Overseas orders and enlistments noted in Bonham area
Private James F. Wright of Bonham has received overseas orders and a new APO address. he is a radio technician in the signal corps and a Bonham High School graduate. Family updates include John E B Akard’s promotion to petty officer third class, with letters home from China. Dale Wolford Jr. begins Marine enlistment after Dallas recruiting, headed to Paris Island. A 24 acre test plot of southern pine has been planted in Austria.
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James F. Wright
Frank Wright
Bonham
Pvt. Wright
Bonham High School
Vexus A. & M
The
Signal Corps
Hattie Akard
Elm Street
John EB. Akard
China
K. Dale Wolford, Jr
K. Dale Wolford, Sr
U.S
Dallas
Parris Island
D. C
Austria
Local Courthouse Notices Show Names in Fragmented List
A damaged OCR fragment lists multiple individuals including Frank Swoboda and Joyce Lane along with Daisy Woods and Ralph Te. The irregular text hints at a public or legal notice but provides no clear action, date, or authoritative context.
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Frank Swoboda
C.ntrell
Joyce Lane ‘Teliam
G. Forgy Inglish
Ralph TE Ak G. Elbert Car Miss Daisy Woods
Fa Fs a. 4 83 acres fair land with improvements
A fragment describes land totaling 4 83 acres of black soil with fair improvements and sandy land nearby. Price listed as 3750 dollars. Payment terms unclear. No clear dates, names, or organizations.
Ponce de Leon and the Florids Name Origin Tale
Fragmentary text references Ponce de Leon and an origin tale about naming Florida. The readable lines suggest a claim that Florida’s name derives from a phrase about eating and a Florida land feature, but the passage is incomplete and unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponce de Leon
Florida
Deets Borough Column CITY One 7 room dwelling and more
A sale listing highlights multiple properties near Honey Grove and Bonham with 5 to 7 room dwellings on blacktop streets, outbuildings, wells, and near schools and buses. Prices range from about 1500 to 5300 dollars with terms. Acres of land include cultivation and pasture, some with electric service and water access.
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Honey Grove
Bonham
Isa
Good Roads
Bermuda
Guber
Dodd City
Man Cannot Surpass Nature in Scattering Seed for Forests
Despite advances in equipment and techniques, the text argues that human methods still cannot match nature in distributing seeds for establishing new forests, highlighting enduring limits in reforestation efforts.
Warmer Weather Reaches Bonham New Year Prices
Warmer weather forecasted by the weather bureau arrived in Bonham with temperatures in the high forties in the morning and mid fifties by early afternoon. A low of 40 degrees was recorded overnight, a contrast to the sub freezing conditions of recent days.
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Bonham
Weather Bureau
Elbert Tilley Returns From Pacific Service
Elbert Tilley arrives at Ft. Lawton Washington after 27 months overseas with the Corps of Engineers in the Asiatic Pacific theater. He plans to visit his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs CG P Rossland in Windom Texas.
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Elbert Tilley
Corps of Engineers
Ft. Lawton
Washington
CG. P. Rossland
Windom
Texas
James R. Berry Home From Pacific Raids Leave
Lt. Jg James P Berry, son of Mr and Mrs R C Berry, is spending a 30 day leave with his parents after duty in the Pacific. Berry served as co pilot of a dive bomber on an aircraft carrier and took part in carrier plane raids on Cam Peleliu and adjacent areas.
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James P Berry Tisne
R. C. Berry
Naval air forces veteran and education milestones
A Pacific veteran who served two years in naval air forces is identified as a 1938 graduate of Bon-Lam High School and an alumnus of Sam Houston State Teachers College at Huntsville before joining the armed forces.
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Bon- Lam High School
Sam Houston State Teachers’ College
Huntsville
The
Armed Forces
Wright Russell Promoted to Captain in RAF
Wright Russell son of Mr and Mrs J Russell Sr has been promoted to captain in the Royal Air Force according to a war department notice. He is a prisoner of war in Germany and formerly served as a P-51 Mustang fighter pilot with the 8th Air Force. His promotion followed about ten days after his plane was reported in action during a raid on German military installations.
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Wri
J Wriant Russell
War Department
Russell
Germany
AAP
U.S
Captahn
Ato
Omt Cine
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Bonham Daily Favorite
Ftg
Linotype
Bonham, Texas
United Press
Focal
Paris
Want Ad Medium
Fannin County
Good
Ira E. Turner
Allis-Chalmers
Gober
J.L. Wigley
Sim Smith
Lem Tittsworth
Florence
W. C. AlHs-Chalmers
Joe Hensley
Wolfe City
F. 1
Bailey
Rogue Typewriter
Atwater Kent Radio
Mgr
Alexander Hotel
D. C. Vernon
Bois d’ Arc Posts
Donaldson
Mulberry
Mele Dorough
Tosted
Sherman
Sherman Soap Works
Wichita Falls
Ben Powell Sewing Machine Service
Bonham Courts
W. H. Salyars
Telephone
Ivanhoe
Rt. 2
Bonham Public Schools
Deets Borough
Black Top Street
Deets Dorough
Uncle Ashley
Hotrids
W. 7Th Street
Jack Williams
Annie Fogle
American Theatre
Bonham, ‘Rex
E. W. Haper
American United Life Ins. Co
Paris Highway
6Th & Main St
L. M. Curtis
Pacific Service
James R. Berr
Photo
Stocker
Contactor
Borger
United States Employment Office
Pacific
Naval Air Forces
Wright Russell
RAF
Complete Piliotographic Services
West Side Square
Higginsbotham-Steger Lumber Co
Braz St
R. P. McFarlin
Bonham Building & Loan Association
Hunt's
Bill Finder
Pavorite cMee
Court House
Highway &7
State Department OF Health
Bonitam
Bradford-Watson CO
G. C. Hodro
Bonham State Bank
Vradtat Patery
Benjamin Prankin
J. D. Smith
KN C.D. Smith
B. A. Lindsey & Son
Leledgligigiginggilga
Avery Mliry
Kona
Shay
Mes, Fannie
Taylor Moore
San
Jd Beufve
Pierre
Homor
Mionille
Curly
Yavin
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Hillto
USA
Paul EL
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