Christmas Holiday Calendar Sparks Garden Club Pilgrimage
Susie Powell realizes Christmas Day falls on Monday not Sunday after checking the calendar. The Trowell and Error Garden Club hosts Home Pilgrimage Monday 6:30 to 7:30 pm visiting Denton Jones Webster Sisk and the Sam Rayburn Library with coffee at the Library. Lighting judged 7 to 9 pm nightly through Dec 25. Also note students return to classes after holidays. Scotland Yard notes 12,000 unpaid parking tickets returned by foreign diplomats in London this year.
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Susie Powell
Trowell and Error Garden Club
Denton Jones
John Webster
Walter Sisk
Sam Rayburn
London
Scotland Yard
VA Center Employees Celebrate Annual Christmas Party
The Sam Rayburn Memorial VA Center in Bonham hosted its annual Christmas party drawing nearly 300 attendees. Highlights included a turkey and ham feast, performances by the Bonham high school girls choir, tenure recognition with long service pins, and Santa Claus visiting children. The center earned national praise for its incentive awards program, which saved nearly $7,000 through employee suggestions.
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Sam Rayburn Memorial Va Center
Santa Claus
Va Center
Sam Rayburn Memorial Armory
Nual
Bonham High School Girls
Barry Craft
Santa
Joe Barker
Employee's Association
N. Chick
Martha Laturner
Bonham Stores Open Late for Christmas Shopping Week
Bonham stores will stay open until 8 pm this week to give residents extra hours for Christmas shopping. A Sunday Advent candle lighting service at First United Methodist includes Diane Bryan, Bobby Beaird, Leslie Dodson, John Bush, Bruce Cranfill, Scott Gaines, Bill Floyd and Beth London. Weather notes report ice on trees noon Friday with wind whipping it off, and sleet-like drops. Traffic on highways is expected to rise during the holiday period, with the Department of Public Safety estimating up to 87 highway deaths. Congressman Wright Patman has sent calendars for 1973 and 1974 to aid planning for year end.
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Bonham Stores
First United Methodist Church
Diane Bryan
Bobby Beaird
Leslie Dodson
John Bush
Bruce Cranfill
Scott Gaines
Bill Floyd
Beth London
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Wright Patman
City Manager Dan Mize Acts as Police Chief
Mayor Bud Moody with council approval designates City Manager Dan Mize to act as chief of police after the death Friday of Thurmen Bentry. Mize will oversee interviews for the vacancy and directs officers to continue duties as if the chief were on leave.
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Bud Moody
Dan Mize
Thurmen Bentry
Mize
Incentive Award Presented at VA Center Bonham
Darrell Orr awards a statue of The Thinker to the VA Center at Bonham for top results in the Incentive Awards program. Nine of 13 employee suggestions were adopted, saving the center $6,949. Staff recognized include Eldon Frair Johnnie Underwood Rllan Blackburn Robert W Rattan Oneta S Baker Robert Carder Carl Short Curtis Curry S K Sinclair Margaret Stone Betty Banks Arline Currin and Chuck Smith.
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Santa
A.M
Sam Rayburn Memorial
VA Center
Darrell Orr
VA Central Office
Orr
Bonham
Bodang
Carter
Tie
Eldon Frair
Johnnie Underwood
Dietetic Service
Rllan Blackburn
Robert W. Rattan
Oneta S. Baker
Robert Q. Carder
Carl M. Short
Curtis Curry
S. K Sinclar
P. M. & E. Service
Margaret Stone
Second in a Series Who Is An Alcoholic
This piece outlines alcoholism as a disease marked by uncontrollable drinking and details signs such as rising relapse risk, inability to stop, memory blackouts, morning drinking, and alibi building. It cites a 6 to 9 million US estimate, notes shifting gender ratios, and stresses that even sobriety does not guarantee safe drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bonham
Alcoholics’ Anonymous
Lam
Kissinger: Vietnam Cease-Fire Not Yet Acceptable
Washington United Press International dispatch reports Henry Kissinger saying North Vietnam’s cease-fire terms are not acceptable to President Nixon. Kissinger noted U S objections center on supervisory machinery and Hanoi’s breach of prior deals, but he stressed the United States would sign when an acceptable agreement exists and no other party could veto. He described ongoing negotiations with Le Duc Tho in Paris and cited progress toward settlement with messages and brief work remaining.
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Washington
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
Nixon
Kissinger
South Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
Hanii
le Duc Tho
Paris
Apollo 17 Heads Home After Moon Mission Farewell
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt prepared to ignite the command module at 6 31 pm EST for a 68 hour return flight. The Ticonderoga stood by in the South Pacific to recover the crew and 249 pounds of lunar samples after their last orbit near the Sea of Serenity.
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Ticonderoga
South Pacific
Sea of Serenity
Taurus-Littrow Valley
Cernan
Schmitt
Alcoholism Disease in a weekly religious series
The Rev. Paul O. Cardwell defines alcoholism as a disease marked by uncontrollable drinking and outlines the AA-based hope. He notes prior installments discussed tragedies and AA help, and previews next week's piece on the alcoholic's hope. The article cites personal 30 year AA experience and mentions related books and library copies.
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Paul O. Cardwell
Daily Favorite
First United Methodist Church
Alcoholics Anonymous
Cardwell
First
United Methodist Church
JoNdker
Lathan Roth
Charles Jackson
Whit Paul O. Cardwell
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Susan Grisham
Daughter of
Mr. and
Mrs
Wayne Grisham
Todd Snow
Son
Ronald
James Michael Edens
James Murphy
Donnie Ballard
Son of
J. D. Ballard
Dana Atnip
Ronnie Atnip
T. B. Powell
Melvin B. Harvey
James D. Brown, Jr
Kenneth Tucker
Jewell Shulze
Chick
Hospital Administration
Central Office
Bonham Center
Region 2
Betty Banks
Arline F. Currin
Nursing
Chuck Smith
East Texas
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