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Newspaper

Bonham Daily Favorite

Location

Bonham, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1946

Page

4

Gem And Edwards Dominate In Monday Night Softball

Gem walloped Alexander Drug 14 to 2 and Edwards crushed Ector 17 to 4 as Gem built 12 runs to end the game in five innings. Edwards scored big in the fourth to reach 17. Tonight Jaycees meet Cotton Mill and Wilshire face Southwest Pump with lead and standings at stake.

Gem Cafe Edwards Cafe Gem Alexander Edwards Ector Edwards Case Jaycees Cotton Mill Wilshire Southwest Pump Pump PWL

Blossom Drug Store Robbery Reported in Blossom

PARIS Special The J Dickey drug store at Blossom was robbed of more than $2 000 in cash and other negotiable securities and 665 grains of narcotics and other valuables, the sheriff s department has revealed. Officials said the combination safe had been forced off and the handle broken.

Paris J. D. Dckey Blossom Offeials

Prediction claims Russia to have atomic bomb by 1947

Norman Oklahoma June 1992 a political science professor Hilden Gibson and Oak Ridge researcher Lyle Borst traded challenges over a forecast that Russia would possess its own atomic bomb by September 1947 Borst dismissed the prediction as unwise betting on that outcome.

Man Killed When Clothes Caught in Power Shaft

Dennis W. Conner, 52, died at Brownwood Cotton Oil Mill when his clothing was caught in a power shaft main line. He was performing his usual duties. three children survive, including a son Billy Joe who was killed in Italy in 1944.

Brownwood Texas U.P Dennis W. Conner Conner T.ux Wavow Billy Joe Italy

Contractors' Notice of Texas Highway Construction

Sealed proposals for constructing 6 934 miles of graveled st rs flex ible base from Trenton to Leonard on U S Highway 69 will be received at the Texas Highway Department in Austin until 9 00 am June 26 1946 and opened publicly. Public Works project subject to state wage acts. Plans available at Bonham office and Austin.

Trenton Leonard U. S. 69 Fannin County Highway Department Austin State of Texas State Highway Commission F. L. Sawyer Bonham Texas Texas Highway Department

Your Birthday Horoscope For Tuesday June 11

Birthday readers born on Tuesday are social, talkative, and entertaining yet warned to guard against neglecting talents. They may pursue stage or screen careers, can amass wealth unpredictably, and should choose a cautious life partner while heeding mystic guidance. The eighth and seventeenth are unlucky days.

Funeral Services For Dennis Rich Held Sunday

Dennis M. Rich died Friday night in a German hospital at age 76. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at his daughter Mrs. Paul Stephens home in Whitewright with ministers Homer P. Reeves M E Miller and E P Wooten officiating. Burial followed in Oak Hill cemetery Barnyard directing. He was born December 22, 1869 in Clay county Tennessee and was a member of the Church of Christ in Whitewright. Surviving are his wife two daughters two sons and three stepchildren.

Whitewright Dennis M. Rich Paul Stephens Homer P. Reeves M. £. Miller Ector E. P. Wooten Oak Hill Cemetery Clay County Tennessee Church of Christ, Whitewright

Singing event at First Baptist church in Sadonia

J L Butler announces a big singing at the First Baptist church on the 2nd Sunday June 16. Singing starts at 2 30 p m. All singers and churches are invited to attend. We will have old time singing and new Stamps Baxter songs. Everyone is urged to come and bring someone.

J. L. Butler First Baptist Stamps Baxter

Calf Ropers To Meet Thursday Clab at Round-Up Arena

The Calf Ropine Clab of the Round-Up Club will meet at the rodeo arena Thursday evening at 7 o'clock to practice roping and the mounted square dance. The group held its first practice session Sunday afternoon.

