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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1952
Page
3
Voters in the city will go to the polls Saturday to decide on bonds for a new elementary building. Three propositions appear including a maintenance tax cap and assumption of bonded debt tied to school consolidation. Supt. Carroll says only the bond issue matters.
The annual summer round up for children entering first grade will be held next Tuesday August 5. Vaccinations boosters and a complete physicals and chest X-ray will be given at the clinic no hospital. Parents urged to bring children to the clinic at 8 30 am for free services.
Little Donna Shepherd daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Sheppard was honored on her second birthday last Saturday with a party at her grandmother Mrs Otis Smith home. Guests included Linda Smith Bennie and Margie Oglesby Bobby and Judy Forman Linda Spoonts Charles Sue and Kay Smith of San Angelo and Jackie Herring.
Revival at Kickapoo Baptist Church ends next Sunday August 30 with two services at 10 a m and 8 p m. Rev T J McCain of Greenville preaches and Noah Pruitt Jr leads singing with evening prayers at 7 30 p m. Good crowds attend and all are invited.
PFC Willie R Modrall and his wife Nina Jean of Route 1 Blackwell Texas keep in touch as he serves with the 43rd Infantry Division in southern Germany. The division, a National Guard unit from Connecticut Rhode Island and Vermont, joined NATO forces in Europe last October. Modrall is with the 143rd Tank Battalion Company C and entered the Army in April 1951. His parents Judson and Mrs Modrall reside on Star Route Sweetwater Texas.
A daughter was born at Brooke Medical Hospital in San Antonio on July 25. The newborn has been named Sherry Dianne. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Snead.
SCS reports in western Texas drought area urge farmers to plant wind resisting grain sorghums and sudan grass for erosion control and income. If moisture fails, rye as winter cover may be planted. prolonged drought could force costly erosion control and emergency tillage.
A 23 year old San Angelo woman Mrs Bobbie Aire Dickson was killed while her husband James H Dickson and brother Tom Sales age 17 were seriously injured in a highway crash eight miles south of Bronte on the San Angelo highway. The three were en route to San Angelo from Burkburnett in a 1940 Dodge when it struck a bridge. The two injured men were listed in serious condition with some improvement noted. This death marked Coke County 1952 third traffic fatality and the 51st San Angelo District Texas Highway Patrol 1952 victim.
Mayor H O Whitt warns only a few days of water remain unless actions are taken to curb use. Efforts include conserving water, possible fines, river dredging to boost flow, buying water from Robert Lee, and ongoing Oak Creek pipeline and filter plant construction. Some wells show harmful bacteria. boil advised for Woollard well water.
A record vote count of over 1,600 voters highlighted Coke County Democratic Primary results. Incumbents in several offices held or were unseated, including Sheriff Paul Good’s fourth term and County Treasurer Gertrude Gray, who won the seat with the highest county vote. County Attorney Frank Dickey lost to E B Fuller, while Commissioners Jeff Dean Weldon Fikes were unopposed in some precincts and others faced tight battles. A second primary will decide some races, with Ed Hickman leading in Precinct 3 and a runoff in District Judge, District Attorney, and other contests.
Gathered at the park Tuesday night for supper and visiting were Mr and Mrs Clyde Whigham and son Barney of Win pate, Mr and Mrs George Gideon and children of San Angelo, Mr and Mrs Roy Robinson and children, and Mr and Mrs Will Gideon of Bronte.
Seven of the nine Phillips children and their families met at Bronte Park last Sunday for a reunion. Each family contributed a picnic lunch. Guests from away included Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Riker of Rotan and Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Nicholas of San Angelo, with S. A. Riker and other relatives present.
Springer was elected Commander of the George Scott Post of the American Legion at Tuesday night’s meeting. Officers chosen for the coming year include Norman Riker Adjutant J B Mackey 1st Vice Commander Claude Ditmore 2nd Vice Commander R H Sims 3rd Vice Commander Bob Wilson Service Officer H A Jolley Child Welfare Officer Matthew Caperton Historian and H O Whitt Chaplain Retiring Commander Lewis Bridges from the local Legion post.
Dearie Allen attended a Church of Christ encampment in Sheffield last week and visited relatives in Sanderson with her grandparents. Tommy Ruth Philips and Mary Philips are visiting Retan with the OS Kikers. The Ka kers hosted a weekend visit from Mia and Noah Pruitt and R. McQueen. Ernest Warner arrived from Oregon to tend his ailing father J. W. Warner in Bronte hospital after a stroke. LaMarr Whitt of Ft. Myers and Hubert Whitt Jr. of Jal are on a two week vacation visiting parents and joined by D. O. Fleming and his children from San Angelo. Leslie Lamers and John Coulson of Bronte with War nock Hipp Jr. of Hobbs fished on the Bosque River near Waco and visited E. L. Behringer. Pauline Conger injured her hand at Snack Room ice cream machine. Zella Bowman of Odessa is visiting Beaty family.
Oil notices from Bronte Field include Hickok and Reynolds listing No. 2 Robert Forman as producing 56 barrels daily of 52 degree oil with a 500 to 1 gas oil ratio from perforations at about 4,969 feet. Goens area tests show large gas readings as Humbie No 3 Olive May Keeney is tested. Marlowe Oil Co plans operations. Stonelind No. 8 Irene Morrow completes at Fort Chadbourne extension with 128.22 barrels daily from 5,374 to 5,427 feet. Independent Tom D Humphrey staked wildcat No. 1 D. O. Lee in Runnels County near Maverick, aiming for 5,300 feet.
The hospital shows daily admissions and discharges from July 24 to July 30. Names include Robert Geiger, J W Warner, Minnie Chesshire, Joyce Jean Coppedge, and George Smith among admitted patients. several individuals such as Mrs. A S Eubanks, Ruby Overstreet, Mrs. James Ash, C J Henry, Leroy Casey, Robert Gregor, Jerry Truman Parker, and others were dismissed or admitted across multiple days.
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