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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1960
Page
3
The Bronte Enterprise lists candidates for public offices including State Representative J W Bill Moore and A J Bishop Jr both from Runnels County as well as Sheriff Melvin Childress and Will Perciful. Other posts include Tax Assessor Collector O B Jacobs Mrs Juanita Trimble William J Green Aubrey Z Denman County Attorney Frank C Dickey Constable Precinct 2 A E Pete Gentry Oscar Renshaw and District Judge Swist District W C Bill McDonald.
Aubrey Denman, Jesse Parker, Royce Fancher and others earned awards as part of Public School Week. Safe Driving awards were presented by high school principal Joe Simpson to five bus drivers for accident-free records, with special PTA executive committee awards for their service.
School officials announce there will be no classes Friday so Bronte teachers may attend the Texas State Teachers association meeting in San Angelo. The Junior play is set for Thursday night in the school auditorium and a separate story on the play appears elsewhere. J T Henry will lead a Livestock Judging team to San Angelo Saturday for the Fat Stock Show contest and to later events in Alpine and Lubbock in April. selecting the team is complicated by other student activities.
Mrs. Charles Ragsdale reports guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jodie Van Zandt include her sister and family Rus sell Wade and children and Mrs. W L McCurdy of Odessa. Mrs. McCurdy extended stay. Herman Craft ill in St Johns Hospital San Angelo. Funeral of Mrs Hugh Ross attended by Lee Lackey James Saunders and others in Lubbock. W E Lackey could not attend. Read the classified ads.
Blackwell High School juniors and seniors held a banquet Saturday night February 27 at the Little Mexico Cafe in Sweetwater’s Airport Terminal Building. More than 70 attendees included students, parents, faculty and guests. Programs featured songs and skits with student leaders and a guest speaker.
Richard Wayne Rees, home from Texas Tech at Lubbock, was recently elected to membership in the Saddle Tramps, a 70 member Tech organization supporting Red Raider athletic teams. The group escorts and aids athletic events on campus.
Five members of Cub Scout Pak No 452 in Bronte received Bobcat pins at a school meeting Monday night. Cubmaster R W Blackmon presented the awards with their fathers pinning them on. Recipients were Jim Bob Arrott Larry Butler Gary Don Smith David Lynn Scott and Randy Barbee. Refreshments followed for the boys parents the Cubmaster and den mother Mrs J B Arrott.
Wednesday night services marked the close of the Week of Prayer for Home Missions and the Annie Armstrong Offering for foreign missions sponsored by the WMU of First Baptist Church. Contributions to the Annie Armstrong fund will continue through March.
Mrs Jean Sheppard hosted the Sorosis Study Club gathering at her mother Mrs Otis Smith home last Friday evening. Mrs E F Glenn led a program titled Knowledge of Texas as officers for the coming year were elected per the nominating committee and will be installed in May. A salad plate and coffee followed for two guests Mrs Bob Howard and Mrs John Kedziora and eight members including Mrs Edward Cumbie E F Glenn Royce Lee Clyde Lee Bob Grimes Bill Clark and W D McDonald.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Roy Braswell and Ginger of Sterling City were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Braswell. Saturday night they were joined by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Vosburg, Buddy and Deborah of Robert Lee. Sunday guests were Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Knoll of Drasco.
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