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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1940
Page
7
Frank Svoboda claimed the 18s title in a Bonkam Daily Favorite event while Katheryn Pate and Eli Smith also placed among top finishers, reflecting a competitive day for local athletes.
The article lists several candidates entering the Democratic primaries on July 27 and August 24, 1940. It includes SAM RAYBURN for Congress from Fannin County and multiple local offices such as County Commissioner Precincts 1 and 2, Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, Judge of Sixth Judicial District, Representative 41st District for Fannin County, Tax Assessor-Collector, and others. It also mentions environmental notes about feet and mosquitoes, stating experiments show insects blown to heights by wind, around 5,000 feet nearly a mile.
Philadelphia June 26 candidates press activity peaks as the 1940 Republican platform nears final drafting. A foreign affairs plank dispute ends after Charles G. Dawes mediation, with Willkie courting Stassen and Dewey addressing Taft supporters as Pepper exit isolationists. Airplane reports note cotton boll moths over Louisiana at 2,000 feet and cucumber beetles at 3,000.
The Free Kindergarten board thanks Coca Cola Bottling Bonham Daily Favorite Joe Denton and A G McRae for assistance with the recent kindergarten party.
The schedule lists matchups among Economy, Elkins, Pumpers, Bailey, and Filkins from June 26 through August 27. Key dates include early clashes like Economy vs Elkins on June 26 and Bailey vs Elkins on July 23, with many interleague meetings and back-to-back games across June to August.
Sherman Texas June 25 Billie Clifton Gaddis 16 a Pivot Baptist Church Paris member drowned Monday afternoon while trying to save a friend from Wood Lake near Sherman Charles Williams 12 also of Paris was in trouble Gaddis pulled him out but became tangled and ten minutes later the body was recovered Williams survived but shocked Funeral services likely Tuesday burial at Box Elder Surviving mother two sisters and two brothers AUniversity of Texas summer institute to hire Latin American teachers with a new Latin American Institute planned for September.
A four generation family gathering celebrated Mamie Sasser turning 81 at her son W T Sasser’s home on June 23. relatives from Sulphur Oklahoma Dallas Durant and other places attended. christenings of six children were performed by Rev A H Logan including Sasser’s great grandchildren Beth Ann Everett and Jack Dieckow. The Park Memorial Methodist Sunday School contest and a new parsonage project were highlighted with volunteer notes and a church wedding witnessed by carpenters.
Mr and Mrs J T Hays on the sick list hosted Thursday visitors from McKinney including Mrs Will Wright and children Mrs Jim Fausel and children Mrs Bill HU and Edna Hill all from McKinney
Bonham Daily Favorite items include Ed White leading in the National Collegiate golf tournament in Cleveland while Funnin county H D Club women display more than 500 garments at Bonham high School. Other notes cover visits, travels, and a strange bug sighting by Lynwood Hogue and Allyn Inglis.
Commerce Texas June staff note a series of lectures in the college auditorium on conservation. Speakers include Dr J K Johnson and Dr L S of the State College for Women, with topics on natural resource conservation and sociology. A prize for naming a cabbage was mentioned with giant cabbage weighing 18 pounds.
A scrambled report mentions Concresman born in Bentiam in Washington DC and a Texarkana journey noting farm forms, farm buildings, and state contrasts. It lists Dick Saunders leading a program, with guests H Wallace, J A Sherman, Benton Pisher of 9, R V Baker of Bonham and Long of Pittsburgh as attendees.
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