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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1975
Page
1
Bonham schools prepare for a two day reunion with about 1,000 expected registrants. Exes register at the high school by 6 p.m. Friday and again Saturday morning. A 1:30 p.m. reception follows at the high school with class by class socials to follow.
Mayor B J Williams proclaimed Saturday as Bonhi Exes Day inviting all Bonham citizens to welcome hundreds of returning exes for a two day reunion. Denton will be master of ceremonies for the night program with Kelly speaking followed by Supt Joe Campbell and former County Judge Choice Moore.
Bonham hosts Welcome Exes through Sunday with receptions on Saturday and a Sunday religious service. Exes roam the town, compare changes since 1940, and attend reunions for J.F. Gatlin and Obe Hefner families. Memorials, homecomings, and a VFW dance cap the weekend. The old high school burned and new facilities rise nearby.
Felix McKnight veteran Dallas editor criticizes New Journalism trends at the Bonham Chamber of Commerce banquet urging self discipline to preserve credibility. He warns against advocacy journalism nameless sources and press leaks while citing Watergate lessons and calls for responsible reporting.
May unemployment rose to 9.2 percent, the highest since 1941, with 8,538,000 out of work. Nonfarm payrolls grew 316,000 to 84,402,000 as the job market begins to show cautious signs of recovery.
President Anwar Sadat presided as the Suez Canal reopened to toll paying traffic for the first time since 1967. Southbound convoy left Port Said and reached the Gulf of Suez, while a nine ship northbound convoy led by Iranian destroyers marked the return for commercial shipping. Heavy crowds cheered Sadat amid celebrations with Iran’s Crown Prince Ali Reza and diverse flag flown freighters from Sudan Pakistan Japan and Italy.
Two Bonhi graduates will headline the 1975 Exes reunion. Dee J. Kelly of Fort Worth, a 1946 Bonhi alum and Texas Turnpike Authority chair, will speak Saturday at Warrior Stadium. David Stinson, a 1968 graduate and Yale Divinity School candidate, will deliver the Sunday morning religious service in the old auditorium.
National Weather Service projects clear to partly cloudy Bonham weather into Saturday with warm temperatures mid 70s at dawn and mid 90s afternoons. Winds southerly five to 15 mph. Local note: high of 90 Thursday, cooler front stalled. weekend holds pleasant. Farmers welcome dry days for field work. Two Magnolia men receive prison terms for Cypress Bank holdup. Bain gets 20 years with parole eligibility. Reeves gets an indeterminate prison term.
Two hundred doctors in San Antonio voted to extend a work stoppage to protest high malpractice insurance costs with only two dissenters. In Fort Worth about 35 doctors slowed work but will resume normal practice Monday. Dr Noel Ice said the hatchet is not buried. Dr Nell Nations said surgical, dental and obstetric specialists would continue emergency scheduling.
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