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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1933
Page
2
A Texas citizen argues in the Dallas News that the state has too many state colleges and urges merging or closing some. He notes Texas lacks a state hospital for the poor and proposes converting college plants to hospitals at a low cost. He predicts stronger sentiment before the 44th legislature and compares Texas with Louisiana which runs two state hospitals.
A local editor reflects on a peculiar visitor nicknamed the P. B. a one armed man who praised the Bronte paper as the best edited weekly in the southwest. The piece urges citizens to speak well of local industries and the town, promising a bouquet or feast at the Arkansaners Reunion for a standout booster.
G W Woollard a longtime Bronte resident died Friday night May 19 1983 at his family home Born in Alabama February 16 1851 he moved with his parents to Texas as a child Survived by wife Sarah Elizabeth Denton seven children two daughters preceded him Funeral services were conducted by Elder Davis at the Church of Christ with burial in Bronte cemetery Rosser of San Angelo in town for business and greetings with friends.
A Sunday night collision on Highway 70 near Robey and Sweetwater killed C. E. Bruton of Edith and seriously injured his wife, baby, and others. Robert Hickman of Bronte and Miss Christine Thedford of Edith were in the other car. Hickman escaped with minor injuries while Bruton died the next afternoon. The Bruton infant had a scalp wound. the Hickman car burned but was saved by a nearby farmer.
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