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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1940
Page
2
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Johnson of Bonham route one report the birth of a six pound ten ounce girl this morning. For Sheriff candidates listed: TALMADGE MOORE TOM B DENTON. For Representative Fannin and Lamar Counties: CHOICE MOORE R L Bob WILLIAMS RALEIGH ABERNATHY T J COX.
In a tightly fought basketball game the Purple Warriors defeated the Greenville Lions 24 to 16 on Greenville court. The result avenged a 29 to 18 January loss, with Bonham High School football banquet delaying a Friday road game with Denison.
Bankers Life Co and University Lands conveyances of several parcels totaling thousands of dollars. Transfers include heirs of S Leonard and Carr ie Brooks with property in Bonham and surrounding areas. Insurance companies and individuals list multiple parcels in Beeley Inglish and Curlis Jernigu townships, with dates tied to January in 1898 and various acreages noted.
Fragmentary OCR shows a marriage note and a cold weather forecast mentioning snow and low temperatures. Names and places are garbled, but references to January 1928, hunters, and a return from Tiberts County appear amid scattered phrases. The readable parts point to a brief society item and a weather snippet.
Randolph basketball team won the consolation prize at the Leonard invitation tournament. They defeated Bl. Ridge in the semifinals and led to a 16-22 final score with Marchal Anderson of Randolph scoring eight points to top the team. The Randolph girls were defeated by Bonham in the same session.
Dona Lightfoot formerly of Bonham now living in New York City will speak on KGKO Fort Worth Thursday at 1 30 p m on Federal Union of the World He is a nephew of Mrs J W Morgan, raised in Morgan home, educated at local schools, Bond, Texas, the University of Texas and Princeton University He is now connected with the world peace movement with headquarters in New York City.
The record discusses potential runoff requirements around a 1935 Louisiana election. It references Huey P. Long era tactics, a candidate named J A Nocil Montes, Earl K Lone, and legal figures like Vincent Mos- Opelous attorney Morii Morrie Hisamere. It notes precinct returns from New Orleans and Baton Rouge with totals and names, indicating a tense political contest and party alignments. The fragmentary text shows the struggle for third place and potential runoff to determine winners.
The report lists multiple local injuries treated at the Wolfe City hospital. It notes a young boy shot near the hand, Ellie Tarbet with a tired right leg after a jump from a porch, Nilda Joyce White age 14 with a fractured elbow, and Miss Leena Helton receiving further hospital care.
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