First Methodist WMS Rummage Sale Saturday
The Saturday rummage sale by Circle 2 of the First Methodist Women’s Missionary Society will be held in the Alexander Building. Proceeds support church missions.
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1940
Page
3
Anna Barnett and Weldon Collins Wed in Hugo Oklahoma
Anna D Barnett and Weldon Collins were married in Hugo Oklahoma with attendants Miss Bettie Jean Gil and Bill Hartson. The bride wore navy blue crepe with white accessories and a corsage of white stefanitas and fern. She is from Honey Grove and was active in Future Homemakers Pep Club and band. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs Collins of Hugo, was in the 1940 class and active in football and student council. Shared reception details note spring lace decor and town guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groom
BF. Collins
Hassoctaor
Honey Grove
Chicota
Pide
J Blankenship
Dallas
Bonham Visitors Pack Local Notice Board
Local notes record a string of visitors and travels through Bonham Texas with residents from Tucson Whitewright Dallas and Bryan visiting relatives friends and relatives. Mentions include Red Donald formerly of Bonham now in El Paso and other travelers from Ark M A S and Beaumont visiting area families and returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentice Gross
Tucson, Ariz
Bonham
Little Rock
Bob Cashion
Little Rock, Ark
Red” Donald
Texas & Pacific Railway
el Paso
Cleveland
Ohio
Dongld
Primary Music Pupils Present Recital Thursday
Primary music pupils of Mrs. Belle Gober and Miss Virginia Biard gave a recital at the First Christian Church on Thursday afternoon. The program featured solos, trios, and two piano numbers, marking the final recital of the term and start of summer classes through June and July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Gober
Virginia Biard
First Christian Church
Paul Brent Fletcher
Frances Abernathy
John Norwood
Joan Crabb
John Alton Arnold
Pat Owens
Mary Ann Kelsey
Mary May Jeter
Harry Jor Owens
Wayburn Jeter
Frances Denton
Mary Jean Smith
Betty Jeanne Melver
Patricia Manning
Betty Jim Blake
Peggy Loughmiller
Ellen Wilson
Ethel Davis Adams
Katheryn Abernathy
Dean Baker
George Thomas. Baker
Sandy van Zandt
Julia Catherine Moreland
Helen Cummings
Charles Baker
Billy Ruth Fleming
Margaret Ann McDonald
Lila Ruth Jones
Honey Grove Couple Wed in Lubbock Rites
Sunday morning at 9 in Central Baptist church Lubbock Miss Ruby Brecheen of Lubbock and Dewey Emmons of Honey Grove united in marriage by Rev. Jack Welch attended by Virgil Brecheen and Lois Bush. The bride daughter of H. F. and Mrs. Brecheen graduates Paris High 1926. taught at Atings school south of Paris. Groom son of Mrs J N Emmons Honey Grove. high school grad 1925. attended Burleson College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honey Grove
Central Baptist Church
Lubbock
Ruby Brecheen
Dewey Emmons
Jack Welch
Virgil Brecheen
Lois Bush
H. F. Brecheen
Paris High School
Paris Junior College
ETSTC
Commerce
Atings School
Paris
Emmons
J N. Emmons
Burleson College
Greenville
Texas
Fuller Brent Party Entertained For Wedding Party
Miss Frances Neal of Harlingen hosted a dinner Tuesday at her grandfather 8 D Meee Dodd City for the Brent Puller wedding party. The buffet centerpiece showed a crystal bowl with white stick and baby breath. Rooms wore roses gladoli and pansies in apricot and blue to match the couple. Guests were invited to the bridal party. Groom's gifts to ushers were fitted cases. bride's gifts were single straw pearls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Neal
Harlingen
Dodd City
Kitchen Shower For Miss Smith Thursday
Miss Bland Smith bride elect to Tom Graham of Austin hosts kitchen shower at Taylor home 308 East Ninth Street Thursday afternoon. Flowers adorn living and sun rooms with roses sweet peas larkspur daisies and ferns. Mrs Bland Smith presided at silver tea. honoree opened gifts along ribbons to a kitchen gifts table. guest list includes young matrons and close friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bland Smith
Tom Graham
Austin
M. A. Taylor
Reagan Taylor
Taylor
East Ninth Street
Bland Smith
First Baptist Church Holds Vacation Bible School Commencement
Commencement exercises for the Vacation Bible School at the First Baptist Church are scheduled for this evening at 7 45. The program showcases the students handiwork from the school and welcomes parents to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Garden Club Sponsors Shelf in Bonham Library
