Bronte School Enrolls 306 Students for New Year
Bronte Schools open with 306 students, elementary 219 and high school 87. Fifth grade tops enrollments at 36, sophomores lead high school with 23. New science teacher Bobby Cox joins from Robert Lee HS after Texas Tech BS. Barber notes music in lunchroom, no Labor Day holiday, and student insurance program priced at 3 dollars per child with school contributing one dollar.
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Bronte
C. B. Barbee
Royce Lee
Ada Fay Pendleton
Bobby Cox
Cox
Robert Lee High School
Texas Tech
Fort Davis
Robert Lee
Supt. C. B. Barbee
Barbee
Longhorns Open Season With Scrimmages And Practice
Bronte 1960 Longhorn football team shows strong offense and defense in scrimmages with Menard and Clyde. District 6-B standings favor Roby. Abilene Reporter News gives Longhorns first place. Open Sept 9 vs May, Sept 16 vs Ozona, district start Oct 14 at Hermleigh. Enterprise to run player photos. sponsors sought at $1 per game.
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Bronte
Longhorn
Menard
Clyde
Longhorns
Roby
The
Enterprise
Abilene
Reporter News
Benny Corley
Dee Arrott
Larry Robinson
Eddy Spiller
Rudy Olivas
Mike Luttrell
Jerry McCutchen
Jack Corley
Don Hester
Douglas Rogers
Ozona
Hermleigh
Bronte residents push toward sewer service target
Bronze residents have 120 deposits for the upcoming sewer tie on with 130 more needed for FHA bonds. The city plans a canvass to reach 250 users while First National Bank offers $25 loans with a $2 monthly payment for 13 months, added to water bills. City officials urge residents to commit deposits to proceed with construction plans.
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Federal Housing and Home Administration
Bronte
First National Bank
E. F. Glenn
Bronte Plans Labor Day Holiday Closures
Bronte businesses will close Monday September 5 for Labor Day. Most Main Street firms and First National Bank will shut. Bronte Schools stay open. Next holiday for local business men is Thanksgiving.
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Bronte
Main Street
First National Bank
Barbecue Set For Labor Day In Bronte Park
Aubrey Denman park caretaker says plans are nearly complete for Bronte merchants Labor Day barbecue at the county park 6 p m with barbecue bread pickles onions and salads and desserts brought by community ladies. No program is planned and ample visiting time is promised followed by the annual water show at the swimming pool. All residents and visitors are invited to attend and prepared to eat and enjoy.
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Merchants of Bronte
Aubrey Denman
Denman
Funeral Services Held Wednesday For Mrs Walton
Mrs W C Walton 84 died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital San Angelo after four months illness. Funeral Wednesday at 3 p m First Baptist Bronte with Rev L L Vinson and Rev Robert Grimes officiating. Interment Fairview Cemetery. Survivors include six daughters four sons three sisters four brothers and many grandchildren.
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W. C. Walton
First Baptist Church
Bronte
Jesse Parker
Sam Gray
Aubrey Denman
L. T. Youngblood
Otis Smith
W. H. Maxwell, Jr
A. E. Génittry
Howard Brock
Walton
Mary Etta Collett
Waxahachie
Texas
Pottsville
Mmes
Taylor Emerson
Ruby Davenport
W. D. McDonald
J. A. Caldwell
D. B. Riker
San Angelo
H. W. Sayner
Snyder
R. S. Walton
D. E. Walton
E. C. Walton
Windsor Walton
Longhorn Booster Club Plans First Meeting
The Longhorn Booster Club schedules its season kickoff meeting for Thursday at 7:00 p m in the school auditorium. President Bob Wilson urges high turnout as topics include a football field work night and the year’s activity plan. A E Beil and Vernon Glenn hold officer roles.
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Longhorn Booster Club
Bob Wilson
A. E. Beil
Vernon Glenn
Longhorn Club
Longhorns
Kickapoo Creek flood control project gains approval
The House Agriculture Committee unanimously backs a multi county Kickapoo Creek flood control project north of Bronte. The effort, led by Bronte Lions Club, aims to reduce repeat flood losses that peaked at 577 787 in 1953, affecting Bronte and surrounding cropland and roads. A Texas water district governs the plan with F S Higginbotham as president and Preston Davis as director.
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House Agriculture Committee
Kickapoo
Bronte
J. A. Stephenson
Q. C. Fisher
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Coke County
Bronte Lions Club
Texas
F. S. Higginbotham
D. K. Glenn
J. A. Percifull
Preston Davis
Austin Sandusky
Mrs Wilson and Daughter Escape Serious Injury in San Angelo Crash
Mrs Bob Wilson and her daughter Nancy escaped serious injury in a two car collision near the Village Shopping Center in San Angelo last Thursday. Mrs Wilson suffered severe facial and head cuts requiring stitches at Shannon Hospital. Nancy had minor bruises. Both cars were totaled. Mrs Wilson was discharged the same afternoon.
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Bob Wilson
Nancy
San Angelo
Wilson
Shannon Hospital
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Joe B. Simpson High
E. L. Hopson
MRS
Clark Glenn
T. O. Spiller
Otis Ferguson
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
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