Recreation program to begin in Bonham this Monday
Bonham area youths will meet at the high school at 10 AM to register for a summer recreation program directed by Ross Baldwin with Lesley Farmer Martha Dickey and Pat Brown assisting. Activities include swimming tennis and basketball for boys and girls with football planned if demand rises. some swimming may be offered four days a week from Bonham City and community services with support noted.
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Bonham Area
Jom
Ross Baldwin
Bonham State Park
Stevenson School
Bonhem
Baldwin
Lesley Farmer
Martha Dickey
Pat Brown
Bonham
City of
West Berlin Railway Strike May End Next Week
Reports say Soviet railway management and transport chiefs may settle a compromise in Berlin soon. Union leaders press for wage recognition and a quick accord before ad hoc Four Powers interveners meet in Paris. About 15 000 West Berlin workers walked out on May 20 seeking Western mark wages and union recognition.
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Long Berlin
West
Berlin
West Berlin
Ing
Fire Rank Outing Planned by Sam County Camp Fire Girls
The Sam County Camp Fire Girls plan an outing at Bonham Date Park on June 15 to complete requirements for the Fire Rank. They will work on the Wings of the Firemaker’s Rank during the event.
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Sam County
Bonham Date Park
Piremaker
Rayburn Predicts Strong 82nd Congress and DOE Dinner Praise
Speaker Sam Rayburn spoke to about four thousand Oklahoma Democrats at the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner. He praised the 82nd Congress as intelligent and patriotic and forecast Democrats gaining strength. He cited Republican rises since Harding and praised the European Recovery Program and Defense Program as key to defending against Communism. He urged confidence in a sound economy with no imminent recession.
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Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Congress
Rayburn
Harding
Bumper Crops Forecast for 1949 From Agriculture Department
Washington reports the Agriculture Department foresees record high yields in 1949 for corn wheat and other grains. The optimistic projection predicts ample meat eggs milk and farm products with higher fruit production and possible welfare of prices under marketing quotas affecting wheat.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Turkey
Store Sales Turn Upward in Texas Departments
Department store sales in Texas rose about three percent from a year earlier with Dallas up eight percent. San Antonio gained three percent, Houston one percent, and Fort Worth six percent lower, tied to floods. The district monthly average fell from the prior year’s July period.
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Texas
Dallas
San Antonio
Houston
Fort Worth
Beasley killed by lightning while plowing field
Riley Beasley a 33 year old World War I veteran was struck and killed by lightning while plowing a field near his farm south of Ector. His wife narrowly avoided injury while shielding their young daughter Ryleen who remained unharmed in her arms. Funeral services planned at Marvin Methodist Church with burial at Willow Wild cemetery Bonham.
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Riley Beasley
Ector
Beasley
Ryleen
Marvin Methodist Church
Ector Masonic Lodge
Veterans Agriculture
Ely
DeMaris Ball
Bonham
W T Beasley
Curtis
Neal
Dave
Chat Beasley
Johnnie D Beasley
Trenton
W . Reagan
Bctor
Riley Smith
Whitewright
Lindley Vowell
Willow Wild
Wise Funeral Home
Walter Massey
James Massey
DD Blacker Ny
CC Briton
Louie Massey
Bill Stanford
Riles Beasiey
Denison
Sonny Harlow
Sherman
Virginia Largford
Houston
Charles TD Mason
Justice of the Peace
Beth Smith Named Delegate to CYF Conference
Miss Beth Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Sid Smith has been chosen as a delegate from the First Christian Church of Bonham to the Christian Youth Fellowship Conference in Athens Texas starting June 12 She is active in church work and a church choir member The conference will be at a campsite owned by Christian Churches of Districts I, II and IV noted as a beautiful site in Texas with leaders conducting a week of study fellowship and recreation.
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Beth Smith
Sid Smith
First Christian Church of
Bonham
Christian Youth Fellowship Conference
Athen
Texas
Beth
Christian Churches of
Christian Churches
Cattle Industry Recovers From Winter Losses in West
Federal experts in Denver report the western cattle industry recovering from heavy winter blizzards and last fall's drought. Improved range conditions on the eastern Rockies slope boost gains, with the southwest contributing much of the improvement.
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Denver
West
Far West
Rockies
Weslaco Truck Driver Recovering After Orchard Attack
Geraldo Vela, a candy and drug salesman, was found trussed and bruised in an orchard in Weslaco, Texas. Doctors at McAllen Ivy Hospital, where he spent last night, say he has a good chance to recover from injuries believed linked to a robbery attempt.
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Weslaco
Texas
Geraldo Vela
McAlip Ivy Hospital
Digging Pool Proves to Be Profitable
Wesley Collins of Costa Mesa California dug a swimming pool and found gallium a metal valued at about three thousand dollars an ounce He said he has mined about five thousand dollars worth and notes only four pounds of gallium were mined worldwide last year Gallium is used as a cooling agent in jet engines and rockets and melts at eighty four degrees While Collins has not yet sold any gallium he believes the government may be most interested in it for atomic energy uses
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Ccosta Mesa
California
Wesley Collins
Costa Mesa
Collins
Thi
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Polio Epidemic At San Angelo Seen Abating
San Angelo Texas reports signs of relief as polio cases in the 133 person outbreak drop with seven returning home. County health officer Dr R E Elkins notes leveling off after late June surge. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and Red Cross assist with therapy and nursing staff. Street spraying with DDT conducted by city health department.
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San Angela
Texas
San Angelo
Tom Green
National Foundation For
R E
Elzins
Polio Foundation
Ion Rales
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Red Cross
Bonhamites to Attend Reserve Training Program
Richard Grunert and Travis Currin, reserve commissioned officers in the US Air Corps, will leave Monday for a one and a half day active duty tour at Parrin Wield. The program retrains and reacquaints reserve officers with Army methods of operation.
