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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1955
Page
3
Last year the United States used natural gas to generate over nine quadrillion Btu of energy, accounting for more than 23 percent of the nation’s total supply and triple the level from about ten years earlier. The energy could power 250 million cars or match the country’s total car output for 36 years at current production.
Mrs. Jewell Bell reports her husband former Cpl. Otho G. Bell among 21 Americans who refused repatriation after the Korean truce. He says in two April letters he wants to come home but faces passport hurdles and Red China travel restrictions. He was captured Nov. 30, 1950, and may reach Hong Kong if a U.S. office is accessible.
Mrs. L. D. Martin and Mrs. Gladys Russell co hosted a Monday night party at 719 Maple Street for the Lois class of the First Baptist Church. Juanita Higgins presided as president and plans for a membership and attendance drive were approved with captains named for two groups.
Bonham IOOF Lodge No. 129 and the Rebekahs invite members and families to a family night at Bonham State Park in the north picnic area starting at 7 30 that evening. A fish fry will be served with an entertaining program to follow and all attendees are promised plenty of fish for all you can eat.
Oakland, June 7. The parents of four year old Roland Fitzgerald plan to sue Cutter Laboratories of Berkeley for 100000 dollars, after the boy developed polio following vaccination. Alameda County Superior Court granted them permission to sue on behalf of a juvenile.
Charles Jackson Smith Jr. 15, of El Paso, will receive funeral services at Corinth Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Harrison Johns officiating. Burial follows at Willow Wild cemetery. Wise Funeral Home handles arrangements. Pallbearers include Jerry Workman, Mickie Workman, Curtis Ray Young, Jimmy Hasten, Lou Wayne McDonald, Mike Whisenhunt, Bobby Caldwell, and Dullawayne Curry. Survivors include parents Charles J. Smith Sr. and Mrs. Smith and a brother Louis and a sister Susan, all of El Paso.
Hospital authorities said Ronald is undergoing treatment after vaccine injection but has shown no improvement.
Rep. Jerry Sadler of Hickory Grove denounced the Supreme Court ruling banning public school segregation as left wing propaganda and urged constitutional amendment. He criticized Texas senators and Attorney General John Ben Sheppard and suggested a special legislative session. Also notes a clash with Rep. Edgar Berlin over the publicity claim and cites eight million bushels annual wheat stem sawfly losses in North Dakota and Montana.
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