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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ Submitted by Jo Collier - jomar@wcc.net 1 May 2001 ***************************************************************** The San Angelo Standard Times, April 27, 1944 by Frank Burnett - Standard Times Staff BRONTE, April 27. - This little West Texas town of some 800 people counted up this week nearly one-fourth of its population in uniform and hung out the "beat this record" placard as a possible West Texas community record. The count, made by Mrs. J. M. Rippetoe of the Bronte Pharmacy, showed 199 men and women from Bronte and the Bronte school district in uniform, 85 of them via the enlistment route. Added to this record, L. T. Youngblood, president of the Bronte bank, estimates more than $500,000 in war bonds have been sold here to back the attack and that the per capita purchases average around $700. * * * Despite the heavy drain on manpower and the fact that its men are spread around the globe, Bronte has suffered but two deaths. Two were wounded, one is missing in action and another is a prisoner of war. * * * The count showed 15 commissioned officers in the Army or Navy, 37 sergeants or first class petty officers in the Navy, and the town has contributed to the Air Corps, Marines, Sea Bees, Navy Coast Guard, Merchant Marine and many technical training schools. First casualty of Coke County was Sergeant Ramond Coleman, son of Mrs. Ruth Coleman, who was killed accidentally when a power line fell on him. Sergeant Coleman, an MP, was a guard at the rehabilitation camp at Camp Bowie. Pvt. Jay Brock, husband of Betty Lou Brock, who now lives in Lawton, was killed in an auto accident. He was drafted in July of last year and was on duty at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Missing in action in the Southwest Pacific is Jesse "Cotton" Hudman, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hudman. Tech. Sgt. Leo I. Perkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Perkins, is a prisoner of war in Germany. He enlisted in August of 1941 at El Paso and was a top turret gunner on a bomber raiding Germany when his bomber downed and he fell prisoner. His brother, Howard, is with the Army Engineers in Hawaii. Wounded in action have been Pvt. Noah Pruitt in uniform, now in the Southwest Pacific, and T-5 Carroll V. Leathers, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Leathers, who is now stationed at Camp Ellis, Illinois. Bronte's women in uniform include Pvt. Lorie Jackson, WACs, daughter of Mrs. S. O. Jackson, stationed in Mississippi; Pvt. Marlene Bess, WACs; Pvt. Aubrey Bagwell, WACs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bagwell; and Lt. Annie Fay Gaines, daughter of Jess Gaines, who is in the Army Nurse Corps and in England. To Bronte, all of its men in grey and blue are heroes, but the stories of two of its men stand out right now. Pfc. Claude R. Buford, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Buford, serving in the Army Medical Corps, has seen rapid action in the Mediterranean war theater. He was aboard a ship that was bombed and sunk, and then he was rescued within ten minutes. Private Buford has seen action in England and Africa and is now on duty in Italy. Leon L. Bagwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bagwell, is a civilian worker at Waco now, but he has a whale of a story about when he was a tail gunner on a Flying Fortress stationed in the European theater. Sergeant Bagwell, given a medical discharge from the Army last August, was one of 22 men out of the original outfit of 165 alive when he left the service. Seventeen of those alive were prisoners of Germany. Bagwell, whose brother Aubrey is an Air Corps mechanic, was awarded the Air Medal for 10 operational flights over enemy bases with four Oak Leaf Clusters for destroying four enemy planes. He won the Silver Star for helping to land a badly shot-up plane and holds the DFC for destroying five enemy aircraft in a single mission. * * * The fightingest man probably is Pvt. A. O. White, one of the three sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. White, who enlisted in February 1940 in the Cavalry at Fort Bliss, El Paso. He was given a medical discharge in August two years later, and then enlisted again this last January after persistent efforts to get back in the fighting. Another that may have stories of violent actions to tell about one of these days is Pfc. Randall G. Meadow, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Meadow, who is a Marine Raider in the Southwest Pacific and fought the bloody battle of Munda. Four sons seems to be the high for any one Bronte family, but three and two sons in uniform are not uncommon. