United Methodist Church in Bronte. Coke County THDA hosts with district leaders and local clubs arranging programs, a noon lunch, a style show, and door prizes from local merchants.
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Mibiat
Texas Home Demonstration Association
District 7
Bronte
First United Methodist Church
Coke County Home Demonstration Council
Woodrow Chervenka
THDA
Rogers
R. F. Morgan
Abilene
J. C. Boatright
Coke County
Mary Watson
Roberta Watters Traylor
Fay C. Roe
Cumbie & Mackey Dry Goods
Bronte and
Roach’s Dry Goods
Robert Lee
Merchants of
San Angelo
Robert Lee and
Heart Drive Planned For March Fundraiser
A March 19 20 drive for funds to support the Heart Fund will be conducted by Mickey Pierce Glenn Sims and Dayton Jackson. They will canvas houses to raise money and seek volunteers to assist with time specific areas. Contact any of the organizers to learn exact times and routes.
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Mickey Pierce
Glenn Sims
Dayton Jackson
Heart Fund
Beard Growing Contest Opens in Bronte Area
Bronte hosts a beard growing contest tied to the Bicentennial Year inviting all local men to register March 15 to 28 at Roadrunner Grocery M and M Futting Course or the Hitchin Post. Registration is free with trophies and prizes to be awarded July 4. Vendors promise details on beards and judging next week.
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Bronte
Roadrunner Grocery
M&m Futting Course
Hitchin
Bronte En
Local Trackmen Take 3rd Place
The Bronze Longhorn trackmen placed third in a Santa Anna meet last Thursday scoring 47 points behind Cherokee 67 and Roscoe 55. The team won most points from relays with a 440 relay third and mile relay second.
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Santa Anna
Cherokee
Roscoe
Bronte
Robert Ball
Wayne Coulson
Nelson Coulter
Turney Coulter
T. Coulter
Paul Cervenka
Coulson
N. Coulter
Search Continues For Odessa Man Ernest London
Search efforts persist at Lake Spence for Ernest Ray London of Odessa who reportedly drowned February 29. Divers drag, boats patrol, and a helicopter conducted searches as volunteers from many towns join local officers, CRMWD and others in the effort.
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Lake Spence
Ernest Ray London
Odessa
London
CRMWD
Claus H. Rohlfs to Preach Here at Bronte Church
Rev. Claus H. Rohlfs professor at Perkins School of Theology will preach at First United Methodist Church Bronte during the 10 a.m. service Sunday March 14. He has served churches nationwide and held roles in intern training and church education. Born in Schleswig-Holstein West Germany, he came to the U S in 1931 and served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was district superintendent of the San Angelo District and a member of the San Antonio City Council in 1961-63.
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Claus H. Rohlfs
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
First United Methodist Church
Bronte
C. Earle Lewis
Rehiff
Wield
Imnien
Schleswig-Holstein
West Germany
Rev
Rehlfs
United States
Perkins
San Angelo
San Antonio
Rohlfs
Methodist Church
Searchlighters to Appear at Bronte School Auditorium
The Searchlighters gospel singing family from Denver Colorado will perform at Bronte School Auditorium next Tuesday March 16 at 7 30 p m. Admission is free. Dennis Patti Bankson and their four children comprise the group with other Cole members. Everyone is invited.
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Searchlighters
Bronte School
Dennis
Patti Bankson
Denver
Cole
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Charles Ragadale
E. J. Halamucek
Bert Blaylock
Della Whitt
Mrs. Woodrow Chervenka
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Mario Gonzales
Bobby Hamilton
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Arlington
Cecil Kemp
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Vernon
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