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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1944
Page
3
A compendium of fifth grade poems recounts a boy’s hillside memory and war trek, a doggerel on honeybees, and a humorous dog tale. The piece features authors Joe Blake Whalen Johnnie White and Dan Daniels with light verse and lighthearted rhymes.
The Sculture boys of Bronte under H. B. Edmondson won top judging honors for lambs and tied for top in hogs at the district FFA meet in Ballinger. Bronte entered 3 teams with 14 members, led by Joe Caudle high point man for Bronze Chapter and second overall.
Mrs. Dora Flood aged 80 formerly of Midland died at her daughter's home in this city early Wednesday. Funeral services were held at the Keeney home and the body was taken to Midland for entombment Thursday at 3 pm. Survived by six children including Mrs. Keeney Mrs. Baugh Mrs. Trammell and Frank Flood. Her husband Thomas Flood preceded her in death.
John Warner died at the family home near Bronte on Saturday March 25 1944 after a period of illness. Interment was in Bronte cemetery Sunday following religious services at Kikapoo Baptist church conducted by Elders Chas Carroll and T J Cain. Survived by a widow a son B J Elk City Oklahoma and a daughter.
An Educational Meeting of F. O. Borrowers took place in Robert Lee Texas on March 24 1944 with Chair R B Allen and talks on 1943 crop year horticulture 4 H Club and garden insect control. Miss Vera R Martin and Mrs Myrtle Lemay hosted a war crop discussion with Sweetwater district supervisor present. About 40 attendees enjoyed an old fashioned picnic dinner and praised the event as a complete success.
The Runnels Associational Workers Conference gathers at First Baptist Church Miles Texas on April 4 1944 with the theme The Need of the Hour. Program runs 10:00 to 2:40 featuring song service worship prayer faith endowment sermon and a Vacation Bible School segment led by U L Stewart C A Morton and E Brooks.
Records detail exhibitor names, animals, weights, sale prices, prizes, and totals from the fifth annual Coke County FFA Livestock Show. Notable entries include Keeney Arrott with pigs and calves, Claud Ray Ash with calves, Curtis Barron and Bobby Gentry with multiple calves, Theron Tidwell Jr. with hogs, and Lonnie Fo with a pig. Pages note continued listings and incomplete lines.
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