Safeway Annual Picnic Draws 1300 Employees to Bonham Park
More than 1300 Safeway employees and families gathered at Bonham State Park for the Safeway Employees Association picnic. Ira Ricker of Dallas acted as master of ceremonies as directors and managers were introduced. Attendees came from Dallas Greenville Sherman Denison Texarkana New Boston Sulphur Springs and Bonham, with Bonham locals Dick Travis and several families among the group enjoying lunch and games with prizes awarded.
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Safeway
Bonham State Park
Safeway Employees Association
Ira Ricker
Dallas
Greenville
Sherman
Denison
Texarkana
New Boston
Sulphur Springs
Bonham
Dr and Mrs King Attend Graduation Exercises
Dr and Mrs Jack A King were in Denton to attend graduation exercises at North Texas State College for their son in law Billy Joe Power. They then planned to travel to Dallas to attend Mrs Kings brother Kenneth Timkon s M D degree ceremony at Southwestern Medical University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack A. King
Denton
North Texas State College
Billy Joe Power
Mrs Leatherwood Attends Dallas Reunion for Denton Class
Mrs George Leatherwood joined former classmates of the College of Industrial Arts at a Dallas reunion. The group, from what is now Texas Woman's University in Denton, included four alumni from her class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Leatherwood
Dallas
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Texas Woman's University
Miss Leslie Receives Hockaday Diploma in Dallas
Mr and Mrs John T Leslie of Bailey attend Hockaday School for Girls graduation in Dallas where daughter Linda Lee Leslie earns a diploma. After ceremonies she plans two weeks at home then joins two classmates in Hawaii for a University of Hawaii summer session before enrolling at Southern Methodist University this fall.
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John T. Leslie
Bailey
Dallas
Hockaday School
Linda Lee
Leslie
Miss Leslie
Hawaii
University of Hawaii
Southern Methodist University
Memorial Service Held at Mulberry First Methodist
The Rev. Jack Venable preached the Memorial Day service at First Methodist Church Mulberry Sunday morning. Afterward, members and friends shared a basket lunch. Jubie Bramilett led the meeting with reports from Audry Cain and Clayton Hall oversaw the program.
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Mulberry
Jack Venable
First Methodist
Jubie Bramilett
Audry Cain
Clayton Hall
Attendance totals reported by Bonham church schools
A total of 1,548 persons attended Bonham church schools on Sunday. Superintendents reported attendance for Bonham Pentecostal Church of God 44, Southside Church of Christ 105, First Congregational Methodist 68, First Methodist 278, Church of God 44, Church of the Nazarene 116, Seventh and Main Baptist 221, Edhube Baptist 88, First Christian 143, First Baptist 962, and First Presbyterian 79.
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Bonham Church
Bonham Pentecostal Church of God
Southside Church of Christ
First Congregational Methodist
First Methodist
Church of God
Church of the Nazarene
Seventh and Main Baptist
Edhube Baptist
First Christian
First Baptist
First Presbyterian
News briefs bring visits and travels across states
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Chambers head to New Orleans for vacation. Mrs. Etolia Kemp and granddaughter Cindy Burris of Silver City visit Bonham relatives. Ervin Recer from Springfield, Missouri, visits Bonham. Betty Carver is noted. The Hewitts return to Corpus Christi after visiting B. V. Sloan’s family. Carrolls from Dallas spent weekend with Stanley Stevens. Omie Semple, Galveston teacher, plans summer leave. Out of town relatives attend Loralei Glenn graduation in Madill. John Glenn Sr. and family visit. Mary Elizabeth King from Tyler visits Dr. Jack King and wife. W. F. Brown from Denver visits Foster family. Jack Anderson celebrates graduation in Galveston and will intern at St Joseph’s Fort Worth. Rocky McMillin hosts guests from Baton Rouge Billy Lawrence and son Billy Lawrence Jr.
