Christmas Pilgrimage of Homes Sponsored By Garden Club
The Trowel and Error Garden Club hosts a Christmas Pilgrimage of Homes inviting the public to tour three decorated residences at 308 East 9th, 1001 North Main, and the Gober area between Cotton Center and Gober. Out of town judges will pick the top three, with entrants urged to sign up at the Chamber of Commerce by Thursday noon. Also notes town lighting around homes and traffic hazards with cars’ headlights.
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Trowel and Error Garden Club
Jim Wiggins
John Pitts
Jimmy Smith
Wiggins
East 9Th
Pitts
North Main
Chamber of Commerce
Ballot Deadline for Bonham Chamber Directors Nears
Voters must return postcard ballots by noon Wednesday to the Bonham Chamber of Commerce office. A seven-candidate slate is listed and write in options are allowed if readers prefer another director.
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Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Feud Over Sideburn Length Reaches Comical Compromise
A Bonham father and his son settled a dispute on facial hair. The father allowed the sideburns to grow one inch longer if the son cut four inches off his. The mutually agreed plan seems to be effective.
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Dad
Appeal For Clothing After Fire Destroys Medcalf Home
An appeal was issued for clothing furniture dishes and utensils for the Walter Medcalf family after a Monday fire left them with nothing. The Rev Mac Hargrove urged support and provided contact at Mrs W C Dobbs 113 West 10th phone 563 3493. The three young daughters ages 3 4 and 5 need sizes including Mrs Medcalf dress size M4 and shoe size and Mr Medcalf shirt 144 154 pant 26 29 and shoe size 8.
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Walter Medcalf
Mac Hargrove
W. C. Dobbs
West 10Th
Anchorage Hit by Quake with No Serious Damage
A strong earthquake lasting about 88 seconds shook the Anchorage area at 2:10 am. No serious damage or injuries were reported, though seismologists note Alaska’s active fault lines and a history of quakes since the 1964 Friday event.
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Ancorage
Alaska
UPI
Anchorage
Berkeley
Dumeve
Duilars
Portrait Presented For Bonham L H Rather Junior High
A portrait of the late L H Rather former Bonham schools superintendent and principal has been presented for hanging in the L H Rather junior high school. The gift was made Sunday by Mrs Rather and her son L H Rather Jr of Houston to principal B R Vestal in a ceremony with district officials and friends.
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L. H. Rather
Bonham Schools
Rather
John Meade
L. H. Rather, Jr
Joe Campbell
Vestal
Joe Denton
L. C. Biggers
Allied Troops Attack Fortress Near Da Nang in Jungle Drive
About 7,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Taylor common against a Communist jungle fortress 25 miles southwest of Da Nang. Early reports claim 123 guerrillas killed and 41 captured. 18 Americans killed and 73 wounded as the fight extended through fog and heavy jungle.
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Saigon
API
da Nang
UPI
David Lamb
South Vietnam
Bastion City
U.S
Dodge City
Allieqg
Arizona Territory
Lamb
Taylor Common
25Th Infantry Division
U.S. Army
Bonham School District to Add Speech Therapy Class
Bonham trustees approve hiring Mrs. David Murray as speech and hearing therapist for a new class to serve at least 660 students in the first six grades. Murray, with degrees from East Texas State University and North Texas State, will train further at ETSU this term.
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Bonham
Joe Campbell
David Murray
East Texas State University
Murray
North Texas State University
University of Texas
ETSU
State College
Southeastern
Durant
Oklahoma
Navarro Junior College
Supt. Campbell
Supt
Campbell
State 12
Cecil
Warren Anderson
Zealous Trout
Trout
Miniskirts Displace Mistletoe in Dating Traditions
London report cites mistletoe dealers complaining that miniskirts have become the year round alternative to traditional holiday courting. Cecil Dixon of Covent Garden says mistletoe demand has fallen sharply as sexual activity grows throughout the year.
