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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1973
Page
1
A fragmented OCR excerpt mentions an associate publisher and publication duties with references to a Texas press league and monthly and yearly rates. It lists numeric figures such as 200 per month and 15 per year, with garbled names and roles. The readable portion suggests a publication client or rate card rather than a complete article.
Calendar lists an 8pm New Year’s Eve watch party at First United Methodist with refreshments games and activities for all ages and nursery. At midnight Communion services will be held. 9pm Horizon Club Dance in J. W. Evans auditorium features high school Horizon Club girls and their dates arriving for photos.
Britain begins a three day work week as Prime Minister Heath defends the plan amid an energy crisis likely to push unemployment toward a million. Miners press for higher pay while power stations face coal shortages and potential sanitation and water issues if supplies fail. Former PM Wilson’s Labor party criticizes the policy as unnecessary.
Dallas and Minnesota met as Bob Lally did not play for the first time in 196 consecutive Cowboy games due to a leg muscle pull. The veteran defensive tackle, drafted No 1 in 1961 from Texas Christian, anchored Dallas’ defense despite the injury.
Community notices list recent deaths and funeral arrangements from Fannin County Hospital admissions and dismissals. Official records note decedents and services to be announced by families and funeral homes.
Josie S Turner 89 a former Honey Grove resident died Sunday in a Denison hospital She will be buried in Oak Wood after funeral services at Cooper Sorrells chapel Tuesday at 2 pm Wendell Moody to officiate Survivors include two sons Melvin A Scott Joe Scott a daughter Lorene Barton two sisters and five grandchildren The family will receive visits Monday 2 to 4 pm at the funeral home
Funeral services for William E Evans 80 were held at the First Baptist church with Rev Paul Hunt officiating. Burial followed in Leonard cemetery. Evans died December 29 1973 after noon in Sherman. He was born June 6 1893 in Sherman. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Helen Poteet Mrs Bonnie Moore and Jeanie Evans of Dallas. three sons Homer Evans Leonard A T Evans Richardson and Wayne Evans San Diego Calif. one sister Mrs Grace Thompson Leonard. five brothers Archa Ernest Leonard Sherman Clarence Ray Sherman and Lawrence Van Alstyne. five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Nephews were pallbearers.
William Lloyd Crowell 67 of Highway 82 East was found dead from an apparent heart attack in his pickup Saturday morning December 29, 1973. Funeral services were held Monday at Wise Funeral chapel with Rev W C Beasley officiating. Burial was in Forrest Hill near Petty. He was born October 13, 1906, son of the late Mr and Mrs W D Crowell. A rancher and Baptist church member, he is survived by two sons Harold of Dallas and Lowe of Garland, four daughters Mrs Ernest Smith of Dallas, Mrs B G Moon of Atlanta GA, Mrs Ted Hall of Mesquite, and Mrs Lannie Land of DeSota, three sisters Mrs Naom Haney of Lubbock, Mrs Vassie Haney of Spur and Mrs Lisa Hoover of New Mexico, 19 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pallbearers were Ted Lindsey, Jack Crumby, Scott Thompson, Arthur Halliburton, Orson Purdy and Dan Embree.
Two men were arrested by Bonham police after a Honey Grove call. The suspects allegedly threw a brick through a car windshield at Honey Grove and were returned there Monday for filing of charges and arraignment.
A compilation of names and notes includes admissions and dismissals dated 12 30 73 to 12 38 73 across Bonham Honey Grove Windom and surrounding towns. Entries list patients relatives and staff such as Cleo McMurry Delia Kahan and John Dame Doss with numerous Bonham residents and associated towns in a scattered roster.
Mr and Mrs Jess Maytubby and daughter Michelle of Half Moon Bay California return home after spending Christmas and holidays visiting their mother. Mrs Ora Maytubby in Ector and Mr and Mrs Foster Bailey of Rockport with their daughter visit in Ector with Mrs W M Cory and her husband and their family.
Stacie Diane, a baby girl, was born Saturday December 29, 1973, at Wilson Jones Hospital in Sherman to Mr and Mrs David Warren. Weighing seven pounds, she has a two year old brother named Jason. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Tad Taylor of Bonham and Mr and Mrs J P Warren of Ravenna. Great grandparents are Bill Corzine of Bonham and Mrs Gladys James of Hurst.
The column satirically notes the busiest gas in an office is the one who does nothing. It claims locking the barn after the horse is stolen is a method to stop feed bills and rid oneself of expenses.
Friends gathered in Fellowship Hall of First United Methodist Church to honor Lou Belle Kantz on her 94th birthday Sunday December 30 1973. The longtime Forum Sunday School teacher and circle namesake shared words of wisdom and faith while tributes recalled her years of service and family bonds.
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