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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1968
Page
4
Thought for the day emphasizes faith nurtured in fellowship from a devotional by Stanley D. Self in New Brunswick. The excerpt cites Ephesians 2 13 22 and Psalm verses urging praise in the assembly and congregation.
Thirteen people including two Texas ministers and a Tennessee judge were indicted on a $5 million church bond fraud scheme. Warrants likely today. 22 churches across Texas and other states involved, with Mid City Baptist Church of New Orleans named in connection to the Reverends Homer and Omer Ritchie.
Samuel Clay Taylor of Dodd City received a Gold Club service emblem for 15 years at Lone Star Gas. The ceremony occurred in the Bunham Office with E. J. Werkel presenting. Taylor joined Lone Star on August 3 1953 and has worked in the Bonham area. A letter from vice president L B Haley accompanied the pin.
Bonham United Fund budget committee meeting rescheduled to next Tuesday afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock due to incomplete attendance. The United Fund board meeting also postponed from Friday to Wednesday afternoon.
The Institute for Strategic Studies finds the Soviet Union doubled its Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles in a year, erasing much of the U.S. lead in long range rockets while the United States still holds a strong edge in submarine launched Polaris missiles. The survey notes China’s nuclear program slowed by internal upheavals and Mao’s Cultural Revolution, with Beijing delaying ICBM progress. It warns of Russian military shifts toward conventional and nuclear warfare, with flexible response in Europe and extensive Soviet advisory presence in the Middle East and Vietnam. The study was completed before the Czechoslovakia invasion and argues the balance remains favoring the West.
Albanian Premier Mehment Shehu urged withdrawal from the Soviet led pact citing Soviet aggression in Czechoslovakia. Parliament was to vote on the decision as Albania, allied with China, asserts the pact has become an instrument of enslaving war.
Miss Rossi Craft of Bonham and Lewis Allen Trusty of Trenton wed at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Odie Carry in Bonham. The bride is the daughter of J. O. Craft and Mrs. Craft of Randolph. the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Trusty of Trenton. Attendants were Larry Trusty and Pam Riley. The couple, both Texas Instruments employees, will reside in Bonham.
The Rev. Ray Boykin pastor of Ravenna Mulberry and Ector Methodist churches will preach Sunday at 9 45 a m at Mulberry Methodist and at 1 00 p m and 6 00 p m at Ector Methodist services.
New York City teachers strike again defying a court order to demand removal of a local school board and officers. Disturbances erupted at ten schools with push ing and shoving and some fist fights. The action affects about 1.1 million public school pupils.
FBI agents seek two Black gunmen who robbed the Mercantile Bank of Houston of $13 000. Senior vice president James B. Park was abducted and later released about two miles from the bank. The robbers fled south in a green four door late model compact.
Five Wiley sisters gathered this week at the Biggers-Cochran Nursing Home to visit Mrs. M. L. Wiley. In attendance were Mrs. Tom Hensley of Mission, Mrs. R. W. Williams of Ardmore, Mrs. Lawrence Aderholt of Briscoe, Mrs. Tom Kearney of Mission, and Mrs. Wiley. Also present were nieces Mrs. Marvin Stewart of Ardmore and Mrs. Rita Aderholt of Briscoe.
Porter Inglis 94 of 502 East Sam Rayburn Drive died at the Savoy rest home at 7 a m Friday September 13 1968 after months of ill health Funeral services are set for 2 p m Sunday at Wise Funerals chapel with Rev Paul O Cardwell pastor of the First United Methodist Church officiating Interment will be in the Inglish cemetery He was born November 2 1874 in Bedford County Tennessee and had lived in Bonham since age 19 He was a retired carpenter and a Baptist member Surviving are three sons J B Inglis of Altus Oklahoma Paul Inglis of Amarillo and Allyn Inglis of Phoenix Arizona two daughters Mrs Finis Freeman of Bonham and Mrs H J Kenley of San Antonio five grandchildren and several great grandchildren
Mrs. Sarah Climer 88 of Bells died in Savny nursing home at 10 a.m. Friday Sept 13 1968. Funeral arrangements with Mullican Little. interment Rose Hill cemetery. Born June 9 1850 in Lee County Virginia she married John Climer in 1900. Survivors include four sons two daughters a sister eleven grandchildren and twenty two great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Doan 93 of Dodd City a native of Fannin county were held at the Wise Funeral chapel at 2 p m Friday with Church of Christ ministers Jack Sawyer and Harold Mary officiating. She died in a Bonham rest home Thursday. She is survived by three sons two daughters eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Active pallbearers were Henry Joe Fletcher Sam Howard Sam Devault Clay Taylor Houston Sadler and John Miller.
Mrs John Armstrong appointed chairman of the queen contest arrangements for the Fannin county fair October 24 to 26. Jimmie Buford, fair board chair, said her prior success pleased him. she will send eligibility information to county high schools. The winner serves as Fannin county's representative in the Cotton Festival queen contest.
Mrs Mable London county home demonstration agent spoke on being a good shopper at the Trenton club meeting. She discussed quality needs and showed slides. Also reviewed Fannin County fair plans as eight members and three visitors attended.
Funeral services for Herbert Sparrow, 63, Red River Textile Mills employee, were held at 3 30 Friday with Rev. R L Cates directing. Interment followed at Willow Wild Cemetery. Sparrow, born in Searcy Arkansas, was found dead at his home Wednesday. Survivors include a daughter, his father, two sisters and two active pallbearers Virgil Jennings Joy Darwin Emer Pilkinton Sam Payne Cecil Robertson and Claude Pierson.
Mr and Mrs Benton Howell returned to Austin after a week visiting Mrs Shaw and her parents Mr and Mrs Joe Shaw. JoAnn Shaw Howell will enter the University of Texas as a graduate student in computer science and her husband will pursue graduate work in plasma physics at the university.
Steve Hodgkiss executive secretary of the Fannin County Commodity program described the plan to aid families falling short of a balanced diet. He noted county residents average age 41.6 and income 2700 with limited work ability and literacy. the program would release 250000 in commodities and create 34000 in wages for distributors while Buddy Dodson and Marshall Perry were introduced as September junior Lions.
Mike Doyle of Wilfe C chapter is named District 11 FFA President for the 1958 69 school year. Other officers elected at the district meeting in Leon include Mike Roberts of Bossier Mohan, Glen Griffitt Leonard as secretary Don Duglas Bland absent Jarold Davis Leonard Brad Lemore Commerce parliamentarian and Towerson McKinney as historian. The next district meeting is set for 3 30 p m September 23 at East Texas State University Commerce.
About 100 descendants of W. A. and Lydia Carter gathered at Grenville Cit Park for an annual reunion. The day featured singing, visiting, and a noon basket lunch with Bill Rayburn giving the impromptu remarks. Attendees came from Dallas, Fort Worth, Garland, Amarillo, Irving, Mesquite, Lone Oak, Miller Grove, Greenville, Wolfe City, Savoy, Gober and Bonham, with several local Fan nin county participants listed among those present.
Washington UPI Fortas refused to appear again before the Senate Judiciary Committee examining his nomination as chief justice after four days of questioning. He cited respect for processes but did not provide further answers about White House ties and participation in decisions following his court appointment.
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