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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
2
Bonham Texas. Frank Swoboda named business manager with Kathryn Pate as assistant editor at the Bonham Daily Favorite. Post office mailing tag appears with the issue’s standard rates and page count details.
Bonham Laundry promotes home washing laundry dry cleaning pressing and dyeing with a pledge of first class work and competitive prices. It notes 90 percent of receipts stay in Bonham supporting merchants professionals and taxes, urging town support for the institution.
In North Easton Massachusetts an ice cream supper is to be held on the church lawn in Tulip Saturday night June 1 for the Home Demonstration Club benevolence fund. Harvey T Noyes, dubbed man of 1950, presents futuristic menswear, designed and sewn by his wife, emphasizing masculine comfort and novelty in his bold wine red satin blouse and cape ensemble.
NANCE Bus Lines operates three daily round trips from Bonham to Durant Oklahoma on Thursday April 27. Departures are 7 90 am 1 15 pm and 3 45 pm via Karma Yuba and Achille. Fare is 75 cents one way 1 35 round trip. Ticket agent phone 558.
Victoria British Columbia welcomed King and Queen during a Dominion of Canada tour. The city famed as a bit of old England on the Pacific offered Empress Hotel hospitality and Government House stays. Highlights included English songbirds, golf, fishing, tennis, motor tours, and horseback trails. Vancouver Island hosts the Empress liners linking Victoria to Hawaii and the Orient aboard ships including the Empress of Japan.
Verna Obl-who, a twenty year old blind student, completed Shore High School in Euclid with honors. She ranked fourth in a class of 119 and was a National Honor Society member. She learned via Braille with help from friends and teachers, sings, swims, and plays piano. She expects to attend Baldwin-Wallace College.
Verna discusses plans to attend Lace College and study there to become a teacher for the blind. She recalls winning a prize for a short composition on Americanism, expressing pride in what she said about being American and enjoying freedom of speech, enterprise, and religion.
June 6 Washington Rep Ben Gibbs of Georgia reports on a constituent who aimed to grow cantaloupes but ended with a field of lone-neck gourds. The gourd king, a newspaper man wanting to farm, laments 10 acres of gourds, $1,200 fertilizer, and embarrassment while seeking expert help.
Gibby expresses keen interest in vegetables and asks for farmers' bulletins after being told the plants are genuine beans and okra. He promises to study the materials and learn more about cultivation and varieties.
At the University of Minnesota a campus prom weighed jitterbug contestants before and after dancing to award prizes for the most weight lost. The event highlighted student efforts in a lighthearted competition amid a bustling dance scene.
In a Cosmopolitan article Dr. George Gallup reports that Americans oppose sending troops abroad by large margins. About 54 percent oppose, 61 percent want a national referendum before conscription, with emphasis on defense, unemployment relief, and New Deal politics shaping views. Republican favor rises with Dewey, Vandenberg, Taft as top hopefuls for 1940.
Classified ads highlight efforts to control a winter and spring gopher outbreak with listings promising efficient removal. Local firms report steady demand as residents seek swift, affordable relief from burrowing pests.
Large crowds flock to Lake Fannin and Lake Davey Crockett as fishing season opens. Officials report higher attendance than last year with cabins booked for weekends through July. Sportsmen from many North Texas sections visit weekly while Mrs. B H Ravenelli of Longview visits her Bonham mother.
An optometrist argues Bonham needs more affordable housing to attract families and boost commerce. He notes vacant business buildings, calls for 300 small homes priced 1000 to 1500, and suggests promoting the town to draw residents and заним substantial spending from nearby workers, urging action from local leaders.
Offerings include 49 acre farm with house barn deep well at 750 down, 38 acres on Ravenna Pike with 1250 price, 60 acres north of Bonham with small down, 99 acres seven miles south of Sherman near Howe at 35 dollars per acre, 47 acres mixed land near Southmayd for 2000, 134 acres red loam near Ravenna and Corinth church, 88 acres near Savoy with two small houses. Prices and terms vary. agent offers to buy or sell lands and take property on sale with no charge unless a sale is made.
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