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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1937
Page
3
A grateful note from Mr and Mrs C J Bannowsky and family expresses thanks to the community for efforts that saved their home. The message lists contributions of meals and gifts during Christmas with guests including Mr and Mrs George Clark of McLean and Mrs Clark’s brothers and families from Robert Lee and others.
Holiday Hayley of Tyler spent a day in Bronte shaking hands with boyhood friends. Mr and Mrs Hayley visited Mr Hayleys parents at Norton. Hayley, in East Texas oil business, told The Enterprise editor that oil men could endure taxes if the legislature avoids heavier burdens.
The article discusses Edward VIII’s decision against marrying Wallis Warfield Simpson, praising his independence while arguing Americans would not accept a king wed to a commoner. It contrasts English propriety with American republicanism and contemplates future happiness for Edward and Wallis. The piece notes English prestige and a lack of a state church in the US, then shifts to light notes about a Chicago club’s “champion liar” and brisk Texas weather impacts on Bronzeland.
The Enterprise reports the marriage of Fred C. Anderson and Edna Adelle Thomason of Austin on December 25, 1936. They wed at Ballinger at six o clock in the evening, officiated by Rev. Wallace Jones of the First Christian Church. The couple will reside in Austin after a brief honeymoon in Monterey, Mexico.
Dwain Leonard, a college student, is spending the holidays at BOING, a location linked to his studies or activities. The note places him in a festive season context away from home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Robinson hosted a Sunday dining at their north town home for about forty friends. The menu featured a table heavy with delicacies in traditional southern service, with Mrs. Robinson aided by daughter Mrs. Joe Warner. The editor and Mrs. editor attended and enjoyed the meal and social aspects.
Expresses gratitude to friends and Bronte residents for kindness during illness and for funeral services for Miss Rhodie Hagemann. Signed by her brothers and sisters.
Dark gray overcoat reported missing or stolen with possible owners named Robert, Lee, Bronte, or Blackwell. If returned to Nathan W Coulter in San Angelo Texas, a reward or acknowledgment may be offered.
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