Bronte Drese Revue Highlights Wool and Dacron Fashion
Weekly by Ben Oglesby notes the Bronte event on zergteg A 1018 under the Act of March 3 1879. Mrs Fred Ashworth wore a Coronation Purple top of wool flannel by Millikin. Gladys Waldrop wore a Persian Wine suit. Mrs J W Labenske wore Twilight by Miron. Vogue designed the shawl collar. About thirty attended the revue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dacron
Fred Ashworth
Millikin
McCalls
Gladys Waldrop
Miron
J. W. Labenske
Vogue
Tailor Shop Opening Showcases Club Works and Wool Creations
The Tailor Shop opening last Saturday highlighted Home Demonstration clubs displaying tailored outfits. Members modeled suits toppers and coats in 100 percent Miron and Schlang wools, with patterns by McCall Butterick Simplicity Vogue and designs including Pink Cloud Smoke Ring Navy Royalty and Sunset toppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Arrott
Claude Gentry
Model Royal
Bobby Vaughn
Julliard
Tom Rives Jr
shCails
Leon Nixon
Gladys Rives
Tom Rives
Rives
A. D. Fields
Vogue
Widow Fikes
John Petty
Forstman
T. M. Wylie, Jr
Nottingham
Miss Hawkins Reviews The Wonderful Country By Tom Lea
Miss Eudora Hawkins of Abilene reviews Tom Lea's The Wonderful Country for Sorosis Club in a Friday night talk. Audience comprising Sorosis Study Club members at Mrs. Norman Riker's home enjoyed the southwest Texas and Mexico narrative followed by a brief business session and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hawkins
Sorosis Club
Tom Lea
Eudora Hawkins
Abilene
Sorosis Study Club
Texas
Mexico
Norman Riker
Jacob Morrow
Mmes
Matthew Caperton
Royce Fancher
Clark Glenn
E. F. Glenn
Ben Oglesby
Roy Robinson
R. H. Sims
Edward Cumbie
Pete McDonald
Miss and Mrs 1953 Queens crowned at Pierre festival
From Kirby South Dakota comes the report that Mrs Bobbie Hambright and Miss Frankye Stark were selected as the Miss and Mrs Queens for the American Legion Post of Pierre at the St Patricks Festival on March 17. They were crowned by Miss Joan Frazee the South Dakota Snow Queen and received gifts and a memento photo. A Spring dance followed the ceremony sponsored by the Past Presidents of the American Legion Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby
So. Dakota
Bobbie Hambright
Bronte
Frankye Stark
Queens of the
American Legion Post
Pierre
St. Patricks
South Dakota
Joan Frazee
American Legion Auxiliary
Family Reunion Stretches Across East Texas Towns
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Richards hosted a weekend family reunion with guests from New Orleans, Ville Platte, Menard, and Goldsmith. Visitors included Ernst Ratliff and Steve, H E Sanford and Sammy, W M Carter, L D Burton, Marvin and Doe Makey, C E Jones and family, Pete Proctor fresh from seven years in the army, and A E Proctor and girls from Winters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Richards
Bronte
Ernst Ratliff
Steve
New Orleans
H. E. Sanford
Sammy
Ville Platte
W. M. Carter
Menard
L. D. Burton
Goldsmith
Richards
Marvin and
Doe Makeys
Norton
Zelma Proctor
C. E. Jones
Sweetwater
P. L
Pete) Proctor
Pete
San Antonio
Bronte School Hosts Nurses and Gideons Events
Two visiting nurses Edna Mae Jones and Misa Alicia Chavez talked to Bronte high school girls about nursing careers and Shannon Nursing School in San Angelo. The Bronte District 11 Convention included sessions at Brownwood High with music by Coleman and Comanche choirs, and speakers John Ben Sheppard and Dr. Logan Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Mae Jones
Misa Alicia Chavez
Shannon School of Nursing
Bronte
Shannon Nursing School
San Angelo
Mid-Texas State Teachers Association
Brownwood
Brownwood High School
Coleman High School
Smith Bell
John Ben Sheppard
Comanche High School
Logan Wilson
University of Txas
Gaddy Sure
Rlm
Bronte Schools Dismiss Early for Easter Break
Easter holiday affects Bronte schools with dismissal next Thursday afternoon and Friday off. Students resume classes the following Monday after the Easter holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronte
Stanolind Deepens No 1 Well in North Bronte Field
Stanolind plans to deepen No 1 4500 feet in the North Bronte area east of production. The current bottom at 6005 feet has yielded no shows. Location is 330 feet from the west and 660 feet from the south lines of section 391-1-A H&TC survey. Lion No 5 Mary Rawlings flowed 61 gravity distillate for 15 minutes on a drillstem test in the lower Jennings from 5175 to 5185 feet, gas surfacing in two minutes and distillate in seven. Humble seeks to amend No 8 J L Brunson location to 3200 feet north of the Colorado River and 1200 feet from east line of section 33, N Eastland survey, two miles southwest of Bronte. Humphrey Lee field near Maverick reports its second producer, Thomas D Humphrey No 2 D O Lee, completed on pump for 41.25 barrels per day of 40.1 gravity oil from perforations at 5152-54 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanolind
