28 Jun 1939
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1939
Page
1
The United Press asserts exclusive rights to publication of its news dispatches and requires proper credit for all material published locally or by Pico News, ensuring editors credit the source and publish all available local coverage.
Bonham Laundry advertises 20 percent off new and used typewriters and adding machines. The page also lists rental notices, church plans for a new parsonage, a Picnic in Commerce, and various local notices and updates including map projects and civic events.
Demona.trelions will be carried out this week on the John Antoine farm at Petty, the R. McClure farm at High, the J B Sharp farm at Slate Shoals, and the Tom Lain farm at Slate Shoals. J C Barton, entomologist from College Station, announced. The 1940 Texas Association of Postmasters convention will be held in Marshall with B C McElroy elevated to president for the coming year, per telegraphic dispatch from Big Spring as the meeting concluded.
Top skeet shooters gear up for the nation’s premier event with clubs, crews, and organizers counting down to the national championship. Entrants from multiple regions aim for titles, medals, and prize money as competition heats accelerate.
The 11th Annual Great Eastern Skeet Championships at Remington Gun Club Lor ahip Stratford Corr features rising young shooters and top names like Miss Pat Laursen Akron Ohio National Woman's Champion. Dozens of hubs report heavy participation as women shoot regularly across the country.
The report notes attendance by Mr and Mrs Parrish and others at a Georgia function, details a Saturday trip from Little Rock, and mentions activities at the local school and church. It itemizes family visits, community gatherings, and a hospital case with a patient from Graham.
Elwood near Bonham reports a small farming area with residents visiting relatives and attending local events. Notes list pupils, family visits, illnesses, and social calls among neighbors including Dodson Mobley Richardson Gibbs Gibbs and Rue families with several town and nearby names.
A and I guest list gathers for a baby shower hosted at a private home. Gifts include a prize of Pie games, with attendees such as Mme Job Wilton, P. lean TOA, Mert. Bula McCord, and Cr dand Frank Perish among others. The host James High and guests Mr Mas Longmiss of Bonham and Mr Harveies attend. the feverish guest returns home Tuesday.
The note thanks Mr and Mrs Derive King and daughter and Mr and Mrs V A Douson for spending Saturday night and Sunday with Mr and Mrs A D Wadson of Tulip, conveying warm celebratory wishes.
Residents report frequent visits from relatives and neighbors with several trips to see kin. Word of rain boosting crops is confirmed as Perry picking continues and locals toured Lake Fanning for a sightseeing day.
Population 460 ten miles southwest Bonham. Household notes include Mrs C A MacMillan and Mrs Lou Gideon. Visitors report to Kilgore, Lubbock, Groesbeck, Amarillo, Oklahoma. numerous relatives and friends called on, with remarks on Mrs Sterling Turner’s health and John Moore’s home improvements.
Bonham area farms offered with multiple tracts priced from 25 per acre to 1250 cash down payments stated. Properties include 49 acre with house and barn near Bonham, 38 acres on Ravenna Pike, 60 acres north of Bonham, 80 acres south of Sherman, 47 acres near Southmayd, 134 acres near Ravenna, and 88 acres near Savoy with houses and cultivated land. Personnel offer to sell or buy and to take property on consignment if not sold.
Fragmentary article notes political maneuvering in a contested race with names and positions unclear. It references a figure named Maroto retaining a post while other candidates challenge results and public sentiment remains unsettled.
Joe Lair, a Bonham native and Tyler state park architect, has been assigned 60 days at the national park headquarters in Aus Li. He and his wife Miss Hegel Harcock, with their son John C. Lads, will depart for Austin soon for the special post.
J P Matthews president of a Kent civic club read a newspaper report that Vice President Elan Garner owned many gavels. Matthews asked for a donation and Garner sent a gavel specially made for use in the senate.
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