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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1959
Page
6
Blackwell residents were noted visiting family in Yoakum Abilene Odessa and Houston and attending the funeral of Mrs. Ed McAulay in Bronte. Poetry student Kay Scott earned a second acceptance for Twin Rivers in a nationwide anthology.
James Patrick Hoffmann is the new son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Hoffmann of Ballinger born at 4 p m last Friday April 24 in Bronte Hospital weighing 8 pounds Grandparents are Mr and Mrs R E Davis and Mr Benny Hoffman of Ballinger also Mrs Edna Carroll of Snyder Mrs Bobby Edminston of Snyder and Mr Don Edminston of Bronte are parents of Theresa Ann born Saturday April 25 in a Snyder hospital weighing 7 pounds Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Don Edminston and Mrs Edna Carroll.
Funeral services for George Hartin age 60, formerly of Blackwell, were held in Lubbock where he had lived recently. Burial followed in Lubbock cemetery. Hartin died suddenly Friday at 10 a m while head of the paint department at Texas Tech College. He is survived by his wife Ava Lackey Hartin and two sons Billy and Curtis along with four grandchildren.
Mr and Mrs T D Joplin hosted a 42 gathering on Saturday night April 18 Clyde Lee won the traveling prize Nolan Butler took men s high Nealy Mackey was low Mrs F R Collins led ladies while Mrs Binks McCutchen finished low After games cookies punch and coffee were served to contestants and hosts
Hospital news lists admissions and dismissals across several dates in late April. Names include John Keeney Chester Derrick B D Griffin A J Brewer and Mrs Harley Hilliard with multiple entries and several dismissals such as Mrs Eliza Larkin Mrs Douglas Smith and Mrs Edward Gondales.
Willie McDade 17 of Odessa received a life sentence after pleading guilty to murdering Louis Canada, a San Angelo milk route salesman, on Oct. 24. Roosevelt Wiley, 26, was sentenced to death by a Lubbock jury, with a new trial motion pending.
Mrs. Edna Terry of Abilene stayed with her mother Mrs. Jess Coppedge and Joyce. She visited Miss Nannie Mobley and the Ira Coppedge family. Mrs. Coppedge Joyce and Miss Mobley spent the weekend in San Angelo with Mr. and Mrs. Allen Copedge and son.
Jane Austin daughter of Mr and Mrs I M Austin will give a solo piano recital May 3 at 2 30 pm in the high school auditorium A classical program features Bach Chopin Liszt Haydn and Rachmaninoff Two vocal solos will be performed by Mrs E R Kreyer and Mack Tubb with Ronnie Sims on piano Austin has nine years of study including three years with Kreyer and plans a music career Admission is free and the public is invited.
Miss Nan nie Marie Pearson and Mrs. Anna L. Whitfield visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fields of Brownwood.
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