21 Apr 1933
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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1933
Page
1
The Bronte Enterprise notes editor and business manager D. M. West as the publisher in Bronte Texas. The issue is dated March 1, 1918 and indicates filing under an act of Congress from August 12, 1871. The paper is marked as second class matter at the Bronte post office.
The Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide 1983 edition by A H Belo & Co is praised as a comprehensive Texas history volume and a potential textbook for public schools. The Enterprise lauds its breadth and accuracy, noting it as an invaluable resource on Texas. R T Goodin and family visited Bronte area for Florence Goodin's mother’s visit. An ordinance in Bronte prohibits running fowls within city limits with penalties up to twenty five dollars and sets city secretary dates.
A notice lists a Chevrolet truck for trade in exchange for horses cattle or a car. Contact O W Keensee at phone number 89 for details.
Edwin Walton, a Bronte boy, has purchased the Red Top Service Station on the highway into San Angelo. He operates the station personally and invites all locals passing through to visit, noting the location is the first stop after leaving the railroad into the city. Walton is glad about the strategic spot and has advertised in The Enterprise inviting people to stop by.
A town buzzes over a group labeled sissies by some young women friends. The line of cuties includes Bill Thomas James Hearne Robert Lambert Tuffie Sims Boze McDonald Irvin Wilson Ollie Eubanks Jr and Chester Ivey. The girls call them sigsies for curled hair and nickname them Little Misses Curlylecks while boys suspect jealousy over compliments on the boys curly hair.
Sunday school at 10 A. M. preaching at 11 A. M. Epworth League at 7 P. M. Quarterly Conference convenes Tuesday night April 25 at 3 P. M. all officials urged to attend with reports. Full membership expected to attend. Brother Orrey to be present. The church with a welcome to all. Wallace N. Danson, Pastor.
A brief notice from The Enterprise advertises pedigreed Mebane cotton seed available for trade. It invites interested parties to call for details and terms.
A F McQueen opens a Bronte feed store in Planters Gin Co. buildings on the railroad right of way offering dairy and poultry seeds, field seeds, and a grain and cotton seed exchange. The ad promotes convenient access for locals to buy feedstuffs and sell grain.
A reader recounts chaotic teacher hiring in Abiene area schools with 115 applicants for three vacancies and a second school drawing 137 for three posts. Teachers face endless inquiries, fences, and travel, and a county supervisor is urged to take control to end the mess.
The United States Civil Service Commission invites applications by April 25 for a transportation rate clerk position in the Navy Department Washington. Salary is 2000 dollars yearly with up to 15 percent econo my deduction and a 3 12 percent retirement deduction. Applicants need at least three years experience in passenger rates tariffs and related rules, with two years in distributing passenger revenues and applying land grant deductions.
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