Deaths and Funeral Rites for Bill Brotherton
Bill Brotherton 85 of 502 South Main was found dead December 17 1968. Justice of Peace Clark Benton ruled natural causes. Funeral 4 p m today at Wise Chapel with Rev J R Welch. Interment Dodd City cemetery. Survivors include son Hubert Brotherton and daughter Grace James plus six grandchildren nine great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Active pallbearers listed. Born March 4 1883 in Fannin County lifelong resident. Former Bonham street commissioner.
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William Sr
Bill) Brotherton
South Main
Justice of
Clark Benton
Bonham
Hubert Brotherton
Stephenville
Grace James
Garland
Ted Lane
Willie Carpenter
Billy Joe Farmer
George Biggersstaff
Johnny Crockett
Jess Victory
Georgia Hopper Rites Will be Held Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia Hopper 37 will be at the Telephone Church of Christ at 2 p.m. Thursday with ministers Norman Dean and Tom Newhouse officiating. Burial will be in Forest Grove cemetery. She died Tuesday Dec 17 1968 in a Bonham nursing home. She was born April 20 1881 in Honey Grove. Survivors include son Morris Hopper Telephone two daughters Mrs Joe Walter Jacle Ariz and Mrs Evelyn Beavers Clyde four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Active pallbearers will be named.
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Georgia Hopper
Telephone Church of Christ
Norman Dean
Tom Newhouse
Honey Grove
Church of Christ Ministers
Forest Grove
Hopper
Bonham
Morris Hopper
Telephone
Dauhters
Joe Walter
Jacle, Ariz
Evelyn Beavers
Clyde
Local Figures Named in Milling District Event
Othel Smith, Floyd Ray Gibbs, Loyd Dillon, Bud Slage, Sam My Smith and Mack Barker are listed as participants or figures connected to a recent milling district event.
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Othel Smith
Floyd Ray Gibbs
Loyd Dillon
Bud Slage
Sammy Smith
Mack Barker
Services Set Thursday For Mrs. Vestal
Mrs. Albert Vestal 85 died December 17 1968 at a Whitewright nursing home after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Thursday at First Baptist Church with her son the Rev Dan Vestal of Fort Worth officiating. Interment in Whitewright City cemetery. She was born September 14 1883 in Fannin County. Survived by son Rev Dan Vestal Fort Worth daughter Mrs H C Hymer Pottsboro four additional siblings six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Trenton
Albert Vestal
Whitewright
First Baptist Church
Dan Vestal
Fort Worth
Earnheart
Vestal
Fannin County
John Smith
H. C. Hymer
Pottsboro
Maggie Joins
Caddo
Okla
Grover Vestal
World War I Veteran Vernon A. Christian Sr. dies at 76
Vernon A. Christian Sr. 76, World War I veteran, died Tuesday December 17 1968 at the Bonham VA Center hospital. Interment set for Fort Bliss cemetery El Paso. Cooper Funeral Home handles arrangements. He was a Presbyterian and is survived by son Vernon A. Christian Jr. of Dallas.
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Vernon A. Christian, Sr
Bonham VA Center
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Cooper Funeral Home
Presbyterian Church
Vernon A. Christian, Jr
Dallas
McIntosh Rites Held Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Douglas McIntosh, 59, were held at the First United Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Monday with the Rev. Richard Kerney of Van Alstyne presiding. Interment followed at the local cemetery.
Machine Will Handle Errors In House Vote
The House Ethics Committee proposes mechanizing roll calls to prevent ghost voting. Clerk W Pat Jennings would record each lawmaker’s vote as read, display names and votes, post a running tally, and print final totals with who voted or who was present on quorum calls. The interim report to Speaker McCormack notes no blame assigned yet.
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Washington
UPI
House
W. Pat. Jennings
John W. McCormack
Study Finds Roll-Call Outcomes Unaffected by Absence
A review of this year’s 428 roll calls concludes no legislative outcome was influenced by members being absent or out of town, counters claims of favored treatment based on attendance.
Hightower Resigns as Western New Mexico Coach
Tommy Hightower resigns as head football coach at Western New Mexico University in Silver City. The move ends his tenure after a period with the Iota program, with no immediate successor announced.
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Silver City
N.M
Tommy Hightower
Western New
Mustang coach resigns after three seasons
Mexico reports Silver City newspaper said Tuesday that Hightower has resigned after a 10-14 record over three seasons with the Mustangs.
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Mexico
Silver City
Hightower
The
Mustangs
Mountain tribesmen kill seven in knife and spear attack
Mountain tribesmen killed seven people including three children after entering homes by posing as Christmas singers. Philippine Constabulary reports the Sunday incident in a rural area, with attackers using knives and spears.
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Manila
UPI
Philippine Constabulary
Leonard Teacher Dies. Rites Held in Van Alstyne Cemetery
Mrs. McIntosh longtime Leonard schools teacher who died in Sherman hospital December 14 1968. Funeral rites conducted by Reverend Gale Merrell with interment in Van Alstyne Cemetery. Survived by husband C Q McIntosh Leonard son Charles McIntosh Washington daughter Linda Boggs Dallas two brothers L G Douglas Van Alstyne John Charles Douglas Memphis Tennessee.
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L. G. Douglas
van Alstyne
John Charles Douglas
Memphis
Tenn
Mann Services Set Thursday for Stillborn Son
Graveside services for the stillborn son of Mr and Mrs Cardell Mann of Ivanhoe are set for Thursday at New Harmony cemetery near Ladonia. Wise Funeral Home will conduct the services at a specified hour.
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Cardell Mann
Ivanhoe
New Harmony
Ladonia
Wise Funeral Home
Communists mass 30000 for Vietnam fight in Saigon
Premier Tran Van Huong warned that North Vietnam and Viet Cong are assembling about 30000 troops for a nationwide offensive. He said 600 Viet Cong had been seized in Saigon over the past two months and that the Communists would push a strategy tied to the Paris talks. He urged U S patience in negotiations and warned defeat could trigger a cease fire to regroup.
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Saigon
UPI
Tran van Huong
South Vietnam
Huong
Paris
United States
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