Bronte Gas Dealer Wins Free Trip As Best Seller
George Thomas, Magnolia service station operator in Fort Worth district, wins a three day paid trip for boosting gasoline sales. He is among sixty nine Magnolia dealers awarded for monthly sales increases ending August 31. The trip covers Beaumont, Port Arthur, Sabine Pass, Galveston, Houston and Huntsville with expenses paid.
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Geo. Thomas
Magnolia
George
Fort Worth
Magnolia Company
Texas
Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Sabine Pass
Galveston
Houston
Stuntsville
Sam Houston
State Prison
Workers elect new officers for junior Sunday school group
The Workers Junior Sunday School Girls of the Baptist church on September 4, 1988 elected new officers. Billie Jean Duncan was named president with Ruth Stevens as vice president. Maurine Bell became secretary and the social and membership committees were announced.
Family duo completes 6000 mile Northwestern tour
Mrs. B E. Davis and Bobby Lee Davis of Robert Lee with Fred McMullen and Sybil Wynne of Bronte returned Friday from a 6000 mile tour of the Northwestern states. They visited the Petrified Forest Grand Canyon and Boulder Dam in Arizona and saw many interesting sights.
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B E. Davis
Bobby Lee Davis
Robert Lee
Fred McMullen
Sybil Wynne
Bronte
Petrified Forest
Grand Canyon
Boulder Dam
Arizona
Bronte Schools Open Monday Morning 1988 Session
The Bronte schools begin the 1988-1939 session with Supt. B. B. Covey and staff prepared. The formal opening at 9 o'clock in the school auditorium features a song, invocation by Rev. J. H. Thompson, addresses by Rev. A. V. Bradley and L. T. Youngblood, reading by Miss McGibany, and closing remarks by Superintendent Covey.
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Bronte
B. B. Covey
Hamblen
J. H. Thompson
A. V. Bradley
Reading
Miss McGibany
L. T. Youngblood
H. O. Whitt
Miss Berda McGibany Delights at Local Reading
Miss Berda McGibany of San Angelo, a noted reader, gave an interpretation of the allegory A Slave with Two Faces by Mary Carolyn Davies at the Methodist church Sunday morning in the pastor’s absence. The Enterprise heard much complimentary reference to the reading and its pleasing delivery.
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Berda McGibany
San Angelo
Methodist Church
J. H.thompson
Methodists Plan Social Life for Bronte Youth
Bronte Methodist church leaders organize a joint adult and youth committee to plan monthly social events for the town’s young people. The goal is ongoing social activities through the school year with at least one major event each month.
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Methodist
Bronte
J.T. Henry
H. O. Whitt
Geo. Thomas
C. C. Glenn
I. M.cumbie
Marjorie Percifull Visits Relatives in Robert Lee
Miss Marjorie Percifull visits relatives in Robert Lee this week. She returned home on Thursday and enrolled as a student in the Bronte school before resuming visits in Robert Lee for the remainder of the week.
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Marjorie Percifull
Robert Lee
Marjorie
Bronte School
Smith Bros Texaco Station Expands In Town
Smith Bros owners and operators of the Texaco Service Station are enlarging their business with a work crew extending the premises. The expansion adds space for repair service and aims to create one of the town’s best looking buildings.
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Smith Bros
Texaco
Gepartura
San Ansa Business Firm Involved in Vaio A Case
Local business figure B Smithwick of San Ansa is linked to a vaio A case with notes indicating involvement. The fragment suggests asset or contract connections unfolding in ongoing proceedings.
Married at Twilight: Miss Amma Martin Weds R E Wilson
In San Angelo on September 3 1938 amid white and pink flowers at the bride’s sister home Amma Martin and R E Wilson joined in a single ring ceremony. The bride a former teacher from Orient Baylor Belton and Sul Ross alumna, the groom a Bell County native in the San Angelo service station business. They plan to honeymoon with relatives in Belton then reside in San Angelo.
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C. A. Bradford
San Angelo
Amma Martin
R. E. Wilson
Oscar Martin
Orient
Baylor College
Belton
Sul Ross
Alpine
Tom Green
Coke Counties
West Texas
Bell County
Dave Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Welcome Back to School Teachers from The Enterprise
The Enterprise welcomes teachers returning from summer work and vacations. The piece notes several new faculty members and wishes all staff a pleasant and profitable upcoming school year.
Bronte's New Store Opens Today in Bronte
The J. C. Ratliff store opens this morning in Bronte occupying the former Bridges Hardware space. Ratliff has renovated the interior and installed modern fixtures and will offer a full stock of dry goods ladies wear shoes mens furnishings work clothes variety goods and school supplies. He invites the public to visit and meet him personally.
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J. C. Ratliff
Bronte
Ratliff
Leonard Family and Louise Chamley Visit Relatives in Ralls
Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Leonard and their son Dwaine home from the State University, with Miss Louise Chamley, visited the Leonard daughters among Mesdames Emmogene Jackson and Elizabeth Lyle in Ralls Tuesday. Dr. Leonard noted conditions on the south plains are not very favorable.
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J. D. Leonard
Dwaine
State University
Louise Chumley
Ralls
Oliver Farm Machinery Ad Earns Repeat Order
Winters Advertiser reports Oliver Winters Farm Machinery Company manager Ansen Dawson praises advertising value. Dawson promotes Oliver tractors plows and binders in Bronte Enterprise reads as farmers in Bronte Maine Wilmeth Wingate Oak Creek Norton Maverick communities respond. The paper notes Dawson’s repeat ad order confirms satisfaction with service and urges readers to view last issue’s Oliver ad.
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Oliver Winters
Winters
Ansen Dawson
Dawson
Oliver
Mr. Dawson
Bronte
Maine
Wilmeth
Wingate
Oak Creek
Norton
Maverick
dMir
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Bronte Gas Dealer
Bronte Schools
Bronte’s
Winters Advertiser
Thet
Jacomes
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