Bonham News and Plow and Hammer Copies Unearthed in Leonard Estate
Mrs. R. Kizer of Leonard owns two century old papers The Bonham News dated March 20 1874 and The Plow and Hammer dated January 26 1888 from Whitewright. Advertisers span St Louis Galveston Sherman Houston Denison and Lowell Mass with listings for doctors grocers banks and a new livery stable. The Great Eastern Menagerie Museum and Egyptian Caravan slated three Bonham performances on Friday March 27.
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North Texas
Robert T. Piner
Honey Grove
E. D. Kennedy
Ladonia
Thomas Murray
McKinney
William Conan
Grove Hill
E. H. Cushing
Houston
W. A. Evans
F. D. Piner
Welch and Piner
G. A. Carpenter
F. D. McClellan
Charles D. Grace
H. W
J. H. Lyday
Maxey and Lightfoot
W. M. Campbell
Campbell
Smith
Dr. J. Raepacians
George Arnedge
J. B. McKee
St. Louis
Galveston
Sherman
Denison and
Lowell
Mase
W. H. Winn
Gun Smith
the Palace Sable
Fannin County Bank
J. A. Seagall and Co
W. A. Nunnelee
J. E. Smith
F. P. Wells
J. B. Abernathy
David Rhine
Charlies Davis
Cox Roberts
Great Eastern Menagerie Museum
Bonham
Local Ads Highlight Bonham Trade Network
The Plow and Hammer runs an ad for Lone Star Barber Shop with Lat papers on hand. Small notices list T. Stewart boots Mrs. Stewart dressmaker Dr R May J Long Mollie Hamilton J W Skaggs notary Ray and McCustion meat market Patter son and Meadows grocers Med len and Kirkpatrick nickle store Powell and Stevens blacksmith Guy House hotel Mrs Kizer delivers to Mrs J D Toney of Leonard Graphic who passes them to Bonham.
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Lone Star Barber Shop
T. . Stewart
T. B. Stewart
R. May
Powell and Stevens
Guy House
Bonham Woman Fined For Liquor Charge
Bonham Negro woman Lillian Gocher paid a fine of 6206 plus costs in county court after pleading guilty to possession of liquor. Sheriff Hoyt Ivey and deputies found whiskey and vodka in her east Bonham home Sunday. She was released after payment.
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Bonham
Lillian Gocher
Choice Moore
Gocher
Hoyt Ivey
Bonham Commission Considers Hassell Home for Library
Bonham city commissioners reviewed the proposal to convert the Hassell home, the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hassell residence, into a municipal library. A tentative budget of 400 dollars monthly for operation, 14,160 dollars for capital improvements, and 2,679.50 dollars for supplies was presented, including 7,000 dollars allocated for a central heating and air system not required immediately. The commission took no official action, while Mrs. Smith and the Library Board supported the plan.
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Bonham City
City Considers Halsell Library Gift and Funding Plan
Bonham officials weigh accepting the Halsell home as a library site with the Halsell Memorial Library designation. A seven point program aims for a first class, free public library with 3 annual out of town user charge and 7 000 books space, plus space for a children's library and a meeting place. Finances require outside budget funds, with a 25 cent per water meter levy or higher water rates proposed. a joint meeting with the library board was urged.
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Martin Halse
John Russell
Halsell
Franks
Grady Fisher
Library Board
Tax Rate Unchanged as Jones Field Tract Leased for Factory
Bonham property owners will pay the same tax rate on their 1989 valuations as last year. The city commission set the rate at 1.50 per 100 valuation, the maximum allowed by the charter. They approved an appropriation ordinance making the April budget operative. A Jones Field tract facing 125 feet on Highway 77 was leased to John T. Chick Loftin for 10 years with a five year renewal option.
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Bonham
City Commission
Jones Field
John T. (Chick) Loftin
Loftin plans yarn mill lease and city moves
Loftin, now operating a yarn mill on East 4th Street, seeks a city lease for a new larger mill site after securing SBA financing with First National Bank. The Bonham commission also considers sewer waste rules, whey disposal issues at Kraft Foods, and approves moving office air conditioning and city hall site investments.
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Loftin
East 4Th Street
City Commission
Small Business Administration
Natonal Bank
Ed Southerland
Bonham
Fisher
Kraft Foods
J. D. Butler
Butler
City Ms
Commission
McIver Bros
Texas Power and Light Co
City Hall
John Crockett
Texas House Considers Bill to Reopen Floor Vote
Austin reports the House debates a measure to revive debate on final passage with Senate concurrence required. Lawmakers clash over timing as a 6 p.m. deadline approaches in a contentious session.
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Austin
UPI
Gober
Res
Senate
Legislature Passes Water Safety Bill To Governor
Austin report says House members quickly approved Senate changes to a controversial water safety measure and sent the bill to the governor for action.
Soviet delaying tactics stall East West talks on Germany reunification
Geneva dispatch reports Soviet delaying tactics prolonged the East West foreign ministers conference. Ministers argued for 88 minutes with little progress toward a unified German settlement as the Soviet position remained distant from any reunification framework.
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Geneva
UPI
Germany
Texas Governor Signs Aid Bill for Lyndon Johnson Bid
Gov. Price Daniel said he would sign a bill to aid Lyndon Johnson if he runs for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960 and planned to sign a second measure later in the day.
Texas lawmakers approve pay raise amendment in final session push
The Texas House passes a constitutional amendment to raise legislators salaries to 4800 dollars a year plus 12 dollars a day for 120 days, with a voter tally to be held in November 1960. Senate leaders cap regular sessions at 14 days and require governor called special sessions. A water safety bill also passes with Senate amendments shifting enforcement to the Highway Department and licensing small boats.
