Horns Open Season with 27-0 Win Over Newcastle
The 1972 Bronte Longhorns defeated the Newcastle Bobcats 27 to 0 in their season opener. Alan Barbee threw a 60 yard TD to Gary Skelton, and Barbee, Carper, and Duncan added scores with Barrett kicking extra points as Bronte pulled away through the game.
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Bronte Longhorns
Newcastle Bobcats
Alan Barbee
Gary Skelton
Kim Barrett
Danny Carper
Barbee
Randy Gibbs
Newcastle
Gibbs
Duncan
Carper
Barrett
Skelton
Edwards
Chambers
Bobcat
Bronte
Leter Babee
Pitts
Cats
Shorthorns Stop Roby Lads In Tight Junior High Clash
Bronte Shorthorns defeated Roby Lads 8 6 at Roby with Turney Coulter’s 55 yard interception return for a TD and a safety. Roby’s score came on a near 100 yard reverse. The second game at Newcastle ended 27 0 as Barbee and Barbee to Gibbs connected for a late TD and solid defense plus sharp blocking led by Reyes, Reed, Martinez, Carlton, Chapman, Lee, Denton, Coulter, Ward.
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Bronte Junior High Shorthorns
Roby
Fisher County
Bronte
Turney Coulter
Shorthorns
Forsan
Barbee
Barrett
Newcastle
Bobcats
Gibbs
Skelton
Carper
Duncan
Banbee
Ward
Bobby Reyes
Brad Reed
Louis Martinez
Kit Carlton
Davy Chapman
Mark Lee
Kirwin Denton
Nelson Coulter
Kyle Lee
Chris Ward
Gary Skelton
Local Punt Pass and Kick Contest Seeks Boy Entrants
Area boys aged 8 to 13 are invited to enter the Punt Pass and Kick competition sponsored by Ivey Motor Co Robert Lee Ford and Mercury dealer. Deadline to enter is Friday September 29. Eighteen trophies will be awarded locally with age groups separated. Ivey Motor Co invites boys to bring a parent and sign up.
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Ivey Motor Co
Robert Lee Ford
Mercury
LVN Division 58 Meets in Bronte and Plans State Convention
Division 58 of the Licensed Vocational Nurses of Texas met at First Baptist Church Bronte with Highway Patrolman Bobby Hart presenting Breathalyzer testing. The state LVN convention is set for Sept 19 to 22 at the Starlite Inn Abilene. Mrs Brady Mills is candidate for state president and convention coordinator, assisted by Mrs Martha McAlister. Nearby visitors include Mrs George Wrinkle and Mrs Riley with her family, and others from Grady New Mexico Mansfield Graham and San Angelo.
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Licensed and
Martha McAlister
Ballinger
Nurse Aide Course Possible in Coke County
Mrs J W Martin Bradford Center Tom Green County Community Action Council will accept applications for a nurse aide course next week. She will be at Bronte City Hall Thursday Sept 21 and at the Courthouse in Robert Lee Friday Sept 22. Earlier courses in Robert Lee and Bronte produced 31 graduates and 24 Bronze certificates.
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Coke County
J. W. Martin
Bradford Center
Tom Green County Community Action Council
Bronte City Hall
Robert Lee
Bronte
Tennyson News Roundup of Local Visits and Hospital Plans
Social notes from Tennyson recount visits among Arrott, Williams, Feil, Brown, Manning and Williams families across Ballinger San Angelo Eagle Pass Happy Grape Creek and Kansas. Rev. C R Blake heads to Shannon Hospital for surgery with Rev. Robert Richie filling in at Tennyson Baptist Church.
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Jim
Bob ‘Arrott
Ballinger
James Arrott
Arrotts
Houston
Tennyson Baptist Church
Shannon Hospital
Robert Richie
San Angelo
Bill Feils
W. Wyemiings
Grape Creek
Henry Feils
Baptist Memorials Hospital
Tom Williamses
Alfred Williams
Jim Williams
Nicole
Eagle Pass
N. M
Mabel Williams
Happy
Tom Greens
Robert Browns
Jim Mannings
A. D. McCartys
Debbie Brown
Tom Green
Kansas
Charlie Brown
Joe Millers
Correction on Lions Club drawing winner identified
A correction notes that last week's Enterprise misidentified the Evening Lions Club drawing winner. The actual winner of the $5 prize was Clifford Barrett, not Royce Dyess.
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Evening Lions Club
Royce Dyess
Clifford Barrett
Personal notes from Leonard and area families
Mr and Mrs Bob Butner of Leonard visited relatives in town last week. The Spillers recently spent time in East Texas visiting their son Eddy Spiller at Taylor and A J Spiller at College Station. Gary Stroebel heads to Salt Lake City for a chemistry doctorate after a three week Texas visit with A E Stroebel and family. Dat Percifull of San Antonio drove with family to Bronte to bring his mother J A Percifull home after a week there. Weekend guests of Claude Ditmore included grandson and family from Roberta Lee and visitors from Fort Worth and Abi lene with many others returning from service in Germany.
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T. O. Spiller
East Texas
Eddy Spiller
Taylor
A. J. Spiller
College Station
Gary Stroebel
Salt Lake City
Texas
A. E. Stroebel
Dat Pencifull
San Antonio
Bronte
J. A. Percifull
Claude Ditmore
H. C. Schooley Jr
Mike
Germany
Cecil Schooley
Fort Worth
Turney Casey
Doug Ditmore
Otis Watson
Grace Howell
Robert Lee
Raymond Ditmore
Abilene
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Newcastle Bronze
Lvn’s
George Wrinkle
John Riley
Hubbard
Mrs. Wrinkle
Rileys
Mrs. Riley
Ernest Seays
Elmer LaGrone
Grady
Vesta Evatt
Mansfield
Frank Jones
Graham
Sam Seay
Seay
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