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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1953
Page
7
The menu lists daily meals from Monday to Thursday with items such as Barbecue with sides, Beef and gravy, Hamburger steaks, Beans with chili pie, and Roast with gravy. Each day includes bread, milk, and a dessert option, reflecting a varied school cafeteria plan.
A historical hospital log lists admissions and discharges by date. Names include Mrs. Robert Reyes daughter Mrs Matthew Caper ton, J D Standler, Mrs E A Brookshire, A D Shaffer, Albert Rawlings, G E Davis of Robert Lee, C L Graham, O B Mills of San Angelo, Pete McDonald, Fred McDonald, Freddie Thomas, Marlon McCutchen, Mrs Arch Mathers, Rita Vinson, Leslie Young. Pete McDonald discharged.
About three quarters of an inch of rain fell last Thursday night following a norther. Cool temperatures persisted through the weekend and early week with light frost Monday night, not heavy enough to kill crops. The rainfall aided crop prospects in the area.
C B Arrott attended a Farm Bureau meeting in Big Spring Monday to discuss cotton acreage and cattle price supports. Mrs J D Huffaker visited Fort Leonard Wood Missouri last week and said Don Daniel is faring well with two San Angelo youths in his company. Mr and Mrs Jessie Parker are driving a new Chevrolet.
Rev and Mrs J E Fuller announce two grandsons John Bruce Fuller born Oct 15 weighing 9 lb 9 oz son of J E Fuller Jr of Harlingen and Carl Nurmie born Sept 22 weighing 9 lb 4 oz son of Nels Nurmie of Bessemer Michigan. Malcolm Braswell and wife welcome William Horace Braswell born Oct 23 in San Angelo Clinic Hospital weighing 8 lb 4 oz. Edgar Clark, son of Rev Ray Tatum and Mrs Homalie Clark born Sunday in San Angelo hospital. Robert Reyes and wife announce daughter Sally Ann born Oct 18 at Bronte Hospital weighing 8 lb 6 oz.
The Band Mothers Club cleared 284.23 from last Thursday’s Hillbilly Jamboree organized by the Coke County Jamboree group at the local gym. Most food donations were covered by volunteers and proceeds will fund school band instruments and related needs. Mrs. John Coulson serves as Band Mothers president. The crowd was described as the largest in years.
Local residents and visitors from Pensacola Snyder Rankin Abilene Laveda and San Angelo gathered in Coke County over the weekend. Notable attendees included Mrs Beulah Tubbs and Noel Percifull with Johnny Billingsley, Arnold Ball returning from a Colorado deer hunt. Snow fell and temperatures were very cold during travels.
T/Sgt James S Hageman visited his parents the Hageman family after a week. A former Bronte high school student, he enlisted in May 1946 and has lived in Wichita for about 20 years. He plans to sail to Korea on November 11.
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