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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
9
The article recalls Clement Moore’s poem A Visit From St. Nicholas and its enduring magic for children. It notes how kids dream and believe, while adults may be skeptical, and hopes readers find renewed faith and a merry Christmas with a hopeful New Year.
Postmaster Noah Pruitt Jr. will hand out gift parcels arriving to the Bronte post office on Christmas morning from 8:15 to 8:30. The town observes a legal holiday but the office will be open briefly to distribute parcels marked as gifts.
Bronte Longhorns will enter the annual BCD Tournament in San Angelo on December 26 27 and 28. The first Bronte game is at 3 p.m. Friday against Winters with a potential 2 p.m. Saturday game if they win. Consolation and final games follow Saturday evening.
Services for Mrs Onie Mac Jackson, 74, of San Angelo were held at 3 30 p m Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Robert Lee with Rev Tim Farmer officiating Burial followed at Robert Lee Cemetery A fragment notes a son James and an unrelated line mentions a dad at 4 a m since 1950.
Bronte firms will shut December 25 and 26 for Christmas. Only the First National Bank and post office stay open after Christmas. The Bronte Enterprise closes tonight and reopens December 30. School dismisses Friday with return Monday. City hall Bronte closes Wednesday and Thursday. Robert Lee courthouse closes Tuesday and Wednesday.
William Green of San Angelo former Bronte High School English teacher was seriously injured Friday in an automobile accident near Evant. He and Rev. Harry K. Morris were transporting vehicles from Waco to Bronte when their cars overturned. Green was thrown from the vehicle and taken first to Hamilton then Hillcrest Hospital in Waco where he underwent surgery for a punctured bladder and remains under observation. A Monday report said he was improving and could leave intensive care soon, with possible transfer to a San Angelo hospital later in the week. Morris remained with Green. Green is a Baylor University graduate student.
Tom Boecking, a communications officer on the heavy cruiser USS St. Paul, spends the Christmas vacation with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Boecking.
A string of holiday visits unfolds across Texas as families from New Orleans, Del Rio, San Angelo, Brownwood, Winters, Dallas, Fort Worth, Bronte, San Angelo, Rob ert Lee, Rising Star and De Leon plan Christmas gatherings. Attendees include the Boyer, Henry, Richards, Bell, McKown, G ards, Golson, Allen, Comelli, Glenn, Whalen, Eads, Renshaw, Stout, Eade, Beaver, Pope and other relatives joining in Christmas cheer.
Funeral services for Powell Aubrey Roberts, 72, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church. The Rev. Wayne N. Stout officiated. Burial followed at Valley View Cemetery near Robert Lee under Williams Funeral Home. Roberts died at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the VA Hospital in Big Spring. He was born January 26, 1895 in Birmingham Alabama and had lived in Coke County and Mills County. Survivors include three sons Aubrey Roberts Flagstaff Arizona Carroll Jack Roberts Oakland California Weldon Wayne Roberts Jal New Mexico two daughters Christine Murtishaw Bronte Edna Jean Featherston Jal New Mexico one brother A M Roberts San Angelo two sisters Telisa Ligon Goldthwaite Ethel Cook Harper and nine grandchildren.
Mr and Mrs W M Alexander and Mrs James Sanker traveled to Lockhart last Wednesday for the death of Mr Alexander sister Miss Exe Alexander. Funeral services were held in Lockhart Friday afternoon.
The Longhorns place seven players on the 7.B all-district squads with three on offense, four on defense, and two as honorable mentions. Key selections include Tony Holland and Nicky Arrott on offense and Willie Zuniga on defense, with several other Longhorns named across positions and towns such as Trent Bronte Forsan Jim Ned Jim Ned Bronte and Bronte.
The Rev. Fred Brown aged 41 and native of Winters will become pastor of Bronte United Methodist Church on January 15. He will lead the Bronte charge and comes from St Andrews Larger Parish serving Agua Dulce and Banquete. He is a McMurry College and Perkins School of Theology graduate with wife Patsy Gayle Dietz Brown and three children.
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