War measures and paper salvage drive urged in Enterprise text
The House approved a war base funding bill to operate combat zones in the Pacific and passed a reserve officer training bill expanding the Officers Training Corps to 24 000 during war and 14 000 in peacetime. Mayor Cumbie's waste paper drive mobilizes residents to collect and bundle scrap for wartime use and The Enterprise office will coordinate pickup.
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Pacific
Navy
Officers Training Corps
R. E. Cumbie
Enterprise
Enterprise Office
Garret
General Hershey on Draft Boards
A fragment from a wartime diary or letter describes General Hershey and draft board themes. The text notes censorship restrictions and the writer’s isolation, mentioning Bronte, a San Francisco mail route, and inability to reveal sailing or landing details.
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Hershey
Menard to Host 1945 Goat Show Series
Menard will host the 1945 goat show series with a spring exhibit on February 17 and a fall show date to be announced. W R Isbit of A and M College Extension Service notes the events, sponsored by the Texas Mohair Grading Committee and open to 4 H and F F A members. T E Stuart reports 47 boys from nine counties entered 73 goats. Local arrangements are handled by Menard County Chamber of Commerce and area ranchers.
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Menard County
T. E. Stuart
Menard County Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Fewell Sims Travels to Lincoln to Visit Daughte
Mrs Fewell Sims went to Lincoln Nebraska after a message said her son in law Royce Hayley in service there was being transferred. The note claimed Mrs Hayley had mumps and could not travel. Mrs Sims later learned Hayley was sent to Deming New Mexico and she plans to visit Lincoln today then reach Bronte by Sunday night.
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Fewell Sims
Royce Hayley
Lincoln
Nebraska
New Mexico
Sims
Kansas
Ingey
Jisyley
Bettis Family Ties Spark Sweetwater Radio Shop Ad
An editor recalls meeting Capt. B. H. Bettis in the Brownwood era and discovering kinship with his grandson Bettis who now runs a radio shop in Sweetwater offering repair services. The note invites readers to see the Bet tis ad in The Enterprise.
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Sweetwater
Bettis
Browmond
B. H. Bettis
Blanket
Mr. Bettis
Brown County
Brownwood
Capt. Bettis
Enterprise
Former Bronte Citizen P. J. Stark Dies in Sonora
P. J. Stark, once of Bronte now residing in San Angelo, died Sunday night in Sonora from a heart attack as he entered a hotel. Born 1874 in Cleburne, he moved with his parents to McCullough County and later Bronte. Survived by wife, two sons Aubrey and Major John Wayne Stark, three brothers Terry Guy Dennis, three sisters Java Key Pearl Roberts Revelle, with interment in San Angelo after services.
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P. J. Stark
Bronte
Heath
San Angelo
Sonora
Sterling City
Co operative Formed for Hand Feed Seed and Ranch Needs
In September 1948 county agent invited Mr Ray from Kege Station to meet with farmers and ranchers seeking to organize a cooperative to supply hand feed seed and ranch supplies.
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Ray
Kege Station
Car Crash at Oak Creek Bridge Claims Two Lives
Wednesday morning a car crash on Highway 70 at Oak Creek Bridge between Bronte and Blackwell fatally injured J. T. Simpson the driver, and injured passenger Zeno Green who was treated in Sweetwater. Night Watchman Fewell Sims saw the speeding 1941 Buick before the collision. Both men reportedly lived in Slayton and 30 cases of beer were found in the wrecked car.
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Oak Creek Bridge
Highway 70
Bronte
Blackwell
J. T. Simpson
Zeno Green
Sweetwater
Fewell Sims
Three Sisters Visit Him and War News Attend
Mr. and Mrs. Will Gideon host three of his sisters Mrs. T R Butler of Duncan Oklahoma Mrs T Watson of Dallas and Mrs T M Wylie of Robert Lee. Mrs Janie Hull formerly of Bronte now Norton received a War Department telegram that her nephew Pfc J B Parker was slightly wounded in action in France on January 8. Parker is the youngest of the Parker brothers and Bronte High School alumnus.
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Will Gideon
Mr. Gideon
T. R. Butler
Duncan
Oklahoma
T. Watson
Dallas
T. M. Wylie
Robert Lee
Janie Hull
Bronte
Norton
War Department
Pfc
J. B. Parker
France
J. B
Parker
Bronte High School
Co-Op serves Coke County carriers amid continued support
The article notes members feel the Co-Op has justified its existence and should not stop serving the people of Coke County. It covers the period from October 1, 1948 to October 1, 1944 as part of ongoing purchases for carriers, with the continuation promised on the next page.
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Co-Op
Coke County
Co- Op
Striblings Take Ownership of Frozen Foods Plant
John B. Stribling and his father acquire ownership of the Frozen Foods Company in San Angelo. The Striblings, known across West Texas, assume leadership affecting the San Angelo trade area and Bronteland.
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San Angelo
Bronten
John B. Stribling
Frozen Foods
Frozen Foods Company expands in Bronte and San Angelo
The San Angelo Frozen Foods Company expands its Bronte operation as Mr. John B. Stribling announces a larger plant and locker service. The firm serves meat needs with a sanitary, economical frozen locker option, drawing customers from Bronte and surrounding areas.
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Mereford
Roby
Rotan
San Angelo
Bronte
Bronteland
John B. Stibling
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Washinton
Iwtter
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San Francisco
Menard
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