Open House Set For Country Store Here
Mr and Mrs Vernon C Lammers invite Bronte residents to a Saturday open house at their Country Store located at Main and East Railroad streets. Free coffee cookies balloons and a chance to win merchandise are offered to celebrate the store’s 10th anniversary. The expanded building features a covered drive and the store provides canned goods fruits and vegetables dairy meats and tobacco products seven days a week.
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Vernon C. Lammers
Main
Mrs. Lammers
Vernon Lammers
Bronte
Lammers
Mrs Glenn and companions head to California
Mrs C C Glenn accompanied by Mrs Carrie Williams of Grand Prairie will depart Saturday for San Francisco. Mrs Glenn's daughter Mrs Normand Mann of Abilene is set for a cornea transplant at a hospital there soon.
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C .C. Glenn
Carrie Williams
Grand Prairie
San Francisco
Calif
Bronte Faces Severe Storm with Inundation and Wind
Bronte received 2.14 inches of rain in under an hour causing street runoff near Main Street. High winds blew down at least one tree and loosened three trailer houses from moorings. M A Cox east of Robert Lee reported five inches of rain with hail and wind damage killing hundreds of young pullets. Weather remained hot and humid with storms forecast later in the week.
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Bronte
Main Street
Robert Lee
M. A. Cox
Rites Held Here For Herman Glenn
Last rites for Herman Glenn 71 of Crane were held at Central Baptist Church Bronte. The Rev Wayne Stout and Rev Harry Morris officiated with burial in Fairview Cemetery. He died of a heart attack near Odessa after being found beside his car. He was born December 30 1896 in Ballinger a World War I veteran and longtime Tidewater Oil Co retiree. Survivors include two daughters two sons a brother and a sister and six grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Herman Glenn
Crane
Central Baptist Church
Bronte
Wayne Stout
Harry Morris
First Baptist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Williams Funeral Home
Glenn
Highway 385
Odessa
Ballinger
Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Tidewater Oil Co
Mabel Luttrell
Larry Mobbs
Keith Allen
Snyder
W. H
McCamey
Jim
Cloverdale
Calif
James
Winters
Carrie Williams
Grand Prairie
John Farmer
Lou Tennison
Norman Wagner
Leonard Taylor
Basil Chaffin
Charlie Burns
Bankers Attend Texas Convention in San Antonio
Mr and Mrs E F Glenn Mr and Mrs J B Mackey and Mr and Mrs D K Glenn attended the Texas Bankers Association convention in San Antonio representing First National Bank in Bronte E F Glenn executive vice president D K Glenn and Mackey directors Also attending were Mr and Mrs Conda O Richards Richards chairs the board of First National Bank in Ballinger
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Texas Bankers Association
San Antonio
E. F. Glenn
J. B. Mackey
D. K. Glenn
First National Bank
Bronte
E .F. Glenn
Mackey
Conda O. Richards
Richards
Ballinger
Oscar Hayes 83 Buried in Bronte Sunday
Funeral services for Oscar T. Hayes 83 longtime Bronte and Coke County resident were held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Bronte First Baptist Church with burial at Fairview Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home direction. He died Saturday at 9 a.m. in a Ballinger nursing home after a long illness. He was born September 19 1884 in Georgia and came to Texas in 1908. He married Annie Ash May 24 1923 at Robert Lee. She died June 12 1966. They farmed near Bronte. He was a Mason. Survivors include a brother Frank Hayes of Dalton Georgia and several nieces and nephews.
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Oscar T. Hayes
Bronte
Coke County
Bronte First Baptist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Williams Funeral Home
Mr. Hayes
Ballinger
Georgia
Texas
Annie Ash
Robert Lee
Frank Hayes
Dalton, Ga
Eserral
Services Held For Alton Bradberry
Funeral services for Alton L. Bradberry 56 of Maverick were conducted at 10 30 a m Wednesday in Spill Funeral Home Chapel Winters with Rev John E Early and Rev N T Gault officiating Burial followed in Northview Cemetery He died at Ballinger Memorial Hospital from an apparent heart attack He was born near Caldwell April 17 1912 and lived in Santa Anna Poe community Winters and Maverick He married Lorene Sprinkle November 2 1932 in Ballinger Surviving are his wife a son Kenneth Bradberry of San Angelo two sisters and two grandchildren Pallbearers named.
