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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1936
Page
2
Bonham CCC topped Paris CCC 13 to 2 at Washington Park behind Jess Simmons seven singles and eight strikeouts. Marcus Moore led Bonham with three of four at the plate as Bonham pounded Paris for a one sided victory.
In Dallas the campaign notes focus on a speech condemning monopoly while announcing new merchandise from M. C. Spivy & Co. The item highlights include the slogan style rhetoric and a special sale on latest arrivals.
Miss Dorene Hageard, a Dallas student, visits relatives here while Mrs. Mabel Johnson and daughter Nedra from Troup tour Bonham. Health notes include Mrs. Milam improving, Ina May Hardin’s slight recovery, and Ashley Evans in Paris Sanitarium after a minor operation. The drought is reported as extensive.
Court House News lists marriage licenses for Marvin Morgan and Mary Frances Stevens, Ross Eugene Risser and Elizabeth Dismuke, Geo Tatum and Dany Bowen, Max Eugene Grant and Virginia Whitles, James F Cooksey and Nellie Webb, Knox Sproud Howe and Eula Ballard, John Furrh and Jean Butler, J B Sallee and Elsie Lee Street, William G Jackson and Dorothy Perkins, Homer Johnson and Ola B Bailes, Aubrey Willis and Vada Mac Roac, and Homer Bales against Ruth Bales for divorce, Susie Mae Wilson vs R A Wilson, Roy M Owens vs Jane Looby Owens, Lois Lynch vs Muten Lynch, Robert J Hopkins vs Louise Hopkins.
A Fannin County issue questions fishing rights on Red River as Oklahoma claims the river bed south of the border. Texans face fines for fishing if caught by Oklahoma officers. The dispute centers on a long border and the potential state jurisdiction over the waterway and adjacent lands.
Hundreds toured an WPA exhibit organized by Lavine and W O Hendley in Bonham showing work from Fannin County teachers and pupils. The display featured farm and classroom art, early Texas history, crops and economics, with contributions from K B Foster Tamasco Rural Rehab, Mrs Tom Woods, Doc O Hilles, Gen Shulter, W D Garner, Jack Sebastian, Mrs Lou Sanders, Virgil Cappieman, Mrs Carra Robinson, Miss Line, Miss Sallie Joe Carlton and others, highlighting education and local history.
More than 100 descendants gathered on the Fisher lot in East Bonham for a Nelms and Pierce family reunion. Attendees enjoyed fried chicken, cakes, pies, and other foods as they sang and shared stories of ancestors and pioneer efforts in Texas.
Miss Ruth Hooper of Trenton Miss Unmyple Dotson of Leonard and RR Akin of the CCG camp of Boniat presented a collection of commercial and literary work. J. C Griffis of Lamasco-vicin Rural Rehab teacher demonstrated a modern farm and equipment. A General Education teacher displayed an enlarged pen copy of Centennial stamps.
Sandra Atin Jacobs aged months, of Port Arthur, died last night from a rare leukemia disease not yet cured by medical science. The report from Beaumont notes the death occurred today in Port Arthur after a period of illness.
Dr Mark Francis 73 longtime dean of Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and head of the Veterinary Science division at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station died suddenly of heart disease Sunday. He was widely regarded as the father of the Texas cattle industry and is survived by his family and colleagues in College Station. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at his home in Shanden Onfio.
Readable text notes 280 eggs averaging 22 ounces each for a year ending September 1935. Mentions attractive new goods still reaching us. No clear people or organizations identified.
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