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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1946
Page
3
Norton community notes travelers visitors and local events from Norton including visits to Fort Bliss relatives in Galveston and attendance at rodeos and fairs. Volleyball and basketball results share space with play rehearsals cast list for a production titled A Ready Made Family and invitations to attend.
Mrs. R. T. Whitehead reflects on time as a divine gift and the only resource no one can replace or control. She warns that every second wasted cannot be regained and asks how much interest one earns on the real currency of life.
The Bronte Enterprise introduces four correspondents reporting from Blackwell Norton Robert Lee and Tennyson. Readers are encouraged to subscribe through Mrs Charles Ragsdale Miss Betty Jo Shelburne Miss Jerry Mitchell and Mrs W H Green.
Bronte Community Service Club meets at 7 00 P M in the Vocational Agriculture rooms. President Hubert O Whitt says newly installed officers will take over their positions and all members are urged to attend.
The Bronte Senior 4 H club earned a ribbon and 7.50 dollars from its Educational Exhibit in a recent livestock show. Doris Adair Evelyn Perkins and Billie Jean Millican were named scrapbook keepers and the group planned a March 19 meeting after a dress-cutting activity.
Bronte business men funded by O. L. Pittman owner and Bus Drivers Club president install a new radio in the bus shop for drivers' amusement. The club plans further improvements as thanks are extended.
Wayne Arrott of Tennyson won lightweight pigs under 200 pounds and earned reserve champion with stock selling to Gandy's for two dollars a pound. Miz Arrott took the showmanship award. Charles Arrott of Tennyson placed third in pigs over 210 pounds and fifth in Aberdeen Angus heifer class. Bobby Phillips of Divide and Lester Boyd of Wingate placed in fat lambs. Miz Arrott also won in Coke County events.
Billy Ray Miller son of Mr and Mrs Joe B Miller Rt 2 Bronte left for the navy July 20 1945 and has been in California ever since He is now a ship fitter seaman 1/c having recently been advanced in rank His Bronte Enterprise reader says he enjoys getting news from Bronte and Coke County trade area.
In Nolan County at Sweetwater the Blackwell F F A show crowned Dixie Smith with fat calves in fifth place Sonny Wyatt took sixth and Bobby Spence captured seventh on fat lambs. Other top placings included Earl Lackey taking early spots in aged ewes and Dixie Smith and John Libby earning wins in dairy categories with multiple contestants placing across beef and group classes.
A Bronte campus roundup reports on students and staff, with football eligibility rules, honor rolls, and PTA plans. Highlights include march 11 football practice begins, PTA district conference in San Angelo March 26 27, and a March 12 program led by Mrs. W W Whalen.
Round About Town rounds up Bronte happenings from visits by Winters guests to a planned city election on April 2 1946 for a mayor and four aldermen. It notes a school census children turning six, new Concrete Tile Shop activity, a possible chemical plant, and returning serviceman Sgt Bobby Modgling with local family ties. It also mentions a Brookshire rabbit drive and an all day singing convention at Tennyson on March 24 with dinner.
County Clerk Willis Smith reports that Michail C. Casey and Mona E. Mundell were issued a marriage license on March 4, and Clifford F. Sharp and Mary G. Murtishaw received one on March 6.
Four Abilene Jaycees outlined plans to form a Bronte Junior Chamber of Commerce. Dues would be 1 per year and include the Jaycee magazine. Bronte officials and club leaders discussed the proposal and next steps with Abilene visitors.
Community updates report visits by Mrs. Theo Weideman and relatives to Dime Box, plus a WHO Club project for a bed spread to be exhibited at the Grand Opry of Divide on March 15 at the Blackwell school. Socials note refreshments for members and guests, a World Peace program, and local engagements including weddings, visits to Dallas and Sweetwater, and a 1945 graduate returning to Brady.
Local column lists residents visiting relatives and friends from Tennyson and nearby towns. Discharges, birthdays, illnesses, and travel to San Angelo Odessa Midland and Paint Rock appear among interactions and social events.
Robert L Revelations Jr and Mrs Judd Campbell become new owners of the Red and White store, succeeding A J Roe Jr whose future plans remain undisclosed. Mrs Dale Stephenson takes AAA office role and Ankie Davis joins Looney Lumber. Katie Sue Good visited her parents, and Fred and Mrs Nutt relocate to San Angelo.
Captain Mundell reports 286 men enlisted in February at the local Army station with 19 taking the oath on February 25. Most recruits were 17 or 18, options favored were 3 year terms, and 25 reenlistments occurred. European Theater remains popular with 150 choosing it, followed by 20 to the Pacific and 10 to the Caribbean Defense Command.
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