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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1939
Page
4
A notice describes an event led by Mrs. Tom Williams and Mrs. Alfred Taylor with hostesses including Mrs. Lucy Warner and others. The program highlights singing and special numbers performed by the group Bites Senaidet.
In a Friday county title upset, Bronte Longhorns defeated the favored Robert Lee Steers 8 to 0 on the local field. A safety on a blocked punt opened the scoring, then Percifull and Modgling produced the decisive touchdown drives as Bronte shut down the Steers throughout.
The En terprise recaps Mrs. Irene Hunt Ellis of Blackwell as a graduate pharmacist, one of Texas few. Friends praise her achievements after the feature while a long-lost California schoolgirl writes and vows to reply once she finds the letter. Woodrow Leonard Shreveport visits his Bronte roots and the town notes a bron te district score low.
Coke County coverage notes a State Highway Commission action on October 24 authorizing a WPA project to improve a 1.0 mile section of State Highway 109 from the Coke Runnels line westward. An appropriation of 4000 dollars is allotted and day-labor methods are to be used.
Mrs. E. A. McCleskey was feted on her 90th birthday with an open house at her daughter Mrs. S. A. Kiker’s home. A family reunion followed Sunday in the Kiker residence. Guests included numerous relatives and friends who presented gifts as a three tier cake with 90 candles crowned the table.
Editor recalls Jack Caudle Hale Center longtime Bronte friend sending a five dollar subscription payment as a Christmas gesture. He thanks Caudle and urges readers to pay subscriptions to support the paper and share holiday cheer.
A long memoir traces Elizabeth Arceena Stancil McCleskey born 1849 in North Carolina. She endures Civil War hardship, trains as a devout Methodist, marries J H McCleskey in 1872, moves to Alabama and Texas, raises nine children, and is remembered as a devoted mother and community figure with 22 grandchildren and many descendants.
Bronte's Home Motor Co, one of the city's oldest businesses, is now the Chevrolet sales and service agency. Robert Knierim and son own and operate it. the elder Knierim has 28 years in auto business in Bronte and has sold about 1600 cars. A 1940 model sedan and pickup are on the floor as demonstrations.
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