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W. F. Brown
Denver, Colo
A. W. Foster
Galveston
Jack Anderson
Mart
Newlyweds To Live In Honey Grove
Mr and Mrs Richard Boehlar plan to reside in Honey Grove after their wedding Friday night The bride Miss Carolyn Stanford daughter of Mr and Mrs M A Stanford of Telephone and the groom son of Mrs Estie Boehlar of Honey Grove were married May 29 1959 at the officiating home ceremony conducted by Rev J Ray Shouders pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in Bonham Spring flowers adorned the room and the bride wore a street length white organdy dress with white accessories
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Richard Boehlar
Honey Grove
Carolyn Stanford
M. A. Stanford
Telephone
Estie Boehlar
J. Ray Shouders
Church of the Nazarene
Bonham
Long hospitalized amid health breakdown from overwork
Dr. Truslow said Long, aged 63, suffers a health breakdown brought on by overwork and fatigue. Two male nurses stayed with him for precaution due to the patient’s prominence as treatment focuses on supportive nursing care. Russell B. Long told Louisiana legislators the burdens of office weighed heavily on his uncle.
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Truslow
Long
U. S
Russell B. Long
Ala
Louisiana
Sally Leslie to Lead Rodeo Parade Riders in Sherman
Sally Leslie daughter of Mr and Mrs John T Leslie of Bailey and Club Sweetheart of Texoma Quarterhorse association will ride in the lead position in Sherman’s downtown parade Wednesday afternoon. The four night rodeo featuring Jim Shoulders opens after the parade with performances Wednesday through Saturday at the arena on Highway 75 between Sherman and Denison. Shoulders will appear each night. tickets and show information available from Leslie. Local riders are invited to participate in the Wednesday parade.
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Sally Leslie
John T. Leslie
Bailey
Texoma Quarterhorse Association
Sherman
Jim Shoulders
Miss Leslie
Highway 75
Denison
Henryetta
Okla
Leslie
Hospital News Briefs New Patients and Dismissals
List of new patients and dismissals across regional hospitals including Bonham Denison Windom Honey Grove and Phoenix Ariz entries. Names include Mrs Nona Lou Haynes Leonard Bonham Mrs Mattie Knowles Ladonia and others with several births noted.
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Risser Heepita
Nona Lou Haynes
Leonard
Mattie Knowles
Bonham
Earl Bartlett
Ladonia
L. C. Sanders
Denison
Charles Due
Clyde Duff
Margaret McQuillen
Phoenix
Ariz
Don Brubeck
Hettie McDowell
Elmer Fry
Hendrix
Okla
Nettie Atterbury
R. D. Owens
Robert Bellows
Ector
Bobby Gaines
Mesquite
Medical and Surgical Hospital
E. C. Henley
Dodd City
Henry Green
John A. Pilliod
Sarah Lackey
Joe Clayton
Windom
Frank Fry
Baby Boy
Honey Grove
John Biggerstaff
M. G. Claxton
Mary Payne
Carl Whitt
H. A. Colvin
Savoy
W. J. Walsh
Grand Prairie
Alvin Nichols
Ravenna
Roger Nichols
Frances McCarley
Ellen Heck
Dallas
Guy Binion
Claude Wix
Carl Crickles
Johnny Hilliard
Martha Ann Butler
Yuba
Visitors From Big Spring Attend North Texas State Graduation
Mrs Hale and her daughter Mrs Mary Sue Hale Echols from Big Spring visited Mrs W M Hale Sunday. They attended graduation exercises at North Texas State College Denton for Mrs Echols, then returned to Big Spring Monday. They will attend high school graduation for Alice Ann Hale Monday night.
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Hale
Big Spring
W. M. Hale
Jim Hale
Mary Sue Hale Echols
North Texas State College
Denton
Echols
Morris Ballew to Address Kiwanis Club Tuesday
Morris Ballew of Nu tria Ranch Russell Heights will be guest speaker at the Kiwanis club meeting Tuesday at noon, announced program chairman Bill Igo.