Rodeo Arena

Local Democratic Primary Candidacy Announcements Listed

A set of candidate announcements posted for the Democratic primary on July 27 1946. Names include commissioners for Precincts 13 2 and 4 action by Lewis Pearson Huss Cain C R Witherspoon T H Eller D R Alexander Doug Steger Paul Brown Jess Cy Vctory. county offices such as County Attorney Sheriff Assessor Collector of Taxes District Clerk and various state posts are named with several terms and districts cited including 41st District and 38th District.

Lewis Pearson W. B Huss Cain C. R Calvin) Witherspoon T. H Tom Eller D. R Alexander Doug Steger Paul Brown Jess Vctory B. J. Briggs Buster B. Anderson Albert R. Lackey Bill Robertson Bernard Emerson J. R Joe) Wilson Earl E. Dawson R. L Farmer Jones Ralph Smith John R. Jaynes J. M Melvin Epperson John Farmer J. Hendricks Calvert Sherrer Wesley Farmer Dick Wait J. E. Whitley Talmage Moore Sam Leslie Henry Chaney Ray Kirkpatrick J. W Cummings

Public Works Prospect for Highway Coat Projects in Texas

Contractors notice invites bids for 40,292 miles of seal coat work across Hunt Red River Hopkins Grayson Fannin counties from multiple routes US 67 82 and others. Bids due 9:00 AM June 26 1946 at State Highway Department Austin with plans by J W Cravens Paris Texas. Contracts follow Texas House Bills 84 and 115 guidelines.

Lynn Co Hopkins Co Detroit Wood Co. L Lvciphure Springs Collin C. L Crunter U. S. 82 Bonham Trentom U. S. 67 Hunt Red River Hopkins Grayson Fannin State Highway Department Austin State of Texas State of Texas State Highway Commission J. W. Cravens Paris Texas Highway Department

Sunday Proclaimed As Father's Day in Texas

Gov. Coke R. Stevenson issued an official proclamation declaring next Sunday as Father’s Day in Texas. The measure designates the day for observance in the state, aligning with nationwide recognition of the holiday.

Austin Texas States Union Coke R. Stevenson

Child Fractured Foot After Car Hit Durand Do

Six year old Sorcha May Collins, daughter of Mr and Mrs Collins, suffered a fractured foot when struck by a car on South Ninth Avenue in Durant Oklahoma. Driver Hazel Fabrizio took the child to Evergreen sanitarium for X rays and dressing of the injury.

Durant, Okla Sorcha May Collins Leon Collins South Ninth Avenue Hazel Fabrizio Evergreen Sanitarium

Notice by Publication of Final Account in Fannin County

The State of Texas to the Sheriff or any Constable of Fannin County, greeting. Fred Fletcher, administrator of the estate of Allie Keithly, deceased, has filed his final account and applied for discharge. You must publish this notice in a newspaper in Fannin County at least ten days before the return day and notify all interested to object by June 24, 1946. Ray Shuler, Clerk.

Texas Sherif Fannin County Fred Fletcher Allie Keithly Fannin Ray Shuler N. London

Senate Hearings Open on Rivers Bill in Washington

Senate Commerce Committee opened hearings on the $617,700,000 Rivers and Harbors authorization bill. Army engineers backed the measure as railroad interests opposed a $42,000,000 Red River waterway project from the Mississippi to Shreveport Louisiana. Senator Overton presided. Henry N. Roberts testified against the plan.

Washington Senate House John H Overton Bat Senate Commerce Committee Henry N. Roberts Mississippi River Shreveport

I x Serviceman Kills Two Wounds Two Others

McAlester Oklahoma June 11 two relatives were killed and two others wounded in a shooting carried out by Aubrey Earl Smith 25 after a divorce dispute He was jailed amid the investigation The victims were Claude Cravins 2 and Lottie Blevins 44 sister in law Mrs Opal Smith 21 wife of the suspect were wounded in the incident near McAlester

Mcalester Okla U.P. A Ter Aubrey Earl Smith Smithi Indianola Pittsboro Claude Cravins Lottie Blevins Smith Opal Smith

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