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Spoonts, who now make their home in San Angelo, have two sons across and two in the U. S. Seaman Dobbin Spoonts enlisted in 1942 and is on duty with the fleet in the Southwest Pacific. Corporal Robert L. is in the Field Artillery and in Hawaii. Pfc. Roy R. "Jiggs" Spoonts is a radio Tech- nician at Scott Field, Ill., and Sgt. Ben D. is a basic training instructor in the Army infantry at Camp Blanning, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Juan Olivas, Latin American family, bow to no one in giving to the armed forced in this common battle. Two of their four boys are overseas. Pfc. Manuel R. Olivas, now in the Medical Corps somewhere across seas, and Pfc. Angelo Olivas, Artillery Corps stationed in Pennsylvania, were both drafted in February of 1942. Seaman Braulio enlisted the following December and is in student training at Galesburg, Ill. The fourth son, Pvt. Paul Olivas, was drafted last November and is an aerial gunner at Camp Walters. Mr. and Mrs. White have Pvt. Elo White at Fort Sill and Pfc. Owen White in North Africa in the Army Medical Corps in addition to Cavalry- man, A. O. Two of the three sons of Mrs. O. E. Allen are overseas. Corporal Ovel is in New Guinea with the Army Engineers. Pvt. Alvin drives an ammunition truck somewhere in Ireland, and Pvt. C. Harvey is in basic training in the Medical Corps at Camp Barkley. Mrs. Iva Richards is another three star mother. Pfc. Sam and Pfc. Grant are mechanics in the Army at Los Angeles and Dolf picked the Navy. Dolf is in training in San Diego. Three stars on a red service flag are earned by Mrs. R. L. Hayley with Pfc. Davis, an aircraft mechanic at Ingle Wood, Calif., Corporal Royce an airplane mechanic at Lincoln, Neb. and Staff Sgt. Richard in the infantry at Presidio, near San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Muston and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kunkel have three sons in uniform. Lt. Vernon Muston is a bombardier instructor at Sioux City; Pfc. J. W. Muston is a glider mechanic at Grenada, Miss. and Pvt. Leonard M. Muston is in the Medical Corps in New Guinea. Two of the Kunkel boys are seeing plenty of action - with Pvt. Elmo a tail gunner on a bomber raiding Italy and Seaman A. J. on a submarine somewhere in the Southwest Pacific. The third brother, Pvt. Roland Lee, is a cook at Salina, Kansas. All three enlisted. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kirchman are doing their part on both fronts with son, Elmo, battling from England bases and Earl in the Southwest Pacific. The third son, Orval, is a paratrooper in Georgia. * * * But the name that appears the most on the list is Pruitt, the two families having five sons in uniform. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Pruitt have Pvt. Noah, Jr in the Southwest Pacific, Sgt. D. Francis in the Air Corps at Keesler Field, Miss., and Pvt. K. Dwain at cadet training at Amarillo, while Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pruitt have Corporal Curtis at Goodfellow Field and Sgt. Paul at Deming, both aircraft mechanics. The Bronte honor roll, in addition to those above reads: Capt. R. T. Caperton, son of E. L. Caperton, Quartermaster Remount Depot at Ft. Reno, Okla., graduate of Texas A. & M., entered Army in 1941. Lt. Earl Frank "Tuny" Glenn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Glenn, tank instructor at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, graduate of Texas A & M, entered Army in June of 1943. His younger brother, James, a cadet in training. Lt. W. F. Chambers, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Chambers, stationed in Scotland. Lt. Elbert O. Stephenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stephenson, pilot on medium bomber, stationed in North Africa, enlisted Sept. 26, 1941. Lt. (j.g.) Irvin Cumbie, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Cumbie, examining board, Naval Flight School, Key West Florida, enlisted in June of 1941. His brother, Lt. Edward Cumbie, who was commissioned in January a year ago after attending school in Georgia, is stationed at a primary training center for cadets, Standford Air Field. Flight Officer Chester Kiker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kiker of Rotan, on duty in the Southwest Pacific. Lt. Wayman W. Percifull, basic flying instructor at Winfield Air Base, Winfield, Kan., enlisted in October, 1942. His brother, Daniel, is an aviation cadet at Kelly Field. Ensign E. Morton Caudle, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Caudle, pharmacist department, enlisted in February, 1939. Lt. Ervin Wilson, husband of Mrs. E. Wilson, Quartermaster Corps, stationed in India, enlisted in 1933. Lt. Frank Saynor, son of Mrs. D. E. Saynor, stationed at Camp Young, Calif., enlisted out of A. & M. College in June of 1941. Lt. Richard Galloway, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Calloway, bombardier training, San Antonio, enlisted in 1942. Major G. C. Hines, son of Mrs. Lula Hines, 1940 graduate of West Point, stationed at Newport, Rhode Island. Pfc. Horace O. Liles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Liles, aerial gunnery school, Fresno, Calif. Sgt. Norman