Annice Gartman Wins Coke County Gold Star Award
Annice Gartman wins the Coke County Gold Star Award for her 4-H home living and livestock demonstrations. The Robert Lee student, active in foods clothing gardening and livestock, was cited for her project work and community involvement after the annual 4-H Achievement supper in Robert Lee.
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Annice Gartman
Annice
Gartman
Coke County
Robert Lee
Bryan Gartman
Lance
Abilene
Dallas
Leslie Nell Wink
Mary Beth Schooler
Douglas Gartman
Beth Iveys Condition Still Good Headed to Gonzales
Beth Ivey, a 9 year old polio patient at Shannon Hospital in San Angelo, remains stable as she is prepared for transfer by ambulance to the Warm Springs Foundation Hospital in Gonzales on Monday December 3. Her parents will accompany her. Doctors have started a National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis study, noting this may be the first paralytic polio case after all three Salk vaccine inoculations.
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Beth Ivey
Shannon Hospital
San Angelo
W. W. Ivey
The
Enterprise
Beth
Gonzales
Warm Springs Foundation
Christmases and Six More Holidays Move Seemingly
A humorous column muses on adding Christmas to a calendar of holidays and suggests a week off, noting a survey of sweet English phrases and a witty editor’s additions. It recalls a joke about a one armed stranger and a barber who mistakes him for a previous customer.
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Enterprise Office
Bronte Teams Open Basketball Season With Home Twin Varsity Nights
The Bronte boys start with two games at the gym tonight. The B team faces Ballinger at 7 and the A team at 8. The girls host Blackwell A and B squads next Tuesday, with the B game at 7 and the A game at 8.
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Bronte Boys
Ballinger
Blackwell
Clinic Remodeling Underway At John Harris Clinic
The John Harris Clinic is undergoing remodeling this week with exterior repainting completed earlier. Interior decorating is expected to finish by the weekend as tiling on the floors is laid and interior repainting has been completed.
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John Harris Clinic
Mrs C C Glenn Visits Mrs J T Gray in Abilene
Mrs C C Glenn paid a Sunday afternoon visit to Mrs J T Gray in Abilene, according to local social notes.
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C. C. Glenn
J. T. Gray
Abilene
Changes in Drouth Hay Program Authority for freight reductions noted
County Judges may issue certificates cutting freight on hay by 50 percent if not for resale. FHA committee handles $7.50 roughage and $15 grain payments. eligibility unchanged. Feedlot operators gain access. some carload buyers previously paid full freight. Certificates obtainable at Judge Dean's and county agent offices. Rabies outbreaks in Tom Green County and Odessa prompt reminders to observe animals after bites. Dr Koberg visits Monday December 3. Cows for bangs and TB testing should be arranged at the county agent’s office.
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FHA
Judge Dean
Tom Green
Odessa
Koberg
T. B
Local school posts appoint new secretary
Mrs Floye Collins has reelected as secretary for the local school system and accepted employment with the National Board. Mrs Garlane Black is helping in the local school office until the new secretary is named.
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Floye “Collins
Garlane “Lack
Secretar
Two Men Charged After Auto Wreck Injures Three
William N. Stanford and James A. Ray, both of Waco, were jailed at Robert Lee after a drunkenness arrest and parking a car on the highway following a two car collision about a mile west of here on the Robert Lee highway. George Head and his Midland family were injured and treated at Bronte Hospital. they were released. The pair were fined a total of 148.50 by Justice C. E. Bruton, with payment outstanding.
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Robert Lee
William N. Stanford
James A. Ray
Waco
Frank Keesee
Here
George Head
Midland
Head
Bronte Hospital
Keesee
Stanford
Ray
Justice of the Peace
Sick Fox Killed East of Town
R E Cumbie on his farm east of town killed a obviously sick fox. He said the animal appeared unable to run far and was shot after being chased. He warned residents to watch for rabies amid recent West Texas cases.
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R. E. Cumbie
Texas
WTA Sets Open House to Preview New Frigidaire Appliances
H A Springer of West Texas Utilities announced an open house Tuesday December 3 from 10 a m to 2 p m to showcase newly received Frigidaire appliances. Hostesses Mrs Ruth Clampit and Miss Abbie Andrews will describe improvements and refreshments will be served.
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H. A. Springer
West Texas Utilities Co
Ruth Clampit
Abbie Andrews
Ballinger
Springer
Bruton Plans New South Bronte Home Construction
C E Bruton announces start of a three lot Bronte site project for a 32 by 67 foot five room two bath house with seven closets. The home will include a double garage storage room central heating evaporative cooling redwood front brick trim asbestos siding and wood siding. Bruton will supply materials and solicit labor bids.
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C. E. Bruton
Bronte
Church of Christ Expands With Six New Classrooms
Bronze Church of Christ is adding six rooms for Bible study. Construction shows concrete and tile walls four feet high with foundation and floors finished. The church, led by minister Owen Cosgrove, serves about 100 members with attendance often higher.
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Bronze Church of Christ
Owen Cosgrove
Abilene Christian College
Football Banquet Highlights 1956 Team Season
Four films of football games were shown to the 1956 squad their fathers and trustees Tuesday night at the annual football banquet. Kenneth Scott described Tarleton and San Angelo Ram action from last year. The Longhorns finished with six wins and four losses. Best game cited was Bronte Robert Lee.
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Kenneth Scott
Tarleton
San Angelo Ram
Cluchroom
Longhorns
Stop for School Buses in Texas Reminder
The Texas Safety Association notes about 7,500 school buses operate in Texas with thousands of daily stops for loading and unloading students. Texas law requires motorists to stop fully when a bus is stopped to load or unload, whether meeting or overtaking, and drivers are urged to remember this regulation while driving.
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Texas Safety Association
Texas
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Igen
Drouth
Jack Waide
WTA
South Bronte
Church of Christ
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