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Richard Grunert
Travis Currin
US Air Corps
Parrin Wield
Violence toll rises in Texas with multiple fatal wrecks
United Press reports four dead and four injured in a Highway 80 crash near Merkel. Victims include Constable C. L. Bishop and relatives. Other fatalities include a head on collision near Mineral Wells Perrin, a drowning rescue at Borger, and shootings in Breckenridge. A 15 year old Boy Scout died in a car crash en route home from a meeting. Funeral rites soon for Dr. Charles Mason in Houston after a self inflicted wound.
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Merkel
C. L Bishop
Trent
Oscar Sherrill
Midland
Leon Chapman
Grand Falls
C. L. Bishop
G. G. Fitzhugh
Young Bishop
Will R. Smith
Oklahoma City
Mineral Wells
Perrin
Mineral Wells Hospital
John C. Weisler
Fort Sam
Leonard Shaw
Lewis Andrews
Frita Rudder
Andrews
Rudder
Jackie Clayton
Amarillo
Winters
Carrizo Springs
Eugene Burton
Agriculture Dept Sees Record Wheat Harvest in 1949
The Agriculture Department forecasts a 1949 wheat crop of 1.338 billion bushels, the nation’s second largest, lifting summer stocks to record highs. The higher forecast increases chances of acreage allotments for 1960 and possible marketing quotas under farm law. Secretary Brannan will not comment on policy changes until next week.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Crartes Brannan
American Legion Rodeo Opens Three Night Run in Anderson
The Anderson Roberts post of the American Legion opens a three night rodeo with a 5 pm Thursday parade and 8 pm performances Thursday Friday and Saturday at the Fair Grounds arena on Highway 78. Judges prize list rewards best dressed participants oldest rider best camp fire groups decorated bicycle and more with numbers required for eligibility. Local Round-Up clubs from several towns expected to attend and top rodeo performers from Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas are slated to appear.
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Anderson-Roberts Post
American Legion
Fair Grounds
Town
Highway 78
Legion
Morris Kimbell
Chamber of Commerce
West Fifth Street
Prises
Camp Fire
Jess Magouirk
Sirshail
Denison
Doutrrand
Honey Grove
Ada
Caddo
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkain- Sas
Scouters to Meet at Lake Texoma Thursday
Bois d Arc district committee members must notify A K Yates in Bonham by Tuesday noon about attendance for a Thursday night meeting at Lake Texoma Boy Scout Camp. John Arledge says many haven’t visited the camp, and supper at 7 30 will cost 1 dollar per plate.
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Bois d' Arc
A. K. Yates
Bonham
Lake Texoma
John Arlage
Texoma
Arledge
Mace Love
Yates
W. M. Roberts
Gober
Jack Morrow
Ladonia
Henslee Savoy
Emmettilsley
Eetor
L L. Brent
Dodd City
Ro Hale Windom
Roy Davis
John Emmons
Honey Grove
Joe Janidin Leonard
Lester Hollis Lanniis
Day and Night House Numbers Sale by Bonham Band
Bonham residents are offered day and night house numbers by the Bonham Band Boosters for fundraising. Band members begin contacting residents Monday with lease numbers. sale has city approval. City Manager John B Saunier writes club members that numbers will aid citizen safety and improve street and house identification.
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Bonham
Bondi
Urs
John Bacon Snutcher
Weather: Bonham Area Cloudy With Scattered Thunderstorms
Bonham and vicinity expect considerable cloudiness with scattered thundershowers. A mild temperature change is anticipated, with no significant shifts expected.
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Bonham and Vicinity
Soldiers Ordered Collars and Ties for All Occasions
The British War Office instructed soldiers to wear collars and ties on all occasions, including in battle, as part of a formal dress standard. The directive emphasizes uniformity and discipline across military duties.
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London
British War Office
Truman outlines three point plan for lasting world peace
President Truman spoke in Little Rock at a World War One memorial ceremony presenting a three point program for lasting peace. He warned communism remains a threat and urged strong US leadership and support from free nations to build machinery to resolve international differences and sustain peace. He opposed cutting European Recovery Program funding as false economy.
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Little Rock
Truman
Arkansas
United States
Senate
America
Free World
Jy Ravni Ng
Criminal Cases Start Monday
A list of defendants set for trial includes Leonard Farr Bonner forgery Claud Brown failure to support a minor child Jackie Rhodes for forgery James Larkin Robinson burglary Walter Cudds burglary J lt Brooks forgery and Isiah Thomas forgery A petit jury panel will be summoned for use in jury selection.
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Leonard Farr
Bonner
Claud Brown
Jackie Rhodes
James Larkin Robinson
Walter Cudds
Lt Brooks
Isiah Thomas
Rainy Skies Delay County Voting At Weekend Ballot
Shown showers hit most of the county with heavy rain in places delaying the voting and turnout. Forecasters warned of wet roadways and difficult travel conditions as residents prepared for upcoming elections and possible changes to polling schedules.
Film and projector presented to Lone Star Area Council
A film and a new 1émini sound projector were presented to the Lone Star Area Council to aid instruction for institutional representatives and district Scout committees. The gift came from the Commerce Kiwanis.
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Lone Star Area
Comercce Kiwanis
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June Yeep
R. Beasley
Collings
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Bonhamites
United Press
American Legion Rodeo
Boosters Club
Bontam Band Boosters Club
Bondon
John B Saunier
Little Rock War
Bercy Byrne
Steday
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Tan Shightivy
Ivanhoe
Fai
Panta
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