Mrs Violet Pierce Buried At Mount Victory Cemetery
Mrs Violet Pierce wife of F D Pierce died at the home of her parents in Tennyson from a fatal gunshot wound. Interment followed at Mount Victory cemetery after services at Brookshier Baptist tabernacle. She was 29 years old, survived by four sons and husband, with her parents and brothers among the mourners. The tragedy saddened a wide circle of friends across West Texas.
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Violet Pierce
F. D. Pierce
R. A. Howell
Tennyson
Mount Victory Cemetery
Brookshier Baptist Tabernacle
Bud Denton
Brown County
Robert Lea
Robert Joe
Chester Dale
Leonard Woods
Norman David
Isaac Howell
Acey Howell
The
Baptist Church
West Texas
Joe Pierce
Henry Pierce
Hiram Pierce
Menard
Bipperson
Woeodie
Bronte Pep Squad Debuts At Talpa Game
Bronte's pep squad made its first public appearance at the Talpa Bronte football game Saturday afternoon on the home field. Dressed in maroon and white, the four person contingents formed cross and B formations and marched the gridiron under sponsor Miss Juanita Ming.
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Bronte School
Talpa
Bronte
Hortense Pruitt
la Vera Williams
Dorothy Helen Womack
Juanita Ming
North Texas State Teachers College of
Denton
Road Crew To Begin Work On Highway 158 In Bronte Area
The Enterprise reports Cage Bros. win the contract to build grade and drainage on Highway 158 west toward Robert Lee. A bridge over West Kickapoo is planned with cuts and grading near the seven mile hill. Advertisements note a contractor’s bid for an Oak Creek bridge on Highway 158 north toward Abilene. Completion brings Bronte Abilene and region closer to Fort Worth and Dallas with Highway 209 surveying ongoing. The project promises Bronte a boom as highways connect.
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Highway 158
Robert Lee
Cage Bros
Kickapoo
Seven Mile Hill
Bronte
Oak Creek
Abilene
Fort Worth
Dallas
Ballinger
Bronte Pioneer Citizen Dies in Coke County
W R Uncle Bill Pruitt died at his daughter Mrs Kyle Rogers home near Bronte on Saturday afternoon October 8 1938. He was interred in Fairview cemetery after religious services at the Bronte Church of Christ led by Elder Jake Richardson with Rev Lee Roberson of Littlefield offering scripture. Born February 18 1856 he moved to Texas at age eleven and settled in Coke County forty one years ago. He was an old time pioneer of the area. (Continued on page four.)
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W. R
Bill
Pruitt
Kyle Rogers
Bronte
Fairview Cemetery
Bronte Church of Christ
Jake Richardson
Robert Lee
Lee Roberson
Littlefield
Alabama
Texas
Mrath County
Coke County
Former Bronte Lady Weds San Antonio Man
Announcement from Mr and Mrs C C Holder of Austin reports the marriage of their daughter Mary Louise Holder to Allen M Douglass of San Antonio in Austin on Saturday October 8 1938. The Bronte native is described as cultured and popular. She is a Bronte High School graduate who studied music in Texas and at the Sherwood School of Music in Chicago. The couple will reside in San Antonio.
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C. C. Holder
Austin
Mary Louise
Allen M. Douglass
San Antonio
Bronte
Bronte High School
Miss Holder
Texas
Sherwood School of Music
Chicago
Mrs. Douglass
Bronte Dog Traveler wins state field trials title
Bronte hunters Mr. Good and Mr. Walton return from the Texas Oklahoma Wolf Hunters Association meet at Childress October 3 4 5 6 with their dog Traveler taking first place among 380 entrants. The event ended with a large steak feast for attendees on the final day.
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Bronte
Homer Good
Homer Walton
Childress
Texas-Oklahoma Wolf Hunters Association
Bronte Hunters
Traveler
Mr. Good
Mr. Walton
Messrs. Good
Walton
H. C. Allen
Robert Lee
Walter Johnson
Fort Chadbourne
P. T. A. opens year with Home themed meeting
The P. T. A. held its first session of the school year in the school auditorium on Tuesday afternoon October 11 with Mrs. R. E. Cumbie presiding. Miss Vanderford read the national president’s message and Mrs C Glenn discussed The American Home from moral economic and educational standpoints. Mr Hamblen sang Home on the Range with guitar accompaniment.
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R. E. Cumbie
Nolan Kennedy Dies Sunday Night At San Angelo
Nolan Kennedy of Eldorado died at his mother's home in San Angelo on Sunday night October 9 1938 after a lengthy illness. He was 36, born September 1902 in Taylor Texas and worked as local manager for West Texas Utilities in Eldorado. Interment followed at Fairmount Cemetery after services at Johnson Funeral Home. He was a member of First Baptist Church San Angelo and leaves a wife Maurice Good of Bronte a son Roddy D. and his mother and other relatives.
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Nolan Kennedy
Eldorado
San Angelo
Tom Kennedy
Fairmount Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
West Texas Utilities Company
Taylor
Texas
Maurice Good
Bronte
C. N. Baker
Roddy D
First Baptist Church
A. D. Foreman
Cemetery Working At Bronte Cemetery
The Enterprise announces a cemetery working at Bronte cemetery on Monday October 17. All attendees should come early and stay until the job is finished in a good way. Don’t forget.
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Bronte
Texas P T A Proclaimed Week Marks Anniversary
Governor James V Allred proclaims October 16 to 22 as Parent Teacher Week in Texas honoring the P T A. The association celebrates its twenty ninth anniversary on October 19 with a call for home school coordination and citizen support for children.
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Texas
James V. Allred
Allred
Citi
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Katie Sue Good
Robert Lee Baptist Church
Love Dream
Chopin
R. A. Newland
Franz Listz
H. Engelmann
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