Texas designates Christmas Seal Month November 17 to December 25
Gov. Allan Shivers proclaims November 17 to December 25 as Christmas Seal Month in Texas. The annual sale funds tuberculosis efforts. the program began in 1909 after Dr. Z. T. Scott and the Texas TB Association rallied support to combat TB and educate the public.
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Allan Shivers
Texas
Frances Rains
Shivers
Texans
Z. T. Scott
Austin
TTA
Scott
Delaware
Washington
W. M. Brumby
Houston
International Congress Against Tuberculosis
Texas TB Association
Infant Association
Lions Entertain At Ladies Night in Bronte
Bronte Lions Club members hosted their ladies at a Tuesday banquet in the Bronte school lunchroom with Rev. J E Fuller presiding. Dinner featured baked chicken and sides. Afterward, students directed by Mrs. Chet Holcombe performed a musical program in the auditorium.
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Bronte Lions Club
Bronte
J E. Fuller
Chet Holcombe
Nine Point Buck Bagged Near Del Rio
Mr and Mrs Ernest Ivey and Vick and Ivey Eubanks hunted Sunday near Del Rio and bagged a nine point buck.
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Ernest Ivey
Vick and Ivey Eubanks
del Rio
Hospital Admit and Discharge Log Late October to November
A dated hospital log lists admissions and discharges from late October through November. Names include Mrs A J Vaughn, Marla Lou Rees, Mrs Lucille Baldwin, Judy Lee, and Stanley Phillips among others, with multiple patients transferred or admitted and later dismissed across Ballinger Wingate San Angelo and Winters.
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A. J. Vaughn
B. A. Bell
H. A. Springer
Tom Smith
Tommy Ruth Phillips
Vady Lee
J. B. Parrish
E. L. Caperton
Tommy Glenn Sims
C. W. Coleman
Marla Lou Rees
W. R. Johnson
Judy Lee
Stanley Phillips
Madeline
Adella Stone
C. A. Stone
L. v C. Saunders
David Bryan
Wingate
J. B. Johnson
Adelin Stone
Pete McDonald
Keith McCutshen
Jack Gray
Larry Henley
Duncan Hensley
A. J. Rawlings
Larry Hensley
Walter Phillips
J. E. Mitchell
Rudy Phillips
Steve Williams
Madeline Stone
J. E. Smith
Ballinger
T. H. Blue
T. B. Beavers
Keith McCutchen
Randal Snead
Winters
Daisy Hickman
A. J. Vaughen
Wayne Wright
Baby Ponder
Gaylord Thorn
Thanksgiving Observed With Closures and Holiday Weekend Plans
Thanksgiving will be observed Thursday with most businesses closed on November 27. Schools dismiss Wednesday afternoon and resume Monday. Coke County residents expect 4-H turkeys for dinner, while Bronte Enterprise previews early delivery with grocery ads Wednesday to Saturday. A&M Homecoming and deer hunting plans draw weekend interest as merchants anticipate the Christmas rush.
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Coke County
A&m
A&m-Texas
College Station
Heart Attack Claims Life of A J Vaughan
Albert Janson Vaughan died suddenly at Bronte hospital from a heart attack. He was 50, born May 29 1902 in Eastland County Texas and worked 23 years with Humble Oil and Refining Co. Funeral services were held at the Bronte Baptist Church with interment at Burkburnett. He is survived by his wife, daughter, mother, three brothers, one sister and two grandchildren.
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Albert Janson Vaughan
The
Baptist Church
D. L. Sinclair
Asherton
Texas
J. E. Fuller
Bronte Methodist Church
Vaughan
Bronte Hospital
Eastland County
Willie Horn
Wichita County
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Freer, Holliday
Bronte
Viola Sinclair
Temple
Debora Vaughan
Wichita Falls
Harvey
Irving Texas
George
Winfred
Mary Bledsoe
Moxee
Washington
Linda Joyce
Charlotte Sinclair
T. F. Sims, Jr
Fay L. Moore
James Wells
Bill Looney
James F. Williams, Jr
T. E. Blaylock
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Bronte Schools Announce Winter Holiday Schedule
Bronte students will enjoy six holidays plus a week off for Christmas. The calendar starts with Thanksgiving break from Thursday to Friday. Christmas holidays run December 20 to 27, and January observes New Year’s Day. A winter break will occur during the San Angelo Livestock Show. A teachers meeting on March 13 in Brownwood will dismiss schools to allow attendance. The year ends with Good Friday April 3 creating a long Easter weekend.