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Morris Ballew
Russell Heights
Kiwanis Club
Bill Igo
Rites Set for Kilgore Minister Jack King
Kilgore pastor Jack Warren King Sr 42 died of a heart attack during a Sunday sermon at his Kilgore church. Funeral services are set for Tuesday in Kilgore and Cleburne with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery. Survivors include wife Carlene three sons Kerry Keith Lynn Jack Jr and daughter Carol Anne plus mother sisters and brothers. King previously led churches in Bonham Brownwood Littlefield and Kilgore and was active in civic groups.
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Jack Warren King
North Side Church of Christ
Bonham
Kilgore
Broadway Church of Christ
West Side Church of Christ
Cleburne
P. D. Wilmoth
Tyler
Earl Prater
Marshall
Billy Barr
Melvin Vaughn
Longview
Rose Hill Cemetery
Rader
Carlene King
Kerry King
Abilene Christian College
Keith Lynn King
Carol Anne King
T. H. King
Arthur Runyon
Clisby Ponder
Fort Worth
Cecil Walker
S. L. Lawrance
Dallas
Horace and
Thomas King
Mrs. Wilson Dies In Sherman Sunday
Mrs. Jimmie Wilson age 66 died after a brief illness in a Sherman hospital Sunday night May 31 1959 She and her husband lived on Route 3 Whitewright Services will be led by Rev C J Graves of Sherman and Rev H P Williamson of Denison at 230 pm Tuesday in Earnheart Funeral Home chapel Whitewright Interment in Pilot Grove cemetery She was born August 26 1892 in Burksville Kentucky and married Jimmie Wilson November 3 1929 in Pilot Point She was a Methodist church member.
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Whitewright
Jimmie Wilson
Sherman
Route 3
Whitewrght
C. J. Graves
H. P. Williamson
Denison
Earnheart
Funeral Home
Pilot Grove
J C Wade Dies in Arlington
J C Wade, 71 year old retired farmer known as Joesh Brancfort Wade, died Sunday in Arlington. He lived and worked in the area for many years and was remembered for his community work and farming career.
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J.C. Wade
Arlington
Joesh Brancfort
Wade
Wade Rites Held for Texan Resident in Grand Prairie
Raleigh Wade died Saturday night in Arlington hospital after living in Grand Prairie with son J B Wade since his wife’s death two months earlier. Funeral at Wise Funeral Home chapel with Rev Robert Howard and Billy Barr officiating. Burial in Dodd City cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Survived by two sons FL Ackerly and J B Wade, one daughter Mrs Mattie Towery, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Born September 27 1871 in Tennessee. Lived around Gober for years.
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Gober
Arlington
Grand Prairie
J B. Wade
Wise Funeral Home
Robert Howard
Sherman
Billy Barr
Southside Church of Christ
Dodd City
Finis Wade
Sam Wade
W F. Templeton
Robert Price
G. W
Rites Set For Miss Lillian Knox
Miss Lillian Irene Knox 71 convenient Bonham native and retired stenographer died Sunday afternoon May 31 1959 in a Bonham hospital after a heart attack. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev Samuel V Rice Presbyterian pastor from Honey Grove.
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Lillian Irene Knox
Bonham
Bonham Hospital
Knox
Samuel V. Rice
Honey
Knox Rites Held for Bonham Woman Miss Knox
Miss Knox daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Frank Knox born Aug 4 1887 in Bonham. She served as a stenographer at the courthouse and the American Theatre retiring in 1949 due to ill health. Survivors include brother Frank Knox of Fort Worth and nieces including Mrs Tommy Boydson who lived with her. Interment will be in Willow Wild cemetery with pallbearers Rob ert Lockhart E C Adams True Adams Phillip Due W A Boyd and Dick Saunders. She belonged to the First Presbyterian Church in Bonham.
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Fort Worth
Tommy Boydson
Miss Knox
First
Bonham
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