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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1956
Page
3
The Enterprise announces a new feature titled Citizens of Tomorrow showing pictures of local youngsters each week. The paper aims to portray hopeful, capable youths and continues until pictures run out. Apologies for missing items last week due to Christmas deadlines.
Mr and Mrs Bennie Knight visited her mother Mrs J F Petre at Wichita Falls for the holiday.
Last rites were held in Bronte First Baptist Church for Mrs. J T Gray of Abilene who died Tuesday at Hendrick Memorial Hospital after cancer surgery. Burial was at Fairview Cemetery under Elliott's Funeral Home. She was born Gladys Louise Glenn in Ballinger and married J T Gray in 1944. Survivors include her husband two sisters and two brothers. Pallbearers listed.
Local Christmas gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G C Bell drew relatives from across Texas. Attending were Elmo Bell and family of Robert Lee Agnes Consuest of San Angelo Billy Gene Bell and family Amarillo Hiram Brock and family Bronte and Gerald Swan of Coleman with Don Bell of Del Rio. Oklahoma City visitors Dwain Walker and wife stayed a week with his mother Mary Walker. Another Christmas visit came to John Keeney home from Lometa by J A Culpepper and wife.
Robert Hugh Sims announced his appointment as Magnolia wholesale dealer in Bronte succeeding 35 year veteran B E Modgling who retires January 2. Sims will run the petroleum products agency with butane and appliances. Modgling will keep Bronte Service Station.
Families from Bronte, Wingate, Andrews, Lubbock and San Angelo joined relatives in Fort Worth for Christmas visits. Names include Mr and Mrs J T Henry Linda Mrs W L Ellis Rita McCutchen Mary Ann Gray Luther McCutchen Claude Beavers Gertrude Gray Bryan Baker C W Robinson George Gideon H M Kirkland family R W Fields Kim Phyllis Jim Belcher Steve Badley C M McCutchen Lasswell Caperton Martin Lee Keneth Bradbury Labenske Cresap Rupert Robbins John Kirkland Lannie McAdams Doris Alexander Billy Alexander and others from Bronte Ozona and San Angelo visiting Monroe Alexander family.
A Bronte meeting of local businessmen sets 1957 holidays at 9 a m in The Bronte Enterprise office. A mass chest X ray survey will come in March with a Texas health unit in Bronte on March 1 and Robert Lee later that week from 8:30 a m to 5 30 p m. The X ray is free for those over 15 and publicity urges participation.
Mr. and Mrs. Caperton were notified Friday night of Jim Brown’s death at 9 p.m. in Sherman Hospital after an extended illness. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in Whitewright. The Capertons returned to Bronte Sunday night with Mrs. Brown planning to attend business matters before making her home in the Caperton private apartment.
Nine year old Mary Beth Ivey daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Ivey of Bronte Texas is progressing nicely at Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation where she is a patient. Beth's mother is with her and the child was granted a 72 hour Christmas leave to spend with her parents in a Gonzales apartment.
All the children and grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Lasswell attended a Christmas dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rome Richards in Bronte. Local guests included Melvin Lasswell Binks McCutchen Sharon Floyd and Fancher families with out of town visitors from Chillicothe Blackwell Snyder and Midland. Nearby households J J Morrow hosted guests from Corpus Christi and Sterling City.
Funeral services for Randy Lloyd Coalson infant son of Mr and Mrs Delbert Coalson of Silver were held Monday morning at Bronte Church of Christ Burial followed in Fairview cemetery under Clift Funeral Home direction He died Sunday morning Dec 23 at Bronte Hospital where born Friday Dec 21 He was the first child Survivors include the parents paternal grandparents Ray Coalson of Silver maternal grandparents John Bussey of McKenzieville The Coalsons are former Bronte residents.
A late editor's note presents a Christmas letter from Mary Beth Ivey in Gonzales Texas dated December 18 1956. She describes visiting her mother's apartment for 72 hours and expressing gratitude for cards and letters from friends. She also mentions enjoying The Bronte Enterprise and feeling better.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Lasswell relocate to Sweetwater where he is transferred by Santa Fe Railway Co as track supervisor. The couple has lived here many years and he served as section foreman prior to the move.
Miss Hazel Hudgens sister of Mrs C E Arrott arrived by plane from San Diego to stay in Texas until January 3. She and Edward Hudgens spent Christmas Eve in the Arrott home and will travel to Christoval for Christmas Day with the Hudgens reunion planned at Ray Hudgens home in Midland. The C E Arrotts visited San Angelo for a family gathering at Mrs N M Arrott’s home.
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