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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1953
Page
3
Sonora Station reports live grass percentages after three years of study. Curly mesquite 12 percent, Wrights reedgrass 45 percent, silver bluestem 87 percent, side oats grama 97 percent survive. Rest periods and stocking methods influence recovery. cattle and sheep grazing weakens roots and delays regrowth.
Private Joe Blake Whalen returns home to spend a 10 day furlough with parents Mr and Mrs Walter Whalen. He has been stationed at Camp Rucker Alabama in the Anti aircraft Artillery division and will report back to Camp Kilmer New Jersey.
The ten day Gospel Meeting at the Bronte Church of Christ closed Wednesday night. Elders and workers call it successful with strong attendance at both services. Local preacher Leon Sharp praised the sermons and said two people obeyed the gospel and joined the church. Evangelist Kenneth J. Arrington of Wichita Falls is invited to return next summer.
In Blackwell a recent election produced a 67 to 3 vote creating a water district for the newly incorporated town. Supervisors named are T. A. Carlisle president Henry Raney Melvin Odom and J. Rioy Sanderson with Walter Sanders as assessor-lector. Plans, financed by a bond issue, rely on Oak Creek reservoir water with pressure from the Oak Creek Lake line. Freese and Nichols of Fort Worth prepare the system design as rain aids the Oak Creek watershed.
Mr and Mrs Blake Roland of San Angelo welcomed a daughter at 2 50 pm Saturday August 8 in a San Angelo hospital The baby is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Roland of San Angelo and a great granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Tad Richards of Bronte.
Gulf Station on Highway 277 in the north part of Bronte prepares for a formal Saturday opening. Owners Bill Wrinkle and Charles Sims promote a modern tile station with two rest rooms and the latest washing and greasing equipment. Free refreshments, balloons for kids, and gift cases for adults will be offered while the station sells Gulf Petroleum products.
The wheat referendum will be held at the PMA Office Friday August 14. Polls open 8 a.m. close 7 p.m. State office in College Station must be notified within an hour after completion. Eligible voters have more than 15 acres of wheat next year and urged to vote.
M. T. Scott W. H. Robertson and Archie Cox and their families moved to Haskell to continue with Stanolind Oil Co. The three pumpers leave Fort Chadbourne Field where Humble Oil Co. now operates and has taken over their jobs.
Stanolird Oil & Gas Co seeks permission to drill a rotary well 1 mile west of the Fort Chadbourne Field on a 75.48 acre tract with drilling to 5 600 feet and a location 1 320 feet from the south and 930 feet from the west lines of 2 J N Lindley. Deep Rock Oil Corp plans a 6 500 foot rotary wildcat two miles northwest of Fort Chadbourne on an 826.5 acre tract with drilling to begin this weekend. location is 467 feet from south and east lines of 286 1A H & Tc. The area lies about 17 6 miles southeast of the Charles Copeland Ellenburger field as Roden and Norwood Arrott drill at 4 438 feet and several wells show varied depths in lime shale and sand.
Slaughter steers and yearlings brought firm to strong prices at Fort Worth Monday with loads in the 2 to 22 50 bracket. Hogs top at 23 00 23 25. sows 17 00 19 00. Fat cows steady to 12 50. calves 14 00 18 00. stockers 12 00 20 50. Market notes indicate drought relief concerns, overstocked ranges, and shipments delays could impact future supply and prices.
The Bronte Enterprise office will be closed Friday and Saturday of its week in order. Local customers are advised to plan ahead for inquiries and services during the closure period.
Ballots for the PMA election in Coke County are mailed to producers. Community B voters may cast ballots by August 20 at the PMA Office or City Hall Bronte, with polls from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Each producer and spouse may vote.
29 cars of feed have been received in Coke County with three cars of pellets en route as of Wednesday morning. The PMA office will take orders for a second 30 day supply of feed totaling 750 tons of pellets meal oats corn and wheat, to be delivered by early September.
Bobby Gene Good plans to enter Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth on September 7 to study for the ministry. He will continue working at Consolidated in Fort Worth while pursuing his degree after earning a BBA from Hardin-Simmons University in 1951. He attends Polytechnic Baptist Church and teaches Sunday School.
Edith residents prepare for the annual homecoming on August 16 with a free noon barbecue and a daylong program. Delmir Shepard serves as president of the homecoming association.
A four week District Court term starts Monday at 10 a m in Robert Lee with Judge Joe L Mays presiding. A grand jury has been called along with a later petit jury. Members include B A Austin Gene Baker J D Blair Chism Brown Luther Cowley Sid Ferrell John Coulson Austin Sandusky Edward Rawlings E L Caperton H A Springer Frank Seltz R S Anderson Homer Jameson R V Copeland and J D Huffaker. The panel will tackle a Water Valley rape case and a Coke County oil field theft case. A pre trial hearing is set for the Jack Trimble carage suit against E P Danneley of San Angelo.
Rites conducted Thursday at Kickapoo Baptist Church for Zadie Gibson 59 of Bronte who died Wednesday at Bronte Hospital. Interment at Fairview Cemetery under Clift Funeral Home direction. She was born October 25 1883 in Comanche County and leaves mother Mattie Gibson sisters May McQueen Olin Allison brother Fiord Gibson five nieces and a nephew.
The Bronte school board voted to buy lavatories and drinking fountains and to extend the drainage field for the sewer system. Supt Jer Carsei said vacancies created by resignations of Principal Won Gaddy and Band Director Vershal Smith remain unfilled, with aims to fill before August 31. Smith will join Grand Falls High School as band director and Gaddy moves to the Grand Falls system. Daniel has entered military service.
Mrs. Georgia Mae Nixon and companions from Arlington and Brookshire returned from an eight day trip visiting Carlsbad Caverns Ruidoso Red River Canon City Colorado Springs Manitou Springs Manitou Cliff Dwellings Seven Falls Garden of the Gods Will Rogers Shrine and Pikes Peak They rode the Royal Gorge cable car and saw the Pikes Peak or Bust rodeo with the Sons of the Pioneers They traveled home through Oklahoma Amarillo Lubbock stopping in Levelland and plan to feed sheep and milk cows again next summer.
Mrs. Marvin Corley of Tennyson gained an Austin offered contract after winning first place for impersonating Cousin Minnie Pearl at a San Angelo REA program. She performed in Toho ka and Memphis Texas before returning to join Coke County Jamboree, with the event running 8 p.m. to midnight and held every second Friday. Corley is a pianist guitarist and singer. Local entertainers Chester Derrick John Gaston Homer Bert Cornelius Floyd Gibson Ola Suc and Russell Brown are noted talents.
The Enterprise reports dispute over the softball pennant between Humble and Tennyson. Some say Humble won in finals, others call for another series. Players and editors note playoff details are unclear and a one game or multi game series could decide the championship.
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