Dedication and Open House Planned for Bronte Parsonage
First Baptist Church of Bronte invites the community to dedicate and open the new parsonage Sunday. The 2 p.m. service will be followed by an open house until 4 30 p.m. The brick home cost about 23500 and includes four bedrooms two baths and a two car garage. It was funded by the late Frank Keeney and his wife. Refreshments will be served and organ music provided by Jackie Canada.
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First Baptist Church
Bronte
Harry Morris
Martin Lee
Frank Keeney
Jackie Canada
Ballinger
E. F. Glenn
Olive Keeney
Royce Fancher
J. B. Mackey
C. B. Barbee
Parents Visit Here
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Jones of Plains spent several days here last week with their daughter Miss Linda Jones.
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Charlie Jones
Plains
Miss Linda Jones
Saturday election urges Texas voters to choose governor
The piece stresses the high stakes of the two candidate race Don Yarborough and Preston Smith and urges voters to participate. It frames the election as a test of beliefs about government and stresses minority influence and the democratic process.
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Coke County
Preston Smith
Lubbock
Don Yarborough
Houston
Yarborough
Smith
Texas
Memorial Day Closures Across Businesses and Offices
Holiday observance leads to widespread closings on Memorial Day with banks post office and city hall shut. County offices in Robert Lee and Kemp's Cleaners announce extended week closures through Thursday to Saturday. Bronte Enterprise shifts Friday closure due to Goodfellow Monitor publication. memorial day origins linked to Civil War veterans.
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First National Bank
Robert Lee
Kemp's Cleaners
Bronte Enterprise
Goodfellow Monitor
Enterprise
U. S
Vacation Bible School at Bronte Church of Christ
The Bronte Church of Christ hosts a Vacation Bible School from June 3 to 7 with daily sessions 9 to 11 am and a closing program Friday at 7 30 pm. Theme is My God is Real. Refreshments provided. Two trailers will visit town each morning to pick up children. Classes feature nursery through junior ages with assigned teachers. Certificates and songbooks awarded. closing program leads to an ice cream supper.
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Bronte
James Arnold Tidwell
Delbert Coulson
C. E. Bruton
J. Lee Ensor
Cecil Cox
Elmer Champion
Oil wildcat staked near Bronte in Fort Chadbourne area
An eight mile north Bronte wildcat on L. T. Youngblood property named A'Mel Oil Properties Dallas No. 1 Youngblood sits 467 feet from the north and 2 173 feet from the east lines of Section 347 Block 1A H&TC Survey with projected depth 5600 feet. The test lies southwest of the Odom Lime Unit and about a half mile north northeast of the 5300 foot Gardner producer in a southwest extension of the Fort Chadbourne multipay field.
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Bronte
L. T. Youngblood
Dallas
Youngblood
H&tc
Odom
Fort Chadbourne
Bronte High Dedicates 1968 Longhorn to Mrs. Fancher
Bronte High School announces the 1968 yearbook dedication to Mrs. Jean Fancher, longtime homemaking teacher. Ann Cervenka presented the first copy at a school assembly last Friday, praising her 21 years of knowledge, patience, and guidance.
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Bronte High School
Royce Fancher
Jean Fancher
Services Held for Homer Cornelius
Funeral services for Homer Cornelius 78 were held at 8 p m Sunday at Bronte Church of Christ with Cecil Cox officiating Burial followed at Mule Creek cemetery in Tennyson under Williams Funeral Home direction Cornelius died of a heart attack Saturday while working on a barn He was born April 11 1890 in Blanket and came to Coke County in 1891 He married Nannie Myers on August 9 1914 Survivors include his wife four daughters a son a brother a sister four grandchildren and four great grandchildren Pallbearers were Robert Brown Jack Corley Tom Williams Kirk Dyess and Hamp Thomas
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Homer Cornelius
Bronte
Blanket
Coke County
Nannie Myers
Juniper Community
Church of Christ
Masonic Lodge
Fred
Mary) Gifford
Christoval
H. C
Buster) Cornelius
Austin
Bert Cornelius
San Angelo
Nettie Essary
Schreiner Institute honors Royce Linton Lee in 75th class
Royce Linton Lee of Bronte graduated among Schreiner Institute’s 75 college department graduates at Kerrville on Monday May 27. President Andrew Edington gave the president's message and Dean W C Weir introduced the Class of 1968. The baccalaureate service was May 26 at 5 p.m. with Dr. Richard G. Ryan delivering the sermon. Lee is the son of Mayor and Mrs. Royce Lee of Bronte. his family attended the graduation.
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Royce Linton Lee
Bronte
Schreiner Institute
Kerrville
Andrew Edington
Schreiner
Dean W. C. Weir
Richard G. Ryan
First Presbyterian Church
Lee
Royce Lee
Melissa
Linton Crow
Brian Richards
Tornado sightings reported north of Robert Lee with rain
Bronte received .2 inch of rain Monday morning as a heavy downpour lasted minutes. Strong clouds loomed Friday night. rain missed Bronte. North of town reports claim LY. inches of rainfall. Small hail accompanied the shower. Three tornadoes were sighted north and west of Robert Lee with no damage reported.
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Bronte
Here
Robert Lee
Attending Southern Baptist Convention Meeting
The Rev. Harry Morris pastor of First Baptist Church and his family will travel to Houston to attend the annual Southern Baptist Convention meeting scheduled for June 7 through June 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Morris
First Baptist Church
Houston
Southern Baptist Convention
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New Baptist Parsonage
Baptist
Winnie Waldrop
Green Mountain
Tennyson
D. K. Glenn
Liklihood
Ben
Church of Christ Sets Bible School
Mrs. Fancher
Ann Cervenka
Fancher
Homer
Royce L. Lee
Schreiner Grad
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