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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1955
Page
2
The Red River Philosopher writes from a Johnson grass farm about letting his lawn and beard grow shaggy as a public-spirited sacrifice. He argues personal style contrasts may bring amusement and that a few untidy lawns won’t affect the national economy.
Albert Woolson the last surviving Union Army veteran will have hospital and medical expenses covered by a Senate approved bill sent to the White House. The Veterans Administration will pay costs at a hospital near his Duluth Minnesota home 165 miles from the nearest VA facility. Woolson 108 was recently released after treatment for an acute respiratory ailment and had an earlier hospital stay this year.
Louis Bromfield discusses his new book Reviews of Current Books focusing on soil livestock chemistry nutrition religion and human relations. He reflects on farm life with its wins and losses from Malabar Farm to Malabar do Brasil and notes daily life mirrors the book’s ups and downs.
Kenneth Scott Latourette surveys Christianity's global fit weighing conformity and influence across Europe the United States and the non incidental world offering a cautious hopeful assessment Gerald Durrell's The Bafut Beagles profiles the Fon of Bafut wildlife adventures blending natural history with humor Patria Yarbrough of Randolph died Saturday in M&8 hospital with burial by Ben Murray Funeral Home Durant Oklahoma.
Local sale offers a variety of secondhand items including bedroom suites gas ranges refrigerators sofas mattresses dinettes and kitchen cabinets. Items described as in good or like new condition with several pieces available for immediate purchase.
The American Theatre presents Love Me or Leave Me starring Doris Day and James Cagney as Ruth Etting and The Gimp with Cinemascope color. On Tuesday the Toko Ri drama The Bridges at Toko Ri with Holden, Kelly, March, and Rooney opens, filmed on an aircraft carrier near Japan.
Funeral services for George Briton Self 59 are set for 2:30 p m today at Selfs Baptist Church in Honey Grove with Rev. Charles Starkey of Fort Worth officiating. He died in a Paris hospital Friday and will be buried at Shiloh cemetery. Survivors include his wife Lizbeth Hall Self two sons James and G B Self two daughters Max Barker and Dortha June Hurd and several siblings. He was born September 25 1895 and married in 1915.
Loflin Preddy Post 110 of the American Legion will hold its regular meeting June 16 at 8 o'clock in the Legion Home. Every member is urged to attend as there will be an election of officers. Refreshments will be served. Regular meeting dates are the first and third Thursdays each month.
Rev. A M McLain and Mrs McLain will depart Monday for a week long youth camp at Garrison Texas. He will teach three classes daily on Mission and she will supervise kitchen and dining hall duties. About 20 attendees from Bonham participate. The camp is sponsored by two Texas Congregational Methodist conferences.
Bonham welcomes home Jack Kennedy and his wife after 21 years in Dallas. Kennedy retired as head of the accounting division of the Internal Revenue Service after 20 years with the service. Born in Bonham, he once ran the Bonham Ice Company with his father T. E. Kennedy for over 23 years.
Tele phone Lodge No 348 AF&AM announces appointive officers for the coming year led by worshipful master Jessie Robertson. Senior deacon W H Castleberry and other appointees include Burton Barr junior deacon O L Stephens chaplain W C Gibbs senior steward Bill Scrivner junior steward E E Felts tiler. Electives add W W Farmer senior warden Hubert H Nichols junior warden D S Skidmore treasurer and Lloyd Tarver secretary.
Registration opened for the Methodist Bible School with boys and girls ages 4 to 15. Classes run June 13 to 17 from 4 to 6 p.m. Prizes for perfect attendance. Transportation provided. Also reports Mack Watson taken by ambulance to Wilson N. Jones Hospital in Sherman for treatment.
A 15 day AFL Chicago longshoremen walkout ended when union and dock company officials agreed on a two year contract retroactive to May 16. The deal raises wages five cents per hour and adds seven cents per hour into a welfare fund, with union rights to strike over non longshore work and to refuse handling diverted cargo.
Ada B. Jones has been elected worshipful master of Whitewright Lodge No. 167 AF and AM for the upcoming Masonic year. Other officers include Cline C. Hennig senior warden Jack Lackey junior warden W H Stedham treasurer and Russell Summers secretary.
Honey Grove voters readied for summer projects as the board of trustees sought bids to raze the old elementary school. A new elementary school was completed this spring and will be used for the first time this fall.
Supt Dillehay told the board that adding another teacher improves outcomes for students. Eight buses carried 377 pupils daily last term, totaling 84 360 miles. Nearby districts also sent riders to Bonham for transport with TA funding totaling 16 500 dollars to the district. The 1955 Bonham High School graduating class numbered 61 with 33 planning ...
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