Parish-era records reveal local Baptist meeting notes and notices
Items found in a cigar box include 1889 1890 Bonham News subscription receipts, 1890 bank deposit slips, Fifth Annual Fannin County Baptist Sunday School convention minutes from August 1902, and a trustee commission for School District 96 dated 1892. Also listed are churches, officers, delegates, a local option circular, Odd Fellows reports, and casual local observations.
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Ralph Allen
J. W. Jackson
Bonham News
Fannin County Bank
Fannnin County Baptist Sunday School Convention
Ediube
J. M. Biggs
Baptist Sunday School Convention
Bonham
Bentonville
Corinth
Dodd City
Ector
Gober
Honey Grove
Leonard
Moore’s Chapel
New Prospect
Owen's Chapel
Randolph
Shady Grove
Selfs
Windom
H. B. Ward
J. Lee Tarply
H. L. Coleman
W. L. Teague
Savoy
Thomas Shaw
C. J. Keith
Ladonia
R. B. Smith
F. P. Smith
Telephone
C. C. Ridings
Ridings
J. E. Pearson
Hilger
W. S. Splawn
J. Lee Tarpiey
George Myers
Misses Fannie
Annie Oliphant
Georgie Light
Verna Cole
Julie Rickets
Fannin County
Whitewright
Wolfe City
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Summer Weather Forecast for Bonham Through Sunday
Bonham residents are promised continued warm weather through Sunday with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the low 90s. The forecast does not mention any precipitation.
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Bonham
Texas
Scouts Head to Camp Glover for Weeklong Bonham Trip
Fifty scouts and explorers from four Bonham units depart Sunday for Camp Glover in Oklahoma's NeTseo Trails Council. Honey Grove and three Bonham troops join the weeklong camp with six adult leaders. Bois d Arc District Day features a 6 PM lodge and chapel dedication.
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Bonham Scout
Glover
NeTseo Trails Council
Glover River
Oklahoma
Bonham
Honey Grove
Jim Danner
Eight Die In Texas Traffic This July Fourth
Texas DPS Director Col Homer Garrison announced Operation Motorcide will run 12:01 a m to 11:59 p m on July 4 to curb holiday deaths. Patrols from license and weight and motor vehicle inspection join regular highway troopers. He cited five June accidents killing 24 people and urged careful driving.
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Austin
DPI
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison
Garrison
DPS
Senate makes Strategic Materials Control Law permanent
The Senate approved extending the Strategic Materials Control Law with two amendments, 98 to 1, Neuberger dissenting. The measure moves to the House, where similar bills exist, after an 87 to 2 vote on the amendments. The act governs export licenses, bans shipments to Communist China, and restricts strategic materials.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Maurice B. Neuberger
D - Ore
House
Kenneth B. Keating
Field
Mont
Chamber
House Appropriations
Appropriations
Commerce Department
China
Bois d Arc District Day set at Camp Glover dedication
Bois d Arc District Day will be held Thursday at Camp Glover on the Glover river in Oklahoma. The 6 p.m. dedicatory services for the Jim Danner Lodge and worship chapel will feature Rev. W. T. Stephenson of Bonham delivering the address and Louis Williams of Bonham accepting the buildings. Scouters are invited to attend and may eat at the dining lodge with advance notice to Bob Cantrell.
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Jim Danner
Camp Glover
W. T. Stephenson
First Methodist Church
Bonham
Netseo Trails Council
Louis Williams
Erties
Glover
Camp
Glover River
Oklahoma
Jim Danner Lodge
Bois d’ Arc
Harold Griffin
Bois d’ Ac
Jay
Bob Cantrell
Paris
Hugo
Valiant
Traffic Deaths Continue Decline in Texas
Texas highway fatalities for the year total 942, down 2 percent from the previous year at the same date. Through this point there have been 778 fatal accidents, up 1 percent, as the Texas Department of Public Safety reports.
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Austin
UPI
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Bonham Merchants Cheer Third Annual Sidewalk Sale
Bonham merchants hailed their third annual Sidewalk Sale as the best yet drawing large crowds from Fannin County. Shoppers filled sidewalks around the square all morning, with clerks busy handling the rush and bargains on display outside stores.
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Bonham
Fannin County
Cancer Society Urges Action to Curb College Smoking
The American Cancer Society's 74 member board voted unanimously to condemn intensified college cigarette promotions and urged higher education and the federal government to act. The body kept its cautious two year old stance on the cigarette cancer dispute and relied on peer reviewed college physician reports.
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Tocheagh
UPI
American Cancer Society
Yaollege Physicians
Ragdnad
Kennedy Brands Strike As Unnecessary Act
The Flight Engineers Union began a nationwide strike against Pan American World Airways and Eastern Air Lines. A federal judge ordered Pan Am engineers back to work while Eastern remained on strike. The action disrupted peak tourist season with each carrier warning losses of about $1 million daily.
