Pioneer West Texas matriarch Savannah Caperton dies at 80
Mrs Savannah Lewis Caperton died at home in Bronte after a long life as a West Texas pioneer. Born May 6 1858 in Marion Indiana she moved with her family to Illinois then to Maverick and finally Runnels county. She married Milton Caperton in 1872 and left 12 children 71 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren. Burial was in Clyde cemetery beside her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah Lewis
Marion
Indiana
Illinois
Milton Caperton
Genie Fort
del Rio
Ben Reaves
Dumont
Lizzie Woods
Hot. Springs
Arkansas
Walter Rosser
Sawyerville
Alabama
Dudley -Carlton
Maverick
Robt
Harwell
Bronte
Bedford Caperton
el Paso
Ed Caperton
Alfred Caperton
Willie Caperton
Mug. Rosser
Clyde Cemetery
Clyde Baptist Church
G. W. Parks
Roscoe
Runnels County
West Texas
Coke County Welcomes Its First 1939 Baby Annie Geraldine
Mr and Mrs C N Kirchman celebrate the birth of a ten and a half pound baby girl named Annie Geraldine on Sunday January 22 1939. The Enterprise notes this is Coke county s first 1939 baby and jests about starting the year with new life while joking about PWA funds in the mix.
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C. N. Kirchman
Annie Geraldine
Coke County
Coke
PWA
Two Saturday Night Weddings Reported in West Apartments
On January 21 1939 at eight and 815 PM editor united Leonard Baker of Marie and Estella Smith of Miles, and G C Bell of Bronte with Pearl Mason of Louisiana in the West apartments living room. Both couples begin married life amid warm congratulations from friends and the communities of their homes.
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Leonard Baker
Marie
Estella Smith
Miles
West Apartments
Marie School
Phe Grgoft
Sagd
Elza Baker
G. C. Bell
Bronte
Pearl Mason
Louisiana
Goetz Farm Machinery Co visits Bronte farmers
D J Goetz owner and manager of the Goetz Farm Machinery Company at Winters visits Bronte on a Wednesday to interview local farmers about power farm machinery and to promote Oliver Tractors and implements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goetz Farm Machinery Company
Winters
Bronte
Oliver
Trac
Blackwell FFA Boy s Plan Pest Eradication Contest
Blackwell FFA members approve a pest eradication program competing with Shep and Hylton and Deck er boys. The group plans a July 1 finish, with the pest tally determining a celebratory event and potential crop and livestock protection. The meeting also set Greenhand degrees and a Father and Son banquet for February 3.
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Blackwell
Future Farmers of America
Max Sturdivant
Junior Richards
Carrie
Shep and Hylton
Blackwell and Decker
Ft. Worth
Plaid Craft Class Planned by Mrs Hardy
A fragmented notice indicates Mrs. C R Hardy plans to start a plaid craft class and teach weaving or sewing skills to interested residents. exact location and dates are unreadable.
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C. R. Hardy
Plaid
Will
Sacha
Bronte Welcomes New Beauty Salon Petite
Bronte opens a new beauty shop named Petite Beauty Salon run by Mrs Hazel Holman Humphries. A local girl, she trained as a beauty culturist and invested in modern equipment and furniture. The shop promises high class service and stylish facilities for Bronte ladies.
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Bronte
Hazel Holman Humphries
Humphries
Miss Hazel Holman
Ed Holman
County Officials in Austin On Road Bond Matters
County Judge McNeil Wylie and commissioners Robert Lee S. A. Riker and Sam Gaston traveled to Austin on Tuesday to confer with the highway commission about Coke county road bond indebtedness. Local officials anticipate favorable news on their return.
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Austin
McNeil Wylie
Robert Lee
S. A. Riker
Bronte
Sam Gaston
Tennyson
Highway Commission
Coke County
Petite Beauty Salon Opens in Bronte Enterprise Building
Hazel Holman Humphries invites all the lasses to visit the Petite Beauty Salon opening Saturday January 28. The shop shares the first floor of the enterprise building with Cindy Lou Gifts and offers beauty culture services, gifts, and warm butane warmth with cooling fans for summer.
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Bronte
Petite Beauty Salon
Enterprise Building
Cindy Lou
D. M. West
Petite
Dallas
New York
Hazel Holman Humphries
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Savannah. Caperton
Blackwell Ffa
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