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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1939
Page
2
Bronte's water system is adequate for current needs and could serve a population twice the present. Two small lakes provide supply, water quality is good, and the distribution system is fair with a 6 inch main downtown for fire protection. A test well near the river offers a contingency if drought diminishes lake supplies.
Three Bronte youths Albert Williams Frank Glenn and Jack Chisholm traveled to San Angelo to join the Kelley Field Aviation Unit after meeting recruit officers. Parents feel loneliness but pride in their sons offering to serve the country as they begin military training and fulfill the call to duty.
A brief readable line notes Miss Epperson of Dallas with references to a local person and a name variant. The fragment hints at a community notice or obituary style item within a newspaper record.
Miss Ernestine Prewitt of Happy Texas wed Vile Danner of Happy in the home of Mrs Carrie G Williams Bronte. The ceremony in the living room featured vows read by the writer. Attendants were Pharris Mackey and Maurine Prewitt. The bride wore a 1988 graduation dress a white net colonial style frock and pink rose bud bouquet. The couple plans a honeymoon to Carlsbad Caverns.
Mrs Bo Pierce and Dan Percifull left Thursday for Los Angeles California. Mrs Pierce joins Mr Pierce at an electrical school while Mr Percifull seeks employment. Mrs Ralph Biggerstaff of Bonham visits Mr and Mrs Evert Bruton and is Bruton’s mother.
A letter from Mrs Pierce to her mother Mrs B F Gilreath confirms they reached their destination safely. The message preserves family ties and notes the travel success without detailing the journey.
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