Methodist Church Conference Opens Today in Dallas
The 9th session of the North Texas Annual Conference opens at First Methodist Church in Dallas with about three hundred preachers and numerous delegates. Bishop William C. Martin leads. Dr. Elton Trueblood is principal speaker with talks on Thursday and Friday. A premier of Papa Was A Preacher will be staged June 4 with tickets at the door. regular performances run June 13, 14, 16, and 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Martin
North Texas
Elton Trueblood
Voice of American
Office of Information
Washington
First Methodist Church
PYF Sponsors Host Steak Fry at Thel Williams Home
Dr and Mrs Thel Williams entertained the Presbyterian Youth Fellowship with a steak fry Tuesday night. PYF members and guests gathered at the Williams home. Bonham high school graduates Jerry Lou Birdwell Willis Duff Jr were recognized with gifts. Guests included Pat McDowell Sally Swann Heather Hendrix Linda Ussery Don McAlister Rickie Due Jimmy Wiggins and two others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thel Wiliams
Presbyterian Youth Fellowship
Jerry Lou Birdwell
Willis Duff Jr
Bonham High School
PYF
Pat McDowell
Sally Swann
Heather Hendrix
Linda Ussery
Don McAlister
Rickie Due
Jimmy Wiggins
Presbyterians State Bible School Opens Next Monday
Robert Lockhart announces the annual Bible school of the First Presbyterian church starting next Monday at 8 30 a m and running through Friday from 8 30 to 11 00 a m with the theme Personal Relationships. Kindergarten and primary class teachers are named and the week will end with an all church supper Friday at 6 00 p m behind the Manse. Children ages 4 to 13 are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lockhart
Bible School
First Presbyterian Church
Lockhardt
Paris
Arthur Maxwell
Reid Spivy Jr
Howard Crider
Thel Williams
Linda Ussery
Willis Duff
W W. Leeman Jr
Heather Hendrix
C. G. Long
Frances Johns
Sally Swann
Clint Littles Are Feted With Party
Windom witnesses a going away party for Clint Little and his children Peggy and Buddy in the school lunchroom. Spring flowers decorate, Mrs. Lucille Ward keeps the guest book, C. L. Suttor welcomes guests, games precede gifts, and cookies and cold drinks are served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windom
Clint Little
Peggy
Buddy
Lucille Ward
C. L. Suttor
Littles
Local residents head to Mayo Clinic for son's skin graft
Mr and Mrs Tex Hatley depart for Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota to have their 1 year old son Joe undergo a skin graft on his fingers with Mrs Hatley remaining in Rochester for several weeks. The Hatleys are Bonham Ford dealers and expect to return in a few days. Others host visits include Forest Gammon and families while numerous relatives travel for family and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex Hatley
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Joe
Hatley
Ford
Bonham
Mr and Mrs Orr Sherman Marry in Windom Ceremony
Mr and Mrs Robert Orr return home in Sherman after their May 14 wedding. The bride Anita White is the daughter of J J White. Earl Prather officiated the single ring ceremony at the Church of Christ with Ruth DeJarnett and Billy White as attendants. Mrs Orr was a Windom high school junior active in activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windom
Robert Orr
Sherman
Anita White
J. J. White
Earl Prather
Church of Christ
Ruth DeJarnett
Billy White
Orr
Windom High School
Summer Hours Change at Bonham Library
Bonham Library adopts new summer hours from 9 30 a m to 12 30 p m starting today per librarian Mrs Andrea Anderson. Virginia Stocks reports a large summer reading list of sixty children s titles with cash gifts from residents to assist readers without a book card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham Library
Andrew Anderson
Virginia Stocks
Library Bank
Bonham
Littl
Red Nose
Diana
Beatrix Potter
Peter Rabbit
Spice
Rising Arrow
Billy
Buddy
Deborah Todd
Marty
