New Texas Theatre to Open Tuesday in Bronte
Bronte prepares to open the new Texas Theatre on Tuesday September 14 with Blondie’s Reward as the first film. Victor Wojtek and brothers Frank Otto and Victor own the theatre, built 36 by 110 feet with 400 seats and air conditioning.
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Bronte
Texas
Victor Wojtek
Blondie
Frank
Victor
Otto Wojtek
Robert Lee
Wojtek Brothers
Otto
The
Alamo
Bronte Methodist Services Schedule This Sunday
Bronte church holds church school at 10:00 A M morning worship at 11:00 A M with Unsearchable Riches and evening worship at 7:30 PLM titled Making the Most of Life. A preaching service is planned for 3:30 PLM.
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Bronte
Hayrick
Mauldins Visit Relatives in Big Spring
Rev and Mrs Alvin Ro Mauldin and children Alvin Jr Donald and Sandra Kay visited Mrs Mauldin's brother Cov Turner and family in Big Spring Sunday evening and Monday returning Monday evening. Turner and two of his children visited the Bronte family months ago but had not seen Mrs Turner and the other three children in about four years.
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Alvin Ro Mauldin
Alvin Jr
Donald
Sandra Kay
Bronte Visitors Include Hardy Family and Son
Mr and Mrs Ross Hardy and their son Bobby from Sam Angelo visited Bronte on Friday. Mrs Hardy visited her sister Mrs Gossiott while Mr Hardy conducted business in town.
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Mrs. Ross Hardy
Bobby
Sam Angelo
Bronte
Mrs. Hardy
Mrs. Gossiott
Mr. Hardy
Quiet oil activity in Coke County with scattered drilling
Oil activity in Coke County remained quiet last week with rumors of new locations around Bronte. Seaboard and Southern Minerals No 3 M G Reed near Reed Ellenburger discovery progressed to 1121 feet with cementing and 300 sacks.
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Coke County
Seaboard and Southern Minerals No. 3
M. G. Reed
Ellenburger
Bronte
San No. & C.K. Mathers
Sun No
Fred Jameson
J. B. Walker
Colorado River
Sun No. S
Jameson
Dime
Sun No. TP Millican
Ham Radio Station Demonstration Set For September 18
Sgt. Robert D. King of Goodfellow Field will demonstrate his ham radio station as part of Air Force Day at the base. King, a Communications Technician, used his private equipment during Texas City and San Angelo incidents to relay messages in minutes. His system is a 120 watt short wave setup valued at about 300 dollars, illustrating amateur radio division work under FCC rules.
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Robert D. Kings
Goodfellow Field
King
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Texas City
San
Sgt. King
Federal Communications Commission
Goodfellow
Special Days Designated At State Fair of Texas
The 148 agenda for the Texas State Fair October 9 to 24 includes Crippled Children's Day October 1. October 15 hosts Paron Grammar School Day and a visit by 4-H Future Farmers and Future Homemakers for Rural Youth Day. Other events honor High School youth October 22 with a Cotton Bowl game Wichita Falls vs Highland Park, and Lincoln vs Houston Negro high schools in the Cotton Bowl at 5 p.m.
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David A. McMinn
McMinn
Wichita Fills
Highland Park
Dallas County
Fide Oon Grammar
Lincoln
Houston
Hall of State
Washington
Prairie View
Wiley College
Five Car Wrecks Near Bronte Injure One
Two crashes about four hours apart on US Highway 277 near Bronte left one person with head injuries and a six year old with a broken wrist. The first collision involved a 1946 Mercury driven by O Mo Rathliff of Blackwell and a Chevrolet from Goodfellow Field. The second mishap included three cars: a Chevrolet Gulley Norton, a Buick Rollins Colorado City, and a Ford Rollins Colorado City. Charges for reckless driving and disturbing the peace were filed in Bronte Justice court.
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Bronte
O. Mo Rathi
Blackwell
Pseddter
Goodfellow Field
San Angelo
Frank Rheesee
Miro Hatliff
Mrr
Ratliff
Keesee
Chevrolet
Potts Holland
Hayrick
Mr. Culley
Norton
Buick
Rasmond Rollins
Colorado City
Ford
J. C. Rollins
Shenith Paul Good
Frank
Nene
Shentt Good
Raymond Robhes
Bob. Rollins
Court of Justice of the Peace
Robmon
Court records show guilty plea in liquor transport case
Jin Wright of Sweet Water pleaded guilty to transporting liquor in a dry area before Judge Bob J. Coasts and was fined 100 dollars plus costs. Charlie J. Pilley faced charges of reckless driving speeding and liquor possession in a dry territory and was fined 100, 25 and 50 dollars respectively plus court costs.
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Jin Wright
Sweetwater
Bob J. Coasts
Charlie J. Pilley
Woman scientist leads Bristol-Myers unit in hair care
Hillside New Jersey, 29 year old Helen Barnett heads the product development unit at Bristol Rust dry plant. After five years and over a thousand experiments her team settled on formula 775 as the perfect men's hair tonic blend. A Huntington, West Virginia native and University of Michigan graduate, she recently married a young executive.
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N.J
Helen Barnett
Helen
Bristol Rust Dry Plant
Huntington, W. Va
University of Michigan
Bells Buy Mobile Picture Show Unit
Mr and Mrs A B Bell have purchased a traveling picture unit with a Delco power plant a tent and a travel house. They plan to leave Saturday morning to take their show to the Plats for a period.
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A. EB. Bell
Delco
Visitor from Los Angeles Plans San Angelo Trip
Mrs Leoma Coffican of Los Angeles visits this week at the O W Chapman home. Judge Edward Sandusky, son of Mr and Mrs Austin Sandusky of Bronte, enrolled at Texas A M College as a freshman and plans to major in agricultural education after graduating Bronte High School in 1948.
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Davie Gassiot
H. BR. Gassiot
Bronte
John Tarleton
Stephenville
Davie
Santa Anna
Cal
Carol Westbrook
Mary Hardin Baylor College
Miss Westbrook
Bronte High School
Carroll Westbrook
Tennyson
la Moor
Hubert Whitt, Jr
Oand
Whitt
Texas Technologic College
Lubbock
Las Miary
Hubert
Bronto Wwood
Leoma Coffican
Los Angeles
O. W. Chapman
San Angelo
Edward Sandusky
Austin Sandusky
Texas A & M College
Saturda
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Willoughby
Hobbs
Bruce Clift
Mrs. Key
Caroll Westbrook
the Methodist Church
Alvin R. Mauldin
HAM
Billy Bol Heron
San Angels College
Aiso
Hestera
San Angelo Bar
Billy Bob Herron
Courthouse News
Blonde Beauty
Joe
Bells Buy Mobile
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