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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1925
Page
3
The Woodmen of the World lodge under Council Commander C O Smith plans a radio concert at the next monthly meeting. Smith will install his receiving set in Woodman Hall with a loud speaker so all present can enjoy the program. The third Saturday night in February is set for the event.
Williams & McLendon of San Angelo win a large advertising contract with The Enterprise. Tom Williams and Dee McLendon restored the store after reuniting in 1915, expanding displays to include a vast selection of watches diamonds rings pearls and other first class jewelry items. The owners plan to rebuild trade corridors including Bronte territory and emphasize their experience in the jewelry business.
Newt Tannehill erects a sheet metal modern shop on his long-used lot in Bronte. The structure will house a first class blacksmith and woodwork operation with full modern equipment. Town leaders praise the enterprise and urge others to follow.
Two prominent Bronte businessmen purchase local residences as a sign of town vitality. RE Pruitt of City Market Bakery buys A J Nelson home on Church Street for family occupancy. C R Gollihar of Guaranty State Bank buys a cottage on Church Street to remodel and reside with his family.
W A Hurst, a night agent of the Orient, comes back from a six week stay at the old home in St Joe Missouri. Friends greet him warmly on his homecoming. Mrs Charley Wict and her son from Ballinger visited Fred McDonald’s home in town Sunday. This week announces a sale of diamonds on the installment plan with a small cash payment.
A Sunday evening at the Blackwell Methodist Church featured a chalk talk by Miss Verne Smith a Simmons College junior. The program with Epworth League members included hymns visualized on canvas and a heartfelt appeal to dedicate lives to helping others.
Sunday night at 7 12 at Robert Lee Methodist Church Rev W E Hawkins will preach on The Capers MaCut at the Ball. He will address dance styles with plain facts from a plain preacher who has studied the dance from many angles. Sunday morning he will speak on What it Means to be a Methodist. Are you a Methodist come and see.
B M Johnson and his sister Alma Johnson acquired W A Robison Undertaking Co in San Angelo. Johnson, manager of Household Furniture Co, and Miss Johnson, a former department store saleslady, plan no policy changes and will take over management February first.
P L Johnson displayed a massive rattlesnake rattle collection Sunday morning. The specimens came from a monster snake whose rattles numbered thirty three with the button and part of the rattles missing. Johnson located them near an old prairie dog hole dug by a badger. Local elders deemed it the largest single rattlesnake collection ever seen from one angle.
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