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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1950
Page
4
Mrs. Edna Terry daughter of Mr and Mrs Jess Coppedge of Bronte suffered a near fatal electric shock Thursday last week when she touched a live wire at a cleaning plant in Abilene. She is reported to be improving.
Local social notes list visitors and residents from Blackwell and surrounding towns. Guests include Glenn Hoagland and daughter Jan of Oakland California. Clara Corning of Abilene. Roy Sanderson and sister Mrs RK Copeland and daughter Miss Mary Neel Copeland of Snyder. Mrs. Harris of Dallas. and many others visiting or staying with local families. The WSCS met at the Methodist Church with a program on Spiritual Life and refreshments served to several residents.
Matthew Caperton Clifford Hage man and Roy Robinson have certificates showing they completed the Chevrolet Service school. The sessions were held in various places every few weeks. Doyle Adair visits his brother in law and sister in Lubbock this weekend. Mrs M A Scott returned Tuesday from High Texas where she visited friends and attended a revival. The Frank Sayners plan a move to Knickerbocker soon.
L T Youngblood, previously ill for more than a week, is reported to be improving. Mrs Lillie Tee visited Miro and Mrs Jack Lee at Norton on Sunday, Harlen Lee Gleghorn and J C Boatright attended the Brotherhood meeting in Winter Thursday.
Mrs. Herbert Holland reports on church activities and family visits across Brookshire. Rev Joe Self Jr fills the Baptist pulpit in place of Pastor Clinton Eastman, with multiple local families hosting and visiting kin over the weekend.
The Bronte Enterprise reports on local gatherings in Tulsa Oklahoma. Dee Foster and family celebrate birthdays in August while the Hollands dairy operation is noted in Brookshire. Community visits include J R Mackey Bal Lager and Jodie Hedges Elis Lee families visiting relatives in San Angelo Rex.
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