Coke County 4-H Gold Star winners named at Robert Lee gym
Eddie Glenn and Prescilla Wylie received 4-H Gold Star awards at the Coke County 4-H Achievement Program held in Robert Lee gym. The event drew 175 attendees and honored 55 club members with 110 county district and special awards. Prescilla, 15, and Eddie, also 15, were highlighted for long records in foods clothing electric and livestock projects and held council and club leadership roles.
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Coke County
Robert Lee
Prescilla Wylie
T. M. Wylie Jr
Friendship Community
Eddie Glenn
D. K. Glenn
Bronte
Prescilla
Robert Lee High School
Robert. Lee
Eddie
Bronte High School
T. M. Wyle
Robert Lee Electric
Dee Arrott
County 4-H Council
Bronte Loss Prompted Quiet Thanksgiving Reflections
On the way home from Wink Friday night the team resolved not to discuss factors behind Bronte's defeat. They doubted handicaps affecting the Longhorns and chose silence as a sign of strength. Bronte fans and players remained part of the reader's back page continuation.
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Wink
Bronte
Longhorns
Blackwell Services For Mrs. Stel la A Holland
Funeral services for Mrs. Stella A. Holland age 68 were held Friday at 2 p m at the Blackwell Baptist Church with Rev Kenneth Jones officiating. She died at Pecan Grove Rest Home in Sweetwater at 2 25 a m Thursday after living there two years. Born in Wise County April 24 1891 she married H Holland a Brown County farmer who died in 1951. Survivors include four sons Raymond L Holland of Fort Worth H H of Sylvester Wayland T of Austin Billy Burl of Blackwell four daughters Loy Fortner Levelland Bob Ratliff San Angelo and A A Etheridge Seminole four brothers Walter Harms Amarillo Tom Harms Burkburnett Bud Harms May and Glen Harms Brownwood three sisters Mrs John Hardy May Mrs Charles Loppee Blanket and Mrs Weldon James address unavailable 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Interment was in Blackwell cemetery under Cate Spencer Funeral Home Sweetwater supervision.
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Stella A. Holland
Blackwell Baptist Church
Kenneth Jones
Ramond L. Holland
Fort Worth
H. H
Sylvester
Wayland T
Austin
Billy Burl
Blackwell
Loy Fortner
Levelland
Bob Ratliff
San Angelo
A. A. Etheridge
Seminole
Walter Harms
Amarillo
Tom Harms
Burkburnett
Bud Harms
May
Glen Harms
Wink Wildcats To Face Bangs Dragons In Regional Tilt
The Wink Wildcats, after beating Bronze Longhorns in bi district at Wink, meet the Bangs Dragons on Thanksgiving Day in Colorado City. Bangs defeated Jim Ned 90 to 0 in bi district at Coleman, coached by Houston Jolly, a former Bronte coach and Robert Lee athlete, with many Bronte fans planning to attend.
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Wink Wildcats
Bronze Longhorns
Wink
Bangs Dragons
Colorado City
Dragons
Jim Ned
Coleman
Bangs
Houston Jolly
Bronte
Robert Lee
Drive to End Bronte Scouts Fundraiser Ends Next Wednesday
Bronte’s annual Scout drive to raise funds ends next Wednesday per campaign head Bill Thomas. He urged remaining contacts to donate by the December 2 deadline and to submit all cards by that date regardless of contact status.
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Bronte
Boy Scouts
Bill Thomas
Thomas
Bronte to Close for Thanksgiving Holiday
Bronte High School and town prepare for Thanksgiving with many area firms closing Thursday November 26. Bronte schools dismiss at 2 30 pm Wednesday and resume Monday November 30. Bronte girls basketball opens season November 30 at Winters with coach Mike Anderson leading A and B squads and a long schedule through February.
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Bronte High School
Mike Anderson
June Moore
Eloise Hester
Bette Blackmon
Carolyn Glenn
Yvonne McCutchen
Gwen Kirkland
Jean Moore
Jerri Griffin
Odell Brice
Dana Eubanks
Jackie Grace
Francis Brice
Carol Sherrod
Sue Blackmon
Johnnie Sims
Manuele Reyes
Phelan Parker
Antonio Reyes
Patsy Wood
Marcia Carper
Jesse Renshaw
Wanda Spurlock
Blackwell
Ballinger A & B
Sands
Winters A & B
Christoval
Sterling City
Garden City
Water Valley
Robert Lee
Forsan
Bronte
Ackerly-Knott
Supt
C. B. Barbee
WTU Open House Set for Monday
West Texas Utilities Bronte invites the public to an open house on Monday November 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Home economist Mrs Ruth Clampitt of Ballinger will attend to serve refreshments. Manager H A Springer urges locals to come and enjoy food and view new Frigidaire appliances on display.
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West Texas Utilities Co
Bronte
Ruth Clampitt
WTU
Ballinger
H. A. Springer
Clampitt Willy
Springer
27 Rattlers Killed On Brown Place
Mrs. Herbert Holland reports J. C. Boatright and Charlie Brown killed 27 rattlesnakes in a pasture southeast of Bronte. The snakes ranged 4 to 6 feet, most with broken rattlers, one with 15 rattles. The den likely held more snakes. wives Boatright and Brown joined their husbands on the hunt.
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J. C. Boatright
Charlie Brown
Brown
Bronte
Mmes. Boatright
Wildcats Swamp Longhorns in Bi District Contest
The Bronze Longhorns lost 40-14 at Wink Wildcats Stadium in Wink, dropping to 12 straight defeats after injuries crippled Bronte stars Ben ny Corley Dee Arrott and Jerry McCutchen and a broken leg sidelined Bob Wrinkle. Despite setbacks Bronte showed fight with Arrott McCutchen and Ballard scoring threats, while Wink opened with a 13-0 lead and continued pressuring throughout.
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Wildcats
Longhorns
Wink Wildcats
Wildcat Stadium
Wink
Longhorn
Bronte
Benny Corley
Dee Arrott
Jerry McCutchent
Corley
Arrott
McCutchen
Bob Wrinkle
Larry Robinson
Cats
Harold Davis
Mike Ballard
Dwight Dow
Jerry McCutchen
Davis
Ballard
Dow
James Bates
Billy Allen
Mickey Black
J. McCutchen
M. Black
Corky
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Charles Ragsdale
Brown Place
Herbert Holland
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