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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1940
Page
2
Notice reports the May 25 1940 election results approving the creation of Fannin County Soil Conservation District with 684 in favor and 108 against from a 793 turnout. The document lists state board approval and local officials, and includes ads and civic notices amid community fundraising and Red Cross appeals.
The Ector Baptist Woman's Missionary Society welcomed the Ector Methodist Missionary Society to the Baptist church for a 2:30 Tuesday program. Reading, devotional, and songs featured Mrs M Cassady and Mrs Gilley with attendees including Mrs Ferguson, Mrs Butts, and Mrs Hodges. Refreshments and social hour followed.
Mrs Hennessey compares suffering from floods and wars to current wartime damage and calls Americans to clothing aid. Mooney Grove chair C H McCleary leads county campaign, inviting every farmer and resident to participate. Local Red Cross meeting lists numerous attendees from Honey Grove and Trenton before a shore visit by Miss Cora Phillips.
Randolph, G. W. Baker, J. M Cole, E. C. Parker, Robert Morgan, and Miss Hanna Morgan are named in a local community announcement listing attendees and organizers.
Ida Mae Evans earned a library science degree from CIA now TSCW. Mrs Belle Gober returned from a Dallas visit. Mr and Mrs Reid Spivy attended Austin College graduation in Sherman where their son Reid Jr earned a BA.
On vacation Bland Smith and son John Wells and Nunnelee plus Barnett McAn ally with sons Danny and Henry were in Oklahoma for a fishing trip. June 5 1930 report notes highway No 5 bridge repairs over Bois da Arc Creek after recent heavy rains. Contractors Gifford and Hill began raising the top of the dam at the city pool. Dorothy Burnett left for a Dallas business college. Mr and Mrs Glen Simmons returned from Temple. Misses Rachael Sweeney and Pauline Spivy departed for a girls summer camp near Kerrville.
June 5 1928 Belton Miss Theresa Bowling travels to Boston for Baylor College summer school Miss Winnie Bigeersal returns from Wichita Falls where she taught Mrs Henry Collett and daughter Helen depart for California Mr and Mrs Collett visit California Miss Pansy Taylor of Bonham a University of Oklahoma student is elected president of the Bluebonnet Club
Texas will cooperate in a program to promote low cost homes in rural areas and for farm buildings and repairs. H. H. Williamson of Texas A and M Extension Service announced plans drawn by M. L. Wilson of USDA Extension Service. The National Homes Foundation will work with federal agencies to improve design and cut costs using local financial and service institutions.
Miss Allie Lipscomb, a Fort Worth schoolteacher, has returned to Boham for the summer season.
I express thanks and appreciation to Mr. Evan Dale Tom Brent Jim Hewitt Jimmie Wil gurn Malcolm Simer Tom Laven der Ted Taylor R L Hembry Latins Blanks for helping my crop Monday Also W W Greenway at Honey Grove who came Wednesday and brought four to help. Words cannot express my appreciation for this kind deed.
The list outlines numerous scheduled softball games featuring teams Economy, Pumpers, Bailey, Elkins, Pixs, Punng, Biking, Fry, and Riverside matches across June through August. Many dates are inconsistent or incomplete, indicating a dense summer league timetable with multiple head-to-heads and missing opponents.
An OCR flagged fragment notes University students in Pittsburgh earn extra money through multiple jobs. It mentions male students' job options, a student bureau survey, and references to a senior named Jack and Hoeveler who funds tuition by operating a business. Details are unclear and incomplete.
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