Large Crowd Attends Methodist Opening
A large turnout joined the dedication of the new educational unit at First Methodist Church. Dr. Harold G. Cooke of McMurry College and Rev. Ein Loeffler presided as guests toured the remodeled building. The five day preaching mission continues with regional Methodist ministers contributing to the revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold G. Cooke
McMurry College
Kate Cox
Methodist Church
Dr. Cooke
First Methodist Church
Abilene
Ein Loeffler
Ballinger, Norton
San Angelo
Snyder
Dublin
Loeffler
J. W. Nesom
Condo O. Richards
Joe D. McCutclesn
D. K. Glenn
Warren Ellis
Junction
Doyle Morton
Sonora
Roy Schilling
Mentzon
Leroy Russell
Ozona
Modesto Visitors from Sanders Family Stay with Lammers
Mr and Mrs Homer L Sanders of Modesto California are visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs A B Lammers. Mr Sanders is a brother of Mrs Lammers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer L., Sanders
Modesto, Calif
A. B. Lammers
Mr. Sanders
Lammers
Simpson Family Visits Brady and Field Creek
Mr and Mrs Joe Simpson and Joey spent the weekend with relatives at Brady and Field Creek Simpson also attended the Brady revival meeting during the stay
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Simpson
Joey
Brady
Funeral Held For Otto Finck at Miles
Last rites were held Sunday at the Miles Methodist Church for Otto Finck 57 a Tennyson stock farmer. The Rev Lin Loeffler and two other ministers officiated with burial in Miles Cemetery. Finck died Friday afternoon at Bronte hospital after a heart seizure. He was born July 4 1900 at Industry Texas and married Bess Atwell in 1936. He lived in Miles from 1910 to 1947 when he moved to Tennyson. He leaves a wife a stepdaughter seven stepgrandchildren four sisters and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Finck
Tennyson
Miles Methodist Church
Lin Loeffler
Bronte Methodist
Billy Hill
Tennyson Baptist Church
Jim McDonald
James Arrott
Roy Baker
Robert Brown
Vernon Glenn
George James, Jr
John Clark
Bill Feil
Wallace Montgomery
Clark Glenn
Tom Green
W. H. Thomas
George James
Finch
Bronte Hospital
L. D. Roach
San Angelo
Angela Franke
Okmulgee
Okla
Albert Klattenhoff
Miles
Moody H. Moeller
Denton
Edward P. Thompson
Dallas
Edmund Finck
Midland
Red Cross fund drive expands with local volunteers
Bronze workers contributed 332 dollars for the Red Cross campaign as Thursday morning canvassing continued in the business district. Mrs. C. E. Arrott and Mrs. D. K. Smith will lead efforts in designated areas while I. C. Oden and Springer appoint workers in Robert Lee for activities starting next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Fund
C. E. Arrott
D. K. Smith
I. C. Oden
Springer
Robert Lee
Funeral Held In San Angelo For Mrs Spoonts
Services for Mrs. O. D. Spoonts of San Angelo were held Wednesday in Johnson Cox Funeral Chapel with Reuben Stanley and Stanley Lochart officiating. She died Monday night in a San Angelo hospital and is buried in Lawnhaven Cemetery. Surviving are her husband, a daughter, five sons, a sister, a brother, and nine grandchildren. Pallbearers included John Ellis and others from San Angelo and area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. Spoonts
San Angelo
Coke County
Johnson Cox
Reuben Stanley
Stanley Lochart
Clay Fancher
Portales
N. M
W. Dobbin) Spoonts
Midland
W. O
Pete) Spoonts
Robert L. Spoonts
Roy
Jiggs) Spoonts
Ben Spoonts
Priddy
George Briton
A. J. McDaniel
Chilicothe
John Ellis
E. O. Nicholas
Charles Nicholas
Dolph Richards
C. E. Bruton
Bronte
Louie Alexander
Sterling City
1200 Rabbits Fall As Hunters Stage Drive in Maverick Area
An estimated 1200 rabbits were killed last Tuesday at a Maverick area drive with about sixty hunters present. Participants hailed from Ballinger Bronte Norton Miles Crews and San Angelo with Odessa residents among the two out of town hunters. Raymond Lee of Maverick led with forty kills followed by Chastain of San Angelo with thirty eight. A noon barbecue served beans salad pies and cake as wash pot coffee was brewed. Maverick residents thanked all organizers and Leland Carlton the drive chairman for a successful event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maverick
Ballinger
Bronte
Norton
Miles
Crews
San Angelo
Odessa
Raymond Lee
Chastain
Funeral Services Held Wednesday For Mrs. Stevens
Mrs. Bertha May Baldwin Stevens died at 80 after an illness. Last rites were held at Bronte Methodist Church with burial in Hayrick cemetery. She and her husband Marvin Stevens married in 1900 and farmed in Hayrick before moving to Bronte in 1951. She was a longtime Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Stevens
Bronte Methodist Church
Rupert Robbins
Glen Waldrop
Barton Waldrop
Clift
Freeze Grim Weather Hits Bronte Texas Area
Cold weather grips West Texas with a Wednesday freeze in Bronte. The low stayed in the 50s on Thursday as the ground remained white with snow and sleet. Snow fell on Wednesday, melting through the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Bronte
Mercury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Methodist
Red Cross
National Red Cross
Willie Mine Glenn
Bronte School
Double Sea
National Library Week
Geome
Concho Valley
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Clift Funeral Home
Herve
Sed
Spoonts
Leland Carlton
Mrs. Stevens
A. N
Joe Rawlings
Lions Club
Masonic Lodge
Clarence Lightfoot
Sweetwater
Great Western Insurance Co
Rawlings
L. L. Wilkins
SCS
C. N. Webb
A. N. Rawlings
Joel Rawlings
C. K. Glenn
Coke District
Roland’ Willis
Lightfoot
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