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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1940
Page
12
Officials report 414000 Texas farms will operate the Agricultural Adjustment Act program in 1940, up from 1939. An estimated 26,100 cooperators join soil depletion, soil building, and range improvement projects. George Slaughter notes full cooperation requires adherence to soil depletion quotas and allocation of payment for conservation work.
Community members from Bonham and nearby towns gathered for visits and family time. Helen of Boyd spent time with her brother. Ada Siler and children visited the McVays in Oakland. Grace, Carl, and Mrs. Turner hosted relatives from Oklahoma. Health concerns are noted as Danner may be ill, with hopes for improvement.
Market reports advertise affordable picnic foods for Decoration Day with broad seafood and meat bargains. Beef and lamb prices hold steady while pork loins drop. fowl and turkeys remain low. Fresh fish, shellfish, fruits, vegetables, eggs, and a sample budget menu are highlighted for outdoor dining and daily use.
Dry conditions and wind reduced Lubbock county wheat acreage from 16000 to 10000 acres. County ag adjustment administrator C Y Wasson cites May winds drying topsoil and moisture stress. Only 18 farmers had wheat insurance, six or seven of whom had collected.
Mrs John C Hodgkiss and daughter Billy Ann hosted a Thursday night gift shower in Ravenna and Bonham honoring Mr and Mrs James Cockrill recently married. A blue white scheme framed decor and prizes while guests registered from multiple local families and relatives.
Dub Bigly of West Texan visited his cousin Gayland Moore in Bonham. Oley Kyle spent Monday with Mrs. Ard Moore. FE. R. Stone and family were Bonham visitors Friday. Trade in Bonham and save.
Mrs. Levi Patton is a patient at the McKinney hospital after a fall that broke her hip about two months ago and has suffered much pain. Nearby families, including Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brewer and baby, and Mr. and Mrs. Clen Hamiet of Kilgore, visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones, while Arthur Baldwin of Sulphur Springs spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ewell Biggerstaff and Bill Patton remains listed as in remains about the same, with others like Arthur Redman and Tempis Redman visiting Ector residents Mr. and Mrs. Ebb Massey.
Jack Wilkerson is named head of the watch repair department at Brannon's Jewelry Store. He brings many years of experience and seeks the chance to prove his skill in the new role.
UT engineering dean W R Woolrich predicts locker plants will be widespread within years. A typical 300 locker unit costs about 10506 dollars with annual rents 10 to 15 dollars per locker. Average users can store 400 to 500 pounds of food saving about 190 dollars yearly on family groceries. Locker renters may buy large quantities of perishables more economically.
A youthful stage of under sixteen authored a clever adult themed play at Stephenson school auditorium. Betty Ruth Roach Erna Lee McBride Lyda Annip Beatrice Puckett Flora Puckett Dorothy Parke Willy Jean Elkins Miiba Ruth Greener Mary Louw Bowers Beverly Jones Marie Kennedy performed. Virginia Sue Sturgeon Violet Phillips served refreshments as crowd gathered. </s>
Neighbors and relatives from Gonzales Brenham Jacksonville and Dallas visit family here. Several families take trips to Galveston for a convention of American National Insurance. A bondi Warriors captain nurses mumps while others attend funerals and baseball games in Dallas.
Windom ex students plan a reunion Sunday June 20 at the Windom school gymnasium. Registration begins at 930 a.m. and the formal program will be followed by a potluck meal. Families attending are asked to bring a basket. refreshments will be provided. Secretarial committee urges widespread notice to former classmates.
The item lists social visits and small gatherings in the Nash home and surrounding households. It notes a river point hunting trip, visitors from Roxton, invitations in Denton, a revival starting at First Christian church, a UT Austin summer plan, bridge club events with refreshments, and various family visits around Longmire, Carter, and Dowlen households.
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