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Newspaper

Bonham Daily Favorite

Location

Bonham, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1940

Page

2

Political candidacies announced for 1940 Democratic primaries

Daily Favorite lists candidates for Congress Sheriff District Clerk and other offices in Fannin County with July 27 and August 24 1940 primaries. Named contenders include Sam Rayburn for Congress Talmadge Moore Tom Denton Henry Chaney Hutch Whitley Paul Arledge Jr J E Leatherwood Jowann J McFarland Tom M Hodges Dick Waits Eura Gray Hob Traylor J P Moore Raleigh Abernathy T J Cox M D Emerson Pink Stoddard John W Connelly Dave W Ray W H Ciamp Narper Wesley Parter Charlie Jones and others. The note also mentions experiments on mosquitoes reaching 5 000 feet driven by wind.

GOP Platform Nears Completion for 1940 Convention

In Philadelphia on June 26 the Republican platform nears completion as the foreign affairs plank ends a drafting dispute. Willkie gains Stassen support, Dewey addresses Texas delegates backing Taft, and Dawes helps secure a compromise with isolationists after Pepper walked out. The article also notes unrelated notes on Touisi ang cotton ball moths at 2,000 feet and cucumber beetles at 3,000 feet.

Philadelphia Wendell L. Willkie Harold E. Stassen Thomas E. Dewey Texas Robert A Taft Charles G. Dawes George Wharton Pepper Touisiang

Card of Thanks from Free Kindergarten Board

The Free Kindergarten Board thanks the Coca-Cola Betting Co the Bonham Daily Favorite Joe Denton and A G McRae for assistance with a recently sponsored party.

The Free Kindergarten Coca- Cola Betting Co Bonham Daily Joe Denton A G. McRae

Sasser family marks first 4 generation reunion in 17 years

A four generation Sasser reunion celebrated Mamie Sasser’s 101st birthday at W L Sasser’s home with relatives from Artesia to Dallas. The Clark Memorial Methodist Church Sunday School hosted a red and blue side contest and a baptism ceremony for six children led by Rev A H Logan. The piece notes help wanted at the new parsonage and a minister’s address at 601 Odom Street as well as various visits among Bonham Durant and San Antonio families.

Mamie Sasser W. L. Sasser Clark Memorial Methodist Sasser Beth Ann Everett Elizabeth Herndon Edward Coffman Bessie Coffman Sarah Buxton Houston J R. Everett Beth Ann Wharton M P Dieckow Jack San Antonio Albert Lipser Dallas W. Y. Webb Gorman Webb William Webb Clark Memorial Methodist Church A. H. Logan Jimmie Alita Beth Ann Frerett Jack Dieckow Judith Vision Key Joe Tom Nichols Bonehans Odom Street

Paris Boy Drowns While Aiding Friend At Lake

Sherman Texas June 29 Billie Clifton Gaddis 16 of Paris died Monday afternoon at Wood Lake near Sherman while trying to rescue a friend, 12 year old Charles Williams. Williams, in trouble in the lake center, was pulled out with only shock. Gaddis body found after several minutes and taken to Paris for funeral service likely Tuesday. Surviving his mother, two sisters and two brothers.

Sherman Tex Billie Clifton Gaddis First Baptist Church of Paris North Texas Baptist Wood Lake Gaddis Charles Williams Paris Echiod Williams Williams Box Elder Red River

Bonham News Briefs from June 26 1934

Bonham Daily Favorite items record local happenings from June 1934 including Ed White leading in a National Collegiate golf tournament in Cleveland and set a county club dressmaking record with 600 garments on display at Bonham High School. Other notes mention travels to Chicago Bentonville Sherman Stanford and Galveston. visits from Lucille Hackley and Minnie Gribble. Mary Alice Pritchett to study voice. a strange bug sighting. and social visits among local residents.

