Methodist Church Passes Out $5 Bills at Sunday Services
At First Methodist Church in Bronte on Sunday money was placed in the offering plates and two plates with 100 five dollar bills were passed along the aisles inviting attendees to take a bill. Pastor Rev. James W. Campbell says about 75 people took or will take a bill and the plan aims to teach Christian stewardship by asking members to invest the five dollars and return it with profits by January 1. Campbell notes parishioners are devising works to earn money with their talents such as selling Christmas cards and home baked bread.
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Don Edminston
Campbell
First Methodist Church
Bronte
Black
Neimeir & Pierce
Lubbock
Graham
Bronte Group
State Foundation
Rites Held Sunday In New Mexico For Mrs. Lewis
Mrs LuLu Lewis died in Roswell of heart failure at age 65. She formerly of Boone Iowa, moved with Rex Lewis to Carrizozo in 1928 and ran a ranch. Survived by John Mose Brooks Rex Lewis and seven grandchildren. funeral Sunday at Shaw Funeral Chapel Carrizozo. interment Evergreen Cemetery.
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New Mexico
Lewis
John R. Harris
Carrizozo
LuLu Lewis
Roswell
New Mexicco
LuLu Hanna
Boone
Iowa
John Quincy Hanna
Mary Ann Hoover Hanna
Rex Lewis
Hanna
Blackwell
Shaw Funeral
Homer Reid
Harold Ely
Evergreen Cemetery
Wayne Withers
Roy Richards
William Gallacher
George Berry
Glenn Moore
Will Ed Harris
John Fulmer
Ray Lemon
C. A. Branum
Bud Crenshaw
Football Receipts Report From Eden and Wylie Games
The Eden game two weeks ago earned a net profit of 69 dollars for the Bronte Athletic fund after a 100 dollar Bronte contract and 31 dollars for meals. At the Wylie game last week total receipts were 288 dollars with 50 dollars in change. a 100 dollar Wylie contract and 50.65 dollars paid to officials are noted.
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Eden
Bronte
Butterfield Trail Caravans Stops In Bronte For 100th Anniversary
Hundreds of Bronte and Blackwell students gathered to view the Butterfield Trail stage coach as the caravan from Tipton Missouri toward San Francisco paused in Bronte to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1858 Overland Mail route. Postmaster Noah Pruitt Jr. loaded 550 pieces of mail aboard the traveling post office before the group continued to San Angelo.
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Taipton
San Francisco
Calif
Bronte
Butterfield Trail
Overland Mail Co
Noah Pruitt, Jr
San Angelo
Angelo
Merizon
Fort Stockton
Pacific
Bronte School Faces 1957-58 Deficit of 22386 Dollars
Bronte School District ended the 1957-58 year Aug 30 1958 with a deficit of 22386.47 dollars after expected receipts from the Texas Education Agency and county funds lagged. Supt Garland Black and school board members traveled to Austin to meet Leon Graham TEA finance chief who outlined why the district received 11839.48 dollars less state aid than the previous year, with 7231.28 dollars added costs for higher teacher salaries.
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Bronte
Texas Education Agency
Garland Black
Black
Harlin Lee
Allen Sherrod
Edward Cumbie
Jacob B. Morrow
Austin
Leon Graham
Funeral Services Held Thursday for T. F. Sims Sr 71
Funeral services for Thumas Fewell Sims Sr 71 were held at 3 pm Thursday at First Methodist Church Bronte with Rev James W Campbell and Rev Douglas Brown officiating. He died September 23 in Shannon Hospital San Angelo after a long career as Bronte area peace officer. He is survived by wife two children three brothers three sisters and one grandson. Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery Clift Funeral Home in charge.
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Thumas Fewell Sims
Bronte
Shannon Hospital
San Angelo
Mr. Sims
Bell County
A. G
Nannie Richardson Sims
Draughon’s Business College
Dallas
Emma Jones
Sims
Brome
First Methodist Church
Woodmen of the World Lodge
James W. Campbell
Douglas Brown
First Baptist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Clift Funeral Home
T. F. Sims, Jr
Royce (Modelle) Hayley
Harold Sims
Lone Wolf
Okla
Lewis Sims
Lawrence Sims
Kingston
Willie Taylor
Jewell Hardin
Fort Worth
Tommy Glenn Sims
Singing Sunday at Bronze Church of Christ
A singing Sunday is scheduled for September 28 at 3 p.m. at the Bronze Church of Christ. Melvin Placke, the minister, says singers from across the area have been invited and the public is welcome to attend.
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Bronze Church of Christ
Melvin Placke
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Millikin
Methodist Church
Butterfield
Butterfiel
Bronte School
T. F. Sims, Sr
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