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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1956
Page
1
The Daily Favorite announces a three week subscription drive with a bicycle as first prize. Carriers earn 500 points for each complaint and lose 500 for each complaint of bad service. Jimmy Stevenson led day one with 15 new subscriptions. A second prize and tickets to theaters await top performers.
June Vincent of Bonham's 1956 class urges the city to build a regulation size lighted baseball field for night play. She argues it would provide needed recreation, reduce delinquency, and help local youth develop talent, noting Roy McMillan’s success and nearby league play.
A plastic vessel left on a cook stove caused the first fire alarm of June. Firemen reported smoke filling the kitchen of an apartment in the Negro housing project with no other damage.
Three Bonham teenagers Kenny Turner Dermana Smith and Jimny Wiggins attempted a raft trip to Texarkana but stalled on the Red River north of Paris. They returned to Bonham this morning after efforts to dislodge the raft failed and the expedition was called off.
Two separate accidents near Bonham injure two people slightly. In the first, a car driven by Isah Zeke Thomas left the highway and overturned near A P Bolding’s home. Thomas’s wife and child were treated and released. The second wreck on a county road west of State Highway 78 involved Rayburn Hale and Glen Edward Simmons with minor vehicle damages.
Partly cloudy and warm through tomorrow with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers.
Gilbert Everett Denny, 38, elected Honey Grove public schools superintendent to fill the vacancy left by the death of Earnest A. Barker. Former Tom Bean district head and Weatherford junior high principal, Denny holds a BA from Trinity University and an MEd from Texas Christian University. He begins Friday with wife and three children and active church involvement. Katherine Trout had served as acting superintendent after Barker’s death.
Mrs. Dora Brewer 89 longtime Lannius resident died in her sleep at her son Clarence Brewer's home after a heart attack. Funeral 3 p.m. Friday at Wise Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Truman Hawkins officiating. Interment Smyrna cemetery. Survived by son Clarence of Lannius, one grandson and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers Millard Brent Sam Payne Harley Tilley Jack Taylor Ovid Prock Weldon Cox.
Two Truman administration officials Matthew J. Connelly and T Lamar Caudle were convicted of conspiring to defraud the government in a tax case. A Kansas City attorney Harry Schwimmer was named as co-conspirator. Sentencing set for July 19. bond issues resolved. motions for new trials to be filed.
A Southern Democrat analyst says Adlai Stevenson’s biggest hurdle is Harry S Truman. The piece notes Truman’s possible influence at the Chicago convention, Harriman’s rising role, Kefauver’s California primary loss, and Stevenson’s growing support from Pennsylvania New York Illinois California and the South as Johnson faces limited delegate hunting.
President Eisenhower, recovering from intestinal surgery, holds a 100 minute visit with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at Walter Reed. Secretary Dulles attends as the two discuss Germanys reunification and liberation from Communist rule.
D C Chapa, a former Duval county political figure, was found guilty of misappropriating 6500 dollars from the Benavides school district while serving as a school trustee. He plans to appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin.
A fire of undetermined cause destroyed the thatched roof home in Little Brington England known as Washington House the 400 year old dwelling of George Washington's forebears. The thatched structure drew thousands of American visitors as a major local attraction.
Miss Texoma Joan Milton appeared on a Fort Worth TV program this morning after being named Miss Texoma at Island Review resort. Her family said she will be on Channel 8 Friday at 5 PM and return to Island Review for public appearances Friday night. She travels with her mother Mrs Bernard Milton to Lake Whitney Monday for a two day stay before entering the Miss Universe contest.
A London man charged with drunkenness testified that the British Ministry of National Insurance had given him 72 bottles of Scotch whiskey on a doctor's prescription. He said his leg was bad and he needed the liquor.
The Rules committee split 6 to 4 in open revolt against Chairman Smith and voted to act on Eisenhower's civil rights bill next Thursday. Johnson warned the foreign aid bill faces deep trouble as the Senate committee begins work on a plan scaled back from the House cut.
Bonham schools and the City of Bonham sponsor a summer recreation program running until July 27. Activities include swimming tennis and golf for boys and girls ages 8 and up with baseball for boys. Schedules allocate specific times by age and gender plus transportation from the high school to Bonham State Park. Transportation by school bus. Fees set at 10 cents per day for swimming. Baseball at VA Center Little League Field Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Tennis Monday and Thursday nights at the high school courts. Golf Tuesday through Friday afternoons at Bonham Golf Club.
United Press reports House HUAC hearings focus on use of U S passports in international Communist conspiracy. Robeson testifies with table pounding rhetoric, while committee notes vast passport forgery as a key racket. The Canadian Royal Commission 1946 findings are cited as background for US concerns.
Frail Los Angeles man Jack O'Leary, who hiccuped since June 13, 1948 after an appendix rupture, reports his hiccups have stopped. He endured weight loss to 7 pounds and several heart attacks, seeing over 200 doctors and receiving about 65,000 letters seeking cures.
In Elizabeth New Jersey Bernie Johnson told traffic court he had not bought a driver license for 20 years. He avoided penalties until a May 36 traffic stop for a wrong turn highlighted the lapse.
Fragmentary report cites names such as K W Sweeney James L Smith True Adams Tony Glass and Billy Terry amid garbled notices about license tests posters and postal forms. The text also references a Thursday event and several individuals in uncertain roles.
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