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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1944
Page
10
Nathan Adams state chairman of the finance committee asks Texans to increase bond purchases. He notes the drive has started well but reports 28 percent of the E bond quota has been reached and urges quicker action.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a potent remedy for coughs chest colds and acute bronchitis. It claims the product reaches the trouble with beechwood creosote and other medicines no narcotics and offers a money back guarantee if it does not ease the cough and aid rest.
Bonham and Denison meet on Golden Field at 8 PM to close the 1944 District 5 A A schedule. Both squads aim for a win with strong passing and running threats led by Denison’s Jackson and Hestand and Jacobs for Bonham. Four Warrior seniors — Cleatus Hawkins James Essary Eugene Smith Dan McRae — wrap up high school careers in this final game.
Texas rolled to a 6 0 victory over Texas A M at Memorial Stadium before 44 000 as Bobby Layne and 22 year old jinx fueled the win. Layne led passes and runs including a first quarter TD while Harold Fischer and Texas defense held the Aggies scoreless and kept possession near the goal line.
Greenville Texas won the District 5 AA championship by defeating Paris 7 to 0 led by 185 pound fullback Bill Engle who scored the deciding touchdown After Engle drove in the score he added the extra point Engle totaled 121 points this season The Wildcats threatened late on Jim Hickley passes but Greenville held on Paris strong in line with Daryl Stevenson R Mar graves Jim Hollis Captain Jack Price Hyatt Cheek Eldon Dawson and Gus Cothran contributing on defense
Mrs W Morgan and sister Miss Dora Lightfoot visit Bonham from Riverby near town. J M Lowrey ill with flu. LaRue Clark, former Bonham Western Union operator, now in Sulphur Springs and Odessa. L D Bayless, first class pharmacist in the army at New Orleans, transferred to Terre Haute Ind. Mrs Clyde Smith returns from West Texas visiting Lamesa relatives.
The notice itemizes weekly church services in multiple congregations. It lists times for Sunday School morning worship music and sermons at Gerke First Baptist Allen's Chapel Church of Christ and Trinity Episcopal, plus weekday meetings and minister contacts.
Pvt. Kenneth Keeton writes his mother from Leyte that the war is far from over while noting his brother Pfc. Horace Keeton has spent eleven months in the Pacific theater. He had been stationed in New Guinea for five months before Leyte.
Staff Sergeants Robert and Joe Carder have returned to the United States after two years overseas with the 12th Air Force. Sons of Mr and Mrs N D Carder of the Gober community they enlisted in January 1942 and left for duty in November 1942. They took part in campaigns in Africa Sicily Italy and beyond.
Mrs. Robert Cader reports that French personnel will be at home on 30 day furloughs with residence noted as Bonham.
Pfc. Remmel Jackson was seriously wounded in action in France on November 8 according to a war department announcement. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Jackson of Randolph. Jackson entered the army January 25 1944 and went overseas July 20 1944. He resided at Waco when he entered the armed forces. Miss Blanche Baker arrives from Plainview to visit relatives and friends. Her family recently moved from Bonham to Plainview. The Hindus claim to have invented the violin bow.
A 1940s column notes Troy L. Duncan, 500 of Mrs. O. B. Duncan, wounded in action on November 10. The letter states he is recovering in a hospital in England after training at Camp Fannin and Can Dorn, Mississippi, and entering service in September 1943.
J L Smith and C D Smith appear in the readable lines with numbers 138 and 834 respectively indicating entries or identifiers. Further context is unavailable in this fragment.
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