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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1956
Page
6
Sheriff Hoyt Ivey and Steve Carroll announced Carroll will resign as deputy sheriff after six months to become a foreman at a Terrell manufacturing firm. The new role pays more and offers advancement, with Ivey expressing regret but understanding the move.
Lincoln scholar Ralph G. Newman said he acquired a vast trove of lost Revolutionary and Civil War letters and documents for a substantial sum. The collection includes writings by George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton gathered over 50 years by Dr Ellsworth Eliot Jr. It had lain in bank vaults, later changing hands through Mrs Wiley Reynolds of Palm Beach before Newman obtained it earlier this year.
The 77th annual Texas Press Association convention opens in Amarillo with about 250 newspapermen expected. Russell W. Bryant, publisher of the Italy News Herald and association president, says the two day gathering will cover all aspects of newspaper operations. Fifty nine daily and weekly papers will receive awards in various competitions including a contest honoring contributions to mental health.
London beauty specialist Vera Davis buys a large wooden pier in Harwich England and spends 17 hours a day sawing it into pieces. She plans to bundle the wood into about 2 225 000 bundles of firewood to sell to the Essex county council.
A museum curator highlights a vast archival trove valued at about a million dollars. The set features over 50 letters from George Washington, 30 by John Adams, significant Lincoln correspondence, and letters from Lee, Grant, Stonewall Jackson, Franklin, Jefferson, Paul Jones, Hancock, Hamilton, Sherman, Sheridan, and Lafayette.
The USDA says showers were ineffective against drought across Texas. Prospects dim as warm, dry conditions slow cotton and wheat, with corn in central blacklands and East Texas in a critical moisture stage. Peanuts continue planting. pecans look favorable. sorghum and vegetables show mixed progress in irrigated and nonirrigated regions.
Jimmy Hembree, son of Mrs. Able Hembree and the late Mr. Hembree, a 1956 Dixie County High School graduate in Cross City Florida, received the citizenship medal was named best lineman on football terms in his section earned all area basketball honors served as class president senior advisor of student council treasurer of the Beta club senior class favorite and most athletic boy He was born near Gober grew up in Steinhatchee and plans to enroll at the University of Florida in September.
Voters in the Honey Grove Independent School District approved assuming the bonded indebtedness of Allen's Chapel Common School District, which was consolidated with Honey Grove. They also approved a uniform tax of 1.15 dollars per 100 valuation district wide.
Washington United States House Un American Activities Committee summoned playwright Arthur Miller Marilyn Monroe boyfriend for questioning about alleged Communist front affiliations. Committee aims to probe a statement Miller gave to the State Department denying he is a Communist and to questions about 29 organizations cited as fronts.
Sanford North Carolina Alderman Sam Davis moved to a new home outside the sixth ward and by law must reside in the ward he was elected from, effectively removing himself from office.
Oxford England honors former president Harry S. Truman with an honorary Doctor of Civil Laws. The ceremony crowns Oxford's postwar aid gratitude, despite protests from Miss Gladys Elizabeth Anscombe a philosophy instructor who objected to Truman's wartime atomic bomb decision.
Soap and water clean feet but won’t clear athlete’s foot. A quick test with Instant drying T-4-L at Peeler Drug Store promises relief in one hour or a 40 cent refund.
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