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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1939
Page
2
The Enterprise reports a Tennyson school picnic this afternoon on the creek east of Tennyson near the C. W. Derick farm home. Attendees expect a great time with all invited.
Futha Higginbotham suffers severe injury when a rope catches his finger during a cow roping incident on Wednesday. The finger and a lower arm tendon are damaged. He received initial care in San Angels and is resting at home. Also, Clitus Smith travels to Dallas for head trouble surgery, reportedly ill from prep. Subscriptions noted with thanks to A J Muston for advancing his payments. Delbert Walton and daughter visit Bronte, and Minot Williams of Wingate visits Boonie. Williams formerly lived in Bronte.
Fifteen Coke County youths have been enrolled in CCC camps at Brownwood Texas. Names listed include Mster Eugene Alberts J M Berry D C Brunson Jr Edward B Buford Robert J Buford Willam B Hawking E H Ivey Thomas B Joes Leslie Lofton Favian Minjarez Vernon D Muston Edsel J McDaniel Joe E Scott J W Vanzandt Johan M.
Enrollees receive 80 dollars monthly with 22 dollars sent to families. They work seven hours daily, five days a week in and around the camp and gain training in citizenship and useful skills. Boys are housed well, fed, exercised, and supervised by Army officers, engineers, and teachers to build mind and body.
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