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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1972
Page
7
The annual Farm Bureau Talent Fund and Queen Contest will be held at Robert Lee County Park east of the Recreation Center on Monday Aug 14 at 8 pm. Three Robert Lee girls compete for the county title and a watermelon feast follows the crowning and talent winner.
Excerpt notes the birth of Christopher Scott McCalman on July 31 at Baylor Hospital Dallas to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dan McCalman of Red Oak. The baby weighed seven pounds four ounces. Grandparents are Rev and Mrs Francis Pruitt and Mr and Mrs Perry McCalman of Red Oak with great grandparents listed as Noah Pruitt Sr of Bronte and Mrs Moore.
Gary Don Allen a recent Texas Tech graduate from Abilene has accepted a position with General Electric in San Jose California. He and his wife Kathy Kiker of Bronte plan to leave for California late Thursday after a brief visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Bob Allen in Abilene.
Mr and Mrs M W Freeman plus Jimmy and Jodie returned from Fort Worth where they visited their son Ellis Freeman and to Garland where they visited another son Marshall Freeman Also in Fort Worth they visited Seven Seas and Lion Country Safari.
Burlington couple announces the engagement of Marion Elizabeth Manzer to Sergeant William Louis Lenoir. The couple plans to marry November 4 in Burlington. Manzer is a Burlington Township High School graduate. Lenoir, a Blackwell High School graduate, has served in the U. S. Army since 1969 and spent 13 months in Korea as a sentry dog trainer.
Mr and Mrs A Dean of Griffin Ind spent time visiting her sister and family Mr and Mrs Clyde Lee and Craig. They also visited relatives in Robert Lee. The Deans were accompanied to Texas by their son Jerry and his wife.
E C Seay of Bronte Texas writes that John Connally, twice honored by the Democratic Party of Texas, has politically crossed to the Republicans. The letter uses a double cross metaphor, comparing Connally to Allen Shivers and predicting political decline unless public reaction favors him.
Mrs Gene Halamicek and eight year old son John spent July 26 31 at Philmont New Mexico for Cub Scout training and participation John ran a pinewood derby built a kite derby crafted a rocket Don H Flanders and Alden G Barber spoke at the camp roundtable training program Camp drew visitors from two foreign countries and 35 states with crafts and demonstrations highlighted by the speakers.
Social notes from Tennyson recount visits by the Wells and Bak er families in San Angelo and Sunday gatherings with the Arrott clan. Attendees include J B Arrott, Lucretia Bryan, Nancy McCleery, Tom Williams, Boatrights, and Deana Arrott with trips to Six Flags and Rogers reunion in Cleburne.
Study Club members and families met in Bronte Park on Saturday July 29 for an ice cream and cake social. Attendees included Wayne Arrott, Donald Bailey and wife, Elroy Butler, Edwin Forehand and Jo Ella, Bob Hart, Shannon and Douglas, Glenn Skelton and Tonya, James Tidwell and Shelene, C. N. Webb, Jimmy Lee, Tim, Tanya, Kent and Kyle, Stover Taylor and Misty, and Louis Thornton.
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