R. Kiker, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Kiker, clasification clerk. * * * Aircraft mechanics got Pvt. Lawrence L. Pittman and Corp. Archie Pittman, sons of Mr. and Mrs. O. Pittman. Lawrence is at Shepperd Field and Archie at Wendoner Field, Utah. Both were drafted, Archie in February last year and "Larry" the following October. * * * Corp. William D. Scott, son of Mrs. Maggie Scott, mechanics school, is at Warner Robins, Georgia, and Fireman 1-C Joe Edward in an overseas construction unit in the Southwest Pacific. S-Sgt. Ralph Scott, Jr., son of Mrs. Leon Whaley, airplane mechanic on duty somewhere in China, enlisted in October of 1941. Pvt. J. W. Athey, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Athey, armored unit, Camp Wolters. Coxwain H. C. Cornelaus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelaus, U. S. Coast Guard, stationed on watch duty at New Orleans. S-Sgt. James B. Vaughn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Vaughn, radio operator and top turret gunner, stationed at Tonopah, Nev. One boy who knows how cold it gets round the Artic is Ships Cooks 3-C C. Robert Kirchman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kirchman, who enlisted in January of 1941 and saw duty in the Aleutians. His brother, Leslie, is in aviation school at Quinset Point, Rhode Island. S-Sgt. Garland J. Williams, aerial engineer on a Flying Fortress, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Williams, Chanute Field, Ill., enlisted in June of 1941. His brother is Petty Officer 3-C Alfred F. Williams and stationed at Camp Endicott, R. I. Fireman 3-C Joe B. Larkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Larkin, Aleutians, enlisted in January, 1943. Pvt. Daniel C. Brunson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brunson, Military Police, Wichita Falls. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Vinson did have two sons in the Army, but Pfc. James E. Vinson, who was in the Quartermaster Corps at Albuquerque, New Mexico, was medically discharged last September. Sgt. Lee Vinson is in the Quartermaster Corps in Australia. It's a rough life for Richard E. Bell, water tender on one of those bouncing destroyers of Admiral Nimitz' chasing around the South- west Pacific after Japs. Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Bell, serves in the engine room on one of the "sea going broncs." The Bells have another son in that area - Aviation Ordnance Man 1-C Alvin E. Bell, Jr., who enlisted in November, 1941. Pvt. Brady O. Mills, son of Mr and Mrs. J. G. Mills, Camp Fannin. Clyde Lee is in the police but brother Joseph, a cook, can give him orders. Sgt. Joseph W. Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Renza Lee, is a cook at Camp White, Oregon, while brother Pvt. Clyde Lee is an MP in Great Britian. James Leonard Keeney, mechanics mate in the Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Keeney, stationed in Rhode Island. Pharmacist Mate 3-C Robert L. Buford, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Buford, station hospital, Hawaiian Islands. He was at Pearl Harbor. The tropics are the temporary homes of Corporal Charlie Myers and Fireman 1-C J. M. Myers, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Myers, Tennyson community. J. M. has seen seven major battles in the Southwest Pacific; Corporal Myers is on duty at the Panama Canal. Pvt. Carl Brock, son of Mrs. Dora Brock, radio operator and mechanic, Air Corps, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Eris Miller, son of Mrs. Grace Williamson, instructor in a SeaBee unit, Port Hueneme, Calif., enlised in January a year ago. * * * M. R. Gregston, Marine Corps, son of Mrs. Dixie Gregston, on duty in the Southwest Pacific and probably seeing plenty of action. * * * Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Chapman are the parents of two soldiers: Sgt. Lamarr, clerk in the headquarters office, Camp Crowder, Mo., and Pfc. Jack, instructor in aerial gunnery at Clovis, New Mexico. Fireman 2-C Carl H. Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Robinson, Camp Park, Calif., enlisted in December 1942. Carrying the fight to the Japs in the Southwest Pacific are Glenn W. Ivey, son of Earl Ivey, machine gunner on a Liberator bomber, and his brother, Fireman 1-C Earl H. Ivey, serving on a battleship. From sea and air, these two are blasting the enemy with both barrels, and helping along from land is Pvt. James "Dick" Suggs, who is also in that area. Pfc. W. Norman Alexander, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Alexander, ground mechanic, Roswell Air Base in New Mexico. Making sure the bombs fit the racks on the bomber's belly is the job of Pvt. Renfro Richman, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Richman, a bomb loader at Midland. A-S Benny Gilbert, son of Benny Gilbert, in training at College Station. Pvt. Weldon Hester, son of W. R. Hester, Army Engineers, stationed in England. S-Sgt. G. O. Hanson, son of the Rev. and Mrs. A. Hanson, mechanical welder in the Air Corps, Southwest Pacific, enlisted in June, 1941. Corporal J. R. Knierium, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Knierium, aircraft mechanic, Liberal, Kan., enlisted in September, 1942. Another two-son giver is Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mackey with Corporal J. B. an enlistee in the Quartermaster Corps at Childress Air Field and Pharmacist's Mate 2-C Pharris an enlistee in the Medical Corps in San Francisco. Corporal J. T. Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Henry, Water Valley, SAAAF, enlisted in September, 1942. Bronte claims the corporal because he was formerly the agriculture teacher and librarian here. He has a brother in Sicily. Pvt. Hollis Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stevens, Medical Corps, Camp Barkeley. Pfc. Ollie Keese, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keese, radio mechanic, Camp Adair, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Rue Compton, now living in Sterling County, and Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Modgling each have two sons in service. * * * Corporal Thomas Modgling is in reconnaissance at Shreveport, La., and Corporal Winston Modgling is an aircraft mechanic at Fort Bragg, N. C. * * * S-Sgt. A. J. Compton is in a Supply Depot in Newfoundland. Brother Bud is also a sergeant. Sgt. Aubrey Ray Kiker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kiker of the Rotan community, is in a tank destroyer outfit at Fort Benning and S. 1-C Charles W. Kiker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave. Kiker, is an electrician on a submarine operating in the South Pacific. Pvt. Leslie Lammers, son of Mrs. J. C. Lammers, is a foreman over a carpenter outfit at Lathrop, Calif. Pvt. Ivey Eubanks, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Eubanks, mail clerk stationed at Tyler. The Hearn boys are doing their bit. Frank, husband of Mrs. Ruby Eubanks Hearn of San Angelo, is a civil engineer in the Sea Bees in the Southwest Pacific, and brother Jimmy is in uniform. Seaman Homer Ivey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ivey, stationed at Lakehurst, N. J., enlisted in May last year. Corporal Carl Best, Nashville, Tenn., son of Mrs. Doc Woodall, now living in McCamey. LaVelle Brunette, husband of Mrs. Jean Brunette, attending radio engineering school at Graton, Conn. Seaman 1-C R. N. Brunette, another son of Mrs. Woodall, radio engineer in Hawaii. Pharmacist's Mate 3-C Joe P. Lambert, son of Mrs. Jessie Caudle, Winters, dental assistant at Farragut, Idaho, enlisted in May, 1942. Pvt. Billy A. Lloyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Lloyd, anti- aircraft gunner, Los Angeles. Corporal Robert H. Sims, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sims, Menard, dietician, station hospital, Camp Barkeley. ASD Morgan McQueen, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. McQueen, radio school, San Diego, Calif. T-Sgt. Sammie Goodwin is one of Mrs. Grace Crawford's three sons in service, but the only one that lived here. He enlisted in June, 1942, and now is in the infantry and stationed in England. Mrs. Crawford, who lives in San Antonio, has another son in England and one in South America. Pfc. Earl Norred, son of E. A. Norred, Hawaii. Pfc. Royce K. Fancher, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Floyd Fancher, anti-aircraft unit, Fort Sill. One of the most interesting jobs among Bronte men is that held by R. J. M. 3-C Sammie Steinbaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Steinbaugh, who is a sound detector man aboard a destroyer in the Southwest Pacific. He enlisted in March, 1942, and now is the boy who sits aboard the bucking boat with headphones glued to his ears feeling out the ocean depths for the muffled throb of Nazi and Jap submarines probing that area. T-Sgt. L. Gaylord Bernard, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bernard, head of the receiving office at the station hospital at Camp Howze. Pfc. Roland D. Byrd, service troop driver somewhere in Italy, enlisted in 1940. A. S. Edward Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ree Williams of San Angelo, in school at the big aircraft base in Santa Ana, Calif. * * * Seaman 2-C Gerald Rosser, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Rosser, aerial mechanic somewhere in the Pacific, enlisted in January, 1942. * * * Feeding and housing servicemen apparently are the jobs of Mr. and Mrs. A. Roe's two sons, Sgt. John D. Roe plans the menus at his camp at Memphis while C. M. 2-C Roe, who enlisted in June two years ago, is in construction work for the Navy at Camp Parks, Calif. Corporal Glenn A. Dismore, son of Mrs. Pearl Dismore, radio operator, Camp Dix. T-Sgt. James Mitchel, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mitchel, mechanic stationed in New Guinea, enlisted in September, 1941. Fireman Javan Vosburg, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Vosburg, stationed at Long