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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1969
Page
4
Local classified section lists per word rates five cents with 50 cent minimum charge and 50 cent extra for blind ads. Notices include for sale items like cotton trailers and a Ford tractor, plus real estate rent or sale of a three bedroom house. Also entries for monument sales, film developing service, mending, and laundry/dress ironing services. Multiple names and contact numbers appear for seller requests and rental inquiries.
Descendants of the late Mr and Mrs H H Hayley gathered at Bronte Park for a family reunion. The Hayleys, pioneer settlers, lived in Coleman County in 1882 and moved to Coke County in 1889 aiding county organization. Surviving daughters Lula Peeler and Lottie McMullan attended with about 60 relatives and numerous Midland and Lubbock area guests.
A gospel meeting at Bronte Church of Christ runs this week with former local minister Leon Sharp of El Paso preaching. His sons Eddie and Mark Sharp lead singing during the services. A church spokesman invites all area residents to attend the remaining three days as the series continues through Sunday night with services at 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. except Sunday. Sharp, who left Bronte in 1954 after serving here for years, has pastored churches in Sheffield Meadow Carlsbad N M and El Paso. Eddie is 17 and a high school senior. Mark is a student.
U S Air Force Technical Sergeant Bobby L. Roe, son of Mr and Mrs John C Roe of Olive Hill Kentucky, serves at Korat Royal Thai AFB Thailand. He is an autopilot maintenance technician with Pacific Air Forces. Roe, a 1957 Olive Hill High School graduate, attended the University of Maryland Far East Division and Boise College. His wife Georgianna is the daughter of Mrs Willie Stevens of Blackwell.
A list of residents from Bronte and San Angelo is provided, naming Lene and Mr. and Mrs. Glenwood Marburger Julie and Christy, Glenn McKnight Lasswell Sharla Kenneth Bradberry Wesley Fields Calvin McCutchen R. C. Lasswell Wesley Labenske Vera Thomas Ollie Mae Cowley and Jetty Robbins.
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