Oil Activity Surges Near Bronte Area
Shamrock Oil and Gas Corp Amarillo seeks to drill a 4500 foot wildcat No 3 H G Wendland about five miles southwest of Bronte Texas. Kewanee Oil Co requests 5000 foot test Wend to the Wendkirk Cisco field near Bronte with recent production and pay data. Humble Oil and Refining Co plans 5700 foot drill near Blackwell Coke County six miles southeast. Stanolind Smith reports 15 barrels oil 78 barrels water in a 24 hour test while other wells show perforation and acidizing activity across several nearby tracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cisco
Jone
Kewanee Oil Co
Wendland
Merkel
Bronte
Wendkirk
Hennessy Survey
Cobb & S&w
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Fort Chadbourne
Coke County
Blackwell
F. Sosa
Stanolind Smith
Plymouth
Hickman
Lunchroom Menu For Next Week
The weekly lunch menu lists daily meals from Monday September 28 to Friday October 2. Dishes include beef stew pork and beans pic kle cheese and crackers cookies and peaches. franks in chili sauce mashed potatoes string beans tomato slices biscuits and butter milk and doughnuts. hamburger steaks potato salad blackeyed peas vegetable salad chocolate cupcakes corn bread milk. beans spinach chili pie cole slaw biscuit and butter plum cobbler milk. roast and gravy mashed potatoes English peas tomato slices hot rolls and butter jello milk.
Stinebaughs Celebrate 38th Anniversary and Birthdays
A bar-b-que supper was hosted at C. E. McGuire’s home on Wednesday night September 146 to honor T. G. Stinebaugh’s birthday on September 15 and the couple’s 38th wedding anniversary on September 16. Relatives and friends including Charles McGuire and others attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. McGuire
T. G. Stinebaugh
Stinebaugh
Charles McGuire
Bob Woods
Dan Gray
Dana
Sandra
Laura Martin
O. Jackson
Paul McGuire
Clyde
Marla Lou Rees Celebrates Seventh Birthday Party
Mrs. R. W. Rees hosted a birthday party at her home last Saturday for her daughter Marla Lou turning seven. Guests enjoyed games and cake with ice cream. attendees included Lillian Kaye, Bobby Strickland, Rex Harris, Ann Harris, Tricia Andrews, Johnnie Sims, Dana Eubanks, Beth Ivey, Nancy Wilson, David Wayne Davis, Jimmy Rose, Kenneth Wilkins, Wayne Phillips, Margie Oulesby, Judy Lee, Jan Wilkins, and Joy Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Rees
Marla Lou
Lillian Kaye
Bobby Strickland
Rex
Ann Harris
Tricia Andrews
Johnnie Sims
Dana Eubanks
Beth Ivey
Nancy Wilson
David Wayne Davis
Jimmy Rose
Kenneth Wilkins
Wayne Phillips
Margie O Ulesby
Judy Lee
Jan Wilkins
Joy Rogers
Promotion Sunday at First Baptist
Promotion Day observed in the Baptist Sunday School with all members urged to attend. Rev. M. R. Rogers preaches at 11:00 a.m. on Final Reports to the Master and Training Union leads the evening service. A missionary lesson titled Training Church Members in Other Lands is planned. Next Sunday changes: Training Union at 6:30 p.m. and preaching at 7:30 p.m. Beeching this Sunday begins at 8 p.m. and Law the Second Count follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Sunday School
M. R. Rogers
Training Union
Beeching
Oil Progress Edition Set for Bronte Oct 16
The Enterprise announces an Oil Progress Edition dated October 16 focusing on the oil industry and its impact on Bronte. It will be larger than normal, with stories and ads. oil progress week is observed nationwide, and local firms are invited to contribute or place ads to celebrate the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronte
Therm
Town Spraying Efforts Continue Amid Shortage of Spraying Material
Mayor H O Whitt reports a second test of the joint spraying machine in Bronte and Robert Lee Tuesday night. The unit ran too fast to cover all areas due to limited supply, though residents note fewer flies. Coke County funded half the cost with Bronte and Robert Lee sharing one quarter each. The machine cost just over $500 to the two towns. Mosquitoes remain active elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Whitt
Bronte
Robert Lee
Coke County
WTU Plans Cooking School October 5
West Texas Utilities Company announces a cooking school to be held Monday October 5 at the American Legion Hall. Demonstrations of modern cooking by Mrs Jeenie V Wynne will cover food preparation preservation and quick freezing. Recipes and favors will be given and all food used will be presented to attendees. Details to follow in The Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Utilities Company
American Legion Hall
Jeenie V. Wynne
California man recalls Bronte floods of 1886 and 1902
Letter from C E Fairley of Bakersfield recounts the 1886 Bronte flood with water 2 to 3 miles wide, two houses swept away, residents stored in hills, and neighbors aiding in safety. He notes the 1902 flood mirrored the earlier disaster and thanks the Bronte Enterprise for mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Bronte
C. E. Fairley
Bakersfield
Iris Adams
Jim Fairtesy
