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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1941
Page
1
A religious reflection urges unity between churches. It emphasizes walking together despite differences, noting Our Father built them side by side and the Lord will be at both churches today. Phillips P. Lord.
A jagged, partially readable local text describes weather impacts in Canyon Texas and mentions ash tree limbs, soaked leaves, and distant references to glory, Beals, and Glorta. The passage also alludes to a discussion about a team or school context and a vague Venues from an unknown event in Puerto Rico.
Chapels are to be erected at Army posts in Texas Oklahoma and Arizona to serve soldiers and their families. Colonel Edwin V Dunstan says 57 chapels will be built in the Eighth Construction Zone at an estimated cost of 13.3 million dollars. Most construction will be handled under a lum lum contract by the Construction Division of the Office of the Quartermaster General under Zone supervision.
An Eight District announcement seeks owners and operators of small boats to join the Merchant Marine Reserve. The call targets four-seat trawler type vessels and diesel engine operators as recruit candidates. Eligible ages range from 17 to 50.
A collection of scattered notes shows political irony and local color from Texas. It cites a forged House reading, Judge Isaacks defending a reform bill, and a new mid training coffee duty called Honest John. It also mentions autographed books, Texas titles, and civic figures like R. T. Craig. The piece references the Kentucky Derby attendance by leading Texans.
Dixie Motor Coaches timetable shows routes from Bonham to Paris and Texarkana via Hot Springs Little Rock and Memphis with evening departures. westbound service from Bonham to Sherman Dallas Fort Worth Gainesville Ardmore Tulsa and Oklahoma runs at specified times T M H and AM.
In Orange New Jersey on June 14 a distorted report recounts a distresso from a British vessel causing strange noises and dancing lights over the city. Frank Bamford, 18, an electrician's helper, said he intercepted a distress call from a vessel anchored in Hudson River and planned to use it for curiosity on July Fourth. A ship officer dismissed complaints and Bamford faced no reprimand. A separate note tells of a Fort Worth couple wed without rent or direct taxes due to a judge offering free ceremony.
Washington June 13 The National Defense Medial Board called a conference with labor and management of the North American Aviation Corp to resolve a strike at its Inglewood plant. New rooms and a squad room with tickets have been added to Sweetwater High School forum by WPA workers and a park improvement has been provided.
Mrs. W L Cheek and children of San Francisco visit sister Mrs Dutch Mires. Mrs R R Morgan and Miss Helen Morgan go to Fayetteville Arkansas for summer school. Ernest Barker and children visit from Iron Crowe. Mrs D C Gaydon leaves for Norfolk Virginia. Lucian Alderson and daughter Mrs Mary Monahar visit Sweetwater. J C Alderson Rev J P Luton Van Plot Point visit. Mrs L A Saye Whitesboro visits Butt family. Robert Morgan and Dr Hamp tor travel for Sher. Zelmah Taylor Huls hor visits Butt. Frank L Butt and family visit Shreveport.
The readable fragments reference camps in English with garbled phrases about conversation tips and phrases like take a tip from hir. Mentions of a plant, a young person, a chicken dinner, and a flat being dots appear but lack coherent context or clear events or identities.
A chaotic OCR fragment describes a boy named Bill Wilson seeking autographs from a former Cleveland Indians outfielder, referencing a two time Ng selfing champion and Sarazen. The text includes disjointed quotes about time and a plane bombing incident, leaving unclear sequence and facts.
Partial timetable shows departure from Bonham at 11:15 AM and 11:10 AM arrival windows toward Dallas with 5:10 PM noted. Indicates straight through service times and route segments given in fragmented OCR.
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