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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1949
Page
4
A permanent opening for rural circulation solicitors with above average pay. No experience needed and an experienced trainer will start at five dollars per day during training. Apply in person at Bonham Courts A. E. Davis Room 14 evenings 5 to 8.
Scores from Texan leagues show Dallas 3 Beaumont 2 and Fort Worth 3 Shreveport 2. Houston won 4 3 in 10 innings over Oklahoma City. other results include Tulsa A and San Antonio 7, and Longhorn League games such as Roswell and Vernon in play. National and American League results list Pittsburgh 1 New York 1, St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 3, Chicago 2 Boston 6, and New York 3 Cleveland 2 with rain postponements in Philadelphia-St Louis.
Brooklyn defeated Cincinnati 11 to 3 while St Louis beat Philadelphia 6 to 2. Chicago won 5 to 2 over Boston and New York prevailed 4 to 3 against Pittsburgh. New York edged Cleveland 7 to 2.
N B Atnip proudly led his seven bantams to prominence at the Cleburne Bantam Show. His Black Breasted Red Game Bantam captured best bird, with Atnip taking first second and third in the male class and second third fourth and fifth in the female class across the seven entries.
In New York a police rescue team aimed to free a cat stuck in a drainpipe. A neighborhood woman offered a piece of aromatic fish tied to string, and the cat bit, allowing officers to pull her up. The scene occurred near a Navy Supply Center building.
Three Army planes and about 30 civilian aircraft continued the search for two Texas fliers missing since May 29. The pair T. C. Elkins and his pilot Ben Ferguson vanished on a flight from Hot Springs to Dallas. Searches focus between Hot Springs and Dallas. Citizens of Stephenville and Merkle are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the aircraft.
Bonham city commission will meet Monday night in the city hall council room. They plan to set contracts for trash pickup under city sponsorship and propose an ordinance to establish trash collection and levy an assessment on water meters to pay for the cost.
Manuel Rodriguez Aguilar, chief of the Central Department of Exploration of Petroleos Mexicanos, says Mexico can overcome economic difficulty by exploiting natural resources and expanding other basic industries. The visit to Austin followed June 11 discussions with U.S. officials.
Cameron Harris returns home after an appendectomy at Sherman Hospital. Parker McComas recovers from a tonsillectomy at St Vincents in Sherman. Mrs. Grady Gibson of Blossom was a waiter in the homes of Ms. Ads Meredith and Mrs. J.P. Annip. Mrs. Sam Caldwell and Misses Dulaney Wright and Heaton will attend the Future Homemaker's Convention in Memphis. Linda Dearing and Betty Cunnigham leave for Camp Gilmont as U.S. Presbyterian Church delegates. Cameron Harris and Cameron Jr visit their WInockhart relatives as he recovers. W. B. Maning family hosted Col. and Mrs. Richardson and sons from Camp Hood, plus the Reymonds from Silver City. Joe W. Kelly home hosts Mrs. Kelly's sister and husband Sim Luper and niece and husband Ross Cox from Fayetteville. Aunt Darlyne Blount, Baylor student, visits Bondan parents. J. P. Matthews Jr. weekend in Forney. Mrs. Fred Johnson and Janet Johnson visiting Paducah. Allen Wait, Austin employee, weekend with his parents.
R L Morgan of Leeabille Louisiana, Charles B Morgan of Durant Oklahoma, and Mrs N B E Dahlberg of Shreveport Louisiana have left after a family reunion at the home of Mrs G W Crider. Vivian M Seay will return to Washington DC Sunday. Mrs Crider's daughter Mrs J C Hester and Caroly will depart for Lueders Texas Sunday.
Fire Chief W B Leeman Jr and City Fire Marshal O W Leeman will depart Monday for the Texas Firemen's Association annual convention in Galveston to represent both city and volunteer departments. Buy U S savings Bonds.
Four persons were killed and four others injured in a Highway 80 collision east of Merkel Texas. Victims include Constable C Biehnap of Trent and Oscar Sherrill Bishop of Midland. Bishop died later at Merkel hospital. A second car driven by Robert Hugo Long of Hobbs New Mexico escaped serious injury.
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