Bill Ward
Margaretta Brucker
Pauline Coleman
Anne Emery
Janet Lambert
Betty Cavanna
Nora Benjamin
Big Bright Land
Lnid Johnson
Matters
She
Girl
Headley
Hartwell
Linda
Whiteney
Sergeant and
Dale White
Grimmer Danner Wedding in Yuma
Mr and Mrs John Grimmer of Lakeside California announce the marriage of their daughter Carol to Jamey Danner son of Mrs Mary Danner of Bonham. The couple wed in Yuma Arizona on May 31 and will live in San Diego California where James is based with the Navy. James graduated from Bonham High School in 1947 and was a former Daily Favorite employee. Since 1948 he has served in the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grimmer
Lakeside
Calif
Carol
Jamey Danner
Mary Danner
West 5Th Street
Bonham
Yuma
Arizona
San Diego
James
Navy
Bonham High School
The
Daily Favorite
U. S. Navy
Class Returns From Colorado
Windom residents reported the senior class trip to Colorado lasted nine days. Class sponsor Russell Burras and a student Janet Hicks could not attend. Read list includes Emily Rigsby Fay Howell Rose de Jarnett Gary Chandler Kay Manhart Nellie Fragier Betty Shipman Fleetta Eads and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cadenhead
Ralph de Jarnett
Joe Gilbreath
Arledge Ridge Memorial Day Program Sunday Featured
Arledge Ridge plans a Memorial Day event Sunday starting at 10 30 am with a singing convention. Edgar Tarpley will MC, Oscar Parris offers a prayer, and local residents deliver songs and readings. A noon basket lunch follows, then an afternoon singing convention and visitor recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arledge Ridge
Crraves Wall
Edgar Tarpley
Oscar Parris
Amin
Jercy Stone
Fred Brown
Noo
Family Reunion Binds Wide-Ranging Kin Over Weekend
Mrs Joe Wilkerson hosted a multi-state family reunion with her children and most grandchildren present. Attendees came from Tempe Arizona to Denison and Waco Texas, gathering at Lake Fannin for a Sunday picnic before most guests returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wilkerson
Raymond Brooks
Tempe
Ariz
Juanita Allen
Rudolph
Troyce Lee
Linda
Randolph
Bill Sanford
Tony
Denison
Bobby Allen
Waco
Jeff Bryant
Ivanhoe
Jack Ferguson
Bantam
Howard I. Wight
Elizabeth
Okahoma City
Aubrey Ausburn
Tont
Aunz
Bland Goar
Patsy
Jimmie
Jerry
Sandy
Wilkerson
Joe Wikerson
Lake Fannin
Congregational WMS Plans Missionary Box to Arizona Indians
The Congregational Methodist church Women’s Missionary Society met in the church auditorium to study The Source of Missionary Power. Mrs Lee Brent led the scripture lesson. program participants included Miss Bertha Hiller Mrs Stella Roy Mrs A M McLain Rev AM McLain and Mrs Marshall Ferguson. The group opened with a song and prayer then discussed sending a clothing box to American Indians in Arizona. The church has two missionaries on that field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Society of the
Congregational Methodist Church
Lee Brent
Pratt
Bertha Hiller
Stella Roy
A M. McbLain
AM McLain
Marshall Ferguson
Pershing
Duilta Keni Hugh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Methodist Church Conference
Dallas
Presbyterians State Bible School
Clint Littles
Roy Long and Sons
Marc and
Randy
W. A. Marcum
Frances Bell
Joyce Carter Willis Duff
F.O.B
Forest Gammon
Harold Haney
Welochka
Okla
Irene Covington Thomas
Lois Haney Cockerham
Bob Richardson
Martha Lowery
Medical Arts Hospital
Thomas
Buster) Locke
Lubbock
Bill Locke
J. L. Whited
Roy Parr
George Brawner
Earline
Jewel Ann
Kloegs Brawner
JoAnn Norris
Duplex
Eldorado
Borger
Pampa
L. E. Oefinger
John Mark and
Dee Dee
Corpus Christi
John Renshaw
Charles Byrd
Miami
Flaig
Renshaw
James W. Campbell
Chicago, NL
W. P. Campbell
Walter Vaughan
Glenn Spencer
Thomas K Witcher
Lone Star Council of Red Cross
Mrs. Orr Sherman
Colorado
Treudie Necchi Alna Sewing Circle North Side Square
Vixit
Scranton
Thorsty
Waal
Chrysler Corporation
Oys
N. Center
Brown’s Dept
Congregational
WMS
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