Bronte Area Receives Up To Ten Inches Of Rain
Heavy rains Monday through Wednesday drenched Coke County with up to 10 inches in Bronte. Creeks swollen and the Colorado River rose markedly as Oak Creek Lake and Mountain Creek Lake reported significant level increases. Observers logged near 9 inch totals at several gauges, noting the season’s finest rainfall in years.
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Bronte
Colorado River
Robert Lee
West Texas Utilities Plant
Oak Creek Lake
Spence
Colorado City
Coke County
Mountain Creek Lake
Enterprise
L. W. Duncan
Ciihard Clark
Ela Cumbie
Bronte County Park
Longhorns Eden Battle Tonight Sparks Local Hype
Longhorns face eighth rated Eden in a Friday night home clash after a 41 0 win over Robert Lee. The team, now ranked high in WHamris Class B, seeks another strong showing with KRUN broadcasting the game at 1 PM Saturday.
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Robert Lee
Texas
Whamris
Eden
Longhorns
Eden Lads
KRUN
Balinger
Rev C R Blake resigns as Tennyson Baptist pastor
The Rev. C. R. Blake resigns as pastor of Tennyson Baptist Church effective Oct 1 after nearly five years in the role beginning January 1970. He plans available supply work and reflects on reaching different parishioners. Blake, licensed in 1928, pastored several West Texas churches including First Baptist Bronte from 1944 to 1948 and lived in Bronte after retirement. He remains active with Bronte Housing Authority, surplus commodities, and East Coke County Hospital District as board president since its inception.
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C. R. Blake
Tennyson Baptist Church
West Texas
First Baptist Church
Bronte
East Coke County Hospital District
Pastor Morris resigns to become area missionary
The Rev and Mrs Harry Morris and family will be honored at a reception Sunday from 2 to 5 pm in the Fellowship Hall of the First Baptist Church Morris has resigned as pastor effective Oct 1 He will serve as area missionary for the Runnels Coleman and Brady Baptist Associations The Morrises will live in Ballinger Public is invited to attend the reception
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Harry Morris
Familly
The
First Baptist Church
Morris
Runnels, Coleman and
Brady Baptist Associations
Morrises
Ballinger
Lions Club Plans Chili Supper in Bronte
Bronte Lions Club hosts a chili supper Friday from 5 30 to 7 30 pm at the County Park Recreation Center. Tickets cost 1 and include chili crackers a drink and access to the new recreation center. Proceeds support community events before the Bronte Menard football game at 8 pm.
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Bronte Evening Lions Club
Lions
Bronte-Menard
Hias
Billy Joe Luckett
Royce Lee
Terlingua
Coke County Commissioners Court
Bronte County Park
Krueger Visiting Bronte Friday for Meet and Greet
Democratic nominee Robert Krueger of New Braunfels plans a Bronte visit Friday. An informal 2 to 3 p.m. reception at First National Bank invites the public to meet the candidate. Krueger aims to meet local citizens during his brief stop after winning the Democratic nomination over Nelson Wolff.
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Robert
Bob) Krueger
New Braunfels
U. S
Gist Texas
Bronte
First National Bank
Krueger
E. F. Glenn
O. C. Fisher
Krieger
Nelson Wolff
Wolff
Tidwell Resigns Board Position at Bron'e School
Bron e School board accepts the resignation of James A Tidwell from the board and names Grady L Coulter as successor until the April 1975 regular trustee election. The meeting also transfers funds to correct an error, approves migrant education services, appoints a migrant advisory group, requisitions a 54 passenger bus, accepts Homer Good property donation, and sets K 3 dismissal at 2 30 p.m starting Oct 7.
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Bron‘e School
James A. Tidwell
Grady L. Coulter
Tidwell
Jamel O. Koenig
Education Service Center For Migrant Education Services
Mins
Chester Owens
Alonzo Robbins
Rosa Fuentes
Heidel Brunson
Lyn Eugene Phillips
Homer Good
First National Bank
Wilbur Brown
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Hamp Thomas
Tennyson
Herbert Holland
Brookshire
T. F. Sims
Wylie Estate
Jim’ Mackey
Mer
Breath OF Life
Pam
Tommy Lee
Nanny Wedzither
Homer Humphrey
Vancouver
Wash
H. F. Ringener
Ringener
Doug Crenshaw
May Jeter
Chad
Lovington
N. M
Bulldogs
Menard
Lions Club
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