PTA Plans Get-Together Meet for Everybody
Bronze PTA executive committee outlines a school year plan and schedules a September 12 all community gathering at the consolidated district school. The seven communities Marie Maverick Brickshier Tennyson Hayrick Four Chadborne Bronte are invited to meet pupils teachers and patrons with events and fun activities promised.
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Bronze Parent-Teachers ‘Association
Broke Independent School District
Marie
Maverick
Brickshier
Tennyson
Hayrick
Chadborne
Bronte
PTA
Bronte Gins First 1945 Bale of Cotton
Elmer Hudman won the first bale of cotton ginned in Bronte for 1945. The 500 pound bale was produced by 1800 pounds of seed cotton at Farmers Marketing gin on August 28. It sold for 21 cents per pound, plus seed value and a first bale premium, totaling 137.87 dollars, eleven days later than 1944.
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Elmer Hudman
Bronte
Farmers
Hudman
T‘he Town
Miss Lee in Rochester Minnesota to Have Surgical Operation
Miss Lee of Maverick in forms The Enterprise Rochester Minnesota where Miss Lee will undergo major surgery at the Mayo Bros Clinic September 6 Friends of the family hope for her complete restoration to health Local girl Denton Texas readers note two Bronte students listed for Texas State College for Women enrollment for 1945 1946 with dormitory reservations and class start dates Registration begins September 17 with classes September 20 and dormitories open September 16 The Bronte entrants are Betty Jane Higginbotham and Katherine Rawlings
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Charlie Lee
Maverick
The
Enterprise
Denton
Texas
Texas State College For Women
Bronte
Betty Jane Higginbotham
Katherine Rawlings
Miss Wettie Clark Visits San Antonio Relatives
Miss Wettie Clark of San Antonio is in the city for the week visiting relatives and sightseeing with family.
Gulf storm prompts inland fears after damage check
Winston Madeline has reached home with his honorable discharge and rests. Mrs Tet Madera and Mrs Willie Woodward of Corpus Christi visit Mr and Mrs Jake Morrow and other relatives. They rushed home fearing their homes were damaged by the gulf storm.
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Winston Madeline
Tet Madera
Willie Woodward
Cornus Christi
Jake Morrow
Farm for Sale 160 Acres at Silver
160 acre farm well improved with 100 acres cultivated and 60 acres in pasture. Features a broom house in good condition. Prospective buyers urged to see Mrs. O. F. Allen. Two weeks time.
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Allen
Trespass Notice from Edward Rawlings
A notice from Edward Rawlings prohibits trapping hunting or other trespassing on the property and asks all visitors to keep out. The message thanks readers for respecting the restriction.
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Bots
Edward Rawlings
Blackwell FFA Teacher Hosts Boys and Dads Event
Blackwell vocational agriculture teacher Prof Theo Weideman hosted about fifty FFA members and their fathers Saturday evening with a swimming party and barbecue. Bobby Spence, Reporter.
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Theo Weideman
Blackwell
FFA
Bobby Spence
James V. Glenn Promoted to Private First Class
James V. Glenn son of Mrs. Mattie I. Glenn of Bronte Texas has been promoted to Private First Class at Fort Bragg North Carolina with the First Troop Carrier Command. His wife is the former Bobbie Jean Forman of Bronte. Mr and Mrs Jack Newman visited Escondido California and will keep up with their old hometown The Enterprise to them.
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Fort Bray
N.C
Bronte Enterprise
Pope Field
N. C
Jjames V. Glenn
Mattie I. Glenn
Bronte
Texas
Carrier Command
Pfc
Glenn
Bobbie Jean Forman
Jack Newman
Escondido
California
Office of Price Administration Sets 40 Hour Week
The OPA announces a five day work week from Monday through Friday with forty hours per employee. Each day runs from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Oiffice of Price Administration
Local Household Notes Gather in Glen Rose
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bruce Morrow and their young daughter are visiting Glen Rose. Mrs. W. B. Cobb returns to Eldorado after visiting her sister Mrs. Jake Morrow, Mr. Morrow, and other relatives.
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Jacob Bruce Morrow
Glen Rose
W. B. Cobb
Eldorado
Jake Morrow
Mr. Morrow
Hagemans Return to Bronte After Short Brady Sojourn
Mr and Mrs Frank Hageman return to Bronte after a brief stay in Brady. They express dissatisfaction with Brady and plan to settle back home.
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Frank Hageman
Bronte
Brady
Mrs C S Westbrook Dies at Sonora Interred at Angelo
Funeral services for Mrs. C. S. Westbrook 95 of Bronte were held in San Angelo with burial in Belvedere cemetery. She died at a daughter's home in Sonora on August 21 from a heart attack after a brief illness. The service was led by Rev. A Hanson with delayed rites awaiting son J C Westbrook in the Navy. Surviving are husband GC S Westbrook three sons C S JrSacramento CA A C and Barney of Tennyson five daughters C L Funderburk Cisco Homer Bryant S F Conway Alameda Betty Lou Minnie Marie Westbrook Bronte and Minnie Candler Dallas three brothers and two sisters.
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C. S. Westbook
Bronte
Massie
San Angelo
Belvedere
A. Hanson
Bronte Methodist Church
J. C
Navy
Florida
Westbrook
GC. S. Westbrook
C. S. Jr
Sacramento
California
A. C
Barney
Tennyson
C. L. Funderburk
Cisco
Homer Bryant
S. F. Conway
Alameda
Betty Louw
Minnie Marie Westbrook
Minnie Candler
Dallas
Ballinger Merchant Clarifies Fence versus Sheep Fence Ad
A Ballinger hardware firm clarifies a typesetting error in last week's ad. Wigginbotham’s, managed by T T Williams, emphasizes selling fence and hardware with the correction noting “sheep fence” is the product, not sheep.
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Higginbotham's
Ballinger
Wigginbotham’s
T. T. Williams
JT Egginbotham's
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Rochester
Minnesota
Orville Allen
MO. W. Norman
Winters
James V. Glenn
S. Westbrook
Sonora
Angelo
Bronte School
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