The Bonham Garden Club endowed a garden books shelf at the public library for ongoing access. The library board approved permanent cataloging equipment and new books purchases. Tickets sales rose recently and a poetry book titled Senor Pace Does Not Return was donated. Mrs. Richard Morgan led a 15 member meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham Garden Club
Library Board
Senor Pace
Richard Morgan
Bonham Pastor Delivers Address at Grayson College Reunion
The second annual Grayson College ex-students homecoming in Whitewright features Rev H Grady May delivering the sermon. The day includes morning chapel, addresses by Mrs Jennie Crittenden and L J Truett, memorial service, basket dinner, and an afternoon of songs, talks by W B Duncan and Parrer Welch, and a business session ending with Auld Lang Syne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Grady May
Grayson College
Whitewright
Singing of America
J. L. Turett
Jennie Crittenden
L. J. Truett
McKinney
E. L. Silliman
Sherman
Joe Pender
Denton
Walter Johnson
W.b Duncan
Austin
Parrer Welch
Caddo Mills
Betty Nell Yeager
Johnny Yeager
Mrs Edgar Mathews Hosts Wednesday 42 Club
The Wednesday 42 Club met at the home of Mrs. Edgar Mathews for an afternoon of games. Prizes went to Mrs. Roy Harp for high and Mrs. Ben Stephens for second high as refreshments were served to members and four guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Mathews
Roy Harp
Ben Stephens
Mathews
Reece
Ashley
Danner
Pickeral
Stephens
Robinson
Disney
Jane Gribble
Spooner
Amarillo
Henry
Greenville
Economy Auto Store Sells One Hundred Racing Turtles
Devol Hudson announces that Economy Auto Store will offer one hundred live racing turtles this weekend. Each turtle is named after a character from a popular comic strip, with the name printed on its back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devol Hudson
Circle Two WMS Rum Mage Sale in Alexander Building
Circle two of the First Methodist WMS will hold a rummage sale in the Alexander Building all day Saturday. The building sits between Alexander Drug Store and Woolworth Company, providing a central site for shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WMS
Alexander
Alexander Drug Store
Woolworth Company
Wanted May 2 Issues of Bonham Daily Favorite
The Bonham Daily Favorite seeks May 2 issues for collection. Readers may deliver copies to the office and will be paid per issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham Daily
Plans Completed For Two Day Boy Scout Camporee
Troops from Bonham Gobert Bailey Leonard Trenton Randolph Ector Lamarco Tele phone Monkstown and Dodd City prepare for a two day Camporee at Camp Bonham five miles north of Bonham on Ivanhoe road. The event opens Saturday at 2 30 p m with a field meet and scouting contests. A campfire program led by Robert Kincaid follows supper and Sunday morning features a court of honor and union services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannin County
H. van Zandt
Camp Bonham
Bonham
Ivanhoe Road
Robert Kincaid
Dodd City
J. B. Carruth
Rev
Mooney Lines Introduce Air Conditioned Buses on Bonham Dallas Run
New buses operated by Mooney Motor Coaches on the Bonham to Dallas route include air conditioned units. One bus was on exhibition in Bonham on Thursday. The service runs nonstop via Greenville and McKinney, linking Bonham with Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooney Motor Coaches
Bornham-Greenville-Dallas
Bonham
Dallas
Greenville
McKinney
Doctor Richards Recovers From Mule Kick Injury
Dr. PF Richards, struck on the knee by a mule about a week ago, shows improving health. He is still walking with a crutch and will need it for some time before he can move about unaided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. F. BF. Richards
Knef
PF. £. Richards
Resignation of Honey Grove Pastor Boswell Effective August 4
Rev T F Boswell pastor of the First Christian church in Honey Grove resigns at the regular board meeting held Tuesday evening at the McConnell home. The resignation takes effect August 4 after two years of service with the church. Future plans are not announced. Dyne The National Cotton Council reports a Seattle firm using cotton in plyboard has developed a board four to thirty times stronger than ordinary wall boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Boswell
First Christian Church
Honey Grove
H Cc. McConnell
Dyne
National Cotton Council
Seattle
Graduation Exercises Held for Honey Grove Seventh Grade