B.C. Rawlings
North Bronte
H&tc
Mary Rawlings
Jennings
Humble
Coronado River
N. Eastland Survey
Bronte
Humphrey-Lee
Maverick
Blackwell Local News Highlights Visits and Events
Local families from Blackwell and nearby towns visit relatives in Portales Bronte and Winters. Keith Corley ill in Bronte hospital. Bill Burwick sustains a broken leg at a water well rig and is hospitalized in Abilene. Blood bank donors urged for Bronte event March 30. WSCS meets at Methodist Hall with program on Christian education led by Mrs. Clarence Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Whitaker
Earl Cook
Portales
New Mexico
Keith Corley
Bronte Hospital
Charles Ragsdale
Desmond Ragsdale
Johnny
Blackwell
Tom Ragsdale
Winters
Bob Ragsdale
Ft. Hood
Bill Burwick
Grege
Nora Bell Corley
Washington, D. C
Babe McLendon
Douglas
Arizona
G. K. Corley
Sweetwater
T. A. Carlisle
T. G. Carlisle
Blackwell Lions
Cooksey
Bronte
Louis Rosser
Everett Bryant
Abilene
Robert Harris
Carouzet
J. Roy Sanderson
WSCS
Methdist Fellowship Hall
Clarence Rogers
Rogers
P. G. Dabney
L. W. Sweet
J. W. Leach
Jennings Lewis
Austin Jordan
Tom Payne
Wyley McRorey
Henry C. Raney
WSCS Birthday Party Observed at Mrs Fuller Home
The quarterly birthday party of the Methodist WSCS was held last Wednesday March 18 at the home of Mrs J E Fuller. Hostesses included Mrs F S Higginbotham Clifford Clark Joe Carter Sam Lasswell Buddy Kirkland and Will Gideon. Decorations featured a St Patrick motif and 28 members attended. Mrs R C Lasswil gave the history of St Patrick and Mrs A S Whatley delivered a humorous monologue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
WSCS
J. E. Fuller
Hospital Admission and Discharge Log March Dates
A list records patient admissions and dismissals by date from March aligned with hospital notes. Entries include names such as Lillian Kay Strickland Grace Green Walter Moore Jessie Pearl Renshaw and multiple others with various admissions and dismissals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. L. Harten
Mae Wilkins
Frank Keesee
H.C. Hedges
Lillian Kay Strickland
Joe Carter
W. J. Branham
LE. McGuire
Dan Blue
John Gordon
Walter Moore
W. H. Robertson
Ed Dixon
Don Coward
Sheri Miers
Robert Strickland
P. D. Wrinkle
Elmo Bell
D. M. Ott
T. L. Lancaster
Leslie Ash
Grace Green
Murtis Mitchell
Lancaster
D. T. Bramlett
Curtis Caldwell
Rebecca Montez
L. R. Lockett
Bob Hickman
Claude Ditmore
L. K. Corley
Marvin Landers
Paula Jane
L. W. McHugh
J. T. Bramlett
Ivan Browne
Austin Sandusky
Euterpean Club Meets in Hickman Home
Members of the Euterpean Club gathered at Mrs. W. A. Hickman’s home with cohostess Mrs. W. W. Youngblood. President Mrs. H. C. Raney called the meeting to order with a birthday song for the club’s 19th anniversary. The group contributed to the Red Cross and planned April Guest Day featuring Mrs. F. S. Youree of Snyder for a book review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euterpean Club
W. A.‘Hickman
W. W. Youngblood
H. C. Raney
Red Cross
F. S. Youree
Snyder
L. W. Sweet
Irving Berlin
Henry C. Raney
O. T. Colvin
Mmes
R. V. Copeland
J. Roy Sanderson
Austin Jordan
P G. Dabney
Charles Ragsdale
Mary Lee Swindle
Fire Destroys Structures On D. K. Glenn Place
A fire of unknown origin destroyed a car shed a wash house and a pickup on D. K. Glenn Place four miles east of Bronte last Thursday night. The Wilson Sharp family who owned the property were away at the school band program when the blaze started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. K. Glenn Place
Bronte
Wilson Sharp
Bronte Fire Responds To Blaze At Local Storage
Fire crews were dispatched after a blaze was discovered at a storage site housing a 48 Chevrolet a pickup and furniture. The incident prompted calls for community support and plans for a Bronze Booster Club to aid local athletic teams. H A Jolley solicits community opinions and interest in forming the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronte
H. A. Jolley
Citizens advisory committee tours local schools
Twenty one members of the new Citizens advisory committee visited David Crockett school in San Angelo and schools at Water Valley Sterling City For san Coahoma and Loraine. A follow up meeting is set for April 2 at 7 30 p m at the local school to begin a study of Bronte school facilities and needs. All interested are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizns Advisory Committee
David Crockett
San Angelo
Water Valley
Sterling City
Forsan
Coahoma
Loraine
Bronte
Car Crash Wreck Injures Ivan Browne Near Tennyson
Ivan Browne sustained injuries in a Wednesday night crash about four miles north of Tennyson. He was driving toward Bronte around 7 p m when he lost control of his late model Nash automobile and was reported to be doing fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Browne
Tennyson
Brown
Bronte
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