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Bronte
San Angelo
Bronte Longhorns rout Divide Trojans for 60 0 win
Bronte Longhorns dominate Divide Trojans 60 to 0 as Gentry, Phillips, and Bagwell tally multiple scores. The victory seals Coke County championship implications and sets up a final clash with Robert Lee Steers.
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Bronte Longhorns
Divide Trojans
Longhorns
Trojans
Bronte Jads
Longhorn
Trojan
Gentry
Bagwell
Stevenson
Jones
Whiteside
Robert Lee
Coke County
Jong
Oil excitement grows as Humble finds Ellenburger pay in North Bronte
In Coke County near Bronte, Humble Oil No. 2 Rawlings logged a sixth Ellenburger pay section in the North Bronte Field, with 2,680 feet of oil and 20 feet of oil and gas cut mud in a 62 minute drillstem test. Gas surfaced in 16 minutes, no oil, pressure 900 psi. possible production in Canyon, Palo Pinto and Gardner sands expected. Nearby wells include Humble No. 1 Rawlings and Lion No. 1 Rawlings as operators chase extensions and offsets. Continued drilling plans target 5,900 feet with rotary rigs as field activity intensifies.
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Humble Oil & Refining Co
No. 2 Rawlings
North Bronte Field
Humble No. 1 Rawlings
All Pays
Canyon
Palo Pinto
Goens
Upper Gardner
Jennings
Lower
Gardner
Ellenburger
Humble
Odom
J. Hendry
Lion Oil Co
Rawlings
Humble 3
Butner
Ia-H&tc
Lion 1
Humble No 2
Wendland
Cam-Tex Corp
Dalles
Union Oil Co
Calif
Bell Et al
Wildcat I&gn
J. M. Harrell
Bronte
Elenburger
Humble Oil and Refining Co
R. E. Hickman AC
Coke County
H&tc
Humble On! and Refining Co
Sallie Odom
Fort Chadbourne
Barbecue Honors Luther Reeger Couple at Humble Camp
A Saturday night chicken barbecue supper honored Mr. and Mrs. Luther Reeger of Rule. A group of friends attended and the gathering ended with a round of dominoes after the meal.
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Humble Camp
Luther Reeger
Rule
Dr Clyde Hurst Guest Speaker at Local Baptist Church
Dr Clyde J Hurst, Bible professor at Harding-Simmons University, spoke at the First Baptist Church Bronze on Sunday. He delivered an engaging address at both morning and evening services. The Hursts stayed with Robert Forman during their visit.
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Clyde J. Hurst
First Baptist Church
Bronze Sunday
Hardin-Simmons University Iio Athlene
Robert Forman
Coke County USO Drive Launched With Local Leaders
In Coke County 81 service members from the area are cited as the motive for a new USO fund drive. County chairman Gerald Allen urges community support to fund the “home away from home” services for soldiers at home and abroad. Coke County sets a $300 quota with Earl Glenn Douglas Snead H A Springer and Noah Pruitt named for Bronte and N Webb to lead at Tennyson.
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Coke County
USO
Gerald Allen
Robert Lee
Texas
Alien
Bronte
Earl Glenn
Douglas Snead
H. A. Springer
Noah Pruitt
Ernest R. Gideon Buried in Bronte and Lubbock
Ernest R. Gideon 68 died Sunday in Lubbock Goodnight Clinic after two years of ill health from a heart attack. Funeral services were held Monday at 4 p.m. in Lubbock with graveside rites in Bronte. He was born August 13, 1864 in Milam County and survived by his wife Mary Ake, siblings, eight nephews and six nieces.
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Ernest R. Gideon
Lubbock
Bronte
Goodnight
Tuabbock
Cartier
J. M. Lipscomb
George Small
J. E. Fuller
W. J. Gideon
C. T. Watson
Dallas
T. R. Butler
Duncan
Oklo
F. S. Higginbotham
B. E. Modgling
Charlie Keeney
R. E. Cumbie
J. L. Brunson
C. C. Glenn
George Gideon
T. M. Wylie
Dutch Treat Show At Bronte High School
Warry Van Pelt and Chita Maria Van Pelt will perform at Bronte High School auditorium next Monday November 24. The act from The Netherlands features wooden shoe dances folk songs and comedy. Tickets 10 to 25 cents with school groups invited.
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Warry van Pelt
Chita Maria van Pelt
Bronte High School
P. E
Netherlands
Harry van Pelt
Miss van Pelt
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Hospital News
Bronte Enterprise
A. J. Vaughan
Billy Alexander
Phillips
Waldrop
Kiser
Gray
N. Bronte
Ellenburger Top
G. Wendland
Wildcat
Rubio Survey
Bronte Oiler
Clyde Hurst
Baptists
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