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London
UPJ
Cecil Dixon
Covent Garden
Soviets Send Economic Chief to Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union dispatched its head economic planner to Czechoslovakia to examine complaints of stagnation. A Bratislava daily cited rumors of a new loan and warned of rising prices and restrained wage growth as austerity becomes essential, with a probable forthcoming Czechoslovak Soviet summit.
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Prague
UPI
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Roulnicke Noviny
Bratislavag
Frantisek Vlasak
U S South Vietnam Clash Deepens Over Paris Talks
In Paris the United States and Saigon clash over Vietnam peace strategy. Vice President Ky faults Defense Secretary Clifford for delaying talks while Lam says Saigon rejects a U S Hanoi separate settlement and Viet Cong recognition. Ambassadors Harriman and Lam press for unity.
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Paris
UPS
U.S
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Clark Clifford
Saigon
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Cyrus Vance
Washington
Clifford
Clifford’s
Pham Dang Lam
Lam
Hanoi
United States
AFP
Tran Buu Kiem
Kiem
Clark M. Clifford
Nguyen Cao
a __ television network
Texas water plan adds fourteen reservoirs to boost supply
The Water Development Board unveiled a plan for fourteen new reservoirs across Northeast and East Texas to fight shortages. It calls for Bonham Big Pine PecAn Bayou Liberty Hill Cooper Parkhouse Naples Titus Marshall Black Cypress Mineola Lake Fork Big Sandy Carthage Lake Texoma Lake of the Pines Caddo and associated placements in the Sabine Cypress and upper Sabine basins and notes Mississippi River basin imports to support Houston and other regions.
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Austin
SPJ
Texas
Texas Water Plan
Water Development Board
East
Bonham
Big Pine
Pecan Bayou
Liberty Hill
Red River
Cooper
Parkhouse Stage
Naples
Sulphur River
Titus County
Marshall
Black Cypress
Cypress River
Mineola
Lake Fork
Big Sandy
Carthage
Sabine
Lake Texoma
Lake of the Pines
Caddo
Mississippi River
Texas Water
Cypress Creek
Sabine River
Houston
Conroe
Cleveland
Lake Creek
Lower East Fork
San Jacinto
Bedias Creek
Trinity Basin
Mullican
Brazos
East Texas
West Texas
Paris Judge Harrison Dies After Heart Attack
Judge Harrison 63 of Paris, Sixth Judicial District, died at St. Joseph's Hospital Paris after a heart attack Tuesday morning. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Fry and Gibbs, Evergreen Cemetery burial. He served since 1953, active in Boy Scouts and local civic groups, survived by wife Jeannette and three daughters and a son.
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A. M. Harrison
Paris
Lamar
Fannin Counties
St. Joseph's Hospital
Harrison
Fry and Gibbs
Evergreen Cemetery
Sixth Judicial District
A. §. Broadfoot
Baylor University
University of Texas Law School
First National Bank
NeTseo Trails Council
Council Trust Fund
Council
Bonham
First United Methodist Church of
Lions Club
North Texas
Texas
Jeannette Evans
Boneham
Perry Davis
Midland
Spencer Abbott
Judy Harrison
Dickie Harrison
Fannin County Court House
Paws
Chaice Moore
Bonham and Savoy Schools Win HEW Title I Aid
Congressman Ray Roberts announced that Bonham and Savoy school districts were approved by the Office of Education under Health, Education and Welfare for Title I financial assistance. Bonham may receive 39112 with 6689 to be paid now, Savoy 2503 with 876 paid now. Checks expected in days. Superintendents Joe C. Campbell of Bonham and Robert F. Hodge of Savoy lead the districts.
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Ray Roberts
Bonham and
Savoy
Office of Education
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Bonham
Savoy Ig
Joe C. Campbell
Bonham Schools
Robert F. Hodge
Bonham Area Forecast Sees Light Rain Tonight
A warming trend continues with a chance of drizzle and light rain in the Bonham area tonight. Mostly cloudy skies persist with warmer temperatures. A cool front is expected late Wednesday afternoon to end the precipitation and clear the clouds.
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Bonham
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Bonham Reservoir
A.M. Harrison
Bonham, Savoy
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