Salute to Bonham Homemakers Highlights Local Prosperity
A Bonham salute celebrates homeowners in city and rural areas as builders of prosperity. The feature urges homeowners to upgrade homes with local financing and contractors, listing merchants offering “Salute of Values” discounts this week at Bonham stores and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham
J. C. Penney Co
Clayton's Food Store
Hunt’s Department Store
J. B. White Co
Bonham State Bank
Stewman’s
Pauline’s
Joe Britton Hardware
Lowe’s Cardinal Food
A. & R. Grocery
Young Fashions
Leatherwood Men's
Goodyear Service
Bonham Drug
Currin’s
Crider’s. Bonham Furniture
Bonham Style
Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Company
Bonham Jewelry
Powell and Birdwell Ford Tractor
Barbecue Barn
Moran's Furniture
Judges Tour Gober And Ravenna In Texas Contest Bid
Judges led by Jack Jenkins Miss Lida Cooner and Jack McCullough visited Gober and Ravenna in Fannin County to bid for a berth in the Texas Community Improvement finals. Light rain fell as the tour began at 9 38 a m with more showers expected. Bonham civic groups Kiwanis and Lions halted meetings to join lunch in Gober. Sheriff deputies guided the tour into the communities.
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Gober
Ravenna
Fannin County
Jack Jenkins
Lida Cooner
Jack McCullough
Fort Worth
Bonham
First National Bank
Kiwanis and
Lions
Gobe
Sheriff's Deputies
Bill Would Cut License Costs in Texas House
The Texas House approved a bill to revise auto license plate fees with specific charges by weight class. It sets 12 dollars for under 2500 pounds, 20 dollars for 3500 to 4500 pounds, 28 dollars for 4900 to 6000 pounds, and minimum 5 dollars for motorcycles and light trailers, with quarterly pro rating and projected extra revenue of 3.6 million.
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Johnson
Air War Escalates as U S Bombards Hanoi Haiphong
U S bombers hit Hanoi and Haiphong as two day air war continues. Communists claim 24 American planes down and several pilots missing or captured while U S says four planes lost and two Mig pilots shot down. F105 Thunder bombed a railyard near Hanoi.
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Saigon
UPS
United States
Hanoi
Haiphong
Peking
U.S
China
Red Air Force
Kwangsi Province
North Vietnam
Kep
Hoa Lac
Tokyo
Mao _ Tse-tung
Hainan
Five Students Shot On Campus At Southern University
Five students were shot at Southern University in Baton Rouge amid ongoing campus protests. No fatalities were reported and entrances were barricaded as authorities investigated. Student leaders demanded ongoing reforms and planned to continue demonstrations despite the incident.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Southern University
Southern Hay
Felton G. Clark
Adenauer Rites In Cologne Cathedral Mourning Western Leaders
Johnson and de Gaulle attended Adenauer’s funeral in Cologne Cathedral joining a large Western states gathering. Cardinal Frings led a Requiem Mass while tens of thousands watched outside. Bonn held separate memorials as antiwar posters drew quick arrests.
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Cologne
Germany
UPJ
Johnson
Charles de Gaulle
France
Konrad Adenauer
Celogne
Josef Cardinal Frings
West Germany
Johnson and
de Gaulle
John F. Kennedy
Washington
Bubn
Bundestag
Bonn University
Bonn
Adenauer
Heinrich Luebke
Girls Take Top Honors at Savoy High School Class of 1967
The Savoy 1967 graduating class honors crown Nancy Ellen Pullen valedictorian with 96.9 average, Rebecca Lynn Price salutatorian with 95.19, and Jacqueline Virginia Hull as third high honor. Boys leader Michael Wayne Lankford tops male averages. Pullen, Price, Holt, and Lankford are lauded for multiple activities including Beta club, FHA, debate, athletics, and church involvement, planning to attend Stephen F. Austin State University or East Texas State University with majors in math, home economics, and psychology.
