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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1946
Page
1
Mrs. Claude Ditmore hosted the Tennyson W H D Club on Thursday February 14 with ten members and two visitors present. Members crocheted and knitted while planning the next session on February 28 with Mrs. James Arott as hostess focusing on wool feather comforts.
R T Whitehead of Blackwell Santa Fe agent showed a huge egg measuring nine and seven tenths inches in length and width with an inner egg inside the shell. He said it was laid Thursday by a hen on the roost and turned over to Blackwell High School for study.
The piece honors Abraham Lincoln and George Washington as models of self government and virtue. It contrasts their origins and stresses the need to uphold liberty and justice, urging current leadership to embody their ideals and meet global responsibilities under God.
The Coke County Livestock Show champions cooperation across Robert Lee and Bronte. Eleven directors now include three more members from the western side to boost community support and county progress.
Marvin S. Hoffman presides as minister with Bible classes at 10:00 A M. Communion at 10:50 A M. Bible study at 6:30 P M. Preaching at 7:00 P M. Church services include evening preaching and weekday schedule.
Betty Jane Higginbotham daughter of Mr and Mrs F S Higginbotham of Bronte recently had an emergency operation in Denton Texas where she is enrolled in TSCW She is recovering and expects to resume studies soon Also community notes include club meetings visits and local news involving Moore and family members with several named residents and a birthday and a nervous update on a correspondent named Jerry Mitchell recovering from an ankle injury.
Rev C R Blake pastor leads morning worship at 11 00 with evening service at 6 30 and midweek prayer at 7 00 Sunday School convenes at 10 00 with weekly schedules for the First Baptist Church.
Rev. Geo B McCrary pastor leads The Methodist Hour at 7 30 am followed by 10 30 am Church School with Clifford Clark. Worship services at 11 00 am 7 00 pm and an 8 00 pm Methodist Youth Fellowship presided by Lamar Whitt at the Parsonage. Tennyson 3 00 pm preaching service.
Regular services held Thursday evenings at 7 30 with Moments of Meditation citing Bible verses from Revelation about behold he cometh and every eye shall see him The notes include quotes from Rev 1 7 and Rev 22 12 and reference reward according to works
The February 24 1946 International Sunday School lesson argues that without Christian homes a nation cannot remain great. It urges worship of God, family prayer, and a home altar, noting lessons learned at a mother’s knee shape lifelong faith and national character. It asks if families lead children to church and grace before meals, warning that the home mirrors the nation.
County Clerk Willis Smith reports two couples receiving licenses. C. C. Anderson and Leta Mae Favers were issued on February 9, and E. J. Tucker with Gloria Johnson on January 19.
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