Last Rites Held Tuesday for Robert Knierim, Businessman
Funeral services for William Robert Knierim 87 were held Tuesday at 3 p m in the First Methodist Church. He died in Bronte Hospital and was buried in Fairview Cemetery under Clift Funeral Home direction. He built Bronte’s first electric plant and telephone line, served as Bronte mayor 1918 1922, and was a West Texas booster and water rights holder. He married Minnie Clark in 1905 and celebrated a golden anniversary in 1955. He was a Magnolia agent, Ford dealer for 12 years, and led local efforts in churches roads and schools. Continued on Back Page.
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William Robert
Bob” Knierim
First Methodist Church
A. S. Neely
Lester Vinson
First Baptist Church
Joe Wolf
Bronte Church of Christ
Fairview Cemetery
Clift Funeral Home
H. O. Whitt
B. E. Modgling
Frank Strom
Chester Riker
Joe Davis
Merle Andrews
J. T. Henry
Howard Brock
Ernest Seay
Floyd Modgling
Jess Percifull
Clifford Clark
J. L. ‘Herron
C. EB. Bruton
Mr. Knierim
Bronte Hospital
Warsaw
Erath County
Angelina County
Texas
Coke County
Percifull
Minnie Clark
Cedar Mountain
Knterims
Bronte
Sweetwater
Fort Worth
Knierim
West Texas
Tershed
Colorado River
Magnolia Petroleum
Ford Dealer
Home Motor Co
Methodist Church
Bronte Faces First Hard Freeze Of The Week
Bronte endures its first hard freeze as temperatures dip to the low teens on Monday and Tuesday nights. Tuesday morning readings ranged from 16 to 18 degrees with lingering drizzle fog and cloudy skies through the period.
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Bronte
Ditmore Forms LP Gas Co To Serve Local Area
Ditmore adds butane to business as he buys a butane delivery truck and starts Ditmore LP Gas Co. The Texaco service station in town will operate this new firm to meet residential LP gas needs.
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Ditmore
Texaco
Ditmore LP Gas Co
Beauty Shop Adds New Operator Sister Joins Betty's
Mrs Dolan Mackey operator of Betty's Beauty Shop announced her sister Miss Carolyn Lynch will join next week. Lynch a Jessie Lee's Beauty School graduate in Lubbock, and Mrs Mackey invites Bronte ladies to meet the new operator.
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Dolan Mackey
Betty
Carolyn Lynch
Miss Lynch
Jessie Lee
Lubbock
Bronte Opens New Post Office With Dedication
A cold rainy Thursday crowd attended the Bronte post office dedication at the First Methodist Church and the new building on Washington and Oliver. Congressman Fisher Dale Buckley and local officials spoke as Postmaster Noah Pruitt Jr. presented a Capitol flag to a Boy Scout color guard. The $35,000 private investment post office was leased by the Post Office Department for long term use.
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Cong
C. C. Fisher
Bronte
First Methodist Church
Mr. Fisher
D. K. Glenn
Noah Pruitt Jr
J. A. Stephenson
A. S
New Bronte Post Office
O. C., Fisher
Dale Buckley
Post Office Department
L. T. Youngblood
Congressman Fisher
U. S. Capitol
Pruitt
Buckley
Kennedy
Washington and
Oliver
Letters to Santa Return In Bronte Enterprise Edition
Bronte Enterprise will publish letters to Santa Claus in the Christmas Greeting edition mailed to subscribers on Thursday December 21. The issue will feature news, Santa letters, seasonal features, last minute shopping suggestions, merchant specials, and individual greetings. Children may send letters to Santa Claus c/o The Bronte Enterprise Bronte Texas, and Santa will receive copies.
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Bronte Enterprise
Santa Claus
Santa
c/o
Bronte
Texas
Longhorns Win Five Spots On 5-B All-District Teams
Bronte and Throckmorton led Class B with two first team selections while Longhorns Bronte and Loraine earned multiple honors. Jack Corley and Dee Arrott headline Bronte on offense with Corley also on defense. Rudy Olivas key on defense. Honorable mentions include Eddy Spiller and Buddy Walker.
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Longhorns
Bronte
Jack Corley
Dee Arrott
Don Hester
Corley
Rudy Olivas
Eddy Spiller
Trent
Buddy Walker
Arrott
Abilene Reporter-News
Throckmorton
Abilene
Charles Lee
Walker
Hester
Loraine
Lloyd Williams
Trent End
Dwain Walker
Robert Lee
Bud Hodges
Roby
Jesse Acuna
Hubert Young
Ken Bell
Hermleigh
Joe Roe
Thomas West
Eugene Reagans
Don ‘Redwine
Buster Jernigan
Neil Beeks
Terry Smith
Johnny Heatly
Alfred Griffith
John Kinsey
Curtis Higginbotham
Tommy Hood
Ronnie Green
Bids Open for Kickapoo Dams Flood Prevention Project
Bids for two Kickapoo Creeks dams will be opened December 19 at 2 p.m. The pair are part of a $1 million flood control project to be built on land owned by Barton Waldrop and W D McDonald. Additional dams will follow after easements and paperwork are completed, a response to past flood damage in Bronte and surrounding areas.
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Barton Waldrop
W. D
Pete) McDonald
Bronte
Light Bulb Sale Yields Good Profit
Bronte firemen earned 89.71 from a light bulb sale last Thursday and Friday nights selling 878 bulbs. Funds will go to repairs on the fire truck. A pepper sale is planned, and a fire department meeting with a film of The Tale of Two Cities is set for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion building.
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Bronte
American Legion
Two Cities
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Post Office
Robert Knierim
NEW Beauty Operator
Bronte Lions Club
Tennyson
Sterling City
Winters
Wingate
Blackwell
Norton
Ballinger
Aspermont
Dorsey B. Hardeman
San Angelo
J. A. Stephenson Wel
Joe Carter
John Quinn
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Jerry Barnes
Jim Robinson
Bux Hodges
David Little
Johnny Swinney
Lorenzo Moreno
Ronald Henry
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