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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1973
Page
2
The Bonham Publishing Co Inc is listed as a second class mail matter at the Bonham Texas post office with the office address 414 North Center Bonham 75418 and a $50 reference noted for Send Form 3974.
Officials outline correction policy for reputational errors and news dispatch credits. United Press International retained exclusive publication rights for JH dispatches unless credited to other papers. Subscription rates listed for Bonham area and surrounding counties with national advertising rep details.
Emmett J Ward 81 a native of Fannin county and longtime farmer in Lamasco died Monday after a heart attack. Funeral services will be Wednesday at Wise Funeral chapel with Gene Wolf minister. Burial in Willow Wald. He lived at 110 West Russell Ave and left a 1000 acre ranch to retirement. Survived by wife a daughter Mrs Wat Mary Hahn of Fort Worth four sisters and a brother ROE Ward. Three grandchildren Virs Ward and Norman Doan among survivors.
Funeral services for Samuel H Hicks 41 of 803 South Fifth Street were held Monday afternoon at Wise Funeral Chapel with Gene Wolfe of the Northside Church of Christ officiating. Hicks died Saturday in the Sam Rayburn Memorial VA Center hospital. He was a native of Fannin County, a retired carpenter and a father.
Funeral services for Mes Fannie Hogue were held Sunday afternoon at Wise Funeral chapel with the Kes Bob Bush officiating. Burial was in Willow Wild. Mrs Hogue died in Seven Oaks nursing home Friday. A native of Georgia she is survived by five sons, one daughter, four grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs Maggie Holloway Rigsby 83 of 330 West Fifth street were held Monday at Wise Funeral Home chapel. Burial at Ladomia cemetery. She died in a Sherman hospital Saturday December 22 1973. Born June 11 1890 in Alabama she was daughter of Joseph Hampton. Survived by husband Prentice Rigsby Tyler three sons Cecil Holloway Iowa Park Elvin Holloway Pasadena and K Holloway Dallas three daughters Mrs James Fudy Mrs Elsie Stone Bonham and Mrs Vada Robins Sherman eight stepchildren 18 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. Grandsons served as pallbearers.
Funeral services for 68 year old Mrs Cecil A Bartley were conducted at Farnheart Funeral chapel with ministers from Bethel Baptist church and Denison Baptist officiating. Burial followed at Bethel Cemetery. She died Friday December 21 1973 in Baylor Hospital Dallas born August 21 1905 at Trenton married to Bartley January 16 1922. Survivors include her husband two sons Weldon Bartley of Whitewright and Jack A Bartley of Denison one daughter Patty Beth Goss of Garland three brothers and three sisters and six grandchildren.
Bert Finnell, 78, of Grand Prairie and former Rector resident, died in an Arlington hospital after a heart attack. Funeral conducted at First Baptist Church in Grand Prairie by Rev James Basden. Burial followed at Grand Prairie. Survived by wife Thelma, one son, one daughter, two brothers, one sister, and several inlaws.
A heavy winter snow storm blanketed the southern Plains and spread toward the Upper Great Lakes region. Freezing rain glazed highways from Nebraska to Missouri and parts of Illinois and Indiana, with travel advisories and snow watches posted for several states. Denver saw nearly a foot of snow as temperatures varied from below zero to the sixties along the Gulf Coast and Florida.
John G Taylor of Monahans former Fannin county resident died in a Big Spring hospital Sunday Dec 23 1973. Wise Funeral Home directs funeral arrangements incomplete. He was a World War II veteran and oil field worker. Survivors include three brothers Alvis Taylor Dodd City Tex WOM Taylor Fort Worth and QOS Taylor Honolulu one sister Mrs Estelle Harvey Houston and a number of nieces and nephews.
Jessie Mae Clayton 72 of 1100 Oak Street died in Fannin County Hospital about 3 30am Monday December 24 1973. Wise Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include her husband George Clayton five children and sister Fudgar Nash and Mrs Bill Walsh of Bonham.
A bomb exploded at a pub in Newry, Belfast border town, killing at least three and injuring several. An army spokesman said the blast raises the four year toll of violence in Northern Ireland to about 925 dead among Catholics, Protestants, and security forces amid IRA refusal to call a Christmas truce.
A Sabena charter jet crashed into Mount Mallayine near Tangiers just after entering landing pattern. All 106 aboard died including seven crew, 99 Moroccans and French tourists. Weather poor and radio contact lost before impact.
A Gulf of Mexico moisture surge blanketed eastern Colorado with 10 inch snow and 35 mph winds. Flights halted at Stapleton International Airport and hundreds of travelers were stranded while United Airlines used three DC-10s as hotel space. Drifts reached 3 to 10 feet, with overnight lows from 10 to 20 degrees and mountain readings dropping below zero.
Mission Control plans a Christmas package for Skylab commanders Gerald Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue hidden in their Apollo command module. A 36 inch green cloth tree and a teleprinter transmitted Christmas card are also planned as part of holiday wishes.
Firemen answered five alarms Saturday with only slight damage in all cases. A small garage at Second and Elm burned, a motor overheated at the Co-Op Gun, a trash fire on Katy Boulevard, and two grass fires were reported.
In Los Angeles Ralph Fortman, owner of several Mobil Texaco and Shell stations, reports Sunday closing boosts Saturday sales and trims costs. He says fewer weekend workers, lower electricity use, and steady top grade gas prices without reducing volume, while customers stock up Friday or Saturday. Fortman notes few stations stay open Sundays on highways.
Leon Shastid of 2004 Island Bayou sustained a gunshot wound to the leg at his residence late Saturday. He received first aid at Fannin County hospital and was discharged. He told officers Bankston and Eaton and Deputy Trapp that the gun was in a shaving kit he dropped, which discharged when it hit the floor.
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