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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
2
Frank Svoronda and Kathryn Pate are named in a Bonham post office filing. The notice indicates an assistant editor role and refers to a Freid factor entering at the Bonham Texas post office as second class mail.
Parl attorney Hardy Moore represents the plaintiff in a Bonham case while parts of the defense are handled locally. The proceedings focus on who bears fault and the proper remedy in the dispute.
Durant will host a land acquisition office for the Red River dam project starting July 1. One hundred men will negotiate with landowners to purchase about 160000 acres for the reservoir, as announced by the division engineer at Denison.
Civil suit brought by Mrs. Maude Hopper and others against L. K. Tlargrove and others proceeds in District Court today with Judge George P. Black presiding.
Bonham laundry employees including Ellis H Roberts Walter M King Pwell Horton Lena Rayford Mrs Charlotte Gavior and others pledge to take about fifty percent of cash taken in for laundry and dry cleaning. They describe themselves as partners with the laundry and responsible for work sent to Bonham. The group emphasizes longtime Bonham residence and professional ties while offering to demonstrate service quality.
Telephones 16 miles northeast of Bonham mark a rural posting of community visitors. Lelia Moore hosts Evelyn Smith while Ruth Anderson visits Doris Clark. Mary Ann Runyan and Mildred Perkins socialize with neighbors, and Fern Gregston camps with Evelyn Smith. Several families, including the Gregstons and Richardson relatives, spend weekends with kin, with Ref. Fair delivering church message and wishes for a speedy recovery after a serious operation.
NANCE Bus Lines announces Thursday service from Bonham to Durant Oklahoma with three daily round trips leaving Bonham at 7:00 AM 11:15 AM and 3:45 PM via Karn Yuba and Achille. Fare is 75 cents one way and a dollar for a round trip. Tickets available from the phone ticket agent 555.
A Texas survey shows 95 percent of landowners and 60 percent of tenants favor expanding the Farm Security Administration activities to aid tenant farmers in buying land. Meetings across 14 counties discussed leases, security, and removal of improvements. The PSA has drafted a model lease and will extend programs in 56 Texas counties and 27 Oklahoma counties this year.
Esther, the so called perfect lady, a mummified skeleton unearthed near Durango in the Fly Creek ruins, is hailed as the best preserved mummy in the southwest. Eastern scientists plan to display her in Mesa Verde after a stay in Denver. The grave yielded 32 teeth, leather skin, long hair with a 10-foot cord, beads, and multiple feminine ornaments among 26 skeletons.
In Bucyrus Ohio Philip Trautman, who started as a temporary patrolman 41 years ago to tide him over until his plastering business recovered, retires at age 62 after serving as police chief. The article notes prior funding for farm ownership and Senate House fiscal year changes.
In Georgetown Texas a concealed benefactor named Mr X pays losses of hundreds of Gonzalez bank depositors. Rev G R Wright collects funds for charities and disperses payments to claimants, often in cash or minister issued checks, while offering no details on source, amount, or future availability. Harry Matthews, ex Times Herald worker, now Linotype at the Favorite.
Two miles west of Bonham a 49 acre farm with five room house barn deep well. $750 down. 38 acres on Ravenna Pike six miles out smooth land $1250. Seven miles south of Sherman near Howe $35 with terms. 47 acres north west of Southmayd four percent? miles for $2000. One mile north east of Savoy in Fannin County all smooth with two small houses nearly all cultivated. Better see us for price and terms. We take your property for sale. No charge unless a sale is made.
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