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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1939
Page
4
McMillans and Jolume play 26 McMillans versus 8S W Pump on June 30 Elkins faces Cline's Club standings show Pet and Pump leading with Elkins 1% 7 8 467 and Cline's 7 437 McMillans 14 4 10. Club batting lists Elkins 6390 198 and McMillans 615 123 230 with Cline's 696 151 237.
Detailed steps describe selecting bud sticks, cutting and removing buds, inserting into a tree, and securing with string or bands. The process covers knife angles, bark cuts in a T shape, bud placement, wrapping, and timing for encouraging growth until the bud reaches 1 to 3 inches.
Mr and Mrs David Miller welcomed a nine pound baby boy named Joe David at their home south of Bonham last Sunday morning. He is the grandson of Mr Miller with whom the parents reside.
Antelope have invaded Klickitat county in search of a new range and settled near Rock Creek canyon about 16 miles east of Goldendale, Washington, according to reports from local wildlife observers.
Chamber mailing highlights a 60 by 290 foot factory on the Texas and Pacific tracks and notes Bonham in Fannin County with a 7000 population. It cites the Lonham Cotton Mill the Kraft Phenix Elkhorn cheese plant the Southwest Pump Company and local foundry as manufacturing anchors plus rich resources and amenities. The letter mentions no labor troubles and urges visit to see abundant produce recreation parks lakes and favorable taxes.
Mrs J Hance dies Friday in Ector age 70 born May 10 1876 Athens Tennessee. Survived by husband 11 children one sister one brother and 17 grandchildren. Services at First Methodist Church Ector with Rev Cates and Rev Randolph officiating. Interment Randolph Cemetery. Weaver Funeral Home in charge
British and Chinese reports describe Britain sending about 1000 troops to Tientsin to defend concessions. The British escort ship Lowestoft and Bandwich are active off the Hai River to protect residents and maintain safety along summer resorts.
A 24 year old Canadian named William Barker, described as large, sought an English pen pal. The note began with a barrel of apples delivered to Mrs Sherold's store in Cattistock, Dorset. The cardboard cover read Tam William Barker 24 and 6 ft 7 in. In my stocks I Want a pretty English girl to write to me. Mrs Shergold destroyed the cover, not copying the address.
Believed to have wandered from recently stocked slopes north of Yakima the animals were first sighted by farmers in the vicinity. In the old-fashioned days patriotism saved the country. Millions are now relying on pensions to do the job.
The community reports lively real estate movement with M A Taylor & Co handling the sale of a Luton farm south of Betor and several Bonham lots in the Spivy addition east of KR 1 Nunnelly's residence. Other firms note farm and city property sales, signaling strong demand in Fannin County and urging timely purchases as prices run low.
A July 4 program in the natural amphitheatre features a terrapin entry, a girls softball prize, a greased pig-catching contest with $2 cash and the pig as a prize, a Negro Battle Royal with $5 to the winner, and various events. Sailboat races offer $15, Water Carnival prizes total $28, with diving and swimming classes for juniors and details from committee chair B. H. McGrady at Goodyear Tire.
Advert reads a discounted price on oat bags at Gross Feed Store in Illinois route 302 GTE, urging customers to stock up. The note is brief and lacks full contact details or dates.
Seniors men and women boys and girls invited to a North Texas event with free pies catering balloons diving for cold drinks and races. At 4 30 the Beauty Revue and Miss State Park contest will award 25 cash prizes, 15 to the winner, entrants from towns across the region expected. Enter by writing the Bonham State Park. Comedy features include Landloper Clowns and loud speakers with music and radio bands. Officials aim to make it the most attractive celebration in Texas and Oklahoma. Du Ponts reportedly spent a quarter million dollars on an air water coal stockings process, a discovery welcomed by many though the Japanese worry about silk production.
In Johannesburg the Dutch Reformed Church may declare Lambeth Walk a sin after a Bloemfontein area presbytery motion urging the synod to rule on modern dancing. The Rev D G van der Merwe said he objects to folk dances but dislikes their appeal to modern youth.
In Ottawa the Canadian government refused to remove or lower the tariff on kilts imported to Canada. Liberal MP Thomas Reid argued the Y% tariff harmed Scottish wearers, but Finance Minister Charles Dunsire said the levy protects Canadian kilt making. A stray editorial aside questions a tax‑repeal platform’s feasibility.
Universal studios chose a baby named Sandy to play in the Bing Crosby Joan Blondell film East Side of Heaven which opens June 28 at the American Theatre. Hundreds of mothers brought their babies for screen tests before Sandy was selected after a rapid chain of referrals and a brisk audition process.
A chorus of 100,000 school children will sing in a specially built stadium for Montreal’s 1942 tercentenary celebrations. Preparations begin in September with choirs from each school trained for the event.
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