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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1941
Page
1
In SHADY GROVE Mrs Louis Cox was named honoree at a miscellaneous shower held in the home of Mrs Marvin Fletcher at Dodd City. Attending from here were Mrs Lena Lowrey Mrs Zelma Tayior and Mrs Lorene Sloan. Refreshments were served.
On Sunday June 8 the Hunt family reunion gathered to honor three sisters Mrs T L Coleman born June 2 Mrs Elizabeth Keithley born July 4 and Mrs George McKinnes born June 3. About sixty five attendees from Okahoma City Durant Fort Worth Dallas Sulphur Springs Commerce and Bonham attended with children grandchildren and great grandchildren. A lunch and supper followed and birthday cakes capped celebrations as reporters noted a lively mood.
The column critiques Texas notaries required to print names on documents while noting a looser grasp of handwriting. It laments Congress delays on anti strike legislation amid wartime criticism and accuses Nazi and Communist forces of fueling strikes slowing production of planes tanks guns and shots.
The Calvary Baptist church revival begins Wednesday June 2 and runs through Sunday June 22 with Rev H H Stagg of Houston as speaker. Services are 1030 a.m. and 830 p.m. All welcome.
Attendance figures show 202 attendees for the Sunday session with 62 in the junior class and 62 in the senior division, reflecting steady participation.
Trenton high school seniors finished a 1100 mile chartered bus tour visiting Austin Capitol Alamo Missions Brackenridge Park and Sam Houston's home. The group of 10 girls one boy and several adults traveled from Trenton to San Antonio Galveston Huntsville and back, arriving home at 2 am Saturday.
Miss Geola Mae Hickman and Ellis True Eubanks were married at the home of officiating minister Rev. C. P. Sansom on Saturday. The couple plan to reside in Ivanhoe and were joined by Mr and Mrs Cleburne Eubanks. Mrs Eubanks is a 1937 Bonham High School graduate.
Mr and Mrs J C Woodson celebrated their forty third wedding anniversary at home where they have lived 17 years. He was born December 19, 1865 in Albany Kentucky and she born November 10, 1871 in Birdston Tennessee. They were married in Cumberland City Kentucky by Rev Dickens. They have five sons including W T Woodson of Bonhim.
James R and Clarence of Tom Bean are linked to Milas B of Denison and Floyd of Bells with mention of grandchildren. The note implies extended kinship across several communities.
Miss Mildred Neely and Jack Kincannon were married at the bride’s home on North Center Street Saturday night at 9 30. Rev J J Gregory officiated. Miss Neely, a Benham High School graduate of 1939, has studied at Florence Nightingale Hospital in Dallas. The couple will reside in Dallas.
A departing note recalls three years of harmonious work with the Bonham Church of Christ. After yesterday's service a reception and picnic followed an open house. Almost a hundred were registered, three baptisms and one restoration marked the evening, with gifts and well wishes from friends.
A Bonham group expresses gratitude to residents in a farewell notice. The Wilhites announce they are leaving today to begin new work and ask for blessings on Bonham and surrounding territory.
Bettyjane Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Sim Smith will work on the Daily Favorite summer staff assisting with society and local news. She is from the 1936 graduating class and studied at Stephens College Columbia Missouri one year and the University of Texas Austin last year.
Farmers and stock men from Falls County and nearby areas gain a public market and cattle shed completed under a Works Progress Administration project enhancing local marketing activities.
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