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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1949
Page
5
Doris and Mary, lifelong pen pals since 1927, share one note from January 17 describing cold weather and rising prices for eggs and bread. They have never met but hope to visit someday, recalling schooling in 1938 English correspondence class and family changes.
A 14th century panel of St. Thomas stolen in 1944 from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art arrived by parcel post, wrapped in brown paper and sent to a non existent New York address. Valued at three to five thousand dollars, the painting was the museum's only major burglary in 22 years.
A detailed time table lists programs from 7:30 PM to 5:45 PM including Old Chisholm Trail, Carmen Cabarello, East Texas Hour, News slots, musical shows, sports, and variety features across the 1420 AM station lineup. Major acts include In Your Neighborhood, In the Women's World, Ray Black Show, Chuck Wagon Melodies, and Across the Footlights with multiple news interludes and sign off.
Frank Underwood 78 died in a Dallas hospital Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 pm at First Baptist Church with Rev. T J Watts officiating. Burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Survivors include nephew Wash Underwood of Honey Grove and stepson Gholson Rhodes of Corpus Christi.
G E Carpenter of Leonard Texas resigns as president of Leonard National Bank and moves to Vernon to lead To Vern on year 1949. He joins the Vernon Bank board with his wife Elizabeth Caston Carpenter and three daughters Bettye Nan Dianne and Jan.
The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company seeks rate increases in several Texas cities and towns. Applications are filed with governing bodies to approve higher charges, as part of ongoing tariff changes across the state.
The Dun and Bradstreet weekly index of 31 general use foods fell six cents to six dollars and two cents, a new low since May 20, 1947. The index sits one dollar and 34 cents below the 11 time high reached last July, reflecting continued declines in wholesale food prices.
J. R. Goodwin, son of Mrs Dave Hill and a former Bonham resident, has returned from Cuba where he worked with the Gut Oil Company in underwater oil exploration. He graduated from Bonham High School in 1943 and later worked at Hardwick-Etter before joining Gulf. He will return to New Orleans where he is employed after visiting relatives in Bonham.
Houston man Jamen Bowie narrowly escaped death when a passing motorist Nabor Ramirez pulled him from a flaming car after a collision on the Hempstead highway. Bowie suffered only a cut mouth, while Mr and Mrs J B Alford of Houston were not badly hurt as their car was hurled 75 yards into a pasture.
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