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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1944
Page
3
Lt Richard I Collier of Abilene is reported missing in Africa since October 26. The notice was received by his wife Charlotte Collins of Abilene. Mrs Collier learned of the information Saturday night from his grandmother Mrs R M Cumbie and others.
The Bronte community recalls Dick Collier, a former Bronte boy who grew up here and later served as a navigator, after honors and duties abroad. Family ties to Abilene and Hardin-Simmons University anchor the story amid PTA Carnival notes and wartime postings.
Mr. J W Warner of Bronte and Esther Herron were married in 1894. On Sunday November 5 1944 their golden anniversary will be honored with a family reunion at Legion Park and open house at the Warner home from 3 to 5 pm. They have seven children and eighteen grandchildren with four grandsons in service.
The C. L. Green Milling and Grain Company offers a free maize moisture test at Winters. Farmers send maize to the mill for testing, with results sent to the AAA Agency to base FSA loan closings on moisture content.
Pvt. Lorie M. Jackson of the WACs at Meridian Mississippi and Homer Phillips Seabee first class from Oak Creek were married in Providence Rhode Island on Saturday October 21. The bride was a school teacher before her service and is the daughter of Mrs S O Jackson born and raised here.
The bride, a Bronte schoolgirl, becomes a WAAC member and Meridian Mississippi librarian for the Air Corps. The groom, Oak Creek native, is a machinist 1st class in Providence. After marriage Pvt Jackson returns to Meridian duty. future plans are undisclosed.
Hon Chas L South former congressman will speak on the streets of Bronte Saturday night at 8 30 o clock. The hour was changed from last week announcement. He comes at the invitation of county democratic chairman Dr J Griffith of Robert Lee and other Roosevelt supporters in Bronte led by L T Youngblood.
Editor notes the newspaper space shortage caused omission last week and urges maize farmers to locate the Enterprise edition containing Mr Green's advertisement as it may benefit them. The message emphasizes reading the ad from the prior issue.
The text hints that Japan's collapse will likely follow Germany's defeat within a year after victory in Europe and references optimism that we will win, though it trails into an incomplete thought.
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