Ed White Bonham University of Texas Cleveland Fannin County H. D. Club Bonham High School

Softball Schedule With Numerous Summer Matches

The schedule lists June to August games among Economy Elkins Pumpers and Bailey. Key dates include June 26 Economy vs Elkins and July through August pairings with each team meeting several opponents, ending with August 27 Economy vs Bailey.

Elkins Pumpers Bailey Economy

Conservation lectures slated at college auditorium

Dr Kenneth Even among speaker at series on conservation of natural resources to be held at the college auditorium in June and July. Other speakers include Dr J K Johnson and KK Evans discussing labor power and natural resources. A former Bonham resident, Dave Hill, won a prize for naming a giant cabbage weighing 18 pounds.

Commerce Jine Preston Texas Geography J. K. Johnson Pr. LL Department of Ec and Business Administration State College For Women Pr KK Evans East Texas den of Sociology Bonham

Farm prospects praised during Texarkana luncheon

A Texarkana luncheon featured remarks by Congressman San burn of Bonham and Dick Saunders who heads the program. Guests included H. Wallace J. A. Alexander Benton Fisher R. V. Baker and Long of Pittsburgh. The speaker contrasted Texan farm land and buildings with northern farms and praised local prospects.

Sanburn Bonham Washington, D. C Texs Texarkana Dick Saunders H. Wallace J. A. Alexan Sherman Benton Fisher R. V

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Daily Favorite Sa OP Advertising Manager Unig P Mall Want Ad Medium Fannin County Walter Short New Orleans West Will Thomas East 4Th Street Charlie Leslie Cooper’s Mutual Insurance Co Honey Grove H. H. Love Congress Sam Rayburn Talmadge Moore Tom B. Denton Henry Chaney J. BE Whitley Fannin and Lama Moore Paul Arledge, JR J. E. (Hutch Leatherwood Jowann J. McFarland Tom M. Hodges Dick Waits Eura Gray Hob R. H Traylor J. P. Moore For Justice of Peace Precinct No R. L Bob) Williams Raleigh Abernathy T. J. Cox Sixth Judicial District of M. D. Emerson Pink Stoddard John W. Connelly Dave W. Ray Ciamp Narper Wesley Parter Charlie Jones Spinett Jackson Piano Company Elm Neal Newton’s Grocery GOP Uniteo Pacss Loughmiller C.R. Phillips Dixie Motor Coaches Schedule Texarkana Mot Springs Little Rock Memphis Tenn Eave Bonham Dallas Fort Worth Gainesville Ardmore Wichita Falls Tulsa Oklahoma S55 Alexander Drug Store Mead Alia aMnene Fe. Gee. Iy United Degsore Ayndicate Soutitside News Sasser Reunion Jake Hopkins Durant, Okla J. C. Webb Tyler Ernest Wise Childress W. F. Blayloch Vic Morrow Wallace Lola Sasser Harold Moore Vestal Davis C D. Watson G. W Watson Bd Green Fort Worth Darlene Johnson Mr Green Grant Johnson Ernest Puckett Woodlake University of Texas Summer Institute of Latin American Studies Bonham Folk Bonham Daily Favorite Arkansas C. A. Gray Bentonville Ark Chicago Pauline Keeton Century of Progress Lucille Hackley Minnie Gribble National Educators Association Mary Alice Pritchett G. W Jackson Stanford Lem Tittsworth Ann and Lem Jr Galvestion Annona Lynwood Hogue Allyn Inglis Charles R Alderson J . Hays Will Wright Jim Rusy Bill Hill Edna Hill McKinney Henry R. Scates, M. D Bonham Drug Store Bonham Poultry and Egg Co South Main Kenneth Even Conservation Eves Dave Hill Campbell Groce Mooney Mot Dalla Green McKinney and Denton Til Jones Drug Star PHOM Bonham Steam Laundry Joe Jinks Ke Town Bulldog Boston Hernando Ker Axendos Bill Counselman Charlie Rit
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