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Alton L. Bradberry
Maverick
Spill Funeral Home Chapel
Winters
John E. Early
San Angelo
N. T. Gault
Miles
Northview Cemetery
Mr. Bradberry
Ballinger Memorial Hospital
Burleson County
Caldwell
Santa Anna
Poe
Lorene Sprinkle
Ballinger
Maverick Baptist Church
Norton Lions Club
Kenneth Bradberry
Clifford Brown
Bakersfield
Calif
John Hord
Willard Caudle
Paul Pruitt
Jerry Landers
Clarence Lee
Cecil Roper
Claude Gentry
Jack Dismore
Joe Dismore
Norton Rites Held For Mrs. John Ash
Funeral services were held at Norton Baptist Church for Mrs. John W. Ash 73 who died Thursday in Shannon Hospital. Burial followed in Norton cemetery. Born February 18 1895 in Maine community of Runnels County she lived near Norton before moving to San Angelo 15 years ago. She married John W. Ash in Norton in 1916. he died in October 1949. She was a Baptist. Survived by a son James Ash of Bronte two brothers and three sisters and four grandchildren. Pallbearers listed from San Angelo Norton and Bronte.
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Norton Baptist Church
John W. Ash
Norton
Shannon Hospital
Baptist Church
Oscar Hisenbach
San Angelo
Clinton Eastman
Slaton
James Ash
Bronte
Bob Aller
L. T. Allen
Ballinger
Mae Crockett
Waco
Geneva Ash
Ruth Turner
Flagstaff
Ariz
Lee Parks
Cecil Eisenbach
Charles Bryan
Bud Inman
Paul Pruitt
Dolan Mackey
Coke County Elects State Delegates at Courthouse Meeting
Delegates from Robert Lee and Bronte voting precincts met in the Coke County courthouse Saturday to elect two delegates to the state Democratic convention in Dallas on June 11. Royce Lee of Bronte and Mrs. Cumbie Ivey Jr. of Robert Lee were unanimously chosen.
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Robert Lee
Bronte
Coke County
Dallas
Royce Lee
Cumbie Ivey Jr
Bronte School Bands Celebrate Spring Music Festival
Bronte School hosts an Friday evening concert in the auditorium featuring the Tonette Band, the Junior High Band, and the Maroon and White Band directed by Russell L. Fuller. Tonette pieces include Blue Bells of Scotland and Flow Gently while Junior High presents Satellite Patrol and Camptown Races among others.
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Bronte
Tonette
Maroon and White
Russell L. Fuller
Blue Bells
Scotland
Sweet Afton
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Willie Mad Glenn
California
Oscar Hayes
Alton Bradberry
Coke Demos
Rance ‘Brunnon
Bobby’ Skelton
Tonette Band
Sherrie Coulson
Kim Caperton
Kelly Lawdon
Leutenant
Mary Jane Zuniga
Rosa Linda Moreno
Marla Thompson
Janie Raughton
Marion Clark
Betty Herrin
Bill Holley
Mark Lee
Kym Wells
Pauline Basquez
Karen English
Billy Bien Lee
Laura Glenn
Tonya Teschendorf
Jodie Freeman
Craig Lee
Paul Cervenka
Steve Saylor
Denise McClure
Savannah Caperton
Debra Moon
Velda Brown
Tonya Hubbard
Shelly Gelat
Glenda Mills
Michael Dyess
Kerwin Denton
Rosa Sanchez
Kathy Lunsford
Linda Walker
Linda Sanchez
Diane Arrott
Jean Ann Raughton
Norma Thompson
Dawn Cumbie
Mary Cervenka
Debbie Geist
Kim Arrott
Ofelia Minjarez
Julie Snead
Debbie Carper
Bue Ann Lee
Clois Versup
Jim Raughton
Randy Scott
Cliff
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