WTU Awards Oak Creek Plant General Contract
Austin Building Company of Dallas won the $10 million Oak Creek plant contract for WTU. Construction starts May 9 under C. B. Amos with site work beginning next week, plant near Bronte, between San Angelo and Abilene, to operate early 1962. J. N. Pete Green named resident engineer. bids for piping and wiring follow later.
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WTU
Oak Creek
Coke County
Austin Building Company
Dallas
Texas
T. J. McCarty
Abilene
C. B. Amos
Bronte
Blackwell
San Angelo
General Electric Company
Calendar of School Events Ends May 20
The school calendar lists events through May 20 including pre school visitors May 6, PTA May 9, Baccalaureate May 15, Grade School Promotional Service May 19, and High School Commencement May 20 with speakers from Kickapoo Baptist Church Bronze Church of Christ and Brownwood mayor W C Carpenter. A livestock feeding program is set for May 11 at the Ag building with a film Q and A session coffee donuts. State judging contests results via Henry expected Bronte top 12 or 15 with about 100 teams entering statewide.
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R. W Blackmon
Kickapoo Baptist Church
Melvin Placke
Bronze Church of Christ
W. C. Carpenter
Brownwood
T. Henry
Henry
Texas A&m College
Bronte
Gina
Brownie Scouts May Be Organized Here
Mrs. D. M. Costlow district director of Girl Scouts of America will speak at Bronte School on Tuesday May 10 about organizing a Brownie Scout Troop. All mothers of eligible daughters are urged to attend. girls in 2nd 3rd and 4th grades will join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Costlow
Girl Scouts of America
Bronte School
Band Boosters to Meet Thursday Night
A Band Boosters meeting is scheduled for Thursday evening in the school cafeteria. All members are urged to attend.
Longhorn Booster Club Meeting Postponed to Thursday
Due to conflicts the Longhorn Booster Club meeting was postponed from last Thursday and will be held this Thursday at 8 pm in the school. Coach Bob Howard hopes for a good crowd as the club reorganizes elects new officers and discusses prospects for the 1960 61 Longhorn football team.
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Longhorn Booster Club
Bob Howard
Lub
Longhorn
Roebet On Dbg Ee Mr Oatne J D Elkins
The fragment lists an individual named J D Elkins from Roebet with unclear context in the OCR note. No further facts or dates are readable to establish event or role.
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Mr. Oatne J.D Elkins
Robeet
Democratic Primaries Set Across Coke County Saturday
Texas voters will go to polls Saturday May 7 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for Democratic primaries with precinct conventions at 2 p.m. County races include tax assessor collector sheriff and county commissioner. Several district and state races feature multiple candidates while some offices have no opposition.
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Texas
Coke County
The
Enterprise
Coke
O. B. Jacobs
Aubrey Z. Denman
William J. Green
Juanita Trimble
Ning
Will Percifull
Melvin Childress
Frank Dickey
Fern Havins
Alton Roberts
C L. Sparks
J. F. McCabe
Little League Schedule Aims to Light Bronte Field
Little League officials released a schedule from May 6 to May 20 with games at 6 p m in Bronte and Norton and 7 30 p m at Robert Lee. Home teams are listed first with the visiting team batting second.
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Little League
Bronte
Norton
Robert Lee
Yankees
Giants
Cards
Indians
Dodges
Dodgers
PTA to Install New Officers Monday Evening
Mrs Chesley McDonald of Sterling City will install officers for next year at the PTA meeting in the school auditorium Monday night. The 16th district PTA president will oversee the program by the third grade under Mrs Maxine Brumley. Third grade mothers host a social hour after the meeting and patrons are urged to attend noting the date change from Tuesday to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesley McDonald
Sterling City
PTA
McDonald
Maxine Brumley
Election Party Saturday Night at The Enterprise Office
The Enterprise hosts a biennial election party Saturday night at the newspaper office with a blackboard outside for countywide vote tallying. Election judges in Olga, Juniper, and Tennyson to call results in as soon as available. west county results sourced from Robert Lee tabulating HQ.
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The
Enterprise
Coke County
Olga
Juniper
Tennyson
Robert. Lee
Cancer Crusade Underway In Coke County
Coke County cancer crusade proceeds as workers canvass Bronte Robert Lee and Silver communities. By Wednesday morning $218 reported. donations can be delivered to The Enterprise office with Ben Oglesby in charge of the east side drive. County Chairman A J Kirkpatrick praises growing public interest in a cancer cure.
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Coke County
Bronte
Ben Oglesby
Enterprise Office
A. J. Kirkpatrick
Robert Lee
Silver
Kirkpatrick
Moore Twins Reyes Olivas Are 1960 Honor Graduates
Jean Moore is valedictorian and her twin June is salutatorian for Bronte High School’s 1960 class. Reyes Olivas named high boy with top average 01.9. All three to be honored May 20 at commencement exercises for scholastic achievement.
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Jean Moore
June
Reyes Olivas
Jean
Olivas
Foy L. Moore
Reyes
Simon Olivas
Moore Twins
West Texas
Bronte High School
Bronte
Bronte High Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom Night
Bronte high school hosted its annual banquet in the lunchroom honoring seniors faculty and trustees followed by the Junior-Senior Prom. The program featured invocations welcomes class history prophecies and benediction with a spring themed hall decor and a menu of tomato juice cocktail chicken fried steak cream potatoes green beans salad rolls iced tea and peach pie.
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Bronte High School
Kenneth Shaver
Bette Blackmon
Mickey Black
Linda Henry
Jean Moore
D. W. Sims
Grace Lee
Kenneth McCutchen
Jimmy Ed Mackey
Larry Robinson
Lions Plan Special Meeting On WTU Oak Creek Plant
A Bronte Lions Club session Thursday will host West Texas Utilities employees to discuss the Oak Creek Lake power plant. Attending are Ballinger district manager Lige Ruble, Oak Creek project engineer Pete Green, and WTU Abilene staff Ed Hamilton and John Hutchinson.
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West Texas Utilities Company
Bronte Lions Club
Oak Creek Lake
Bronte
Lige Ruble
Ballinger
Pete Green
Oak Crek
Ed Hamilton
John Hutchinson
WTU
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Joe L. Mays
William Davenport
William C. McDonald
A. J. Bishop Jr
Winters
J W
Bill) Moore
A. E
Pete) Gentry
Oscar Renshaw
Price Daniel
Jack Cox
Breckenridge
Ben Ramsey
Don Yarborough
Harris County
Will Wilson
Waggoner Carr
Lubbock
Bob Looney
Austin
Lyndon B. Johnson
Q. C. Fisher
Justin Kever
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Cancer Crusade
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