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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1944
Page
3
Bonham Rotary Club forms High School Junior Rotarians for boys from PHS. Hawkins and Ray Peeler Jr. named by faculty to join as first Rotarians. Six week terms require seniors or juniors with good grades and community involvement. First meeting noon at Cate PHS.
Fragmentary names list includes Mrs J Miller Ceell Ruark Alma Kinkead P Weaks T B Anderson J Gelder with minor near-mentions of Bondi Inet roetor and related initials.
Bank day notices show Bonds Sold totaling 281.25 dollars with names Gladys Owens Mary Jim Car michael Johnny Newton Miss Avis Conine Peggy Brown Mary Lou Rogers Treva Babers. Stamps Sold 14.00 dollars Deposits 4.70.
Benhi Band members showcased talents at the Lions Club luncheon on December 7 at the Gem Cafe. Six members plus Mr. Crelia performed swing and college melodies, then the orchestra played pieces like In the Mood and Swinging On a Star with solos and a comedy interlude. Harold Beckham Paul Dennis Beverly Jones Cramer Crelia Raymond Smith and Fulanna Crelia participated.
Anderson thanks Coach F E Wilshire and the Warriors for a season ended, praising the band, yell leaders, student body, business men who funded an appreciation dinner and travel, Lions and Rotary Clubs, fire and police departments, Texas Defense Guards, school custodians, teachers at the gate, ticket sellers, and helpers like Virgil Wilson and Bob Cantrell for publicity.
Editor urges readers to submit relatives’ names for a wartime edition. The piece praises the Warriors and their progress, and discusses war bonds and victory as the means to end War Loans.
A playful year end column notes red skirts sweaters and wild shirts worn by local youths including Joyce Blassingame Beverly Jones Majorie Carter John Ed Hodge Gene Cooper Frank Council James Duff Larry Denton Mickey Smith and Harvey Hawkins. It wishes Merry Christmas and hints at basketball study clubs and letters to Santa in a joking tone.
Reverend T W Sisterson will speak at the Bonhi P T A monthly meeting Thursday December 14 at 4 o clock in Room 302. He will discuss Modern Youth and Their Religion. The Bonhi Glee Club will perform Christmas music under Mary Alice Pritchett. The program centers on Security in Spiritual Faith. A brief business meeting follows led by Mrs Ray Peeler.
The Spanish Club will hold an initiation dance December 15 in the library at seven o'clock. Committees were named: Food Joyce Blassingame chair, Glady Owens and Betty McIver. Entertainment Ray Peeler chair, Martha Ann Ryan and Larry Denton. Initiation D J Kelly chair, Mary Jean Smith and Don Maness. Club pins money due before Christmas holidays.
Miss Mary Alice Pritchett will direct the Ponhi Glee Club in a Christmas program in a called assembly on Wednesday afternoon December 20 at 2 45 oclock. The public is cordially invited. The program includes Adeste Fideles O Little Town of Bethlehem No Candle Was There and No Fire Holy Night and other pieces with solos duets and chorus performances by the Boys Glee Club and Chorus.
Miss Connie’s second year sewing class has 50 bedside bags for the Red Cross and has finished 22. Students aim to complete all before Christmas. Afterward they will sew bedside slippers for wounded servicemen overseas.
Read like bus route gossip, the piece names pupils and drivers. It highlights seating patterns and shortages on Phillip, Brown, Wade and Hassey buses with several named students and one male driver observer.
Instructional note explains a simple test to determine eye dominance by focusing on a vertical object at distance, then observing finger alignment after closing each eye. It states right eye dominance if the finger shifts right when closing the right eye, left eye dominance if it shifts left, and equal power if it moves neither way, noting few people have equal power.
The narrator recounts life in China with crowds during shopping trips, feasts at elaborate Chinese weddings, dragon boat races on the fifth day of the fifth month, lantern parades on October 10, kite day battles, open air theater crowds, and yearly floods in Wuchow where shops move upstairs and boats replace walking.
Bonhi announces tri captains for 1945 46 Billy Svoboda Roy McMillan and Floyd Tyler were elected to serve as tri captains to keep one in training for a head position next season Seniors will be co captains while juniors train for head captain The plan ensures an experienced captain each year Fourteen Warriors lettered this year with two lettered three times and FE B Wilshire reports the season noting the boys played well though not all wins were earned.
Pierrot Club holds tryouts Thursday to select new members. Ten charter members judge candidates on character, acting, and expressions. Newly chosen members will receive invitations to the next meeting, with a banquet planned after notification.
A diary style column riffs on Texas weather, Christmas anticipation, and school life. Notes about Gloria returning home, friends and mischief, pranks, and classroom banter mix with holiday references and light social quips.
The Warriors elect three captains Floyd Tyler Billy Svoboda and Roy McMillan praised for leadership and football knowledge. The piece urges next year’s players and students to support the tri captains in producing a winning team.
In a humorous note, students struggle with dictation from Mrs Ruark as they attempt shorthand and face puzzled reactions. The piece mentions women entering service and a shortage of secretaries, with two boys in the class helping by taking the course.
D. J. Kelly a Bonhi junior named to the Bonhi staff in a notice by Miss Alma Kinkead. Kelly, popular with peers and active in football, will write Ramblings for the paper and has been chosen as a capable helper for upcoming assignments.
The B association at Bondi marks new Warrior Squad members as initiates after the football season. Initiates must speak to no girls and address seniors as Mr. The roster includes Herbert McBride and Cleavis Hawkins among others. Initiation runs December 4 to December 11.
Bonham High School calls for ex-students who served or are in service to fill a form listing name rank age last Bonham High School year in, service duration and theater, current address, medals, branch, parent names, service address, and whether their Ex has appeared in newspapers.
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