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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1955
Page
7
After three weeks away I am back at home and on the job, grateful for flowers and kind words. I helped my mother with hens during her departure, wrestling 54 birds through mud and a leaky coop after a 4 inch rain, while recalling storm winds at Graford and trying a new recipe for summer congealed salad.
During a night service on June 12 Rev. W. C. Craig installed new officers for the Woman's Society of Christian Service for the year starting June 1. Officers include Mrs. I. C. Oden as president and Mrs. B. E. Modgling as vice president with a slate of department secretaries and workers listed. Also noted: Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Kirkland visiting San Angelo and staying with her sister's family.
Emma Lou Hipp and Harley Leroy Waggoner were married June 11 at 6 pm in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tubb, Blackwell. The double ring ceremony was by Rev. Douglas Gossett with hyacinths and blue daisies decor. The bride wore Irish linen and a white Bible bouquet. maid of honor Glenna Tubb and best man Ray Johnson attended. Guests came from Blackwell, Bronte, Lubbock, and Douglas Arizona. couple to reside at 104 West 6th Street Sweetwater after a brief wedding trip.
Betty Sanderson was honored with a garden gift tea on Thursday at the Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Guests greeted her and her mother as she prepares to wed Percy Graham Anderson Jr. of El Dorado, Ark. The event featured canaries, parakeets, pink and white decor, and songs by Mrs. B. R. McCarley and Mrs. O. T. Colvin.
The couple from Blackwell High School and Scoggins Beauty Academy will wed in Sweetwater. The bridegroom is a 1953 Blackwell High School graduate employed by Lone Star Gas Co. in Sweetwater.
John Gastons celebrated with a housewarming at their new Tennyson home marking the first anniversary. Floyd Gibson J W Latham Robert Brown Bill Feil Roy Baker hosted with local musicians, serving cake squares coffee and punch to many guests including Marvin Corley Hubert Holland Albert Davis James Arrott Dee Wayne Arrott Susan Homer Cornelius Kirk Dyess Norton Ben Murphey Erve Little Hamp Thomas C E Bruton H A Springer Walter Phillips Albert Bragewitz A M Wynne and Mines James Rogers Jack Corley Sadie Brown Betty Green Sam Gaston Bert Cornelius Jay Latham and others.
Mr and Mrs Dean Stephenson of Maverick announce the birth of their son Jerry Dean at Clinic Hospital in San Angelo on Monday morning June 6 weighing 8 pounds. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Cope Norton and Mr and Mrs M D Stephenson Brookshire. Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs J L Stephenson San Angelo.
Two Higginbotham daughters Mrs Frank Sayner and Mrs Jack Hamilton and their children visited from Moriarty New Mexico and Dallas Texas During their stay they and their mother toured San Antonio to see another daughter and her family Mr and Mrs H A Fitzhughn They were joined by daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Bill Meyer of Houston who visited for a few days.
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