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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1956
Page
5
Unseasonably cold week with potential warm readings later. Cancer Crusade fund drive urged for research and a local note recalls Vernon Roland’s plane crash death and his work as a printer and Lino operator in Plains, Texas.
Several Bronte residents appear in a hospital notice with admissions and discharges across April 12 to April 17. Individuals named include C C Ivey Billy Joe Luckett David Verner Mrs R C Copeland and others from Bronte Winters Blackwell Odessa Ft Chadbourne Humble Camp and Silver.
Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Word last Sunday were his brother Clyde Word and family of Fort Stockton.
A noon Wednesday fire caused minor damage at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Smith. The mattress sheets and electric blanket on a back bedroom bed burned and a small floor burn occurred. Bronze firefighters could not draw water, but extinguished the fire without it. No one was home at the time. Mrs. Ben Oglesby discovered it.
The Bronte Longhorns beat Blackwell 7 to 4 to open their season 1-1. Tom Latham and Bill Wrinkle powered early offense, Bronte regained the lead with a three-run third as Bill Alexander and Joe Rameriz teamed for the win behind Bronte pitching, Boyce Eidson the loser. Next district game is against Norton on April 27.
A Coke County cancer crusade kickoff gathered at First Baptist Church with plans led by A J Kirkpatrick and Mrs J B Mackey to organize fund drives in Bronte and Tennyson. Helpers include Rev Douglas G Brown I C Oden Ben Oglesby and Supt Garland Black. The drive aims to educate and finance cancer research with a county quota set at 500 dollars.
A list of students earns honors with multiple names grouped by grades A and B. Honorees include Ida Nell Shields Epsie Hageman Joyce Faulk Wanda Kirkland Aletha Murtishaw and more across the roster.
Minnesota Governor Orville Freeman challenges GOP claims of inherited farm surpluses and defends his 1952 data from a U S Department of Agriculture bulletin. He cites stockpiles of cotton corn and wheat as proof of the farm crisis and criticizes GOP fundraising and messaging. Continued on Page 4.
Willie Echols, 48, husband of a Blackwell teacher, died after a long illness. Funeral held at the Church of Christ in Gorman with Minister Lee Fields officiating. Survivors include his wife, one son of Blackwell, his mother Mrs. Mary Ann Echols of Gorman, his father Louis Echols of Gorman, two brothers and two sisters. Burial at DeLeon under Higginbotham Funeral Home of Gorman. Mrs. Echols taught in Blackwell schools.
Dalton P. Ellis of Lubbock will drill a 6200 foot rotary wildcat as No 1 Nannie Ash two miles southwest of Bronte and 14 miles southwest of production on an 80 acre lease. The Bronte field yields from Canyon to Cambrian depths ranging 4346 to 5333 feet with Cambrian formation about 1 3/8 miles northeast of the new location.
The FHA girls gathered Friday afternoon at Aletha Murtishaw’s home with Wanda Kirkland Jet tie Kirkland Pat McCutchen and Aletha Murtishaw as hostesses Delegates Corine Feil and Aletha Murtishaw were chosen to attend the FHA state convention in Fort Worth on April 19 20 and 21 Talks on Date Etiquette were given by Aletha Murtishaw and Pat McCutchen.
Bronte High School girls captured the district title by defeating Norton after a win over Water Valley in Merizon last Saturday. Team stars included Flora Mae Brown and Scooter Snead. coach Grady Baker will lead them to the regional meet in Odessa on Saturday, April 28.
Mr and Mrs H A Springer and Mr and Mrs John Coulson attended a Boy Scout Committee men and Scout Leaders barbecue last Sunday at Camp Fawcett near Rock Springs. A program followed the barbecue for the group.
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