24 Apr 1942
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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1942
Page
1
The Bronte Texas post office dated March 4, 1918 lists actions under the act of August 12 1871. It records rationed matter and postal procedures as required by law.
The Enterprise items include political candidate listings for local offices in the 1942 Democratic primary with names such as W.C. McDonald Ralph Logan and others. The column also recalls Stephen F. Austin as Father of Texas, Texas statehood dates, and Mirabeau B. Lamar’s role in education.
Mira Beau B. Lamar, second President of the Republic of Texas, delivered the first use of the slogan The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy in his inaugural Texas Congress address. The phrase later became associated with Texas education and civic ideals.
An account of Bronte Texas praising local pride and prospects from oil to irrigation. The piece notes Bronte as a clean West Texas town with a strong school system and civic spirit. It recalls Bob Campbell and local generosity while urging weed control and wary government priorities.
Mrs Delilah Matthews formerly Miss Delilah Phillips wed Homer H Matthews on Easter Sunday April 5 1942 in San Antonio The groom is in the air corps and stationed in Midland after a transfer from San Antonio A note hints a tax may be due on a priority as her husband.
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