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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1960
Page
5
Dodd City Texas announces Bible school at 1 am and morning worship at 11 am. A 6 pm Young People meeting and 7 pm Evening service follow. Wednesday features a 7 pm Mid-week prayer service led by minister R V Wood.
Local church listings show Corinth Baptist north of Bonham with Sunday school at 10 a.m. Kenneth Bethel supervises. Training union at 6:30 p.m.. evening worship at 7:15 p.m. Midweek prayer is at 7:30 p.m. Howard Clark is pastor. Ector Methodist in Ector lists services and leaders. First Methodist in Ector also noted with Sunday school and worship times. Gary Regan is pastor. First Baptist in Gober reports services including Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. J. C. S Dooley leads evening worship. Eugene Allen is pastor for Friday Bible study. Mr. and Mrs. Collins host California relatives visiting G. W. Collins home.
Mrs. Wesley Carder hosted the Dorcas class gathering at Fellowship Hall Thursday night. President Mrs. H. E. McKelva led plans to visit the sick and shut-ins. Miss Fannie Culpepper gave a Psalm 91 devotional. Prayers were by Mrs. Delia Henry and Mrs. W B Richardson. Hostess provided refreshments at Keene's cafe.
Mrs J L Cooper led Bible study with the Francis Kim circle of the First Baptist Church as members and guest gather. Alice Denton hosted in Ector with Lucy White giving a Psalm 43 devotional and E W White presiding over a brief business session.
The Rev. J. P. Skinner announces Billy Graham's film Eastward to Alaska will be shown at Trinity Baptist Church Sunday at 7 30 p m There is no admission and the pastor invites the public to attend.
John and Tim Grisham from San Jose California Mrs Jimmy Grisham from Martinez California and Mr and Mrs George Mullins with two children from Greenville are named in the passage.
Fannin County Methodists announce a two week revival in Bonham starting Sunday July 3 with 8 pm services. Rex Coppedge and Rev H V Caraway co chair a program featuring evangelist Quay Parmer of Fort Worth and a 25 year veteran singer Earl Ward. Ushers by church rotation list Bonham First Church and 12 other communities through July 17.
The First Baptist Church of Elwood will host a week-long revival from Sunday July 3 through July 10 led by Rev Dan Whitt. Daily services at 8 o clock will be conducted by Rev Dan Davis Jr of Dodd City with Miss Jo Carolyn Renshaw as pianist. Public invitation extended.
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Dunn mark their fifty years of marriage with an open house on Sunday July 3 at their home south of Dodd City. Their son Jimmy Dunn and Mrs Dunn host callers from 2 to 5 pm. They were wed July 3 1910 and have one son and three grandchildren.
A July birthday roster includes Janet Vincent James Cameron Frances Louise Williams Lela Duncan Lola Gilbert James Carmichael Mrs Walter Bush Glenda Jo Vaughn Rayshelle Berry Roy William Helton and Mrs L J Gray. Grace Congregational First Sunday Singing set at East 12th street church 2 30 to 4 00 p m with E J Brent as chairman. Mrs W T Lockhart Mrs Bobby McFarlin and others also noted as attendees. A group will visit Carlsbad Caverns with Mr and Mrs Bobby Brown and son Bobby Don and Judy Brown of Yuba Okla while Edward Leeman of Baltimore is due at Love Field for weekend with C W Leeman family.
Mrs Rhodia E Carlile 92 of Elwood died in a Bonham hospital at 2 30 a m Friday July 1 1960 after weeks of illness Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday at Wise Funeral Home chapel with Rev R L Cates officiating Interment Orrs Chapel cemetery near Telephone Surviving Willie Carlile Ivanhoe Andrew Carlile Telephone Mrs Rosa Richardson Lubbock sister Viola Price 12 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren three great great grandchildren Born August 5 1867 in Arkansas she lived in Texas many years husband preceded her in death
Funeral services for Mrs. C. C. Smith, grandmother of Mrs. Paul Simpson of Bonham, will be held at Ozark Arkansas on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson will drive to Ozark Sunday for the services.
Rites for Mrs. Florence Wheeler aged 63 of 913 West 11th Street were held at 3 p.m. Friday at Wise Funeral Home chapel. She died June 29 1960 in a Sherman hospital. The Rev E J Tarbox of Bonham and the Rev James Simpson of Sherman conducted the services. Interment followed at Dodd City cemetery.
Pallbearers Opal Bearden Vaden Calvary Sam Payne Charlie Taylor Dan Campbell and Thurman Renfro led the funeral procession. Survivors include daughter Maureen Campbell of Sherman four brothers one sister and three grandchildren.
Mrs Charlie T Miller 81 died at home in Ector June 29 1960 after a heart attack. Wise Funeral Home directs with five sons Edwin J N Miller and others and six daughters plus four brothers and numerous grandchildren survived.
Dow Jones stock averages at 2 p.m. Eastern show the industrials at 6403.7, up 0.11, rails at 142.57 down 0.62, utilities at 93.39 down 0.65, and overall stocks at 210.99 down 0.16. Fourth hour sales reached 320,000 to 2 p.m., totaling 1,720,000 units.
Recent visitors to the home of Mr and Mrs O L Jarrell included Mrs W H Blanton and children and Miss Karen Knight from Sherman, Mrs J C Knight from Denison, and Miss Barbara Crandall from Borger.
George German a former Bonham resident is reported in Baylor hospital Dallas for medical treatment.
Clifford H. Thompson of Bryan has become manager of Temple Lumber Co succeeding Johnny Dagley. He brings 13 years in Bryan lumber yard work and home construction experience. Thompson is a residence designer and draftsman. He was active in the Bryan Lions Club and moved his membership to Bonham. The couple has two children, a married daughter in New Jersey and a son at Texas A&M. They attend the Baptist church and reside at 611 North Cedar Street.
Mr and Mrs James Greger hosted a hamburger supper for about fifty choir members and their families at First Baptist Church. Hamburgers were grilled on the church patio and a brief choir practice followed the meal.
Tennis and rhythm classes conducted by Mrs. Paul Simpson will not be held this week. Mrs. Simpson said she would not be in Bonham at that time.
Rep James H Morrison of Louisiana criticized President Eisenhower's veto message as evasive and dodging the issue and predicted only limited votes in the House to sustain the veto. Eisenhower called the pay raise bill fiscally and legislatively irresponsible and assailed pressure tactics by postal workers representatives.
Mr and Mrs Bobby Brown marked their son Bobby Don s third birthday with a party at Simpson Park Tuesday assisted by his aunt Miss Judy Brown from Yuba Okla. Guests included Tommy Hudson Judy and Ginger Herd Julia McCullough Mrs Willie Herd and Ginger Herd as well as the honoree and his parents.
President Eisenhower signed a large post office and Treasury money bill financing 2000 additional internal revenue agents. The new tax sleuths are expected to raise about 70 million dollars annually from delinquent taxpayers.
Mrs. R. E. Hickman of Whitewright visits her sister Mrs. Robert Grant and Mr. Grant during a brief family visit.
Miss Janet Johnson will leave Sunday for Greenville to join a North Texas group at Mo Ranch for a four day leadership training school for Presbytery and Synod youth officers. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Johnson and serves as chairman of the North area youth groups. Youth officers from the Presbyterian synods of Texas Louisiana and Oklahoma are expected at the meeting.
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