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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1932
Page
4
A brief fragment mentions a hard hit and a fore, with unclear numbers and notes about a nine percent figure. The legible content is sparse and lacks identifiable people or places.
In a family driven bid, Kitty Hardy requests voters place her name on election day under TAX COLLECTOR after ballot timing prevented a formal nomination. She asserts readiness to serve Fannin County and thanks supporters while noting campaign efforts with her sister for their late father. Church notices follow.
The notice invites attendance at Bible School Sundays at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 00 a m with a welcome to all readers.
The church invites all for Sunday school at 9 45 taught by John R Spivey superintendent with preaching at 10 50 on What Jesus Means to Me Epworth League meets at 7 p m for young people and 8 p m preaching on Does Religion Pay Missionary Society meets Monday at 4 p m Midweek service Wednesday at 3 p m Pastor T L Huffstutler leads the congregation
Col Ernest O. Thompson of Amarillo, recently appointed to the State Railroad Commission, releases a platform seeking re election. He pledges fair hearings, fair rates in gas utilities, and support for railroads trucks and buses while fostering oil and gas resources for orderly development.
City telephone engineer G Metcalf reports that 41 percent of calls at city hall are personal chats. Examples include domestic messages about dinner, baby, and work plans, highlighting the intracity issue of personal use in official lines.
Decatur June 24 C V Terrell runs for a second term as Texas Railroad Commissioner despite limited campaigning time due to heavy work on rate cases gas and oil regulation and utility matters. He notes 15000+ decided cases with four reversals and cites Lone Star Gas Co appraisal by Hawley Freese Nichols for court use.
Eleven 4 H Club girls in Fannin County enter the Bed Room Improvement contest under Home Demonstration. Miss Myrtle Murray of the A and M Extension will judge the rooms in Bonham Tuesday. The state's contest results will be announced at the encampment in Bonham next Saturday.
Committees prepare for the annual 4-H encampment at the fair grounds in Fagin county to be held Friday and Saturday. Bonham Band concert planned for Friday evening as a feature. Hundreds of youths and many parents expected with contests for both girls and boys. Penham Chamber of Commerce funds the event.
Judge Rutherford speaks on a Texas to Atlantic radio chain WFAA Dallas program titled Can the American Government Endure He promises a decisive answer on a Sunday morning broadcast June 26 at 8 oclock local time The message asserts imminent peril and permanent deliverance for nations through Rutherford a famed scholar and author broadcasts from WFAA in Dallas confirming the era is near a deliverance for all nations.
Mrs. Mattie Clark widow of Rev. W F Clark and eldest member of Bonham First Methodist died at her brother J C Sparger’s home on North Center Street at 1 30 AM after a long illness. She was 81, had 68 years in the church and leaves several siblings including J C Sparger and Mrs T A Newman. Remains will be sent to Dallas for interment with funeral likely Sunday or Monday depending on Dallas arrangements.
The family sets Mrs. Clark’s funeral for Sunday at 5 PM at First Methodist Church in Bonham. The body will be transported to Dallas on Monday for interment.
Grayville Illinois June 24 Justice F F Rigall justice of the peace fined himself five dollars for drunkenness and disorderly conduct He also fined Ratsnond Brewer after a street argument with E Mayor signing the complaint and noting the incident occurred in public view
In Harlingen on June 24 R J Murr of the Texas Cotton Co-operative Association predicted an eight hundred bale cotton crop for the lower Rito Grande valley, despite reduced acreage. In Waco on the same day 65 year old Cal Jore was killed when his automobile hit a bridge abutment, hurled him from the vehicle as his son Rudolf drove.
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