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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
2
A devotional note prompts daily reflection on speech and wisdom. It cites James 3 1 5 and Isaiah 50 4 praising learned tongues that comfort the weary. William C Martin writes a concise reflection on spoken truth as life giving.
Mr and Mrs Jimmie Buford entertained the Bonham Fannin County Realty Board and wives at their country home on Highway 82 West. Guests enjoyed a wintry night gathering with Christmas decorations, coffee and snacks, and festive punch in several rooms, with several board members and their spouses in attendance.
In Dallas Sunday night two to three burglars bound Walter Ahlschlager Jr and his wife with tape and robbed them of about 130000 dollars in jewelry. The couple was unharmed after returning from a movie to find masked intruders in their home, one man wearing red slacks and cape, another grabbing Mrs Ahlschlager.
Sam W. Hancock Sr 78 of Tulsa died in a Tulsa hospital Saturday after an extended illness. Funeral services and interment were in Tulsa Monday. He was born July 10 1890 in Fort Worth and survived by wife two children a son in Jenkins Kentucky two daughters in Odessa and Tulsa a brother a string of sisters three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Sherman resident Mrs. Jane Gray 94 died December 31 1968 after years of declining health. Funeral at Waldo Chapel 2 p.m. Tuesday with graveside at Dodd City cemetery 3 p.m. Survivors include daughter Mrs. A K Mays sister Mrs. R H Mills brother J B Nealler three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Graveside services for Mrs. Mary H. Winn age 87 of Dallas were held at Willow Wild cemetery with Father W H Holby officiating. Interment by Wise Funeral home. Survivors include three nephews and three nieces. She died in a Bonham nursing home on December 29 1968.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lora Ade Luttrell 807 West Main Honey Grove were at Cooper Sorrells Chapel with Rev John Hawkins officiating. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery. She died December 28 1968 Baylor Hospital Dallas after a year of illness. Survived by two brothers Ray Morgan Abilene John Rufus Morgan Bonham four sisters Willie Belle Baughm Dallas May Dixon Honey Grove J B Jackson Glynn Hl Louise Blanton Euless.
Raymond F. Burke longtime Bonham city water department employee dies at home Sunday December 29 1968 at 2 pm in Wise Funeral chapel. Burial in Willow Wild Cemetery. Born December 12 1899 in Whitewright he is survived by his wife Betty Jean Cahoon of Alamogordo NM a brother B B Burke of Long Beach CA five sisters and two grandchildren.
Betty Jean Page nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Aubrey Page Jr of 717 North Houston Denison died in a Denison hospital Sunday morning from burns sustained when her gown caught fire at home Saturday She was burned over 60 percent of her body after standing before an open heater She extinguished the flames by jumping into a shower and turning on the water Rites set at Earnheart chapel Whitewright Tuesday officiated by Rev Danny Woods Interment in Oak Hill cemetery Whitewright Survivors include her parents and grandparents from Whitewright born December 6 1959 member of East Baptist church and Lamar Elementary student
Mrs Raymond Coning and Mrs T C Williams hosted extended family gatherings across Bonham. Attendees included Conine relatives from Odessa and Lubbock, Dallas guests, and Tivoli, Grand Prairie, Arlington and Houston connections. Additional arrivals from Kansas City, Sherman, Irving and El Paso joined the festive meals and visits.
The North Central Airlines Convair 580 crash at O'Hare raised the death toll to 27 with Sheldon Ray 22 of Bellevue Nebraska dying from multiple fractures at Holy Family hospital. Eighteen remain hospitalized, six of the dead still unidentified, flight recorder clues cited by an investigator.
New York Nets obtain 6-10 center Tom Hoover on waivers from the Minnesota Pipers. Hoover played for Houston in the ABA and for New York and Los Angeles in the NBA, with Ken Wilburn released to clear roster space. The four Corners National Monument joins Utah Colorado New Mexico and Arizona as the only four-state meeting point.
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