Beach, enlisted in 1943. Pfc. Joe Rawlings, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Rawlings, Army Special Training Unit, College Station, enlisted in October, 1942. The Gunn boys, sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Gunn, draw mechanical assignments. S-Sgt. William E. enlisted in the ground crew at a base somewhere in England while Pvt. Alvin D. is a mechanic at Camp Fannin. Both sons of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Moore enlised exactly one year apart, one taking the Navy and the other the Army. SK 1-C Varney went in October, 1941, and is a Navy storekeeper in Hawaii; Sgt. Calope Moore went in October a year later and is an aerial gunner in Florida. Another pair of enlistees and both on foreign duty are the sons of Mrs. Carrie McDorman. S-Sgt. Ondee enlisted in July, 1938, and recently sailed with an Engineer unit from the West Coast; Pfc. Y. C. enlisted in November, 1941, and is now in the infantry in Italy. The infantry - "Queen of Battle" - has the two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Tereso Cerda. Pvt. Manuel is at Nashville and Pvt. Margarito is at Fort Sill. Pvt. T. F. Sims, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Sims, ground crew, Air Corps, S.A.A.F.F., enlisted in January 1942. Pvt. Marcus D. Tubbs, husband of Mrs. Buela Tubbs, mechanic, stationed in South Carolina. Pvt. Allen Coppedge, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Coppedge, Air Corps Quartermasters, Sardenia Islands. Seaman 1-C James Roe Calloway,son of Mrs. Addie Calloway, gunner, stationed in the North Pacific, enlisted in June, 1942. Corporal Bob Johnson, son of Mrs. Laura Johnson, Medical Corps, Eagle Pass. The Air Corps got both Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ditmore's sons. Claude, Jr. is a cadet at Ellington Field while Pvt. Raymond is a mechanic at Sheppard Field. The name Minjary, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Yesdra Minjary, appears at least twice on the Army roll. Pvt. P. Minjary is in the infantry, San Diedo; Pvt. Paul is in the Medical Corps and overseas. * * * Pfc. Albert D. Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Wright, ambulance driver, Alliance, Nebraska. * * * Feeding hungry mouths of sailors in the Pacific is the job of C 2-C Gerald "Dock" Humphries, who enlisted as a cook in the Navy in April of last year. Two stars on the service flag are exhibited by Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brunson with Pvt. Heidel at Fort Sill and R. M. "Bill" Brunson in New York City. The two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Brunson, now living in San Angelo, wear Army uniforms, both enlisting. Pvt. Norman is in England and Sgt. Robert is stationed at San Antonio. Seaman 2-C James E. Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rogers. Another son of the Rogers, Pvt. Marlin was recently medically discharged from the Army. Another dischargee for medical reasons was Sgt. Dean Morrow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Morrow. Seaman Johnnie Gregg, son of Mrs. Clara Gregg, San Angelo, in the Southwest Pacific. Sgt. Jesse B. Tannehill, son of Mrs. J. N. Tannehill, now in England. M-Sgt. Floyd R. Murtishaw, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Murtishaw, cook and stationed at Camp White, Oregon. Pvt. Ruppert L. Robbins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russ Robbins, stationed in Alaska. Sgt. William Stephenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stephenson, stationed at Kingman, Ariz. Mrs. Rippetoe and her husband try to keep close track of Bronte's hundreds in service, exhibiting as many pictures as possible in their drug store window, but it proves an impossible task. There was another score of men about whom information is sketchy or lacking and the list includes: Corporal Lloyd H. Hudman, stationed at Pearl Harbor. Sgt. Vidal Flores, former English teacher here. Bill Sanders. Raymond Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Rogers. Paul Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rogers. Billy Brooks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Brooks. Clyde Holder, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Holder. Sgt. Elmo McIver. Joseph T. Bramlet, son of Mrs. Ida Bramlet. The three McKinney boys, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. N. McKinney, A. L. and Melvin and Hubert. Pfc. Robert Johnson stationed at Eagle Pass. Corp. Sam Spruell. Mrs. Laura Sharp's two sons, Pvt. Jack Sharp and C. S. Sharp. C. A. Greggston. Cecil Ash. Billy Modgling. Buddy Simpson U. T. Stephenson. Jack Richards. Raymond P. Conner. Pictures of these 109 men are proudly displayed in the window at the Bronte Pharmacy. Another picture will go into the window soon - J. M. Rippetoe expects to be drafted shortly, leaving his attractive wife to carry on until victory ends the "duration". Permission granted by San Angelo Standard Times for publication in the Coke County TXGenWeb Archives