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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1944
Page
2
Funeral services for Mrs. F. R. Patton of Paris mother of Mrs. A. B. Roberts of Bonham were held at Shady Grove cemetery Paris at 2 30 p m Friday burial there after an extended illness she was 65 Rev and Mrs Roberts attended the services Rev Roberts is pastor of the Clark Memorial Methodist church
June 8 report notes Brooklyn Dodgers move up in NL by sweeping a doubleheader 6-3 and 8-1. Red Sox beat Yankees 8-7 aided by Roy Partee’s ninth inning homer. Giants 6-4 over Braves and Senators win 7-5 in 11 innings.
I. Coonbeall of Holdenville Oklahoma collapsed while talking with friends and died Tuesday. He was a brother in law of Jack and Banty Leonard. his wife survives him. A funeral service followed by burial took place in Ardmore Oklahoma. Bay war bonds today.
Twenty four men were overcome by smoke when a large fire destroyed a depot building at the Portsmouth Navy Yard and partly damaged an adjacent structure. The First Naval District in Boston reported considerable damage as smoke and flames were visible for miles.
2nd Lt. Paul H. Coleman, son of P. H. Coleman of Bonham, completed phases of combat training at Mountain Home Army Air Field Idaho ahead of overseas service. He joined May 19 1942, trained at Ellington Texas and Hondo Texas, and was commissioned navigator for the Liberator bomber on August 26 1943. A Texas A M graduate and civil engineer, he is 27.
Pfc. Calvin A. Runyan son of Mr and Mrs Arthur L Runyan of Star Route Benham Texas serves overseas with the Engine Repair Section of an Air Service Command depot somewhere in England. Merlin engines are overhauled and parts manufactured to meet aerial warfare demands. He was commended by Lt General Carl Spaatz as production at the depot rose over 100 percent. Before the Army he worked as a farm laborer for Arthur L Runyan in Bonham.
Mrs Sallie Watson died Tuesday in Sherman at a local hospital after recently moving from Benham to Durant Oklahoma. Funeral services were held in Durant with burial in Highland cemetery. She is survived by daughters Mrs Frankie Dopser and Mrs Bertha Rippy of Bonham a son Roy Watson in the army at Pampa Texas two sisters a brother and four grandchildren.
24 year old U.S. Flying Ace Robert S Johnson, credited with downing 27 German planes, visited the White House today. He was accompanied by his wife and Rep Jed Johnson of Oklahoma.
Mrs Roberson advised Mulberry Home Demonstration Club members to treat spots promptly and cut wash load by using cloth table covers and disposable napkins. The meeting at Mrs Elda Donaldson's featured program insights from Hemphill Brooks Hall and Donaldson, with games led by Roberson and a prize won by R A Hall. Ten members attended and refreshments were served.
Theo Carpenter 46 a native of Fannin county died at the Veterans Hospital in Texas at 6 pm Thursday after an extended illness. He had been a patient for months. Survived by wife two children Lena and Phillip Bonham a son Pvt William J Carpenter U S Army in California three sisters Mrs Everett Hogue Mrs Lee Thorne Mrs H M Beeler Amarillo two brothers Fred Carpenter Hamilton and William J Carpenter Sherman. Wise will be in charge of funeral arrangements pending arrival of Pvt William Carpenter in California.
Col Hobart B. Brown will command the Eighth Service Command Texas State Guard School at Camp Bullis in July. The program targets commissioned officers and selected NCOs from Texas State Guard units and splits into four weekly sessions with training from the Field Service Command. Separate courses cover battalion, company officers and officer candidates.
Six men are presumed dead after a mine fire at the Emerald Coal and Coke Company in Clarion Valley Pennsylvania. The fire began last night with 167 workers inside. orders to seal the shaft were issued as the blaze could only be extinguished that way. The dead names were not released.
A laconic report from June 9 1944 notes an unnamed invasion craft commander claiming to have shot down a Dormer aircraft last week. The brief dispatch, distributed by United Press, ends with a call to pay war bonds.
Mulberry residents hosted and visited kin from Waxahachie Sherman Ravenna Bonham and Dallas while military and church events added to a weekend agenda. Families mentioned include the Kirkhans Hall Cummins Donaldsons and Parks with guests and relatives from Fort Worth Palestine and Randolph bowing to family ties and church activities.
In San Antonio 75 of 84 indicted individuals in a national small loan probe will be arraigned July 6. Federal Attorney Bob Smith Jr said the 75 operate 12 chains in 23 states and are charged with fixing interest rates. The remaining 19 indicted members will be arraigned later.
Gulf Coast War Shipping Administration director Chester Ho Marshall announces an urgent recruitment drive to fill merchant seamen positions as invasion demands strain existing crews. He calls seamen messengers of mercy delivering food and medical supplies to France and the Low Countries, urging immediate reporting to recruitment offices in principal ports.
George A Tucker Jr age 26 of Arlington Texas has been promoted from first lieutenant to captain at Scott Field. He attended North Texas Agricultural College and worked for an oil well drilling contractor before enlisting in Fort Worth in 1949. He previously served at Kelly Field Jefferson Barracks and Sheppard Field. He was commissioned May 11 1942 after completing officers candidate school.
Fragmentary report places an officer and family at Scott Field in Miami Florida items mention Capt Tucker his wife Ravanna L Dielmann from Bonham Texas and their 16 month old daughter Judith L the text ends abruptly at 88 Scott Place Scott Field
Mrs Elmer McClure and Mr and Mrs Melvin Goff and others visited Mrs Mack Freeman who underwent surgery in Sherman last week and is improving. Rayburn Hail, stationed at Gainesville, returned after a ten day furlough with his wife at her parents home. Miss Marie Goff of Howe spent the weekend with her brother Melvin Goff. M A Grufter visited Monrow Corbit in Hendricks Oklahoma. Earl Fitzwater and family visited his brother in Grand Prairie Texas. Mrs Bill McClure and her little daughter Nancy Joe spent Sunday with relatives.
In the home of Mr McClure and family Rev J will preach on the first day night in this community. The event marks the start of local religious gatherings with attendance urged by residents.
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