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SAVOY
Spt
Savoy High School
Robert Hodge
Nancy Ellen Pullen
Rebecca Lynn Price
Jacqueline Virginia Hull
Michael Wayne Luankford
Miss Pullen
John Pullen
Beta Club
Future Homemakers of America
Beus Club
Methodist Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Stephen F. Austin State College
Miss Price
David H. Price
FHA
First Baptist Church
East Texas State University
Miss Holt
R. O. Holt
Savoy Church of Christ
Lankford
R. J. Lankford
ETSU
Bete Club
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Bonham News Roundup Jeers Rainers and Repairs
Jimmie Collins skipped post duties to paint his house in just over two hours, with coworkers joking this slowed rainfall. Lions Club funded new street markers and a second batch was added. Local workers replaced sidewalk concrete near North Main. Firemen complained of heat and an air conditioner outage. Frogs croaked after rain, armadillo road tolls rose, and Mrs. James R Clayton reports Lubbock visitors. Farmers irrigate in pursuit of needed moisture.
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Jimmie Collins
Jimmie
Bonham
McKee Crick
Lions Club
James R. Clayton
Lubbock Way
Open House Set Sunday May 7 for Evans School
Completion of the enlargement of the I W Evans school will be celebrated with an open house in the afternoon. The expansion adds 10 classrooms and a cafeteria, enlarges the library, and installs central heating and air conditioning. Seventh and eighth graders move to L H Rather school, to be ready by Sept 1, while fourth and fifth graders relocate from Batley Inglish and Stephenson to J W Evans school.
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I. W. Evans
M. B. Nelson
L. H. Rather
Batley Inglish and
Stephenson
J. W. Evans School
General Cable Wins Phone Wire Contracts
The Benham plant of General Cable Co received two defense contracts totaling 147,382 dollars for 102,000 feet of telephone cable from the Defense Industrial Supply Center. One contract covers 70,000 feet for 82,250 dollars, the other 32,000 feet for 65,132 dollars. DISC stated the bids were firm fixed price after negotiation with five firms submitting quotations from five solicited.
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Benham
General Cable Co
Defense Industrial Supply Center
DISC
Tornado Watch Encompasses Bonham Dallas Fort Worth Area
The Bonham region and a broad North Central Texas zone from southwest of Waco to northeast of Tulsa are under a tornado watch from 2 to 8 p.m. The Weather Bureau warns of the possibility of one or two tornadoes, along with severe thunderstorms, large hail, and damaging winds. The alert covers Dallas and Fort Worth.
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Bonham
U. S
Showers Forecast for Bonham Area Tonight Into Wednesday
Occasional showers are forecast for the Bonham area as cloudiness extends into Wednesday. Temperatures should rise slightly on Wednesday. Light drizzle reported in Bonham this morning with additional light showers over North Texas late Monday as a cool front stalls and a warm front returns bringing more rain.
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Bonham
North Texas
Senator Dirksen Admitted To Walter Reed For Illness
Senate Republican leader Breen M Dirksen 1M Washington is hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center with a bad cold and possible flu. Aides say the 1-year old senator entered the hospital Monday after a light fever.
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Washington
UPR
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. and
Mrs. Homeowner
Sears Roebuck
Charles Carter Chevrolet-Buick
Hensiee Furniture Mart
Bonham Lumber Co
City Food and Market
McKnight Rexall Drug
Bonham Steam Laundry
Owens Lumber Co
Piggly Wiggly
Crockett’s Grocery
Ellen's Shop
Reece Electric Co
the Smart Shop
Speedway Food
Jerry Boone Ford-Mercury
Alexander’s Stop & Shop
Bonham Savings and Loan Association
Luebke
Chancelene Kiesinger i
Air War
U.S. Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
Adenauer Rites
Nancy Pullen
Salutatorian
Michael Lankford
Virginia
Aaron Childress
Harold Bicknerl
Claude English
North Main
Bob Cantrell
W. Evans
the Daily Favorite
General Cable
Dirksen
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