Bonham merchants launch Customer Shower of Gifts event
Bonham's 23 merchants hold the first Customer Shower of Gifts Tuesday afternoon. Prizes totaling over 200 dollars include gift certificates and merchandise from stores such as Baldwin and Wolf Food Store, Tray Currin Man's Shop, Vassar Beauty Shop, Young Fashions, McKelva Furniture, and more. A registered shopper drawn from The Daily Favorite offices will win all 23 prizes if present in a participating store at 2:30 pm. absent winners receive a $10 consolation certificate.
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Bonham
Baldwin
Wolf Food Store
Father appeals for blood donations for two children
Otto C. Erler Jr. urged Bonham residents to donate blood to Wadley Research Institute and Blood Center for his children Vicki 10 and Vaughn 8. Vicki had her 226th transfusion and Vaughn his 203rd. Both suffer Mediterranean anemia and depend on transfusions every two to three weeks to stay alive.
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Bonham
Otto C. Erler, Jr
Wadley Research Institute
Vicki
Vaughn
Wallus
Calico Gracie and Local Wind Tales Highlight Bonham Life
Carmen Cole describes her calico Gracie and imitates her meow after a caller asks to hear the cat. Friday’s strong wind sends Doc Clements’ boat top splashing across the street as Ray Edwards and others cope with cotton wagon losses. Bonham fans are praised by Highway Patrolmen Bob Walker and Charles Carey. The piece also notes donations and a Wadley Institute blood drive led by Erler, a Marine veteran, with emphasis on Mediterranean anemia and local connections.
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Gracie
Cole
Carmen
Doc Clements
Doc
Ray Edwards
Edbube
Ray
Farm official to speak at Fannin 4-H awards banquet
A B Jolly farm director for the Dallas Times Herald and KRLD radio and TV will speak at the Fannin county 4-H awards banquet on December 16 in the high school cafeteria. County Agent Gene Graves says the event honors top 4-H youths, with awards presented by county commissioners and local businessmen. Moon Suh Kook, 27, was charged in Seoul with fraud for selling 6500 packages of colored vaseline as pymade, a mix of apples lard and rose water.
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A B Jolly
Dallas Times Herald
Krld Radio and TV
Fannin County
First National
Bonham State
Gene Graves
Jolly
Dallas County
County Commissioners Court
Seoul
Korea
Moon Suh Kook
Moon
Prize Draw Registration Across All Stores
A letter will certify the winner for prize pickup at each store. Anyone 12 or older may register free in all stores, as often as desired. Winners are drawn from a bus, so registering widely increases chances. Registration blanks and placards identify participating stores, with boxes closing Tuesday afternoon. Employees may register in other stores but not in their own.
Lunch Program Surges to Nearly $107 Million Expenditure
The school lunch program has grown threefold in a decade with over 1,670,000 students receiving meals. Total spending on food, equipment and services nears 107 million dollars, most from local funds according to John J Slaughter of the Agricultural Marketing Service.
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Dallas
US Agricultural Department
John J Slaughter
Southwest Food Distribution Division
The
Agricultural Marketing Service
Holiday Hoodlums Make Appearance
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned police that the Christmas shopping season will bring more shoplifters pickpockets and purse snatchers. He urged cooperation for a common defense in the law enforcement bulletin. Capt William Bligh and 18 sailors rowed 3 618 miles after the mutiny on the Bounty in 1788.
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Washington
FBI
J Edgar Hoover
Hoover
FHI
William Bligh
Saul- Org
Bounty
Attorney Rules Appointment Net In Senate's Field
Texas Attorney General Will Wilson ruled that the appointment of Insurance Commissioner William A Harrison is not subject to Senate confirmation. The decision voids the Senate’s Nov 12 rejection and examines the constitutional limit on confirming appointments by an administrative board rather than the governor. Harrison remains in office but functions limited as the ruling draws Senate reaction.
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Will Wilson
William A Harrison
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Harrison
State Board of Insurance
Board of Insurance
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Texas Insurance Board
Wilsons
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Hazlewood
Insurance Department
Governments Owe 52 Billion in Debts Across US
A government report shows total outstanding state and local borrowings at about 52.5 billion dollars as of June 30. Short term debt stands around 2.1 billion with long term obligations near 39.3 billion, largely for education facilities and street highway development including toll roads.
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Washington
Insus
Bonham Prepares Christmas Parade With City Support
Bonham officials plan a Saturday parade starting at 6 30 pm with over acre floats and at least four bands. The Mitchell Grenadiers and East Texas State college team headlining, joined by church groups, high school bands from Bonham and Paris, and possibly Sherman. The event features Miss Betty Cunningham as a guest, with local ROTC cadets and a Santa float rumored as a separate entry.
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Acre
Bry
Texas State College
Ben Hearn
First Christian Church
Bonham Pastors Association
First Christan Church
CYEF
Mirat
Presbyterian Church
PYF
First Methodist Church
Seventh and Main Baptist Church
Dodd City Methodist Church
New Hope Mettodast
Boyd Baptist Church
Bailey Methodist Church
Mitchell Grenadiers
Air Fores
East Texas State College
Wih
Betty Cunningham
Bonham
HST
Cunningham
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Honeyrove Rigtr
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Atr
Bates
Beaes
Cetbbons Hogh
Joeneson
Terrads
Paris
Sherman
Washington School
Princapal
Bo Walton
Freas County
Kiwann Ketnes
Pentagon studies missile needs for 1960s program
Pentagon reviews the requirement for two intermediate range ballistic missiles and other units to speed up production by Army and Air Force. parade plans, speakers, and community events accompany a public observance with a Boy Scout float and local churches contributing, signaling a broad patriotic program around the review.
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Armya Jupiter
Thor
Texas Legislature To Resume Special Session On Monday
Report notes Senate members plan to reconvene at 2 pm with registration details. Discussion centers on Pentagon budget, weapon costs, and potential funding shifts for defense programs amid fiscal constraints and planned January actions.
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Texas
Soviet Exports Rise Far Above Prewar Levels
Soviet exports climb to twenty times prewar volumes with Moscow noting a fifth place standing behind the United States Britain West Germany and France in industrial goods shipments.
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Juondon i Keussia
Moscow
United States
Bitain
Sub-Freezing Report for Bonham Area Sunday
The US Weather Bureau expects clear skies and cool weather through Sunday in the Bonham area. Sunday morning may reach 25 degrees, four degrees colder than Saturday morning. Saturday’s high was 42 degrees, and Friday night brought a cold front with a stronger wind that diminished to a light breeze by Saturday.
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Bonham
US Weather Bureau
Banham
AFL CIO Faces Teamsters Rift at Second Birthday Convention
The AFL-CIO marks its second birthday in Atlantic City while a major dispute over expelling the Teamsters looms. Leadership says the largest union remains defiant of directives as 166 unions prepare to convene and debate the issue amid security and turnout concerns.
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Afl-Cio
Atlantic
CIO
Ursuen
Fe. Eravion
Bute
Sus
Asorge Meaty Federation
Teoametere
Bism
Atlanta
Fame Y Guards
Buron and Dickey Involved in Saturday Incident At Byler
Fragmentary OCR reports a Saturday incident near Byler involving Buron, Dickey, Wells, Stay Peeler, Chura Butler, Jaten, and Kay Edward. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Hi. A. Buron
John Dickey
Duhn Wells
Byler
Stay Peeler
Chura Butler
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