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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1942
Page
3
The 1942 Bronte High senior class elected officers for the year. Officers include President Matthew Caperton, Vice President George Henry James Jr, Secretary Geraldine Laswell, Treasurer Minnie Katherine Rawlings, Social Chairman Laureen Cornelius, Reporter Billie Jean Duncan. Sponsors named as Miss Grae Montgomery and Mrs Ezell.
Alfred H Caperton 58 died in a Abilene hospital early Monday September 21 1942. He was a wholesale fruit dealer from Maverick area Runnels County and son of Mr and Mrs M G Caperton. Burial was in Clyde cemetery beside his parents. He is survived by siblings Emmet Caperton Mrs Robt Harwell and others. Funeral services were at South Side Baptist Church.
A large Song Festival will be held at the Miles Methodist church on Sunday afternoon from 2:30 to 4:30. Singers and quartets from San Angelo Ballinger Winters Miles Bronte Robert Lee Wingate Weribest Mereta Wall Harriett and other towns are invited and expected to attend this popular West Texas event.
Mrs Eva Sims departed Sunday for Bagunare when she finished work at Barnhart school and will miss Sunday and Monday morning duties according to the Enterprise.
G. R. Webb of Tennyson reported the sale of his spring wool clip at 45 cents per pound during a Mohair grading demonstration. Wool was stored at San Angelo with forty one cents as the top offer. Webb, breeder of registered Angora goats, noted billies were moving and that he recently sold a stud buck to Ike Duvall of Sance.
The Fort Chadbourne post office will close on September 30 and not reopen, marking the end of a once prospering town. The railroad, a native stone depot, and local institutions have diminished as Fort Chadbourne becomes a memory of past dreams in West Texas.
The Enterprise reports Wal lace Cockburn and his son Dan have opened an auto and general repair shop in Bronte within the Piie building on Main Street below the Magnolia Service Station. The Cockburns are long-time Bronte residents who recently returned home after living in the countryside for several years.
Coach Jeff Dean prepares the 1942 Longhorn football squad for the season opener against Eola on the focal field this afternoon at 2 30. The L onghorns match a fiery crowd and a visiting team described as hot mustard for throws and kicks. Public enthusiasm runs high with a pep squad on the streets proclaiming a Longhorns victory. Admission is 20 cents for children and 8 cents for adults.
Grimes Furniture Co marks its first anniversary in San Angelo and West Texas after taking over C. R. Fox Furniture Co from long-time owner C. R. Fox. Mr and Mrs H C Grimes assume ownership and pledge to uphold Fox’s high standards in serving the buying public.
A group of 24 selectors from Coke County left for training camps to prepare for overseas service in World War II. Six Bronte men are named among them, including Thad Lowry and Norman Alexander. Relatives gathered at the bus station to see them off while readying for the trials ahead, with a resolve to defeat Hitler and Japan.
The Grimes Furniture Co marks its first anniversary with a West Texas themed celebration. A week long sale begins Saturday morning September 26 1942 as prices are dramatically reduced to attract customers. The ad urges readers to visit for furniture and house furnishings during Anniversary Week.
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