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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1963
Page
2
May you be strong to grasp the breadth and depth of Christ love with all God’s people. The excerpt cites Ephesians scripture and a devotional note by Robert West from Montana about salvation through repentance and God’s boundless love.
Washington newsman notes a summer program on protocol at Southeastern University includes a lecture on party props and the 15th anniversary of the bristle-thighed curlew discovery. He cites historical anecdotes from 1948 about Dr. Arthur A. Allen and the Curlew nesting mystery.
Book reviews discuss Ralph H. Elliott and The Message of Genesis. Critics note controversy and misunderstanding around the original publication. Publishers urge readers to assess authorial opinion directly, not second hand reports, while acknowledging conservative readings with liberal overtones.
A Bonham column promotes George Orwell’s The Orwell Reader with an introduction by Richard Revere. The piece mentions visitors from Dallas and San Antonio, dinners, and friendly gatherings as readers engage with Orwell’s essays, stones, and books for the first time in this English book anthology.
Ladonia schedules a July 4 program to celebrate completing the waterworks system with speakers including Congressman Ray Roberts State Senator Ralph Hall County Judge Choice Moore and local officials. The event at 8 30 am on the west side of city hall features a shaded platform, Study Club decorations and a coffee for speakers and local merchants.
A long list of relatives and friends from multiple cities visited the Otis Odom home. Guests included Lee Campbell Fort Smith Sam Horn Tulsa Wesley Slagie Monkstown Ben Bosiey Wroth Conrad Northcutt Prairie Hill Trenton Bosley Christie Williams Houston and others. Additional visits included families of Chaney Oliver and Renfro with excursions to Jacksonville and Dallas.
Texas retail sales for May rose 4 percent from April and 1 percent above May last year, totaling 1.0533 billion dollars. Fort Worth led gains with an 8 percent rise, while Austin and Dallas posted solid increases and autos drove the overall improvement.
Texas DPS warned mid year 1963 may set a new record for highway fatalities. Col. Homer Garrison said deaths could surpass the 1956 high of 2,611, with eight predicted to die in the July fourth travel peak. Authorities planned a coordinated holiday safety push with multiple groups.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Frailicks hosted a candlelight buffet after the wedding rehearsal for Miss Shirley Jones and Charles Edwin Andrew. Victorian nosegay arrangements and bridal motifs decorated Risinger Hall with attendees including Rev William Stephenson and family friends.
Mrs Paul Campbell and Mrs Winnie Money host the Democratic Women of Fan nin County at 7 30 p m Monday at their Boon ham home. Mrs Morris president urges all members to attend. Campbell will present a program review from Excerpts of the Life of Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt.
Congressman Ray Roberts will headline the Honey Grove Civic Center dedication on July 4 at 2 p.m. State Senator Ralph Hall also speaks, with open house until 7 p.m. A fireworks display at 8:30 p.m. will cap the event, moved from Monkstown to a site near North 6th Street and the square.
Windom officials announce final plans for the annual Homecoming to be discussed at a 3 p.m. Sunday meeting in the school lunch room. William Rodgers, president, urges all committee members to attend.
Mr and Mrs Jimmy Mitchell and children Bill and Robin of Elkton Maryland are visiting relatives including Mrs Maggie Mitchell. Mrs Mitchell will join them for a Dallas weekend visit with daughter Mrs Marvin King and family. Mitchell works for General Cable Corp in Elkton.
Whitewright schools elected three teachers to fill vacancies. Harold McDaniel will join the high school faculty to replace Robert Lively, while Burt Wilson and Mrs. Janet Rey become teachers in the Negro school. Huckabys left for positions at Pemberton school in Honey Grove. McDaniel is a 1963 Southeastern State college graduate. Wilson a 1963 graduate of Huston Tillotson. Mrs. Roy a Prairie View graduate.
A 60 name petition filed at Wolfe city hall asks extending sewer lines to areas beyond the Santa Fe and old Cotton Belt railroads. A second petition circulates for west town extension. Mayor Christian says talks will occur, and bond elections could be required to finance the work.
Mrs Allyne Hill and her daughter Sherry of Houston have returned home after spending the past week with Mrs Neal Blankenship at 713 West Rayburn Drive.
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