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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1956
Page
5
A nostalgic meditation on gratitude contrasts Pilgrims and modern life, urging appreciation for small comforts like lamp light and kitchen warmth. The piece suggests the harvest festival can restore life’s simple colors and value, warning that lacking gratitude means missing a core human truth.
Funeral services for Roy Kirkland 64 will be held Thursday November 22 at 2 p.m. from First Methodist church. The Rev A Lin Loeffler and Rev R W Blackmon will officiate. Burial will follow in Old Fort Chadbourne Cemetery under Clift Funeral Home. Kirkland died Saturday at 6:45 a.m. in Santa Fe Railroad hospital Los Angeles from a heart attack. He was born May 4 1892 in Winfield Alabama and lived in the Bronte area most of his life. He was a retired Santa Fe railroad man and previously worked in Bal linger Arizona and New Mexico. He moved back to Bronte 1% years ago. Survived by two daughters Waldine Malone Clo vis NM Evelyn Stanton Bel en NM two sons Charles Clovis and Vernon Lubbock two brothers Jahen Bronte and L J Kirkland Estancia NM three sisters L C Robbins Bronte Permelia Reed San Antonio Ollie Hogue San Antonio one half brother Buddy Kirkland Bronte step brother J W McCracken Silverton and ten grandchildren.
The fourth Friday night show at Green Mountain Junior Grand Ole Opera is postponed a week due to a ball game at Robert Lee on Nov 30. The public is invited to the next program at the Green Mountain Community Center.
Bronte Longhorns defeat Robert Lee Steers 13-0 to claim Coke County Championship and earn a tie for second with Trent and Robert Lee in district play. A stout line and bruising backfield powered the Longhorns to the win.
The county park at Robert Lee and Bronte is nearing completion with the swimming pool on track to receive a finishing concrete coat. caretaker facilities, bath houses, and filter plant are structurally complete. Water supply secured from the old city lake. Two footbridges span the park draw and ornamental fish stocking planned.
Benny Corley of Tennyson receives the 4 H Gold Star Award after starting in 4 H club work in 1952. He has completed 13 demonstrations and raised pigs, turkeys, lambs, and steers, with breeding hogs and sheep. His lambs and turkeys show strong results including Grand Champion entries at the State Fair of Texas and Coke County Show.
Nine year old Beth Ivey of Shannon Hospital shows improvement after polio. Fourth grade classmates sent a sunshine box of gifts last week. Beth writes she can move toes on one foot and thanks everyone for cards. She was stricken about two weeks ago with serious illness and will transfer to Gonzales Foundation Hospital for further therapy.
Mr and Mrs J D Smith announce the birth of a daughter Dawn Jene at noon Friday November 16 in Andrews hospital. The infant weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and has a brother Claude Ray aged 21 months. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Claude Ward of Bronte and Mr and Mrs Ray Smith of Texarkana.
The Ladies of the WMU of the First Baptist Church held an all day meeting Tuesday with a study course on Japan. The annual event highlights a country where the church supported mission work. The fellowship hall was decorated in a Japanese motif and a Japanese lunch was served at noon.
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