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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1952
Page
2
New York fashion coverage highlights summer trends with denim returning as a versatile fabric for ready-to-wear and handbags. Straw varieties like toyo, cellophane, Madagascar straw cloth, and plastic bamboo appear in pouches, boxes, and totes in colors from pastel to bold.
A brief national news segment at 7:00 p.m. leads into Words and Music at 7:15 p.m. and a Sign Off to close the evening broadcast at 7:30 p.m.
Bonham Public Library announces new children and teen titles for summer reading. Readers can obtain reading tickets at 25 cents with hours 9:00 to 12:00. shelves include works by McCloskey, Aldrich, Kastner, Nolan Clark, Mazer, and more across adventures, mysteries, and coming of age stories.
The Wesleyan Service Guild met Monday evening for the Pledge Service with Mrs. Lynwood Hogue delivering the devotional. Assistants included Mrs. Luther Waggoner and others as noted. Afterward the group visited a drug store for refreshments hosted by Miss Eura Ray with nine members and one visitor present.
Social notes list visits and homecomings in Bonham and nearby towns. Mr. and Mrs. Lamond Ashcraft of Breckenridge were Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Burke Lindsay. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Bragg returned from Arlington where Mrs. Bragg aided care for her brother John W. Braselton who has improved after a heart attack and stroke. Gene Overstreet left for Technical School in Denver after two weeks with his wife in Bonham. Edgar Currin and Cecil Finley also appear in town visits. The piece mentions multiple other guests and returning travelers from Lubbock Paris Denison Sweetwater and Anderson.
The Rev Max Martin, pastor of the Methodist Church for two years, has been returned to the Ector church by the Annual Conference.
Attendance at the First Baptist Church Vacation Bible School nears record levels with about 250 attending Monday and roughly the same daily. The week features worship, films, Bible study, singing, crafts, and a Friday picnic ending the session. Proceeds go to Dr August Love Eren in Beirut for medical books.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church held a Monday afternoon gathering at the church for a program titled Let the Little Ones Come led by Mrs. H N Russell. Members including Mrs. Sue Alderson, Mrs. Tom Keener, Mrs. Paul Fleming and Mrs. B F Butts attended. A brief business session announced they will not meet through July and August except for the first Monday meetings.
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