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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1944
Page
9
A terse overseas communication appears in a local column noting a person named Gail My Thi Mae Bhie and a reference to a private load or wish. Details are scarce, with fragmented wording and unclear origin. Further clarification is needed to verify names and context.
Pvt Blair, two years overseas, expects to be home soon as Bailey C D Gidden. Dodson writes from New Guinea homeward thoughts and a poem titled A Soldier's Thought. The verse laments distance while praising home, faith, and country, ending with gear prep notes for high altitude jumps.
A voucher totaling 1434.15 shows a per cap ita apportionment of 3.00 for Fannin county rural schools. County superintendent Curlee Cummings announces the first administration fund deduction. Total receipts reach 6.00 for the 1944-45 per capita with a possible 1.00 additional payment expected within ten days from the state education department.
C H H Spears, assigned to the driver's license division of the Department of Public Safety in Fannin and Grayson counties for 30 months, resigns effective January 1. A former Cherokee County deputy sheriff, he will return to Cherokee County as chief deputy with headquarters in Rusk. The Spearses, with three children, reside in Storman.
A June 1942 assignment placed the subject in a new district two weeks later, marking a rapid transfer within the military or organizational structure. The brief note confirms timing without broader context about duties or locations.
Community committee members for the 1945 AAA programs are being elected in countywide elections this week. Voting concludes Saturday afternoon at Savoy and Lrenton. County committee members will be chosen at the county delegates meeting on December 22.
Sgt. Abner Spruell of Waco Texas credited his quick senses for survival after sitting in a shell hole during combat with the 35th Division near Sarre guemines on December 13. He joked that he may not have ears there but can feel dangers fast. The incident was reported by U P.
A soldier recounts leaping from a seated position as a German buttercup mine under him exploded. Two nearby comrades were wounded, one more seriously, as the blast occurred near white sand dunes and surf. Spruell suffered slight wounds while escaping the device. The account mentions Ponce de Leon naming Florida after Pascua Florida in 1513.
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