Rules Announced for F B Queen Contest
The Coke County Farm Bureau will crown a queen August 26 at Robert Lee with the winner advancing to the district contest in Big Spring August 29. County show includes three age groups 4 to 9 10 to 15 and 16 to 22. entrants must be daughter or sister of a bureau member and unmarried. Senior contestants must be 16 to 22 as of September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coke County Farm Bureau
Robert Lee
Big Spring
Farm Bureau
C. E. Arrott
Queen’s Race Committee
James L. Coffman
Fay C. Roe
J.B. Mackey
Bronte
Arrott
Courtship and Marriage Clinic Draws Local Attention
A clinic on Courtship and Marriage is set for Aug 22 for local residents. Ministers of Bronte organize the event to reduce misunderstandings and divorces. attendees will learn duties and obligations.
New Births in Riverside and Bronte Areas
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Pittman welcome daughter Theresa Ann born July 25 in Riverside California. Grandparents O L Pittman Bronte and Marshall Mullins Abilene. Mr and Mrs J Lee Ensor announce son Marvin Ray born August 2 at 12 20 PM Bronte Hospital weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces. Grandparents E R Bryant Abilene and Hollis Ensor Bronte. Tom Bill Lee Bronte announce son Thomas Clayborn born last week at Bronte Hospital weighing 8 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Larry) Pittman
Riverside
California
Theresa Ann
O. L. Pittman
Bronte
Marshall Mullins
Abilene
J. Lee Ensor
Bronte Hospital
Marvin Ray
Courtship and Marriage Clinic Set for Bronte Aug 22
A Bronte Bronte School clinic on Courtship and Marriage will be held August 22 with three ministers leading sessions. Topics include Courtship Preparation for Marriage Marriage Relationships and New Testament Teaching on Sex and Marriage. Activities run 25 minutes each with a Marriage Relationships class limited to engaged or married participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronte School
Forr
Bronte
Lin Loeffler
R. W. Blackmon
Douglas Brown
Owen Cosgrove
Burglars Loot Pruitt's Store Monday Night
Sheriff says no arrest yet in Bronte robbery at Pruitt's Store on Main Street. Looted items include canned meats cigarettes clothing shoes and a 1936 Bronte High School class ring. Fingerprints were found but perpetrators wore gloves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pruitt’s
Paul Good
Pruitt
Bronte
Main Street
Hormel
Cash Register
Bronte High School
Cannon Brand
Noah Pruitt
Sheriff Good
Bronze Church of Christ Bible School Dates Set
The Bronze Church of Christ will run Vacation Bible School from Monday August 12 to Saturday August 17. Classes suit all ages from four up, 8 to 11 a.m. Owen Cosgrove leads with help from Mrs. Cosgrove and others. Teachers include Mrs. Faulk Brag ewitz Phillips Bru ton and Caswell, plus Sandusky Moore. Workbooks, refreshments, and attendance prizes provided. A youth meeting closes the week on Saturday night inviting regional congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronze Church of Christ
Owen Cosgrove
A. J. Deans
Horace Grigg
Mmes
David Faulk
Albert Bragewitz
Homer Phillips
C. E. Bruton
Mitchell Caswell
Austin Sandusky
Robert L. Moore
Enterprise Office To Be Closed Saturday
The Bronte Enterprise office will close all day Saturday so owners may attend the annual West Texas Press Association convention in Lubbock. The office remains open Friday and will reopen Monday at the usual time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
West Texas Press Association
Bronte Enterprise
Rainfall Touches Bronte as Showers Move Through
A Bronte community reports light rain on Monday with amounts from a trace to about one inch. West town residents saw around 0.2 inch while areas east of town recorded near one inch. Farmers welcomed showers though a general rain would have aided crops. Temperatures recently reached mid nineties after several days above 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronte
Telephone Pioneer F A Rogge Dies in San Angelo
Ferdinand Albert Rogge 68 retired telephone company employee and brother of Herman Rogge died last Thursday in San Angelo. A Jefferson County native, he moved to Nolan County in 1906 and to San Angelo in 1910 and helped build lines with his brother. Funeral services were held in San Angelo and burial followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Albert Rogge
Herman Rogge
San Angelo
Mr. Rogge
Jefferson County
Nolan County
Week End Guests At Braswell Home Include Huses Vosburg and Baker
Guests at the Braswell residence over the weekend included Mr. and Mrs. D J Huse and their daughter Jackie. Also visiting were Mrs. Vosburg of Hubbard and Mrs. Jane Baker of Denver, with Jackie departing Sunday for a vacation trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Braswell
Donnie Ray Braswell
D. J. Huse
Huses
Jackie
Braswell
D. N. Vosburg
Hubbard
Jane Baker
Denver
Colo
Bronte to Widen U S Highway 277 Under City-State Pact
Bronte officials approve a contract with the State of Texas to rebuild U S 277 through Bronte. The project includes a four lane city segment from Main Street north to Bronte limits and a major bridge reconstruction. Detours will use an asphalted county road during bridge work. South of Main Street to be reconstructed later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronte
Texas
State Highway Department
Main Street
Sweetwater-Abilene Y
Here
Abilene
North Bronte
Main Streets
James Allen
Hospital News List of Admissions and Discharges
July 30 to August 4 records show multiple admissions and discharges at Bronte Winters Fort Chadbourne Humble Camp Blackwell and nearby towns. Patients include A E Bell Sr Johnny Sweet Sheri Myers Mrs W D Tekell Joyce Herridge and others with both admissions and dismissals noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Bell, Sr
Bronte
Johnny Sweet
Blackwell
W. D. Tekell
Winters
Jimmy Brunson
Sheri Miers
Charlie Ragsdale
Skipper Pittman
Fort Chadbourne
Humble Camp
D. W. Palmer
Sam Maddox
Abilene
Walter Phillips
Joyce Herridge
Lee Craig
Henry Adcock
Harlin Lee
J. Lee Ensor
Etta Hurst
Tennyson
Tony Chadwick
Sheri Myers
Ginger Murtishaw
Alvin Leonard
Rocky Ivey
Harley Hillard
Norton
G. K. Corley
Bob King
Fort
Chadbourne Humble
Merle Andrews
A. N. Rawlings
Conda Clark
Jacquelyn Powers
Fort Chad
Humble
Taylor Emerson
Dean Myerick
Ricky Ledbetter
Silver
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O. B. Jacobs
Brownwood
Coleman
Austin
Central Texas
Good
Jacobs
Frank Keesee
T. F. Sims, Sr
Church of Christ Bible School
F. A. Rogge
Hospital News
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