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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1955
Page
6
Classified notice from Bronte Texas announcing advertising representative changes and official mailing matter. Includes postal receipt date March 1 1918 and subscription rates for Coke and adjoining counties two dollars per year elsewhere. Public notice indicates correction policy for reflections on persons firms or corporations upon notification.
Caperton Chevrolet Co. reports June sales of new units including passenger cars to C. J. Crockett San Angelo Josh Hipp Blackwell Leslie Woollard L L Webb Humble Oil and Refining Co C C Jones Floyd Condra Dave W Barnett James Heathcott Wingate Aubrey Bagwell and commercial units to A B Cunningham pickup J E Scott pickup and Claude Ward sedan delivery Also mentions Misses Ann Adams and Joe Dell Walton visiting family in San Angelo.
Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Cook and family visit Mrs. Gilreath in town. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bruton plan a Saturday departure for a week of shopping in Wichita Falls and visiting Bonham relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Modgling and Mrs. Ri ker travel to San Angelo to see Harold Rhode recovering after surgery.
County Judge Jeff Dean announced three observer posts to be set up in Robert Lee Silver and Bronte as part of the Ground Observer Corps. M/Sgt Charles A Richey said volunteers will form full units with no special training required and should contact Judge Dean in Robert Lee.
The text mentions a fighter interception unit receiving warnings from radar installations via a central filter center and a large vertical map. It notes the Ground Observer Corps role and the Air Defense Command. Personal notices list visitors: Mrs. W. T. Davis Hershel Davis Gladys Atkinson and Bill Mansfield. Grandparents Homer and spouse host Carliss Ann and Lynn Phillips for two weeks.
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