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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1938
Page
3
Ballinger plans a gala celebration marking the city’s fifty two year milestone on June 29 1988. Residents with forty five years in Runnels County will receive a free barbecue dinner as part of the observance. The town joins hands for a notable event on the Colorado River in West Texas.
Local farmers urged to fight a horde of destructive grasshoppers by using free poison distributed by the U S Department of Agriculture. Two mixing stations will operate at Bronte and Robert Lee with sacks for the mix available at 60 cents per hundredweight cash. Stations open Mondays and Thursdays until further notice.
An artist smashed a back window at Magnolia service station Sunday night to loot the shop. About $6 in change hidden in the office was taken. Night watchman Fewell Sims checked the area before the burglary and discovered the crime around two o'clock in the morning.
In a summer flower setting at the bride’s parents home Mr and Mrs J N Tannehill in Bronte at nine o clock Sunday morning June 19 1938 Miss Susie Tannehill became the wife of A C Wike of San Angelo Rev A V Bradley pastor of the First Baptist church read the double ring ceremony J B Tannehill brother of the bride and Miss Helen Abbott attended the couple.
The bride, educated in Bronte and Balor College, is praised for her fine character as she marries the son of Mr and Mrs N M Wike of San Angelo. The groom works with a livestock dealer in San Angelo and the couple plan a short wedding trip to Loureae with future plans including positions in local business.
A county town reader praises last issue as especially interesting and confirms many residents read and carry The Bronze Enterprise home. He recounts discovering church papers discarded in a waste basket and contrasts them with how readers treasure The Bronze Enterprise, promising continued quality.
A lyrical ode celebrates June with images of bloom and birdsong across forests and prairies. It laments the passing of joyful days yet promises lasting memories, contrasting June's gladness with eventual quiet and recollection.
Mrs. T. M. Modgling comes home from extended visits with her children in Dallas Pampa and Quanah and is described as unusually strong and in good health. Friends express relief and dedication to making the paper more readable while toasting the staff and editors. A solemn note trails a local headline about a candidate found dead and a grim forecast for a troublesome morning ahead.
A sermon extols Jesus as the door of salvation and the Ark of safety. It argues there is one path for all humanity based on faith in Christ, citing John 14 6 and Matthew 25, urging readiness for eternity. The speaker warns against multiple creeds and stresses entering in through Christ alone for salvation.
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