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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1949
Page
4
The court and tax assessor prepare a county budget for 1949 amid ongoing reviews of revised rolls. Judge Moore notes several thousand in valuations and reports buildings and vacant tracts affecting the 1949 tax base, with a public hearing planned on the budget under statutory provisions.
Pittsburgh June 17 Union and employer leaders prepare for talks as coal and steel negotiators meet in Pittsburgh. Northern and western coal producers with George Lave plan strategy ahead of June 30 contract expiry. CIO chief Philip Murray presses United States Steel to discuss pensions amid live negotiations and unemployment concerns.
Texas lawmakers completed filing ten constitutional amendments for the September ballot. Proposed changes include allowing women on juries, raising legislators pay to 3600 a year, repealing the poll tax as a voting prerequisite, and waiving jury trials in lunacy hearings. The House blocked a Senate amendment on old age grants, jeopardizing the September statewide vote.
Paris reports the Big Four Foreign Ministers pause negotiations for a final meeting planned Monday as Berlin access and Russian veto are central issues. Allied traffic on the Berlin to West Germany highway resumed after a temporary halt blamed on a mistake.
Brannan urges Senate approval of direct subsidies to hog raisers arguing federal aid could be cheaper than current government purchases. He cites 8 percent rise in last fall’s pig crop and plans for 14 percent more sows, predicting lower prices for hog growers due to spring surges.
Bois d Arc district Boy Scout troops will attend Lake Texoma Camp for four weeks as the Lone Star Area Council opens the season. District committee members from Bonham Honey Grove Randolph Savoy and nearby towns gathered at the Texoma camp to discuss supervision ratios and camp routines.
County Judge Moore said expected Highway 8 north project will start later with fences moved back along the right of way. Commissioner Melvin Ep noted needed deeds and land rights from California to secure two buildings and avoid delaying work into next year.
The readable text appears garbled with multiple misspellings and missing context. It hints at a church meeting location and time with scattered references to a service or school event but lacks coherent details for definite reporting.
Arvin Vestal of Trenton named Outstanding Future Farmer of Area VI covering 13 northeast Texas counties and 67 FFA high schools. He served four years in the Trenton chapter as thrift committee member, 1st vice president, reporter and sentinel, attended Area and National FFA conventions, and will receive a $100 award June 12 to 14 in Kansas City.
The first cotton bloom of 1940 appeared in Honey Grove. O. E. Smith from the south of Honey Grove brought in a bloom on Saturday June 11, followed by Harvey Nunnelley from the same community with a bloom on Monday June 13.
Not all the potato patches were failures this year as arson showed proof Thursday afternoon. A man carried a small sack with potatoes recently dug.
Amarillo dispatch reports wheat farmers upbeat as skies clear after a long rainy spell. No rain statewide yesterday and combines return to fields in many counties. full operation expected within a day in Childress, Cottle, Hall, Floyd, Hale and Hemphill, with other counties still too wet to cut.
Dallas County road and bridge crews began clearing damage from torrential rains and floods this week. The Health Department says typhoid shots will be offered to flood victims in Garland and Carrollton areas. County commissioners fear emergency bridge work on 31 structures will halt most other road maintenance.
Fort Worth livestock markets show cattle slow and weak with loads of good fed steers at 26.00 and slaughter yearlings 14.00 to 16.60. Beef cows range 13.60 to 16.60, sausages and cutters 9.00 to 13.00, calves weak with a few good slaughter calves 92.00 to 124.50, hogs 25 to lower than Thursday, feeder pigs steady, feeds and choices 1.90 to 3.70 per unit with top 90.00.
A squadron of planes dropped poison bombs on grasshopper nesting grounds near Gillette Wyoming to protect crops. It follows a successful first day with over 90 percent kill and aims to extend to three million more acres in Wyoming and Montana. Twelve planes targeted Hot Springs county with further operations in Rosebud, Big Horn, Niobrara and Johnson counties.
The Lone Star Area Council adds a Visual Education Library to adult leader training for Cub Packs Scout Troops and Senior Units as part of Strengthening The Arm of Liberty. Kiwanis of Commerce funded a 38 minute film The Trail to Citizenship. O W Bowell Paris presents The Years Between for service groups. Cooper Lions Club donates a 16 mm sound projector for showcases.
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with scattered thundershowers on Saturday. It will be brighter and warmer with a low near 70 tonight. Winds from the southeast and south are moderate, with stronger winds on the coast.
Kenneth Eates suffered a broken right hand when a heavy plank fell on it Thursday at a project he was working on. The palm bone splintered lengthwise. After treatment, he returned to the job.
A cryptic OCR fragment notes Rustum Rey from Indie receiving Destemie in Casemic Minests on Fenertee. Details are unclear due to damaged text and missing context.
After removing the ola vegetables from the garden, keep the sail stirred to prevent weed growth. Weeds take up soil moisture, which can be better used to start fall vegetables.
Five people drowned when their motorboat went over the spillway of the region’s largest dam near Gilbertsville Kentucky. The victims were named by families as John Lasak and his son Gene Lasak Fred Rich Miles Baker from West Frankfort Illinois and J W Morin of Herrin Illinois. Local authorities searched for the bodies as of June 17.
Dr Geof Cox of the Texas State Department of Health urges a citywide fly control plan pairing spraying with year-round sanitation. He warns against focusing only on isolated sites and calls for garbage containment, screened buildings, and regular residual sprays lasting four to six weeks with a second treatment if cleanup continues.
Members of Company A 49th Armored Infantry Battalion and attached Medical Detachment of the Texas National Guard depart Bonham Sunday for a week at North Camp Hood. Report to the Armory at 6 am, load landing equipment and trucks, eat at Edwards Cafe at 4 am, then travel by half tracks heavy trucks and jeeps under Captain Earl Turner. Return to Bonham on Sunday July.
The school building at Orangeville no longer used for schooling is to be demolished. Lumber will fund construction of a teacher residence in Trenton after Orangeville district was annexed to Trenton by the Fannin County cell board, with an intended portion to Whitewright.
Dalton Mc Gaha of the Rattan community suffered facial chest and arm burns and cuts when he opened a pressure cooker before it released pressure. He received treatment at the hospital here.
After a ten day session the Clark Memorial Methodist Church School closed on Thursday June 19 with 43 pupils enrolled. Rev R F E Porter delivered the scripture reading and talk. Certificates were awarded to 23 students for perfect attendance.
Bonham district Boy Scout troops will leave Sunday for a six week summer camp at Lake Texoma. Troop members under Scoutmaster Groffin will depart Bonham by truck and return the afternoon of Saturday June 25. Additional Bonham and district troops are planned to join the Lake Texoma camp before winter camping season ends.
Bells banker Paul Wilson, 43, identified as polio victim by Dallas physicians. Initial diagnosis earlier that week changed. he was taken to Dallas for examination on April 1, 1948, and later released.
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