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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1958
Page
6
Coke County Democratic Executive Committee set primary and runoff costs at 1800 dollars for ballots supplies and staff. Candidates pay 3 percent of annual salary for county offices and 2 percent for justice of the peace. State candidates pay nothing while legislators pay a dollar. congressman salary is 22500 dollars.
Santa Fe Railway Co reps in The Enterprise announce plans to seek Texas Railroad Commission approval to discontinue passenger service along the Bronte line. Last year operating costs reached 142 932 while revenue was 71 512, leaving a 71 420 loss, with mail revenue exceeding 60 000. Officials say mail by truck is cheaper and local train use is fading as autos rise. Hearing date to be announced.
Robert L. Moore tops the 1958 Bronte High School class with a 94.86 average closely followed by Gene Sherrod at 94.80. Oleta Brice is high point girl with 91. Baccalaureate and commencement set for May 18 and May 23 at the high school auditorium with speakers Rev A Lin Loeffler and Dr R M Daviness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sadie Clark Allen 68 were held at Tennyson Baptist Church with ministers from San Angelo and Bronte officiating. Burial followed at Mule Creek Cemetery near Tennyson under Clift Funeral Home directions. She died May 14 after a nine week illness attributed to cancer. She was born Ladie Elizabeth Clark April 26 1890 at Long Cove near Lampasas and is survived by her husband Elmer M. Allen daughter Lanora Webb a previous marriage daughter and three grandsons and three great grandchildren plus a sister and many relatives.
Vale dictorian Gwen Kirkland and salutatorian Kay Powell lead eighth graders speaking at the May 22 8 p m ceremony in the school auditorium. Rev Douglas Brown to deliver the address with music by Mary Helen Campbell and Handelic pieces.
Campaign chairman A. J. Kirkpatrick reports the Cancer Crusade fund has reached $815.20 this week, surpassing the $575 Coke County quota by about 140 percent. A few reports remain and the drive aims to close by May 16 with a detailed campaign report to follow.
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