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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1964
Page
34
Editor thanks R E Cumbie for recalling Bronte schools begun in 1690 with a one room building. after a 1921 fire the district formed a stock company to fund rebuilding, launching a four room then an eight room rock structure and later a two story addition.
Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson arrived by helicopter in Bronte in early July 1948 to campaign for the U S Senate. He landed on the town’s north edge where a large crowd greeted him.
A dated caption describes a group portrait taken at the old Hayrick school led by teacher Jim Robbins. The text lists rows of students by name and relation, noting several unidentified figures and a single window desk seen through an open window.
In a 1958 interview, the late Monroe McCutchen recounts the first Bronte area school Oso on Mack Eubanks' land, its Archer place name, and early teachers Madison McCutchen and Mr Wilson. He also recalls Badger Den Arkansas Bend school, Bronte beginnings, and the 1890 post office event. Mrs. T. G. Stinebaugh was among early students.
The stadium bears the Stephenson Field name honoring Elbert Stephen son of Mrs. J A Stephenson and the late Mayor Stephenson. A missing in action 1944 lieutenant tied to a B 26 Marauder during World War II is noted, highlighting wartime service in the Ath AAF unit.
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