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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1966
Page
2
Reed quotes Acts 20 28 35 urging generosity and happiness from giving. The thought asks how much of oneself is given to others and credits Jack Key of Georgia as source.
Ector schools close Wednesday afternoon for Christmas and New Year holidays. Classes resume Tuesday January 3. High school students presented a Christmas program in the auditorium with a gift exchange from a decorated tree. Elementary classrooms held Christmas programs with gift exchanges carols and stories.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cunningham leave Thursday for Denver Colorado to spend the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. James Bacon and their son Bart. Mrs. Bacon is the former Betty Cunningham, daughter of the Cunninghams.
Mr and Mrs H J Fletcher and Jenny and Mrs Floy How ard hosted a Christmas party for county tax assessor’s office employees and their husbands at their Dodd City home on Monday night. The decorated home featured a festive buffet with chicken salad sandwiches cheese logs chips relishes Christmas candy and cookies. Guests included Mr and Mrs Louie Rhodes and the employees Mr and Mrs M G Claxton Mr and Mrs J W Cunningham Mr and Mrs George Gordon Pope Mr and Mrs Lloyd Stroud and Mr and Mrs G B Williams.
Volunteers from multiple organizations hosted a festive Christmas party at the Bunham VA Center. Joseph Golden performed on the Hammond organ, Chaplain Ed Goram gave the invocation, and C A Tosch welcomed attendees. The event featured a Bonham Story League reading, choral carols by Bonham High School, a recorded Christmas show, and gift distribution by several auxiliaries and veterans groups from Denison Sherman Paris Denison and other counties. Refreshments followed in the Recreation Room.
Funeral services for Tom Fry were held Sunday in Hugo Oklahoma with relatives Edwin Hudson James Griffitt and Mrs H H Sanders of Bonham Mr and Mrs John Griffitt of Bailey Cornel Griffitt of Leonard and Miss Lena Parker of Randolph attending Fry died December 14 1966 in a Fort Worth hospital after a long illness.
Mrs Pat Hilliard and sons Brian and Steven of Plano will spend the Christmas holidays in Bonham with her parents Mr and Mrs Jack Vaught across town.
Members of the Ector chapter of Eastern Star and families gathered at the new home of Mr and Mrs John Smith for their annual Christmas dinner. W T Stanford gave the invocation before a buffet meal as out of town guests from Waco Savoy Dallas Sherman and Denison attended.
Jerry Ray Park arrived at Dallas Love Field on leave from Newport Rhode Island where he attends Navy Officer Candidate school. The East Texas State University graduate with a bachelor of science degree is met by his wife and parents at 307 East 11th Street. He faces ten more weeks in the program before being commissioned as an Ensign.
Monkstown residents plan the annual New Year’s Eve Gospel Singing in Monkstown with community participation and local church organizers coordinating the event.
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