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Bronte Enterprise

Location

Bronte, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1948

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Local Notes Move and Family Updates At Small Town

Mr and Mrs Perry West and daughter relocated to Littlefield. Mr and Mrs Gordon Montgomery welcomed a daughter. Grandparents are L H Montgomery and Griffin. Hoyt Mote visiting Alabama as his mother is ill. Mrs Ollie Modrall to Roscoe hospital after surgery. Albert Snead ill in Young Hospital. Floyd Craig treated for infected finger. John Ogden of Kansas visiting S M Evans. Mrs Jack Glasgow had surgery in Sweetwater Hospital. Mrs Bill Cage and children visiting Whiteheads. Billi Leach spent weekend with grandparents J W Leach. Willis Roland and family welcome a daughter. Burley Roland as paternal grandfather. Bronze Enterprise subscription expires with this issue. renewal info available.

Perry West Littlefield Gordon Montgomery L. H. Montgomery Griffin Hoyt Mote Alabama Ollie Modrall Roscoe Hospital Albert Snead J. W. Leach Willis Roland Abilene Burley Roland Sisson Hylton

Politics Again Last Year Texas Legislature Election Changes

A note discusses Texas election procedure reforms from the prior year. It cites eligibility rules from Vernon’s Statutes Article 2927, requiring candidates to meet constitutional eligibility and six months of residence in the county or locality where they seek office. The brief reflects on legislative activity affecting candidate qualifications.

Texas

Independent candidates may print on ballots under 3162 rules

The article outlines how independent candidates may seek ballot access in county and city elections, requiring a petition signed by 5 percent of the last general election in counties and sworn filings with mayors for city or town offices. It notes Bronte election dates and local council terms, plus several social notes and weather.

Bronte H. O. Whitt Bronze Noah L. Pruitt C. BR. Smith C. E. Braten D. K. Glenn Cecil Kemp W. W. Millikin

New Hat Promised County Officials

Floyd Modgling pledged to buy a brand new Stetson hat for the first published statement on Coke County finances. He said the gesture would spur county officials to disclose income and expenses and urged the people to learn the financial state if officials do not know it themselves.

Floyd Coke County

Coke County Farm Property Valued At 11 Million Plus

A Texas report by the Tile Council of America notes Coke County rural property exceeds 11.6 million dollars. The survey, based on Census data, shows over 75 percent of Texas and southern farm dwellings in excellent condition or needing only minor repairs.

Coke County Tile Council of America Texas South Bureau of the Census F. B. Ortman Ortman United States

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The Bronte Enterprise First National Bank Merle Norman Cactus Cafe Magnolia Shonte Rr ED Nunnally, JR National Advertising Blackwell Charles Ragedele Sanco Society Billie Joe Gartman G. L. Lord Robert Lee D. R. Gartman and Son J. M T. A. Gartmans O. H. Campbell L. W. Campbell L. J. Gartman Los Angeles Calif Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co Leroy Bell and Son Colorado City Sanda Dewey Gartman C. E. Benningfield Inez Gartman Anledge Well Sanco John Allen Thei R. E. Wright NEW Hat Coke Municipal Auditorium San Angelo International Harvester Dealer Lealautater
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