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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1938
Page
2
Goat producers and interested parties are invited to a dipping demonstration at the ranch of C. N. Webb in Tennyson on April 23 at 9 00 A M. The session will show the method of dipping goats with notable sulphur dip and new dipping vats recently constructed by Mr. Webb. The event promises to be educational and interesting. Be there.
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The section reports recovery from an April frost that killed most fruit and vegetables. Gardens are being replanted and small grain damage is reassessed as weeds and grass recover. Farmers replant corn and feed crops killed by frost as the region begins to rebound.
Rev. J. H. Thompson pastor of Bronte Methodist Church along with Mrs. Louise Johnson and W. J. Cresap attended the Ozona conference this week. Delegates traveled Tuesday morning and returned Wednesday night. San Angelo district includes twenty two churches with Rev. L. A. Spellman presiding elder. Bronte delegates report good attendance and an unusually strong conference.
The city has bought extra fire hose and added a new fire truck bringing total first class hose to one thousand feet. Barrett Mackey is elected fire chief and a ten member volunteer fire company is formed. City aims to meet state standards reducing fire insurance rates by about 24 percent.
The Runnels County Singing Convention will hold its annual Spring Session at Wingate’s Methodist Church for an all day program. Featured groups include The Runnels County Male Quartet The San Angelo Male Quartet The Robert Lee Quartet and The Weaver Quartet of San Angelo. Singers from Abilene Sweetwater Coleman San Angelo Robert Lee Bronte Ballinger Winters Miles Valera Tenn yson Maverick Norton and others are expected to attend among a predicted crowd of three to four thousand. R L Jennings Wingate president C S Gambill Winters vice president and H W Bigler Miles secretary invite the public to attend this West Texas event.
A West Texas pioneer in insurance, long with Volunteer State Life, died after a life of travel in sales contests. He married Gertrude Davis in 1886 at Coleman and left seven children and his wife. Funeral at Bronte Baptist Church followed by Masonic burial rites. services attended from across Texas.
Final accounting for Easter Seals distributed in Coke County is requested this week. Chairman Robert Knie rim for local seal sales notes strong county support but warns several seats hold no report or contribution. He urges immediate donations so the county earns proper credit in the state sales report.
A humorous musing contrasts traditional chores with a wife who drives from the back seat and a husband who bakes at the dinner table, celebrating unconventional partnership and shared tasks in domestic life.
The passage compares lying to move from a mess to safety, warning that what seems solid land dissolves into muck once stepped into. Attempting to cling to reeds for escape results in sinking and getting covered in slime.
Mrs. Fred McDonald hosted the Methodist W M S on Monday afternoon with 16 members present. Mrs Floyd Bridges led the study on Christian social relations while others included Mrs B E Modgling Mrs Albert Rawlings Mrs Jess Percifal and Mrs Kewell Sims. A committee was appointed to arrange the Political Rally banquet and a salad course was served.
C C Holder formerly of Bronte and now with the U S geological surveying department sends two subscriptions from Uvalde where he is currently located. He asks the paper be sent to his Austin family and to him in Uvalde so he can keep up with the old home town.
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