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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1950
Page
2
For sale by Bronze Fractor Co. 19tte. Advertises new Maytag automatic washers as beautiful labor saving machines to consider before purchase.
Portable Rotary Bobbin Sew Gem machine two years old. Scott Atwater outboard motors and Allis Chalmers tractors listed. Bronze Tractor Co advertises lots of sweeps. Day and night Wreker Service contacts. Bulova ladies watch $25.75. Texas State Porto Rico potato plants $2.75 per 10000. Seigler kerosene heater with white porcelain cabinet in good condition. Inquire at Khronte Enterprise office.
The Bronte Enterprise lists candidates for the July 22 1950 Democratic primary. Dorsey Hardeman seeks re election for Representative 92nd District. W H Rampy is candidate for County Judge. Jeff Dean and McNeil Wylie seek sheriff and re election respectively. Paul Good seeks re election for Tax Assessor Collector. Jett Blair is for County and District Clerk. Willis Smith and Weldon Fikes seek County Attorney and County Treasurer. Mrs Ruby L Pettit seeks re election for County Commissioner Precinct No 2 Otis South and Claude Dimnore for Precinct No 4 re election.
The column notes wide shifts in farm product sales and costs. Cotton sales rose by a small percent with the 1944 average at 294.60 and 1949 at 682.33, while egg and dairy product sales fell sharply. hay and grain registrations declined but expenses rose in labor, feed, farms and upkeep, with broad increases in maintenance and taxes compared to 1949.
Mrs. Herbert Holland and Miro joined by Mrs. Gene Crenshaw visited sister Mrs. Dee Foster and her mother Mrs. James Cauble. The Fosters hosted visits from Wooy Henry Boutrights and others in Miles and nearby towns, with numerous relatives and friends dropping by over the weekend.
Hurles Lee and children picnic by the river on Thursday with the Gartmans and Fosters. Rearrange visits include Dutch and Hollands, Cranes family tours, and plural relatives across Bronte and nearby towns. A three inch weekend rain helps boost community mood as church work resumes on a new building.
The family of Mrs. Lewis Sims thanks friends and neighbors for sympathy, floral offerings, and food during their recent bereavement.
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