Bronte Honors L T Youngblood At Labor Day Barbecue
Bronte Texas marked its Labor Day barbecue with 700 attendees. Mayor Royce Lee proclaimed September 2, 1968 as Official Recognition and Appreciation Day for banker L T Youngblood and presented a Stetson hat gift certificate. Jesse Parker coordinated the event with Lions Club sponsorship and volunteers from the fire department handling parking.
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I. M. Royce Lee
Bronte
Texas
Youngblood
Jesse Parker
Frank Keesee
C. E. Bruton
Marvin Bryant
Parker
Bronte Noon Lions Club
Bronte Volunteer Fire Department
L. T. Youngblood honored with Bronte recognition day
Bronte dedicates L. T. Youngblood Recognition and Appreciation Day after a 45 year record of service. The ceremony, read by Mayor Royce Lee, honors his roles in the Upper Colorado River Authority since 1936 and as a longtime Sunday school teacher, bank leader, and community organizer.
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Mr. Youngblood
Bronte
Youngblood
West
Texas
First Baptist Church
Upper
Colorado River Authority
River Authority
Scrimmage Set For Friday Night Bronte Longhorns
Bronte Longhorns host Merkel in a Sept 27 exhibition at their home stadium at 8 p.m. Coach Cecil Toliver leads two weeks of workouts as they prepare for the season with a prior scrimmage loss at Winters and a season opener at Eldorado.
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Bronte Longhorns
Merkel
Cecil Toliver
Longhorns
Winters
Eldorado
Funeral Held for R. E. Johnson 67
Funeral services for Reynold E. Johnson aged 67 of the Oak Creek Community were held at Spitz Funeral Home in Winters with Rev. Virgil James and Rev. Lester Carter officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery. Johnson died of a blood clot at Winters Municipal Hospital. He was born in 1901 in Carlton Minnesota and moved to Odessa in 1939 to operate tourist courts before farming in Oak Creek since 1949. Survivors include his wife, two brothers, two sisters and pallbearers.
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Reynold E. Johnson
Oak Creek
Bronte
Odessa
Eula Mae Virden
Wilmeth
Ivey Family Recoveries After Surgery and Dallas Treatment
Mrs. W W Ivey returned from a San Angelo Hospital after surgery and is reported making a satisfactory recovery. Her daughter Beth, recently home from months of medical treatment in Dallas, will work in San Angelo and plans to enroll at Angelo State College.
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W. W. Ivey
San Angelo
Iveys
Beth
Dallas
Angelo State College
Bronte Schools Completes Chain Link Fence
Work finishes on a four foot chain link fence across the rear of Bronte Schools campus along West Kickapoo Creek. The 625 foot long barrier has four stock proof gaps and no gates.
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Bronte Schools
Clarence Arrott Hurt In Fall At His Sweetwater Ranch
Co. E. Arrott, a leading Coke County stock farmer, is reported improving at Clinic Hospital San Angelo after a fall while tightening a hay line. A broken rope caused him to fall onto his shoulders, leaving him unconscious until a passing farmer and wife helped him to Bronte and he was moved to San Angelo.
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Co. E. Arrott
Coke County
Clinic Hospital
San Angelo
Sweetwater
Arrott
Bronte
Mackey Couple Hurt in Hwy Collision Near Crosbyton
Mr and Mrs Dolan Mackey survived a crash Monday when their 1968 Mercury was struck by another car as it pulled onto the highway from a side road between Tohoka and Brownfield. They were hospitalized in Crosbyton overnight with back pain a neck soreness.
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Dolan Mackey
Tohoka
Brownfield
Mackey
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Royce Lee
Rev. Austin
L. T. Youngblood
Jack Denman
City of
UCRA
Concho Lake
Oak Creek Lake
Mountain Creek Lake
Robert Lee
Jast
First National Bank
R. E. Johnson
Clarence Arrott
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