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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1939
Page
11
Pasadena Cal entrant seeks $15 prize and Miss State Park title at Bonham State Park Fourth of July celebration. She agrees to judges decisions and rules, submits name and address, notes Caltech senior class preference for brunette.
Sailboat races to mark the Fourth of July at State Park Lake next Tuesday with entries due by 11 o'clock. Prizes total 750 for first, 5 for second, and 250 for third as announced by chairman Hardin McGrady. Also notes the death of Britain’s Mick the Muler, a famous greyhound racing figure, aged 13.
North Texas bathing beauties compete for Miss State Park at Bonham State Park on July Fourth. Entries from Bonham area and nearby towns accepted at the bathhouse by 4 pm. prizes of 15 for first, 75 8 for second, and 250 for third. Ann Rutherford performs dumbbell exercises as demonstration.
A Fourth of July event at Benham State Park features a real fight titled Battle Royal between local colored youths and contestants from surrounding towns. An 11 am Tuesday ring time, no entry fee, five dollar prize for the winner, and no-charges for participants.
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