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Bronte Enterprise

Location

Bronte, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1947

Page

6

Local social notes and community visits in Bronte area

San Angelo visitors and residents share week of gatherings. J. Gartman store sale to Elton Mathis family of California and current visits with related families. Truett Arbuckle seeks work in Eunice New Mexico. Charity Morris of California visits brother J. M. Prine. San Angelo residents Billie Sam Pentecost Glenn Benny Jackie Rodney Thomason visit. Lance Baptist meeting ends with two baptisms and dinner on the ground. Subscription promotion for Bronte Enterprise.

L. J. Gartman Silver Elton Mathis California Gartmans H. J. Gartmans Truett Arbuckle Eunice N. M Annn E. Arbuckles Roy Wyatts Charity Morris J. M. Prine Billie Sam Pentecost San Angelo Glenn Benny Jackie Rodney Thomason G. L. Lord Robert Lee Loyd McGallion Ida Hutton Douglas Gartman Belva McCutchen W. R. Thomason J. L. Reid Lurline Reid T. A. Gartman, Jr Sterling City R. E. Martin Lance Baptist Meeting Bronte Enterprise Coke County

Around About Town: Bronte People and Local Happenings

Mrs Pauline Long of Long Beach California visited Bronte this week with the Lammers family and returned home Wednesday. W J Dennis of Terrell visits Bronte while handling business affairs. Curtis Smith traveled through Bronte en route to Dallas for a business trip. his family stayed behind. Mr and Mrs O H Willoughby returned from a Colorado vacation to Bronte. Mrs Dora Allen becomes head nurse at Karen-Gay Hospital in Bronte and will take over early next month from Shannon Hospital San Angelo. J B Mackey and family are on a vacation seeking cool spots. Junior Pruitt enrolled at North Concho Field San Angelo for G L flight training with C R Smith. they plan to be Bronte pilots once a flying field is ready. Juanell Blake praises Angelo wrestling matches she saw recently. Austin Coulter works as a carpenter in Sweetwater for health reasons. Q O Ivey sells watermelons on Main Street. John Clark came up from Tennyson last Wednesday looking warm.

Pauline Long Longbeach California Vernon Lammers W. J. Dennis Terrell Bronte Curtis Smith C. R Otis Smith Dallas O. H. Willoughby Colorado Peak Royal Gorge Dora Allen Jimmy Allen Karen-Gay Shannon Hospital San Angelo Mac J. B. Mackeys J. B Junior Pruitt North Concho Field G. L C. R. Siifith Juanell Blake Angelo Austin Coulter Sweetwater QO. C. Ivey Main Street John Clark Tennyson

Football Training Camp Announced for Bronte Players

Coach H. R. Gassiot calls for all boys to report at the school house next Saturday August 30 at 3 o clock for a weeklong training camp on the Concho River. Each player must bring bedding and food. officials expect a strong Bronte team with hard work.

H. R. Gassiot Concho River Gassiot

Leonard M Service Dies A Coke County Farmer

Leonard M Service 64 a retired Coke County farmer died last Friday morning August 15. Funeral services were Sunday at 4 30 PM from Robert Lee Baptist Church with Minister Reuben H Stanley of Santa Rita Church of Christ officiating. Burial followed in Robert Lee cemetery. Clift Funeral Home handled arrangements. He survived by his widow one son a daughter and two grandsons.

Leonard M. Service Coke County Robert Lee Baptist Church Reuben H. Stanley Santa Rita Church of Christ Robert Lee Clift

Mrs. Lillie West Dies in Wichita Falls

Mrs. Lillie D. West formerly of Bronte died August 8 in Wichita Falls. Funeral held August 11 at the Baptist Church in Valera. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Vivian Fraser of San Antonio and Mrs. Charles Edmondson of Lagus California, and two sisters Miss Sallie Warnick of Talpa and Mrs. Clara Kryder of Corpus Christi.

Lillie D. West Bronte Wichita Falls Baptist Church Valera Vivian Fraser San Antonio Charles Edmondson Lagus Calif Sallie Warnick Talpa Clara Kryder Corpus Christi

Card of Thanks from the Walter Scott Family

The Walter Scott family expresses humble gratitude to those who donated and gave gifts, thanking friends for support during a difficult time.

Walter Scott

Barrior Truck Manager Leads Saturday Bull Session

Raymond Berryhill of Ballinger, manager of the Barrior Truck and Tractor Company, spoke with F. S. Higginbothan, Clifford Clark, Connell McAulley, and Robert Hugh Sims about crops plagued by blister bugs. Clifford plans to try fryers soon, and Raymond aims to act quickly to secure them before they grow. W.B. Gunn notes surveyors repeatedly measured a fence section and expects it well staked off by completion.

Raymond Berryhill Ballinger Barrier Truck and Tractor Company F. S. Higginbothan Clifford Clark Connell McAulley Robert Hugh Sims Raymond Robert Hugh Brooks Browning Clifford W.B. Gunn

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