Fall Festival Set for Oct 27 at Bronze PTA School
Bronze PTA announces a Fall Festival on Saturday Oct 27 at the school. Highlights include coronation of kings and queens for elementary, junior high and high school, a Mexican supper 6 to 7 30, sock hop 6 to 7 30, kids cartoons, games and card rooms. Admission varies and activities run 6 to 7 30 with a coronation program at 8. Executive committee meeting set for Oct 23 at 8 15 a m in the teachers workroom.
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Bronze Pta
Royce Fancher
Lionel Perry
Bobby Bingham
James Golson
Game Room
Messrs. and Mines. N
M. Curlee
Marvin Bryant
Royce Lee
LeDrew Arrott
PTA
Farm Bureau Convention Adopts Pro-Farm Policies Coke County
Coke County Farm Bureau members voted unanimously for an agriculture that stands on its own. They urged continued voluntary producer support for screw worm eradication and urged the American Farm Bureau to abandon subsidies. They opposed marketing orders, backed market development by Farm Bureau, and endorsed building a dam on the Colorado River. Ben Boykin elected president, H. H. Holland vice president, Mrs. C. E. Arrott re elected secretary treasurer.
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Coke County Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Coke County
Colorado River
Ben Boykin
H. H. Holland
C. E. Arrott
Weather Brings Cooler Temperatures and Thunder
Bronte residents report a week of lower temperatures aided by a light shower Tuesday night followed by cooler, cloudy conditions on Wednesday. A spectacular electrical display accompanied the rain and thunder just before noon on Wednesday.
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Bronte
Bronte Shorthorns Host Junior High Clash Tonight
The Bronte Shorthorns will host a junior high game at 7 30 tonight at Bronte after moving from Robert Lee. Admission is 15 and 25 cents. Last Thursday Bronte and Sacred Heart of San Angelo tied 6 6 with Davis Corley scoring on a pass from Doug Las McCutchen.
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Bronte Shorthorns
Robert Lee
Bronte
Shorthorns
Sacred Heart of San Angelo
Douglas McCutchen
Davis Corley
Two New Homes Completed Here in Bronte
Bronte sees three new residences finished in the southeast addition. Dwain and wife Pruitt moved into a three bedroom brick home with den, living room, kitchen and two baths and a two car carport. Elmer and wife Hurley moved in next door Sunday with four bedrooms two baths, den, living room and kitchen and a two vehicle carport. Ray and wife Coulson remain under construction nearby, with completion anticipated soon.
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Bronte
Dwain Pruitt
E. F. Glenn
Pruitt
Elmer Hurley
Ray Coulson
The
Coulsons
Sabin Vaccine Day Planned in Bronte
Bronte to host Sabin Oral Vaccine Day on November 8, per Dr. John R. Harris. Type 1 vaccine will be used for the first polio dose at the local school after arriving in San Angelo on November 7. Donations welcomed to help defray costs. no charge to participants.
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Bronte
John R. Harris
San Angelo
Harris
Copies of Amendments Available at Enterprise
The Bronze Enterprise reports a limited supply of all 14 constitutional amendments on the November 6 ballot. Copies were printed from legal plates and may be picked up by anyone who wishes to study them, while supplies last.
Bronte Sees Fresh Dog Poisoning Suspect
Reports from Bronte say a dog poisoner is active again after a local child picked up poisoned candy last Friday and ate some. The candy tested as household poison. no harm to the child was reported, and more pieces were found nearby. Abilene lab confirmed the substance. Local authorities warn residents to be vigilant and pursue the culprit.
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Bronte
The
Enterprise
Abilene
District Play Starts sat at Hermleigh
Longhorn football players and coaches are optimistic about prospects for the ball game Saturday night at Hermleigh. The contest is moved up to Saturday for Hermleigh homecoming with kickoff at 7 30, switching from 8 p.m. All district rivals, including Robert Lee and Loraine, are noted in a roundup of standings and recent results. Fans are urged to bring mosquito repellant to the Hermleigh game.
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Hermleigh
N. M. Curlee
Jerry Roach
Marshall Freeman
Longhorns
Cardinals
Sands
Robert Lee Steers
Ozona
Trent
Ropesville
Loraine
Aspermont
Robert Lee
Union Texas Co Establishes Bronte Headquarters
The Union Texas Petroleum Co sets up a Bronte base alongside the Santa Fe line with a 40 by 28 foot shop slab and an office building. Bobby Hatley of Robert Lee is office manager, directing 22 local workers while crews handle repair and construction of gas plant compressors across Texas Montana and Louisiana.
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Union Texas Petroleum Company
Bronte
Santa Fe
Ballinger
Bobby Hatley
Robert Lee
Bill Langford
Hatley
Texas
Montana
Louisiana
Wildcat Staked on A. N. Rawlings Ranch near Bronte
A wildcat well is staked on the A. N. Rawlings ranch six miles southwest of Bronte. Linehan and Stoltenberg of Midland will drill it. Location: 5750 feet west and 1263 feet north of Casimera Rabio survey No. 23, half mile southeast of Wendkirk Field, separated by two failures. Announced depth 3850 feet to the Swastika formation.
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A. N. Rawlings
Bronte
Linehan & Stoltenberg
Midland
Casimera Rabio Survey No. 23
Wendkirk
Longhorns Show Improvement in Battle with Bangs Dragons
Bronte Longhorns played a hard hitting game but fell 20 to 8 to the Bangs Dragons. Barry Curlee returned a punt 95 yards for Bronte’s lone touchdown after Bangs scored early and again late in the third.
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Bronte Longhorns
Bangs Dragons
Bangs
Bronte
Longhorns
Dragons
Barry
Curlee
Gary Smith
Ray Shandley
Rudy Phillips
Smith
Findley
Jim White
Tommy Starkey
Absentee Voting Opens for General Election Ballots
Absentee ballots for the general election on November 6 were available at the County Clerk office Wednesday morning. Nominees appearing on the ballot include County Judge W. W. Thetford, County Clerk J. L. Tinkler, County Treasurer Inez Burns in Precinct 1, Roy P. Ross for Justice of the Peace Precinct 2, Commissioner Howard Brock, Justice of the Peace J. T. Liles, and Jack Corley for Commissioner Precinct 4 with no candidates listed for Precinct 3.
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W. W. Thetford
J. L
Chilly) Tinkler
Inez Burns
Roy P. Ross
Justice of the Peace
Howard Brock
J. T. Liles
Jack Corley
Firemen to Have Light Bulb Sale in Bronte
Bronte Fire Department holds a two day sale on October 22 and 23 offering high quality light bulbs at retail prices. Volunteers will canvass residents on the west side of the railroad first then the east side. Budd Reed reports profits go to the department with new officers elected including Billy Joe Luckett as fire chief Cecil Coulson as president Lanny Denman and Manuel Reyes as assistant chiefs Steve Badley as secretary and Reed as treasurer.
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Bronte
Buddy Reed
Billy Joe Luckett
Cecil Coulson
Lanny Denman
Manuel Reyes
Steve Badley
Reed
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Sabin
Joe Kersh
Brownfield
Joe Carter
Carter
Longhorn
Union Texas Co
Wildcat
Tommy Glenn Sims
Jimmy Wells
Sims
Wells
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