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New York
UPI
Flight Engineers
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Air Lines
Pan Am
Eastern
Melvin Wisniewski
Pan American
Wisniewski
Daniel Kornblum
Juan T. Trippe
Kennedy forms panel to end discrimination in armed forces
President Kennedy announces a seven member advisory committee led by Gerhard Gesell to study equal opportunity for military personnel and families. The panel will address equality in armed forces and civilian communities including housing education transportation and recreation amid reports of discrimination near bases.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Gerhard A. Gesell
President’s Advisory Committee On Equal Opportunity
Gesell
Defense Department
Joseph O’mear
University of Notre Dame Law School
South Bend
Ind
Natmie Colley
Sacramento
Calif
Abe Fortas
Washington, D. C
Benjamin Muse
Southern Leadership Program
Manassas
John Sengstacke
Chicago Defender
Whitney Young
New York City
National Urban League
Kennedy condemns Pan Am Eastern strike as irresponsible
President Kennedy warned the flight engineers union that persisting in the strike against Pan American World Airways and Eastern Air Lines would be the height of irresponsibility. He urged a sensible, court-backed settlement and noted prior mediation efforts and a recent Trane World Airways agreement as proof that strikes are unnecessary.
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Eastern Air Lines
Pan American
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Washington
Trans World Airways
TWA
Arthur Goldberg
UPI
Kennedy
Pan American World Airways
Ime
Kead
White House
Pan Am
Trane World Airlines
Eastern
Pan American Airy
Ight
New York
Rusk Secures Italian Assurance on Pro West Policy
Secretary of State Dean Rusk met Italian President Segni Premier Fanfani and Foreign Minister Piccione in Rome and won assurances that the socialist backed government will maintain pro West defense and foreign policies. The talks touched on NATO unity the European Common Market and Soviet American discussions on German problems ahead of Rusk's London visit.
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Rome
API
Dean Rusk
Italy
Rusk
Europe
Bonn
Antonio Segni
Amintore Fanfani
Attilio Piccioni
West
Konrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
NATO
United States
Britain
Organization of the Atlantic Alliance
London
Harold Macmillan
Consolidation Approved By Two Districts
Voters in the Bonham and Randolph common school districts approved consolidation scheduled to begin in the 1962-3 term. Bonham 58 for 1 against. Randolph 54 for 2 against. Ballots: 58 at Bonham and 56 at Randolph.
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Bonham
Randolph Common
Randolph
Lightning setting off Calhoun civil defense alarm
Lightning struck a civil defense warning signal in Calhoun Georgia on Friday night triggering a one minute alarm. Police switchboards were flooded with calls from anxious residents unsure of the blackout or danger.
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Calhoun
UPI
Civil Defense
Kennedy Family Weekend Staying at Glen Ora Home
President and Mrs Kennedy fly from the White House to Middleburg Virginia for a weekend at Glen Ora with their two children. They depart from the White House lawn at 11 45 p m EST and land at 12 06 p m EST after a short helicopter trip.
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Middleburg. Va
UPI
Kennedy
White House
Glen Ora
Waxe House
Nationalists Prepare Invasion of Mainland China
The New China News Agency quoted as saying Nationalist China plans an invasion of Communist China with U S support. It claimed invasion troops court self destruction and would be repelled, urging mainland residents to stay vigilant and ready to smash the assault.
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Tokyo
UPI
New China
China
United States
Far East
Nuclear Test Conducted Over Pacific by U S
The United States announced it conducted an atmospheric nuclear test over the Pacific Friday. Officials from the Atomic Energy Commission and Defense Department described the weapon as an intermediate yield device.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
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Marc Clayton
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Jim Baccus
Sam Meade
Mike Sudderth
Bryce McIntyre, Jr
Larry Mankin
James Winnett
Phil Horton
Chuck Weaver
Russell Spivy
Tony Thompson
George Leatherwood
James Horton
Jerry Robinson
Joe Todd
Eddie Collins
Larry Collins
Richard Yarbrough
Rhodes Ford Sales
Max Ulmer
Frank McEffresh
Kurt Ulmer
Terry Copeland
Dwain McEfresh
Dan Cotham
Dana Sisk
Mike Sisk
Craig Dopson
Hubert Eaton
LeRoy Bilbo
Bob Franks
Bill Spencer
Larry Frair
Craig Eaton
Alf Robardey
Bush Bowden
Mike Maples
David Bilbo
Charles Spencer
Ronnie Felmer
Barney McAnally
Rickie Franks
Jimmie Franks
Billy Franks
Mike Robardey
Rickey Dodson
Jerry Dodson
Danny Dodson
Richard Taylor
Steve Untersee
Phil Dodson
Douglas Allen
Bill Miller
Claude Leatherwood
John Morris
Steve Southerland
Bruce Southerland
Don Jones
Mike Adams
Getardey
George Rosling
Pan
JFK
Stern
Reds
Britich
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