Bryant and Jackson switch WTU managerial posts
Marvin Bryant moves from Bronte to Menard as local manager for West Texas Utilities. Dayton Jackson is reassigned from Dayton to Bronte as local manager. The changes, announced by Herman Ledbetter, affect two longtime WTU staffers with prior service in Ballinger, Winters, Mason, and Santa Anna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Bryant
Menard
Dayton Jackson
WTU
West Texas Utilities
Bronte
Dayton
Herman Ledbetter
Ballinger
Bryant
WTA
Mason
Eden
Peggy Joyce Woodrow
Winters
Bryants
First Baptist Church
Brone
Lions Club
Jayton
Coleman
Santa Anna High School
Santa Anna Silica Land Company
Jackson
Texas National Guard
Joyce Marilyn Ford
Trickham
Jayton ‘Booster Club
Plans Continue For County Fair In Coke County
Coke County plans for a two day fair set for September 21 and 22 at the old Robert Lee School gymnasium. General chairs are Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Whiteside with co chairs Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bradley. Exhibits welcome from adults and youths with divisions in foods clothing art crafts agriculture and antiques plus youth categories. Business firms may rent booths at 1.00 per front foot. Also noted are moves by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brake who recently moved from San Angelo and now own two rental houses formerly owned by Mrs. Linton Crow.
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Coke County
Robert Lee School
T. K. Whiteside
Witti
Earl Bradley
J. E. Brake
San Angelo
Linton Crow
Mr. Brake
Goodyear
Coulter's
Sixth Grader Sonny Campbell Injured in Football Practice
Sonny Campbell, a Bronte School sixth grader, broke his leg during football practice last week. He is reported to be making a good recovery. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Buck Campbell.
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Sonny Campbell
Bronte School
Sonny
Buck Campbell
Sheriff Childress Plans Retirement From Coke County Office
Sheriff Melvin Childress will retire effective October 1 after more than a decade as Coke County’s top law officer. Elected 1960 and taking office 1961, he was reelected in 1964 1968 and 1972. term ends 1976. The department also lost chief deputy Don Thorpe, who resigned to take a ranch job, citing low pay.
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Paul Good
Coke County
Sheriff Childress
ASU
Sheriff’s Department of
Don Thorpe
Bronte
Menard County
Thorpe
Sweetwater Rites For Grant Keating
Funeral services for Grant Keating 51 were held Sunday at 2 pm in the McCoy Chapel of Memories Sweetwater. Burial followed in Blackwell Cemetery. Keating a World War II veteran and farmer died Friday at Simmons Memorial Hospital after one day as a patient. He was born April 12 1922. Survivors include five brothers and one sister. Pallbearers listed.
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Grant Keating
McCoy Chapel of Memories
Sweetwater
Kay Corley
West Texas Boys Ranch
Blackwell Cemetery
Keating
Simmons Memorial Hospital
A. L. Keating
Blackwell
W. M. Keating
Olton
C. R. Keating
Houston
Lloyd Keating
Brownwood
Raymond Keating
Clifton, Ariz
J. T. Fountain
Miami Fla
Ernest Ware
Walter Saunders
Tra Lee Craig
S Burwick
L. B. White
Bill Burwick
Hurricane Delia Drenches Bronte Area Weather Hits Wind and Rain
West Texas towns braced as Hurricane Delia brought inland rain and wind from Tuesday night through Thursday. Bronte residents logged rainfall totals from .3 to .8 inches with scattered leaves blown and no major damage reported locally. Big Spring suffered severe winds up to 100 mph, toppling mobile homes and causing fatalities. Webb AFB planes and other property also sustained damage as more moisture was forecast.
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West Texas
Brownawood
Dave Seibold
Joe McCutchen
J. B. Mackey
Bronte
Big Spring
Webb Air Force Base
Gen Tel Expands Bronte Office To Serve Growth
General Telephone Company of the Southwest begins an expansion in Bronte with a larger central office and more switching gear. The 380 square foot building will grow to 578 by January 1974, with Phase 2 adding equipment for 100 new Bronte customers and projected needs through 1978.
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General Telephone Company of the
Southwest
Bronte
Jack Goss
San Angelo
Goss
Bronte Exchange
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Marvin Waldrop
Din Brown
Wayne Alexander
Alan Barbee
Marvin Ensor
David Chapman
Kit Carlton
Louis Martinez
Mike Gonzales
Ricky Frizee
Jim Dan Raughton
Bobby Bailey
Nelson Coulter
Bobby Frazee
Kevin Gibbs
Kerwin Denton
Kyle Lee
Man Lee
Wayne Coulson
Donald Butler
Richard Ball
Paul Cervenka
Clint Porter
Bronte Longhorn
Louis Thornton
Kim Caperton
Diane ‘Arrott
Leah Barbee
Marla Thomipson
Jean Anh Roughton
Norma Thompson
Kun <Arrott
Sherrie Coulson
Sent. C. B. Barbee
Melvin Childress
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G. O. Edwards
Bill Horton
Hico
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Lee Daulong
Stanly Daulong
Ronte
Shaughn Sims
Glenn Sims
Gen Tel
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