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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1937
Page
4
The Bronte schools set the opening date for Monday September 13 for the 1987 1938 session. The faculty list shows nineteen members with five vacancies due to resignations. The board is actively selecting replacements and expects to fill the posts with highly capable teachers despite numerous applications.
Ballinger business leaders plan goodwill tours to Ballinger trade towns. Next Friday August 27 the Ballinger Goodwill Trippers visit Bronte with Cherry's band to share a music program and mingle with locals. They will talk up the Runnels County Fair in October and promote Ballinger and Runnels County efforts.
Sam Ashburn, a familiar West Texas ranchman figure and capable columnist known to readers of his Windmill column, has died. His cheerful presence and editorial work will be missed by ranch men and a broad readership.
Norton Texas reports the first bale of 1937 season ginned August 13 by Farmers Gin Co. P. Vickers, owner of B H Hambaugh farm, furnished the bale weighing 4 1/2 pounds with 14 hundredweight seed. A.I. Chapman bought the bale for 11 cents. Ballinger buyers classed the lint as rich staple and strict middling.
The community hosts an ice cream social at Tennyson this evening. The Butane Cowboys of The Angelo will provide a loud speaker system and entertainment, with other popular performers invited and expected to attend.
Coke County farmers gathered at Robert Lee Tuesday night under J. C. Jordan to hear talks on parity payments soil conservation and new government aid for farmers. Speakers included T Youngblood H E Smith and A Williams while discussion covered tenancy and potential land limits with calls for future resolutions on legislative matters.
Saturday afternoon J Travelstead of Del Rio and R L Hall visit. Hall praised as a good printer and agreeable. Travelstead, editor of the Dal Rio Daily and Weekly Herald, noted for his widely read column Prickly Pear and for vitriolic but lively writing.
The Linterprise reports the change of location for a San Angelo firm with rapid growth since opening. Ray, Campbell & Company dealers in Westinghouse products are led by manager R. C. Campbell as plans note the move. Only a few details are provided.
A Bronte party visiting Fort Davis this week attends the Bloys camp meeting. Included were Mr and Mrs K L Rawling, Mr and Mrs T C Price, Mrs Louise Johnson, Mr and Mrs M Butner, Mr and Mrs D K Gin, and Joe Carter of San Angelo.
Fragmentary remarks recall 1919 and a former employee of the writer named Selah. The tone hints at social pretensions and foibles of an earlier elite circle, with memories of early career ties shaping later embarrassment.
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