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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1969
Page
4
A jumble of aphorisms and anecdotes showcases language use and social observations. Readers encounter examples of humor and misused idioms from Texas life, including rancher tales, compliments, and the sting of language in relationships.
Winter returned to the Bronte area this week after warm springlike weather. Cold winds arrived Monday with a Tuesday snowfall and Wednesday morning temperatures near freezing. Thursday forecast offered slight warming. The Tuesday snow provided little moisture for the area.
A dedication service is set at First United Methodist Church in Bronze on March 23 with Bishop O Eugene Slater of San Antonio presiding. Rev Kermit Gibbons of San Angelo district superintendent and former pastor will also attend. A noon covered dish dinner follows the 10 30 am services inviting former Bronte members living away to attend.
Voters will elect Bronte school trustees and city aldermen with balloting at Bronte City Hall and Green's Store in Tennyson. City candidates are Parker and Snead Jr. for alderman, while Bronte School carries three trustee spots with Caperton Coulson and Rawlings on the ballot. County trustee races include Glenn at large and Pruitt Sr. and Arrott in precincts two and four. Absentee voting starts Monday at city hall and Robert Lee county clerk's office.
Robert Lee Silver Lions Club and Coke County 4-H families host the annual pancake supper at Robert Lee School cafeteria with serving from 5 p.m. A 6 30 p.m. talent show follows in the auditorium. Admission is 1.00 dollars, proceeds support Lions and 4 H community projects. Performers include Robert Lee Stage Band and acts from Silver Robert Lee Stephenville Brownwood San Angelo Dallas Bronte and nearby towns.
J. T. Henry a Bronte High School vocational agriculture teacher will take a judging team to Angelo State College Saturday for a district livestock judging contest. They will leave Bronte at 6 45 am.
The MYF of the Methodist Church sponsors a pancake supper in the church Fellowship hall next Wednesday night. Tickets are 50 cents for children 11 and under and $1.00 for others. Serving begins at 5 p.m. Everyone is invited.
Funeral services for Murry Gilreath 73 longtime Bronte resident were held at 4 p m Saturday at Williams Funeral Chapel. Burial followed in Fairview Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home direction. The Rev Wayne N Stout and the Rev Harry Morris conducted the service. He died Friday at 1 30 a m in Medical Center Hospital Odessa after a three month illness. Survivors include his wife Fannie, daughter Mrs Kenneth Cook of Odessa, brother Robert Gilreath of Hamlin, sisters Marg Turpin of San Angelo and Mrs Laura Burroughs of Long Beach Calif, and two grandchildren. Pallbearers were Truman Parker Charles Sims Leslie Lammers Grady West Jason Culpepper and J B Mackey.
An Abilene man was robbed Tuesday night near the Colorado River bridge on Highway 277. Two men in a blue 1961 1962 Ford allegedly befriended him then threatened him with a gun and stole about $70 before fleeing toward San Angelo. Deputies and DPS set up road blocks as they pursued leads.
Funeral services for Wallace Jack Western 84 of Coleman were held Monday at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel in Coleman with burial in Coleman City Cemetery. Born December 26 1884 in Guntown Mississippi he lived in Coleman since 1904 and was a Baptist. Survivors include wife Nora Carriger four daughters Mrs Creek Bronte Mrs Walter Graham Abilene and Mrs Grover Meyers and Mrs Inez Singleton Houston three sisters and 12 grandchildren.
Bronze School resumed operations this week amid high and elementary absences due to illness. Elementary totals were 59 absent this Monday versus 86 on March 3, while high school had 13 absent this Monday versus 43 on March 3. Overall 72 were absent this Monday, down from 79 on March 3.
Bronze Noon Lions Club members announce a March 29 broom sale at the bank corner with brooms mops and other items. D K Glenn chair oversees merchandise purchase as club volunteers canvass neighborhoods to fund local community activities.
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