Monday Deadline Set For Children To Write Letters
Nominations ongoing for Fannin County Father of the Year with Monday noon as the cutoff. Sons and daughters may submit a 100 word letter nominating dad for a $10 prize and recognition in The Daily Favorite, with dad’s photo planned for June 17 Father's Day edition.
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Fannin County
Mondes
Bonham Merchants
Brannon
Plaza Drug Store
Tommy's Man's Store
Dobson's Department
J. B. White Co
Leeth's
Variety Store
Hunt's Department Store
Trav Currin Man's Shop
Peeler Drug
Dad
Forrest Seals
Sherry
Eisenhower Undergoes Emergency Operation for Bowel Obstruction
President Eisenhower underwent emergency surgery at Walter Reed Army Hospital to remove a 10 inch diseased section of the small intestine to prevent fatal gangrene. Doctors reported a successful procedure, a rapid complete recovery, and expected return to full duties in four to six weeks. He could sign papers within a week if no complications arise. Mamie Eisenhower waited nearby as doctors described the operation and his heart remaining stable throughout.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Denver
Syracuse
N. Y
Paul Dudley White
Boston
White
Mamie
Maj
IME
Gila monster scare turns to salamander find at local home
Friday a man named Cantrell J R Godwin unearthed what looked like a Gila monster while leveling yard soil. Identified as a salamander, he released it and quipped the scare gave him a brief breath. The piece notes Gila monsters rare east of deserts and touches on armadillos increasingly appearing locally.
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Cantrell
J. R. Godwin
Godwin
Arizona
New Mexico
Gila
Squall Line Delivers Quarter-Inch Rain to Bonham Area
A fast moving squall line dropped about a quarter inch of rain on Bonham and surrounding areas early Saturday. No damage reported as winds shift to the north and lightning flashes accompany a vivid sky. Farmers expect benefits to cotton, corn, and peanuts and minor harvest delays in wheat, oats, and barley.
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Bonham
Red River
Weather North Central Texas Forecast Update
Weather for North Central Texas calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms and strong winds through Sunday. Forecast shows widespread storms with potential heavy rainfall and gusty winds across the region.
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Weather North Central
Texas
Nears Completion Honey Grove Masons To Have Modern Hall
Honey Grove Lodge No. 164 A F and A M prepares to use its new lodge hall for the first time in a meeting Tuesday night. Worshipful Master C O Bagley says it will not be complete, but members will view completed work and remaining tasks. District Deputy Master J E McCarroll and other prominent Masons from North Texas expected.
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North
Texas
Lodge
Tommy Weaver
Frank Welch
W. O. Cravens
Bagley
Arthur Riddlesperger
Alton Swain
Jesse McIver
Lecon Fleming
Welch
Honey Grove
New Lodge Hall
Explorers Plan Perrin AFB Visit and Dam Tour
Explorers from Bonham Trenton and Leonard will tour Perrin Air Force Base and the Denison dam before a Burns Run swim. They will depart Friday at 7 30 from Bonham, ride to Bells to meet others, tour the jet base eat at the Perrin mess hall and return by 7. The Honey Grove lodge marks its 100th year with a planned centennial dedication tied to rebuilding the lodge after a 1956 fire.
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Bonham, Leonard
Trenton
Perrin Afb
Yellowjacket
Denison
Burns Run
Bonham
Leonard
Bells
Ragsdale
Bulganin's disarmament plan branded pure propaganda
U S officials call Bulganin's latest disarmament message pure propaganda and foresee a polite rejection. They say it stalls on new ideas to break the East West deadlock and urges disarmament without a global treaty. British officials in London expect no immediate reply. Bulganin cites Russia's planned cuts and demobilization of 63 divisions in Germany.
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Donald J. Gonzales
Washington
Nikolai A. Bulgani
Bulganin
Eisenhower
United States
Mr. Eisenhower
London
White House
Moscow
Britain
France
Germany
Soviet Union
Russia
Meade Named to Texas School Boards Executive Committee
John E. Meade, longtime Bonham Independent School District trustee, was appointed to the executive committee of the Texas Association of School Boards. He will represent the 4th Congressional District, serving until October 1957, and expressed appreciation for the learning opportunity this affords Bonham schools.
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John E. Meage
Bonham Independent
Texas Association of School Boards
Meade
Bonham
M. W. Classerman
Lockhart
Meady
Russell Calls for Further Slash in Foreign Aid Bill
Senator Richard Russell urged an additional one billion dollar cut to the foreign aid bill beyond House reductions and said spending should not exceed 2.9 billion last year. Dulles to meet Pearson and Adenauer to discuss expanding NATO non military ties.
