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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1934
Page
2
The Associated Press reports heavy damage to the tomato crop in the Laredo area as a second front in two days reaches the region. Other vegetables remain uninjured and growers rush to pick and store produce ahead of frost warnings.
W F Keaton of West 11th Street gathered a basket of October peaches from a tree in his yard in Bonham This morning The peaches are fair quality and were left with J R Jaynes for sale near Leith Center street next to Dobson Company Keaton notes this may be the first December peach harvest in years in the community
Judge Blackburn heads home to Paris this afternoon. Fay Garrison of the Nocona News visits Bonham on a Vishi. Paul Dennis and family returned Friday from a trip to nelatives near Duke Oklahoma. Mrs. W F Keeton leaves tomorrow for Los Angeles to visit her daughter Mrs Ralph Webb. Miss Helen Ludeman of Denton travels to Dallas for the Texas Chemists state meeting. Misses Willie Mae Atkins Linus Cummings and Wilma Atkins attend the State Teachers Association in Galveston. Jim Freeman visits from Electra noting Electra's dairy-driven prosperity.
The Texas Board of Control announces a five point plan to distribute relief work more evenly among needy families. Effective January 1, only one family member may be employed, and spouses of regularly employed workers are to be excluded from future hiring.
A special vesper service Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock will present a Women's Day program. Devotional by Mrs Edwin Smith solo by Mrs Martha Lowrey address by Mr T E Anderson Our Mountain Work offertory and related items complete the program.
New York dispatch reports Katharine Hepburn arriving en route to Hartford and declining to confirm or deny rumors she will marry Leland Hayward social register manager. She said she would not answer such questions and would not reveal if she planned marriage.
Emma Withers of Belmont North Carolina reports nearly dying from influenza last October. She began Milks Emulsion and regained appetite, resolved coughing, and strengthened her stomach. The firm touts six kettles for home use, money-back guarantee, and prices of 60 cents and 1.20 dollars per bottle, Terre Haute Indiana.
Presbyterian and Trinity Episcopal churches announce Sunday School at 9:30 or 9:45 a.m. with elders and superintendents named. First Presbyterian Church lists 9:45 a.m. Sunday School and morning and evening services with J G Varner as pastor. Prayer service Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Harold G Hennessy and A W Wainwright also named in church notices.
The church schedules preaching at 10 50 a m and 7 p m with Rev J M Simmons in both services The Training Service meets at 0 p m Deacons meet Tuesday at 7 00 pm Monthly Workers Conference and business session Wednesday night A 7 pm covered dish lunch The W M A meets at 2 pm with a 230 pm season of prayer for the Lottie Moon Christmas offering for foreign missions
Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. with Jno. R Spivey as Superintendent. Church services at 10:50 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Epworth Leagues at 6:15 p.m. Clinton L. Bowen is the pastor.
Assemblies for Bible School at 9 45 Worship and communion at 10 50 Special music and a message by Pastor The Elders meet Monday at 7 p m Church Board meets Tuesday at 7 p m Prayer Service Wednesday at 7 p m Woman's Missionary Society meets with Mrs Hassell Monday at 3 p m Mrs Laurence Denton to lead All members urged visitors invited Pastor to Ladonia Sunday 5 p m and Hail 7 p m W W Holder pastor
Calvary Baptist Church lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m preaching at 11 p m by Pastor B Y P U classes at 7 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p m W M U meets Monday 2 30 p m Attend and receive a blessing J E Fender Pastor.
Lark Memorial Methodist Church schedules 9 45 a m Sunday School led by Earl Turner with 11 a m sermon on Adding To or Taking From the Holy Bible Epworth League 6 15 p m and 7 p m worships with lectures My prayer sessions and W M S meet weekday afternoons The public is invited J M Webb is pastor The Church of the Nazarene lists 11 a m preaching Youth and Senior NYP S at 5 and 6 15 p m and 7 p m worship led by W F Akin
The notice lists worship times at 9 45 Bible school and 10 50 worship and communion with evening services at 7 00 Mid week Bible study on Wednesday at 7 00 A Bible class for young people Sundays at 6 00 All young people urged to attend Welcome to all Christians E W Stovall Minister
Will Rogers Jr son of the humorist and David Mellinkoff of Santora University defeated Whitman College in the final of the senior college men's division of a debating tournament at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
Advert says cod liver oil in tasteless tablets boosts strength and nerves, with rapid gains in weight for a boy, girl, and young mother. Claims include 3 pounds monthly if no results, money-back guarantee, and approval by a medical institute.
Patrick Hurley former secretary of war and G A Sturver attached to the German embassy met in a German trench during the war both wounded in hand to hand combat They met again Friday morning on a sleeper plane from the Pacific coast and breakfasted together at the municipal airport Hurley was enroute from Los Angeles to Tulsa Sturver and Dr Hans Luther German ambassador were on the plane from Phenix to Cincinnati Breakfast talk recalled wartime days and a raid in France where Hurley invaded a German trench and Sturver threw a grenade wounding Hurley Dr Luther and aide are on a West tour visiting German consulates.
Speakers at the Texas State Teachers Association annual meeting in Galveston stress the need for strong leadership for tomorrow's children and training in government responsibility to ensure citizenship. The program features sessions with Dr Edwin A Lee and Dr N D Bules Marlin, governors elect Allred and McNutt, and a Beaumont Symphonic Band plus a 500 child Galveston chorus.
The Blue Valley Farmer newspaper in Oklahoma City failed to publish for the first time in four and a half years. Editor Cicero J. Murray said publication has not been suspended, while printers reported no copy was provided for release.
At the 21st Texas Music Preachers Association convention in Lubbock 175 teachers and 48 contestants set attendance records. The State G B Dealey contest awarded 300 to each winner with 50 for first and 25 for second in four categories. Winners include Margaret Merrifield Belton piano and Virginia Pulle y Fort Worth vocal, among others.
At the Forty third Baptist Training Service convention in Lubbock George Mason of Dallas condemned legalized racing and wagering as harmful to business and society. He urged God first and set ambitious membership goals for next year. About 4 000 visitors attended the barbecue and program events ending with officer elections and a 1935 convention site decision.
An order of sale issued by the 44th Judicial District Court of Texas in Dallas County directs sheriff’s sale on the first Tuesday in January 1935 at the Fannin County Court House Bonham. The property is 39 acres in Dixon Survey, tied to Horace Gatlin Elsie Gatlin and others, to satisfy a note plus costs. The case names Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank of Dallas v Horace Gatlin et al No 6783-B. The notice includes the sale time 10 am to 4 pm and the action date November 24 1934.
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the federal Lindbergh kidnap law in Harvey Bailey’s case, ruling a life sentence for transporting a kidnapped victim in interstate commerce is not cruel and unusual punishment. The opinion affirms Congress power to curb interstate crime and warns gangsters that kidnapping is a heinous offense.
Assistant fire chief died today and four other firefighters were seriously injured after a wall collapse amid a blaze at a Midwest manufacturing plant in Denver. Rescue efforts pulled several from debris and five others remained hospitalized.
The piece discusses how many people in every community lack government help and must rely on local charities and volunteers for support. It notes that aid distribution is uneven and calls for broader programs to reach vulnerable residents.
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