Ada Woullard
Scott Place
Bronte Enterprise Amd
George B Gunn Honored On 90th Birthday Dinner
Mrs. John B. Clark hosted a birthday dinner for her father George B. Gunn who turned 90 on September 20. Many relatives and friends attended. Gunn, born September 20, 1868 in Cusseta Alabama, moved with his mother to Grandview Texas after 1865 and later married Mary Sidney Clark in 1887. He survived health issues since a broken arm in July and has 17 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Clark
Tennyson
George B. Gunn
Mr. Gunn
Cusseta
Alabama
Leonardas and
Angelica Gunn
Angelica Lockhart
Opalica
Georgia
Grandview
Texas
Elm Jones
Gunn
Mary Sidney Clark
Bronte Lions Club Skips Meeting on Fifth Tuesday
The Bronte Lions Club will not meet next Tuesday at noon because it is a fifth Tuesday. The club meets only four times a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronte Lions Club
Bronte Longhorns Triumph Over Robert Lee Steers 28–6
Bronte High School led by Coach Elbert Yoes defeated Robert Lee 28 to 6 on the road last Friday. Key drives featured a 26 yard pass from Stephenson to Johnny Smith and a 10 yard Kenneth Scott score, with Bronte amassing 19 first downs to four. The Longhorns travel to Ozona next to face the Owvans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Yoes
Bronte Longhorns
Robert Lee
Steers
Longhorns
Longhorn
Benford James
Lynn Davidson
Stephenson
Johnny Smith
Bronte Boys
Archie Phillips
Lynn Davidison
Bronte
Noel Scott
Kenneth Scott
Best
Donnie Braswell
Eddie Braswell
Frederick Ashworth
Sammie Duncan
Duncan
Miss Lou Ella Stewart Weds Charles Westbrook at Mereta Church
Miss Lou Ella Stewart and Andrew Charles Westbrook were married in a double ring ceremony at the Mereta Baptist Church on Saturday September 12. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H L Stewart of San Angelo, wore lace and satin with a high collar and carried white roses. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A C Westbrook of Tennyson and will be stationed at Fort Dix New Jersey. The service included music by Miss Eddye Marke Gryer and songs by Miss Bern ie Mills, with an arrivals list of relatives and friends from San Angelo Snyder Lubbock and Midland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Ella Stewart
Andrew Charles Westbrook
Bronte High School
Mareta
H. L. Stewart
San Angelo
A. C. Westbrook
Tennyson
Leroy Stuckey
Peggy Jenkins
Chesley D. Pierce
Slaton
Lee A. Stewart
Post
Stanley G. Westbrook
Edward E. Lehman
Eddye Marke Gryer
Miles
Betty Mills
Frank Miller
Snyder
Grace I, Green
Bernie Lee Howell
Lubbock
Fort Dix
N. J
Westbrook
Bronte
San Angelo Telephone Co
Haby Clark
Ballinger
Barney Westbrook
Lehman
Wesley Brashear
Pete Conner
Sweetwater
Edd Hoecher
Midland
Ditch Cleared And Paved Along Highway 277
Bronte highway workers cleared the drainage ditch under Highway 277 from the bank corner to the former Gulf Service Station site. The project included paving the eastern section and aims to improve water runoff on the north side of Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Bronte
Gulf Service Station
Main Street
Five Bronze Longhorns Declared Ineligible for Seven Days
Supt. J L Carroll announced that five Bronze Longhorn football players are ineligible for seven days under Interscholastic League rules due to failing grades. They cannot compete against Ozona Friday. eligibility resumes after seven days if work is made up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
J. L. Carroll
Bronze Longhorn
Ozona
Carroll
Legion Auxiliary Unit to Be Organized in Bronte
A. E. Bell Jr announces a Tuesday night meeting at 7 30 at the Legion Hall to organize a Bronte post Auxiliary unit. All Legionnaires and wives urged to attend. Mrs Fred White of San Angelo Texas Auxiliary president will attend to advise and assist setup of the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Bell, Jr
George Scott Post
American Legion
Bronte
Bell
Legion Hall
Fred White
San Angelo
State of Texas Auxiliary
New Baby Born to Freeman Family in California
Richard Brown Freeman is born at 1:30 am on September 19 at Goodfellow AFB hospital San Angelo. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard E Freeman plan to raise the child with Freeman’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Brown Freeman of Bronte while the father serves in Korea. The infant weighs 7 pounds 3 ounces and joins grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Brown Freeman and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Caddell of Peguin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Freeman
Goodfellow Afb Hospital
San Angelo
Mrs. Brown
Freeman
Jack Caddell
Peguin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Humble Project
Stinebaughs
Marla Lou Rees
First Baptist
WTU
D. T. Fairley
Old Hayrick
Hayrick Mountain
West Kickapoo
Kickapoo
Jack
By Billy Alexander
Charles Westbrook
Mereta Church
Workers Paradise
95Theall
Legion Auxiliary
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