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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1944
Page
8
A compact listing presents names Frank Swoboda, M Cantrell, Joyce Lane, William G Forgy, R Inghlish, Ralph Allen, C Elbert Carr, Miss Daily Woods among individuals named in the public notices section.
A local catalog describes several properties for sale including 6 to 9 room dwellings with amenities, prices from 1600 to 5300, and larger farms of 77 to 150 acres. Listings note wells, electricity, barns, garages, pools, school buses, and nearby towns such as Honey Grove Bonham and Dodd City.
The piece notes the navy sails oceans yet questions postwar use of the merchant marine surplus. It jokes that smokers should restrain intake to boost cigarette supply and that bacon on Saturday requires skipping the other six days. It cites Eisenhower’s urgent demand for more shells and bombs to meet immediate needs.
The Purple Warriors meet the seasoned Savoy quintet at Savoy with Savoy favored. Bonham's new squad, led by three returning lettermen Cleatus Hawkins Cliffora Lumpkins and Jesse Hiatt, and newcomers from football, faces a tough opener as Coach E B Wilshire seeks a scoring ace to replace Bryce London.
The Phillip Wise Farm No 027 156 acres in two tracts north of Bonham and near Adams is offered to the Board of Directors on a rent purchase basis after a $1200 down payment. Improvements include a five room bungalow with porches, a 32 by 34 barn, cistern and well. Tenant J L Kerr. possession January 1 1945. Oil and mineral interests 50 retained. purchase price $5000 with staged $190 annual payments beginning January 1 1946 and continuing each year until paid in full. Contact E J Bodman Special Representative Anion Bankers Life Assurance Co Oklahoma City.
The Houston Oil Bowl New Year’s Day game is suspended until 1946 due to a War Department order banning air force teams after Saturday. Randolph Field hosts the game, with the Bond Bowl in New York City scheduled for Saturday. About $40,000 will be refunded to ticket buyers.
A force of Army Liberators attacked Iwo Island in the Volcano group on Sunday December 19 as strategic air forces intensified efforts to crush the last vital fortress protecting Tokyo. B 24s met only moderate anti aircraft fire over the treeless base about 70 miles south of Tokyo in what officials called the Ty raid of Iwo in 31 days.
A Houston fire station found a torn letter to Santa in wastepaper from children of overseas war workers. The note signed Judy Ann asked only for her “poppy” to return, describing him as a relcher who has been gone two years. Firefighters forwarded the plea to Santa Claus.
Pacific Fleet headquarters at Pearl Harbor reports two blasts by liberators on Pec 13. Officials confirm incidents occurred at a military facility with no injuries or further details released. Behörden continue investigations.
To the H D Club of Ravenna I received the Christmas nackare from the Home Demonstration Club of Ravenna and I take this opportunity to thank each one for thinking of me.
G W Jackson, visiting from a home near Boyd Schoolhouse, recalls coming to Texas in 1484 with his father and makes light of changing times. He notes his boyhood plowing as an acre and a half daily, versus fifteen acres with modern tractors, and quips about marriage enriching vocabularies.
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