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Lloyd Larrabee
United Prees intert_ AUSTIN
UPI
Texas
House
Senate
Tion
Jim Bates
Edinburg
Ben Atwell
Hutchins
State Highway Department
Mount Pleasant rape trial amid racial tensions
Sheriff says adequate steps protect Ruben Doss 22 on trial for raping a white woman in Mount Pleasant Texas. Jury selection under a special 100 person venue continues as defense fails to quash indictment amid concerns over Black jurors and guards keep Doss in custody.
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Mount Pleasant
Tex
UPI
L. A. Redfearn
Redfearn
Ruben Doss
U Simpson Tate
Dallas
Doss
Tate
Morris Ralston
Mount Pleasant Wise
Thundershowers Forecast for Bonham Area Tonight Through Wednesday
The U S Weather Bureau predicts thundershowers may return to the Bonham area late tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures are expected to remain mostly steady through Wednesday as storm activity develops.
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Bonham
U. S. Weather Bureau
Russia seeks to add satellites to Geneva talks
Russia attempts to seat Czechoslovakia and Poland as full participants in the Geneva Big Four talks on Berlin and German unity, but the West rejects the move. Gromyko presses for equal status while Western ministers insist they would be visitors, not full delegates, and discuss Italy and other options.
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Geneva
UPI
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Palais Des Nations
Christian A. Herter
Gromyko
East Germany
Italy
Holland
Belgium
Guard Ordered Into Violence Torn Henderson NC
Governor Hodges dispatched the National Guard to Henderson North Carolina after a dynamite blast damaged a nursery used for children of women workers at Harriet Henderson Mills. The move follows days of violence linked to the strike at two textile mills and marks the first time the Guard is called in a North Carolina labor dispute in 28 years.
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Henderson
N. C
UPI
Luther H Hodges
National Guard
Harriet- Henderson Mills
Greensboro
Adj
Capus Waynick
Raleigh
Hodges
National National Guard
North Carolina
Carroll V. Singleton
Waynick
Convict riot ends at Fort Pillow prison after 14 hours
Prison riot at Fort Pillow state facility in Tennessee ends with barricades removed on the dormitory third floor. Corrections Commissioner Keith Hampton reports a peaceful settlement, plans to transfer ringleaders to Nashville maximum security, and that two guards held as hostages were unharmed.
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Fort Pillow
Nashville
Hampton
Ofice
Hubert Newyman
J. S. Voss
Leonard Tempe
Minneapolis
Minn
Jour Roddy
Jacksboro
Wren
Hampton and Safety
Gregg O'Rear
Thompson
Roddy
Big State Prison
Memphis
Two-Car Crash Causes Minor Injuries on U S 82
Three people escaped serious injury after a head-on collision on the Bois d Arc bridge along U S 82. Larry Lakey of Dodd City and Jim Henry Blackburn of Bonham drove the involved vehicles. Mrs Lakey was treated at Allen Memorial hospital and released.
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Bois d’ Arc
U. S. 82
Bob Walker
Larry Lake
Dodd City
Jim Henry Blackburn
Bonham
Walker
Lakey
Blackburn
Allen Memorial Hospital
Shaffer and Stapp Named Leonard High Top Students
Leonard Spl. Jerry Shaffer valedictorian with 95.83 average and Jane Stapp salutatorian with 93.5. Both 12-year Leonard students active in FFA, sports, and student government. Shaffer plans to enroll at Austin College in Sherman, Stapp earns DAR citizenship award and FHA secretary roles.
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Shaffer
M. J. Shaffer
Leonard
Rt. 1
Miss Stapp
A. R. Stapp
Future Farmers of America
Tiger Grows
FFA
Austin College
Sherman
Daughters of the American Revolution
The
Future Homemakers of America
FHA
Clock Kills Bill To Ban Nudism In Texas
The Texas nudist ban failed on the session's last day as adjournment halted final votes. Senate bill by Sen Ray Roberts would have fined up to 500 dollars and jailed nudist participants up to one year, seen by opponents as stripping rights.
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Ray Roberts
McKinney
School Pride Highlight Miss Stapp Plans College Next
A junior Miss Stapp earned all around high school girl honors as a member of the Tiger Growls staff for a year and expects to enroll at East Texas State College in Commerce.
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Tiger Growls
Barnett Named to East Texas Chamber Water Committee
W. L. Barnett manager of the Texas Power and Light Co Bonham office has been named a member of the water conservation committee of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. The appointment was announced by R F Smith president of the organization.
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W. L. Barnett
Bonham
Texas Power and Light Co
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Barnett
R FF Smith
Lightning Strikes Russell Heights Dairy Barn
A dairy barn in Russell Heights was damaged by fire Sunday afternoon during a thunderstorm. Firemen report the blaze started by a lightning strike.
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Russell Heights
Collision on North Main at Sun Day causes heavy damage
Police report lists owners Bobby J Hewitt and John Hugh Pierce in a two car collision on North Main Street Sun Day. Pierce's car was parked during the incident. Officers Thagemond Avafro and Bul Cashinn led the inquiry.
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North Main Street
Bobby J. Hewitt
John Hugh Pierce
Pierce
Thagemond Avafro
Bul Cashinn
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By Stewart Hensley
United Press International
Stapp
Spl
Jerry Shaffer
Jane Stapp
Leonard High School
C. K. McClendon
Clock
Bill
Jan Stapp Salutatorian
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