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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
1
Bonham high school honors the 1946 football squad at an 7 o'clock banquet in the library. Players band pep squad and visitors will deliver impromptu speeches. Third home economics class along with student clubs will prepare the meal, followed by a dance in the high school gym.
A catalog of Bonham area farms lists acres and cultivation details for many properties. Prices range from about 15 to 50 per acre with terms up to 20 years. Properties include black land, pasture, dwellings, barns, granaries, and electric light service with schools and mail routes noted.
A fragmented column ponders hat design shifts for women, fears sending American troops abroad, urges home defense, jokes about wealth and happiness, and laments missing festive humor in the Sunday Funnies.
Sale offers include 100 acres black land with good improvements and 15 acres Bermuda pasture at 40 dollars per acre with 1000 cash, 60 acres black land with improvements near Bonham at 40 dollars per acre and 800 cash, 3 12 miles east of Gober, and 70 acres sandy loam with 25000 cash and 350 trade. Also two sandy land farms for cash rent and other city properties. See J M Carver at 419 W 8th St Bonham Texas on south side square.
Mrs. O M Weaver learned this morning that her son O M Weaver, a Texas A and M student, had taken a turn for the worse in a Dallas hospital where he has been confined since contracting infantile paralysis last fall.
Five nationally known football coaches were named as possible successors to Francis A. Schmidt at Ohio State University. Schmidt and five assistants resigned to the athletic board after the seven year era of high scoring games and large crowds ended with the worst season in 13 years. Listed candidates included Dr. George Hauser, Tuss McClaughry, Tiny Thornhill, Buck Shaw, and Earl Blaik with Shaughnessy influence noted. Schmidt questioned why he was not let go a year earlier despite a championship.
In Ector Oklahoma, the boys beat Kemp 35 to 12 while the Kemp girls edged Ector 30 to 25. Kemp boys led 6-0 and 18-4 at the half as Hanks scored seven for Kemp, Dooley and Kirkpatrick had six for Ector. Billie J Jones led Kemp with 17 points while Doris Lane scored 11 for Ector.
Sam Payne longtime Paris Compress manager and Bonham native died during the night at his Paris home shortly after a heart attack. He was a brother of Mrs O M Weaver of this city and had resided in Paris for many years while often visiting Bonham.
Texas A and M officials say the Cotton Bowl shows remaining tickets inside the 20 yard line with about half the stadium allocated to the Aggies and 1000 sent to New York for Fordham fans. Meanwhile not all seats are spoken for as writers plan to attend the Aggie Ram game in Dallas.
Injuries and influenza plague both Temple and Corpus Christi teams ahead of the Texas Interscholastic League semi final. Ed Dusek may be sidelined for Temple, while Amarillo and Masonic Home are reported fit. The Sandies are heavy favorites against the Masons but an upset is possible.
Government statistics show cotton quality has improved over recent seasons in East Texas. The data indicate sustained progress across multiple districts and suggest rising fiber standards for local growers.
East Texas cotton, once penalized for low quality, is now preferred to staple from many other sections of the Cotton Belt. Many members of the cotton trade have reported to the East Texas Chamber of Commerce which sponsors a cotton improvement program.
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