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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1954
Page
6
Residents celebrate the school bond election as a big step forward for Bronte and its school district. A note on local life and daily humor follows, including weather chat and small town moments.
Rev M R Rogers pastor of Bronte Baptist church preaches at Blackwell revival starting today July 16 and running to July 26. Mrs W R Petty wife of the new Blackwell pastor leads song services. Services are at the church 10 am and the tabernacle 8 pm with everyone invited.
Mrs J W Tammen of San Angelo announces services at the Full Gospel Church next Monday at 7 45 p m She will be present and bring groups from San Angelo Winters and Carlsbad Everyone is invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs Matthew G Caperton announce the birth of a son at Bronte Hospital on Wednesday July 14 at 7 20 am. The infant weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and is named Matthew G Caperton Jr. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs E L Caperton of Bronte and Mrs O V Looney of Robert.
Mrs. H. M. Buddy Kirkland was elected Bronte city secretary replacing Mrs. Jerry Proctor who resigns to join her husband Merle Proctor in South Dakota. Kirkland will begin August 1 and undergo two weeks of training. Proctor leaves to accompany her husband on his farming and ranching move.
The Sweetwater Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors a speedboat regatta at Oak Creek Lake next Sunday July 18 with two beauty contests Miss Sweetwater and Miss Oak Creek Lake. About 80 racing pilots are entered. festivities begin at 1 p m with beauty contests at 5 p m. Admission is 50 cents for adults, 25 cents for children, and free for under 12.
A local Farm Bureau Queen contest will choose a representative for the district in September. Applicants must be 16 to 22 and have a Farm Bureau parent. The July 26 meeting in Robert Lee includes a covered dish supper and guest speaker R G Arnold. District winners go to the state meet in November with a $500 expense paid trip to New York for the federation convention.
Voters approved a 250000 bond 282 to 31 to build a new elementary school north of the current building. Plans call for 12 classrooms an auditorium nurses room cafeteria offices and rest rooms with bids to be sought after final specifications. The Columbian Securities Corp of San Antonio will handle the bonds at just under 2 percent interest.
More than 100 persons attended the Range Management Field Day sponsored by the Coke County Soil Conservation District on the W. E. Burns ranch near Edith. A noon barbecue followed talks by O. F. Armstrong and Congressman O. C. Fisher, with demonstrations on native grasses erosion prevention and cover crops observed at Burns ranch. County officers and supervisors are listed among organizers and participants.
Bronte city board of equalization will meet Friday at 6 PM at city hall to hear tax requests and complaints. Members are A. F. Ball, Dwain Pruitt, and W. H. Maxwell Jr. The panel met last week to review Bronte's tax rolls.
Brookshire Baptists begin a revival this Friday night with Rev. Clinton Eastman of Westbrook preaching. Rev. John Early will direct the singing as services are set for 8 p m and 10 30 a m with all invited to attend.
Coke County voters hear from A. J. Bishop Jr who seeks a second term in the 7th District. He cites one regular and one special session, farming roots in Runnels County, a 1950 Texas Tech agriculture degree, World War II service with the 42nd Infantry Division, and gratitude for past support ahead of the July 24 election.
Abilene man Bill Pugh has been chosen as the Bronte church of Christ's new minister. He and his wife and six year old daughter will move soon after the church decorates and roofs the minister’s home. Pugh is ACC educated, a U S Marine veteran, and has preached in multiple Texas towns including Houston.
Bronte School trustees scheduled the 1954-55 term positions on Monday night naming building custodians Lewis Sims and J I Adair and bus drivers with T G Greghorn continuing as custodian of buses and driver. Other drivers include B G Timmons Mrs Pete Gentry Mrs T H Tidwell and Albert Davis. Cafeteria staff chosen are Mrs Monroe Alexander Mrs Mary Walker Mrs R W Sims Mrs T G Gleg horn and Mrs Tidwell. Mrs Charles Oliphant to serve again as school secretary. Board to solicit bids for gasoline and oil with a supplier to provide underground storage tank and pump.
Ashman and Hilliard Ltd filed for a 4500 foot wildcat well five miles southeast of Bronte. The operation, No. 3 B F Bridges, uses rotary drilling with Shirley Miller Drilling Co as contractor. Location sits on an 80 acre lease, near survey lines 386 Jorth, two locations south of No 1 B F Bridges, drilled and abandoned earlier this spring.
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