Bonham Community Remembers Local Notables And Roads
A Bonham column honors Mary Hunter and Robert I Unter for their kindness and teaching, notes early settlers Thomas Wart and the island Bayou Road area, recalls rough era roads and a bridge built in 1838, and praises Arledge Ridge citizens, musicians, and Mrs Julia Inglish as a motherly influence to local children.
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Bonham
Thomas Wart
Old Island
New Road
Bois d’ Arc
Cowart House
Arledge
Arledge Ridge
Juliassh
Inglish
Arles
George
Carrie
Bonham Welcomes New Editor From Longtime Resident
A Bonham subscriber writes to welcome the new editor and praise the town as an ideal place to raise a family. He shares fifty years living in Bonham and notes circumstances force relocation, while affirming the town will always feel like home. he mentions his late companion of sixty and a half years and a beloved eldest son.
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Bonham
Llano Street
Dallas
Crowell
Texas
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Be Prepared Do A Good Turn Daily
An editorial reflection urges men to adopt Boy Scout mottos for family life. It stresses home as protection, discusses depressions and illness, and notes happiness from helping others. It ends by asking readers if they would relive youth to change life goals.
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Boy Scouts
Older Fellows and Boys Invite Your Letters
The speaker invites readers to write and share thoughts about the future. Both an elder and a younger counterpart offer to respond to letters, encouraging public input from various ages.
Bonham Daily Favorite Readers Share Thanks and Notices
A collection of reader letters from Bonham Texas expresses thanks for front page publicity and newspaper improvements. Mrs W R McDaniel requests a change of address to Crowley Texas R F D 2 and mentions winter plans. W O Harmon minister thanks the paper for cooperative publicity and readers praise the newspaper's size and makeup. The Davis family and Mrs Cornelia Davis McHenry commend the paper and vow continued subscription.
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Bonham Daily Favorite
Bonham, Texas
Cornelia Davis McHenry
Davis
Bonham Marble Works Vault Ad Offers Custom Memorials
An advertisement from Bonham Marble Works invites design ideas for a Vault of ultimate rest at 123 Main Bonham Texas. The copy stresses security and inviolability and notes customization to honor future residents. Thimble Theatre features Popeye as a page footer.
Death of Dallas Former Mayor H D Lindsley
Col Henry Dickinson Lindsley aged 66 longtime Dallas mayor and first national commander of the American Legion was found dead at his home Friday by relatives. He had been battling bladder cancer.
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Henry Dickinson Lindsley
The
American Legion
Dallas
United States
Time and Tide and Opportunity Buy Now Real Estate List
Real estate ad lists numerous houses and lots with prices and features including 4 to 8 room dwellings, corner lots 60x147 to 75x140, several acreages, and a vineyard. Mentions FHA government plan for building homes and insurance services plus farm loans at 5 percent.
Local social notes and youth picnic mark Bonham area
Bernice Goar reports on community activities near Bonham including visits by Dolly Keene and Fay Crumpacker to Los Angeles, mothers returning home, and neighbors from Riverby Monkstown and Texarkana. 8th and 9th graders took a picnic with Z H Dean. boys basketball beat High Prairie 5 to 0. ex girls team beat school girls 2 to 2. Reporter A Ragland notes a Dallas college leaflet on syllabi.
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Dolly Keene
Fay Crumpacker
Los Angeles
Calif
Sadie Sims
High Prairie
Amd
Deets Dorough & Company Seeks 68 Phones in Bonham Texas
Bonham Texas business Deets Dorough & Company advertises a request for 68 telephones. The listing provides location Bonham and indicates equipment procurement. No further details on seller or terms are given.
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Bonham, Texas
Dist Court Sentences Include Burglary and Theft
District Judge George P. Black presided as William Thomas, 14, received a reformitory term for burglary. Lyman Pittman faced a two year term per three cattle theft charges. M. H. Alexander fined $50 and jailed 40 days for drunk driving. Ellis Blackshear $100 fine and three months for theft. Norman Gooch, 12, drew a penitentiary term for robbery. Carl Smith received two years for cattle theft. Death notices follow for Mrs. R. M. McFarlin of Oklahoma and related memorial services in San Antonio and at a Methodist auditorium.
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George P. Blackburn
William Thomas
Gatesville Reformatory
Lyman Pittman
M. H. Alexander
Ellis Blackshear
Norman Gooch
Obbin
Williams Moto
Carl Smith
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DR. Sunshine
God
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Miss Euna
Bob Steele
Rango Valley Raiders
Flaming Frontier
Merican Theatre
Henry Arthur
Garet Lindsey
John Lite
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Musketeers
Daily Favorite
Will H. Evans
Sam A. Meade
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Sherman
Travis
W. R. McDaniel
W. O. Harmon
Methodist Church
Boston
Rex
Ray Allen
Sheriff's Office
Fred McFarlin
South 4Th
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Miller-Yates Motor Co
Linnie Baker
W. G. Vaughn
Bonham State Park Gate
General Electric
Texas Power & Light Company
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Honey Grove
Douglas Helms
Josephine
Fannin County Abstract CO
R. L. Adams
Bonham Marble Works
Bonham, Tex
Thimble Theatre
Popeye
Bill
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DE Ming Named
Blondie
M Bill
Chek
Gene Byrnes
An Newa Features, Inc
H. D. Lindsley
Good Street
North Front
West Front
Park Avenue
Room and Bath
Word Street
High School
FHA
Bernice Goar
W. T. Richardson
Lena Warren
Riverby
Monks Own
Molly More
Tom Williams
Bryan
J. P. Moore
Lee Hinkle
Monkstown
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Dow Moore
Virgo Mitchell
Maude Mitchell
Texarkana
Bula Goar
Wil. Moore
Koney Grove
This Place
Jim Bennethy
H. R. Moore
Russell Hardy
Tulip
Z. H. Dean
A. Ragland
Metropolitan Business College of Dallas
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WELLS
Humphrey
Deets Dorough & Company
R. M. McFarlin
Robert
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San Antonio
Kingsville
Bonham Drug CO
Roger Galici
Leatherwood Bros
Magnolia Products
Fannin County
Wolvering
Henry R. Scates
Bonham Drug Store
Bryant Transeep
F .M. Loughmiller
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