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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1946
Page
2
The Union Who Club met at Mrs Fay Scott's home with co host Mrs Jess Scott. Members suggested Christmas ideas and agreed to move meetings to 2 00 PM. Cocoa and pumpkin pie were served to 18 members and three visitors. Next meeting on November 22 features Christmas idea exchange and a quilt sale project.
About 125 Masons and wives attended the Bronte City Park barbecue on October 24. J. T. Henry cooked the meal with trimmings. A quartet of Junior, Francis, Dwain Pruitt and Luther McCutchen performed, joined by Joe Wilson and Homer Cornelius on violin. Rev. C. R. Blake presided as MC with Masons from Norton Robert Lee Ballinger and San Angelo in attendance. A Ballinger Mason brought his brother from Orecon.
A shower was held last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. O. W. Eubanks honoring Mrs. Robert Hugh Sims. Hostesses included Mrs. W. W. Ivey, Mrs. Hollis Stevens, and Mrs. Eubanks. Refreshments served to a long list of guests.
A Texas Farm Bureau president announces looting of 18 farm bureaus during October. The report details October and August 1946 rail and production figures for eggs, chicken shipments, cottonseed, dairy products, ice cream, butter, cheese, and cotton use in Texas mills, with various year over year comparisons.
Frank Flynt has moved across from the Ballinger Post Office into the Siebel Building formerly occupied by Harmon Motor Company. The new site is prepared and awaiting more Ford cars to display and move.
C. R. Smith prepares a major remodel of Smith Hardware in Bronte Coke County. The front will gain a shortened awning and more light while the interior gets larger displays and better shop space for customers. The store offers Philco radios hardware plumbing fixtures paints varnish brushes and a broad furniture line.
Mrs. L. Johnson reports discovering a snake inside a beer can during a routine scouting outing. The find, linked to a Bronte Enterprise note from about ten years ago, highlights Bailey Bell catching the reptile to illustrate a cautionary tale about hidden dangers.
A humorous tale from town recounts a man delivering liquor who found a snake in a beer can. The snake reportedly hiccuped and wriggled, while the scene ended at the doorstep of Justice of the Peace H M Robinson. Bailey claimed the story true and produced the can as proof, though the beer’s fate remains unknown.
Brooks Browning says the arrival of new cars may come soon and will impress locals with the Kaiser and Fraser display. He praises Mrs. Browning as a hard worker who delivers creditable results in any task she takes on. A posey to Bonnie.
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