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Russell
Washington
Richard B. Russell
Eisenhower
House
Georgia
Lester B. Pearson
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Pearson
Dulles
Walter F. George
Hisenho
Ers
NATO
NATO Council
Walles
George
United States
Georgina
Senate
U. S
Ieisenhower
Bonham Commission Asked to Support City Field Project
The Bonham city commission will hear a plea Monday night for help to build a full-sized baseball diamond on 20 acres donated by the Veterans Administration at the Bonham VA Center. Delegates from civic clubs and other residents will attend the 7 PM meeting seeking support for a second field for Little and Pony League teams.
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The
Bonham City Commission
Veterans Administration
Bonham VA Center
Lynn Street
Driver Uninjured As Car Overturns East of Windom
Frank Baldwin of Honey Grove escaped injury when his car left U S 82 a mile and a half east of Windom and overturned in a field. Deputies Luther Smith and Leon Shastid investigated the accident noting Baldwin appeared to lose control as the vehicle rolled up and came to rest upright in the field.
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Frank Baldwin
Honey Grrove
U. S. 82
Windom
Luther Smith
Leon Shastid
Shastid
Baldwin
Training Session For Scouters In Bailey
The second in a series of scoutmaster and leader training courses will be held at the American Legion hut in Bailey on Thursday night at 7 30. District leadership training chairman QO. M. Weaver says an adult Scouters film Program Planning will be shown during the session.
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American Legion
Bailey
QO. M. Weaver
Four Members Of Family Die As Jet Crashes Into Home
A Navy Ford jet Panther fighter plunged into a Minneapolis street, killing six people including four from the Gaines family and injuring five children critically. Maj George Armstrong and Deborah DeWolfe also died. Several homes burned or damaged as the craft crashed two blocks from the runway. Sen Edward Thye urged an immediate halt to military flight operations at Wold Chamberlain Air Base pending investigation.
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Minneapolis
Minn
John Donald Gaines
Mark
Bryan
Joe
Deborah Susan DeWolfe
Don DeWolfe
Maj George Armstrong
Marine Air Reserve
Armstrong
Edward Thye
R.minn
Eisenhower
Wold Chamberlain Air Base
Navy
Veterans Hospital
Fort Snelling
Jeffrey
Cassandra
Jenny
Vincent Kiffers
Stephen Clark
Lynn Grening
Lynn
Bradley
Mary Jane Wolff
J. C Wolffs
Swedish Hospital
Kieffer
Garles
Francis St Julien
Don DeWolff
J. C. Wolff
Collision Damages Estimated After U S 82 Crash
Deputy sheriff reports two cars damaged in a collision on U S 82 near Bonham Drive In theater. Alice Linberger of Alexandria La driving east pulled left around a pickup, struck loose gravel and hit a parked car owned by Aude Crawford. Damages: Linberger 175 Crawford 100.
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U. S. 82
Bonham Drive-In
Jdeputy
Shastid
Steve Carroll
Sheffield Promises Lie Detector Test in Brady Car Bombing Probe
Brady Texas residents follow a tense investigation into a station wagon bombing that injured Sam McCollum. Land promoter B R Sheffield offers to undergo a lie detector test after being questioned by District Attorney Bill Allcorn and Ranger Captain Gully Cowsert. Ruffin, another scandal defendant, says he would consider a test. Ed Watts remains jailed in Miles after Friday questioning.
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Sheffield
Brady
Tex
B. R. Sheffield
Texas Veterans Land
Sam McCollum
McCollum
Bill Allcorn
Gully Cowsert
Junction
Ll. V. Ruffin
Ruffin
Tow
Epperson
Ed Watts
Miles
Runnely County
Allcorn
Bonham Evening Socials Highlight Local Chats
Readers recount Friday night and Saturday conversations around Bonham Holmes Street. Names like John Arledge Robert Arledge H A Buron Janus Bags dale John Smith Ketor Ken Hearn Arthur Maxwell Edgar Nash Ike Biggerstaff Rocky McMillan Henry McAnally Marke Lindsey Haner Campbell and others appear in casual exchanges about coffee and repairs.
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John Arledge
Robert Arledge
H. A. Buron
Janus Bagsdale
John Smith
Ketor
Ken Hearn
Arthur Maxwell
Edgar Nash
Ike Biggerstaff
Rocky McMillan
Henry McAnally
Marke Lindsey
San Vasasr
Haner Campbell
Bonham
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Ike
Sons and Daughters
She
Schoollkopf
Niagara Falls
Mike
Kenny
Sissy Phillips
Harry Thompson
Harry
Honey Grove Signal Citizen
Joe Morrow
Signal Citizen
Honey Grove Masons
Leonard, Bonham
Bois d’ Arc
Perrin Air Force Base
Jamey
Magsdale
Honey Grove Lodge
Buit
John Meade
John Foster Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Walter E. George
D.-Ga
Foreing Relations Committee
Aes Uhr
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