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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1933
Page
3
Hon T N Carswell secretary of the Abilene Chamber of Commerce will address Bronte residents on the NRA program at 8 oclock Tuesday evening August 29 in the Methodist church. He will explain duties of residents in towns like Bronte and urge attendance to be informed and loyal as the nation moves toward normalcy.
A report notes the birth of twin girls to Mr. and Mrs. John Eubanks on Monday August 21 1933 with the mother and infant daughters reported as thriving. The piece also mentions a Coulson birth and another Tannehill baby girl from the same date, then comments on rising birth of girls and male resistance.
Daughty McDonald son of Mr and Mrs Fred McDonald sustained a shoulder fracture during a Tuesday football game. Despite the injury he remains determined to continue schooling and playing.
Sam Miller brother of A D Miller died at the family home in Winters on Sunday afternoon August 20 1983 after a lingering cancer. He was born November 1877 and was in his fifty sixth year. He is survived by his wife and three married children, plus three brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were held at the Winters Church of Christ with Elders Johnson and Mickey, burial in Fairview cemetery. The Enterprise offers sympathy to the bereaved family.
Mrs. Lucille Cumbie of Por Tales New Mexico visits the Cumbie household this week as a guest.
A partisan call urges voters to oppose the return of legalized liquor in Texas. It argues evangelical ministers, church members, lodge members, teachers, and parents should vote against liquor citing moral decline and societal harms. The piece frames the issue as a battle for American ideals and warns of temptation to youth.
Mrs. Bell and Thelma Jean with the Snyder family of San Angelo visited Kerrville relatives. F J Clark and Wayman Percifull with Malvina Percifull of Christoval returned from four weeks visiting sons George in Amarillo and Lucene and Gallegos in New Mexico. Lucene had appendicitis but is recovering. Clark reports corn in New Mexico and a mountain trip of about 6 000 feet, while other areas near Tulsa and Happy are described as dead.
Miss Hattye Coffee of Tl Paso visits Miss Rosa Lee Ivey as longtime roommates and close friends during a stay.
Mesdames Higginbotham, Hickman, Boynton and Miss Ivey visited San Angelo on Wednesday seeking medical consultation and treatment.
Mr and Mrs LeRoy Price of Lubbock were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs T C Price and other relatives. Their many friends were glad to see them again.
The editor and Mrs. Editor stopped at Hamlin with relatives early this week spending a night there. They report crops fifteen miles north of Sweetwater show good feed and cotton, though late. A lack of rain in the coming week could seriously hurt crops.
Mrs. Luther Tolman of Boulder City Nevada and Mrs. Mae Wyatt of Blythe California joined Mrs. Ki T Elelman and relatives in Midland this week. Mrs. Luther Holman is the mother of Mesdames Wyatt and Donovan. The guests departed for their homes Wednesday night.
The Enterprise received several letters about Saturday's election from both sides. Some were from Dallas and well written but lacked authorship, so they could not be published.
The piece notes the renewed hum of cotton gins as a sign of a very poor harvest in the South. It questions how any 13,000,000 bales of “the pride of the South” could be produced per the latest government report.
The JOY class of the Baptist Sunday school held a sundown picnic at Key Park with a lunch of sandwiches salads red beans and potato chips and desserts in class colors pink and green at eight oclock. Activities were supervised by Mrs C N Preston and included games after lunch.
Bronte native Books Robinson wed in Lawton Oklahoma last Sunday August 20 1933. The bride’s name is not recorded but she is described as a popular Lawton young lady. Robinson is the son of W J Robinson formerly of Bronte now living in Duncan Oklahoma and a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Fred McDonald.
Mrs. Ben Gilbert and her son Bennie with Mrs. Gilbert's nephew Hugh Clayton returned to Dallas on Monday after visiting Mrs. Pearl Boynton. Bennie, who spent the summer with his aunt, seemed not to mind returning home.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Dunson and daughter return to their home in Waco after a visit with Rev and Mrs Wallace N Dunson. Miss Dunson, who had stayed with Rev and Mrs Vinson, goes back with them as she leaves many friends behind in the social circle.
Prof J W Fletcher and family return to Bronte to settle after years of wandering. He began teaching in Coke county and later served as superintendent of schools at Des Moines New Mexico. He and the editor met Wednesday morning and Fletcher paid a delightful call.
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