Graduation exercises for the seventh grade were held Friday morning May 3 in the Presbyterian church. The program included a processional invocation songs and diplomas presented by Supt. E A Barker. Forty three graduates were named including Leon Baldwin Delmar Becknal D H Brooks Joe Wayne Chaney Jeanne Dodds Amaryllis and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honey Grove
Presbyterian Church
Sharon McIver
FE. H. Graham
E. A. Barker
T. J. Watts
Leon Baldwin
Delmar Becknal
D. H. Brooks
Joe Wayne Chaney
Maurice Faton
Edgar Fulcher, Jr
Melvin Gainer
Frerette James
Bobbie Lane
Jack Martin
Joe Ralph McFarland
Joe Perkins
Billy Wayne Rosser
Weldon Simmons
Billy Ray Sorrels
Katie Jean Alien
Geneva Armstrong
Ide Lee Beecham
Norma Jean Blair
Maurine Buckner
Dorothy Carter
Inez Carter
Jeanne Dodds
Tommie Louise Flowers
Marion Gouldin
Janice James
Charlotte James
Sara Johnson
Theresa McBurnett
Eharon McIver
Nina Mae Moore
Phyllis Neal
Doris Gene Ramsey
June Robertson
Ann Scott
Martha Scott
Velma Scott
Dora Gene Simpson
Norma Gene Smith
Patty Pasley
Emma Ruth Welch
Elfis Dee Wilson
Beverly Wood
Service Officer A V Bonham Visits Bonham
DeWitt T Kirby national service officer for the Disabled American Veterans of the World War was in Bonham to contact Jor Den ton local service office of the American Legion and Post Commander Dr R B Richards about disabled county veterans and their claims He is based at the U S Veterans Administration in Waco and assists veterans in their claims Perkins of Sherman accompanied him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt T Kirby
Bonham
Kirby
U. S. Veterans Administration
Waco
Jor ©. Denton
American Legion
R. B. Richards
Mgr. Kirby
FXAV
Perkins
Sherman
Mr. Kirky
Commercial class opens Monday at Brannon building
All people interested in any commercial subject are urged to call at the Brannon building Monday June 10 from 4 to 6. Classes will be conducted by Virgie Lee Candleman a graduate of Sherman Business College and a current student at Austin College in Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brannon
Mix
Virgie Lee Candleman
Sherman Buasiness College
Austin College
Sherman
Texas Christian Endeavor Golden Jubilee in June
The Texas Christian Endeavor Union marks fifty years with a Golden Jubilee Convention June 20 to 23 at East Dallas Christian Church. Dr. Daniel A. Poling leads events with speakers from Dallas Fort Worth Abilene Austin and Washington D C. Two thousand expected to register. J Stuart Pearce Jr of San Antonio serves as State Union president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Christian Endeavor Union
Texas
East Dallas
Hemphill Presbyterian Church
Fort Worth
J. Gordon Weir
Abilene
International Society of Christian Endeavor
Thomas W. Currie
Austin Theologies Seminary
Austin
W. Roy Breg
Washington, D. C
Allied Youth Movement
al Goodrich
State Union
J. Stuart Pearce, Jr
San Antonio
Red Cross Contributions Social Hour
A Red Cross event featured a social hour with hall decorations of spring flowers and a serving table adorned with flowers centered by the punch bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Bell Oilers Readies Saturday Concert on Courthouse Lawn
The Bell Oilers Oklahoma orchestra performs Saturday at 2 p.m. on the courthouse lawn sponsored by Bob McDowell, local Bell Gasoline agent. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend. Costa Rica maintains an army of eight hundred men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Oilers
Famous Oklahoma Orchestra
Bob McDowell
Bell
Oilers
Boneham
Costa Rica
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Sarah
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Anne Pritchett
Thursiternoon
Tnt
Chicago
Elkins
Mary Hughes
New York City
J. M. Donaldson
Laurin
Mrs
Dwight Dorough
Fayetteville, Ark
Mr. Dorough
Deets Doroueh
John Wells Smith
Texas A & M
Bopham
Denison
Darlene Stahl
Rosella Palmer
Beaumont
Tommie Simmons
Jeanette
Ann Frances
Lewis Woosley
Plora Evans
Jimmy Bogress
Texie Boggess
Bryan
Frank Powell
Chilren
Betty Reed
Edward
Powell
Harry Roberts
Lelia
Martha. Roberts
Virginia Dumas
Bonam
Ieee Inney
The
Bell Gasoline
Fuller-Brent
Miss Smith
Garden Club
Shelf
Bonham Libray
Bonham Pastor
Mooney Lines
Christian Church OF
A.V. Bonham
Texas Christian Endeavor
Woodman Circle
Bonham Woodman Circle
Wow Hall
Ruth Andreson
Guarden
Betty Lewis
Forrest
Beverly Jones
Vic Morrow
Lynwood James
Addie Hamlin
Ada Henderson
Chester Putteet
Iter McCullough
M Herd
Davis Tin Shop
Jont Lane
Len Tittsworth
Bonham Beauty Shop
A. L. Skeen
M. A. Taylor & Co
Bonham’s
Valnee
Hunt
Bonham's “Buy
Betta
Valuce
Batiste
Bonnie Bright
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