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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1946
Page
2
A church lesson on God delivering the oppressed highlights Isiah 12:2 and the call to trust God's strength. It urges nations to seek divine guidance amid postwar dark despair and warns against idolatry while stressing obedience as path to courage and deliverance.
Candidates announce for county offices subject to action of the Democratic Primary. County Judge nominees include Bob L. Davis and McNeil Wylie seeking re election for County Commissioner Precinct 2 S A Kiker and R T Caperton Willis Smith seek re election for County and District Clerk Sheriff Paul Good and Ruby L Pettit seek re election as County Treasurer.
Sunday School at 10:00 AM Preaching at 5:00 PM Evening Service at 6:30 PM Mid-Week Prayer Meeting at 7:00 PM Pastor Rev C R Blake invites locals without a church home to visit First Baptist Church Bronte and find a place among friendly worshippers.
An anxiety filled exhortation urges believers to prepare for death as time passes and life remains uncertain. The text emphasizes mortality and spiritual readiness, framing the church as a guide in facing the end.
The Methodist congregation reports solid turnout with 75 in Sunday School and 85 at morning worship and 75 at evening services. New members Kra E Lloyd and Mrs Lloyd joined, Miss Winnie Dean Medgling returned to membership, and 68 communicants received the Lord's Supper. The youth fellowship began with 20 attendees and a nominating committee.
Mrs. J. W. Tammen, Pastor, calls regular services Thursday evenings at 7 30. Moments of Meditation quote Psalm 122 1 and urge members to attend and give thanks for past wartime protection and seek divine guidance for the future. A welcoming church to all.
Mrs James D Vaughn receives notice from the Adjutant General that Technical Pacer James D Vaughn is presumed dead after a December 18 1944 missing in action on a B 24 Liberator crewed mission in the South China Sea He was a Bronte resident son of H E Vaughn and grandson of D C Brunson his wife, now in Idaho, awaits word
Frank Percifull announces he will not seek re election after 14 years in office thanking Coke County residents for loyalty and help through wars high prices drought and hard times with gratitude from him and Mrs Percifull.
Gob Franklin spends a rainy evening with humor book to calm nerves. J L Keeney carries a tie pump in rain as a precaution. Keith Lofton heads to Louisiana for Navy duty. Mel Lofton plans to marry Miss Norma Richards soon. Don San agg ently taken to clinic by Frank Keeney after rain shock.
A. L. Ward of the National Cottonseed Products Association warns 1946 cottonseed output will lag, risking protein feed for the Cotton Belt and Western ranges. 1945 production hit 3.703 million tons, down 24 percent from last year and 28 percent below the 10 year average, with oil mills importing soybeans to fill the gap. Ward urges increased cotton and cottonseed production to sustain livestock and balanced farming.
Six new long draft spinning frames have been received at Texas Technological College for the cotton fiber and spinning research project. Full operation will start by January end with a nine person staff. The project tests raw cotton, makes yarns, and studies fiber properties versus spinning performance under George W. Pfeiffenberger of Chicopee Manufacturing Co. funding and staff support.
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research finishes a county by county tabulation of Texas farm census data for 1900 1910 1920 1925 1930 1935 with some 1940 summary figures. The project, WP A sponsored and delayed, will be distributed in January 1946 and covers twenty tables on farm types values production and resources.
J L Brunson Heidel Brunson Gerald Proctor and W S Proctor plan a concrete tile mill in Bronte. The plant aims for 3 000 to 5 000 tiles daily depending on machinery. They rented a downtown store from T C Price and expect to open in February.
Norman Wink Riker writes that he expects relatives to be home by February 15 after serving in India for two years. Miss Shirleyann West, daughter of D. M. West, cooked breakfast alone for the first time, serving bacon and eggs with all the trimmings. D. M. West, former Bronte Enterprise editor and publisher, has been out taking car rides, showing resilience after a stroke.
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